https://saintswire.usatoday.com/lists/saints-cut-michael-thomas-free-agency-odds-broncos-chiefs-cowboys-sean-payton-patrick-mahomes/  IDK seems to me Howie likes known commodities which is why I suggested Thomas. And while it's nice to see what the young guys have during camp,it never hurts to add a vet to your stable. We are not mentioned as a landing spot here, but I would be fine with this add. His main issue is health and being that we have the young guys in here we don't NEED to press him into service immediately if he needs a little more time. Just seems to me that he can beat out whomever WR 6 is we have now. With the vet Campbell in the slot and various young guys to back him up or even take his spot,having a gifted veteran outside BU never hurt anyone. If he regains full heath(which is expected) there would be additional plays we could run with that kind of talent as Ham said dropping Smith into the slot some plays or spelling either to keep them fresh. Personally It doesn't bother me either way,just suggesting if we are going to contend,experience will help at about any position. It depends how much he wants to play and I can understand why he would choose another team so he could play rather than be a BU. But I don't know what's in his head. Maybe he wants to ease out and ride off into the sunset in a more minor role. So all that being said(thanks for the essay HAHA), just saying if we think he can help us to grab him before another team does. As Joe said I'm sure all team are waiting to see what they have,but I'm sure he will be playing somewhere. I would rather have him on our team that have to cover him somewhere else. Knowing him and watching him as I have over the years I'm sure he wants to be a starter somewhere which may not fit the bill for us unless Smitty wants to play in the slot which could be an awesome combination since he can do his JJ impression there. So IDK it was just a suggestion,no need to bash and get riled up because I don't control Howie's choices LOL

22 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Which of the 31 other teams...have the outside WR depth.

Seems like everybody is too focused on us needing a Slot guy as that third WR. But really a capable outside WR would serve us better. AJ and Smitty both can move around and play from the slot. We only have two WR frankly. Ainas will develop on being that YAC creation specialist on those grouping of plays. 

42 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Finished seventh even after everybody knew exactly what plays we were running.

Finished 7th because the whole team collapsed. I'm glad Hurts is being more vocal now,we need him to lead now. Being "nice" and a fun guy to hang out with is great,but all have jobs to do and they need to do them for 18 games

22 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Which of the 31 other teams...have the outside WR depth.

Look everybody gets lost in that we have two very good WR. But the problem is having that other guy on the field that isn’t a threat. It’s been Stoll as a second TE or Quez…OZ….whatever always out there. If that player is just capable he would produce five times his quality alone. He is setup to face that fourth or lesser coverage player. Probably working with a D player being pulled towards AJ or one of the others. This player would be the difference for our O.

Plenty of teams have a top CB. Anybody can double team. But targeting any Ds fourth or fifth best cover player is a gold mine to tap into.

Just now, cunninghamtheman said:

Plenty of teams have a top CB. Anybody can double team. But targeting any Ds fourth or fifth best cover player is a gold mine to tap into.

This is true looking at most any NFL D full strength. But injuries to DBs is so very common. So that fourth option in coverage usually is a real poor player. A guy prone to mistakes…with limited experience and limited physical attributes. You don’t need to be Randy Moss to kill it beating that guy. 

Just a decent WR could consistently go over 100 yards easy just because of the matchup situation. Even good depth teams he could….but most games he’s facing a total scrub just blowing coverages making mistakes.

This one decent WR would force a nightmare for a DC. Because we could kill them in Man looks. Especially in double AJ man looks. Almost force every DC to play Zones.

Wish we could have discussed that Jets game like civilized die hard Eagles fans. Gold mine of information there about our team.

We did so much of things that work for us in that Jets game. It wasn’t sack…total Defense and Punt like you describe No Mas. We went over the middle. Threw Quick Slants to AJ. Ran the ball. We moved the ball that first half so consistently against a very excellent D and D mind. They couldn’t stop us. We had bad turnovers kill us. Goedert had that perfect pass bounce off him….that went for an interception. Killed a drive. Swift fumbled that killed a drive. Elliot missed a kick. Then Hurts threw that bad pick at the end.

We were doing all the things most of us were complaining about needing to see the rest of the season. Over the middle passing FL desires. Quick timing passes…I was begging for. I wanted to discuss and show how it really looks like that Jets game is what got us out of doing these things. All this stuff was working. We were moving the ball against a D playing great. But we had other things derail us. So the perception comes off like you stated No Mas….D fest…because we didn’t put up the points. So just looking at the scoreboard what was very unstoppable for us looked ineffective. So we got away from it because of what happened in that Jets game. It jaded our vision about our team and these bread and butter plays.

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Patrick Mahomes ran 6 times for 44 yards against us in the SB. Look at how many yards Lamar has run in both fantastic MVP seasons. Running is a part of the NFL game. Hurts is good enough….running the ball is part of his game. I just want him to be the best version of himself. You just got your head stuck on he has to be some other player to win. He doesn’t.

Whoa.... 6 times...that's the 1st quarter in plenty of games for Hurts. 

43 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

I think our secondary is being overlooked and will surprise some

9 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I think our secondary is being overlooked and will surprise some

The depth to me is a key part of a secondary in the modern NFL.  Offense only needs one advantage...the secondary has to be able to cover everyone as best they can.

8 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

The depth to me is a key part of a secondary in the modern NFL.  Offense only needs one advantage...the secondary has to be able to cover everyone as best they can.

It's going to be fun for me watching this team gel. Bark and the WR's should be great out of the gate. If Goedert is used correctly(not the crap from last year) we should be fine. Hopefully we can extend drives and not have the defense on the field for 45 minutes a game. People forget CJG is pretty good! And if Mitchell learns fast he could be a shut down. Still curious where they plan to fit DeJean into this defense. I believe the packers are in for a rude awakening in Brazil,but that's just me lol

https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2024/7/11/24196310/eagles-news-nfl-draft-classback-super-bowl-contention-philadelphia-quinyon-mitchell-cooper-dejean-cb

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The Washington Commanders are being sued by The Native American Guardians Association, which has been trying to get the Commanders to change the name back to Redskins.

The lawsuit states:

"The logo on the Redskin’s helmet is an actual person, it’s Chief White Calf. Every time they go out on that field, they were honoring Chief White Calf and they were battling on the football field with the same honor and integrity and courage. They should continue to honor that.”

Via NBC Montana.     I will call them the Wuss as usual until it's changed back because of the moronic caving/pandering BS

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-local-broadcast-partners-for-historic-packers-eagles-game-in-brazil Truly PATHETIC that they have to stream week 1 games when fans finally get football back. Just NFL GREED beyond imagination. Fans supported this stuff since time began,now they want to back stab everyone. I will have to use my cheat site.but Eff them 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/jalen-hurts-holds-key-to-eagles-receiving-core/ar-BB1pLjnH?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=92e54f253f934d49a486fedca8efc16a&ei=11&sc=shoreline

On 7/10/2024 at 12:12 PM, joemas6 said:

It seems the Eagles have been working on this.   Along with QB under center, motion, rolling left..etc.

Bunch of the short passing game

2 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Whoa.... 6 times...that's the 1st quarter in plenty of games for Hurts. 

You stated only running three times. When even the guy you are comparing him to is running six times. Didn’t game than forty years ago. You can still be a pocket passer. But the game evolved. Elite freaks playing LB and Dline just are so much  more ….in most any way.

2 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Whoa.... 6 times...that's the 1st quarter in plenty of games for Hurts. 

You are just stuck on making Hurts somebody else. Makes no sense. He is who he is …embrace it.

2 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Caught in the moment of recency bias. Dak had a huge stat season. But I look for more than the stats. The guy has never won a playoff game. Stinks in most big games. I’d rather have a just decent player that can handle the pressure moments. Number one O last season. How did it go in the postseason? Really any postseason. A guy who’s a stud week one but can’t win a playoff game really does nothing for me.

2 hours ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I think our secondary is being overlooked and will surprise some

They were 31st last season…only because Washington was historically bad. But I think Fangio can really make things quite difficult for O’s to read. I expect it take time. He’s likes to roll coverages. Have two high S and much of the time show different  than the actual playcall. Disguise. But it takes time to get all these guys working this stuff out. Moving parts and guys gotta really know their job…but also the others job. That way they pass things off and can be moved to be interchangeable. That makes it very tough to read for any QB. That’s what the good D does. They trick you. They understand the rules that most O follow. So this allows them to completely be setup for it.