Eagles hire Cory Undlin

[FairOaks]

Looks like we are raiding the Broncos' coaching staff a little bit. We hired their defensive backs coach.

http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2...ch-cory-undlin


We had let the assistant defensive backs coach go... or he left for Vanderbilt on his own, whatever.

Sounds like Justin Peelle is being promoted from assistant TE coach to the full TE coach.

The former defensive backs coach (John Lovett) and TE coach (Ted Williams) will move to the pro scouting side of the organization. Maybe that was one area where Kelly wanted some people he trusted more.

[ThoughtProcess]

http://www.csnphilly.com/football-ph...y-undlin-hired

Eight secondary coaches in eight years?

[musicman]

Sounds like a solid move

Coaching Changes

Posted: January 19th, 2015 | Author:Tommy Lawlor | Filed under:Philadelphia Eagles | 8 Comments

Chip Kelly finally made some moves. And good ones.
John Lovett is out as DBs coach. He will move to a pro scouting position. Cory Undlin was hired to take his place. Undlin was most recently the DBs coach for Denver. The Broncos faced the most passing attempts in the NFL this year, but only gave up the 9th most passing yards. They were 8th in opposing QB rating. Teams threw a lot, but didn’t have much success.
Here is more from Undlin’s Broncos bio:
With the Broncos in 2013, Undlin coached a unit that overcame losses of perennial Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey and starting safety Rahim Moore to injuries. The secondary featured young contributors in cornerback Kayvon Webster and safety Duke Ihenacho as well as steady performances from cornerbacks Chris Harris Jr. and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
Undlin was part of Denver’s defensive staff in 2012 that helped the club rank third against the pass. The Broncos finished the 2012 regular season as the only NFL team that didn’t allow a 300-yard passer in addition to limiting opponents to a league-low 30.6-percent third-down conversion rate.
While coaching the Jaguars’ secondary in 2011, Jacksonville’s defense allowed just two individual 300-yard passers to tie for the fourth fewest in the NFL in addition to surrendering only 43 pass plays of 20+yards (T-2nd in NFL).
I like this move a lot. Lovett was a solid college coach, but seemed to struggle in the NFL. Undlin has coached NFL DBs and has had good success. He’s worked for Bill Belichick, Jack Del Rio and John Fox, 3 highly respected defensive coaches.
Don’t think this means the secondary is instantly going to be better. However, there were too many players underachieving for coaching not to be part of the issue. The Eagles have been lousy at developing DBs for a while now. That has to change. They can’t rely on free agency every time change is needed. Undlin has developed young talent for a couple of teams.
The Eagles also moved Ted Williams to pro scouting. They promoted Justin Peelle to be the TEs coach. Williams is 71 and the Eagles may have moved him for fear of losing Peelle. Clearly Williams is coming to the end of a terrific coaching career. He’s worked with RBs and TEs in his 20 years with the Eagles.

[FRESH]

http://www.csnphilly.com/football-ph...y-undlin-hired

Eight secondary coaches in eight years?

Maybe....its not simply the coaching?

[Eagle60]

Personally, I don't think it's the coaching at all. I didn't see a whole lot of people running free in our corners. I saw Fletcher right where he was supposed to be most of the time. He just couldn't make the play. That signals pretty good coaching to me. As for Williams, The Lord himself couldn't coach him. He's incorrigible. Jenkins guesses wrong once in awhile, but is an excellent safety. Allen just plain is lost (or sucks if you will). We need some talent back there!

[musicman]

Good Buzz On DB Coach Cory Undlin

Posted 3 hours ago
By Dave Spadaro

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GLENDALE, AZ – The Eagles hired Cory Undlin as their defensive backs coach earlier in the week after Undlin spent three seasons in Denver, the last two as the team’s DBs coach. Three of Undlin’s players made the 2015 Pro Bowl and they offered rave reviews of the newest Eagles coach.
“He’s a smart coach, well detailed, a player’s coach and he’s a good guy,” cornerback Aqib Talib said of Undlin. “He will definitely have those guys ready to play on Sunday. He is going to make sure that you know the game plan well and then it’s going to be your job to go out and execute it. You won’t be confused on the game plan at all with Cory.
“He definitely helped my game. I was new to the defense (in 2014, having signed as an unrestricted free agent with Denver prior to the season) and Cory helped me out a bunch learning that defense last year.”
Said cornerback Chris Harris, Jr.: “He’s very smart and he’ll know exactly what the other team is going to do, and the preparation part of it is important. Cory will be on top of that. There will be no surprises for the Eagles’ defensive backs.”