I read that Myles Hinton 's major in college was marine biology.

ROY voting is stupid, but this is actually a solid read by Solak. Has Abdul Carter as his 3rd most likely for DROY and with solid reasoning.

5 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Before the ASU game i believe espn had him at 28th best prospect. Frankly he should’ve went back. He’d have gotten way more NIL than what he’s going to get as a rookie (maybe even most of his rookie contract). I think he needs time. But I’d be surprised if we gave stoutland two years if he’s not able to just be a competent backup. I tend to think his size and traits could make him an eventual starter if learns and applies. But like manu post reported he might look better after surgery and be a bigger coup.

Howie said they were hunting for starters on Day 3.

They waited two full years for Mailata and had less invested in him, because Stoutland believed in him. Same goes here. Williams could be a huge steal... or could be nothing, but it comes down to what Stoutland thinks. If Stout is sold on a guy, then he'll get as much time as he wants. He's earned that.

Of the UDFA WRs, Morin got most of the discussion. But Cooper had better performance at college. I suspect Darius Cooper is a candidate for the PS. Prolific receiver at Tarleton State, who apparently went the Q route and stayed when bigger schools came calling. Just became a receiver in college. Was a QB in HS. Smart kid, was an Academic All American. Typical of smaller schools, not a lot of routes in the offense so still has some learning to do. Okay but not blazing speed. (4.49)

Found this write up from his school.

Texan News Service

From overlooked believer to best kept secret: Darius Coop...

How Darius Cooper started his career in football and where he's going to go.

1 hour ago, UK Eagle said:

It's been 2 years in a row where a 1st rounder that they wanted, nigh on fell into the teams lap by doing nothing. Perhaps something the team can learn from

It appears they already have. I'd say N. Smith, Mitchell, and Campbell all apply.

5 hours ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Weird that he’s nearly the cheapest. DT really that undervalued?

Combination of position, playing time and Pro Bowls.

So, since Davis met none of the escalators, he gets just the 'Basic' 5th year... which is the average of the 3rd to 25th player at his position.

For discussion purposes, only 6 of the players who were picked up were in the basic tier.

Olave, Williams, Davis, Johnson, Wyatt and Hill.

Olave just missed the playing time cut off, due to injury in Year 3.
Williams missed it due to injury his rookie season cutting his playing time down.

Jermaine Johnson also was injured and missed the playing time. He missed all but 2 games last season.

Same story with Daxton Hill. He would have got the playtime bonus, but missed the last 12 games in Year 3.

Of this group, only Devante Wyatt plays as few snaps as Davis... ironically, the other UGA guy.

4 hours ago, Cliftoma said:

My friend who is a huge UT fan had this to say about Williams and Mukuba. He goes to every game and follows them extremely closely:

Cam is incredibly athletic and has SIZE which cannot be taught. He needed another year in college to fine tune his craft and pass blocking. He got hurt at end of last year and if he is fully healthy then he can develop. Cam has not met anyone he could not move off the line of scrimmage when needed.

Mukuba is just a ball hawk and even though he is smaller than the prototypical safety he can tackle. Eagles will not regret drafting Mukuba.

How much better for him to get that year of fine tuning to be enrolled at Stoutland University?! No offense to the coaches at UT, but I'll take Stout over any other OL coach 10 out of 10 times.

3 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I wonder if the big tradeup target was Pearce, as he’s a healthy edge and ATL gave up a boatload for him. Howie could mock the Falcons about the price, but perhaps there was a little sour grapes about the player.

I prefer Campbell, so alls well that ends well - but I don’t put it past Howie to spin the most positive narrative out of an obscured chain of events.

I don't think so. Pearce was a second name thought of regarding who could be the pick with that move up.

3 hours ago, TEW said:

Absolutely. He was the only guy with the upside worth trading a future second round pick to get in my opinion.

I’m over the moon with Campbell. I didn’t think we’d have any interest because he’s a LB, and I didn’t think there was any chance he’d fall to within striking distance on top of that.

But this kid has the potential to be an all-pro type of player. The kind of guy who makes a real impact in multiple aspects of the game, be it pass rushing, run defense or coverage. He’s going to need to get healthy, and he does need some work on play recognition, but you just can’t teach what he can do athletically.

Vic seemed to have changed the way the Eagles view the defensive hierarchy of investment costs. Safety was moved to save money... but LB was signed to a big money deal. 🤔

3 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Its bizarro world…two three down LBs in fangios scheme with a stud "nickel”

I expect Mukuba will start.

Only real camp battle on defense is for cb2. def might even be better this yr

If the DL can deal with their loss of talent. The back 7 might be better, which could help the DL.

13 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Vic seemed to have changed the way the Eagles view the defensive hierarchy of investment costs. Safety was moved to save money... but LB was signed to a big money deal. 🤔

They did try to sign a big money safety last year in McKinney and this year they also tried to sign Justin Reid, which would've been decent money. I think they would've invested in both positions if given the chance. But thank goodness for Vic, and Howie to really change up his views and ways. Cap tip there

17 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

If the DL can deal with their loss of talent. The back 7 might be better, which could help the DL.

I think ojomo and Robinson will

Be just fine

2 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

I feel bad for Dean bc of the injury. Likely his last season here. I think Mondon can play

I think even without the cap and free agency, there’s a good chance Mondon would beat Dean out. They’re about the same size but Mondon is much more athletic and a better player in coverage.

3 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

I think ojomo and Robinson will

Be just fine

That covers the loss of Milton Williams. Who is going to offer what Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham brought? I am less optimistic about EDGE. They added Uche, Ojulari and APR. And Campbell might get some snaps there.

24 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Vic seemed to have changed the way the Eagles view the defensive hierarchy of investment costs. Safety was moved to save money... but LB was signed to a big money deal. 🤔

LB is no doubt more important in Fangio’s scheme.

But I think Baun’s deal is more about hitting the threshold of "core player.” He wasn’t just good, he was one of the best defensive players in the entire NFL.

8 minutes ago, TEW said:

I think even without the cap and free agency, there’s a good chance Mondon would beat Dean out. They’re about the same size but Mondon is much more athletic and a better player in coverage.

Mondon is 6-2 dude. I can assure you Dean is not

7 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That covers the loss of Milton Williams. Who is going to offer what Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham brought? I am less optimistic about EDGE. They added Uche, Ojulari and APR. And Campbell might get some snaps there.

Hunt and Smith dont worry me

1 minute ago, ToastJenkins said:

Hunt and Smith dont worry me

They don't worry me either. But they don't play all the snaps. The Eagles use a heavy rotation. Who plays the other snaps and produces?

8 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Mondon is 6-2 dude. I can assure you Dean is not

Interesting, I didn’t realize Dean was so short. Still though, they’re about the same weight. Mondon should get bigger too, so I think he will eventually be bigger AND more athletic.

16 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That covers the loss of Milton Williams. Who is going to offer what Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham brought? I am less optimistic about EDGE. They added Uche, Ojulari and APR. And Campbell might get some snaps there.

I'm holding out hope for a good trade maybe after June 1.

1 minute ago, TEW said:

Interesting, I didn’t realize Dean was so short. Still though, they’re about the same weight. Mondon should get bigger too, so I think he will eventually be bigger AND more athletic.

Does Mondon have the same instincts as Dean. I ask because I don't know. I believe Dean's is next level .

21 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

They don't worry me either. But they don't play all the snaps. The Eagles use a heavy rotation. Who plays the other snaps and produces?

Sweat didnt either

You have some depth and options. In reality only one of them needs to be functional and thats not a reach for Uche And others

14 minutes ago, eaglestime34 said:

Does Mondon have the same instincts as Dean. I ask because I don't know. I believe Dean's is next level .

If you could put Deans brain in mondons body you have a star…but thats not realistic

I think mondon will back up Cambell and get some nickel time. Play STs and be important there

19 minutes ago, TEW said:

Interesting, I didn’t realize Dean was so short. Still though, they’re about the same weight. Mondon should get bigger too, so I think he will eventually be bigger AND more athletic.

I read from some anonymous scout that he didn’t spend enough time in the weight room or was a little lazy. I forget which.

33 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I read from some anonymous scout that he didn’t spend enough time in the weight room or was a little lazy. I forget which.

Something to the effect that he’s a quick study, so he can get away with cutting corners but this leads to bad habits for things where you have to put the time in (like lifting). I assume it was from the BLG article, but maybe somewhere else.