I was disappointed to see Mekhi Becton leave the Eagles. But really feeling some love for the front office for what it pulled off this weekend.

The Eagles built a monster Super Bowl winning offensive line, 2/5 of which were outright projects - both of whom being massive individuals. Jordan Mailata whose rugby tape speaks for itself, was transformed in unprecedented fashion into an All-Pro caliber left tackle. Mekhi Becton was a successful reclamation project of a failed OT due to injury and poor coaching.

The Eagles drafted two massive tackles, and signed one mammoth tack this weekend. Cameron Williams 6'6", 317 lbs. , long armed, graded by many to go in the 4th. Myles Hinton - 6'7" 323 lbs, son of former 7 time pro bowler. Sign UDFA Hollin Pierce - 6'8", 345 lbs. With Stoutland and co., the Eagles are the Ivy League of offensive line coaching. The team is adept and developing enormous men into elite offensive linemen. And the formula really isn't that hard to see. At its core, the game is won in the trenches as we saw in the Super Bowl. Massive, nimble, well coached men really open things up and hold things down for an offense.

When Becton left, I was concerned somebody with his size couldn't easily be replaced. This weekend, the Eagles showed us that they're on it. When all is said and done, the team will be better stocked with massive, elite offensive linemen than it was during the last season after Stoutland has a chance to coach them up.

46 minutes ago, Procus said:

I was disappointed to see Mekhi Becton leave the Eagles. But really feeling some love for the front office for what it pulled off this weekend.

The Eagles built a monster Super Bowl winning offensive line, 2/5 of which were outright projects - both of whom being massive individuals. Jordan Mailata whose rugby tape speaks for itself, was transformed in unprecedented fashion into an All-Pro caliber left tackle. Mekhi Becton was a successful reclamation project of a failed OT due to injury and poor coaching.

The Eagles drafted two massive tackles, and signed one mammoth tack this weekend. Cameron Williams 6'6", 317 lbs. , long armed, graded by many to go in the 4th. Myles Hinton - 6'7" 323 lbs, son of former 7 time pro bowler. Sign UDFA Hollin Pierce - 6'8", 345 lbs. With Stoutland and co., the Eagles are the Ivy League of offensive line coaching. The team is adept and developing enormous men into elite offensive linemen. And the formula really isn't that hard to see. At its core, the game is won in the trenches as we saw in the Super Bowl. Massive, nimble, well coached men really open things up and hold things down for an offense.

When Becton left, I was concerned somebody with his size couldn't easily be replaced. This weekend, the Eagles showed us that they're on it. When all is said and done, the team will be better stocked with massive, elite offensive linemen than it was during the last season after Stoutland has a chance to coach them up.

Was hoping the Eagles could get Tate Ratledge a huge plug and play OG from Georgia but Detroit got him at 57. They may have moved up for him. If they did they knew the Eagles wanted him as I think he was in for a 30 visit and is from the Eagles feeding school. Plus they knew the eagles have a potential RG opening.

The C we took is pro ready. He played OG in high school and at 6'4" 305 is big enough

Keep an eye on him to maybe win the RG competition

Cam has the exact tools and talent we need for a developmental RT and Lane’s eventual successor.

In regard to Hinton, I hope they bump him inside to RG. He’s a better run blocker than he is a pass protector, and his size is suited for our big guards scheme.

41 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Cam has the exact tools and talent we need for a developmental RT and Lane’s eventual successor.

In regard to Hinton, I hope they bump him inside to RG. He’s a better run blocker than he is a pass protector, and his size is suited for our big guards scheme.

That's I was thinking. Another version from the Mekhi Becton model.

5 hours ago, Eagles1960 said:

Was hoping the Eagles could get Tate Ratledge a huge plug and play OG from Georgia but Detroit got him at 57. They may have moved up for him. If they did they knew the Eagles wanted him as I think he was in for a 30 visit and is from the Eagles feeding school. Plus they knew the eagles have a potential RG opening.

I was on the Ratledge train as well; however, to select him in the 2nd Round they would have had to move up a minimum of 8 spots, which would have cost them both #64 and #96 at a minimum. Too high a price to pay for a backup player in 2025.

3 hours ago, weko said:

The C we took is pro ready. He played OG in high school and at 6'4" 305 is big enough

Keep an eye on him to maybe win the RG competition

Agreed. The "word” in this Draft was "clay” as in clay to be molded (the 3 OTs) and remolded (Green), but that word really doesn’t apply to Kendall.

4 hours ago, weko said:

The C we took is pro ready. He played OG in high school and at 6'4" 305 is big enough

Keep an eye on him to maybe win the RG competition

Its steens to lose, just like last year Steen will get first crack at RG.

3 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I was on the Ratledge train as well; however, to select him in the 2nd Round they would have had to move up a minimum of 8 spots, which would have cost them both #64 and #96 at a minimum. Too high a price to pay for a backup player in 2025.

That mullet was a deal breaker for me

On 4/28/2025 at 8:20 PM, Utebird said:

Its steens to lose, just like last year Steen will get first crack at RG.

Steen is an OT. He's out of position at OG

2 hours ago, weko said:

Steen is an OT. He's out of position at OG

Becton was an OT, Williams from Texas played LT RT at Texas hes 6'6 320 and said he can play guard

Jurgens is a center but played guard in the NFL.

Herremans played OT in college, started more games at guard in the NFL

Shawn Andrews was a Guard in college and pros, Andy wanted to move him to OT.

John Welbourne was a OT at CAL played guard in the pros, Andy wanted to pay him as a guard and move him to tackle

Jamal Jackson played couple seasons as a OG and was a OG in college, he started more games at OC. And on and on and on

Steen is an OL with positional versatility and if hes better at guard than the next guy hell play at OG and I trust Stout knows better than me where to put him for now.

Steen got first crack at RG last year until he got hurt and he'll be in the mix again this year.

I expect him to be the starting RG, barring injury, week 1.

I was 100% certain that the title read "Three new breasts" until I got into the thread.

How disappointing.

Excited about the guys they added for Stoutland U. And Howie said the goal wasn't just depth on day 3, but to find potential starters out of the group.

Too bad the Colts jumped on Jalen Travis 6'8" 341 from Iowa State. He was one of the Eagles 30 visits and I was pulling for them to bring him into the fold.

On 5/4/2025 at 5:35 PM, Arthur Jackson said:

I was 100% certain that the title read "Three new breasts" until I got into the thread.

How disappointing.

🥱

1 minute ago, Procus said:

🥱

Don't do that.

I've been nice.

On 5/6/2025 at 12:07 PM, NOTW said:

Excited about the guys they added for Stoutland U. And Howie said the goal wasn't just depth on day 3, but to find potential starters out of the group.

Stout's track record isn't perfect (Dillard, Steen thus far) but it's been damn good. I'll put my money on him being able to develop at least 1 of these guys into a serviceable (at minimum) starter.

11 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Stout's track record isn't perfect (Dillard, Steen thus far) but it's been damn good. I'll put my money on him being able to develop at least 1 of these guys into a serviceable (at minimum) starter.

Yeah but that's not Stout. That's just the nature of not all draft picks work out. Granted, Stout pushed for Dillard based only on tape scouting and a phone call because they never expected him to fall. But his track record overall is great.

9 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Yeah but that's not Stout. That's just the nature of not all draft picks work out. Granted, Stout pushed for Dillard based only on tape scouting and a phone call because they never expected him to fall. But his track record overall is great.

Yeah I didn't mean to imply that he should be able to make any and all draft picks into good players. I understand that a large part of that is on the actual player and that more will not work out than will. His track record is incredible considering the latter.

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Yeah I didn't mean to imply that he should be able to make any and all draft picks into good players. I understand that a large part of that is on the actual player and that more will not work out than will. His track record is incredible considering the latter.

I know you weren't doing that, but just wanted to make the point that no matter how good a coach or scout is, some players simply don't work out.

I'm excited for the new guys, and Stout looked happy when they were drafted, good sign!

On 5/6/2025 at 1:32 PM, Rob331 said:

Too bad the Colts jumped on Jalen Travis 6'8" 341 from Iowa State. He was one of the Eagles 30 visits and I was pulling for them to bring him into the fold.

We’ll get him in a few years after the Colts are unable to coach him correctly.

11 hours ago, time2rock said:

Stout's track record isn't perfect (Dillard, Steen thus far) but it's been damn good. I'll put my money on him being able to develop at least 1 of these guys into a serviceable (at minimum) starter.

Jury's out on Steen. Hard to compete with a unicorn that came out of left field.

15 hours ago, time2rock said:

Stout's track record isn't perfect (Dillard, Steen thus far) but it's been damn good. I'll put my money on him being able to develop at least 1 of these guys into a serviceable (at minimum) starter.

Jack Driscoll comes to mind. He was a revolving door when he played. Stoutland can't always turn water into wine. But I agree. I expect at least one of these guys to emerge as a quality player.

On 5/3/2025 at 8:51 PM, Utebird said:

Becton was an OT, Williams from Texas played LT RT at Texas hes 6'6 320 and said he can play guard

Jurgens is a center but played guard in the NFL.

Herremans played OT in college, started more games at guard in the NFL

Shawn Andrews was a Guard in college and pros, Andy wanted to move him to OT.

John Welbourne was a OT at CAL played guard in the pros, Andy wanted to pay him as a guard and move him to tackle

Jamal Jackson played couple seasons as a OG and was a OG in college, he started more games at OC. And on and on and on

Steen is an OL with positional versatility and if hes better at guard than the next guy hell play at OG and I trust Stout knows better than me where to put him for now.

Steen got first crack at RG last year until he got hurt and he'll be in the mix again this year.

I expect him to be the starting RG, barring injury, week 1.

Hard to find young healthy cheap left tackles. You usually have to draft them. I think Steen can play left tackle much better than OG and should have value around the league. If someone were to inquire about his availability I'd listen and would move him for a 4. He's nothing special at OG and we have 7 or 8 other guys who can compete at that position. We don't need Steen. I'd find out his value around the league and would look to move him in training camp. If a team had an injury at left tackle I'd be on the phone seeing if there was any interest.

Here are the other RG candidates.

Pryor had a good season at RG last year. He was higher ranked than Steen and is an experienced RG

Green a Stouts reclamation project

Keegan 2nd year pure OG

Kinnard

Kendall Pro ready played OG in high school

Williams Classic OT switch to RG candidate

Pierce the huge udfa listed as an OG

Hinton our new swing tackle