Quote Originally Posted by phillyesq View Post
The linebackers in Philly have been horrible. Demeco Ryans were improvements on a unit that was a weakness during almost the entirety of Andy Reid's tenure.
When Reid hired Juan Castillo as DC and Jim Washburn as D-Line coach, it was simply a bad fit all around for the personnel they had...

Washburn famously lines up his DEs very wide...the infamous "wide nines"...when you line your DEs up that far out, you can become vulnerable to the run...that's why, when Washburn was at Tennessee, they needed a first round thumper like Keith Bulluck at MLB...the Eagles had nobody like that at LB...Rolle included...