11 minutes ago, Utebird said:

DL Robinson didnt really flash but got lots of reps, reylan flashed a bit and should be atl east PS along with mathis but Ojilari worries me as depth

Reylan?

12 minutes ago, Utebird said:

TE Grandon looks to have the 3rd TE on lockdown.

I suspect either the 3rd TE or Ainias Smith will be on the Practice Squad. Possibly both of them.

Truth!

Don't remember a preseason with this many big name star players having contract issues unresolved. Wonder how many, if any, will be playing week 1.

32 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Supposedly he had run out of bounds so he knew he would incur a penalty if he firlded the ball.

That makes so much more sense

32 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Reylan?

The DE from VTech

30 minutes ago, mattwill said:

I suspect either the 3rd TE or Ainias Smith will be on the Practice Squad. Possibly both of them.

Yup.

I figure they keep VanSumeran on the 53 instead of a 3rd TE.

12 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Don't remember a preseason with this many big name star players having contract issues unresolved. Wonder how many, if any, will be playing week 1.

Its so different now because the players let the CBA update crush them over holdouts. The fines and penalties are just over the top now that it hardly makes sense to hold out into the regular season.

In theory the players could retire and then come out of retirement after a trade but then they could owe some percentage of previous bonus money.

That does not apply to 5th year players since they have no active bonus money. Parsons could retire tomorrow with zero penalty and come back in October. At some point he needs to play a certain number of games so he gets credit for this 5th year option season but I'm not sure when that deadline is set. (it used to be after 8 games or so)

The franchise tag is different because you have no contract until you sign it. He could sign it in October and as long as its enough games to qualify he gets the tag again x 1.25 then becomes a free agent after doing it again.

Trey Hendrickson and Scary Terry just get enormous fines since they are still under a standard contract.

Note: All NFL players are allowed to just walk away and claim they need a mental health break. Lane did this a few years back. (missed 3 games)

Mental health like back soreness is really hard to disprove.

It might seem that some of these tactics are not in good faith but in most cases the owners are not negotiating in good faith.

CB2 and KR/WR worry me the most at this point. I think the approach taken was a huge gamble. It still might pay off in the long run, but as of today, no one has won CB2, and you don't have a definitive returner on the team. I'm guessing Will Shipley could easily be the KR. He averaged 29 yards on 6 returns last year. KR is much easier to ignore than PR though. A shaky PR can change the course of the game with a fumble that flips field position. They don't have a PR. That's an issue.

I was one of the Ainias Smith fan club leaders, but yeah, I don't think he's a top 53 player at this point.

56 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Cine had a nice pick but then just lay there for an hour in the fetal position, weird stuff.

This was so strange. He had what seemed to be 5 seconds, and a convoy of Eagles surrounding him to at least try to return it. He just laid there, then continued. Then it appeared he adjusted his cuddling position to spoon the ball more, then his teammates started to tap on him. I think he finally fell asleep.

Note; Parsons could also just play from Thanksgiving on for the rest of his career.

He would always be on the same 5th year option season but he would make 1/3 of his 24 million (8 million) and the Cowboys would be screwed for the first 9 games.

The Cowboys would have to hold that full value on their cap every year since he could show up in week 1.

This 5th year option would increase a bit every year.

He could still make his normal money from endorsements, podcasts, signings, and NFLPA revenue.

He'd make 8 million plus another 5-10m every year for 10 weeks of work.

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

CB2 and KR/WR worry me the most at this point. I think the approach taken was a huge gamble. It still might pay off in the long run, but as of today, no one has won CB2, and you don't have a definitive returner on the team. I'm guessing Will Shipley could easily be the KR. He averaged 29 yards on 6 returns last year. KR is much easier to ignore than PR though. A shaky PR can change the course of the game with a fumble that flips field position. They don't have a PR. That's an issue.

I was one of the Ainias Smith fan club leaders, but yeah, I don't think he's a top 53 player at this point.

The guy you used for PR last year is actually still on the team. Long term it would be better to get someone else but he's still there. Patrick Mahomes played in preseason game 3 and people are afraid of Cooper DeJean returning a few punts.

2 hours ago, NOTW said:

They absolutely made that thinking they were going to 3peat and document it. A lot of the players talked SO MUCH about making history and 3peat. The 2022 Super Bowl they only won by 3 points on that crappy field. That game could have gone either way. It was great to not only win, but absolutely dominate and embarrass them. I really hope we beat them down again in the regular season and own them. Would love to see them humbled, and not even make the SB this year.

There is a curse for the SB loser. Something tells me that the SB loss hangover might linger a bit stronger for them given everything. Not to mention, they still really don't have WRs they can count on, and Kelce is getting very long in the tooth. They are due for a crumble. They might not even win their division this year. As much as folks like to rag on Herbert's playoff performance... Jim Harbaugh is a really good coach and will likely help to get them to the point where they aren't so reliant on Herbert being able to out gun the opposing QB.

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

CB2 and KR/WR worry me the most at this point. I think the approach taken was a huge gamble. It still might pay off in the long run, but as of today, no one has won CB2, and you don't have a definitive returner on the team. I'm guessing Will Shipley could easily be the KR. He averaged 29 yards on 6 returns last year. KR is much easier to ignore than PR though. A shaky PR can change the course of the game with a fumble that flips field position. They don't have a PR. That's an issue.

I was one of the Ainias Smith fan club leaders, but yeah, I don't think he's a top 53 player at this point.

Maybe if covey gets cut he can come back as PR.

1 hour ago, Freshmilk said:

Leave it to WIP to ratchet up the idiocy.

McLane isn't affiliated with WIP though. He's his own idiot.

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

The next four days are the worse part of every football season. It is sad to see so many young people get their dreams crushed. Some reprise with the following few days with waiver pick ups and PS signings. We as fans throw out comments about making the team but underlying is the reality for over 600 young men their dream job is denied or ended.

The same is true for many other young people at various stages of their journey, they just do it in anonymity.

2 hours ago, UK Eagle said:

Yeah. They talked about being humble, but clearly, were not. Its clear why the spent too much of the season scraping by vs the Eagles destroying others.

And every time Mahomes talks, I cant help but think of Kermit the Frog

There's a little bit of revisionist history going on here. The Eagles also very much 'scraped by' for basically the first half of the season. They squeaked by the Saints, the Browns, the Jags, dropped one that they should have squeaked out against the Falcons... and kind of squeaked past the Panthers too. And for that matter, they squeaked past the Rams in the playoffs. They were a pair of back to back plays by Jalen Carter at the end from not even making the NFC CG. They dominated the NFC CG and Super Bowl, no doubt about that, but they had their own share of hiccups along the way and close calls. They were not the 1985 Bears.

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

The next four days are the worse part of every football season. It is sad to see so many young people get their dreams crushed. Some reprise with the following few days with waiver pick ups and PS signings. We as fans throw out comments about making the team but underlying is the reality for over 600 young men their dream job is denied or ended.

From a life standpoint I am empathetic but I'm not going to pretend that for me personally these days are the worst part of the football season. For me that's typically an Eagles loss often the final one which is why winning it all is so glorious

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

I cannot stand him. He's so cocky and arrogant. He's never had to struggle on a losing team, he entered a good team with a great experienced coach. Watching him in the season 1 of the Netflix Quarterback documentary, he was annoying.

Very self entitled - and justified to a point with his success- and yeah, not sure how much he has in him when if it goes badly now Kelce is on the decline. The moment he couldn't manage the Zebras, he looked human

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

There's a little bit of revisionist history going on here. The Eagles also very much 'scraped by' for basically the first half of the season. They squeaked by the Saints, the Browns, the Jags, dropped one that they should have squeaked out against the Falcons... and kind of squeaked past the Panthers too. And for that matter, they squeaked past the Rams in the playoffs. They were a pair of back to back plays by Jalen Carter at the end from not even making the NFC CG. They dominated the NFC CG and Super Bowl, no doubt about that, but they had their own share of hiccups along the way and close calls. They were not the 1985 Bears.

Not in comparison with the Chiefs. It wasn't plain sailing for sure, (because it never is) but the team was building upwards momentum, especially from the Bye. Mitchell, Barkely, AJ, Carter, Baun,Dean,Lane, Mailata. Coop etc. Chiefs didn't sniff that

13 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

The guy you used for PR last year is actually still on the team. Long term it would be better to get someone else but he's still there. Patrick Mahomes played in preseason game 3 and people are afraid of Cooper DeJean returning a few punts.

I'm not worried about DeJean as the PR. Yes, he could get injured returning punts. But, any player could get injured on any play. The risk is worth the security he brings to securing the ball. Ideally, they would have found one in Smith, et al. But they didn't. Cooper was always the default fail safe position. They won't make the Greg Lewis mistake, which cost them a game back in the day.

1 minute ago, UK Eagle said:

Not in comparison with the Chiefs. It wasn't plain sailing for sure, (because it never is) but the team was building upwards momentum, especially from the Bye. Mitchell, Barkely, AJ, Carter, Baun,Dean,Lane, Mailata. Coop etc. Chiefs didn't sniff that

And still managed to land in the SB. That's failing upwards.

Howie is probably already on the phone with teams. OL depth, S and CB?

With 16+ 1 practice squads, its never been better for those 54-70 roster guys.

For the 71-90+ guys? They don't really belong

I'm sure a few of them could be good players with enough opportunity but you all watch these games. Great players are not getting cut.