23 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

What are you talking about? Are you responding to the wrong person? I said we’re keeping him and June 1sting him next year, so you’re disagreeing by saying…. We’re keeping him and June 1sting him next year?

 Now you finally get it 

Would you have rather had Metchie or Dotson?

11 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Here’s what opinions I’ve developed from a mostly informationless preseason.  In order of importance.  

1. Bechton is the starting RG.  Seriously.  That’s just about the only real thing we’ve learned.  So we know who the starting RG is.  We don’t know if he earned it or really looked good, although the track record here suggests we should trust the process.  This also sets Steen’s career onto the likely path of an anonymous backup and fairly disappointing pick.

2. Hurts has good buzz.  Of course, that buzz will be amplified 10 fold in either direction with better, more reliable information simply based on the first series in Brazil.  It’s all talk right now.

3.  Nolan Smith has bad buzz.  He’s playing later in games than anyone wants to see a first round pick on a team that wouldn’t risk injury to the janitor in preseason…and not particularly standing out in the process.  It’s early, he has time, and I love his measurables at a position that I think demands them…but not loving the direction here.  

4.  The Eagles didn’t like their WR3 situation (which is one thing we all actually could see in the games).  Now their WR3 situation is exactly as good as you think Dotson is or isn’t based on his somewhat controversial and debatable level of play in Washington. 
 

This got a laugh out of me

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Would you have rather had Metchie or Dotson?

Most people here weren't very interested in Metchie at all as a prospect. 

He's a nice possession guy but we seemed to need more of a vertical slot for this offense so Dotson would seem to be a better fit.

4 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Would you have rather had Metchie or Dotson?

Dotson without any hesitation. I thought Metchie was overdrafted and hasn’t shown much as a pro. 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

Booker and Ojoma were clearly the best of the backup DL. Tui just doesn't anchor well at NT, athletic but not as much as those two, so a bit of a tweener. Mustipher and Hall showed enough to stash on the PS, but I don't think they'll be claimed. Booker won't make it through waivers.

Fangio clearly stated in one of his pressers that NT and backup NT are must have positions on his DL.  Tui has been that.  Does that give him an edge over Booker?  What about Mustipher?  

I haven't watched enough of them to really know.  Who is that backup NT?

when will the cuts begin?

16 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Would you have rather had Metchie or Dotson?

I had to run the numbers but now I am not sure Metchie even exists.  

25 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

How do you know Parris Campbell is a fast now or that Smith isn't faster since he was recovering from a leg injury when he ran his 40. 

There are questions about A. Smith coming out of college. He broke his right fibula and dislocated his ankle.  Most Aggie fans believe the move to WR from RB was driven in part by the ankle injury. Then they discover he had a stress fracture at the Combine which he had surgery on.  The Eagles have way more insight as to his recovery than we do.  No one should base anything on what he did in shorts because it really reflects his recovery status from that surgery. The trade for Dotson may be a reflection on both Campbell and A Smith so with that solved the Eagles have to ask given we are now talking limited snaps,  who benefits the team more today and in the future.  Since a #5 or #6 WR is unlikely to be active, Wilson factors into the discussion.  

8 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

when will the cuts begin?

I've been pushing for a backup NT for awhile now. Tui can't anchor at all and Mustipher is only slightly better, but more one dimensional. Howie will be watching the waiver wire, but I don't see Tui staying here long.

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

when will the cuts begin?

4pm tomorrow is 53 deadline

1 minute ago, wussbasket said:

I've been pushing for a backup NT for awhile now. Tui can't anchor at all and Mustipher is only slightly better, but more one dimensional. Howie will be watching the waiver wire, but I don't see Tui staying here long.

4pm tomorrow is 53 deadline

Have you even tried to reach out to Howie on it? 

50 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

What are you talking about? Are you responding to the wrong person? I said we’re keeping him and June 1sting him next year, so you’re disagreeing by saying…. We’re keeping him and June 1sting him next year?

19 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Dotson without any hesitation. I thought Metchie was overdrafted and hasn’t shown much as a pro. 

So does the CFL:

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NFL draft:    2022 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44
CFL Draft:    2022 / Round: 7 / Pick: 59

I don't often see the CFL drafting a player later than the NFL   

If corners can actually cover this year that will help the pass rush.

Also how many sacks did the team even have last year? Believe they were ranked low on that department but if I remember wasn't last year where guys were running past the qb instead of trying to collapse the pocket?

26 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

when will the cuts begin?

Right now

 

22 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Have you even tried to reach out to Howie on it? 

I thought he got all of his advice from these boards. How else would the Eagles have been so successful?

11 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I thought he got all of his advice from these boards. How else would the Eagles have been so successful?

He only looks at Premium Tate. 

I traditionally hang by the computer extensively on cutdown day so I talk from experience. In the past, the names would trickle out throughout the day until around maybe two o'clock when there were only a handful of guys to go. And then around 4PM, the Eagles would make an official announcement.

But if I recall correctly, last year was pretty bad. The names didn't come out all that rapidly and by four o'clock, there were still a lot of names to go. And the Eagles didn't officially announce anything for quite some time after that. My only hope is that the last minute trade for Albert O was the reason for the delay rather than a change in the way they're going to do it.

51 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

when will the cuts begin?

I’d expect some today 

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

I don't think Booker is playing the same position.  Tuipulotu and Mustipher were back up NT.  The reports were that Davis out played them.  I seem to remember that Davis had a very good joint practice.  

Eagles don’t have a single player, Davis included, that strictly plays Nose.  From "base” 3/4 (using Kempski’s words against him) the Nose usually plays from the 0 position to start so his gap assignment is usually the one gaps.  But positioning wise, the DTs tend as much to line up on the shoulders and go back to Davis’ snaps and you’ll see that.  Because Fangio doesn’t run a base 3/4 or a base 4/3.  He runs a lot of different line looks.  We were just starting to see that more and more with Gannon, but Rocker and Desai, not so much.  When Huff and Sweat are in, the team is technically in a 4/3 unless there is only one DT.  But either might drop in coverage.  Doesn’t change much when they replace Sweat or Huff with an ILB.  Really doesn’t change as much if the Eagles have Williams or Carter lined up as a 3/4 DE except you won’t see them  drop in coverage.  I believe you will see all kinds of DL looks with stunts and some blitzes this season and what the play looks like initially probably has some disguise to it.  I like what Fangio says about stunts (the players have some freedom) and blitzes (he wants to blitz when he wants, not because he has to do so).  So take Marlon T.  He is not a back up NT, he’s a DT that will be asked to occasionally play Nose.  Mustipher needs to be more than a back up Nose.  I like the way he pushes but he really doesn’t have the athleticism to play either DT position and cannot play a 3/4 DE position.  (Hall needs NFL strength and technique but like Booker, Williams and possibly Ojomo, can probably play  3/4 DE.) BTW, Davis and Carter can play that 3/4 DE position with their athleticism.  That really allows for some stunts.  I am excited to see what happens when they aren’t playing vanilla defense. Now we get to see what the coaches do.

Looks like Ernest Jones could be had in a trade. Just the linebacker Vic would need, after all, we can't have a good defense without a good ILB, his words. 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Would you have rather had Metchie or Dotson?

Dotson has performed, Metchie really hasn’t. Frankly, this looks like a team (Texans) generated "leak” to try to drum up trade interest in a player that looks like a bust at this point.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Dotson without any hesitation. I thought Metchie was overdrafted and hasn’t shown much as a pro. 

Same.

Not his fault given the cancer diagnosis, but Metchie is a complete mystery box. We needed more of a sure-thing.

30 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I traditionally hang by the computer extensively on cutdown day so I talk from experience. In the past, the names would trickle out throughout the day until around maybe two o'clock when there were only a handful of guys to go. And then around 4PM, the Eagles would make an official announcement.

But if I recall correctly, last year was pretty bad. The names didn't come out all that rapidly and by four o'clock, there were still a lot of names to go. And the Eagles didn't officially announce anything for quite some time after that. My only hope is that the last minute trade for Albert O was the reason for the delay rather than a change in the way they're going to do it.

I think that’s because Howie has probably been on the phone with every team trying to move players that will be cut for later round picks.  So the leaks will be on low end of the 90 players who get visited by the Turk first.  Don’t expect much info today.