Originally Posted by
steelreserve
Meanwhile, doing things the "right" way, Reid is still the coach, they never drafted Wentz, Ertz, or any of their WRs, and in 2017 they stumbled into the playoffs with the #4 seed and lost the divisional game on the road.
If there is one lesson I think the Eagles situation showed, it's that stability for stability's sake is not guaranteed to be the path to success; change is not automatically a recipe for disaster, even if it seems like the initial results are not good, all kinds of unexpected things can happen; and even if you end up with someome similar to who you had before, if he does one or two things differently, it can make a huge difference.
These guys were in a stable but "pretty good" place several years ago and generally considered a well-run team, but I don't think anyone thought they were more than an outside threat to win anything. Very similar to where the Steelers are now.