22 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Ojulari has been a solid player in NY.  He's averaged about a 1/2 sack a game. Production wise, he is a good replacement for Sweat.  

Agreed. I don't think Sweat is $15M more production than Ojulari.

1 hour ago, greendestiny27 said:

Exactly, how could all of them fall to 32. Pipe dream to say the least. 

Who does he have jumping up ahead of them?  I haven’t seen his mock yet 

9 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Who does he have jumping up ahead of them?  I haven’t seen his mock yet 

https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-mock-draft-daniel-jeremiah-3-0

1 hour ago, just relax said:

I agree also about money for FAs next year. It just won't be there, which is why Howie has loaded up on draft picks. Half the team will be on rookie contracts.

Count me in on what you and IgglesPhan have cooked up.  I would add that this Draft and the number of picks the Eagles have in it give Howie lots of opportunity to add more draft picks to the 12 he already has in 2026 and/or begin accumulating 2027 draft picks.  I can see this as the beginning of a consistent pattern of Howie going into the Draft every year with considerably more than the seven allotted picks.  The more draft he accumulates the better the chance that he can roll a current year pick into a future year 1st Round pick.  

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I haven't seen it - but the exercise for me is who DJ pushing up that is questionable (e.g., Booker).

Agreed

25 minutes ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

I'd take Harmon or Williams ahead of Stewart,  Stewart's scouting report reads like a DE version of Jalen Reagor, in that they think he's going to pan out based on his outstanding physical traits and athleticism but it hasn't equalled production in college, and I've seen all the stuff about him often lining up inside the tackles at A&M, I just think when you have those outstanding athletic traits, it should show up on the stats sheets as more than just pressures (pressures were the 2023 Eagles defense version of sacks and it was horsepucky)

His combine testing numbers are close to Myles Garrett level, but his college production is nowhere near, 4.5 sacks in a full 3 years starting against college O-lines gives me the heebee geebees about the pros. If you don't bring the finishing that 3 years college coaching couldn't bring out of him, you've come out with a bang average rotational D-Linemen.

Jalen Carter finished his 3 years at UGA with 6 total sacks..  I know DE vs DT.  Also, Reagor wasn't like Megatron size or anything just fast.  Stewart has all the athleticism you want in a position you want athleticism to reign supreme.  

9 minutes ago, austinfan said:

They should get a lot more than bottom six talent, 8 picks in the first 70.

They've taken moves to exploit the Russian pipeline, they signed a top Russian KHL HC who I'm sure has lots of contacts, b/c a lot of teams have shied away from Russia, there are bargains to be had.

They can gamble on upside, b/c if they miss 3 but hit on 5, they're doing great, and they want more than bottom six players.

Flahr has a better track record than Hextall, who was both unlucky and bad his last three drafts.

Top 70 picks:

2019:  York #14, Brink #34, Attard #72

2020:  Foerster #23, Andrae #54 [Wisdom #94]

2021:  Tuomaala #46, Kolosov #78

2022:  Gauthier #5 (Drysdale #6), Kaplan #69 [Bump #133, McDonald #165]

2023:  Michkov #7, Bonk #22, Bjarnason #51, [Zavragin #87, Barkey #95, Knuble #103]

2024:  Luchanko #13, Berglund #51, Gill #59 [Ruohonen #107]

Barkey is the one to watch next year, an undersized forward (who supposedly the Flyers don't draft) who started slow coming off Mono, but since then has been one of the top scorers in the OHL. Currently sidelined with a shoulder injury but expected to be back for the OHL playoffs. Probably start at 

One would hope they could get top six with the cache of picks in this draft, but it is both a weak top end draft and a weak depth draft.  Add that to some questionable decision making by the Flyers ( last year's draft they passed on better talent to select positionally).

Barkey looks OK, but is a very questionable top 6 forward.

Brandon Graham is everything you want as an Eagle. Good player. Better guy.

11 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-mock-draft-daniel-jeremiah-3-0

Starting with Simmons at 31 and Grant at 30 all the way back to Amos at 26 are all players who typically Stewart goes ahead of.  Hairston at 23 and Dart at 21 are two others, as is Zabel at 16.  Those are all legitimate choices, so DJ has accomplished his goal … an interesting read that people will be talking about.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

Starting with Simmons at 31 and Grant at 30 all the way back to Amos at 26 are all players who typically Stewart goes ahead of.  Hairston at 23 and Dart at 21 are two others, as is Zabel at 16.  Those are all legitimate choices, so DJ has accomplished his goal … an interesting read that people will be talking about.

I wanted to like Grant more but I just don't see the explosion. I'm not seeing Dexter Lawrence though I wanted to. 

38 minutes ago, austinfan said:

They traded Walker even though two other starting D-men were injured.

But what sank them last year is the same as this year, worst goalies in the NHL.

Ersson has shown flashes, but when Torts says he's hoping he's a tandem goaltender, some stupid fans took offense - but Ersson has shown twice he can't handle a starter's load. He's been excellent for stretches, then implodes for a while. Boston thrived for years using goalie tandems, just recognizing some goalies can't handle a heavy load..

Fedotov has gradually improved after extensive coaching, he's a special case, exiled to the Arctic circle for a year, then adjusting to NA hockey.

But rebuilding teams can be patient, and goalies are as bad as relief pitchers, only a handful can be counted on year to year (remember Mason, great until he he wasn't).

People like to dump on Torts, but what players have left Torts and blossomed (other than Karlsson in Vegas, but he was blocked by two other young centers in CBJ). Seth Jones has been a mess without Torts, for example. Frost has been bad in Calgary, Farabee meh.Try listening to his pressers, he's honest to a fault but also very supportive of his team. As long as they're trying, he knows they're outnumbered right now. I mean his centers are Cates, Couts, Poehling and Abols, Nuff said.

Goaltending is bad, but it didn't sink them this year.  PP again anemic for the 3rd consecutive season.  They barely have a 2nd line center, with Coots being the barely.  Their D is mediocre,  their zone entries are horrible, so many turnovers, Torts wants them to playbl at pace but they don't have the overall team speed to do it.  Torts yo-yos the lines so frequently  ( has had TK playing on the 3rd line recently!)  Torts is good for a solid veteran team, but perhaps the worst coach for a rebuilding team trying to develop the young players the Flyers have.

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I agree - but DJ is more plugged in than me, so I'm encouraged.

What he says now doesn't mean much.  As we're a week out it will reflect what he's hearing

41 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

He literally hung up his cleats

No hea going to grab them because he took a hit of another injury but is going to keep going because that's how winning is done.

This is the weirdest draft I can remember. Feels like 32 is not much different from 15.

25 minutes ago, RLC said:

Brandon Graham is everything you want as an Eagle. Good player. Better guy.

I love BG and I know this is lame but that expression has always bothered me.  He is in the top 2000 football players in the world of 8 billion.  It's hard to argue that he's in the top 2000 best people in the world.  They say that about Saquon a lot and he's literally one of the best RBs of all time. It's a pretty high bar to say he's one the best people of all time. Ok I'm getting off my soap box. 

 

Best of luck BG!!! You are an all time Eagle!!!!

9 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Goaltending is bad, but it didn't sink them this year.  PP again anemic for the 3rd consecutive season.  They barely have a 2nd line center, with Coots being the barely.  Their D is mediocre,  their zone entries are horrible, so many turnovers, Torts wants them to playbl at pace but they don't have the overall team speed to do it.  Torts yo-yos the lines so frequently  ( has had TK playing on the 3rd line recently!)  Torts is good for a solid veteran team, but perhaps the worst coach for a rebuilding team trying to develop the young players the Flyers have.

This is exactly right.  Tortorella is an awful head coaching choice for a young, developing team.  He was a bad choice when he was hired, and he turns 67 in June.  He was supposed to bring an up-tempo, offensive system with him, and both their PP and total offensive output are near the bottom of the league every year -- in a league where expansion teams go deep in the playoffs in their infancy stage.

Get him out and get a smarter, younger, and innovative coach in there who can relate to players.  Above all, do not promote him into a front office role.  

16 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

This is the weirdest draft I can remember. Feels like 32 is not much different from 15.

30 years?

 

6 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

This is the weirdest draft I can remember. Feels like 32 is not much different from 15.

Really isn't much difference IMO from 1 to 32.  Travis Hunter, Abdul Carter, Tyler Warren are the main studs IMO.  Otherwise you have Mason Graham who showed up very slight at the combine, an OT in Will Campbell who has small arms, McMillan is the top WR prospect but many aren't sure how well his game will translate. 

7 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I love BG and I know this is lame but that expression has always bothered me.  He is in the top 2000 football players in the world of 8 billion.  It's hard to argue that he's in the top 2000 best people in the world.  They say that about Saquon a lot and he's literally one of the best RBs of all time. It's a pretty high bar to say he's one the best people of all time. Ok I'm getting off my soap box. 

Best of luck BG!!! You are an all time Eagle!!!!

 

They are putting the Lombardi's out for his PC. Me thinks he might be retiring

 

so if we stay at 32 who we drafting

1 minute ago, pgcd3 said:

They are putting the Lombardi's out for his PC. Me thinks he might be retiring

Just now, rrfierce said:

so if we stay at 32 who we drafting

The guy whose name they call. 

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

The guy whose name they call. 

thanks for that insight