NOBODY understands the gap between where the Eagles thought they would be this season and where they are better than Rick Minter.
Minter coaches the Eagles' inside linebackers, and when the season began, he was the envy of all the other position coaches, counting among his charges DeMeco Ryans, Mychal Kendricks, Kiko Alonso and the precocious third-round rookie Jordan Hicks. At no other station on the practice field did the Eagles enjoy such star power and depth.
You know how that has gone. Injuries have cost Ryans, 31, playing time and made him a liability in pass coverage.