4 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

One player I’d look into trading is Jordan Davis. You can find a 2 down block eater cheap in FA 

I know hindsight is 20/20 but these are all moves that fans questioned at the time.

Imagine this:

-Kyle Hamilton instead of Jordan Davis

-money used on CJGJ instead of Bradberry

-Joey Porter Jr. instead of Nolan Smith.

You're secondary is now:             CB- Darius Slay   S- CJGJ    S- Kyle Hamilton    CB- Joey Porter Jr.

We wouldn't be stuck with Bradberry's contract, we wouldn't be trying to talk ourselves in to the thought that Reed Blankenship is anything more than a JAG, we'd have 2 safeties in their prime and one of the top young CB in the NFL.

 

3 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

The guy flat out stinks.

One of my least liked players since Babin. There’s no way he should come back even for vet minimum. 

I keep thinking about those two 3rd and 2 plays with the backfield empty, and maybe even more egregious, the 4th and 5 and we try and throw to the end zone. 

Absolutely atrocious. 
 

 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

One of my least liked players since Babin. There’s no way he should come back even for vet minimum. 

They need to clean house with a lot of this trash and he’s one of them no doubt.

Any reason why we didn't run the ball ?apart from the obvious. 

That was an abomination last night, but if they won only to get trounced by Detroit next week, they probably lose out on a chance on Belichick/Harbaugh. I thought it was crazy to call for Nick’s head three weeks ago, but my stance has changed on that. 

The saddest part about getting blown out by Baker f’ing Mayfield is Evans and Godwin barely even did anything last night 

14 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I know hindsight is 20/20 but these are all moves that fans questioned at the time.

Imagine this:

-Kyle Hamilton instead of Jordan Davis

-money used on CJGJ instead of Bradberry

-Joey Porter Jr. instead of Nolan Smith.

You're secondary is now:             CB- Darius Slay   S- CJGJ    S- Kyle Hamilton    CB- Joey Porter Jr.

We wouldn't be stuck with Bradberry's contract, we wouldn't be trying to talk ourselves in to the thought that Reed Blankenship is anything more than a JAG, we'd have 2 safeties in their prime and one of the top young CB in the NFL.

 

Every time fans mention CJGJ as a mistake move I honestly want to jump out my window. If we signed him and he subsequently missed 12-14 games, Howie would be getting pummeled. And last but not least, why are people STILL pretending he's good? The Lions, as we all saw, were perfectly fine without him.

He's mid. Not even close to what Malcolm Jeknkins was for us.

14 minutes ago, B3 said:

I keep thinking about those two 3rd and 2 plays with the backfield empty, and maybe even more egregious, the 4th and 5 and we try and throw to the end zone. 

Absolutely atrocious. 
 

 

The best part of this play is that Hurts hit Smith in the hands and it should have been a touchdown.

The best possible outcome is that Nick is gone, it’s the only positive moving forward.

1 minute ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

The best possible outcome is that Nick is gone, it’s the only positive moving forward.

It isn’t happening though bud. Lurie is not going to fire him this year. He’s going to give him a year. A wasted year.

19 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

It's amazing- after the last two off seasons- Brown trade, Bradberry and CJ signings, drafting Carter and Smith- Howie was the master.  The mighty has fallen.  Lack of DE depth and zero back 7 talent.  Howie has to be held accountable.  I'm sure there have been and will continue to be very uncomfortable conversations with Howie and both Lurie's. 

Their plan at DE made absolutely no sense. It's one of the reasons I hate this scheme so much. It depends so much on Reddick doing what DE should do. Last year, this team had Josh Sweat, BG, Derek Barnett, Tarron Jackson and for half the season Robert Quinn. That's 5 DE. They also had Janarius Robinson on the PS. So any given Sunday, they had 6 DE at their disposal. 

This year, once Barnett was cut, this roster had Josh Sweat and BG with Tarron Jackson on the PS. 3 DE available even though we know they weren't calling up Tarron Jackson so this team played the last half of the season with 2 DE on the roster. 

The way this teams roster is built but also the way they utilize their players on gameday just baffles me. In the long run, Rashaad Penny being inactive is small potatoes but when he's inactive but on the roster instead of either calling up depth or signing a player that might contribute, that's a problem. We saw the same thing last year with Trey Sermon.

 

Rashaad Penny - 3 games active, 11 carries for 33 yards

Boston Scott - He had a role on offense prior to this year averaging 4 YPC over his career. Why that changed is beyond me. He was on the team to be the kick returner....except he only returned 8 kicks. He had 24 touches on offense. He had 59 in 2022, 100 in 2021, 98 in 2020 and 85 in 2019. Every year he averaged over 4 YPC even as high as 4.7

Albert O - 4 games played, no stats

Those 3 players alone could have been swapped for DE/DT/LB/S depth.

21 minutes ago, B3 said:

I keep thinking about those two 3rd and 2 plays with the backfield empty, and maybe even more egregious, the 4th and 5 and we try and throw to the end zone. 

Absolutely atrocious. 
 

 

Yup.

Bucs left the middle of the field wide open all game and esgles kept throwing outside???

The eagles failure all year to exploit a blitz was put in full display over and over against thr bucs.

Thats all on scheme which is on cosches.

25 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Quez Watkins with his "crap I’ve always been ready for the call” performance.

80% of the snaps, 3 receptions for 12 yards 

In no way am I defending Watkins, but his strength is the deep ball yet they still insist on giving him WR screens and 3 yard route trees. It's maddening what the coaches do with the players on this team. 

 

Kelce just announced his retirement.  Reported on WIP.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Their plan at DE made absolutely no sense. It's one of the reasons I hate this scheme so much. It depends so much on Reddick doing what DE should do. Last year, this team had Josh Sweat, BG, Derek Barnett, Tarron Jackson and for half the season Robert Quinn. That's 5 DE. They also had Janarius Robinson on the PS. So any given Sunday, they had 6 DE at their disposal. 

This year, once Barnett was cut, this roster had Josh Sweat and BG with Tarron Jackson on the PS. 3 DE available even though we know they weren't calling up Tarron Jackson so this team played the last half of the season with 2 DE on the roster. 

The way this teams roster is built but also the way they utilize their players on gameday just baffles me. In the long run, Rashaad Penny being inactive is small potatoes but when he's inactive but on the roster instead of either calling up depth or signing a player that might contribute, that's a problem. We saw the same thing last year with Trey Sermon.

 

Rashaad Penny - 3 games active, 11 carries for 33 yards

Boston Scott - He had a role on offense prior to this year averaging 4 YPC over his career. Why that changed is beyond me. He was on the team to be the kick returner....except he only returned 8 kicks. He had 24 touches on offense. He had 59 in 2022, 100 in 2021, 98 in 2020 and 85 in 2019. Every year he averaged over 4 YPC even as high as 4.7

Albert O - 4 games played, no stats

Those 3 players alone could have been swapped for DE/DT/LB/S depth.

Honestly now that I think about it, I think part of the issue was the decision to casually keep the hybrid scheme. As weird as this sounds, I think it's one of the few things Gannon really had going for him. I think running hybrid as a scheme really takes an understanding of it - not every coach should do it. It's possible that we hired Desai because of the hybrid scheme, which made our defensive coordinator list even smaller. And if that's the case, that means our offseason acquisitions were all based on keeping the guys comfortable rather than challenging or pushing them.

Not good, not good at all.

Shout out to Smitty,  148 rec yards is an eagles post season record.

He was the only guy that showed up on offense.

10 minutes ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

Every time fans mention CJGJ as a mistake move I honestly want to jump out my window. If we signed him and he subsequently missed 12-14 games, Howie would be getting pummeled. And last but not least, why are people STILL pretending he's good? The Lions, as we all saw, were perfectly fine without him.

He's mid. Not even close to what Malcolm Jeknkins was for us.

Eh, I never say what if when a player gets injured for another team. If he was on the Eagles, he's not in any of the situations he got injured with the Lions. 

And even if he's mid, that's better than what they have. The main point about bringing him back is that they would have used the money on him and Bradberry isn't here and CB becomes a need in the draft and JPJ is here instead of Nolan Smith.

Again, it's a what if, looking back scenario as to what could have been.

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

In no way am I defending Watkins, but his strength is the deep ball yet they still insist on giving him WR screens and 3 yard route trees. It's maddening what the coaches do with the players on this team. 

Is it? His strength was 2 weeks ago when he didn’t play a snap 

Davis has not been impressive for 2 seasons now.  His rookie season, he did not play much and low expectations for a rookie.  In his 2nd year, he has not shown much either.  Thie defense values attacks and making plays, more than eating block.  Remember Hargrave, he was a block eater with the Steelers, but he got free to rush when he joined the team.  Made a name for himself and then signed as FA to 49ers and they are looking strong.  Parting way with Davis would be fine.

His Ohio teammate, Dean, may fall in the similar situation.  He is hurt now and not much a factor as a MIKE.  Not high on him to become an everydown MIKE given the injury history.  At least they need to look to draft someone more physical and durable to fill the void.

Carter, another Ohio player, showed something as a rookie.  He may turn out to be good based on what he has shown so far.  His continuous development will determine his value to the defense.  The DL is getting old and not much depth.  Carter, if developed, he could be the core piece of the DL.

 

12 minutes ago, RLC said:

The best part of this play is that Hurts hit Smith in the hands and it should have been a touchdown.

Pretty sure the CB got his hand on the ball to break it up. 

Just now, bpac55 said:

Eh, I never say what if when a player gets injured for another team. If he was on the Eagles, he's not in any of the situations he got injured with the Lions. 

And even if he's mid, that's better than what they have. The main point about bringing him back is that they would have used the money on him and Bradberry isn't here and CB becomes a need in the draft and JPJ is here instead of Nolan Smith.

Again, it's a what if, looking back scenario as to what could have been.

Blank is mid. CJGJ is mid. It just looks different because they're different kinds of mid.

Do I agree that he would have been a better spend of money than Bradberry? Sure. I also get the CB need thing, that's fair.

See you in Canton, Jason.

All-time great.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Thanks for LII.