1 minute ago, Ace Nova said:

Yep. Not sure how anyone who has watched Hurts play over the past 2 seasons can say "he can’t throw on the run”.   Some of his best throws have been on the run. lol

I wouldnt say he cant. Id say he doesnt. I think RLC just found every single example of him doing so over the entire season. Far too few. Every time he breaks the pocket its pretty much guaranteed a dead play at that point.

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I wouldnt say he cant. Id say he doesnt. I think RLC just found every single example of him doing so over the entire season. Far too few. Every time he breaks the pocket it’s pretty much guaranteed a dead play at that point.

He’s had a lot more than that.  Those highlights we some of the longer, more spectacular throws but he’s had dozens of throws on the run that went for shorter yards, etc 

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

23 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

If Moore knows what he's doing he'll design some outlet targets into the offense, knowing Hurts is prone to leaking out to the right.  There should always be a receiving target in the right flat when Hurts has the ball.

Absolutely. Layers on the leakage to help the QB, but also ride him hard to take what is there.  There must a better completion percentage in the pocket than leaking out of the pocket.

Jimmy G.

Has experience in playoff games and starting when players go down.

Will not be expensive because of the two game suspension.

Feels like his skill set would be good for a Kellen Moore offense.

Him winning a ring would stick it to the Niners.

 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

I'm with Desean on this one

 

8 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

He’s had a lot more than that.  Those highlights we some of the longer, more spectacular throws but he’s had dozens of throws on the run that went for shorter yards, etc 

well thats not impressive. 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

Penix. What a match for a system incorporating a ton of air coryel.

2 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

I'm with Desean on this one

 

Hear me out. 

1. The memes will be endless.

2. Hurts can be stoic and not smile while Jameis brings the energy to the team. Best of both worlds. 

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Hear me out. 

1. The memes will be endless.

2. Hurts can be stoic and not smile while Jameis brings the energy to the team. Best of both worlds. 

How many weeks till I start calling for Winston to be the starter?

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

I think Tanner McKee showed more than enough to be given a chance at competing for the back up role. 

Tanner McKee should be the #2.
Howie will not let that happen as he's too risk-averse when it comes to roster-building and especially QB2.

11 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Jimmy G.

Has experience in playoff games and starting when players go down.

Will not be expensive because of the two game suspension.

Feels like his skill set would be good for a Kellen Moore offense.

Him winning a ring would stick it to the Niners.

 

Hard pass. He sucks and is made of glass. 

4 minutes ago, Eriv20 said:

Hard pass. He sucks and is made of glass. 

Almost all backup QBs suck. He's objectively better than Mariota and Winston.

5 minutes ago, Eriv20 said:

Hard pass. He sucks and is made of glass. 

 

 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

I think it’s important we have one safety who is capable as a center fielder. I know we like to rotate and spin safeties, but I don’t want to have two substandard safeties in single high coverages. I like Blankenship, but he’s much better when playing downhill than sideline to sideline. 

Howie has been bringing in downhill Ss since McLeod. Exception might have been Gardner-Johnson.   Makes me wonder how well he understands the concept of disguising Ss with lining up two deep.  His tendency is towards SS types.  Maybe Brown can be taught that.  Maybe McCollum.  Blankenship is not good at dropping deep.  

That said, Howie was limited last year in what was available and at what cost at both LBs and S.  He may be more limited than projections because of the timing of the Cox, Graham and Kelce dead money hits.  (BTW, there is very little value in cutting Bradberry in 2024 other than a roster spot.) I suspect Cox will be a post June 1 designation. Same should be Graham but he is a maybe.  Kelce gets carried through June 1 regardless.  That means their full amount gets carried until June 1. Bradberry comes to camp and has to demonstrate he isn’t washed versus having a down year with bad S play.  He can still be cut at cut downs and the savings and split would be the same as designating him a June 1.  

19 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

Nick Foles.

1.  He can mentor Tanner McKee; since Hurts knows everything and is impervious to mental pressures it won't bother him having Nick over his shoulder

2.  When Hurts inevitably gets injured late in the season Nick can go on another playoff run. 

22 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

Oh the irony here though.   He was more than happy to rely on guys like that at other positions as the starters who have less of a resume than McKee.  Granted, this team is all about the QB and the 'QB Factory' mentality... but are more than happy to ignore positions defensively at the same time.   

Happy tiddy Tuesday 

@Godfather eats paint chips off of @hputenis’ bum 

19 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Hear me out. 

1. The memes will be endless.

2. Hurts can be stoic and not smile while Jameis brings the energy to the team. Best of both worlds. 

 

35 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Yep. Not sure how anyone who has watched Hurts play over the past 2 seasons can say "he can’t throw on the run”.   Some of his best throws have been on the run. lol

Maybe a better way to say it is he does too little of it because he trusts his legs more than he does reading pass defense on the scramble. 

19 minutes ago, RLC said:

Tanner McKee should be the #2.
Howie will not let that happen as he's too risk-averse when it comes to roster-building and especially QB2.

Only risk averse when it comes to QB2, not roster building.  We saw that he was more than willing to take risks on the defensive side of the ball last year, and we saw the effects of it.

28 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Who should be the backup QB this year and why should it be Jameis Winston?

 

And before I get flooded with McKee responses, I don't see Howie relying on him just yet to be the #2 if they are contending for a SB. 

What do we know about McKee in comparison to what do the Eagles know?  If they think he is ready for #2 and want a rookie as #3, that is their call.  No to Winston. 

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

What do we know about McKee in comparison to what do the Eagles know?  If they think he is ready for #2 and want a rookie as #3, that is their call.  No to Winston. 

Obviously the Eagles are going to do what they want to do. The whole point of the offseason as a fan is to discuss what WE think they will do or what WE want them to do. I think they are going to be in the backup QB market even though that's not necessarily what I want them to do. Also, the backup QB free agency market has a lot of names compared to most years, so there's a lot of different possibilities. 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

HIndsight is always 20/20, when you cherry pick the hits and skip what % of total picks those hits were, i.e., the odds of picking the right players ex ante.

I'm just saying who was available. I'd rather have a chance at taking a guy then no chance at all.