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The entire title of this post is...The Assasination of the Philadelphia Eagles by the Coward Andy Reid.

This week Andy Reid finally spoke up on the state of the Philadelphia Eagles, including the departure of key veterans from his roster.  He didn't speak to the general media of course.  Instead, the Eagles own website lackey was handed the responsibility of grilling Coach Andy with softball questions on topics like the Brian Dawkins saga, the wide receivers, the draft, and free agency.  This is a quick rundown on what he said. 

When questioned regarding Brian Dawkins, Coach Andy did indicate the great job he had done for years, but that they had made an attempt to keep him but that it didn't work out.  Perhaps it was because Coach Andy and Joe Banner didn't want to work it out.  Andy said this in regards to how much money they had 40 million under the cap and how they go after free agents, but I think this is how he and Banner truly felt about Dawk and why they didn't resign him.

"You can say it's a conservative approach or you can just say it's smart. People are hesitant to say that, but ... Because you have the money, you just don't go blow it on something that you don't think is good enough quality to put on the Eagles uniform."

 Well, apparently they didn't really feel that anyone was worth putting in an Eagles uniform except the brother of an AWOL offensive lineman, a backup safety, and another safety as a stop-gap replacement to the Pro-Bowler he let go.

Andy Reid thinks that Reggie Brown and Hank Baskett are starting caliber players, for which teams, I'm not sure.  Maybe he is right, but only if DeSean Jackson and Kevin Curtis are both suffering from broken legs.  His talent evaluation processes have killed this team time and time again, especially when guys like Greg Lewis took up roster spots from guys who could actually make a contribution, like a punt returner or a fullback.  He put players in like Mark Simoneau and pretended he could replace then Pro-Bowler Jeremiah Trotter.  He'd rather have Brown and Baskett instead of the likes of Houshmandzadeh, Bouldin, and anyone else out there with a bit of skill.

That leads into the draft where they have the potential to pick up 12 more guys that will fail to make a contribution.  But at this point, where they got rid of quite a few guys, they will need a good deal of those picks to select replacements in order to maintain the general roster.  Andy is looking for fourth and fifth round picks to make an impact, probably because they guys they'll be backing up were last year's fourth and fifth round picks.  He wouldn't say whether they will use all twelve picks, but if there is a Winston Justice in this years draft, Andy might just trade up to get him.

Another thing that was brought up was that, according to Tra Thomas, departed offensive tackle, the Coach needs to have a better relationship with his players.  But Andy Reid has a big head.  I'm not saying that because of the actual girth of his noggin, but rather the arrogance and the pompous attitude he lays down on the Philadelphia Sports media at large and the Eagles fans. This is the foundation why he didn't personally bench Donovan, didn't answer questions about Dawkins, and doesn't feel that he needs to answer to anyone but Joe Banner and Jeffrey Lurie.  He may know more football, I will give him that, but does he know better?  I don't think so. 

Most of what was discussed got bogus Andy Reid answers.  He needs to do a better job in the Red Zone, he's not discussing the McNabb situation, What this B.S. interview does is give Andy an out every time a real reporter or journalist wants to ask him a question.  He doesn't want to open himself to criticism because he doesn't think he deserves it.  Instead, he will respond by indicating he already put out his answer on the B.Dawk issue and will treat it as if it is old news.  The problem there is that he never spoke about it before and when he finally did it was with a guy who will get fired if he even thinks about considering any critical words against his employer.  I don't know, maybe Coach Andy's in the same boat.  If that's the case, we're all sunk.