11 hours ago, mattwill said:

I agree.  Howie will almost surely be trading out of Round One.

I tend to agree. Picks 20-50 are basically all equal, talent wise.

With that said, it can be difficult to get in the mind of teams. Even if talent is equal, scheme fit or off field issues we don’t know about can create gulfs in healing of otherwise outwardly appearing equal prospects.

One thing we should be able to count on is at least 2 DL picks. The need is there and the talent pool is deep. I’m interested to see what we do at EDGE specifically. Fangio seems to prefer versatile LBs like Smith and Hunt, but we will likely lose bigger, more traditional DEs like Sweat and Graham. Which archetype will we take?

11 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

He’s summed it up perfectly, you have to give him that.  He is entirely selfish, and if he’d been talented enough to be a Hall of Famer, would have introduced himself at the ceremony and gone in without a uniform.  That abomination of an outfit would be all he wore instead of a gold jacket.

Some of the comments on that tweet say he's going to the hall. I don't understand how

Howie always gets more draft picks. Never an issue. Looking like a genius right now with what he did in 3rd round securing 3 extra picks in  moving down 16 slots from 78 to 94 and then getting Jalyx Hunt in the end anyway.

Last year's draft is amazing, not just from the standpoint of really good picks, but securing more picks in latter 2024 draft and some for 2025. He will continue that trend I'm sure, especially once comp picks roll around in 2026.

 

3 minutes ago, TEW said:

I tend to agree. Picks 20-50 are basically all equal, talent wise.

With that said, it can be difficult to get in the mind of teams. Even if talent is equal, scheme fit or off field issues we don’t know about can create gulfs in healing of otherwise outwardly appearing equal prospects.

One thing we should be able to count on is at least 2 DL picks. The need is there and the talent pool is deep. I’m interested to see what we do at EDGE specifically. Fangio seems to prefer versatile LBs like Smith and Hunt, but we will likely lose bigger, more traditional DEs like Sweat and Graham. Which archetype will we take?

OL/DL/TE in our first 3 picks. Would be stunned if it's not those 3. All I want is a TE2 who can block an EDGE...

3 hours ago, Parrot Head said:

The aggressive approach by Jim Schwartz is what allowed us to finish off NE

Not sure I'd call a Schwartz defense "aggressive" outside of alignment. His play calls were certainly never mistaken for being aggressive. 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

He didn't make 1st or 2nd team All Pro.

 

I don't think people realize actually how good Jalen Carter is. He isn't worried about Trey Smith and the rest of the nation will find out next Sunday. 

 

Trey Smith is a terrific player. The only reason he’s not ranked higher is that he was a sixth round pick. This offseason he’s going to get paid, a lot.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

 That's what Schwartz went with during SB LII. They needed to shut down Brady quick, OR get beat quick because it was a 5 point game.  They got it done with the BG strip sack. 

Pretty sure that was just a 4 man rush from Nascar, not a blitz.

3 minutes ago, just relax said:

Trey Smith is a terrific player. The only reason he’s not ranked higher is that he was a sixth round pick. This offseason he’s going to get paid, a lot.

I worry that he's going to battle Carter to a draw. Smith can handle him 1 on 1.

I feel confident about our chances, but my main concern is Elliott. If we have to either punt or go for it on fourth down (and don't convert) in situations where we would normally come away with three points, it could hurt us later in the game. I would feel much better knowing that Jake could nail a 50-yard field goal if necessary. God help us if we need a last-second field goal to win the game because I don’t think most of us could survive that spike in our blood pressure. 😂

20 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

No, he's already a contentious personality that has caused too much drama for this team. No need to risk fines, punishment, and further distractions on the eve of the biggest game of the season.

There’s every reason to risk it: winning the Super Bowl.

The Chiefs OBVIOUSLY are aided by biased officiating from the refs.

If you want to win the Super Bowl, muting that bias as much as possible with a few words at a press conference is a straight forward way to do this.

Use public pressure to force the refs into calling it even.

Just now, TEW said:

There’s every reason to risk it: winning the Super Bowl.

The Chiefs OBVIOUSLY are aided by biased officiating from the refs.

If you want to win the Super Bowl, muting that bias as much as possible with a few words at a press conference is a straight forward way to do this.

Use public pressure to force the refs into calling it even.

Or...just curb stop 'em so that the game isn't even close!

6 minutes ago, TEW said:

There’s every reason to risk it: winning the Super Bowl.

The Chiefs OBVIOUSLY are aided by biased officiating from the refs.

If you want to win the Super Bowl, muting that bias as much as possible with a few words at a press conference is a straight forward way to do this.

Use public pressure to force the refs into calling it even.

Yeah the Chiefs get a ton of questionable calls in their favor but this team is more than good enough to beat both the Chiefs and some bad calls. Just win or lose like a man, no need to publicly make excuses, especially when it's literally against NFL rules to accuse refs for bias in a press conference. 

10 minutes ago, RLC said:

I worry that he's going to battle Carter to a draw. Smith can handle him 1 on 1.

I'll take that bet

5 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

Or...just curb stop 'em so that the game isn't even close!

^this

18 minutes ago, just relax said:

Trey Smith is a terrific player. The only reason he’s not ranked higher is that he was a sixth round pick. This offseason he’s going to get paid, a lot.

Still salty we didnt draft him

13 minutes ago, RLC said:

OL/DL/TE in our first 3 picks. Would be stunned if it's not those 3. All I want is a TE2 who can block an EDGE...

I don’t think there will be an OL worth taking. Very weak class from a talent perspective and lacks depth on top of it.

I’m expecting DT, EDGE, and then a random position of BPA.

54 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Three things:

a) The 4th from Detroit is actually the Eagles own 4th which they had traded to the Lions a year earlier for Swift.

b) The 4th from the Steelers for Pickett was already conveyed last year.

c) The Eagles own their own 3rd.

As it stands now, the Eagles have 1,2,3,4,5,5,5. 

Yup.  I updated.   I was wrong.  

2 minutes ago, TEW said:

I don’t think there will be an OL worth taking. Very weak class from a talent perspective and lacks depth on top of it.

I’m expecting DT, EDGE, and then a random position of BPA.

TE is a bigger priority than OL, certainly higher up in the draft. Goedert will get dinged again, so an heir needs to be found at some point

So, I'll play the 2022 vs. 2024 Eagles game. My takeaway -- the 2024 team is better, maybe significantly so.

QB - PUSH: 2022 Hurts vs. 2024 Hurts. I get this will be controversial, but hear me out. 2022 Hurts threw for 3,701 yards in 15 regular season games, 22 TDs, 6 picks and a 101.5 rating. 2024 Hurts threw for 2,903 yards in effectively 14 games, 18 TDs, 5 INTs and a 103.7 rating. Here's the key -- 2022 he threw 460 passes and had an 8.0 YPA, and in 2024 he threw 361 times (99 less) and had the same 8.0 YPA. He's basically the same from an efficiency standpoint, but is just throwing a lot less.

RB - massive edge 2024: Do I really even need to go through this?

WR1 - PUSH: AJ has been great both years -- 1,496 yards in 2022 in 17 games, 1,079 yards in 2024 in 13 games. While his YPG dropped from 88 to 83, his yards per target increased from 10.3 to 11.1. Again, fewer opportunities, but higher efficiency.

WR2 - PUSH: Similar to AJ, his YPG dropped from 70.4 to 64.1, but his yards per target increased from 8.8 to 9.4. 

TE - 2022: Goedert saw a dip in production and efficiency. 58.5 YPG to 49.6, and 10.2 per target to 9.5. Not a huge drop off, but he is older and banged up as well.

LT - 2024: Mailata is simply better this year than he was in 2022, by a large margin IMO. 

LG - PUSH: Dickerson is better, but he is banged up going into the game.

C - 2022: It's closer than we had any right to imagine, but still...Kelce was better.

RG - 2024: Becton has been better than Isaac. He's just a mountain of a human being.

RT - PUSH: Lane continues to play at an all-pro level.

Overall offense: 2 edges to 2022 (C and TE), 2 to 2024 (RB and RG). But the massive upgrade at RB makes the 2024 offense slightly better.

DT - 2024: Cox was great, but he wasn't his all pro peak in 2022. Carter is better than 2022 Cox. Williams is basically the same as Hargrave. But Davis, Ojomo and Booker bring more than Suh, Joseph and rookie Davis.

Edge - 2022: Nolan has really come on, but Reddick was insane during the playoff run. Sweat is Sweat, and we don't know if BG will be back. Huff being a bust hurts here.

LB - massive edge 2024: TJ was a nice player, but Baun is a DPOY finalist. Dean getting hurt sucks, but Burks has been very good the last 2 games and is better than Kyzir (who was decent). 

CB1 - PUSH: Slay is playing as well this year as he did in 2022, maybe a little better.

CB2 - 2024: I know JB was 2nd team all pro, but Q has been better IMO. 

NCB - 2024: DeJean has been better than Maddox by a decent margin, and Maddox peaked in 2022.

S - 2024: Reed is better than Epps, and CJGJ is slightly better this year IMO.

Defense overall: only place we are worse is edge rusher with no Reddick, but Smith has closed that gap. This defense is much better than 2022.

14 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

Or...just curb stop 'em so that the game isn't even close!

Yeah, if only it were that easy.

it doesn’t matter if you score if the refs call it back. It doesn’t matter if you get a stop if the refs throw a flag against you.

Anyone who actually watches the chiefs play sees the problem, which has been an issue for years now.

Call it out ahead of time so the refs are under pressure and a microscope is on their decision making BEFORE the game.

29 minutes ago, just relax said:

Trey Smith is a terrific player. The only reason he’s not ranked higher is that he was a sixth round pick. This offseason he’s going to get paid, a lot.

Huh?

Mailata was a 7th rounder and is 2nd team All Pro. 

 

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup.  I updated.   I was wrong.  

What? No. No one admits they were wrong on this Blog. How dare you!

9 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

So, I'll play the 2022 vs. 2024 Eagles game. My takeaway -- the 2024 team is better, maybe significantly so.

QB - PUSH: 2022 Hurts vs. 2024 Hurts. I get this will be controversial, but hear me out. 2022 Hurts threw for 3,701 yards in 15 regular season games, 22 TDs, 6 picks and a 101.5 rating. 2024 Hurts threw for 2,903 yards in effectively 14 games, 18 TDs, 5 INTs and a 103.7 rating. Here's the key -- 2022 he threw 460 passes and had an 8.0 YPA, and in 2024 he threw 361 times (99 less) and had the same 8.0 YPA. He's basically the same from an efficiency standpoint, but is just throwing a lot less.

RB - massive edge 2024: Do I really even need to go through this?

WR1 - PUSH: AJ has been great both years -- 1,496 yards in 2022 in 17 games, 1,079 yards in 2024 in 13 games. While his YPG dropped from 88 to 83, his yards per target increased from 10.3 to 11.1. Again, fewer opportunities, but higher efficiency.

WR2 - PUSH: Similar to AJ, his YPG dropped from 70.4 to 64.1, but his yards per target increased from 8.8 to 9.4. 

TE - 2022: Goedert saw a dip in production and efficiency. 58.5 YPG to 49.6, and 10.2 per target to 9.5. Not a huge drop off, but he is older and banged up as well.

LT - 2024: Mailata is simply better this year than he was in 2022, by a large margin IMO. 

LG - PUSH: Dickerson is better, but he is banged up going into the game.

C - 2022: It's closer than we had any right to imagine, but still...Kelce was better.

RG - 2024: Becton has been better than Isaac. He's just a mountain of a human being.

RT - PUSH: Lane continues to play at an all-pro level.

Overall offense: 2 edges to 2022 (C and TE), 2 to 2024 (RB and RG). But the massive upgrade at RB makes the 2024 offense slightly better.

DT - 2024: Cox was great, but he wasn't his all pro peak in 2022. Carter is better than 2022 Cox. Williams is basically the same as Hargrave. But Davis, Ojomo and Booker bring more than Suh, Joseph and rookie Davis.

Edge - 2022: Nolan has really come on, but Reddick was insane during the playoff run. Sweat is Sweat, and we don't know if BG will be back. Hunt being a bust hurts here.

LB - massive edge 2024: TJ was a nice player, but Baun is a DPOY finalist. Dean getting hurt sucks, but Burks has been very good the last 2 games and is better than Kyzir (who was decent). 

CB1 - PUSH: Slay is playing as well this year as he did in 2022, maybe a little better.

CB2 - 2024: I know JB was 2nd team all pro, but Q has been better IMO. 

NCB - 2024: DeJean has been better than Maddox by a decent margin, and Maddox peaked in 2022.

S - 2024: Reed is better than Epps, and CJGJ is slightly better this year IMO.

Defense overall: only place we are worse is edge rusher with no Reddick, but Smith has closed that gap. This defense is much better than 2022.

2024 is much better.  Now we can get a stop if needed.  Even turnovers.  Last time we couldn't do that in the second half of the SB.  Game just slipped away.  Was awful after we had the lead.  Will be different this time I think.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Kelce was clearly better and playing at an elite level, but Jurgens is still great, just not as good as Kelce. Also, you have your CB positions flipped. Slay is still LCB and Q is RCB which is where Bradberry played.

Yea, I'm not anointing Jurgens better yet, especially when he has a huge task coming up of helping diagnose Spagnuolo blitzes. 

22 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Still salty we didnt draft him

You are tired of me, I know. But I wanted to update that Wagmi is down a lot since I last posted. 5 zeros and a 7. I’ll check back in a couple months. Laugh away, it’s warranted at this point.