I swear, some of y’all are so damn obsessed with trying to save this season that I genuinely have to wonder what the fuck you think we’re saving it for.
Every other post is somebody crying about what changes we need to make, who needs to be benched, who Howie needs to trade for, what coaches need to go, blah blah blah. For what? Seriously, what the fuck are we trying to accomplish here?
I hate to break it to some of you dickheads, but we ain’t winning the Super Bowl this year. Shit, we’re not even winning the NFC. And sometimes realizing your season is cooked early is a blessing in disguise, if you actually have the sense to take advantage of it.
Instead of scrambling to put Band-Aids on a team that isn’t going anywhere, why not use the rest of the season to figure out what the hell we actually have on this roster? Get the young guys some meaningful snaps. See what these rotational players can do when they’re actually given opportunities. Find out who’s legitimate depth and who’s just collecting a paycheck. Figure out which positions need a little help and which ones need to be gutted entirely.
I’d much rather Howie go into the offseason knowing exactly where this team is weak than spend the next few months pretending we’re one trade or one coaching adjustment away from making a run.
And here’s where I know some of y’all are gonna start foaming at the mouth. I’d be perfectly fine with a four- or five-win season at this point.
Yeah, I said it.
Give Howie a premium draft pick, let him work his magic, and let’s come back next year with some actual difference-makers instead of winning a handful of meaningless games just so half this fanbase can pretend we accomplished something.
And please, for the love of God, spare me the “but we gotta win the division” bullshit.
Why? So we can hang an NFC East participation trophy? So we can talk shit to Cowboys fans for three months before getting our asses sent home in the Wild Card round? Congratulations, we were the tallest midget in the circus. Somebody call Broad Street and schedule the parade.
Don’t get me wrong, fuck Dallas. Always and forever. Watching those miserable bastards lose is practically a religious experience. But some of y’all are so obsessed with being better than the Cowboys that you’ve apparently forgotten the goal is to be better than everybody.
I don’t give a damn about being king of a shitty division if it means we’re still nowhere near another Lombardi.
And before somebody comes in here with that tired-ass “real fans never give up on the season” speech, save it. I’ve been bleeding green long enough to know the difference between supporting your team and being delusional about where your team stands. Wanting to evaluate talent and improve our draft position isn’t rooting against the Eagles. It’s wanting the Eagles to actually build something worth a damn.
I’m not saying tell the players to go out there and lose. I’m saying stop treating every meaningless win like it’s some kind of moral victory when it could cost us an opportunity to get significantly better.
So somebody explain it to me. What the hell is the obsession with dragging a mediocre team into the playoffs just to get embarrassed on national television? Is an NFC East title really worth more to you than putting ourselves in position to make another legitimate championship run?
Because if your entire argument is “at least we finished ahead of Dallas,” then congratulations, you’ve officially made Cowboys fans the measuring stick for our success. And that’s some pathetic shit.
Go Birds. Fuck Dallas. And some of y’all need to stop thinking with your feelings and start thinking about the future of this damn franchise.
As always, Go Birds, dickheads! 🦅
