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Your new Eagles defensive coordinator.............former Eagles offensive line coach Juan Castillo. Really, this is what everyone waited three weeks for.
Juan Castillo's past experience with defense:
San Antonio Gunslingers linebacker (1984-1985)
Texas A&M-Kingsville linebackers/defensive line coach (1982-1985)
Kingsville High School linebackers/defensive line coach (1986-1989)
Uh......yeah. That's it. This guy is now defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Castillo said in a press conference today that he always considered himself a defensive guy in an offensive body, and, uh, his offensive line would always go up against Jim Johnson in practice, and yeah, this is the Eagles new defensive coordinator.
I've never seen anything like this in my life. The Eagles offensive coordinator of 12 years has just been named defensive coordinator. That's the befuddling news. The good news is Juan Castillo's replacement as offensive line coach is Howard Mudd, who is one of the best in the business. He was a consultant for the Saints last year after coordinating the Colts offensive line from the time Peyton Manning entered the league to 2009. During that time, the Colts allowed a league-low 227 sacks (Titans are the next lowest at 337 sacks in that time frame).
The Eagles have one of the best special teams coaches in football: Bobby April.
The Eagles have one of the best defensive line coaches in football: Jim Washburn
The Eagles have one of the best offensive line coaches in football: Howard Mudd
Their defensive coordinator is the former o-line coach who claims he is a defensive guy stuck with an offensive coordinator position. Like Sheil Kapadia of Philly.com said today, "At some point in the last 12 years, the Eagles became one of the most unpredictable franchises in the NFL."
Even though the hiring of Mudd is going to be buried under the Castillo news, it is rather significant not only because Mudd is very good at what he does, but because him and Jim Washburn, though they spent years coaching against each other in the AFC South, are best friends who will now be coaching against each other every day in practice. I challenge you to watch this video and not like Washburn and Mudd.
I've actually seen this the other way: after the Deadskins fired Mike Nolan as their D coordinator, the Ravens hired him in 2001 to be WR coach. When Marvin Lewis left, the Ravens moved Nolan to DC.
ReplyDeleteI learned of this after I typed this post, but Bill Belichick went from wide receivers and tight ends coach with Detroit in 1977 to assistant special teams coach and eventually defensive assistant in 1978 with the Denver Broncos.
ReplyDeletelol i figured when they fired McDermott (my bad on spelling), they would go with a more vetern presence at that position. Guessed wrong.
ReplyDeleteI know injuries played a factor but the O-line was probably one of the biggest reasons (next to DBs) the Eagles failed this year.