Just now, DrPhilly said:

@mattwill

 

Eagles 31

Cardinals 20

 

Sweat with 140+ yards rushing and a TD

Sweat seems to be doing a Bobby Quinn impression where running from the hash to the numbers is a challenge - guy needs to get his knees right somehow.

@mattwill

Cardinals 21

Eagles 20

Murray with a game winning TD pass with 20 seconds left 

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I'd usually agree that sending a 5th and 6th aren't a big deal but as of today, the only picks they actually have are:

1st, 2nd, 2nd (NO), 5th and conditional 6th from Kentavious Street that is going to end up a 7th because he played 5 of the 6 games needed and is on IR.

Now, they are projected to have a 3rd and 3 5th round comp picks but I'm not banking on them until they are actually handed out. 

This is the current draft pick value chart, which includes projected comp picks. I'm a firm believer that the 4th round is where you really need to build your team. You still have top, fringe level players here. There is a huge gap between picks for the Eagles, which is a trend I've pointed out in the past. Things can and will change between now and the draft but I absolutely hate when the Eagles go for rounds between picks. If this is how the draft laid out, there are almost 2 "rounds" worth of players selected between the Eagles 3rd and 5th round picks.

I don't think Byard has done enough to warrant 2 draft picks, no matter where they are. 5 5th round picks and 2 6th round picks would give them much better ammo to get in to the 4th round, but again, we all know Howie will move up and down as he pleases. 

RD1		RD2		RD3		RD4		RD5		RD6		RD7
PK/TM		PK/TM		PK/TM		PK/TM		PK/TM		PK/TM		PK/TM
1  CHI	3000	33  CAR	580	65  CAR	265	102  CAR	92	137  CLE	37.5	179  JAX	19.8	222  TEN	2.6
2  ARI	2600	34  ARI	560	66  ARI	260	103  ARI	88	138  CLE	37	180  CAR	19.4	223  HOU	2.3
3  WAS	2200	35  WAS	550	67  WAS	255	104  WAS	86	139  WAS	36.5	181  WAS	19	224  WAS	2
4  NE	1800	36  NE	540	68  NE	250	105  NE	84	140  NE	36	182  MIN	18.6	225  LV	1.8
5  NYG	1700	37  NYG	530	69  NYG	245	106  NYG	82	141  NYG	35.5	183  NYG	18.2	226  ARI	1.6
6  LAC	1600	38  LAC	520	70  LAC	240	107  LAC	80	142  LAC	35	184  NE	17.8	227  LAC	1.4
7  TEN	1500	39  TEN	510	71  ARI	235	108  TEN	78	143  CAR	34.5	185  TEN	17.4	228  LV	1.2
8  CHI	1400	40  WAS	500	72  CHI	230	109  CHI	76	144  CHI	34	186  MIA	17	229  NE	1
9  NYJ	1350	41  GB	490	73  NYJ	225	110  NYJ	74	145  DEN	33.5	187  NYJ	16.6	230  BAL	1
10  ATL	1300	42  ATL	480	74  ATL	220	111  ATL	72	146  ATL	33	188  PHI	16.2	231  CLE	1
11  NO	1250	43  PHI	470	75  DEN	215	112  JAX	70	147  NO	32.6	189  HOU	15.8	232  SF	1
12  GB	1200	44  GB	460	76  GB	210	113  GB	68	148  BUF	32.3	190  GB	15.4	233  GB	1
13  LV	1150	45  LV	450	77  LV	205	114  LV	66	149  LV	31.8	191  LV	15	234  DAL	1
14  DEN	1100	46  NO	440	78  DEN	200	115  NYJ	64	150  DEN	31.4	192  LAR	14.6	235  DEN	1
15  MIN	1050	47  MIN	430	79  DET	195	116  MIN	62	151  PHI	31	193  ARI	14.2	236  LV	1
16  ARI	1000	48  HOU	420	80  ARI	190	117  HOU	60	152  ARI	30.6	194  CLE	13.8	237  HOU	1
17  PIT	950	49  PIT	410	81  PIT	185	118  PIT	58	153  LAR	30.2	195  PIT	13.4	238  PIT	1
18  CIN	900	50  CIN	400	82  CIN	180	119  CIN	56	154  CIN	29.8	196  CIN	13	239  CIN	1
19  IND	875	51  IND	390	83  IND	175	120  IND	54	155  IND	29.4	197  IND	12.6	240  IND	1
20  TB	850	52  TB	380	84  TB	170	121  TB	52	156  TEN	29	198  TB	12.2	241  TB	1
21  SEA	800	53  NYG	370	85  DEN	165	122  SEA	50	157  SEA	28.6	199  TEN	11.8	242  SEA	1
22  JAX	780	54  JAX	360	86  JAX	160	123  ATL	49	158  JAX	28.2	200  MIN	11.4	243  JAX	1
23  LAR	760	55  LAR	350	87  LAR	155	124  PIT	48	159  LAR	27.8	201  BUF	11	244  LAR	1
24  BUF	740	56  BUF	340	88  GB	150	125  BUF	47	160  BUF	27.4	202  BUF	10.6	245  BUF	1
25  KC	720	57  KC	330	89  KC	145	126  KC	46	161  MIN	27	203  LV	10.2	246  HOU	1
26  DAL	700	58  DAL	320	90  DAL	140	127  SF	45	162  KC	26.6	204  BUF	9.8	247  DAL	1
27  HOU	680	59  CLE	310	91  CLE	136	128  HOU	44	163  MIN	26.2	205  ATL	9.4	248  ARI	1
28  DET	660	60  DET	300	92  DET	132	129  MIN	43	164  DET	25.8	206  DET	9	249  DET	1
29  MIA	640	61  MIA	292	93  MIA	128	130  DEN	42	165  MIA	25.4	207  MIA	8.6	250  MIA	1
30  PHI	620	62  PHI	284	94  HOU	124	131  CHI	41	166  ARI	25	208  NO	8.2	251  SEA	1
31  SF	600	63  SF	276	95  WAS	120	132  SF	40	167  SF	24.6	209  DEN	7.8	252  SF	1
32  BAL	590	64  BAL	270	96  BAL	116	133  BAL	39.5	168  BAL	24.2	210  CLE	7.4	253  BAL	1
				97  JAX	112	134  ARI	39	169  NO	23.8	211  JAX	7	254  CIN	1
				98  PHI	108	135  BAL	38.5	170  PHI	23.4	212  LAR	6.6	255  NYJ	1
				99  SF	104	136  GB	38	171  PHI	23	213  DAL	6.2	256  NYJ	1
				100  BUF	100			172  NO	22.6	214  SF	5.8	257  LAC	1
				101  SF	96			173  KC	22.2	215  SF	5.4
								174  DAL	21.8	216  GB	5
								175  NO	21.4	217  LAR	4.6
								176  SF	21	218  LAR	4.2
								177  CIN	20.6	219  GB	3.8
								178  PHI	20.2	220  LAR	3.4
										221  TB	3

Sure, except our track record with finding value in those 5th and 6th rounds isn't exactly stellar. I agree, in theory, you can build a roster with role players from those rounds but who on this years or last year's roster was actually drafted there by us? Kelce from a decade ago under Reid? Mailata might be the only one. The near unanimous consensus that this roster is one of the best in the leagues, and yet only a couple players were late round picks. Byard trade was worth a shot, we need help there because our other attempts to address the position fell hilariously short. Is he a top-5 safety? Of course not, but he's serviceable, and holding on to those 5th and 6th rd picks while trotting Edmunds out there every week would've been incredibly dumb.

4 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Sweat seems to be doing a Bobby Quinn impression where running from the hash to the numbers is a challenge - guy needs to get his knees right somehow.

Had Sweat on my mind after reading Vikas post.  I meant Swift of course but maybe I should leave it as Sweat and really go out of the box with this one.

5 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Had Sweat on my mind after reading Vikas post.  I meant Swift of course but maybe I should leave it as Sweat and really go out of the box with this one.

You’d have double 0 covered for sure.

1 minute ago, Waiting4Someday said:

You’d have double 0 covered for sure.

Would be nice to see Sweat break out. When was the last time he had a sack?  Must be 5 or 6 games now.

1 hour ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

 

 This doesn't make a lot of sense. Consider this:

Does that mean that every defensive coach ever is doomed to fail because offensive coordinators will always leaver for greener pastures? That's obviously not true.

Additionally, does that mean it's impossible for an offensive coach to maintain a good defense because the defensive coordinators will always leave? This is also not true.

The answer is one that's existed for a long time: You get an older coordinator who isn't a heavily sought after hire, because right now the trend is 'young guns with a lot of grass ahead of them' as a head coach. Young coaches generally do not have a lot of cards in their pocket. If the first offense they learned is mostly ineffective by later tape, it's often the only offense they learned. As a result, they struggle.

This is why young coaches tend to either be pretty good, or suck really badly and get fired in a couple years. The fix to this is pairing them up with older coordinators, like I described above, that help them grow their understanding. Football is a team sport, and it's a team sport with the coaches too unless you have somebody like modern Andy Reid or Kyle Shanahan. But those guys don't grow on trees so I don't think we'll be finding the next one of those any time soon.

I really don’t think it’s that complicated.  The HC needs to be independent enough and fluent enough with a good system that the team can endure change at OC without blaming major problems on the OC.  Siri isn’t.

People really overrate 6th and 7th rounders. Similar hit rate to UDFAs.

6 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Would be nice to see Sweat break out. When was the last time he had a sack?  Must be 5 or 6 games now.

I feel like it was the game sealing sack in the 1st DAL game.  He says that he’s getting pressures… I guess the QBs have had such an easy time escaping the pocket recently it doesn’t seem to be effective.

Desai's defense was better heading into the bye having shut down Miami and beating Dallas.

 

 

 

So excited to be able to root for the Cowboys tonight.  Going to have to dust off my TO Cowboys jersey.  How bout them Boys?!

4 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

So excited to be able to root for the Cowboys tonight.  Going to have to dust off my TO Cowboys jersey.  How bout them Boys?!

 

I have been roped in to going with my dad to Rams at Giants tomorrow. 

Now Ill miss the eagles game. 

Feel free to post about the game. Ill be happy to check updates throughout the day.

25 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

So excited to be able to root for the Cowboys tonight.  Going to have to dust off my TO Cowboys jersey.  How bout them Boys?!

You don’t need to put this much effort in. We all dislike you already. 

Sorry, not rooting for the Boys under any circumstance. If we see the Lions in the Playoffs, so be it but I hope the Boys go into the playoffs on a 4 game losing streak.   Vikings will be playing for their playoff lives against the Lions in Week 18.  Plus winning the NFC East at Home a whole week early would be great. 

11 hours ago, eagle45 said:

I would too…but if we get a better OC, have a great 2024…then they are a HC in 2025 and our offense is back to square 1.  The HC needs to be able to be the constant.  

How often does that even happen when the HC isn’t the one calling the plays?

Couple of player updates for tomorrow

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Desai's defense was better heading into the bye having shut down Miami and beating Dallas.

 

 

 

All he does is gossip 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

So excited to be able to root for the Cowboys tonight.  Going to have to dust off my TO Cowboys jersey.  How bout them Boys?!

I know we technically need them to win but I feel this is a ban hammer offense

49 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

You don’t need to put this much effort in. We all dislike you already. 

How are you not banned?

17 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

How often does that even happen when the HC isn’t the one calling the plays?

Well maybe that's the point.  What does Siri bring to the table?  Incredible offensive scheme...nope.  Play calling (good or bad)...nope.  Defensive insight?  Nope.

 

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Well maybe that's the point.  What does Siri bring to the table?  Incredible offensive scheme...nope.  Play calling (good or bad)...nope.  Defensive insight?  Nope.

 

You’re not serious with this question, are you?

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

You’re not serious with this question, are you?

What is the serious answer?

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I feel like it was the game sealing sack in the 1st DAL game.  He says that he’s getting pressures… I guess the QBs have had such an easy time escaping the pocket recently it doesn’t seem to be effective.

Sweat was the one in the process of sacking Josh Allen when he was called for intentional grounding in the BUF game.  That’s the last big play I can remember 

2 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said:

@mattwill

Cardinals 21

Eagles 20

Murray with a game winning TD pass with 20 seconds left 

Everyone will blame the defense for losing the game if this happens