27 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

race baiting alert. race baiting alert

He's a dumb f

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

 

There’s actually Ravens fans in the comments saying they wouldn’t want to do that deal.

3 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Maybe they should raise the liquor taxes in your area

Just now, Ace Nova said:

 

And I’m 100% sober today.  
 

I'm sorry to hear that

 

42 minutes ago, beto_eagles said:

I'm old enough to remember how people thought Hurts was a blessing and an unanimous top 3 QB; how people thought Sirianni was the perfect coach for the Eagles because he understood Philly's passion; how people thought Howie had a terrific draft and stole the show back in April; heck, I even remember when a lot of fans (and most people here) wanted Kelce gone because he wasn't strong enough and we had Seumalo...

Yeah, sometimes people overreact and pretend they're always right, conveniently forgetting about all their terrible takes in the past. That's something I admire about Hurts' philosophy: never too high, never too low. I wish media and fans adopted it a little bit.

QB1 doesn’t sniff the top 5

only video I could find was on TikTok: 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8E4vP7G/

 

 

20 minutes ago, RLC said:

Why take Trotter Jr when you get better LBs in Colson and Cooper?

It's the name. I'm a big fan of Cooper. If he's of the board I wouldn't mind either one

15 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Brown says that Twitter post isn’t from him. 

4 hours ago, devpool said:

That argument just doesn't make any sense. Hypothetically, in your argument, if an offense is top 3 scoring 30PPG but the defense is bottom 5 and giving up 35PPG with the team going 8-9, you would be saying the offense is mediocre.

Good point.  But I wasn't speaking hypothetically.  I was referencing only the Eagles.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Lloyd would be awesome. Blunt type of running style

28 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Meh.  I think that entire thing has been overblown.  
 

If he’s realistic about his extension request then he should only be asking for what the average 38-39 previously elite player makes past that age and that should be averaged out over the length of the extension.

Now if he’s asking for 40 million a year for 5-6 more years past that age - that’s laughable and he should know that. 

I wouldn’t give him an extension for a couple more years. I need to see how he holds up and his elbow. No need to rush into it right now. I’d probably give him some other incentives added into his current contract he can hit. But i don’t want to give him a 3-4 year extension and we get to 36 and he just isn’t remotely what he was.  If he didn’t have 8 years left I’d be more for discussing it 

37 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I don’t think he misread CJGJ.  

I don’t mind bringing up past failures.  But that doesn’t mean the low cost gambles he has taken this offseason are the same.

Morrow was a low cost option to White, who frankly faded in 2022 stretch.  White wasn’t available for the stretch for the Cards either.  Howie blew it not offering a contract to Edwards but Dean was drafted to be his replacement.  Evans was more injury risk and that has been his career.  Edmunds was a gamble.  Swing and a miss.  Byard appears washed.  I was surprised at how badly he seemed to play. Bradberry needs a FS with good angles. He has had down seasons in his career.  But he played at All Pro level the year before.  He’ll likely be around through the PS to see which he is.  Secondary missed having a passing game coordinator.  Sounds like there will be one this year.  

Do I expect Howie and his team to hit one out of the park? Not at all.  Probably the opposite (and I tend to be a glass half full type). But I do like a few of the moves the team has made this year.  But like I said, it’s February so we are basically talking moves before the new season even officially starts.  

I do want to point out that this time last year, I was happy with the McCollum signing and laughing at the Beats who kept saying he was a CB. (Many on here kept asking "who”?) He’s a 6’ 3” S with good speed that is extremely green.  In college, he played S, CB and kind of the STAR position from the Saban D (nickel/S hybrid).  I wouldn’t be surprised to see him make the next step to the 53 this year.  

My McCollum this year might be Poe.  Need to see him more to say.  (Played at Mercer, while I watch a lot of college football, can’t say I have seen Mercer so he is a bit of an unknown.)  Kelce like athleticism. All I have seen are the You Tube videos on him.  Played some fullback early in college and plays like that when pulling. Don’t know how his snaps are but curious.  A bit shorter than Kelce.  Looks like he has decent punch.  Two years in (one on SF practice squad and most of last year on the Jets.)  Opted come to the Eagles where we have Stout and like Cs with good athleticism.  We’ll see how his snaps are and what football IQ he can absorb.  But a Masters in college plus SAP certification suggests a pretty smart dude.  Software technology so you know he is going to have attention to detail.  

They were ALL low cost options.   It was incompetence on his part to put the back 7 on the field that he did last year.   Dean is the only player that can be said was 'missed' due to injury, but frankly, was he any better than the rest of the dreck?   Nah.   

Howie doesn't need to break the bank on every position (it's impossible to do that), but he needs to be NFL caliber players on the field at all positions.  He failed miserably at that last year.  And, I won't be impressed by his accumulation of more lottery tickets this year when that's not what they need.    Sure, its nice to have a few.  But, its ridiculous to ONLY have those.  Until he adds some NFL caliber pieces to this defense, I will continue to be unimpressed, and I'll wait to laud ANY move by Howie until such time as the player proves he belongs on the field, not just be in the building.  

What I really expect, or more exactly what I demand from my GM is that he fields a competitive team at all positions.  Howie failed at that this past season.  The back 7 was bad to start the year, and it only got worse as the year progressed.  And frankly, almost all of it was predictable.  The extent to which it collapsed was the only surprise.  The coaches didn't do much to help the situation, but even then... there's only so much that can be done with the dreck we saw on the field.   The coaches seemed to have given up on the players, and then the players seemed to return the favor.  And Howie is responsible for ALL of it.  That's why he gets the big bucks and sits in the big chair.  He's responsible for the coaching staff, either directly or indirectly... and he's responsible for the talent on the field.   He needs to fix what he broke.   And none of these futures contract guys fit that bill.

 

 

And he absolutely misread CJGJ.  Not in the contract he'd be offered elsewhere, but in his response to Howie's offer.   He was so offended at Howie's offer that the bridge was burned and he wasn't going to come back.   Granted, he seems like a real piece of work to have around, but he's at least a competent NFL safety.

I haven’t really read any articles on the eagles, surfed twitter, listened to any rumors, paid any attention to the lip service coming from inside the organization….basically had everything on mute for a month or so.

And I realize I am no less up to date and in tune with what’s going on than I would be if I did all those things.

34 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Interesting list of names in a underwhelming, seldom talked about TE class.

Devin Culp could be a diamond in the rough. Athlete who wasnt utilized in the Washington offense with all those WRs.

49ers if they lose Jusczyk could be interested in a guy like Jaheim Bell who is only 6'1'' and probably belongs converted to FB- if teams used FBs these days. SF does, and they may have a need there.

Theo Johnson could be another PSU athlete that just blows up the combine as they usually do. Tip Reiman- is he really going to be super athletic at 270lbs?
https://www.thedraftnetwork.com/2024/02/22/nfl-combine-2024-te-draft

Cade Stover and Jared Wiley are two I've had my eyes on in the mid rounds.

Brevyn Spann-Ford in the late rounds.

23 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Gross.... id love a 1st round CB but Rakestraw won't be the best player available. 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

race baiting alert. race baiting alert

Obviously there was more to it, but a group of people who are no longer here were continually told this wasn't a thing and yet here we are more than a year later...and it's still going on.

Sorry, there needs to be some changes. 

19 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Good point.  But I wasn't speaking hypothetically.  I was referencing only the Eagles.

The eagles where the offense has been top 10 or better the past three years? Those eagles? 

Just now, Swoop said:

Obviously there was more to it, but a group of people who are no longer here continually said this wasn't a thing and yet here we are more than a year later...and it's still going on.

Sorry, there needs to be some changes. 

They didn't say that,  they were told that by the mods. 

Obviously not true but nothing we can do about it 

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

They didn't say that,  they were told that by the mods. 

Obviously not true but nothing we can do about it 

Yeah, I went back and fixed it. I was going to add more and then didn't.

Too bad. 

At the very least get rid of RTK, who clearly adds nothing to the conversation and has an issue with everyone on the board. 

27 minutes ago, NOTW said:

only video I could find was on TikTok: 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8E4vP7G/

 

Interesting.  I really hate Tom Brady, but at the same time, he's smart and speaks truth.  This right here is 100% accurate.  It's hard, though.  When you draft a guy high, you've invested a lot of money in him and the media, fans, and probably even his team mates want to see the guy play.  You've got to tell them all, "No, we're not gonna play this really high draft pick, instead we're gonna sit here and watch <insert journeyman QB here> play".  

 

19 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I wouldn’t give him an extension for a couple more years. I need to see how he holds up and his elbow. No need to rush into it right now. I’d probably give him some other incentives added into his current contract he can hit. But i don’t want to give him a 3-4 year extension and we get to 36 and he just isn’t remotely what he was.  If he didn’t have 8 years left I’d be more for discussing it 

Yeah, sorry, Bryce.  It's way too early for contract talks. 

36 minutes ago, Godfather said:

QB1 doesn’t sniff the top 5

Pure talent wise probably not, but with a halfway competent coaching staff he could play at that level as evidenced by last year. Just a matter of having the right coaches, which isn't ideal sure but better than having a QB who doesn't even have the capability to play to that level. 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

As Eskin said, no one had a problem when they were winning. Once they started losing and started looking for answers, some players wanted Hurts to be "more emotional."

Do they want him to throw his tablet like Tom Brady did? Do they want him to stomp up and down the sideline and get in players' faces to yell at them?

He HAS always shown emotion his career. He hypes up the team in the pre-game huddles, he smiles, he dances, he celebrates. A lot of times, he is more stoic and focused. When the team is losing, players have different reactions. There were times Kelce was pissed off and just staring into space. Some players sit on the bench and hang their head.

The QB gets the spotlight because of the position, and people expect them to be cheerleaders and have perfect emotions all the time. That's not reality. Every human has faced hard times and reacted in ways that others might not like. Maybe it's a maturity and growth factor for Hurts that his teammates need to see some more from him when things are down instead of sitting on the bench in his head processing. It doesn't mean he's a bad leader or it was the cause of the team's collapse. A LOT went wrong this season, a lot of blame to go around.

There have been other QBs that haven't been "emotional" and rah rah. There have been great players who led their teams well that were seen as a-holes, too demanding and harsh but they won. Fans don't really know what they want anyway: McNabb smiled and was loose and they criticized him and wanted him to be more stoic. Hurts is more stoic and they want him to smile and be more rah rah. These opinions are fickle and flip-flop all the time. In 2022 people celebrated that Hurts had ice in his veins, was all business and nothing rattled him. Once the team was losing, they wanted him to be let his emotions take over and act out on the sidelines which honestly that's not what I'd want. I can see wanting him to be more encouraging to the players, maybe go around and pat them on the back and say let's get out there and improve this. But no one accuses the veterans of not doing that. If Kelce is crying and staring into space, Lane Johnson and Mailata are sulking on the bench...why isn't anyone criticizing them for not being more emotional and hyping guys up? It's just another way to be critical of Hurts.

Well, that's when you need a QB who isn't a robot. Winning covers a lot but it's as simple as his teammates have an issue with it and brought it to him. That's enough for it to be an issue.

32 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Brown says that Twitter post isn’t from him. 

He isn't wrong. They throw the word "sources" in while just saying anything in hopes it sticks and when they're wrong they just pretend it didn't happen or make up some vague excuse