Frankly, I think that anyone who honestly believes Carson Wentz isn't a top tier quarterback simply doesn't know football. 

15 hours ago, DEagle7 said:

98 seems low for Brooks.  

92 for Slay as well.

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Runyan went to the Packers. He's not his father, it's fair to say. I can't see Driscoll making it. He's got good technique and decent feet but he's not long enough for tackle or strong enough for guard and it doesn't look to me like he's got the kind of body to put on another 20 pounds. Center? Maybe. Prince, OTOH, has a good shot if the knee is OK.

Driscoll’s arms are a tad short at 33” for an OT but not awful.  Basically, identical to Seumalo, who hasn’t been horrible at T. Only a tenth of an inch shorter than JP and bigger hands.  The Eagles are listing Driscoll at 312, he was 296 at the combine.  He does seem to have a decent trunk. Frankly, I thought they drafted him as a possible replacement at LG if Seumalo moves to C but train him as a swing everything.  At this point, I think he uses his hands better than Prince.  Would love for him to pick up JP’s speed, placement and strength in his punch. Seems he is really smart and coaches up well based on the scouting reports I have read. 

The only thing I dislike about Prince Tega is he lets his arms fall and go low at times.  That doesn’t work with 33.5” arms. Needs to work on that, a lot. 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yes, it’s hyperbole to say he was the best safety in football from his very first game. He wasn’t. 

He lived up to the 'hype' of being the best S prospect since Sean Taylor since day 1.  So no it's not.

17 minutes ago, Nivraga said:

no

Ummm unless you are going to fight with the history channel/web site about their research i suggest you take it up with them. i believed it was cause the Spanish papers were the first to call out the virus. But history has an article you probably didn’t even read to know why it got the name based off their research.

** also i gave you the article cause you said you didn’t know how it got it’s name. Hence you could learn something about its name since you didn’t know how it got it. Had nothing to do with calling it Covid 19 or something else. Or right or wrong. Trying to  help you learn the origins of Spanish flu name
 

Also if you are this upset about someone using China virus then. You should also be upset about these which I’m guessing you’re not even aware of. And there’s a ton more that can be attributed as names based off where it’s believed to originate. I would use Covid 19 but it’s not unprecedented that names of disease and viruses after places believed to be of origin 
 

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

Marburg Virus Disease

Japanese Encephalitis

German Measles

Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever— came from

omsk Russia 

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever —Named in 1976 for the Ebola River in Zaire located in central Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Wentz_Era said:

He lived up to the 'hype' of being the best S prospect since Sean Taylor since day 1.  So no it's not.

That’s a completely different argument and does not make him the best safety in football from Day 1. Ridiculous. 

1 hour ago, TrotterIsGod said:

Better yet, how many games they playing? This is such a weird year.  Gonna go back to making a Guardians of the Galaxy tape for D pursuers . LOL 

 

Sounds good man.  We're all on the edge of our seats.  

33 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Yet no reaction to the original post or the other guy you quoted?  Since you are against any "political " posts, you might try consistency.  No offense, but that is why your lobbying on non football posts falls on deaf ears and Franklin’s doesn’t.  Those two terms have resulted in unwarranted racially driven aggressive actions in our country and should be discouraged.  COVID or Covid-19 do not drum up such reactions and are universally understood. 

19 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I will never, for the life of me, understand how the Eagles and Nick Foles being able to win the Super Bowl is a knock on Carson Wentz

Because, Cult of Foles

Two things are allowed to be wrong at the same time. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

That’s a completely different argument and does not make him the best safety in football from Day 1. Ridiculous. 

How is it a different argument, what you responded to is exactly what I originally stated?  Since he started playing in the NFL...he was by far the best safety in the league.  Kam was toast because of injuries and even then if Kam and prime Weddle had a love child, that's him.  He was hyped as a generational talent and lived up to every bit of that expectation.  He's been that good.  The league has been void of 'elite'/do it all S's since Kam fell of a cliff due to his hip issue.  The argument is on the compensation, to which I already stated the Seattle values that position more than other teams.  So they're going to get their bang for the buck with him if he stays healthy.

 

7 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

He said he was done with the conversation.  Don’t make him say it again.  

Heck i wasn’t even getting into the crutches of the convo. He stated he didn’t know how Spanish flu got it’s name. I gave him an article so he could learn about it. Nothing more or less. Nothing on PC or right or wrong. It’s why i bolded his i don’t know how it got it’s name and gave him the article so he could use it to learn about the origins of the Spanish flu. 

36 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Somebody educated Kaye since yesterday. Probably from reading the Blog.  

1 minute ago, WentzFan11 said:

Two things are allowed to be wrong at the same time. 

Who allowed this?

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Actually, Vaitai was a pretty good starter. It's just that he went in for Peters, or Lane, or Brooks - three all-pros.

There's a reason he's getting $10M a year now. It's not just versatility, it's that he can play four spots well; that's rare. Leave him along in one spot, a luxury he's never had, and he'll settle in just fine.

Wasn't Vaitai's biggest problem when he had to sub in for players mid-game?  I recall him being a good starter when he had the 1st team reps all week in practice and was prepared.  But when he was put in on the fly, he really struggled.  

34 minutes ago, Nivraga said:

Now that's being dickish just to be dickish - this crap is really beneath these boards and the blog - it's disappointing. 

Oh relax. It’s a joke. Spanish flu, West Nile virus... 

Trust me I’ve said way more inappropriate and dickish things on this board 

17 hours ago, Asg 15 said:

He's not 2 1sts and a third good IMO

For the Eagles I agree, but also for the Eagles I wouldn't have given up what Pitt did for Minkah as well.  Minkah has to prove his 3 game tear wasn't a flash in the pan.

37 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I think it’s obvious.  You either do a bubble.  Or you don’t have a season.  NBA seems to have it figured out.  

European soccer has been successful traveling for almost two months. I know you think soccer is ghey but it’s working. 

4 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Two things are allowed to be wrong at the same time. 

No one said two things couldn’t be wrong at the same time. I never said using those names was correct. I said you should be just as offended by these and also put in medicine a lot of times they use names of where it originated to identify it. 

Hats off to brees. He’s actually done a ton for that community. I hate the saints but he’s given now i believe 10 mil to the nola community. 

49 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Daddy, you gotta Gotdamn butthole on yo face!

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

https://www.history.com/news/why-was-it-called-the-spanish-flu

Explains how it got it’s name. 

Thanks. Interesting article.  Sparked some memory of long forgotten reading I did.  The suppression of the press during WWI is something to remember.  The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 are examples of where actions that may seem to have the right goal can go horribly wrong.  It also demonstrates how the enforcement of the Bill of Rights by the courts is an integral part of the checks and balances of our great country. 

9 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Somebody educated Kaye since yesterday. Probably from reading the Blog.  

I know he technically doesn't count towards the roster, but I do wonder if the NFL will force teams in this instance to get down to 79 players. It doesn't really make sense that they say 80 is the limit for safety precautions, anything more has to be split practices but then let a team like the Eagles trot out 81 players in a single practice just because one is a roster exemption. 

With that said, I also wonder if Matt Leo is even in this country at this point. He has a twitter that he doesn't really use that says his current location is Adelaide, South Australia. 

13 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Should be. I think Pouncey gets frequently overrated. Mack somewhat too 

Maybe about 5 years ago Mack was, he was truly elite in his first 7 or so years.  Pouncey was pretty darn good in his own right, but never elite IMO.  Consistent exceptional performance at the position, not many are up there with what Kelce has given since he was drafted.

2 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Thanks. Interesting article.  Sparked some memory of long forgotten reading I did.  The suppression of the press during WWI is something to remember.  The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 are examples of where actions that may seem to have the right goal can go horribly wrong.  It also demonstrates how the enforcement of the Bill of Rights by the courts is an integral part of the checks and balances of our great country. 

No problem. I put it out there cause i figured since he didn’t know there were probably others who also didn’t know the history behind it. It definitely was informative and gave more knowledge about the Spanish flu then i knew prior to reading it.