what are your reasons (so far) for thinking Foles will have a good year

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June 6, 2015 at 9:21 am #25934

zn
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It’s legit to say anything from “none” to “no way I can answer that yet” to “who is `Foles?'”

As usual I will toss my own 2 cents in later

June 6, 2015 at 9:50 am #25940

nittany ram
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Right now I’m not sure he will have a good year. Whether or not he has a good year is directly tied to the play of his offensive line and right now that is a complete unknown.

June 6, 2015 at 10:02 am #25943

bnw
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He’s not injured so the sky is the limit!

The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

Sprinkles are for winners.

June 6, 2015 at 11:57 am #25949

TSRF
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Foles will have a good year because he is now going to be allowed to be a game manager, not a gunslinger. I think his years as a gunslinger will make him a better game manager and he will have several opportunities per game to throw the surprise long bomb (he may not do it, but if the ground game is going good, he’ll have the opportunities).

I think Bradford will also have a good year, getting back to a more wide open offence where he can let it rip.

Horses for courses.

June 6, 2015 at 3:33 pm #25956

zn
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my 2 cents

IF the OL comes together reasonably well and stays healthy

& IF the running game comes together

then…I think the reasons for predicting Foles will do well are that

* he can do a very good short to medium ball control, quick throw passing game—although that, I think, won’t be the whole offense, I have a hunch it will be a big part of it (if they continue in the 2012-14 tradition, ball control + power running will set up all kinds of designed big plays, including play action passes but not just that)

* he showed signs in the 2014 season that when the Eagles were not offensively dominant front-runners like they were in 2013, he could be clutch in comeback situations

Now for the question marks. His longball accuracy fell off in 2014, so I want to see him get some of that back. He wasn’t very good under pressure in 2014, but if the right things fall into place, he can maybe rein that in. He dropped off in the redzone in 2014, so I want to see him get some of that back too.

I am not very rah rah just yet because we haven’t seen him in action in this offense, but for me, the 2 things I list above are enough to start with.

What if the OL struggles? I think he will be hampered, but I won’t hold that against HIM. I would just wait until the OL was fixed or stabilized (for example if injured starters came back or young players improved).
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