People are saying depth/day 3 of this draft is really weak this year, Eagles are missing a 4th this year, well they have a very late third so however you want to look at it, & don’t have a 4th or 6th next year. We’ll have three 5th rd picks in this draft though. I’m curious if Howie will try to recoup a 4th in this current draft or if he’ll mortgage a couple of those 5th’s for a 4th next year. 

3 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Paying Sneed is one thing. Not interested in trading assets and paying him.

I didn't like when they did it with Slay... I wouldn't like it with Sneed.  Draft picks and salary cap figures are both a limited resource.

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

I didn't like when they did it with Slay... I wouldn't like it with Sneed.  Draft picks and salary cap figures are both a limited resource.

Especially when it’s a strong CB class. I would love to get Sneed if it was strictly contract, but yeah if draft picks are involved I’d rather just go with a CB in 1st. Only guy I’d be interested in giving up draft capital & big contract for is Surtain

 

7 minutes ago, Dwide Schrude said:

Especially when it’s a strong CB class. I would love to get Sneed if it was strictly contract, but yeah if draft picks are involved I’d rather just go with a CB in 1st. Only guy I’d be interested in giving up draft capital & big contract for is Surtain

Exactly.

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

A definite maybe possibility report!   Woo!!!

 

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

 

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

 

He took the 'more cushion for the pushin' a little too far

Yeah, the Falcons need to follow up Desmond Ridder with another inconsistent QB who kinda sucks and isn't consistent enough as a passer to win anything. Go from Ridder to a more athletic more skilled version of Ridder. If they want a QB they should pay the price and trade up for one. He certainly won't have the weapons to win in Atlanta that's for damn sure.

Marcus Hayes wrote some negative Eagles article today but considering the source it’s probably embellished at best 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

The 76ers have one viable course of action moving forward.  Put him on ice for this year.  Do the best you can with FA/trades this offseason.  Let him play it out early next year to get his legs under him...for 1 month.  Then invent a phantom injury for a mini offseason in which he does nothing but work out for December, January, February and half of March.  They need to build a good enough team to run up a good enough record to avoid the play-in tournament while only getting about 2 months of Embiid.  

Send him into the playoffs at 100% and hope for the best.

We’ll probably never get the answer to this given how mum this team is with injuries, but I still want to know if it was the knee that made Hurts look half his speed/agility this year or if he’s just slowed down. I guess we’ll find out next season but this was an issue we saw week one against New England. It’s why I thought it was an injury he sustained preseason, reaggravated against Miami, and it lingered the rest of the way. 

1 hour ago, RLC said:

I'm fine with a rotational DT on day 3, but no more IDL. We have Carter, Davis and Williams. We need pocket-pushing DEs.

Sadly, DT is a need. Davis won't give you more than 50% of the snaps. Williams is in a contract year. Is he going to be worth a new contract? Carter is still a wildcard. Can he put it all together?  

We need both DE and another DT.

1 hour ago, Dwide Schrude said:

People are saying depth/day 3 of this draft is really weak this year, Eagles are missing a 4th this year, well they have a very late third so however you want to look at it, & don’t have a 4th or 6th next year. We’ll have three 5th rd picks in this draft though. I’m curious if Howie will try to recoup a 4th in this current draft or if he’ll mortgage a couple of those 5th’s for a 4th next year. 

I posted trade up scenarios a few weeks ago based off the picks they have and the draft value chart. Assuming there are willing trade partners, the Eagles could Easily turn all of their late round picks in to about 9 picks in the first 4 rounds. 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

If she's trying to show her broken leg, she did a horrible job at it. 

We have a new candidate for Howie posts. 

 

48 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Yeah, the Falcons need to follow up Desmond Ridder with another inconsistent QB who kinda sucks and isn't consistent enough as a passer to win anything. Go from Ridder to a more athletic more skilled version of Ridder. If they want a QB they should pay the price and trade up for one. He certainly won't have the weapons to win in Atlanta that's for damn sure.

Doesn’t make any sense at all if you’re the Falcons.  Just draft and develop your own cost-controlled player for 4 years.  CHI has watched Fields for 3 years and concluded he isn’t good enough.  Why trade for a guy who, if he succeeds to the point he develops a bit more, you’re committed to giving a $40M+ multi-year contract to, right away?

Fields was the 4th QB drafted in his draft class.  ATL has the #8 overall pick; that should easily be high enough to draft the 4th QB in this class — whether that be McCarthy, Penix, or Nix.  

43 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

The 76ers have one viable course of action moving forward.  Put him on ice for this year.  Do the best you can with FA/trades this offseason.  Let him play it out early next year to get his legs under him...for 1 month.  Then invent a phantom injury for a mini offseason in which he does nothing but work out for December, January, February and half of March.  They need to build a good enough team to run up a good enough record to avoid the play-in tournament while only getting about 2 months of Embiid.  

Send him into the playoffs at 100% and hope for the best.

Or trade him. The JoJo era should probably be over at this point. I don't see him ever staying healthy for a deep playoff run. Doesn't get better as he gets older.

26 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

We have a new candidate for Howie posts. 

 

Looks like the first time he discovered boobies.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

 

32 minutes ago, judunno said:

Or trade him. The JoJo era should probably be over at this point. I don't see him ever staying healthy for a deep playoff run. Doesn't get better as he gets older.

That’s fine too, but that ship has also sailed.

The time to trade him was was this past offseason, or the one before…peak value.  It’s also a huge risk for a GM.  If he went to another team as a 1B, it could blow up in the GM’s face as he wins a title.  No GM is going to risk that even if they know he can’t win a title with this franchise.

So they elected to go the route of riding Embiid until it’s all over with him.  The issue of health for a playoff run crushes his value.  Who is going to muster up MAJOR assets for him at this point?  Might as well let it play out and hope they get lucky one of these years, no matter how unlikely it is.

 

2 hours ago, judunno said:

Looks like the first time he discovered boobies.

 

4 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

 

"Dom, find me that thicc girl Tyreek knocked into."

The Eagles Offensive Line is basically set.

Mailata, Landon, Kelce then Jurgens,  Jurgens then Steen, Lane Johnson.

People think that Lane Johnson might retire within their lifetimes, so, some successor should be in place.   That's questionable, since there are entire positions with no clear starter,  and certainly no future plans when there are no present plans.

However, I got the guy.  The Lane replace.  Someone who might suck,  but someone who could bring as much to the table as Lane did.  A very similar resume.

The big guy in that video.   Tylan Grable

At UCF with Gus Malzahn and John Rhys Plumlee.  

Like Lane, a QB in high school.  Like Lane, a TE in college, Like Lane, then a OT in college.  Tylan is a LT though.  It's not entirely clear but Tylan's measurables will likely be well above average.  Probably won't have Lane's 40 though.  Tylan will be at the combine.

You have a QB / Basketball player / TE who is getting big enough to play OT in the NFL.  The skills are there, and if he was drafted or udfa, he'd be sitting.   There he is,  on the video, catching a lateral from the Left Tackle position.  He wasn't eligible, he wasn't a Tight End or a back.  He could be.   You don't see Offensive Tackles do all that much in the NFL, and they should.  But I'm talking about using Tylan as a TE.   One heck of a fast blocking TE who was a TE before, and was a good basketball player.  Apparently in high school, his team won the state championship 3 years in a row, but it wasn't clear whether it was football or basketball.  Either way,  he's either a decent QB or a decent basketball player or both.  He wasn't all that much of a running QB,  he threw for 3,000+ yards in his junior year alone. Potentially an extremely potent weapon, an extremely potent innovation piece. 6'7 290-310 pound QB who runs?  4.80?  4.90? We're probably going to be seeing some great numbers.

Currently,  the Eagles could do the same play as in the video by having Mailata go out there and catch a pass.  Or Lane Johnson go out there and catch a pass.  Additionally,  the Tackle who catches the lateral can throw a pass.  It's clearly not a particularly complex play,  the Tackle runs the pass rusher out of the play  and by doing so, gets open.   Easy lateral to Mailata or Lane, who could run or throw.   Additionally,  Hurts who threw the lateral, could then become a receiver.   If you wanted to make it easier, you just have the Tackle pull into the backfield,  the QB gets the ball to him quickly and then becomes a wr quickly.  6 WRs, 1 QB (OL), 4 OL  If you just wanted something simple.   You could take a OL - like Grable - put him at TE.  6 man OL.   Take out one of the OL, put in a QB, or a RB or WR, whoever you want to get the ball.  You're back down to a normal 5 OL,  but Grable would be eligible.  Mariota, lets say,  is at left guard and pulls back and takes a handoff  or pitch from Hurts.  Hurts becomes eligible.   Mariota throwing to Hurts, Grable, Gainwell, Brown, Smith, Goedert.   6 eligible receivers,  which is rare.  You could do that every play if you wanted.  You could have the Left Tackle pull as a matter of course.  Have him separate from the rest of the Oline.

X      LT         LG C RG RT TE
                         
You really don't have to do anything different except a minor tweak.
Same OL exactly as always.  And put your 2 Ends on the Left or Right.

And the End between the OL and the actual End, does an End Around from the Tackle position.  I was saying Mariota could be at that LT postion,  could be anyone.  Hurts runs left, Mariota runs right, Hurts hands or laterals to Mariota and runs a route.  Maybe blocks?  Mariota throws or runs.  Mariota (LT) could throw to Goedert,  Left End,  Lane Johnson, Right End,  Hurts, QB, Brown, Slot, Smith, Flanker,  RB or ?