2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Welp time to make sure all of our devices are charged.  We lose power if a bird farts around here and it's supposed to kick up to 40-50 MPH with the storm coming through tonight/tomorrow morning.  

precedented times 

5 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Yeah i think he had Lazyitus pussifluenza.😒

Having said that yeah something to do with him having some undisclosed disease but rather than be forthcoming about it he messed around with the eagles holding out for more money and cheese burgers then got signed by colts played horribly as a fat tackle then messed around with rhe colts as well. 

Dude was good for first couple years of his career then a total waste of time, too bad hecwas such a tool he could have bern good instead he was just fat and useless.

I hate when people mention him as a great eagle or top eagle DT in the same breath as cox or brown, ill take harmon over him patterson heck even sam rayburn played better than him in 2004.

Simon is a huge disappointment in the same vein as shawn Andrews except Corey simon was never All pro or best in league for his position, Andrews was.

Yea, I agree.  He could have been great.  The Eagles have had a lot of players at DT who have made something out of their career by busting their tail rather than having superior talent.  Corey Simon had superior talent but didn't work anywhere near as hard as other guys.

 

16 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Doug says we're gonna play. So the season likely is getting canceled lol

12 hours ago, Westbrook#36 said:

I had a Harley Softail Standard and took a turn too fast on a windy day and "eased" onto the shoulder. It was rocky and the rear tire lost traction. I over corrected and was thrown from the bike, flipping in the air and landing on my back.

Seven broken vertebrae. T8-T10 compression fractures and T11-L2 were burst. Surgeon had to put nine screws and two rods in...luckily spinal damage was minimal, I could have easily become paraplegic. It's taken me over a year of physical therapy to walk without a cane and I still haven't regained 50% pre-injury strength in my right leg. My back hurts 75% of the day, I can't run or stand on my toes anymore. But hey, I'm not dead!

Two screws in L2 are snapped. I go in for a second surgery in two weeks to remove the broken hardware and get two new screws in the vertebrae below.

I'm in the process of early retirement from the AF for these medical issues. My life has changed in ways I could never imagine before my accident. I'm not trying to sway anyone from riding, just offering my story.

Be careful riding, and be aware of motorcycles when you're driving your car.

I echo this. I can't say I was the smartest rider when I had a bike but I might have been the luckiest. Dumped it a few times but always got no more than a bruise or two. Not even a broken bone. And my experience when riding was that most drivers don't see you. They're looking for a car profile and not a bike. I doored a biker one day, never saw him, but the idiot tried to pass me on the right. He got up cursing but he realized he had made the mistake.

 

14 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Ish.   Not all of them.  

Just the hot ones.

Saw many a show at the Armadillo World Headquarters. The Winters brothers. Jerry Jeff Walker, Leon Russell. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Doug Sahm. Lowell George. Didn't know who all them were at the time but it sure was fun learning.

13 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Yea, I agree.  He could have been great.  The Eagles have had a lot of players at DT who have made something out of their career by busting their tail rather than having superior talent.  Corey Simon had superior talent but didn't work anywhere near as hard as other guys.

 

Yup his best year was as a rookie where he looked like hed be a perrenial pro bowler and then after his rookie season decline every year to the point he was just a fat useless turd.

DT during early Reid years was interesting. Hollis Thomas was undrafted and played really well but seemed every other year he broke his foot then he got really fat over 350 where as with Reid and JJ he played around 305 and was quick and disruptive.

Then Corey around 290 as a rookie then a few years later around 325 and out of shape to out of the league.

In the middle of that Grasmanis was a vet try hard guy who gave some good snaps as a rotational guy.

Darwin walker was picked up after being cut after rookie with Cards then really came on as a pass rusher for about two seasons, useless as a run defender before and after getting hurt.

Rayburn was undrafted had a great year in 2004 as a rotation guy then hurt in 2005 then out of the league.

Out of Simon ,Hollis ,Walker ,Rayburn they had 4 promising guys who had 1 or 2 flash in the pan seaons through 2000-2005 then nothing. If one of those guys doesnt get hurt or lives up to their potential for more than a season or 2 maybe eagles make more noise in Reids early year.

I mean imagine if Corey Simon after his rookie year played on par with that or exceeded that for say 8-10 seasons. He had 9 sacks as a rookie had he stayed on that path for 8-10 seasons hed be mentioned in the same breath as warren sapp who played during the same time.

Instead hell be remembered as the guy that was pretty good as a rookie that held out for more money after he got really fat😒

 

 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Welcome to Las Vegas!

 

In 2021. 

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

Yup his best year was as a rookie where he looked like hed be a perrenial pro bowler and then after his rookie season decline every year to the point he was just a fat useless turd.

DT during early Reid years was interesting. Hollis Thomas was undrafted and played really well but seemed every other year he broke his foot then he got really fat over 350 where as with Reid and JJ he played around 305 and was quick and disruptive.

Then Corey around 290 as a rookie then a few years later around 325 and out of shape to out of the league.

In the middle of that Grasmanis was a vet try hard guy who gave some good snaps as a rotational guy.

Darwin walker was picked up after being cut after rookie with Cards then really came on as a pass rusher for about two seasons, useless as a run defender before and after getting hurt.

Rayburn was undrafted had a great year in 2004 as a rotation guy then hurt in 2005 then out of the league.

Out of Simon ,Hollis ,Walker ,Rayburn they had 4 promising guys who had 1 or 2 flash in the pan seaons through 2000-2005 then nothing. If one of those guys doesnt get hurt or lives up to their potential for more than a season or 2 maybe eagles make more noise in Reids early year.

I mean imagine if Corey Simon after his rookie year played on par with that or exceeded that for say 8-10 seasons. He had 9 sacks as a rookie had he stayed on that path for 8-10 seasons hed be mentioned in the same breath as warren sapp who played during the same time.

Instead hell be remembered as the guy that was pretty good as a rookie that held out for more money after he got really fat😒

 

This is a nice trip down memory lane for the old JJ defenses.  

Schwartz is, in many ways, the anti-JJ.  Bother of their defenses and personnel philosophies were better fits for different eras (although both, JJ especially, got acceptable to good to great results).  

2000-2008, teams are starting to pass more, but there are still a large chunk of teams built around the running game.  And even the most pass-heavy teams leaned on the running game.  JJ may have been a little too far ahead of his time.  These were the high speed undersized fastball finesse defenses.  All the DBs better be good in coverage.  The DEs & DTs all were "fastballs" who penetrated.  The LBs were small, excelled in coverage, and we typically had to revert into a massive MIKE out of begrudging necessity when we got gashed on the ground.  The same begrudging necessity resulted in a #3 DT who was the only designated run stopper on the DL.  They were consistently elite against the pass and soft against the run.

Enter Schwartz.  Big DTs.  The DE's focus more on contain than they do rushing the passer.  Schwartz is fairly conservative with the blitz and relies on a front 4 to generate the rush...a front 4 that doesn't even generate too much pressure from the edges.  There has been this drafting affinity for larger, physical CB's who don't run well.  There is a safety at the LOS.  The long-term single high starter, McLeod, is pretty good in coverage, but for a single high safety...no one is confusing his coverage ability with a CB.  The result is a defense that is consistently elite against the run and among the worst against the pass.

Truly complete opposites.  

Simon was lazy, everyone here has echoed that. Some guys can get away with being lazy (McNabb, Randy Moss, Plax, Dieon, etc) and some guys cant. At this level, it's rare find guys who can sustain a career by relying primarily on thier athletic gifts. In the NFL you need to work. The great ones typically have a combination of athletic gifts, advanced mental processing of the game, and hard AF work ethic. 

Guys like Simon annoy me. Most regular Joes would do it different if we had his talent and earned his opportunity.

2 minutes ago, QBhunter58 said:

Simon was lazy, everyone here has echoed that. Some guys can get away with being lazy (McNabb, Randy Moss, Plax, Dieon, etc) and some guys cant. At this level, it's rare find guys who can sustain a career by relying primarily on thier athletic gifts. In the NFL you need to work. The great ones typically have a combination of athletic gifts, advanced mental processing of the game, and hard AF work ethic. 

Guys like Simon annoy me. Most regular Joes would do it different if we had his talent and earned his opportunity.

You wouldn't be a "regular joe" if you had his talent.

 

7 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

This is a nice trip down memory lane for the old JJ defenses.  

Schwartz is, in many ways, the anti-JJ.  And bother of their defenses and personnel philosophies were better fits for different eras (although both, JJ especially, got acceptable to good to great results).  

2000-2008, teams are starting to pass more, but there are still a large chunk of teams built around the running game.  And even the most pass-heavy teams leaned on the running game.  JJ may have been a little too far ahead of his time.  These were the high speed undersized fastball finesse defenses.  All the DBs better be good in coverage.  The DEs & DTs all were "fastballs" who penetrated.  The LBs were small, excelled in coverage, and we typically had to revert into a massive MIKE out of begrudging necessity when we got gashed on the ground.  The same begrudging necessity resulted in a #3 DT who was the only designated run stopper on the DL.  They were consistently elite against the pass and soft against the run.

Enter Schwartz.  Big DTs.  The DE's focus more on contain than they do rushing the passer.  Schwartz is fairly conservative with the blitz and relies on a front 4 to generate the rush...a front 4 that doesn't even generate too much pressure from the edges.  There has been this drafting affinity for larger, physical CB's who don't run well.  There is a safety at the LOS.  The long-term single high starter, McLeod, is pretty good in coverage, but for a single high safety...no one is confusing his coverage ability with a CB.  The result is a defense that is consistently elite against the run and among the worst against the pass.

Truly complete opposites.  

Yup JJ believed on building a defense at the edges, with a premium on DE and CB and would funnel every thing to the middle, which worked when 260 pound trotter was there not so much with the others.

I think one thing both JJ and Schwartz have had in common is that LB was the least valued position on defense though i think jj valued it a bit more spending a couple second rounders on LB( Gardner, Mccoy) bringing in Emmons and trading for Sim. Where as i think the highest drafted LB under Schwartz has been this year with Davian Taylor in the 3rd.

I get LB not being as valued as DL or DB but seems this year eagles have taken that to the extreme with Gerry and TJ edwards the projected starters.

Thats like starting a season with mark Sim and Barry Gardner😒

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Saw many a show at the Armadillo World Headquarters. The Winters brothers. Jerry Jeff Walker, Leon Russell. Stevie Ray Vaughn. Doug Sahm. Lowell George. Didn't know who all them were at the time but it sure was fun learning.

Again, we may have been at some of the same shows.  Started venturing to the Armadillo when I was a senior in HS.  Remember being wasted and singing along with Jimmy Buffett at the top of our lungs to "Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”.  Jerry Jeff, Michael Murphy, NRPS (New Riders), Little Feat, Balcones Fault, Greezy Wheels (they were kind of like the house band), John Prine and Steve Goodman (who wrote the perfect country western song), Kinky Friedman etc.  I saw Doug Sahm maybe there, maybe the Texas Opry House.  

I believe the first time I heard Stevie Ray was at one of the Juneteenth festivals at Miller amphitheater in Herman Park.  They had these every year in the late seventies and eighties to celebrate my birthday. Saw Lou Ann Barton with Double Trouble.  We’d heard rumblings about Jimmie’s brother being in that band but frankly we were really anticipating Lou Ann.  Man what a voice.  And Stevie Ray and the band could play the blues.   Next day we got to see the Fabulous Thunderbirds with Big Mama Thornton. Wow.  Great show.  

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

My wife wanted to take our daughter to Wrightsville this week.  Not sure they would be able to get in the water on Wednesday.   We were out there last week.  Almost checked out a Crab joint in Surf City.  But he was out.  

The best seafood place in Surf City is Sears Landing. They have one of the best crab cakes I have found in the area.  I would pass on the Crab Pot if that's where you were looking at going.  My guess is that by Wednesday the storm will pretty well be past but the surf might still be pretty rough.  It was nice last week. 

28 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

Houston Cougar paw sign?

 

5 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Houston Cougar paw sign?

Actually asu uses it too 

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

I echo this. I can't say I was the smartest rider when I had a bike but I might have been the luckiest. Dumped it a few times but always got no more than a bruise or two. Not even a broken bone. And my experience when riding was that most drivers don't see you. They're looking for a car profile and not a bike. I doored a biker one day, never saw him, but the idiot tried to pass me on the right. He got up cursing but he realized he had made the mistake.

Not sure how it is in the US, but in Canada I can say with certainty the majority of motorcycle riders are the worst and most dangerous drivers on the road.  The speed limit is seldom followed, they weave through traffic like they’re playing frogger, I’ve seen more than one stunting on the freeway, and they tailgate closer than most cars.  Whatever the testing criteria is here for obtaining a motorcycle operators licence, it’s nowhere near stringent enough.

They’re required to wear helmets up here and most cover their faces, so it’s only a guess on my part but my perception is that the older guys are much more responsible than the younger riders.  Still, when I see a motorcycle in traffic I get over to the right, slow down and let them pass — because I want nothing to do with a vehicle I can’t even guess where and how fast they’re going to travel.  I treat them almost like an emergency vehicle approaching.

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Not sure how it is in the US, but in Canada I can say with certainty the majority of motorcycle riders are the worst and most dangerous drivers on the road.  The speed limit is seldom followed, they weave through traffic like they’re playing frogger, I’ve seen more than one stunting on the freeway, and they tailgate closer than most cars.  Whatever the testing criteria is here for obtaining a motorcycle operators licence, it’s nowhere near stringent enough.

They’re required to wear helmets up here and most cover their faces, so it’s only a guess on my part but my perception is that the older guys are much more responsible than the younger riders.  Still, when I see a motorcycle in traffic I get over to the right, slow down and let them pass — because I want nothing to do with a vehicle I can’t even guess where and how fast they’re going to travel.  I treat them almost like an emergency vehicle approaching.

you cant imagine how close to home this statement hits 😆 I am just trying to get home safe bro, go ahead a zoom right past me.

 

7 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Again, we may have been at some of the same shows.  Started venturing to the Armadillo when I was a senior in HS.  Remember being wasted and singing along with Jimmy Buffett at the top of our lungs to "Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”.  Jerry Jeff, Michael Murphy, NRPS (New Riders), Little Feat, Balcones Fault, Greezy Wheels (they were kind of like the house band), John Prine and Steve Goodman (who wrote the perfect country western song), Kinky Friedman etc.  I saw Doug Sahm maybe there, maybe the Texas Opry House.  

I believe the first time I heard Stevie Ray was at one of the Juneteenth festivals at Miller amphitheater in Herman Park.  They had these every year in the late seventies and eighties to celebrate my birthday. Saw Lou Ann Barton with Double Trouble.  We’d heard rumblings about Jimmie’s brother being in that band but frankly we were really anticipating Lou Ann.  Man what a voice.  And Stevie Ray and the band could play the blues.   Next day we got to see the Fabulous Thunderbirds with Big Mama Thornton. Wow.  Great show.  

Great stuff.

It still blows my mind that a 23-year-old mailman could write Angel from Montgomery. I never saw John Prine perform it but I've seen Bonnie Raitt sing it half a dozen times.

And yes they could. There's a video of Stevie Ray playing and talking with Albert King. what's fascinating about it to me is that I don't think Albert knew who Stevie Ray was and he shows up with the hat and the long white scarf and Albert was just looking at him. After a few songs, however, he was looking at him with respect.

An aside but it's a fun item. My absolute favorite blues man has been Buddy Guy for half a century now. I got to know him a little bit in the early 70s because a girl I knew was dating him. There was a blues festival at the Café a Go Go in New York and we were sitting with Buddy when Alvin Lee (of 10 Years After) came out and did a set full of his signature fast runs (and he was fast). Buddy got this look on his face, sneer is too mild a word, and he leaned over to me and said, "I'm going to show this white boy what fast is." When got up on the stage, Alvin Lee had come out to sit in the audience and Buddy walked over and stood in front of him, slammed his Stratocaster down with his left hand, pointed at Alvin Lee with his right, and started playing incredible runs just with the left hand. Eventually he picked up the guitar and played with both hands. He did a whole Hendrix riff, with the teeth, whipping the guitar with the cord, going behind his head, everything but lighting it on fire. The place went nuts. When Alvin Lee went up for his second set he played nothing but slow blues. Eric Clapton and Peter Green were there that night too, screaming along with the rest of us.