Pat Shurmur

For the first time under Ron Rivera, the Panthers will take the field this week with someone other than Rob Chudzinski calling the offensive plays. With Chud gone to Cleveland as the Browns' coach, new coordinator Mike Shula will direct the offense when...

Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is staying home much more this offseason and studying the new playbook with help from his wife, Melanie, as part of a quest to retain his starting job. "No going out to eat," Weeden said. "If we do, it's Chipotle."...

Eagles OTAs yesterday were an experience, for sure. It was almost like a rock concert, set to football. There were times where I kind of felt like getting up and dancing. Seriously. Here are my random notes from the day:......

Judging from the way he looked on the practice field -- chatting amiably with his players, offering pointers about technique and flashing that trademark smile -- you wouldn't have the slightest clue Rex Ryan might be coaching his last season for the Jets....

CHRIS GOCONG turns 30 in November. A year ago, Gocong didn't envision himself ever again attending anyone's rookie camp, let alone the one being held this weekend at NovaCare by the Eagles, who drafted Gocong in the third round in 2006. Gocong, a decent...

On Thursday last week, the Eagles traded Dion Lewis to the Browns for ILB Emmanuel Acho. Lewis was a player I liked, and I felt that the Eagles needed to use their backup RBs more often than they had in......

The largest number of carries the "#3 RB" ever got during Marty Mornhinweg's 7 year tenure as the Eagles offenive coordinator was 23, in 2011 with Dion Lewis. (Note: Apologies to Leonard Weaver, who was occasionally used as a tailback......

Getting rid of Lovie Smith does not make the Bears a better team. Only replacing him with a better coach would. Jon Gruden? Hearing he's not coming down from the press box. Bill Cowher has gotten too comfortable wearing makeup. Mike Holmgren? He...

Last Monday, the Eagles made their assistant coaches available to the media. Apologies for the delay in posting my notes, but here were the most interesting nuggets that I was able to catch: • Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur thought it......

Nobody can say for sure. Except Wikipedia, which has definitively listed Pat Shurmur as the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, along with fellow assistants Bill Lazor (quarterbacks), Duce Staley (running backs), Bob Bicknell (wide...

In Week 2 of the NFL season. Michael Vick passed for 371 yards and rushed for a touchdown in the final two minutes to give the Philadelphia Eagles a 24-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Little did we know. Little did we know that Baltimore would...

— Could Chip Kelly's Read Option have more of a Reid Option flavor to it next season? Based on Monday's rather surprising turn of events at Philadelphia Eagles headquarters, it's possible. The new coach's decision to bring back Michael Vick, the...