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Eagles’ Rodgers-Cromartie defends Castillo

Found October 26, 2012 on Shatter The Backboard:
PLAYERS: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles
The dismissal of defensive coordinator Juan Castillo has triggered a belated (. . . wait for it) schism in the Philly locker room as to the question of whether Castillo deserved the blame for blown leads and overall bad performances. On Wednesday, defensive end Brandon Graham dumped on the now-dumped Castillo.  On Thursday, cornerback Domonique Rodgers-Cromartie came to Castillo’s defense. “Of course that’s what you’re going to say when things tend to go bad, you’re going to pinpoint someone,” Rodgers-Cromartie said, via CSNPhilly.com.  “I don’t feel that way. You look at statistics, shoot, we’re still in the top of the running.  I can’t do nothing about it.  But I didn’t see no problems.” Technically, this means he did see problems.  His point is that he didn’t.… Read more
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