1 minute ago, greendestiny27 said:

They didn't have Dak though, big difference. I'm looking forward to seeing how our young corners match up against them with Dak back.

They were 3-5 with Dak before he got hurt. Now he’s coming off another surgery. Getting older. He was effective enough when he had some mobility… I don’t think he really has any anymore.

Thank you San Francisco. Purdy is decent…but not $53 mil decent

1 minute ago, McMVP said:

Thank you San Francisco. Purdy is decent…but not $53 mil decent

I don't know about that. I have him as the 12th best QB in the league and they are clearly much worse when he doesn't play. Looking at that list of highest paid QBs in the league on a per year basis he is better than everyone QB making more than him with the exception of Joe Burrow and Josh Allen.

As stated above, Purdy has agreed to $265 million over 5 years. What I was kind of curious about was guarantees. It looks like $181 million, $165 million guaranteed in the first 3 years. I was curious if the guarantees would be lower because I still view Purdy as less than a sure thing but I guess SF doesn't.

https://www.nfl.com/news/brock-purdy-49ers-agree-to-terms-on-five-year-265-million-extension

Predicting the Eagles record this season comes down to if you believe they are a dominant team with a deep roster, or not. IMO, the expectation should be a 13-4 record or better.

The chiefs last 7 seasons have been 12-4, 12-4, 14-2, 12-5, 14-3, 11-6, 15-2. In their "down season" at 11-6 they won the Super Bowl. They've contended every year.

I don't see any team in the NFC that should keep the Eagles from contending this season. I think they're a better team than the Lions, Packers, Rams, Niners, and Commanders.

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

I don't know about that. I have him as the 12th best QB in the league and they are clearly much worse when he doesn't play. Looking at that list of highest paid QBs in the league on a per year basis he is better than everyone QB making more than him with the exception of Joe Burrow and Josh Allen.

Agree to disagree. Without that coach, and without that previous supporting cast, I would not hitch my wagon to him to that degree. He’s already had a couple surgeries… And he doesn’t do well in the elements. Their roster won’t be as strong because of this contract. I’d pay him like Baker is paid…But not anything more.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

The biggest difference between the Eagles' schedule and Washington will be that the Eagles will have that Super Bowl Champs target on their back. Every team that they play will be bringing their top effort. Washington, by comparison, is a Johnny Come Lately, and could be overlooked by some teams... or at the very least won't have the same target on them.

I think Washington might be overrated, but the Eagles' schedule is definitely significantly harder than Washington's, with the exception that Washington has to face the Eagles, while the Eagles get to face Washington.

The schedule is basically the same, with the exception of 3 games:

@Bucs or @Falcons
@Bills in Dec. or @Dolphins in Nov.

Rams or Seahawks

It is easily argued that the Eagles have the harder of those 3 games... and that's 17% of the schedule. That's a significant chunk when the race could come down to tiebreakers.

I agree with your points. Those 3 games are 17% of the Commanders schedule, but the Eagles are 12% of the Commies’ schedule. Arguably two games against the Eagles (intra Divisional) are 40% tougher than the difference between Bucs - Falcons and Rams -Seahawks. So the marginal difference is small enough to arguably not be statistically significant.

16 minutes ago, McMVP said:

They were 3-5 with Dak before he got hurt. Now he’s coming off another surgery. Getting older. He was effective enough when he had some mobility… I don’t think he really has any anymore.

Plus, I can't see Schottenheimer being able to keep that offense as prolific as it was under McCarthy and Kellen Moore.

18 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

They didn't have Dak though, big difference. I'm looking forward to seeing how our young corners match up against them with Dak back.

I’d also add that Dak hasn’t done well against Fangio defenses historically. And he has better players here than he had before… not worried about the Cowboys in the slightest. They still can’t stop the run anyway.

22 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

What a joke! Totally a product of the system and with a rag arm. The guy is a second string talent who lucked out. I give him credit for making the most of his very limited talents because in terms of talent he’s not a top 20 QB, maybe not even top 25. Unless McCaffery resurrects himself that team is in for a long drought. I doubt they improve on last year’s 6-11.

Just now, just relax said:

I doubt they improve on last year’s 6-11.

I agree with pretty much your whole post… But just edited it to show the part I wanted to comment on…

They will probably improve on 6–11… But that has everything to do with their schedule. I have them as a playoff team just based on that.

21 minutes ago, McMVP said:

Thank you San Francisco. Purdy is decent…but not $53 mil decent

He is decent in good weather, but when the weather is bad his small hands are a real impediment for min to overcome.

7 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Plus, I can't see Schottenheimer being able to keep that offense as prolific as it was under McCarthy and Kellen Moore.

Agree…he’s going to try to be run heavy. But they aren’t quite built for that yet

So that Hurts contract aged pretty well.

Just now, BDawk_ASamuel said:

So that Hurts contract aged pretty well.

Yes… which was the point I tried to make in a couple debates. He has to be outside the top 10 highest paid QBs at this point…

Not to get political but this is funny

29 minutes ago, McMVP said:

Agree to disagree. Without that coach, and without that previous supporting cast, I would not hitch my wagon to him to that degree. He’s already had a couple surgeries… And he doesn’t do well in the elements. Their roster won’t be as strong because of this contract. I’d pay him like Baker is paid…But not anything more.

The argument about a roster not being good because a team is paying a QB needs to be put to rest. Eagles are paying Hurts $50M a year and put together the best roster in the NFL last season.

4 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Not to get political but this is funny

Explains why she was there and Ricks is right. She's a total smokeshow.

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

The argument about a roster not being good because a team is paying a QB needs to be put to rest. Eagles are paying Hurts $50M a year and put together the best roster in the NFL last season.

If everyone ran their rosters, and salary structures, the same way the Eagles do… Then you might have a point. But they don’t.

He’s getting a guaranteed average of 55 million per year for the first three years… That will affect their roster decisions

14 minutes ago, McMVP said:

I agree with pretty much your whole post… But just edited it to show the part I wanted to comment on…

They will probably improve on 6–11… But that has everything to do with their schedule. I have them as a playoff team just based on that.

I admit I never looked at their schedule. You may be right. OTOH, I think Harbaugh is a great coach, the Rams are clearly better, and Seattle looks improved. The 49ers could go 0-6 in their division. Oh, wait. The Cardinals and not the Chargers are the fourth team there. So, well, maybe 1-5.

Just now, McMVP said:

If everyone ran their rosters, and salary structures, the same way the Eagles do… Then you might have a point. But they don’t.

He’s getting a guaranteed average of 55 million per year for the first three years… That will affect their roster decision decisions

Cap keeps going up and 49ers are one of the organizations in the league that you could say are run as well as the Eagles. They also have seemingly endless pipeline of comp 3rd round picks due to minority coaches and front office being hired from them every other year.

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Cap keeps going up and 49ers are one of the organizations in the league that you could say are run as well as the Eagles. They also have seemingly endless pipeline of comp 3rd round picks due to minority coaches and front office being hired from them every other year.

Again…agree to disagree. They certainly are not ‘bottom of the barrel’ in terms of front offices, but they’re not on the same level

5 minutes ago, just relax said:

I admit I never looked at their schedule. You may be right. OTOH, I think Harbaugh is a great coach, the Rams are clearly better, and Seattle looks improved. The 49ers could go 0-6 in their division. Oh, wait. The Cardinals and not the Chargers are the fourth team there. So, well, maybe 1-5.

Yeah… I’m not sure where to place them exactly this year. They have a very easy schedule on paper, but you never know until it’s played. I also think a year removed from the Super Bowl hangover will help them a bit in the team morale department.

I’ve heard some people predict them as the #1 seed… Just based on their schedule alone. I don’t think I’d go that far… Because I agree with you that McCaffrey is everything.