Can’t believe all this discussion over a backup quarterback that hopefully for us never sees the field, lol

• South Carolina RB Dante Miller – 4.27 seconds
• South Carolina WR Ahmarean Brown – 4.31 seconds
• Ball State CB Red Potts – 4.33 seconds
• Clemson RB Will Shipley – 4.39 seconds
• Penn State S Keaton Ellis – 4.40 seconds
• Arizona State S Chris Edmonds – 4.40 seconds
• Oregon LB Jamal Hill – 4.41 seconds
• Wisconsin S Travion Blaylock – 4.42 seconds
• Georgia Tech TE Luke Benson – 4.43 seconds
• Arizona State CB Dee Ford – 4.44 seconds
• Indiana State WR Dakota Caton – 4.45 seconds

6 hours ago, Dwide Schrude said:

Kempski made a good point that might as well just rip the band aid off now by cutting him, but I also agree with this logic. Fangio can maybe get a bounce back season with him

Does make sense since there is no point to cut him before June 1st anyway. Why was there such a big drop off? Look at the scheme. He cant play man coverage which was why the Gmen cut him. He thrived in Gannon's soft cover 2 shell defense which Vic will run a lot of as well with safety help. 

Worst case he looks bad in camp/preseason and they cut him then. No big rush to do it now. 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Blog!  ☘️

8 hours ago, RLC said:

This is more of a July conversation, but if Jalen Carter with a full off season (which he didn’t have last year) makes the leap, that can make the defense a top 15 unit.

When I was discussing the DT rotation a few weeks back, one of the comparisons I did was Fletcher Cox's rookie year compared to Jalen Carter's rookie year.

-Fletcher Cox- Rookie year, 52% of the snaps. In year 2, that jumped to 74%. He played almost 400 snaps more than his rookie year. It's also worth noting that Cox moved to 3-4 DE in his 2nd year.

-Jalen Carter- Rookie year, 51% of the snaps. 

With Cox retired, the snaps are there for the taking. We need to see a significant jump from Carter in playing time. He can't just go from 51% to 60%. He needs to be the lead dog at DT. Aaron Donald played 67% as a rookie and bumped to 79% in year 2. If Carter is that guy, the next great DT in the NFL, he needs to be on the field and he needs to be on the field making an impact, not just eating up snaps.

7 hours ago, pisceschica said:

 

Whoever framed that did a terrible job. Most jersey frames I've seen you fold the sleeves towards the front or you extend them as a full jersey. Folding them in so they cover parts of the number just looks sloppy. 

2    Tanner Mordecai    6    16    26    61.5    207    8.0    9.5    2    0    153.8

Tanner Mordecai is in the 2024 draft.  Those were his stats from 2019.  153.8 is a pretty solid passer rating in limited reps.

He just played 1 year at Wisconsin,  had a pro day.  His rushing yards and yards per attempt weren't that good.  but his size - 6020 and 220  and his 40 time especially,  4.46 are interesting.

Ok,  when Tanner was putting up those 2019 stats as the backup,  who was the starting QB?

see ras compare for the answer

https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=18948&p2=25527&pos=QB

1 hour ago, Mr_Philly said:

Can’t believe all this discussion over a backup quarterback that hopefully for us never sees the field, lol

It's pathetic.

7 hours ago, judunno said:

He was a rookie with a bad shoulder. One would hope he's all healed up and starts to eat into BGs snaps at the least. Further we don't know if Reddick sticks around. Hope he does. Too premature to call him a wasted pick. Many said the same of BG.

I’m not saying his rookie year is unforgivable.  I am OK with any excuses you want to make.  That doesn’t change the reality that he’s not going to play in year 2.  And 2 years of nothing is not very good return on a first round pick.

10 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

A lot of teams had cap money. They lose out on guys all the time.  That old Spadaro 'if they really wanted a guy they'd get him' is not true.

That said trying means nothing.  At the end of the day Howie gets judged for the team on the field and if they win as it should be

Not when it comes to Lurie.  In that case, he gets judged on guys he liked in the draft, but missed on because they went earlier, or whatever nonsense Lurie said years ago.   He has a notebook, and his grading system is about as transparent as PFF's.

10 hours ago, Dwide Schrude said:

Man, you were a Browns fan in 2016? So you joined this fandom around the time we won a superbowl? Then you want to act all high and mighty like you know so much more than us about the team we’ve followed our entire lifetime? Cmon dude, this is why we don’t like you. We have watched Howie’s entire GM career unfold, we know his MO. I’ve begged for years at the tv on draft night for him to take the CB or LB, only to grab another linemen. You keep telling us OL isn’t a 2024 need, thing is WE KNOW THAT. We want the CB! or the LB! Or the S! We all want defensive help. But we also see all the writing on the wall. Howie likes to draft succession plans in early rounds because he’s done that in the 2019/2022/2023 drafts, Lane is at end of his career, we have a ? at RG, it’s a strong OT class in the 1st round, Eagles have an extra 2nd round pick, to help out other needs on roster, Howie loves lineman. We are trying to get that thru to you. You should be debating all of this with Howie Roseman, not us. 

Claiming to be a Browns fan, while also claiming to be a Ravens fan raised the red flag higher than it ever has been.   He's a troll.

9 hours ago, pisceschica said:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/wide-receiver/

A slightly deeper dive was necessary.   He's a free agent.

8 hours ago, Outlaw said:

You personally attack all of us with every long winded diatribe you post. You’re not an Eagles fan. In fact, you routinely insult all Eagles fans. We don’t want you here. Go back to the Ravens or Browns board and take your merit badges with you,  DK.

He’s nothing but a loser who thinks because he writes paragraph long posts that he knows anything about our team or the sport. 

 

No worries.   Those aren't even paragraphs.   Paragraphs have a point.  What they are are ramblings.

10 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

Kempski said the Eagles targeted a couple LBs early in free agency, but weren't able to get it done so they pivoted to Devin White.

Just like the folks a BGN (BLG), I doubt Kempski has any sources within the team hierarchy.  Mullen stills seems to but of the real journalists, he is about it.  Berman, maybe.  I take everything the rag reporters (are they still rags if they are electronic) with a high degree of skepticism.  Most seem to be observers, like we are, like Tommy, but with a bit better access.  The Kempski suggestion sounds like a team fed misdirection.

3 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Just like the folks a BGN (BLG), I doubt Kempski has any sources within the team hierarchy.  Mullen stills seems to but of the real journalists, he is about it.  Berman, maybe.  I take everything the rag reporters (are they still rags if they are electronic) with a high degree of skepticism.  Most seem to be observers, like we are, like Tommy, but with a bit better access.  The Kempski suggestion sounds like a team fed misdirection.

I'm sure they targeted some LBs as well as every other position, Howie would be an idiot if he didn't go into free agency without knowing

1) which teams are interested in which players

2) a reservation price for each FA (i.e. the agent calls and is willing to accept less than the reservation price, jump on it), based on scouting reports and the input from your new coordinators

(1) tells you which players you pursue, the ones that aren't going to get massive overpays (only so much time in a day),

(2) tells you when to move on, if an agent throws out a number well above what you think the player is worth and doesn't seem to be flexible.

So it's both credible that Howie targeted a number of LBs (as well as just any other position) but moved on when the "ask" was too high.

 

30 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I’m not saying his rookie year is unforgivable.  I am OK with any excuses you want to make.  That doesn’t change the reality that he’s not going to play in year 2.  And 2 years of nothing is not very good return on a first round pick.

Not making excuses. He was clearly hurt the man had surgery. Why wouldn't he play in year two provided that he's healthy? They deploy a rotation.

10 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Ok, so here’s the tally so far…

New/Old

Jurgens<<Kelce

Steen/Hennessey<Jurgens

Pickett>Mariota (fight me)

Barkley >> Swift

Albert O = Stoll (I could go either way)

Parker > Quez/Julio (not by that much)

Huff > Graham/Smith (assuming Sweat and Reddick stay)

White > Cunningham (If not, yikes)

Burks = Morrow (or close enough)

CJGJ > Byard/Brown/Edmunds

You left Evans out of the list of S failures.  Think it is too early to judge Brown.  Give him an incomplete. 

 I think Jurgens, as an undersized RG, being greater than Steen is an unknown at this time.  The other name there should be Kinnard.  Hennessy is the back up C and active G at this point not really in content for RG unless Steen is a cluster F.   

Smith was a SAM/OLB last year. Huff is listed as a DE.  I think in 4/3 alignments it’s Sweat Williams/Davis Carter Huff with Reddick or some other of the OLBs (Smith, Baun, Okwara) playing the SAM role.  I expect a lot more rotation at DE, OLB and a lot of line variations, 3/4, 4i, maybe even some variation of the wide 9 (Howie has brought in some speed on the outside to complement Reddick, Sweat and Smith.mm

Unless Howie found some loophole, the cap numbers aren’t accurate because both OTC and Sportrac are showing $0 cap hits for the FA signings.

9 hours ago, Outlaw said:

You personally attack all of us with every long winded diatribe you post. You’re not an Eagles fan. In fact, you routinely insult all Eagles fans. We don’t want you here. Go back to the Ravens or Browns board and take your merit badges with you,  DK.

He’s nothing but a loser who thinks because he writes paragraph long posts that he knows anything about our team or the sport. 

 

Easy solution- Put him on ignore. There is zero benefit even reading his posts. You are falling right into what he wants. 

10 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

This is an awful projection.  All sorts of players out of position.

11 minutes ago, judunno said:

Not making excuses. He was clearly hurt the man had surgery. Why wouldn't he play in year two provided that he's healthy? They deploy a rotation.

He's deeper on the depth chart in year 2 than he was in year 1, in which he never played.  It's just silly to assume otherwise unless there is an injury.  Have you ever seen our 5th edge rusher have an impactful season in your entire history of being an Eagles fan?

14 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

Burks was a college safety who moved to LB and had no set position ST in GB, part-time starter in SF.

Good size, speed combo, late bloomer, nice depth who might find a role as a nickel LB. Will help on STs as well.

Speed was obviously a priority at LB (wonder why?): White (4.42), VanSumeran (4.45), Burks (4.59), Baun (4.65).

37 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Just like the folks a BGN (BLG), I doubt Kempski has any sources within the team hierarchy.  Mullen stills seems to but of the real journalists, he is about it.  Berman, maybe.  I take everything the rag reporters (are they still rags if they are electronic) with a high degree of skepticism.  Most seem to be observers, like we are, like Tommy, but with a bit better access.  The Kempski suggestion sounds like a team fed misdirection.

Kempski doesn’t break a lot of stories, but he’s had scoops in the past. He doesn’t just throw stuff out there. 

8 hours ago, brkmsn said:

One is 30-32 as a starter, the other is 14-10.

Right because in a team sport like football, evaluating a QB's performance should be reduced down to a single win-loss stat when there are 21 other positions on offense and defense (plus ST) contributing to those wins and losses. Not passer rating, completion percentage, or even just overall offense output, nope let's look at wins and losses only to make the argument that Kenny Pickett is just as good as Justin Herbert.

8 hours ago, ManuManu said:

This is definitely one of the saddest highlight videos I’ve ever watched. 

Still think we gotta trust Howie on this because he has all the info at his disposal?