4 hours ago, RLC said:

This is the same thought process as victim-blaming. Not saying AJ is a victim, but instead of asking the media to be better you're asking the people who are being covered to ignore it.

I don’t agree with this. I couldn’t care less about any of it at all but this is not victim blaming because, like you said, Brown is not a victim. The media are going to be intrusive calksuckers and Brown can choose to deal with it however he pleases because at the end of the day production is all that matters 

20 hours ago, Texas Eagle said:

I wouldn’t mind some Hurts insurance

Jordan Travis day 3, maybe.

53 minutes ago, devpool said:

The media should have no impact on the team. Who cares what idiots write or say about you on the internet? It's like when players lash out at fans on Twitter who talk ish, why bother?

This problem isn't going to go away, this is how the media is and they're not changing. So the only solution is to teach the players to ignore them. Answer questions you have to, no comment to ones you don't.

It's not just answering questions. It comes down to: Is this the environment a player (in a position to choose) chooses to enter or remain in? If the media is going to embrace every rumor as if, "well ... it sounds like it could be true," then they're indeed causing distractions for the team as those questions will come up in interviews repeatedly. Distractions can have a negative impact in more ways than one. 

I think AJ Brown could have handled things a little differently, but I like that he calls out the media. There are downsides to social media, but players posting directly themselves to clear things up helps connect directly with fans. There are always conspiracy theories, unnamed sources, rumors and things that fans believe 100% without questioning and run with the narrative for years. There are posters here that started calling Brown another T.O. because of ONE small interaction on the sideline arguing with Hurts. No one says that about Jason Kelce letting his emotions take over, he was seen yelling on the sideline too. Years ago, Barnett took a cheap shot at the QB in practice and Andre Dillard got mad at him and in defense of his QB he fought with Barnett. The coaches had to calm him down. The narrative the Philly media reported was that Dillard was "emotional" and needed coaches to calm him down. Fans took that and turned it into Dillard is soft, weak, emotional and needs coaches to coddle him. Last year, another incident happened in practice with Barnett crossing a line with Hurts.

It impacts fan perception of players. We can think that players and coaches should tune out the noise and not listen to it, not look at articles or social media posts about them but it has to be difficult. Even if they try, people they know will tell them "did you see what this article said about you?" 

Notice the narrative about AJ Brown among fans has changed, but still seen as a negative by some. Some fans said AJ Brown was going to demand a trade and become a problem, he hates Philly. That's not true, never been true and nonsense. But it took Brown speaking out defending the coaches and saying he loves it here and wants to stay for them to believe it. But now, the narrative has changed to "he's a distraction and they will need to get rid of him." Why? He's respectful to the organization, coaches, teammates and fans. He is a great player, and other players say he's a leader. In fact, when people believe criticism about Hurts not being a leader it was said that AJ Brown is one of the more vocal leaders on offense encouraging guys and holding them accountable. So different narratives are contradicting each other.

The media need to be held accountable. Yes, people can tune it out and not give them clicks and views. But there also needs to be responsible journalism, and I have no problem with players, coaches or other public figures calling out media for their nonsense.

58 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

Jordan Travis day 3, maybe.

Don't think he will be there on day 3

The media does have an impact on the team because NFL rules dictate the players and coaches have to interact with them.  The days are long gone when Steve Carlton could simply refuse all interviews 

47 minutes ago, NOTW said:

 Years ago, Barnett took a cheap shot at the QB in practice and Andre Dillard got mad at him and in defense of his QB he fought with Barnett. The coaches had to calm him down. The narrative the Philly media reported was that Dillard was "emotional" and needed coaches to calm him down. Fans took that and turned it into Dillard is soft, weak, emotional and needs coaches to coddle him. Last year, another incident happened in practice with Barnett crossing a line with Hurts.

It impacts fan perception of players.

If I remember correctly, The Dillard / Barnett scuffles had to do with Barnett allegedly headbutting Dillard after his concussion. It had nothing to do with a hit on one of our QBs. Last year's "Barnett incident" was a joint practice "hit" on Richardson, not Hurts. Again the "hit" was reportedly Barnett knocking the ball out of his hand. 

Not just their reporting impacts fan perception, but our own inaccurate posting does as well. Truth is truth. Everything else is manipulative --- intentionally or unintentionally 

 

6 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Let's do it. Touchbacks are a waste of everyone's time. 

TIFWIW 

 

It's an absolute lock that we would look back on any Reddick extension and regret it.

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

TIFWIW 

 

The price is what I expected given the market… back to ARZ/Gannon in a trade?

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

TIFWIW 

 

That’d be absurd. Reddick is good but he’s not Von Miller. 

Reddick deserves a raise as he outperformed his contract. But if he wants that higher AAV, we can't give him those strong guarantees.

Jalen Ramsay talking about him and Howard not being utilized properly under Fangio. 

Reddick would be an outlier if he weren't a rotational player by his age 32 season. Anything more than a one year extension that's basically cap relief/effectively a 2024 pay bump for Reddick would be too risky.

If he's really pushing multiple years at $25M per, you gotta make the tough call.

25m per is going to prove to be very fair for him once we see what everyone gets in free agency. In a month it will seem more than fair.

5 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

That’d be absurd. Reddick is good but he’s not Von Miller. 

You mean pre-injury Von Miller?

He's way more disruptive than the current Von Miller. 

The 2024 league year hasn't started yet. You can't use last year's contracts as a bar for what's going to happen with this year's huge cap jump. 

You never let a 3 million per season difference get in the way of impact players. We went through this same crap during last offseason. "The Eagles can't afford to keep this guy, they can't afford to keep that guy" and then during the season they blow the money they kept in their back pocket on bums like Shaq Leonard and Kevin Byard.

Or they'll spend 8 million on a stiff backup QB like Mariota.

You can make up a measly 3m per season an infinite number of ways.

33 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

You mean pre-injury Von Miller?

He's way more disruptive than the current Von Miller. 

The 2024 league year hasn't started yet. You can't use last year's contracts as a bar for what's going to happen with this year's huge cap jump. 

I was gonna say I don’t even want Von Miller 

6 hours ago, Texas Eagle said:

Take it to CVON

CVON is for political discourse, I dont want discourse, merely making a correction on a statement.

Your comment , take it to CVON actially has as much to do with football or the eagkes or rhis forum as mine does.

Maybe take your statement to, TOPTTTCTCVON...🤔

 

Just now, Utebird said:

CVON is for political discourse, I dont want discourse, merely making a correction on a statement.

Your comment , take it to CVON actially has as much to do with football or the eagkes or rhis forum as mine does.

Maybe take your statement to, TOPTTTCTCVON...🤔

 

Your statement was too politically charged for the Blog.  It belongs in CVON.  Frankly, I am surprised you didn’t receive warning points for it.  Drop it now for the sake of the Blog.  

2 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

Im a big fan of the way rhe XFL does kickoffs and have advocated on here more than once for the NFL to adopt it 

It wouldnt be the first time the NFL has taken something from another league and implemented it.

The NFLs solution to the injuries from kick return was to limit returns to the point if eliminating it all together an in my opinion that plan failed and i think the league realized this.

Implementing XFL kick rules would being back the most exciting play in football and could shorten fields for offenses increase scoring and make pure returners a valuable position again.

Im all for it👍

 

 

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Don't think he will be there on day 3

ok, maybe not.  He's not all that great,  and he's hurt,  but he's similar to Hurts.   I'm not sure that Hurts needs a new backup.  I like Mariota and would like to keep him.   I don't like McKee but I doubt he goes. 

Danielle Hunter is 29.2 years old. Sportrac predicts 20M/year for him.

Josh Allen is 26.6 years old, and projected at 23.9M

 

I dont know how those predictions will hold up in real life. But if you can get Josh Allen or Reddick for the same money, maybe you go younger.

If you can get Reddick or Hunter for a few million left, you probably stick with the philly local who you know has performed in your system.

 

Paying Reddick is a risk.

You can potentially take his 25M and spread it around for depth like Van Ginkel AND Toohill. But thats also a risk that you never really replace his production.

 

There will be few cut and dried clear answers on what to do with this situation. Most of the options and alternatives are 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other. 

I dont think I care much either way.