Juan Castillo has become a Philadelphia Eagles lifer in a way as he's been with the organization for 16 years, he was first hired as an assistant coach back in 1995. Castillo eventually became the offensive line coach and the rest is history or infamy depending on who you ask.
The talk around the city has been primarily negative which is reasonable since one must assume that Castillo probablty wasn't the first, second, third, etc. choice for the job, but what determined Reid to end the hunt for a new defensive coordinator and settle on Castillo? That's the question many people are asking today.
Another dilemma with the hiring is that Castillo deserves the job because he's been around a lot of defenses and talked and collaborated with the late and great Jim Johnson, Reid sounded as sure as he's ever been in yesterday's press conference announcing Castillo as the new defensive coordinator.
The biggest positive to pull out of this puzzling move is the fact that Howard Mudd, formally of the Indianapolis Colts, will be coming out of retirement to replace Castillo as offensive line coach. It's a great move by Reid which helps to counteract the head scratcher on the other end of the ball.
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