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The GM Shuffle

The Philadelphia Eagles Downfall, Justin Fields' Draft Stock, Julian Edelman Retires

The GM Shuffle

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Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Athletic published a lengthy exposé on the Philadelphia Eagles culture and management in the age of GM Howie Roseman and Owner Jeffrey Lurie. The detailed account dives into how the franchise communicates, operates, and makes decisions. Justin Fields draft stock has been in question, but the real problem is a lack of evaluation for players. Julian Edelman retires, the guys "fix" the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals, and the Ernest Hemingway documentary is a lesson on life. All that and more on this week's The GM Shuffle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, great to have everyone with us here on the GM shop for lots to get into.

0:06.7

More Hugh Jackson talk, that's right.

0:08.4

Not just book titles, but what's happening with his career.

0:11.2

Justin Fields and the NFL draft wise, his draft stock slipping as you're building up to

0:15.4

the draft.

0:16.4

And of course, a look back at Julian Edelman and his contributions to the New England

0:19.2

Patriots and the National Football League.

0:21.8

But we begin with an excellent article Mike's colleagues did at the athletic, really in-depth

0:27.6

and provocative look of the Eagles downfall under Jeffrey Laurie and how he rose to him.

0:32.1

Over the past two months, the athletic speaking and current and former Eagle staffers representing

0:35.9

a cross section of departments and viewpoints granted anonymity to be allowed to speak about

0:40.6

sensitive topics, describing an environment characterized by second-guessing paranoia and

0:45.7

a lack of transparency.

0:47.1

We'll go through it step by step, Mike.

0:49.1

But here's the first one because you'll know about Doug Peterson.

0:51.7

Jeffrey Laurie wanted Doug Pierce me more analytical.

0:54.3

Over time, the Tuesday meetings wore on Peterson.

0:56.9

Laurie has long considered the organization at the forefront of innovation.

1:00.5

The impression on Peterson supporters in the building was that Laurie's weekly questions

1:04.3

were largely based on post-game reports produced by the team's analytic staff, sources to say

1:08.9

Peterson was beaten down by the constant second-guessing.

1:11.9

They treated him like a baby.

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