What. A. Fing. Shot.

20 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Smith has the speed numbers of a WR, so he certainly has the movement ability of a safety…but that doesn’t mean he has any clue in coverage.  Not saying he does or doesn’t, just that I haven’t seen him do it.  Some of the value to Hunt, regardless of numbers, should be that he has more comfort and fluidity in coverage as that is a skill set he has utilized coming up as a DB.

He practiced some off ball lb last year in training camp, but that was it. 

One thing fangio likes to do is put 6 guys on the los and then drop two of them into coverage. Having guys like Baun, Smith and Hunt in the mix means you can better disguise who is rushing and who is dropping. It is clear Fangio likes guys with that versatility, which is probably why Baun and Hunt are here while Reddick is gone and Sweat has one foot out the door. 

It should also be noted that this scheme benefits guys like Hunt, Smith and Baun who might struggle to generate an effective pass rush as a traditional edge, but who might get more free runs at the qb due to oline confusion. 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

 

Cool to see. I liked them both and going into the draft would have been OK had we gotten one of them in Rd 2.

Maxey

 

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Stop giving it to Jojo 

3 minutes ago, jsb235 said:

He practiced some off ball lb last year in training camp, but that was it. 

One thing fangio likes to do is put 6 guys on the los and then drop two of them into coverage. Having guys like Baun, Smith and Hunt in the mix means you can better disguise who is rushing and who is dropping. It is clear Fangio likes guys with that versatility, which is probably why Baun and Hunt are here while Reddick is gone and Sweat has one foot out the door. 

It should also be noted that this scheme benefits guys like Hunt, Smith and Baun who might struggle to generate an effective pass rush as a traditional edge, but who might get more free runs at the qb due to oline confusion. 

One additional note is that having edge rushers who can drop into coverage means more opportunities for the off ball lbs to rush the qb without bringing extra players. This would seem to match the skill sets of our projected starters. 

33 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Actually, I think Smith is the one who'll be used like this, we forget he's a tremendous athlete with a high IQ.

I suspect he's been in the weight room, get up to 240-245 and move like a safety, that's the guy you move all around b/c he has the speed to get to where you want him post snap.

Hunt is more likely to be limited to SLB/rush end, dropping into coverage or rushing from a SAM spot, he's got good but not great speed and will probably lose a step as he bulks up to 260 or so the next couple years. That agility at SAM will make him a good matchup over TEs, but I don't think he's got the speed and burst to play deep and come up.

Actually agree with this. It will Be smith in that role

37 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Actually, I think Smith is the one who'll be used like this, we forget he's a tremendous athlete with a high IQ.

I suspect he's been in the weight room, get up to 240-245 and move like a safety, that's the guy you move all around b/c he has the speed to get to where you want him post snap.

Hunt is more likely to be limited to SLB/rush end, dropping into coverage or rushing from a SAM spot, he's got good but not great speed and will probably lose a step as he bulks up to 260 or so the next couple years. That agility at SAM will make him a good matchup over TEs, but I don't think he's got the speed and burst to play deep and come up.

As opposed to the kid that got into Cornell.

Utter slop

from the sixers

8 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

My uniformed view is that they would be best served to have Slay, Mitchell, DeJean, Blankenship, and CJGJ on the field all the time.  DeJean and CJGJ can continuously move between NCB and Safety - further disguising coverage. 

Use different kinds of front six, 4-2, 5-1.  Diminish our exposure at LB and take advantage of DeJean and CJGJ in run fits.  OCs like to abuse smallish NCBs in the run game.  Our guys wouldn't fit that mold.

If Bradberry isn’t a factor, DeJean starts as a rookie over Mitchell.  Mitchell will be Slay’s replacement.  DeJean is more refined technique wise and can step in and up right away IMO.

So to win in OT, Sixers needed 44 pts and 51 mins from Maxey , and a triple double from Embiid over 48 mints (on an off-shooting night) which yielded a +12.

The story of this team being overly reliant on those two and sub-par role players continues... 

1 minute ago, kiwieagle said:

So to win in OT, Sixers needed 44 pts and 51 mins from Maxey , and a triple double from Embiid over 48 mints (on an off-shooting night) which yielded a +12.

The story of this team being overly reliant on those two and sub-par role players continues... 

Yup.    They performed a miracle tonight.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup.    They performed a miracle tonight.

Feels like when they won game 6 against Atlanta on the road to force a game 7 then had the Ben Simmons moment the very next game 

5 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I'd say Bradberry is more of a lock than Ringo and Rodgers. Even as a post-J1 cut he doesn't provide any cap savings, right? So based on talent and experience alone, he's at the very least above Rodgers. I know he sucked hairy gorilla sack last year but I expect him to look much better under Fango and with some competent safety play behind him.

From what i know, he’s not able to be cut this season as I believe both Kelce and Cox took the post J1 designation with their retirements which i think are both official June 1?  The cap always confuses me…nonetheless, Bradberry will probably start opposite of Slay like the past few years and if he continues to suck he will ride the bench for Cooper.

9 minutes ago, Wentz_Era said:

If Bradberry isn’t a factor, DeJean starts as a rookie over Mitchell.  Mitchell will be Slay’s replacement.  DeJean is more refined technique wise and can step in and up right away IMO.

DeJean can’t play boundary CB.  Having Mitchell on the bench to demonstrate that would be atrocious 

Just now, Alphagrand said:

DeJean can’t play boundary CB.  Having Mitchell on the bench to demonstrate that would be atrocious 

Says who?

 

Kyle Lowry was literally a pointless point guard tonight.

11 minutes ago, kiwieagle said:

So to win in OT, Sixers needed 44 pts and 51 mins from Maxey , and a triple double from Embiid over 48 mints (on an off-shooting night) which yielded a +12.

The story of this team being overly reliant on those two and sub-par role players continues... 

Morey sucks at his job.

27 minutes ago, TEW said:

Once again, look at Van Ginkel:

6 sacks, 1 INT, 8 PDs, 69 tackles. Played MLB to start the season, known more for his coverage ability than pass rushing.

That’s the type of player they’re looking to replicate.

However, they could use a different linebacker in the Van Ginkle role.   Could any of Nolan Smith, Huff, VanSumeren, Zach Baun, Oren Burks, Devin White, Trotter. Dean do those things, some of those things?   I think that Nolan Smith should be able to do a good job at coverage, I'd say all the LBs can play OLB, and all the OLBs could play ILB.

Johnny Wilson has a 9.94 ras as a linebacker.    very long armed olb who is good at run defense, because tall and long arms.   Easy and fun  to do this, compare to Randy Gregory.

1 minute ago, Wentz_Era said:

Says who?

 

Every former GM I’ve heard pre and post draft.  Polian for one, although he felt DeJean should go in the first round because he had PR ability, which was odd to hear.  Thomas Dimitroff said he wasn’t a first round player.  Every current GM who didn’t draft him in the first round.  

I have a feeling that Parsons will be an Eagle next year

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Kyle Lowry was literally a pointless point guard tonight.

You knew he was going to decline as the series went on. He can’t play the minutes they are asking of him. He really shouldn’t be a starter. He should be coming off the bench and giving you 15 to 20 minutes a night. The fact that he has to play this much you knew the decline was eventually coming. Thank God, harriis actually Fing showed up in this game. And thank God Tyrese Maxey went god mode. 

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

Every former GM I’ve heard pre and post draft.  Polian for one, although he felt DeJean should go in the first round because he had PR ability, which was odd to hear.  Thomas Dimitroff said he wasn’t a first round player.  Every current GM who didn’t draft him in the first round.  

Well that’s just silly…the kid can play anywhere in the secondary.  He was the 4th DB taken for a reason…

Will be a Sixer about 2 months from today.

 

 

 

42 minutes ago, kiwieagle said:

So to win in OT, Sixers needed 44 pts and 51 mins from Maxey , and a triple double from Embiid over 48 mints (on an off-shooting night) which yielded a +12.

The story of this team being overly reliant on those two and sub-par role players continues... 

I’m just happy they made it a game and didn’t completely give up like usual.

They tried to multiple times. But they didn’t, I guess. 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m just happy they made it a game and didn’t completely give up like usual.

They tried to multiple times. But they didn’t, I guess. 

Embiid made you a promise.