GM Howie Roseman and the Eagles made an excellent decision today when they hired Tom Gamble away from the San Francisco 49ers and made him the team’s VP of Player Personnel. Gamble, who is 49 has been in the NFL for 25 years and he already has a relationship with Chip Kelly.
“Since Ryan Grigson left to become the general manager of the Colts, we’ve been looking for the right person to fill his spot, and we are excited about what Tom can bring to the team,” said Roseman. “He’s not only a talented evaluator but also a good man and the type of person you want as a part of your team.”
Hopefully he’ll be able to help find Kelly some players, who will improve this football team immediately.
The 49ers didn’t win the Super Bowl, but they have the best personnel in the league. Gamble, who had been with the team for eight years, was a major part of their drafting process. Hopefully, he’ll be able to bring that know how to the Eagles.
Gamble’s Dad, Harry was the Birds GM back in the 80’s for Norman Braman.
Finally a move that will likely benefit the future of the Philadelphia Eagles. Great hire.
The best News of the Decade so far for the Eagles.. This Guy is the “Football Mind” the Eagles Front Office havs been lacking since Tom Modrak left the Eagles 10 Years ago..
This could also help the Eagles in maybe snatching up Free-Agents
LB Larry Grant, Safety Gholdston.. This Guy knows Talent in who it translates from the COllege to the Pro game.. His Draft picks have shown to be tough, smart, physical and good character guys (except for Michael Crabtree) Welcome aboard Tom, a definite good sight for my sore eyes..
I would love to have crabtree on our team. actually credit Randy Moss in helping crabtree settle down this yr
I’d like their entire team! LMFBO!!!!
Maybe this is a hire to set Howie in his place basically do it right if not Gamble will be the New GM of the Eagles. So win win for the Organization and the Fans not so much for howie.
Sorry have to repost this as it makes some sense but it is just my opinion
Ecstatic
Excellent move. This is a great move. I am looking forward to the draft and watching what an experienced and successful NFL personell executive can do with Howie’s cap expertise. The team is in a favorable cap position, and with Gamble adding his experience to Kelly’s new approach, this should be an exciting time in Philly. Hopefully Kelly can get his QB situation resolved and the team can really start shaking things up.
QB situation resolved for the foreseable future…DEFENSE -DEFENSE u gotta be able to stop people
With this great move, everybody can do what they do best, Howie can concentrate on the Cap and Comtracts and Tom can pick the players, this is a great move, I love it!
many of us have been calling for this all year long.. Get a Football Mind
in the Front Office to hanve Overall Roster Management and ovesee Drafting/Scouting to Provide the best Talent for the COachign Staff..
it has to be sepaearted from the Coach.. Let the talent Evaluators obtain Talent and let the Coaches Coach and let the Money nad Marketing Guys handle the Contracts/Salary Cap Management and the Operations of the Stadiumtickets, Markeeting, SPecial Events, etc,etc..
Finally we have talent evaluators with a plan… remember the good ole days when you designed your team to control your own Division ? Example: if 2 or 3 divisional teams had great TE’s & WR’s you made sure that your team had great CB’s and safteys that could cover & hit. Sorry to remind everyone but The Cowboys ( I hate dallas ) drafted Erik Williams & Larry Allen for 1 reason: to block Reggie White & Jerome Brown twice a yr, and by yr 2-3 they did just that and got the best of them. and they controlled the Div
Exactly AP!
I thought nobody wanted to work with Howie Roseman?Oh I guess the haters were wrong on that one to.Great hire by the Eagles cant wait for free agency to finally start!!
LaConfora started that BS! Not the so-called “Haters.” Cut it out. Anybody with half a brain knows Rosebuds, ISN’T qualified, nor ready, to run the show by himself! Lurie is a f^#@ing lying sack of $#!T! Nothing that comes out of his mouth, s anything but verbal diarrhea! He has ZERO credibility! Anyway, I love the hire! They finally got something right, since the Kelly hiring!
He’s a Wharton business guy, that’s like the top 6% for students coming to the business world. He’s also a lawyer if I’m not mistaken. Dudes smart. He mite not be a talent evaluator, but he sure could handle all the other facets of the franchise. Smart move bringing this guy in, who obviously is very good at it.
Gamble is who I was talking about as the evaluator
The Eagles hired a coach from the Browns as offensive coordinator.
A coach from the browns as defensive coordinator.
“No NFL experience guy” to be head coach.
Hiring Tom Gamble is like adding orange juice to a glass of Drano.
It might make it taste a little better, but it will still kill you.
This front office is horrible. They stay up late at night, trying to figure out how to agitate their fans.
Resigning the turnover machine, was just the icing on the cake.
They defy all logic. Spock would just drop dead if he had to sit in on their power meetings.
Didn’t the 49ers and the Ravens show the whole league, that fundamentals and no turnovers are the way to win??
I am preparing for them to take a player from Division III in the first round, and tell us:
“He has a high motor”
“He’s versitol. he can play every position on the line. He’s not good at any of them. But he can play them all!”
Sorry. I still can’t get over the defensive coordinator hire.
Shut out ability. What a joke.
“Baby Reid” is moving up the Bum latter without playing a game yet.
Yup. They needed to hire Gamble (or a football guy) way back in this process.
BSM, I respectfully disagree with you. Gamble would actually be best served for the Eagles in the GM position, instead of Howie………or VP of Football Operations; He is flat out more qualified than Howie…….
anyone who spells versatile as versitol is an idiot. I wonder if Vick could spell versatile correctly
mh, I wouldn’t criticize anyone for being an idiot, because you say a lot of idiotic things on here all of the time! LOL!
BSM, I get your angst, anger & vitriol against the front office, believe me, I DO, but this is a great move. A little late, but great nonetheless!
**Blockbuster Deal on the Table for Roseman to consider offered by Andy Reid of the Chiefs
Eagles Send QB M Vick (with his new Deal) OL Todd Herremans and WR J Maclin and the Chiefs send the Eagles their 2nd Rd (#33), their 4th Rd(#97) 5th RD (#128th) Picks in 2013 as well as their 3rd & 5th Round Picks in 2014 Draft ..
Reid would never give up that much for them…………
stop buggin
Sorry for that last post.
I have to believe that Chip Kelly can coach up Vick.
Andy”the QB killer”Reid’s play calling was a recipe for getting a QB killed.
I just have to believe that.
I hope KC loses every game.
Trent cole is a undersized bum.
YESSSSSSSSSS!
@BSM, Yo great post man but chip will help his quarterbacks out because his college teams ran the ball. So that alone with help out who ever the quarterback is.
Sounds like a good signing. Hope it works out.
paulman what happened to your main boy Tom Donahue ?
He’s still a Senior adviser. Leave Paul alone, that was a day he forgot his meds! LOL!
that was about 10 days withoout the meds!
I stated a month ago that Tom Donahoe was not interested in working full-time any longer.. He prefers to simply be an advisor which he was hired last March to do..he is older, has grown kids and grand hold den and was not interested into returning to 18 hours days for 9-10 months a year..
I believed he wanted one last shot of actively building a Football Team/ Roster but I was wrong.. I heard he helped Lurie out in getting the Administration part of the Organization straightened out as they replaced a couple of Andy Reid hires in Communication/Marketing, etc and probably helped prepped Lurie, Roseman & Smolenski on Interview Questions, etc for their Job Search
I believe that Donahoe had a 2 year deal as an Executive Advisor
And would expect him to just be ears for Lurie while he’s around with the new Coaching Staff and Gamble on board..
This news will be great if Gamble and Kelly are picking the players and Howie is just doing contracts.
Great hire… I feel that andy having final say on players hurt the team tremendously over the yrs, as their have been good personel men here only to have their draftboards overruled by Reid. IM STILL UPSET OVER MISSING OUT ON EARL THOMAS…, that one hurt
Best news we’ve seen in forever. Pman, myself and many others have been begging for this. Honestly guys…. we now have…
a contract pro- howie
a football mind-gamble
and a bright up and coming coach- kelly
I have been sour on this HC hire but I believe that his a homer here and this team may work.
Follow me here for a min folks….. maybe our DC (who is running a great system on D) will have the pieces he needs from Gamble and can coach em up,
This will take time but if they can keep these guys around we will be ok.
They need a lot of pieces on DF Stevo, & Davis ain’t exactly Knute Rockne. The entire Secondary needs to be flushed, we need 2 NT’s, a ROLB, a DE, & a young ILB. Even if he miraculously figures out how to be a successful DC, it’s going to take at least 2 years to rebuild this DF. Let’s not get started about the QB position, O-line, TE’s & a Big WR! 2 years at a minimum of success.
davis will be worse than Castillo.
copy & paste it
i disagree songs. I dont like the hire but he wont be learning for year 1 like Juan did here. Also…. this guy KNOWS what he needs. Juan was at least 3 years away from knowing what he needed.
Let’s say the Eagkes get LB Kruger and Grant in Free-Agency,
Then get a solid Safety also
Trade T Cole for a 3rd Rounder, Asmo reworks his deal,
They Re-Sign DRC and then Draft a NT (Star) and CB (Rhodes)
They could have a hint of the following
DL – Cox, Star, Graham
LB – Kruger, Ryan, Grant & Kendrick’s
CB -Asmo, DRC. Rhodes, Boykin
S. – Gholtston, Allen ( with Draft pick competing)
Love the LB Corps which is the crucial position in having a 3-4
i like it. i like it a lot.
Graham is TOO SMALL, to be a 3-4 DE. He’s either a stand up ROLB, or he ain’t on the team! In no way, shape, or, form, do either, let alone both, DRC & ASSomugha come back here! Who’s Gholtston? Did you mean Goldson from SF? You’re slipping today Paul.
paul you still think teams give away 3rd rounders… for trent cole? come on.
and where you really get me is when they don’t make the trade you say “if they had traded cole to blah blah and picked blah he would be our all pro ‘position’…” meanwhile no team will give you a 3rd for cole.
3-4 Teams who need Pass-Rushing DE’s and would be willing to part with their 3rd Round PIcks
1) Patriots – (Belecheck has always loved T Coles Plays and would have around the #90 Overall pick since they are selecting towards the end of the 3rd Round)
#2) Falcons (only legitimate Pass-Rusher they have is Jon Abraham who is getting long in the tooth.. they play 4-3 and need a Pass-Rusher desperately , their 3rd Pick is Apprx #90 Overall also
#3) Panthers (Also need a Pass-Rusher outside of DE Charles Johnson and their 3rd Round Pick is around #80th Overall, Obvioulsy Cole would know PAnthers DC mcDermott System and had good Seasons for him)
Grabbing a former All-Pro who provides a Defense in something that they need and could give you 8-10 Sacks a Season for a mid 3rd Round Pick is a pretty good Deal for Teams in need of Pass-Rushers..
31 year old w/declining skills… belechik maybe a 4th rounder more probable a 5.
I get the Gamble hire, now
According to Jeff Lurie’s voluminous notes Howie was by far the best talent evaluator in the building but that doesn’t mean Howie was any good just the best of the crap that wanted Graham, Watkins, Allen, Jarrett, Kolb, etc.
Hahaha…fan’s crack me up…half you cats never even heard of Gamble until now. Ya heard he was with the 49ers and that’s all you needed to hear. “Better team than the Browns for sure”, but lets just wait and see what he actually does for our squad before getting ecstatic.
From 2003 – 2010 – Harbaugh entered in 2011 49ers = out of the basement. I think Harbaugh was the key. Point is teams with bad records may have talent, but need the right leader to lead, for them to succeed….
couldn’t agree more
once Jeff Lurie removes himself from the Nova Care Center and hands over the reign to Christina Lurie = the team’s basement standing for Lombardi Trophies will improve
Howie is smart enough to know that he needs someone with experience evaluating 3-4 defensive players. Gamble helped build one of the most talented 3-4 teams, the 49ers.
Tom Gamble grew up two blocks away from me. He has worked for a few NFL teams and he is very good at what he does.
In Haddonfield IrishEagle..
I am Gamble’s age and went to Paul VI High just down the road.
Re: Harbaugh and the 49ers
Most NFL Observors felt that 49ers have had nice talent that started with Mike NOlan’s Draft and thru Singletary’s short rein, but they lacked a QB which is Harbaugh’s sSpecialty (since he was a QB himself), Just look what HArbaugh did with Alex SMith and now Colin Kapernick, but make no mistake when you draft a Frank Gore, Vernon Davis, Joe Staley,N Bowman, P Willis, Anthony Davis, Mike Iuapati, McDonald, D Gholston,M Crabtree, Aldon Smith, K Hunter, L James, all in a 3-4 Year Window, you are amassing some Taleneted Players that fit their Scheme’s and Philosophy
Yeah, Haddonfield. I moved there as an adult, went to HS in NE Philly.
A great Town is Haddonfield.. I worked 2-3 Summers there (Landscaping) while going to College.. Some Beautiful Homes and Properties..
Have 2 Sisters living in Haddon Twp & Collingswood just down Haddon Ave and get back once/twice a year to Visit..
I think Gamble’s old man, Harry still lives there.
I read an article a few weeks back in the Haddonfield local paper where Harry and his wife talked about Tom not wanting to come back to the east coast. I guess he changed his mind…
Interesting… Harry was saying that Norman Braman calls him once a week from his yacht, and still talks about Reggie leaving town.
I believe Harry now lives in Dealware (No State Income Taxes)
I do think Tom Gamble, who interviewed for GM Postion’s with Cleveland,Carolina’s,NY Jets and was really wanting to pursue a “GM Position”, but if he can help rebuild the Eagles Roster back into a Playoff Team, he can probably write his Ticket in 3 Years time..
and they stockpiled a bunch of picks for this draft as well… bunch of 4-6 roundes…
WOW, i went to Deptford and we kicked your ass in football OFTEN
I think Jason LaCanfora should wipe…not the egg, but the CARTON of eggs he has off his face. How he could insinuate Joe Banner was peaches and cream to work with, but somehow Howie wasn’t, is beyond me. The next person you find that likes Banner…will be the first.
Howie got the guy he wanted to Coach the team. A bright mind who’s thought of as one of the up and coming visionaries in the game, whether he coached an NFL game yet or not. If Howie was as much of a deterant as LaCanfora said he was, I’m pretty sure Kelly wouldn’t have signed on to work with him.
And not only that, but now he reels in the highly thought of Tom Gamble…who’s been busy building a SB team out in SF. Between Donahue helping build the SB winning Steelers, Mueller helping build a SB winning team in NO and now Gamble rescuing the Niners from the straits, we’re not talking about some no count ham and eggers here.
For the first time in a LONG time I feel like theres hope for this organization and they’re finally headed in the right direction.
a competent GM would not have put the team in a position to be lambasted on CBS Sports website ———-
Howie’s record as GM is etched in stone ( 10-6) (8-8) (4-12) zero playoff victories
wins is all that Matters and Howie has a losing record
I feel SO MUCH better about the Eagles prospects moving into the future. Now, is this the guy that’s going to eventually move Roseman out of the GM role and exclusively into contract negotiations?…Very possibly and he should be. This hire essentially solidifies my idea that Roseman keeps hiring people to cover up his lack know how and keeps adding high accumen front office people to bolster his OJT…which is absurd given his probably ridiculous salary and title, but whatever these people have a very good chance of bringing in phenomenal defensive talent to Philly which is something that really hasn’t happened since the Buddy Ryan to Ray Rhodes eras.
to Andrew P’s point: With Chip Kelly being a college coach he just didn’t have the types of relationships with NFL execs that a lot of seasoned Pro assistants have so it would have been easy for Roseman to be as much of a deterrent as LaCanfora had been told with Kelly getting so much as a whisper of any of it. Ray Horton wold have been a great 3-4 DC hire for the Eagles, but I bet he was told to stay away for his own good.
Breaking news, Eagles sign Dennis Dixon to a two year deal, I think Foles days here are numbered.
hahaha….yes they did!…..soon players being placed in the right position will be proved! love it!
But damn Drew….I wanted to be the one to break that news haha…since I took so much flack about bringing Dennis Dixon up in convo way back…now I can’t wait to see what happens, two players that were never put in the right situation for their skill set, will finally get that opportunity…
guess someone believes Dixon is an NFL QB in the right system (Gamble must not have had a problem with this move, right, so all you guys that hate on Dixon, praise Gamble, so curious if your feelings change now….hhmm, GMCliff and others…
Real, that was already in the works before they hired Gamble. What are you bragging about.
I dont hate on Dixon. I just feel he can’t play. You seem to be one that will have to see it to believe it. So, I can show you better than I can tell you by, letting this play out.
If you are going to call me out like you did, you better be darn sure, Dixon has the talent, so you don’t look foolish when he falls short of all your imaginary Hype. I will eat you up on this site. You’d be better served to call out some one else brother. I already know how this is going to play out.
He is a security blanket for Kelly, who will fall back on what he knows, and what he is familiar with…..Ok, fine but can he play? Has he improved from the Practice Squad….Kelly’s answer is I hope so….GMCliff’s answer is Hell NO!!!
bragging? where in the above comment am I bragging? I swear the lack of the ability to comprehend or read, effects a lot of you cats on this site
The climate, and matter in which you are posting on here sounds like your bragging to me. Its not only comprehension, but logical discernment, perceived through the writers asinine temperament, displayed through his, or her words….Sounds like your bragging to me…..about nothing. Do you hear an applause for them signing him? Because I want to see results. If I don’t …………you will join the kiss my ass club, like Schiller
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!
8B
You know what I mean DCar!!!??
Cliff just curious what is the difference between Russell Wilson and Dennis Dixon? If anybody other then Seattle drafts Wilson does he see the field last year? Did you think Wilson would be a successful NFL QB? If Russell Wilson was asked to step in for Big Ben and play in the Pittsburgh system do you think he would be successful?
Don’t know either but could be talent, accuracy, IQ.. Not sure but probably one of those
Cigar could it simply be the system he was in?
You know you my boy Biggie, but there is no benefit, to answering that question. In my opinion, i think Russell Wilson will take a step back this year, but the difference is Wilson is , and HAS PROVEN, he is a better QB, and can play in the league…Dixon? well we all know he stinks……and he will prove that himself.
Cliff I was asking you that because I do value your opinion on players and talent around the league unlike others you have valid reasons to like or dislike certain players.
You know you my boy Biggie, and Real also, but he got under my skin a little. i apologize my good brother if I came off rude. Please accept my apologies Biggie…..:)
Every time a running QB gets a roster spot, a Gcobb poster loses a stone.
Yes the Eagles should trade Trent Cole. His cousin came into my bar last year and told me that Cole doesn’t like being in Philly. And that a lot of the players on the team don’t get along all that well. So Fuck him! Let’s get players who actually want to play for the Eagles. And let’s go back to Kelly green uniforms. Our midnight green unis suck!
explains the results ( 4-12)- coaches fighting, team quitting , coaches fired
Dman, are u serious about Coles cousin saying he doesn’t like it here? If that’s the case he should let his feelings be known to the front office and get his butt out of here.
This type of information you don’t hold onto…you let it be known to the Eagle nation asap….What fan wants a player that doesn’t want to play for their city/team? None! I don’t believe it, this is something you mention among discussion with Eagles fans, not a year later…
Wow DMAN!!! Now I really want trade him. What did you say to him when he said that?
Dixon addition not a good sign for Trent Edwards
Who cares…..Trent Edwards….you actually wasted 5 seconds typing that. Give me a break…..oh no….Trent Edwards might be the odd man …….that was some brilliant insight.
why double down on the insanity then?
Yes guys it is true. Remember i live right next to camp pendelton in Oceanside. I get a lot of Marines that come into my bar (his cousin is a marine) I didn’t mention it before because i didn’t want to believe it. But watching them play this yr sums it up. They flat out quit on Reid.
reid should have put them in a better position to quit. Times yours.