17 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Kelce figured it had been far too long since he was in front of a camera or spotlight.

I’m glad someone else finds him at least slightly annoying. His shtick is getting a bit old

13 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Kempski couldn’t explain a blocking scheme if his life depended on it.

His observations were about who was playing with the different units. These were his notes on Keegan:

📉 OG Trevor Keegan: Keegan was a healthy scratch for almost the entirety of the 2024 season, mainly because he lacks positional versatility, which is ideal if you're a backup offensive lineman. It's not a good sign for Keegan's prospects of adding center duties to his repertoire if Stoutland if still trotting Toth out there to snap ahead of Keegan, who did get a few scattered reps at center.

These were his notes on Steen:

📈 Tyler Steen: It is anticipated that Steen will have to fend off guys like Kenyon Green, Matt Pryor, Darian Kinnard, and Trevor Keegan for the starting RG spot this summer. But in the spring, he exclusively got all the reps at RG, at least in the media-attended practices. That starting spot is his to lose.

I think his comments are insightful and he's been around the team enough to know when a player is losing ground to other players. Of course, we're not even into training camp. So who knows how it will look by September.

15 hours ago, Fhalbig22 said:

Started my eagles leg sleeve today, 2 more sessions booked for this year, thinking about adding Foles catch from 52 with the Philly special play art, and I’ll be adding something from 59 on there, just wasn’t sure what to pick…any suggestions?

We wear pants on our legs. Why isn't a tattoo pant?

14 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Vitriol is far too strong a word here. I know We respect each other despite varied opinions

I am too tired for Vitriol right now. Returned Home

Today from burying my 51yo brother in law who was a diehard eagles fan his whole life….lost a year long battle To cancer. Last words we exchanged were Go Birds

He said at least he got to go out as defending super bowl champ

I am so sorry for your loss. That is far too young.

What....

13 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Sorry man. My BIL beat lymphoma twice in the last 14 yrs. This was a far worse type and went metastatic.

My poor mother in law put her husband in the ground from cancer in his late 40s…and now her son. Lotsa ptsd in the family right now

Sorry for your loss.

13 hours ago, bpac55 said:

OK Sixers fans. Educate me on Edgecombe

I don't agree with those who say Bailey has higher upside. I feel that is just a talking point people are running with. He can't beat defenders off the dribble. He takes bad shots. He can make difficult shots, but that's because he has to take them because he can't get by anybody. And that was in college. It will be much tougher in the NBA. I think Edgecombe has just as high of an upside. He's athletic as hell, he is a really hard worker. The only thing he lacks that Bailey has is size. In terms of upside I think Edgecombe is more promising everywhere else. Shot, ball handling, quickness, leaps.

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

His observations were about who was playing with the different units. These were his notes on Keegan:

📉 OG Trevor Keegan: Keegan was a healthy scratch for almost the entirety of the 2024 season, mainly because he lacks positional versatility, which is ideal if you're a backup offensive lineman. It's not a good sign for Keegan's prospects of adding center duties to his repertoire if Stoutland if still trotting Toth out there to snap ahead of Keegan, who did get a few scattered reps at center.

These were his notes on Steen:

📈 Tyler Steen: It is anticipated that Steen will have to fend off guys like Kenyon Green, Matt Pryor, Darian Kinnard, and Trevor Keegan for the starting RG spot this summer. But in the spring, he exclusively got all the reps at RG, at least in the media-attended practices. That starting spot is his to lose.

I think his comments are insightful and he's been around the team enough to know when a player is losing ground to other players. Of course, we're not even into training camp. So who knows how it will look by September.

How premature of Kempski. Like @just relax , I don’t see a downside to Keegan taking snaps, just the opposite. I don’t see a downside to Toth taking snaps in OTAs. I didn’t see a downside to Driscoll taking snaps last year. Heck, I didn’t see a downside back when Seumalo took snaps (and IIRC, he was at least as bad as Toth). Anything that makes a back up OL have potentially broader abilities is a good thing. The fact that in the first open OTA Stout had a lot of players on opposite sides from their usual location is a good thing. I think he had Vakalahi playing so LG. That’s great. That suggests he is making progress at learning OL. It’s leading with an opposite foot, punching with a different hand leading. OTAs for OL are primarily about learning. I know these Beats need to produce content but up/down in OTAs on OL is just dumb. Non contact, unpadded drills being graded doesn’t say a thing. In the first sentence Kempski talks about a lack of versatility then he somehow concludes that a player that has been trying to snap for a few years now getting first team snaps over one learning to snap is negative for the player learning to snap. Surprised he didn’t criticize Stout for playing Kendall at C in the third OL instead of G as a poor outcome for his versatility.

Now, if I was watching the OL in OTAs, I would be doing the same thing I would do with my son at Lehigh. I would be watching knee bend, footwork, punch, the doubles with a blocking pad and how players work together, the explosion and punch on the sled, etc. Not a comment about that from Kempski. What little I have seen from Keegan on film, his fundamentals look solid. Like Hinton, he came out of college needing to add strength and if he is not starting, he needs position versatility. My bigger question is that he played his position all through college, can he and is he learning to play both sides of the C.

In snaps, it is not just off target, especially in OTAs and beginning TC. It’s how the ball is placed. Where does the QB receive the laces (same thing at LS), ease of the ball movement (wobble), how quickly he comes out of his stance, gets his head up, etc.

I will defer to @just relax on OL every time. Maybe he could comment on Keegan’s play from the trash game at the end of last year.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

What....

Older player (30) not playing to his contract the last two years. Not really a surprise.

14 hours ago, bpac55 said:

OK Sixers fans. Educate me on Edgecombe

Elite athlete and very solid defender. Has Wade/Oladipo comps. He's much better at catch and shoot vs getting his own shot which is probably better for this team anyways. Good slasher/crazy dunker. He compares himself to Ant. Grew up in poverty in the Bahamas. Said they had a generator but mostly didn't have electricity for about 7 years.

Back court Maxey/Grimes with McCain/Edgecombe is a really solid back court.

Think we need to get a bigger wing (Thiero, Fleming, Penda) or C (Kalkbrenner, Raynaud) with pick 35

Edgecombe during Olympic qualifiers

41 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Ah, the Beats, such quality "journalism”.

Folks in here know I am a UH fan and because of Kelvin and Son, my Coogs are in the limelight again. So I have seen Edgecombe play at Baylor. He plays D like he was coached by Kelvin. Frankly, I was hoping he would transfer to UH for a sophomore season. 76ers made a real good choice, IMHO.

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

How premature of Kempski. Like @just relax , I don’t see a downside to Keegan taking snaps, just the opposite. I don’t see a downside to Toth taking snaps in OTAs. I didn’t see a downside to Driscoll taking snaps last year. Heck, I didn’t see a downside back when Seumalo took snaps (and IIRC, he was at least as bad as Toth). Anything that makes a back up OL have potentially broader abilities is a good thing. The fact that in the first open OTA Stout had a lot of players on opposite sides from their usual location is a good thing. I think he had Vakalahi playing so LG. That’s great. That suggests he is making progress at learning OL. It’s leading with an opposite foot, punching with a different hand leading. OTAs for OL are primarily about learning. I know these Beats need to produce content but up/down in OTAs on OL is just dumb. Non contact, unpadded drills being graded doesn’t say a thing. In the first sentence Kempski talks about a lack of versatility then he somehow concludes that a player that has been trying to snap for a few years now getting first team snaps over one learning to snap is negative for the player learning to snap. Surprised he didn’t criticize Stout for playing Kendall at C in the third OL instead of G as a poor outcome for his versatility.

Now, if I was watching the OL in OTAs, I would be doing the same thing I would do with my son at Lehigh. I would be watching knee bend, footwork, punch, the doubles with a blocking pad and how players work together, the explosion and punch on the sled, etc. Not a comment about that from Kempski. What little I have seen from Keegan on film, his fundamentals look solid. Like Hinton, he came out of college needing to add strength and if he is not starting, he needs position versatility. My bigger question is that he played his position all through college, can he and is he learning to play both sides of the C.

In snaps, it is not just off target, especially in OTAs and beginning TC. It’s how the ball is placed. Where does the QB receive the laces (same thing at LS), ease of the ball movement (wobble), how quickly he comes out of his stance, gets his head up, etc.

I will defer to @just relax on OL every time. Maybe he could comment on Keegan’s play from the trash game at the end of last year.

I don't think Kempski is offering anything other than a snapshot of what he saw in minicamp. he article is a stock up/stock down based on how much time he got ahead of other players. What he is really reporting is what the coaching staff thinks of Keegan.

11 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I don't think Kempski is offering anything other than a snapshot of what he saw in minicamp. he article is a stock up/stock down based on how much time he got ahead of other players. What he is really reporting is what the coaching staff thinks of Keegan.

Is he? Basically two sentences and no mention of Stout, Patullo or Nick on what they think of Keegan. He was inactive because he wasn’t needed. The Eagles have more than once had a reserve active, step in because of injury and the next week be back to reserve while an inactive player from the week before taking the starting role. That’s because the active reserves usually need multiple positions not necessarily being the best back up at a given position. Plus, experience ways into who might be active. We really have no idea of how players perform in a lot of padded practices because they kick the media out after stretches and minimal position drills during the season.

On 6/25/2025 at 8:01 AM, ToastJenkins said:

He had his splash plays in the run game No doubt. I though his pass Protection was mediocre and lateral movement an issue. Think Lane makes that job alot easier. So does Stout. And so Does hurts.

I think its telling what we could get as a next deal that the league sees him in a similar light

I’m curious, which game in the second half of the season would you point to as his worst in pass protection?

16 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

White Boy Wasted

Re-watch it and notice this woman pissed and yelling at him. 🤣

Lady, leave Mr. Super Bowl Pick 6 alone.

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

How premature of Kempski. Like @just relax , I don’t see a downside to Keegan taking snaps, just the opposite. I don’t see a downside to Toth taking snaps in OTAs. I didn’t see a downside to Driscoll taking snaps last year. Heck, I didn’t see a downside back when Seumalo took snaps (and IIRC, he was at least as bad as Toth). Anything that makes a back up OL have potentially broader abilities is a good thing. The fact that in the first open OTA Stout had a lot of players on opposite sides from their usual location is a good thing. I think he had Vakalahi playing so LG. That’s great. That suggests he is making progress at learning OL. It’s leading with an opposite foot, punching with a different hand leading. OTAs for OL are primarily about learning. I know these Beats need to produce content but up/down in OTAs on OL is just dumb. Non contact, unpadded drills being graded doesn’t say a thing. In the first sentence Kempski talks about a lack of versatility then he somehow concludes that a player that has been trying to snap for a few years now getting first team snaps over one learning to snap is negative for the player learning to snap. Surprised he didn’t criticize Stout for playing Kendall at C in the third OL instead of G as a poor outcome for his versatility.

Now, if I was watching the OL in OTAs, I would be doing the same thing I would do with my son at Lehigh. I would be watching knee bend, footwork, punch, the doubles with a blocking pad and how players work together, the explosion and punch on the sled, etc. Not a comment about that from Kempski. What little I have seen from Keegan on film, his fundamentals look solid. Like Hinton, he came out of college needing to add strength and if he is not starting, he needs position versatility. My bigger question is that he played his position all through college, can he and is he learning to play both sides of the C.

In snaps, it is not just off target, especially in OTAs and beginning TC. It’s how the ball is placed. Where does the QB receive the laces (same thing at LS), ease of the ball movement (wobble), how quickly he comes out of his stance, gets his head up, etc.

I will defer to @just relax on OL every time. Maybe he could comment on Keegan’s play from the trash game at the end of last year.

So, I watched Keegan in the finale last year against the Giants. He played the second half at LG. It was not a pretty sight. First snap, he blocked on the second level, against an LB, and bounced off him. He had 60 pounds on the guy and got nothing.

Oh well, except that he had the same result several more times.

In pass pro, he had some good snaps but he also had a complete whiff and he failed to pick up a stunting DE and the result was a sack.

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

Ah, the Beats, such quality "journalism”.

To be fair, this was all those aggregate twitter accounts like NFLRumors or Dov Kleiman and the such. I haven't seen any beat or actual reporter push it.

5 hours ago, NCiggles said:

We wear pants on our legs. Why isn't a leg tattoo pant?

Underrated comment

34 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Re-watch it and notice this woman pissed and yelling at him. 🤣

Lady, leave Mr. Super Bowl Pick 6 alone.

I don’t think DeJean has been home once since the Super Bowl.

53 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Re-watch it and notice this woman pissed and yelling at him. 🤣

Lady, leave Mr. Super Bowl Pick 6 alone.

I think that’s just her face

Anyone following the NHL draft? Curious if you would trade 6 and 22 to Pittsburgh for 11 and 12

1 hour ago, just relax said:

So, I watched Keegan in the finale last year against the Giants. He played the second half at LG. It was not a pretty sight. First snap, he blocked on the second level, against an LB, and bounced off him. He had 60 pounds on the guy and got nothing.

Oh well, except that he had the same result several more times.

In pass pro, he had some good snaps but he also had a complete whiff and he failed to pick up a stunting DE and the result was a sack.

Thanks. Better analysis than Kempski by far.