What Eagles fans are saying:
http://forums.philly.com/discussion...leased_Mathis/kr-eagles/177924.1?nav=messages
Eagles released Mathis
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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He will have job before saturday the niners need oline help.
Chip dropped the ball again you don't release this guy.
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Guess Chip figured he was gonna be a real pain come Training Camp.
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He'll get picked up, but it's gonna be real interesting to see if somebody gives him more than the $6M a year he was gonna get here.
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Guys... In 2 years NOT 1 team offered anything for Mathis! Yes he was an all-pro but it was the system that made Mathis... I bet he doesn't come close to the production he had here. He's 34 and was going to make $5 mil this year and $6 mil next... Mathis wanted more money...
The Eagles offered Mathins an extra mil this year and next last year but he wanted more... ThT would have made $6 mil this year and $7 mil next..... Which is pretty good for an aging OL.. Mathis declined and asked to seek a trade... When NO ONE wanted him he came back asking for the deal that was offered to him... The Eagles took the offer off the table and here we are.
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This wouldn't be a big deal if they would have drafted a lineman.
You go from one hole to two holes on your line.
4 good lineman can cover up for one bad lineman.
3 good lineman can't cover up two bad lineman.
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The zone blocking scheme doesn't require you to have pro-bowlers at every position... The scheme is set for an OL to get his hands on the defenses for 2-3 sec and then release to the next lvl... Plus we don't know what we have in these rookie FA. People need to relax... Last year we didn't have half the OL and yet were #1 in run blocking and top 8 in pass protection.
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If the system made Mathis an all pro how come it didn't do the same for our Olineman last year?
Last I checks guys on here and you were using the line as an excuse for Foles
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I guess we can set aside the racial bias thing. It doesn't matter if you are black or white Kelly will ax you if you give him a headache.
The thing I take away from this is that nobody wins here. Mathis won't get the same money and the Eagles are out a probowl lineman.
I think it would have been better to just let him go to training camp and play it out. I'm really not happy with letting go of pro bowlers for no return.
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Just heard he was planning on showing up next week.
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Yeah I heard that too. He said he had the plane ticket purchased
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Mathis was good the first two years he was here under AR.
And it doesn't matter if "they all ALMOST got hurt" or not, these are the same players you guys TRASHED to make excuses for Foles, even though PFF said the pass blocking wasn't that bad and better than the league avg.
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not one team has offered anything for mathis because they would have had to give something up AND give him more money. Both sides were pig headed here. There are no winners, and we the fans, not to mention demarco murray and ryan matthews will be the big losers. we are now down our qb, 2 og's, and all pro rb and a wr from last years starting 11 on offense.
i don't know what goes through kelly's mind, but clearly he has a player relations problem. either they love him or hate him. i don't see this ending well for chip. (or us)
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A few issues I see at work here. Taking out the racial element...
It seems Kelly has issues with guys who don't bow down to him..... It seems he has a college coach mentality.
The NFL is a business, and money is involved often times which creates conflict. CK seems to hate any kinda conflict or anyone challenging his will.
I think he has to make some adjustments to the pro game, and that comes with learning how to deal with massive egos from guys who make millions of dollars and are grown men.
