10 minutes ago, Utebird said:

The niners wanted Steve young enough to send a 2nd and 4th rounder to tampa so he could be their back up.

Is the eagles drafting Hurts with a late 2nd to be a back up much different???

 

I’m pretty sure Steve young was a first rounder in the supplemental draft and had first round talent. So he had first round ability just played for the awful bucs.  He was deemed a bust but the niners thought he could be A nice backup and even eventually the successor to montana. So they were able to keep him as the backup for 4 years until they believed montana was done. 

6 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Great, I will bid on the Anthony Rush jersey. Should just about fit. 

Was thinking about Jjaw. I probably could get it cheaper Than the others as everyone is down on him and if he does well then I got it at a steal. and if he doesn’t I didn’t spend as much money on it as the others will go for lol. 

got em

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

got em

isn't he like 80 now?

1 hour ago, jsb235 said:

In terms of Mailata, I would be a little more concerned about this:

than I would about who will be the backup tackle, especially since Cox, Barnett and Hargrave were all not practicing today, i.e 3/4s of our starters.

And this is what I hate about twitter reports. Exhibit A: ESP

Exhibit B:

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3. Carson Wentz had his first padded practice behind his new-look starting offensive line.

Carson Wentz, who looked good during Thursday’s session, had the chance to throw behind his new-look offensive line for the first time in pads. Jason Peters looked decent at right guard, as did left tackle Andre Dillard.

The line held up against the backup linemen, which is expected but the biggest test will be Friday when everything is live. It will be interesting to see how the line handles the pass protection and especially the defensive linemen stunts.

 

https://www.nj.com/eagles/2020/08/eagles-training-camp-observations-rookie-wide-receiver-shines-during-practice-4-takeaways.html

3 minutes ago, greend said:

isn't he like 80 now?

Surprisingly only 31

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Surprisingly only 31

guess he's 80 in "annoying years"

Gon get me a signed LeBlanc jersey. 

3 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Gon get me a signed LeBlanc jersey. 

Big fan of Friends, huh?

 

2 hours ago, Ace Nova said:

 

Be great if we could fix our WR issues in one draft like Seattle did with their secondary that one year.

And some say cancel culture is a bad thing 

17 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Hmm.  With 16 spots to keep guys, there's quite a bit of sneaking possible.  And quite a bit of smokescreening....

Is the cut down date still a week from Week 1 games this year?  80 - 53 this time?

 

Part of why you have a swing tackle is because you have a guy who can play both sides. Those guys are rare. It's not just a matter of putting the other hand in the dirt.

Right now we have one guy who has demonstrated that he can be that guy - Seumalo. There's a guy who can play all five OL positions. We've had guys in the past that could play four - Herremans being one of them - but never five, at least to my recollection. So, given that, do we have any candidates for four positions other than Seumalo? Maybe Pryor. Maybe JP. My guess is that Driscoll is being groomed for that too, although I expect they'll keep him in the G-C-G group for his rookie year.

It helps that we can activate eight OL this season. To me that looks like the starting five plus Pryor and Driscoll and...? I would like it to be Mailata, but strictly at RT. If Dillard gets hurt, swing JP over and plug Pryor in at RG. If Seumalo gets hurt, it would probably be Pryor at LG. If Kelce gets hurt it would be Seumalo moving to C and Pryor at LG. If JP gets hurt, definitely Pryor at RG. And if Lane gets hurt I'd like to see Mailata at RT. A guy who could figure in here is Herbig; I'm thinking strictly at RG but I don't know - I haven't seen enough of him to make an intelligent assessment. He's big enough for the position but I don't know how he moves.

JMHO based on little bits and pieces and a lot of guesswork.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

And some say cancel culture is a bad thing 

What did he say?

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

I’m pretty sure Steve young was a first rounder in the supplemental draft and had first round talent. So he had first round ability just played for the awful bucs.  He was deemed a bust but the niners thought he could be A nice backup and even eventually the successor to montana. So they were able to keep him as the backup for 4 years until they believed montana was done. 

Yup. Steve young signed 1 million dollars to play in USFL, he kept the check in a sock drawer because he felt he hadnt done anything yet to earn it.

Hopefully he cashed it before the league folded😄 he was then drafted in the supplemental draft like all those other USFL guys.

I know the difference between hostetler simms situation and steve young and joe montanna situation and hurts and wentz situation.

What do they all have in common. All 3 teams had established vet starters with injury history and all 3 teams spent significant draft capital to acquire a back up qb. Giants spent a 3rd on Hos with Simms the established starter. 49ers spent a 2nd and 4th on ypung when Joe Cool was the league MVP and the eagles spent a late 2nd on hurts with Wentz as the established starter.

Im not saying it means anything just refuting the claim that its never happened or doesnt work when it happend.

Obviously worked for the giants as Hos won super bowl when simms got hurt and Young won a bunch of games with hurt joe on the roster and later a super bowl after joe left.

Do i think wentz/ hurts take a similar path? With Wentz injury history its not out of the question.

2 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Part of why you have a swing tackle is because you have a guy who can play both sides. Those guys are rare. It's not just a matter of putting the other hand in the dirt.

Right now we have one guy who has demonstrated that he can be that guy - Seumalo. There's a guy who can play all five OL positions. We've had guys in the past that could play four - Herremans being one of them - but never five, at least to my recollection. So, given that, do we have any candidates for four positions other than Seumalo? Maybe Pryor. Maybe JP. My guess is that Driscoll is being groomed for that too, although I expect they'll keep him in the G-C-G group for his rookie year.

It helps that we can activate eight OL this season. To me that looks like the starting five plus Pryor and Driscoll and...? I would like it to be Mailata, but strictly at RT. If Dillard gets hurt, swing JP over and plug Pryor in at RG. If Seumalo gets hurt, it would probably be Pryor at LG. If Kelce gets hurt it would be Seumalo moving to C and Pryor at LG. If JP gets hurt, definitely Pryor at RG. And if Lane gets hurt I'd like to see Mailata at RT. A guy who could figure in here is Herbig; I'm thinking strictly at RG but I don't know - I haven't seen enough of him to make an intelligent assessment. He's big enough for the position but I don't know how he moves.

JMHO based on little bits and pieces and a lot of guesswork.

Sounds pretty on target to me.

I don't know much about Tucker.  Has he ever played inside?

7 minutes ago, Green Dog said:

What did he say?

A gay slur on a hot mic, called something "the F capital of the world"

3 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Obviously worked for the giants as Hos won super bowl when simms got hurt and Young won a bunch of games with hurt joe on the roster and later a super bowl after joe left.

Yup. It's one thing to claim you don't like the Hurts pick. Okay, fine, everyone's entitled to their opinion. But it's irritating when the argument against the pick cites history, and yet the history actually goes against the argument.

33 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Big fan of Friends, huh?

5 minutes ago, Green Dog said:

Sounds pretty on target to me.

I don't know much about Tucker.  Has he ever played inside?

He played several positions in college. They tried him here at RT, I believe. My dim recollection of him is that he is pretty quick but a little stubby for tackle in the pros. Don't rely on me.

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

A gay slur on a hot mic, called something "the F capital of the world"

Oof

Just now, DEagle7 said:

Oof

Later during the game he apologized but cut his apology off halfway to call a home run and give a score  update, then basically said he knew he was going to get fired and signed off. It was bizarre 

 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

How i feel about the eagles saying that