1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

Barkley said it.  When he said "Keep the main thing the main thing" he was either talking to Hurts or Stephen Covey.  Covey's been dead quite a few years now, so I assumed he was parroting Hurts.  I could be wrong, though.

Literally the only person whoever said it about Wentz was Mike Wallace, in response to the all time Spadaro introductory presser question "Did playing with Carson Wentz factor into your decision?"

Wallace then went out and caught no balls for no yards before breaking his leg two games in.

This is sad. Losing a pet is super hard and we never get enough time with them. 

 

32 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Lets look at this video.

1st play, tell me that doesnt look like McCaffrey surprisingly powerful running through contact right up the middle.

39 seconds. Bursts through the middle. Hurdles a tackler, and runs through contact as 2 other tacklers sandwich him but fail to bring him down.

1:02 up the middle, takes 2 guys to drag him down as he keeps his feet churning.

1:09 through a tackle attempt in to the end zone.

1:30 just bulldozing his way in to the end zone up the middle

2:07 3 broken tackles, and drags a 4th in to the end zone

 

I stopped there because I ended up just enjoying the brilliance on display and forgetting to mark things.

@judunno

 

@just relax are there enough nice pieces of up the middle running here for you to see the potential there too?

 

This guy is really, really good.

This video shows some really nice examples of his elusiveness (as does the other video.)

 

 

Take a look at their college stats

Shipley

McCaffrey

 

McCaffrey has an edge on yards per play. As well as 120 more total touches.

Shipley actually scored 10 more rushing TDs, and move overall TDs.

By the way, they both returned kicks and both had over 26 yards per kick return.

 

Extremely, extremely similar skillsets. Similar sizes coming out. Similar running styles. Both excellent pass catchers....

You know why McCaffrey got a lot of buzz and Shipley didnt? Clemson stunk most of Shipley's time there, and Stanford was excellent during McCaffrey's time. More exposure for him. 

McCaffrey has become an absolute beast in the NFL. Shipley already shows all the traits to do the same thing.

Very impressive. I see what you mean.

Clemson oline sucks 

17 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

by the way, Im still waiting for a free agent to say playing with this QB factored in to their decision to come here.

We had a big time offensive weapon come here. Talked about the personnel here, but never specifically said he wanted to come play with this QB.

It happened a bunch with Wentz. When you have the elite QB play, and leadership guys want to come here to play with him and theyll say it.

No one has ever said it yet.

Elite QB play should be a major recruiting factor for free agents. I dont see us getting that help from Hurts yet. 

lol 

3 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Because Jerry doesn't use void years that much, and he doesn't do huge singing bonuses or restructures (converting salary into signing bonuses). Teams like the Eagles, 49ers, Chiefs, etc. use void years on deals to push cap charges into the future by amortizing bonuses over a longer time period than the contract. As an example, think of a contract where the Eagles do a 3 year, $30 million deal. But Howie puts 2 void years on it, pays a $15mm singing bonus and then minimum salaries in year 1 and 2 of 1.2mm. The cap charge in year 1 is 4.2mm (3mm of singing bonus (15mm over 5 years) and 1.2mm in salary) but the cash spend is 16.2mm. They do this with annual option bonuses a bunch too and prorate them -- bonuses can be pro rated, salaries can't. When the 3 years are up, there's still 6mm of that signing bonus that becomes a dead cap charge for a guy no longer on the team, but that's less impactful as the cap goes up every year.

OK, I get what you are saying now...essentially push it out to get early value & cap room, and additionally get cap relief in the future based on cheaper money from previous years. I think I will send Jerrah your EMB contact info so he can hire a new cap manager. You must have many wrinkles on your brain, as opposed to myself. I am a bit of a smooth brain guy.

7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

This is sad. Losing a pet is super hard and we never get enough time with them. 

 

Something I have said over and over: Sooner or later they break your heart.

12 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Much higher cap hit than Howell's though, and imo, a worse player with no upside at all. At least Howell still has potential to improve and turn into a decent QB. Feels like they gave up too early on him given the lack of return. For selfish reasons, I'm glad they did it, as I'd much rather face Mariota than Howell twice a year (should it come to that.)

No argument as to why not to bring him in and keep Howell.  But once they did, Howell was expendable and had value to leverage.

97.5 Fanatic new lineup.

 

Kid in the midday thata annoying moves to the morning show.  

The annoying drunk Bob Cooney taking over the midday show.  

The awful late afternoon show remains the same.

 

The station won't be around much longer.

2 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

OK, I get what you are saying now...essentially push it out to get early value & cap room, and additionally get cap relief in the future based on cheaper money from previous years. I think I will send Jerrah your EMB contact info so he can hire a new cap manager. You must have many wrinkles on your brain, as opposed to myself. I am a bit of a smooth brain guy.

The trade off is near-term cap space at the cost of long-term flexibility. The cap charge goes up in future years, and you limit your ability to cut said player for any cap savings should he turn out to be a lemon. Can be a risky play at times, but if you're confident in the player being a good fit beyond the current year or two, then it's usually worth the risk. 

6 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

OK, I get what you are saying now...essentially push it out to get early value & cap room, and additionally get cap relief in the future based on cheaper money from previous years. I think I will send Jerrah your EMB contact info so he can hire a new cap manager. You must have many wrinkles on your brain, as opposed to myself. I am a bit of a smooth brain guy.

An article that breaks it down well: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/does-the-salary-cap-actually-exist-for-the-eagles-how-howie-roseman-became-a-magician-at-manipulating-the-cap/

2 hours ago, Blazehound said:

Where are you thinking alternatively to live?

Thailand, Portugal, Spain, Phillipines.   Have lived in Thailand and India, traveled to the others.

1 minute ago, we_gotta_believe said:

The trade off is near-term cap space at the cost of long-term flexibility. The cap charge goes up in future years, and you limit your ability to cut said player for any cap savings should he turn out to be a lemon. Can be a risky play at times, but if you're confident in the player being a good fit beyond the current year or two, then it's usually worth the risk. 

This, both approaches come with their own risk, the Jerruh approach means you may lose some good ones to a lack of cap space here and there, whereas Howie's approach has definitely left us with players we'd rather have let go but the dead cap was too high to cut.

Holy crap

14 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I don't think there was either, but I could still name about 5 guys I'd rather have had than White, and those are guys I'm not even super high on, I'm just very down on White. I don't think he's good. And in 2023 I think he was a net negative at the position, which is something the Eagles can absolutely not afford right now. They just need dependability there, and that is one thing White was not in 2023. Given how dire the position is, I don't think they're in the position to be gambling at the position. Because if White doesn't work out and he plays like he did in 2023, they're really SOL. If they signed a more higher floor, lower ceiling guy, they may not wow you, but I think at the very least they'd have been fully playable. The downside for White is he isn't playable. Incredibly risky to sign a guy with that kind of downside.

I think White is a swing for the fences type player which makes sense if they still plan on adding talent in the draft.  My hope is that they add Cooper or Wilson.  I am not really sold on Trotter, Jr as a prospect.  I think the concern about White's mistakes are being exaggerated to some extent.  You're right that they're gambling, again, with the position.  I do think that there wasn't a sure thing FA possibility.  I just hope they're not done at the position.  

Just now, Sack that QB said:

Holy crap

I’d be more surprised but last offseason he was considering it so it makes some sense. 

 

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Holy crap

whoa

2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

you limit your ability to cut said player for any cap savings should he turn out to be a lemon

Well, they at least do have two years they can void with Dak but the dead hit is quite large...I wouldn't call him a lemon, but I wouldn't call him lemonade either...he is what Jerrah wants and deserves...mediocrity. Fans deserve better. 

If your vehicel keeps failing you in the most critical times at what point do you replace it?

Aaron Donald hanging em up.

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

I don't think there was much available at the position in free agency, tbh.  I'd have been happy with Kenneth Murray in the $4.5M range, but he signed for $8M per season.  I never liked Patrick Queen much, even at LSU.  He was thought to be getting shipped out of BAL before Roquan Smith got there and propped him up.

What the Eagles need to do is invest a solid draft pick at the position, either #50 or 53.  I believe Cooper will be gone before then (last first, early 2nd before 40 at the latest IMO).  Then it becomes a question if there is another off-ball LB worthy of a pick in that range.  Maybe a small trade back.  

I was thinking last night the Eagles should trade down in the first and just select Cooper.  

36 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Knowing the assignment, allows him to be in the right place. So he at least got in the way.

But some here were saying we brought him in because we were looking for pass blocking and he is excellent at it. That doesnt appear to be the case.

Clearly those are not all the pass blocking reps he has had. Not comprehensive. But if those are plays chosen to highlight how good he is at it, thats a bad sign. There should be better reps to pull from.

Dont need to be a stone wall every time, but Id like to see it happen sometimes. It wasnt once in that video. Actually, never even got close to being that.

Im not encouraged by that aspect of his game. Maybe someone will the all-22 can put up clips of some better examples.

Could also just be a lazy youtuber, not someone willing to do a deep dive and find the good, the bad and the ugly, or more likely... someone that knows enough to know the difference.  

Personally, I found that video a bit annoying... the intro music/graphic seemed to last forever, and then as he's adding his commentary, he tried really really hard to be witty and hip with his descriptions.   Just show the clips, make your points but mostly, let the video tell the story.  

I believe he showed 3 pass pro reps.  And this youtuber seemed focused on the Jets and Eagles games exclusively for some reason.  Not something I'm going to lose sleep over.    Most importantly, he showed way better than Penny, so there shouldn't be the concern with him on 3rd downs.  And we should see him get the lion share of the snaps, which means way less Gainwell... which to me is a good thing.

37 minutes ago, paco said:

He was benched at the end of the year for poor performance.   (two games I think, maybe three)

Edit: Looked it up, it was two games.  Was benched against the Jets and then again next week but had to come into the game because Brissett got hurt

They should have traded him right after their first Eagles game last season.

Aaron Donald retired. What was all that hoopla about the rams being top contenders? 

Craziest offseason of retirements in 30 years