Greg Lewis’ firing on Monday rekindled the nature vs. nurture argument as it relates to position assistants: Was it the coach or was it the players?
In this case, as it often is, it was more the Eagles’ lack of talent at wide receiver than it was Lewis, their position coach. But that doesn’t mean he was without fault, either. The group, specifically Nelson Agholor and Dorial Green-Beckham, did not show any progress and in some ways regressed in 2016.
But the Eagles ultimately shoulder the blame. They were responsible for both the dearth of talent at the position — some of which predated the current regime — and for hiring an inexperienced coach to lead a group of young, (mostly) underachieving receivers.