2 hours ago, brkmsn said:

IDK, it seems there's a big difference between going 116 mph over the speed limit and driving around 30 over the speed limit. There's also a difference between speeding and manslaughter.

I don't know man, we might need to debate this for the next 3 pages to really hear all the different angles to this.

11 hours ago, schuy7 said:

For better or worse, they've mailed it in this offseason. They won't sign anyone to any kind of money. Maybe they'll add an inexpensive veteran via trade near the deadline if things break a certain way, but that's it. Their approach has been very passive, which usually ends up being the weaker Howie offseasons.

Completely disagree.

Too many fans expect every offseason to make "splash" signings in free agency. That's not the primary way a team should be built, it is a supplement. And they should only sign bigger contracts if the guy is worth it. Some Eagles fans are never happy. They drafted well, built the best roster in the NFL and won a Super Bowl. They did not need to sign any big outside free agents partly because they have such a good roster, and partly because they need to pay their own guys coming up. They also did sign players to "any kind of money" by extending Baun, Jurgens, Lane and Barkley. They signed a top quality LB instead of letting him walk, and for the first time in 45 years drafted a 1st round LB.

This is also the result of 4 years of drafting well. You know how everyone says Howie has to nail the draft or the team will be set back for years? Someone says it literally every year. Well, what's the opposite of that? If you draft well then you are set UP for years. And they've done that for a solid 4 years now, perhaps 5 if this year's class works out well. That's what we want. That's a good thing to not need to get desperate in free agency.

13 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Lock him up!

That would be a happy ending.

35 minutes ago, just relax said:

I'm not going to relitigate the speeding and the consequences thereof. As for the dog, @BigEFly 's statement was "under the law, he is property." That is simply a statement of fact. No one here was more harsh, disgusted, and furious than I when the Eagles signed Vick. I quit the Blog and didn't watch an Eagles game for some years. I view Vick's actions with dogs as far worse than Ruggs' actions though the consequences of the latter were far greater and more tragic. Vick's intent was clear and vile; Ruggs' was not.

Both paid for their actions.

If the Eagles sign Ruggs I will cease to be a fan for as long as he wears the uniform ......

..... which will make more than a few in here very, very happy

4 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

That would be a happy ending.

That's Watson's deal...

34 minutes ago, just relax said:

I'm not going to relitigate the speeding and the consequences thereof. As for the dog, @BigEFly 's statement was "under the law, he is property." That is simply a statement of fact. No one here was more harsh, disgusted, and furious than I when the Eagles signed Vick. I quit the Blog and didn't watch an Eagles game for some years. I view Vick's actions with dogs as far worse than Ruggs' actions though the consequences of the latter were far greater and more tragic. Vick's intent was clear and vile; Ruggs' was not.

Both paid for their actions.

I get what you're saying about Vick - I don't disagree. I still don't see how that has anything to do with him comparing Sanders going 40mph over the speed limit at 101mph to Ruggs getting behind the wheel DRUNK and going 156mph - 121 OVER the posted speed limit - and in doing so killing a woman and her dog.

4 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

If the Eagles sign Ruggs I will cease to be a fan for as long as he wears the uniform ......

..... which will make more than a few in here very, very happy

I understand. When I walked away from the Eagles when they signed Vick, no person had died.

Here is the move I really want the Sixers to do. No idea if Utah would do it.

Grab Tre Johnson at the 5

Hope Cedric Coward is available at 21 or within striking distance of moving up

That should free up more money to re-sign Yabu and Grimes

People should be careful about drawing lines. Carter was involved in an accident that resulted in death and he's about to get a mega contract by us

23 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

People should be careful about drawing lines. Carter was involved in an accident that resulted in death and he's about to get a mega contract by us

12 hours ago, schuy7 said:

For better or worse, they've mailed it in this offseason. They won't sign anyone to any kind of money. Maybe they'll add an inexpensive veteran via trade near the deadline if things break a certain way, but that's it. Their approach has been very passive, which usually ends up being the weaker Howie offseasons.

I disagree. Their approach has been measured and definitely oriented toward youth, with the exception of the long snapper. Giving their young players the opportunity to thrive is anything but passive.

40 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

That would be a happy ending.

What does this have to do with Justin Tucker?

6 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

This season is about finding young players and if we go on a run then that’s a bonus. Of course we are still one of the better teams in the NFL and we should be looking at the NFCCG… But there’s no doubt we’ve gotten worse this offseason and the moves made have been about having cap space for next year etc.

But have we gotten worse, or have we simply gotten unknown?

If we compare where we are now to where we were on June 19, 2024, are we really worse? Both ILB positions were serious question marks. There were not insignificant questions about Williams at DT and Smith at OLB. Both Q and DeJean were rookies.

Sure we have questions now, but no more questions than last year.

4 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

Medium questionable?

For me, not questionable at all, just unknown. Again for me, the resources are there, but we haven’t seen the end product.

With that said, if Gannon were the DC rather than Fangio, a whole lot of things would be questionable.

38 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

People should be careful about drawing lines. Carter was involved in an accident that resulted in death and he's about to get a mega contract by us

I might be wrong, but IIRC Carter was racing another vehicle which was being driven by a UGA employee who wasn't even authorized to drive the vehicle. I felt awful for her and the UGA player who were killed in the crash, and I did place blame on Carter for that tragic incident -- I took him off my board -- but there was a bit of "play silly games, win silly prizes" at play there. It cast Carter in a really poor light, but I don't believe he was criminally responsible for that crash.

My problem with Ruggs and his gf is what they did (and did not do) at the scene in the immediate aftermath of the crash, just as much as the criminally negligent act itself.

1 hour ago, garingovt2000 said:

Here is the move I really want the Sixers to do. No idea if Utah would do it.

Grab Tre Johnson at the 5

Hope Cedric Coward is available at 21 or within striking distance of moving up

That should free up more money to re-sign Yabu and Grimes

Was reading that PG may be in play. Am assuming we are rebuilding given Embiid's injury.

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

People should be careful about drawing lines. Carter was involved in an accident that resulted in death and he's about to get a mega contract by us

He didn't kill the person, the other driver did. Sure you can say he was involved because he was racing, but it's not his fault another driver killed a person. The line is pretty clear between "actually killed a person through their actions" and "was in the area of someone who killed a person through their actions". There's a reason he wasn't charged for anything, because he wasn't legally liable in any way.

17 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Should he receive Ruggs treatment even though he didn’t kill anybody?

lol...my experience with entitled children...he is only warming up and getting started. His mindset is just not right...this is going to move from zero to 101 to train wreck pretty quickly if he doesn't get hit with serious consequences. But...not my circus...not my clown

Just now, devpool said:

He didn't kill the person, the other driver did. Sure you can say he was involved because he was racing, but it's not his fault another driver killed a person. The line is pretty clear between "actually killed a person through their actions" and "was in the area of someone who killed a person through their actions". There's a reason he wasn't charged for anything, because he wasn't legally liable in any way.

Well that's why I said he was involved. It's funny because I'm sure people would have different views if he wasn't an eagle

2 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

lol...my experience with entitled children...he is only warming up and getting started. His mindset is just not right...this is going to move from zero to 101 to train wreck pretty quickly if he doesn't get hit with serious consequences. But...not my circus...not my clown

I like that line. Mind if I steal it?

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Well that's why I said he was involved. It's funny because I'm sure people would have different views if he wasn't an eagle

They shouldn't, whether he's an eagle or not you have to jump through hoops to blame him for that person's death. Not even mentioning the driver who crashed was drunk as all hell which is why he crashed.

His "involvement" is in a completely different universe than vick or ruggs.

5 minutes ago, devpool said:

They shouldn't, whether he's an eagle or not you have to jump through hoops to blame him for that person's death. Not even mentioning the driver who crashed was drunk as all hell which is why he crashed.

His "involvement" is in a completely different universe than vick or ruggs.

I might agree with Vick but if there was no racing in either Ruggs or Carter then wouldn't there be no death as a result? Doesn't seem like many hoops to jump through to get that point

22 minutes ago, Miami said:

Was reading that PG may be in play. Am assuming we are rebuilding given Embiid's injury.

Maybe the Sixers should trade for Simmons and Hardin, and we can run it all back just one more time.

Blow up the Process.

8 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Maybe the Sixers should trade for Simmons and Hardin, and we can run it all back just one more time.

Blow up the Process.

Frustrating. Was reading that we extended Embiid in 9/24, a month before the season started (when we quietly found out he was actually hurt and could not play). Huh?