Just now, eagle45 said:

Safety is probably fine now.

Not at all. Brown is out for a significant amount of time, Blankenship gets banged up fairly easily and CJ has missed a ton of time over the last couple of years. 

They need more help there.

I just don't want Jurgens at RG.  He was "fine" there.  He proved that he's not too light.  But he was a mid 2nd round pick because of how he projects as a center.  At RG, he may be capable (maybe even the best RG on the team for 2024), but I don' think hes going to play at the level you'd expect from a 2nd round pick who was a prototypical OG prospect.  I just don't see him belonging there.

2 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Not at all. Brown is out for a significant amount of time, Blankenship gets banged up fairly easily and CJ has missed a ton of time over the last couple of years. 

They need more help there.

I think the combination there is adequate.  CJGJ can play.  Blankenship, when (rarely) healthy, can play when given the right limited coverage responsibility.  Brown projects as someone who can play, although I think he was more of a liability as a rookie than acknowledged.  

That's not a bad combination for a position that is considered one of the weakest on the team. 

I suppose the issue is that it's a position that relies on the unquestionably worst position on the team, CB.  

We probably have the worst group of CBs in the NFL.

 

19 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Blew your prediction out of the water with a massive 79

Back to back games scoring 79. Offensive juggernaut 

 

12 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

Aaaand free agency starts tomorrow. There’s also a draft thing where players come to teams. There’s also these trade things. Not sure why people are crying like the season starts tomorrow. 

Free agency starts tomorrow but the deals have already been agreed upon for a lot of the top and even mid level players by now. It's not like half the deals that were agreed upon on the past day and a half get ripped up tomorrow at 4 and we can have a do over. 

I like Jordan Whitehead. I don't know why people are down on him he was good with the Jets and likely will be cheaper than Curl and others.

With our first rounder, we need to get one of:

1. Terrion Arnold, Alabama
2. Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
3. Nate Wiggins, Clemson

4 minutes ago, RLC said:

 

Think Howie says, we're fine there 

23 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Hennessy was slated to start at LG for Atlanta before going on IR. I think he’s here to push Steen at RG and worst case be depth. The Eagles keep bringing in guard prospects for top 30 visits, so it might be moot. 

 

 

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

Back to back games scoring 79. Offensive juggernaut 

How do you only score 79 in todays NBA?

The jazz are playing rookies scrubs and no names and easily score 115 a game and the sixers cant manage over 80?

Pathetic.

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

 

I heard someone earlier speculate that the person Craig Carton was talking about when he said there was a major issue in the Eagles locker room that caused them to fall apart and he’s not gonna be here next season… if that person could be Josh Sweat. Because with the minor cap savings they’d get by releasing him, it just doesn’t make any sense to cut him whatsoever. Something else has to be going on there.

I always assumed Craig carton was making it up for attention, but who knows, I wonder if there’s something to it now.

Just now, Sack that QB said:

I heard someone earlier speculate that the person Craig Carton was talking about when he said there was a major issue in the Eagles locker room that caused them to fall apart and he’s not gonna be here next season… if that person could be Josh Sweat. Because with the minor cap savings they’d get by releasing him, it just doesn’t make any sense to cut him whatsoever. Something else has to be going on there.

I always assumed Craig carton was making it up for attention, but who knows, I wonder if there’s something to it now.

As soon as Josh Sweat starts showing up with face tats and facial piercings, he's also Fing somebody's girl? Damn...

6 minutes ago, Utebird said:

How do you only score 79 in todays NBA?

The jazz are playing rookies scrubs and no names and easily score 115 a game and the sixers cant manage over 80?

Pathetic.

Idk the sixers offensively are garbage without Embiid. I love Maxey but it’s much harder for him without Embiid. He’s more of a side kick to a superstar than a superstar. Hield likely gets much better shots if Embiid is out there. Also Tobias Harris is bad. Like he’s been absolutely atrocious for a while now. Everyone else is just role players 

The Sixers are better off missing the playoffs and getting a lottery pick. The season ended when Embiid got hurt. They weren't ever trying to win this season anyway, you can tell by the way they approached their last offseason. They only targeted cheap guys on one year deals because all this season ever was to them was a bump in the road on the way to this summer where they'll have all that cap room. And having that cap room + the 14th pick in the draft(or perhaps higher if they get extraordinarily lucky in the lottery) will go a long way to help them reshape this roster.

And at this point they'd be idiotic to bring Embiid back and cause him to mess up his knee worse and have it carry into next season. NBA offseasons are super short. One wrong twist of his knee and he could miss part of next season.

I've been trying to tell the "but but but cap hell is coming" crowd that if you have smart people who know how to manipulate numbers the cap isn't FN real. It's the same reason rich people don't pay taxes because they hire numbers people to make sure they don't.

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

Idk the sixers offensive are garbage without Embiid. I love Maxey but it’s much harder for him without Embiid. He’s more of a side kick to a superstar than a superstar. Hield likely gets much better shots if Embiid is out there. Also Tobias Harris is bad. Like he’s been absolutely atrocious for a while now. Everyone else is just role players 

Still 79???

I mean in todays no defense jack up 50 3/three pointers a game NBA scoring only 79 is unheard of, doing it twice in a row is a problem.

If ones team is that reliant on one guy then maybe one needs to switch things up.🤔

I dont follow the 76ers even a little dont really watch the NBA as much anymore as its just a glorified 3 point track meet but id think they could score more than 79 in todays cupcake league no matter whose playing .

18 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Free agency starts tomorrow but the deals have already been agreed upon for a lot of the top and even mid level players by now. It's not like half the deals that were agreed upon on the past day and a half get ripped up tomorrow at 4 and we can have a do over. 

Sorry we didn’t get 1 of the 2 young ILB free agents that signed elsewhere in the first day, season doomed. 

Just now, GoEagles614 said:

Sorry we didn’t get 1 of the 2 young ILB free agents, season doomed. 

I'd be fine with Wagner right now 

20 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

With our first rounder, we need to get one of:

1. Terrion Arnold, Alabama
2. Quinyon Mitchell, Toledo
3. Nate Wiggins, Clemson

Cant force w position

OT still more likely

8 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Count me in the minority of people OK with relying on Nakobe Dean next year.  But they need a high floor vet next to him and some sort of reliable depth.  Zach Baun is fine as a lottery ticket, but he's more likely to be a below average backup than a viable snap eater.  That opportunity may still present itself between now and June 1 cuts, so no panic at that position for me.

Safety is probably fine now.

RT is a long-term issue ready to be addressed, but not in need of immediate 2024 impact.

WR 3 is a problem.  A meaningful boost can be found anywhere in the draft...but if you want that boost as a rookie, you probably have to look at rounds 2 or 3.  Beyond round 3, it's unfair and unreasonable to bank on year 1 help.

CB is going to be a disaster.  We sort of knew that.  They need MINIMUM 2 of them...and they'll be lucky if one of Ringo or Slay become/remain a competent CB next year.  Even a first round rookie destined for success might suck as a rookie.  It's just going to be a bad position for us next year.  Just the way it's got to be.

I have no problem with relying on Dean as the green dot. All this "injury liability" garbage is stupid since outside of last season there is absolutely no history. The people saying he's unathletic are ignorant parrots. Losing Dean for a large portion of last season really hurt the team. When he did play, he was our best tackler. The only area Dean needs to really improve is his coverage. That usually takes LBs a few seasons in the NFL to become solid. 

It's obvious we need to figure out who will play next to him. Baun is more of an edge, so don't expect him to slide into a starting role. VanSumeren and Brandon Smith are merely projects at this point. I wouldn't be opposed to bringing back Bradley to compete for a roster spot. I always thought he played well in his limited defensive snaps. But with so much youth, it would be wise to find a seasoned vet. I also kind of expect a day 2 draft pick to be used on an off-ball LB to, at the very least, push the starters in camp / preseason.

I agree at safety. 

I'm not really worried about RT at this time. I think Lane will play for a few more seasons. Fred Johnson is currently on the roster if Lane gets hurt for an extended period. I think with the expected move of Jurgens to center, we need to add competition at RG, though.

For WR3, I know we just signed Parker, but I think he'll be the WR4, not the slot for us. I expect Moore to look at Covey there in camp . If they don't feel good about that, they'll bring in somebody with more experience that becomes available at a later date. They might even bring back Oz if he doesn't find a new home. I don't see the Eagles using a day 1 or day 2 pick on a WR. 

Slay was solid last season. I think he's capable of having a better season than that still. Bradberry is the starter that concerns me. He played great in a contract year, signed the contract and then fell to below average. I'd love to believe that losing Gannon and Wilson as coaches was the difference, but I can't help wondering if the guaranteed money just made him apathetic. If he can rebound it would be huge. Ringo showed promise once he was ready to play. There's no reason to really doubt him yet. We just need to see a bigger sample. I know some here think Isaiah Rodgers is more of a Nasty Nate frontrunner, but he was actually the 6th ranked CB by PFF in 2022. He should make the team and also provide KR duties if Scott isn't brought back. Because of Bradberry's and Slay's ages, I still expect us to use a day 1 or 2 pick on a CB. BTW, I do like Ricks as a developmental guy. I think he could eventually become a starter in this league.

10 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Still 79???

I mean in todays no defense jack up 50 3/three pointers a game NBA scoring only 79 is unheard of, doing it twice in a row is a problem.

If ones team is that reliant on one guy then maybe one needs to switch things up.🤔

I dont follow the 76ers even a little dont really watch the NBA as much anymore as its just a glorified 3 point track meet but id think they could score more than 79 in todays cupcake league no matter whose playing .

Imo the sixers were screwed when they let butler walk, traded bridges and gave horford his contract. If you still had butler and bridges this team is likely able to sustain the loss of Embiid better. And when healthy is a title contender. I tend to think if the sixers trade off Embiid they’ll get picks but the closer draft ones are likely not as good if they are from the team Embiid will be playing for. So the more valuable ones are further out. You don’t have some of your own cause of the nets trade. Probably stuck in purgatory of play in game as i think it’ll be hard to sign a superstar to come here, i think a trade is difficult to forecast and sixers won’t be bad enough to pick high enough to get that star so they’d need luck to find it in the draft 

16 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

I've been trying to tell the "but but but cap hell is coming" crowd that if you have smart people who know how to manipulate numbers the cap isn't FN real. It's the same reason rich people don't pay taxes because they hire numbers people to make sure they don't.

Neither one works that way.