Eagles interview Staley for head coaching job
The Eagles have 11 players eligible for free agency, most notably quarterback Sam Bradford, as well as safety Walter Thurmond and defensive linemen Cedric Thornton and Vinny Curry. Just three years ago, they made a big move to hire Kelly, but on Tuesday chose to fire him. “The longer I was out there, the more comfortable I became”, he said. “I’m sure we’ll talk with ownership and we’ll go from there”.
Coughlin, who led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles in his 12 seasons, has a year left on his contract. We’ll be looking at this game going over the total in Marco D’Angelo’s Week 17 NFL Best Bet. “For the past three years, we’ve always seen Chip here with us”.
Mike Pettine has been named as one of the first publicly named to be on the chopping block when the season ends. Murray lined up under center, and took off for a 54-yard touchdown run on his first touch of the game.
Things changed when Connor Barwin hit Eli Manning as he threw. He’d bring instant credibility – if the 49ers could pry him away from the Saints.
“I wish I was faster”, Giants guard Justin Pugh said.
“I would love to play for him”, Bradford said.
At the half, the good outweighed the bad for the Eagles, but just barely. Leading receiver Jordan Matthews lobbied for the team to retain Bradford after the game, and linebacker DeMeco Ryans said Monday he thinks Bradford will stay.
With the starting players involved throughout and with the spirit of the rivalry with the Giants never fully suppressed, the Eagles performed with pride and precision, clearly emerging proud of themselves. The Giants responded with a successful four-minute drive to send the game into the half 21-20.
The passing game was quick and accurate. While fans will be disappointed about losing to the Eagles to end the season again, it will actually help out the team theoretically next season. “The offensive line did a great job blocking”. If 49ers owner Jed York and General Manager Trent Baalke think Kelly is the coach who could get Kaepernick back on track, that would make Kelly a strong candidate.
Josh Brown added his third field goal for the Giants with 4:30 to go to cut the gap to five points.
-Finished near the top of the league in attempts, overinflating his yards and touchdown metrics.
“When you’re playing in the moment, there’s so many other things that mean more that are going on right now, that for me to think, ‘OK, I’ve got to get 1,000. I thought they put together a tremendous effort”.
And, surprisingly, it ended with a win.
Where We’re Leaning: All of the guys that have a little extra to play for in this game reside on the offensive side of the ball. “(And that’s it?) Yeah”, said Michael Riverso of South Philadelphia.