13 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I just don't see Fangio having trust in Sydney Brown at all. The kid barely got on the field in a meaningful down last year, played one game where he had more than 10 snaps, and took a total of 6 snaps in the playoffs. I don't think he fits Fangio's style.

I really think they are going to have DeJean playing a lot of safety early on the season.

I'm with you. I'd be stunned if Brown starts.

30 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I hope Cooper and Cooks show out in preseason and make the team over Smith and Wilson. Those guys can't play.

Too early for that. Smith is said to look quicker this year. Wilson is viewed well for his play without the ball. I take everything I read from the Beats with a strong dose of skepticism at the beginning of TC. We will see somethings for ourselves tonight.

Ainias Smith is useless if he's not a great returner. Slot only + gadget kinda guy. Small catch radius, poor long speed. Wouldn't be surprising if he went unclaimed.

Johnny Wilson has no real WR skills but can block, run clear outs, and is big enough to win a jump ball someday. If Cooks can block at all and translate his practice game to the field, I'd rather keep him.

I wish one of the WRs would separate themselves as a returner. Williams has no juice.

33 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

I'm with you. I'd be stunned if Brown starts.

Unless he has changed his entire game, he's useless on defense. He's just flying around aimlessly. Great for special teams, not so great for structured defense

The way the beats are describing Sydney Brown in camp sounds like he's at least attempting to play the way Vic wants his safeties. They all said he hasn't had any egregious blown coverages or has been badly out of place during team drills.

The problem though is they also say he hasn't made any splash plays or done anything impressive. To me that sounds like he's not playing his natural style and instead making an overly conscious attempt to not screw up so much so that it's at his detriment in a way.

40 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Nickel is best with CB cover skills at mirroring and safety instincts. DeJean does both well. So he affords Fangio/Parker options. He’s perfect for down safety but fast enough and just big enough to take on some traditional strong safety roles at time. Now add to that some OLBs that can actually drop well in coverage and two ILBs that can cover (Baun and Campbell with backups Trot2 and Mondon) and I think we will see a transition of the disguises on coverage. In the nickel we will see some inside shifts that are more stunts than blitzes. I don’t see your discussion with @HazletonEagle as a disagreement but rather as an interpretation. This isn’t a traditional 3/4 or even 4/3. About the only thing traditional is that in base it looks like a 3/4 and in nickel it looks like a 4/3 but in reality there isn’t a clear indication of where the defensive players are going. I have heard Vi can do a variety of thingsc say over and over that the players need to excel at determining if it is a run or pass. It is also why Reddick is gone and Huff couldn’t sniff the field.

I tend to agree with HE that Coop plays that nickel/safety position so well. The Eagles nickel is really a kind of three S look but Coop is the hybrid nickel, which means he could be positioned to really strengthen the disguises. I also think that is why when Vic talks about ironing out the misses by Brown, Mukuba and McCollum, he’s mostly talking about missed reads which tend to start is misreading whether it is a run or pass and making the right corresponding positioning.

Good stuff. I think all three of us see something similar. What we call Coop tends to be limiting because he can do a variety of things, do them well, and his responsibilities may change from play to play. I think Fangio loves this and I think it will be a headache for opposing QBs and OCs,

14 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I just don't see Fangio having trust in Sydney Brown at all. The kid barely got on the field in a meaningful down last year, played one game where he had more than 10 snaps, and took a total of 6 snaps in the playoffs. I don't think he fits Fangio's style.

I really think they are going to have DeJean playing a lot of safety early on the season.

Mukuba may start playing by game 4 or 5 like DeJean did last year. I do think he will have DeJean as the NB if possible. I am not sure what Fangio thinks of Brown. Brown was not cleared to play until October of last year. He did not get any of the offseason program last year. By the time the season was going, the team was set at Safety with CJGJ and Reed. There was no need for him to get snaps. He has gotten more first team snaps than others when they are playing with 5 db's. I do think Vic will play the best 4-6 dbs. He wants him on the field it's just a question of where do the other dbs rank. None of that is set in stone.

15 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Rape stories begin the same way.

7 minutes ago, paco said:

Rape stories begin the same way.

It's so odd Jerry is trying to cut his agent out of the deal and probably so against the rules as well.

4 hours ago, ManuManu said:

— I’m reading/hearing good things about DTR, but I refuse to believe he will beat out McCord unless McCord is Clayton Thorson 2.0.

If DTR is good enough to be attractive trade bait I'll be happy.

30 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Trouble is, Micah knows playing out this season won't get him to FA and out of that dumpster fire of an organization. Jerrah will just franchise tag him... likely twice, just as he did with Dak. That puts him in Dallas for 3 more seasons, not just 1.

First franchise tag is based on position, second on top five players. Thanks to Dak’s contract, that second franchise tag would be $56 million (+$60 million for Dak) might be hard to field a team. But 2026 tag would be $37.22 million. I think Jerruh has Micah at his price for the next two years. The 2025 and 2026 salaries are guaranteed but only for the current year andoffer no long term security or injury protection for Parsons. It’s a game of chicken.

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Not a spider

It identifies as a spider.

Just now, paco said:

It identifies as a spider.

You speak spider?

3 minutes ago, just relax said:

You speak spider?

At the end they go through the schedule. His co hosts or producers or whatever they are have the Eagles starting 1-4 and finishing with a 6-11 record.

36 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

The way the beats are describing Sydney Brown in camp sounds like he's at least attempting to play the way Vic wants his safeties. They all said he hasn't had any egregious blown coverages or has been badly out of place during team drills.

The problem though is they also say he hasn't made any splash plays or done anything impressive. To me that sounds like he's not playing his natural style and instead making an overly conscious attempt to not screw up so much so that it's at his detriment in a way.

This is still progress. To me it sounds like he's still learning how to play under control so he's still thinking about it making him a tick late. Once he has that down then he should be able to play more instinctively. Hopefully he's able to get there

We know Fangio wants total cohesiveness in the secondary and no big plays. I just don't think you get there with Brown or Ricks, and I don't know if Ringo will ever be able to play a deep ball in the air despite having tight coverage. Still think it's Mukuba, a new guy, or DeJean at safety come week 1 and that Jackson has a real shot at CB2.

41 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Ainias Smith is useless if he's not a great returner. Slot only + gadget kinda guy. Small catch radius, poor long speed. Wouldn't be surprising if he went unclaimed.

Johnny Wilson has no real WR skills but can block, run clear outs, and is big enough to win a jump ball someday. If Cooks can block at all and translate his practice game to the field, I'd rather keep him.

I wish one of the WRs would separate themselves as a returner. Williams has no juice.

Smith may well be quicker this year. Going into three years from breaking his ankle.

1 hour ago, paco said:

Rape stories begin the same way.

No word on whether they were at the glory hole.

47 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

At the end they go through the schedule. His co hosts or producers or whatever they are have the Eagles starting 1-4 and finishing with a 6-11 record.

Seemed more like they did that just to add a counter to the hosts expectation

You have to prepare for a couple weaker positions on defense and the others to make up for it, plus coaching to cover for it. There are some returning players that will be better, some guys increasing their roles that may take little time, some new guys. Hopefully rookies contribute the same way recent draft classes have. I think they were prepared with the losses from the roster, didn't reach in offseason and are relying on the stars on defense to carry them.

6 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

No word on whether they were at the glory hole.

"I want me some Glory Hole." Ol' Jerry...just cannot get out of his own way, at least some of his comments generate some good laughs.

14 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Seemed more like they did that just to add a counter to the hosts expectation

The Cowboy fan WANTS them to be 6-11. The other guy suggested that a slow start COULD land them at 1-4.

Context is a four-letter word for RTK.

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

The way the beats are describing Sydney Brown in camp sounds like he's at least attempting to play the way Vic wants his safeties. They all said he hasn't had any egregious blown coverages or has been badly out of place during team drills.

The problem though is they also say he hasn't made any splash plays or done anything impressive. To me that sounds like he's not playing his natural style and instead making an overly conscious attempt to not screw up so much so that it's at his detriment in a way.

That seems like a plausible explanation of where things stand for Sydney. Time will tell if he can adjust or not. I'm not confident.

In any case, he has a spot on this year's roster in the same role he had last year. A heat seeking missile on special teams and a backup S is a useful combo.