Wow, Kenny G, couldn't have won that Super Bowl without you. Not sure how we'll recover.

 

 

 

I just looked up Josh Uche's career stats and I have good news. He had two 💩 years, then 11.5 sacks, then two 💩 years. Which means he is due for a big year 🤣

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Wow, Kenny G, couldn't have won that Super Bowl without you. Not sure how we'll recover.

 

 

 

While I will always insist that Kenny Gainwell is a JAG and Boston Scott was better than him, he has always seemed like a super good dude and I hope he does well in Pittsburgh.

Just now, NOTW said:

Milton should send Carter 10% of his signing bonus.

Interesting thing I just read.  All 32 teams were present at the Clemson pro day, as well as NASCAR representatives scouting for pit crew men.

Never heard of Nascar attending pro days before. 

While we’re in off season frenzy let’s not forget PFF has Saquon as their 10th best RB. So whatever ratings we might throw around - they really don’t mean much at all. 

Eagles defense by age

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/sort/age/dir/desc/philadelphia-eagles

 

People get defensive. I’m a huge Howie supporter now and know the team will change before the season. But we can admit there’s a good chance a lot of these guys won’t be on the 53. 

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Eagles defense by age

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/sort/age/dir/desc/philadelphia-eagles

 

Not breaking news, but looking at this roster, our defensive depth has taken a huge step back. 5 or 6 of the picks from the draft better be on defense. We need to restock.

Just now, Blazehound said:

Not breaking news, but looking at this roster, our defensive depth has taken a huge step back. 5 or 6 of the picks from the draft better be on defense. We need to restock.

True. But the core of players are all young and here for a while.

2 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

People get defensive. I’m a huge Howie supporter now and know the team will change before the season. But we can admit there’s a good chance a lot of these guys won’t be on the 53. 

Every year a bunch of March free agents get cut in August.

19 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

While we’re in off season frenzy let’s not forget PFF has Saquon as their 10th best RB. So whatever ratings we might throw around - they really don’t mean much at all. 

Thank you

20 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Every year a bunch of March free agents get cut in August.

And these are literally all minimal deals. Hard to believe the reported number for Adore which still in 2mil range. 
 

I think all the guys who made it last year were paid over 3. Not sure on Becton but he lasted until May

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

Wow, Kenny G, couldn't have won that Super Bowl without you. Not sure how we'll recover.

 

 

 

The guy did a nice job for us, for 4 years. Played special teams, recovered a fumble in NFC title game. Can’t we just wish him well (except when they play us)? 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

It easy for Hurts to say that, he has enough money for 10 lifetimes.

Gainwell has one shot to be set up for life, not filthy rich, just enough money after agent fees and taxes that he doesn't have to sweat his life after football.

1 hour ago, pgcd3 said:

I am going to critically summarize the pickups which doesn’t mean I don’t have faith in Howie to make more moves.

1. Green - terrible last year

2. DTR - really bad last year

3 Dillon - injured all year

4. Uche - really bad and inactive much of the year

5. Bryant - 3rd TE who caught 9 balls

6. Adore Jackson - bad last year

is that accurate? 

Buy low. I mean that's the only way he could afford to add this many players.

They're competing to be depth with players on the roster, SFAs they'll sign and draft picks.

At least they have shown in the past they can perform at a NFL level.

4 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

You can do that without the memorization.

Not in chess. I was 2nd board in HS, reason I could never beat the 1st board is I didn't understand the need to memorize the set of openings.

It's not just the memorization, it's understanding the patterns that take you to the mid-game.

25 minutes ago, Casey @ Bat said:

The guy did a nice job for us, for 4 years. Played special teams, recovered a fumble in NFC title game. Can’t we just wish him well (except when they play us)? 

Well said 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

Everyone is different, and different people are motivated and driven by different things.  I don’t think it makes any one person better than another.

It’s fun to make believe all professional athletes think of the sport as the ultimate game between the best players anywhere, but a lot of them know it’s their job — and the vast majority have a very short timeline of maximum earning power.

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Everyone is different, and different people are motivated and driven by different things.  I don’t think it makes any one person better than another.

It’s fun to make believe all professional athletes think of the sport as the ultimate game between the best players anywhere, but a lot of them know it’s their job — and the vast majority have a very short timeline of maximum earning power.

There’s also a big difference between positions. Taking a few million less per year on a quarter billion dollar QB deal when you know you can play into your mid 30’s is a lot different than a safety who will make a small fraction of that and knows he could easily be out of the league with a knee injury in 2 years.

Watching Uche some… it really stood out that he got some fast, high quality sacks in multiple ways. He won with speed and bend on the outside, he won with bulrushes and he won with inside moves. Admittedly I think some of them looked cleaner and more impressive because he beat some bums and backup tackles. 

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

Eagles defense by age

https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/sort/age/dir/desc/philadelphia-eagles

 

This reminded me that during superbowl week Christian Parker singled out Andre Sam and Ringo as 2 players that consistently standout that people don't talk about. Wonder if there's something there with Sam

Miles Sanders is signing with Dallas. 

3 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Miles Sanders is signing with Dallas. 

That dirty dog