2 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

I'd be fine with a smaller trade up if Latham slips to 16, 17 area. Immediately steps in at RG and could be a force fairly quickly. 

Me too.

4 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

did you watch the Offensive Gems video I posted last night? You have to hear those guys talk about Mason McCormick. Just that alone shot him up my board. Ill take him in round 2. 

I did. I love that stuff. McCormick reminds me of Todd Herremans. Very tough, played through everything. One of my all-time favorite players. The Toddfather was a 4th rounder IIRC. I think McCormick may go there too.

Baldy is a big fan of Cooper Beebe. Some other draft pundits like him a lot as well.

Baldy is really high on Fuaga.

Thinks Guyton has a ton of potential but needs a lot of polish.

A promising update from S Sydney Brown!

"I feel amazing. I can start working out for you right now if you want to,” Brown said, via NBC10. "I feel great. I’ve been kind of in and out of Philly. I’ve been working out with the trainers at my home school in Illinois. (Senior athletic trainer) Jerome (Reid) and (VP of sports medicine/head athletic trainer) Tom (Hunkele) and the crew have been working real hard with me. I feel like I’m miles ahead of where I should really be. I will be ready for when the season comes around.”

 

Brown's surgery to repair his knee back in January was a success and three months later, he's feeling ahead of schedule. 

 

(via: A to Z Sports)

4 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

People keep saying that, but I dont think theres much traditional base 3-4 happening.

Yea this isn't the run heavy offenses of the early 2000s, teams are in base maybe 30% of the time these days. Majority of snaps are probably in nickel now with the league's emphasis on offense and the evolution of the TE into basically a bigger slot receiver. Having 4 LBs on the field (with likely at least two who can't cover) is a disadvantage these days

7 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

A promising update from S Sydney Brown!

"I feel amazing. I can start working out for you right now if you want to,” Brown said, via NBC10. "I feel great. I’ve been kind of in and out of Philly. I’ve been working out with the trainers at my home school in Illinois. (Senior athletic trainer) Jerome (Reid) and (VP of sports medicine/head athletic trainer) Tom (Hunkele) and the crew have been working real hard with me. I feel like I’m miles ahead of where I should really be. I will be ready for when the season comes around.”

 

Brown's surgery to repair his knee back in January was a success and three months later, he's feeling ahead of schedule. 

 

(via: A to Z Sports)

Great news 

16 hours ago, Random Reglar said:

Oh,  so,  there isn't any reason at all for people to want to spend big on a OT.

What I said about Mailata was a joke btw.

Hard to tell.

16 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

OT is absolutely on the table in Round 1 if Howie can move up a bit.  The RT of the future and we always invest heavily in our OL.

 

Yup.  RT who can start immediately at RG would absolutely be an option.  Even a RT who redshirt for a year fits Howie's MO.

15 hours ago, RLC said:

I believe Dallas should do the responsible thing and trade Micah Parsons.

To the Eagles.... for a 2026 conditional 3rd round pick that could become a 2nd round pick.

21 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup.  RT who can start immediately at RG would absolutely be an option.  Even a RT who redshirt for a year fits Howie's MO.

Exactly.  Lane has 1-3 years left and I'm guessing Howie thinks he has two offseasons to find the guy that will be the RT for the next decade.  He doesn't have to do it this year but then he'd be under pressure next year so if he finds an optimal way to get it done this year he will do it even if that means a guy sits for a year.  If the chips don't align right then Howie can bolster the DL instead or pick a CB if there is one he loves.

 

When Lane retires is extremely important.  If he plays 3 more years, a first round pick at OT is really bad value.  

2 more years and it has to be this year or next.

Jason Kelce was Aaron Donald’s nightmare matchup. 21:30

 

 

Hasn't Lane said he will retire after the 2026 season? Obviously a major injury can change this, but its been known for awhile now 2026 will be his last year.

3 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

Hasn't Lane said he will retire after the 2026 season? Obviously a major injury can change this, but its been known for awhile now 2026 will be his last year.

He said "a couple more years” during the 2022 SB run. Then this year he said again he still has a couple more years left, so people have interpreted that how they want to. Couple could mean by 2025, or he could still be saying a couple more years until 2028

At this point, same to assume Lane has 2 years left. That means OT in RD1, is still logical-value given the strength of OL in this class.

Also, we know Lane is not playing 17 games. Mailata might miss time. OT3 will play, and likely a lot.

24 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

When Lane retires is extremely important.  If he plays 3 more years, a first round pick at OT is really bad value.  

2 more years and it has to be this year or next.

Yeah, that’s why I’m not convinced we’re going OT at 22 unless they can play RG. While it’s a deep OT class with a lot of expected first-round picks, the guys expected to be available at 22 aren’t guys who would really go all that much higher in other drafts. Guyton isn’t even a better prospect than former teammate Anton Harrison, who went late 20s last year. Mims is incredibly talented, but he has a whole lot of red flags.

Just looking at recent drafts… Tyler Smith went 24 in 2022 and is a stud guard who will likely kick out to tackle at some point. Christian Darrisaw went 23 in 2021. Dillard busted but went 22 and Tytus Howard 23 in 2019. 

I guess my overarching point is that we don’t have to force a pick this year due to some preconceived notion that this class is so deep we can’t afford to wait on OT. 

 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yeah, that’s why I’m not convinced we’re going OT at 22 unless they can play RG. While it’s a deep OT class with a lot of expected first-round picks, the guys expected to be available at 22 aren’t guys who would really go all that much higher in other drafts. Guyton isn’t even a better prospect than former teammate Anton Harrison, who went late 20s last year. Mims is incredibly talented, but he has a whole lot of red flags.

Just looking at recent drafts… Tyler Smith went 24 in 2022 and is a stud guard who will likely kick out to tackle at some point. Christian Darrisaw went 23 in 2021. Dillard busted but went 22 and Tytus Howard 23 in 2019. 

My general counter-pick to that is most of those drafts didn't have great OTs at the top. 2019 had Jonah Williams (bust), Dillard (bust) and Howard. 2022 had 3 OTs go top 9, and 2 of them are bad (Ewkonu, Neal). Pre-draft, Icky and Neal had legitimate concerns but the Giants/Panthers had nothing at OL. Trevor Penning in 2022 got reached on because that class at OT was so thin.

We have to draft an OT by the end of day 2. If that's a developmental OT in RD2, fine. However, the general hit rate of RD2 OT is bad! RD iOL is good though since they're often good players that get pushed down due to not being a premium position.

8 minutes ago, RLC said:

My general counter-pick to that is most of those drafts didn't have great OTs at the top. 2019 had Jonah Williams (bust), Dillard (bust) and Howard. 2022 had 3 OTs go top 9, and 2 of them are bad (Ewkonu, Neal). Pre-draft, Icky and Neal had legitimate concerns but the Giants/Panthers had nothing at OL. Trevor Penning in 2022 got reached on because that class at OT was so thin.

We have to draft an OT by the end of day 2. If that's a developmental OT in RD2, fine. However, the general hit rate of RD2 OT is bad! RD iOL is good though since they're often good players that get pushed down due to not being a premium position.

I think it’s a little overboard to call Williams a bust. Dillard certainly is. Other than Penning, I don’t think any of those guys were overdrafted as prospects. 

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

When Lane retires is extremely important.  If he plays 3 more years, a first round pick at OT is really bad value.  

2 more years and it has to be this year or next.

Depends on if that pick can play RG at a high level in the meantime.  

19 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yeah, that’s why I’m not convinced we’re going OT at 22 unless they can play RG. While it’s a deep OT class with a lot of expected first-round picks, the guys expected to be available at 22 aren’t guys who would really go all that much higher in other drafts. Guyton isn’t even a better prospect than former teammate Anton Harrison, who went late 20s last year. Mims is incredibly talented, but he has a whole lot of red flags.

Just looking at recent drafts… Tyler Smith went 24 in 2022 and is a stud guard who will likely kick out to tackle at some point. Christian Darrisaw went 23 in 2021. Dillard busted but went 22 and Tytus Howard 23 in 2019. 

I guess my overarching point is that we don’t have to force a pick this year due to some preconceived notion that this class is so deep we can’t afford to wait on OT. 

That's the ideal for a RT selection in round 1 this year.

You'd think this offensive foul in the Women's UCONN/Iowa game was James Bradberry getting called for holding in the Super Bowl. 

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

When Lane retires is extremely important.  If he plays 3 more years, a first round pick at OT is really bad value.  

2 more years and it has to be this year or next.

Can’t expect him to go three more years though so simply need to get it done if the right situation presents itself. 

15 hours ago, austinfan said:

How can anyone who has followed the Eagles waste their time speculating about the draft?

1) Howie will trade up or down, he rarely stays put.

2) He'll draft off his board, learned his lesson a few years ago and has become more disciplined.

3) He'll probably rely more on his coordinators this draft, and of course, Stoutland, the coordinators last year were hired late and lacked the gravitas to have much impact.

Other than that, given where the Eagles pick, anything could happen. They didn't expect Smith to fall last year. The only thing guaranteed in the draft is a few players will get picked way too early and a few players will drop further than you'd expect. After that, trades will muddle the picture well before Howie is in striking distance of anyone he'd want.

Totally disagree.

The eagles aren’t that hard to figure out. You know the positions they prioritize and deprioritize. You know the system they use and the types of players they like. You know Howie is most likely to use a small move up to secure a targeted player rather than a massive move up (unless we need a QB). You know the Eagles use their 30 visits for their targets. And you know the holes on the roster.

It’s really not rocket science. 

An OL in the first round this draft would be so disappointing.  We need playmakers on D. Nubin, Bullard, DeJean, Wiggins, Arnold, Mckinstry, Wilson, Cooper, Watson are all players I would prefer over OL with our top 3 picks.

With the Eagles having 3 picks in the top 53 I have no doubt we will be subjected to one OL, but we don't have to draft Lane's replacement  now.  We don't even have to draft his replacement,  we can sign a FA as his replacement when he retires.