Pass on Shenault

Bring back Zaccheaus & draft someone on day 2

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

You’re reading it right.  They want a kickoff return more than they want 90% touchbacks, but they think the medical data points to increased injuries on kickoff returns because of high speed collisions.  By not allowing the coverage team to move until the ball is kicked, it sets up a 30-yard pop-fly kickoff that’s returnable without the return man getting blown up at the catch point.  A low-speed play, but still keeping the ball in play.

So the kicker has to kick it just right so it goes at minimum past the 20 in the air.

If I was kicking I'd be trying to put it right around the 5.  Either a good chance the ball rolls into the EZ and the possession starts at the 20 or the returner fields it and doesn't make it to the 20.

16 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

So teams are kicking off from their opponents 40?  That's not very far to kick it or am I reading it wrong? 

Read the breakdown. It's really kind of neat. There are basically 2 new touchbacks that force the kicking team to kick the ball to the returner.

-If they kick it in to the end zone, touchback to the 35.

-It has to clear the 20 in the air or it's automatically at the 40.

The only way the touchback is the 20 yard line is if the ball hits between the 20 and GL and rolls in to the end zone. That's a huge gamble for the returner to let the ball hit and roll. 

1 minute ago, 315Eagles said:

So the kicker has to kick it just right so it goes at minimum past the 20 in the air.

If I was kicking I'd be trying to put it right around the 5.  Either a good chance the ball rolls into the EZ and the possession starts at the 20 or the returner fields it and doesn't make it to the 20.

It's going to change how kickers kick. I really like it if at least from just reading the rules. 

The only thing I don't like is it takes the surprise onside kick out of the game because you have to announce that you're going for the onside kick and you can only do it in a certain timeframe. Fix that and they really have something here.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

It's going to change how kickers kick. I really like it if at least from just reading the rules. 

The only thing I don't like is it takes the surprise onside kick out of the game because you have to announce that you're going for the onside kick and you can only do it in a certain timeframe. Fix that and they really have something here.

I like it as well.  The kickoff was a waste of time.

9 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

It's going to change how kickers kick. I really like it if at least from just reading the rules. 

The only thing I don't like is it takes the surprise onside kick out of the game because you have to announce that you're going for the onside kick and you can only do it in a certain timeframe. Fix that and they really have something here.

Why not just change the kickoff to a punt? I don’t get all the extra junk. Have it be a punt from the -40. Fair catch comes out to the 20. Touchback 30. Out of bounds 40. 
 

Tackled/pushed out at live spot. RECIEVING team can’t block the punt but can pressure. Muffs and fumbles apply per usual. I don’t see many punt complaints about player safety, and they’re exciting. 
 

anything is better than watching the ball fly into the mascot and players calling FC on the 5.  

I’m bummed Cox is possibly retired but also relieved I won’t have to seem in another team’s uniform. Out of all those 4 vets I always felt he was the most likely to join another team

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Add Jeff Kerr to the "I’ve heard CJGJ/Eagles…” list.

this seems like an obvious smokescreen at this point. When’s the last time this many people heard/knew Eagles FA plans more than a week in advance? That’s like the 6th person to say the same exact thing. When bottom feeders like Eskin are saying it, it’s probably bs. 

Byron Maxwell?

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

Byron Maxwell?

My god that was awful. 

58 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

I think the implementation and teaching of the scheme will be vastly different. I don’t love the Fangio defense, but it’ll be more connected and cohesive this season, at least I hope. 
 

CBs will still get exposed in his scheme. That's just the nature of it 

11 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

Why not just change the kickoff to a punt? I don’t get all the extra junk. Have it be a punt from the -40. Fair catch comes out to the 20. Touchback 30. Out of bounds 40. 
 

Tackled/pushed out at live spot. RECIEVING team can’t block the punt but can pressure. Muffs and fumbles apply per usual. I don’t see many punt complaints about player safety, and they’re exciting. 
 

anything is better than watching the ball fly into the mascot and players calling FC on the 5.  

That's a good question too. They do the free kick after safeties. How is that any different?

Still can’t believe the Panthers didn’t trade Burns a year or two ago. They would be set up so much better right now & now they’re going to have to rely on a comp pick. 

1 hour ago, judunno said:

Quality better than quantity in this case. Too greedy. 

Yup.

I think the bigger CJGJ question isn't is this a smokescreen, but if they do sign him are they done at safety. Which leads to the biggest question of all: is Reed Blankenship etched in stone as a starter next season? Or is he a guy the Eagles view as "upgradeable."

Perhaps not mandatory to upgrade, but they'll upgrade it if they find the right guy. Because I'd love CJGJ, but adding just him to be your fix at safety is a little underwhelming. But coming out of free agency with, say, CJGJ and Curl. Now you're cooking. Just don't know if they'd invest that much though considering they probably view Brown as a future starter.

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I think the bigger CJGJ question isn't is this a smokescreen, but if they do sign him are they done at safety. Which leads to the biggest question of all: is Reed Blankenship etched in stone as a starter next season? Or is he a guy the Eagles view as "upgradeable."

Perhaps not mandatory to upgrade, but they'll upgrade it if they find the right guy. Because I'd love CJGJ, but adding just him to be your fix at safety is a little underwhelming. But coming out of free agency with, say, CJGJ and Curl. Now you're cooking. Just don't know if they'd invest that much though considering they probably view Brown as a future starter.

I bet they see Blankenship as a baseline level starting player who is a good value at his contract. He can be upgraded, but why put valuable resources into it instead of in a more valuable position?

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I think the bigger CJGJ question isn't is this a smokescreen, but if they do sign him are they done at safety. Which leads to the biggest question of all: is Reed Blankenship etched in stone as a starter next season? Or is he a guy the Eagles view as "upgradeable."

Perhaps not mandatory to upgrade, but they'll upgrade it if they find the right guy. Because I'd love CJGJ, but adding just him to be your fix at safety is a little underwhelming. But coming out of free agency with, say, CJGJ and Curl. Now you're cooking. Just don't know if they'd invest that much though considering they probably view Brown as a future starter.

I think you said it best the not mandatory to upgrade, but they’ll upgrade if they find the right guy. I’m still ok with Blankenship as a starter at safety, I think this is a make it or break it year for him to prove he can be a long term starter. Eagles have the flexibility that they don’t need to address the safety position as in replacing Blankenship but have the resources in cap space/draft picks if they find someone they like more than him, and it’s not like Blankenship is costing them any money by keeping him. At worst he’s quality depth & can have ST impact. I still think they should add a safety in FA since Blankenship is an uncertainty as a long term starter & the unknown of Brown’s timetable on returning. 

Reed would be fine if we had a better safety opposite him. He could easily be a Quentin Mikell type, solid but unspectacular. 

15 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I think the bigger CJGJ question isn't is this a smokescreen, but if they do sign him are they done at safety. Which leads to the biggest question of all: is Reed Blankenship etched in stone as a starter next season? Or is he a guy the Eagles view as "upgradeable."

Perhaps not mandatory to upgrade, but they'll upgrade it if they find the right guy. Because I'd love CJGJ, but adding just him to be your fix at safety is a little underwhelming. But coming out of free agency with, say, CJGJ and Curl. Now you're cooking. Just don't know if they'd invest that much though considering they probably view Brown as a future starter.

I think they’ll go for a solid vet on a low risk 1-2 year deal. Let Reed/Brown continue their development. Add veteran behind them. 

3 minutes ago, devpool said:

Reed would be fine if we had a better safety opposite him. He could easily be a Quentin Mikell type, solid but unspectacular. 

I think him getting torched in coverage doesn’t matter about the other safety. Unless you’re wanting him to guard TEs and be a box guy, he just lacks the ability to cover deep and doesn’t seem to transition well when someone makes a cut. He’s okay in the red zone, and willing to fill run gaps. But he’s pretty uninspiring otherwise.

11 hours ago, bpac55 said:

I wish I had gone to see Sebastian a few years back at his peak. One of my favorite comedians but I feel like he's lost some of his allure the more popular he's become. Kind of the Kevin Hart effect. Brian Regan has by far been one of the best I've seen in person. For a "clean" comedian to make me laugh as hard as he does is impressive. For the life of me though, I can't get in to Gaffigan. I've tried to sit through his stuff and just don't find myself laughing at all. 

 

I just popped on YouTube and didn't realize that Comedy Central Presents has every episode back to season 1. There were so many great comedians who I was introduced to by watching that show.  Never mind, you need Paramount + to watch them. 

I really like Nate Bargatze as well.

4 hours ago, GoEagles614 said:

We don’t lose because AJ was injured,

False

However,  the Eagles had other key injuries that caused them to lose games. The injuries overlapped the losses.    Brown is the best player on offense, (not counting OL) and he was out.  That's the kind of thing that would cause a loss.

And, Look, we don't know what the Eagles will do before the draft.

I don't know.  And you don't know. And no one here knows, unless Howie is actually here.  That's definitely plausible,  but it's unlikely that he's here a whole lot.

You can say that I don't know how teams are built.  Or I'm not writing caveats all over the place "given that there is uncertainty about what new resources the Eagles might acquire, perhaps these clear needs that have to be fixed might be fixed by other means."  

CB in the first,  WR/TE in the 2nd.  ??? the other second.  It doesn't look like a team will be taking Braelon Allen in the 2nd.

The Eagles have no reason to take an OL the first 2 days.  They have a bunch of picks in the 5/6 that would be good for a OL. 

I don't really need to say this every post,  but we'll have a better idea what the Eagles might do at draft time,  but it's 2 months before draft time now.  Yet we're talking with less information than we'll have in 2 months.  And it isn't exactly 2 months,  it's close to 1 month and 20 or so days.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Byron Maxwell?

Yea, that’s a good one. I wonder how much Chip had to do with that.

I was gonna say Pascal was widely known but he was an obvious guy. 

6 minutes ago, Random Reglar said:

False

However,  the Eagles had other key injuries that caused them to lose games. The injuries overlapped the losses.    Brown is the best player on offense, (not counting OL) and he was out.  That's the kind of thing that would cause a loss.

And, Look, we don't know what the Eagles will do before the draft.

I don't know.  And you don't know. And no one here knows, unless Howie is actually here.  That's definitely plausible,  but it's unlikely that he's here a whole lot.

You can say that I don't know how teams are built.  Or I'm not writing caveats all over the place "given that there is uncertainty about what new resources the Eagles might acquire, perhaps these clear needs that have to be fixed might be fixed by other means."  

CB in the first,  WR/TE in the 2nd.  ??? the other second.  It doesn't look like a team will be taking Braelon Allen in the 2nd.

The Eagles have no reason to take an OL the first 2 days.  They have a bunch of picks in the 5/6 that would be good for a OL. 

I don't really need to say this every post,  but we'll have a better idea what the Eagles might do at draft time,  but it's 2 months before draft time now.  Yet we're talking with less information than we'll have in 2 months.  And it isn't exactly 2 months,  it's close to 1 month and 20 or so days.

If you haven’t put all the pieces together yet to realize the most likely position Eagles will draft in the first round is an offensive lineman, that’s on you. 

3 hours ago, RLC said:

Mims might be the best athlete in the draft, whew.

bad vert 25.  that 4.33 is impressive though.   Jordan Davis, weighing the same,  had far more impressive numbers than Mims.   Mims compares to the Ravens Ben Cleveland.  All are  340 players.

ras compare as OT - Mims v Davis.   Davis has 10 ras,  Mims has 9.70
Davis really crushes.  Davis a pound heavier,  the only number Mims was better was height, and all the things Davis did were much better.  1.63 v 1.78 10 split is just one.

  https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=25178&p2=21551&pos=OT

ras compare as OT - Mims v Ben Cleveland.  Mims has 9.70, Cleveland is 8.97.
Very close except Mims Shuttle was much better.   Cleveland both heavier and faster and better vert. Mims taller, better broad and much better Shuttle.
https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=25178&p2=19347&pos=OT

ras compare as OT - Mims v Tylan Grable - Grable 9.83, Mims has 9.70
Mims is heavier and taller. Everything Grable did, Grable was better, the vert was much better.   36.5 v 25.5. 
https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=25178&p2=19077&pos=OT