13 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Andre Dillard disagrees.  

 

Howie deserves to take some lumps... and he doesn't deserve to take a bow for Rasul Douglas' success elsewhere.   The Eagles got NO benefit from his development elsewhere.   Check Douglas' transaction history.  He was here for 3 full seasons.  Then was cut prior to the 2020 season.   Picked up by the Panthers, then the Raiders, then the Texans, then the Cardinals... and finally landed with the Packers as an emergency injury replacement signed off the Cardinals' PS.    In what way is Howie connected to his success?   And check the CBs that they kept in place of him in 2020.  Are any of them still in the league other than Slay and Maddux?   Someone made the decision to dump Douglas in favor of those others.  Howie was part of that decision, and the decision to bring in those others.   Howie didn't succeed with Douglas.  He failed.  And even Howie's biggest fans should be willing to admit that.

Not saying he doesn't. Two things can be true. It's a multi-part failure and the accountability is spread across Howie and his minions.

I would not draft this nerd

5 minutes ago, judunno said:

Not saying he doesn't. Two things can be true. It's a multi-part failure and the accountability is spread across Howie and his minions.

And the discussion began regarding the suitability for Howie to take a bow over Douglas.  He doesn't have anything to be proud of in that regard.  Of course... in Lurie's book, Howie likely gets an A+ for it... along with all the other guys that he didn't draft, that also went on to have great success elsewhere.

37 minutes ago, Cliftoma said:

🤣🤣🤣

I feel like Dallas is about to blow it up. Only reason I can think of the lack of moves. Dak is good as gone. If they're smart, they'll part ways with Micah so that they can get a QB and start over.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

And the discussion began regarding the suitability for Howie to take a bow over Douglas.  He doesn't have anything to be proud of in that regard.  Of course... in Lurie's book, Howie likely gets an A+ for it.

Hey sometimes a guy has to market himself. see Trump :)
 

26 minutes ago, Cliftoma said:

🤣🤣🤣

Throwing a cowboys jersey in the trash and posting it on twitter in 3…. 2….

14 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Solak is correct on this one. Cooper has 0 LB skills. Hes just an athlete out there who needs to be kept clean. 

The Eagles could draft Trotter Jr.  Pair him with Nakobe and you've got two identical LBs.  The Two Deans -- just like The Two Ronnies:

 

 

4 minutes ago, judunno said:

Hey sometimes a guy has to market himself. 

If he needs to market himself, he must be feeling some heat then.  

15 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

If you remember, they drafted him and he was a zone CB. But they traded for Darby who was said to be an excellent press coverage guy. And then the CBs were made to play off man. Which fit the strengths of neither of those guys. 

They were trying to get bigger and better at pressing. Then Schwartz never had his guys press. He had a bunch of slower zone CBs playing man. 

Under Joe Douglas it was a mismatched hodgepodge of talent with no rhyme or reason. 

 

The year before that was Mills, and the year before that was Eric Row who was a player without a home, and JaCorey Shepherd.

So you went from a few years of Chip Kelly and his right hand man screwing things up, to Joe Douglas's terrible draft boards that didnt fit team needs.

 

You’re telling me Schwartz planned to move to a press man defense, had Howie draft Jones and Douglas and trade for Darby and then just scrapped the whole thing all together?

So after the Smith contract we're still at around $29 million in cap space?  What's the next big deal/domino to happen?

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

If he needs to market himself, he must be feeling some heat then.  

After last year's collapse they should all be feeling some heat.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

You’re telling me Schwartz planned to move to a press man defense, had Howie draft Jones and Douglas and trade for Darby and then just scrapped the whole thing all together?

 

 

Whatever story it takes to shield Howie from criticism.

4 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

So after the Smith contract we're still at around $29 million in cap space?  What's the next big deal/domino to happen?

Bradberry for Patrick Surtain II straight up.

3 minutes ago, judunno said:

Bradberry for Patrick Surtain II straight up.

Gonna need some picks coming our way if we want that deal

Solak likes Dadrion Demerson a lot for the Eagles at safety(if they take one) on day two.

Just now, Sack that QB said:

Solak likes Dadrion Demerson a lot for the Eagles at safety(if they take one) on day two.

Is that the flat earth guy?

11 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Is that the flat earth guy?

Tyler Owens from Texas Tech "doesn't believe in space" so that's probably who you're thinking of. Unless there's 2 of em, which unfortunately wouldn't surprise me anymore.

3 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Tyler Owens from Texas Tech "doesn't believe in space" so that's probably who you're thinking of. Unless there's 2 of em, which unfortunately wouldn't surprise me anymore.

You'd think the fact that they were in college and required to go to classes would preclude that, but here we are.

6 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Tyler Owens from Texas Tech "doesn't believe in space" so that's probably who you're thinking of. Unless there's 2 of em, which unfortunately wouldn't surprise me anymore.

Ahh. I got my Texas Tech safeties confused.

@HazletonEagle

I'm done with Simmons man. Disappointed he hasn't signed here yet

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

What's taking so long with the Isaiah Rodgers decision? You'd think having that information before the draft would be a huge help.

Goodell is too busy chilling on an island before the draft

45 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

So after the Smith contract we're still at around $29 million in cap space?  What's the next big deal/domino to happen?

Trading for Micah Parsons

1 hour ago, DEagle7 said:

Who's "my guy"? I don't watch college football so I don't have a lot of skin in this game outside of wanting to make the team better.

people who don't want objective data typically have "their guy" who they want to protect against objective data.

50 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

So after the Smith contract we're still at around $29 million in cap space?  What's the next big deal/domino to happen?

The team needs to roll over 15 million or so into next season. They need 10 million for rookies this year. Not sure you will see any more moves. 

5 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

people who don't want objective data typically have "their guy" who they want to protect against objective data.

Part of the problem is the veracity of the data.  It's not like anything that's reported on the internet is true.  These sites are often using handtimed double hearsay reports of physical performance.