Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

I’d assume Del Rio 

I think that is likely.  Both are defensive coaches and I think the defense is the strength of the wasteam. 

45 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Sweat, illness and Barnett has an ankle injury. Since they say week to week, must be a low ankle sprain.  High would be longer.  Bet you can’t wait for his return. 

Barnett's whole pass rush is built on ankle flexion. I feel a 5-7 sack season coming on, baby.

2 hours ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

I'm giving JJaw a clean shot this year.  He had a crap OC and WR coach last year. Kind of tough to be great as a rookie with limited support.

Listening to the Adam Caplan/Geoff Mosher podcast, and Caplan always just trashes Carson Walch. Said he is "little" and doesn't command the room. Eagles basically set out this offseason to find the anti-Carson Walch lol.

24 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Listening to the Adam Caplan/Geoff Mosher podcast, and Caplan always just trashes Carson Walch. Said he is "little" and doesn't command the room. Eagles basically set out this offseason to find the anti-Carson Walch lol.

Seems to be the consensus among most reporters too. I’ve heard a lot say in one word or another he’s very boring and short 

49 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’d assume Del Rio 

He makes sense as a former HC, but I heard somewhere that typically the best candidate is the ST coach. Has a little less on his plate throughout the week and spends time working with players on both sides of the ball. That leaves the DC and OC to focus on their specific job and game plan. 

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He makes sense as a former HC, but I heard somewhere that typically the best candidate is the ST coach. Has a little less on his plate throughout the week and spends time working with players on both sides of the ball. That leaves the DC and OC to focus on their specific job and game plan. 

Could be but he’s the same guy under the old regime, so he’s new to Rivera. Del Rio is as well but he’s plenty experienced. Scott Turner would be the other candidate since he followed Ron from Carolina but he seems pretty inexperienced. Del Rio also has some pull as he got his kid a coaching job

Eagles centric sports bar in FL. There were 6 or so Chicago fans in full gear including 2 loud mouth girls who wouldn’t stop screaming despite barely understanding what was happening. They even cheered the whole time as the ball hit the turf and then looked at their pissed off guy friends and said "what happened?”. 

24 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I would think the advisers would be primarily infectious disease doctors and public health experts.  

5 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I would think the advisers would be primarily infectious disease doctors and public health experts.  

If true, I’d be hard pressed to find someone worse than Tom Coughlin 

10 hours ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

I'm giving JJaw a clean shot this year.  He had a crap OC and WR coach last year. Kind of tough to be great as a rookie with limited support.

That's probably fair. I'll give him a game or two

15 hours ago, justrelax said:

One of which was a Super Bowl win.

Here is a defensible, sane counter-argument to yours. https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/10/25/20931065/backup-quarterback-value-teddy-bridgewater-matt-moore

The article you cited makes a nice case for investing in the backup QB position.  I agree with that completely.  The Saints signing of Bridgewater is not a valid comparison, nor is the Eagles bringing back Foles in 2017.  Few fans of the respective teams had any issue with those moves.

Hedging against your franchise QB is when you draft a high profile prospect in round 2 when you have just committed to your franchise QB who is age 26 and just signed a big contract.  In those time periods where you are fortunate enough to have a franchise QB, the only proven successful approach is to fully support that QB with all available resources.  Second round picks are crucial to bringing starters and adding talent to your team.  A hedge like this is unprecedented- there really is no other example that comes close - because everyone understands to make such a decision is insane.  Not just a misuse of resources, but a conflict creator of the first order that will have a ripple effect through every aspect of the team and will undermine what you are trying to accomplish.  This was outlined in some detail previously so I won’t rehash, but that (insane) decision was the seminal moment in the offseason and it’s why the immediate future is quite cloudy to me.

15 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I feel like this portion needs elaboration — I don’t see the pick as hedging against Wentz; rather bringing in a viable #2 QB that is an upgrade over what the Eagles had, at a manageable cost given the team’s current cap situation.  I also think he has a higher upside than Flacco or McCown would have.

That is the rationalization used, but in my opinion that’s not the reality.  That’s just not how it works with human beings involved.  By design, everyone cannot be happy with the situation.  A good "backup” QB strategy would have been to keep Sudfeld as they did and sign someone else to compete.  Use a 2nd round pick on someone who can be a starter for the team.

When I reflect on the Hurts pick the best comparison I have is when the team cut Desean Jackson in the middle of his prime with at least 2 years left on his contract, following and 80+ catch season.  It would be great if the team just avoided doing things that defy logic and reason and just make decisions following a sound process.

7 hours ago, BigEFly said:

I would think the advisers would be primarily infectious disease doctors and public health experts.  

Why? These guys have changed their positions more than most of us change our socks.

11 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Im not

would have no issue dumping him and admitting the mistake

We will know if it was a mistake or crap coaching or injury soon enough.  No excuses this year.

1 hour ago, greend said:

That's probably fair. I'll give him a game or two

It may only take that long.  There are alot of receivers in camp.  Best ones survive.

9 hours ago, Saltpeter said:

Barnett's whole pass rush is built on ankle flexion. I feel a 5-7 sack season coming on, baby.

Here I was thinking his whole pass rush was built on nothing.

8 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm confused Bo.  What makes this the perfect tweet?

 

1 hour ago, John_C said:

That is the rationalization used, but in my opinion that’s not the reality.  That’s just not how it works with human beings involved.  By design, everyone cannot be happy with the situation.  A good "backup” QB strategy would have been to keep Sudfeld as they did and sign someone else to compete.  Use a 2nd round pick on someone who can be a starter for the team.

When I reflect on the Hurts pick the best comparison I have is when the team cut Desean Jackson in the middle of his prime with at least 2 years left on his contract, following and 80+ catch season.  It would be great if the team just avoided doing things that defy logic and reason and just make decisions following a sound process.

Sign someone else to compete for what?  What worthwhile player are you getting whose goal is to compete with Sudfeld just to be active on game days?  Is that helping the roster at all?

Sudfeld is not a viable #2 QB; he is here by necessity, because of not having a conventional offseason and training camp.  He's had 3 years worth of opportunity to show that he can be the guy to step in if needed.  I don't think he's ever thrown a TD pass as a professional.  If he was capable we wouldn't have seen Josh McCown on the field in the playoffs last season.

Keeping everybody happy is not how teams stay competitive.  Wentz hasn't been available to finish any of the last 3 seasons.  It would have been negligent if the Eagles let the depth chart remain Wentz-McCown-Sudfeld.

2 hours ago, John_C said:

When I reflect on the Hurts pick the best comparison I have is when the team cut Desean Jackson in the middle of his prime with at least 2 years left on his contract, following and 80+ catch season.  It would be great if the team just avoided doing things that defy logic and reason and just make decisions following a sound process.

While we both dislike the Jalen Hurts pick (again not the player, the process), cutting DSJ is clearly worse.

At least with Hurts, you get backup QB play for 6M/4Y. Cutting DSJ didn't save real money and actively made you worse.

23 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I'm confused Bo.  What makes this the perfect tweet?

He's just being sarcastic because of whose on the committee 

2 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Cant find the tweet/artcile but I *think* I saw that the Eagles put a waiver claim in for a Wide Receiver that the packers let go. 

They also said it was for camp legs. Wasting a waiver claim is a bit strange on a body for camp, in this type of year is strange no? 

Was posted in this thread yesterday 

33 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

#1 priority - Nobody get hurt, please. 

23 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Cant find the tweet/artcile but I *think* I saw that the Eagles put a waiver claim in for a Wide Receiver that the packers let go. 

They also said it was for camp legs. Wasting a waiver claim is a bit strange on a body for camp, in this type of year is strange no? 

How is that a waste? There's no limit on waiver claims, so it doesn't hurt anything. Sure, I doubt they expect him to make the team. But they're getting a three week look at the guy to see if he's worthy of a spot on the practice squad. 

So no, it's not strange at all.

I'm trying to think back, when was the last time we got anyone off of the waiver wire that amounted to a hill of beans?

11 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

You'd be ok with going from 2nd in the waiver order to 32nd because you needed a body in camp lulz. ok then

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