9 minutes ago, paco said:

Maybe your school. They always paired me with a smart kid.

You know you needed the help don’t lie. Like the Mike Epps stand up bit:

"Get out of my face and leave me alone.” 😂

https://youtu.be/nOh6tnAcJCs?si=_99uxT9MO3eVYPoA

1 hour ago, T-1000 said:

I was around 10 years old when Jerome died so I vaguely remember him playing. He was on his way to being a great player and his death was obviously tragic. His number shouldn't be retired though. Neither should Randall's for that matter.

Perhaps it would be honoring the legacy jersey player if the 1st Round pick each year chooses one of the retired numbers to wear. Retzlaff’s 44 and Brookshier’s 40 and Wistert’s 70 would be logical honorees. Picking players who are no longer alive to be honored in this way could avoid the kind of LT vs. Abdul Carter kerfuffel that happened earlier this year.

#5 - Donovan McNabb

#15 - Steve Van Buren

#20 - Brian Dawkins

#40 - Tom Brookshier

#44 - Pete Retzlaff

#60 - Chuck Bednarik

#70 - Al Wistert

#92 - Reggie White

#99 - Jerome Brown

Just now, mattwill said:

Perhaps it would be honoring the legacy jersey player if the 1st Round pick each year chooses one of the retired numbers to wear. Retzlaff’s 44 and Brookshier’s 40 and Wistert’s 70 would be logical honorees. Picking players who are no longer alive to be honored in this way could avoid the kind of LT vs. Abdul Carter kerfuffel that happened earlier this year.

#5 - Donovan McNabb

#15 - Steve Van Buren

#20 - Brian Dawkins

#40 - Tom Brookshier

#44 - Pete Retzlaff

#60 - Chuck Bednarik

#70 - Al Wistert

#92 - Reggie White

#99 - Jerome Brown

Add 17 to that list. Harold Carmichael, NFL man of the year, late 70s or early 80s. He was a dude.

1 hour ago, NOTW said:

Pro sports have orientations for rookies that try to help them with finances yet so many still don't learn. The ESPN documentary "Broke" should be required viewing for every athlete.

Moreso many guys are coming from poverty or poor circumstances and have been enveloped in cycles of poor decision making, short term outlooks, conditioned consumerism, lack of effective education, and elite athletic confidence based on individual performance that might hide more general insecurities. A brew for unlikely success that their athletic abilities are able to outshine to have an opportunity to escape - but just making the money or getting drafted doesn’t solve really any of these things.

It’s takes more than a seminar to break these habits. Therapy, new support systems, coaches, mentors, and a ton of uncomfortable intention might help - but even then it’s not too likely to solve all of these issue.

From Dianna Russini: Micah Parsons wanted the Eagles or Packers. The "He wants to be an Eagle so badly" memes were true.

14 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

If you’re a top drafted athlete and you took say 1 mill and invested it from your first contract in a halfway decent set of ETFs, you’re set for retirement. 21-22 years old, 30 years later and you’re 51-52 and have anywhere from 8-14 mil without funding a friends start up or other high risk investment, like a club, restaurant, or record label.

The issue these guys have is they try to take care of their entourage and spend way more than necessary to show status. I get trying to help people, especially family, to greener pastures, and a better life. Too many guys get taken advantage of financially.

I have a friend who bought an annuity for $75,000 from Fidelity Investments in 1995 and it is worth over $1 million today. I believe the Eagles should include an annuity as part of the signing bonus. That would handle the player’s financial needs from age 50 onward. The challenge would be to get them to age 50 without going broke.

I said it recently about retired jersey numbers, it should be rare like a Mount Rushmore. The Eagles have too many.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/

10 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

Add 17 to that list. Harold Carmichael, NFL man of the year, late 70s or early 80s. He was a dude.

He was indeed a dude. I loved watching him play. But his number isn’t smongst the retired ones.

2 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I said it recently about retired jersey numbers, it should be rare like a Mount Rushmore. The Eagles have too many.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/

You could whittle that list down to 15, 20, 60, and 92.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

He was indeed a dude. I loved watching him play. But his number isn’t smongst the retired ones.

Yeh I meant he should be, from everything I’ve ever read about him he is just a great human being as well as having been a great ball player. Loved watching him play DAL as a kid.

Somewhat negative post incoming...and I really hope to be proven wrong on the second part (which I have posted on twice but no one really engaged...curious what my long time disagreeing counterpart @just relax thinks...)

1. The good part. The defense has earned our trust and then some, specifically with regards to the slow starting pass rush and CB2. They went from a first half abomination to a second half shutout. Between Vic and Howie, they'll lock down CB2 one way or another. And those edge rushers will look a lot better with their newest addition and Carter in the middle. No concern there.

2. The bad part. I really think they have backed themselves into a corner from which there is no realistic escape with the downgrade from Becton and Dickerson to Steen and a diminished/absent Dickerson. This will completely prevent them from running the offense the way it was designed. It's going to bring Barkley's production and threat to a human level. It will prevent them from comfortably adhering to their 140 yards passing, 20 passes, 1-2 weekly deep shots, underneath the sticks passing offense. In that role, Hurts is a consistent revelation that torments defenses. When you push past that and throw more often with deeper routes (excluding the occasional deep rainbow), the wheels come off. And this interior OL is going to force Siri, Hurts, and the overall offensive design into departing from their championship blueprint....or it's just going to congest the offense if they stick to it and Barkley can't produce at an MVP level without eye popping yards before contact stats.

We know this is who they are...obviously Howie knows it better than we do. What's going on with Dickerson was unavoidable, but it became a 2-hit problem when they didn't commit even modest resources into keeping Becton around.

8 minutes ago, GoEagles614 said:

Moreso many guys are coming from poverty or poor circumstances and have been enveloped in cycles of poor decision making, short term outlooks, conditioned consumerism, lack of effective education, and elite athletic confidence based on individual performance that might hide more general insecurities. A brew for unlikely success that their athletic abilities are able to outshine to have an opportunity to escape - but just making the money or getting drafted doesn’t solve really any of these things.

It’s takes more than a seminar to break these habits. Therapy, new support systems, coaches, mentors, and a ton of uncomfortable intention might help - but even then it’s not too likely to solve all of these issue.

All those reasons are why an annuity makes sense. It would be guaranteed to be there rather than squandered away. The US government created Social Security for exactly that reason. People couldn’t be relied on to voluntarily put away money for their retirement, so an enforced savings plan was created.

27 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

If you’re a top drafted athlete and you took say 1 mill and invested it from your first contract in a halfway decent set of ETFs, you’re set for retirement. 21-22 years old, 30 years later and you’re 51-52 and have anywhere from 8-14 mil without funding a friends start up or other high risk investment, like a club, restaurant, or record label.

The issue these guys have is they try to take care of their entourage and spend way more than necessary to show status. I get trying to help people, especially family, to greener pastures, and a better life. Too many guys get taken advantage of financially.

Gronk had it right, lived off his endorsements, banked his paychecks.

Of course, if you make the kind of scratch that Hurts will get over the next decade . . .

But for the average player, they may get one lucrative contract their entire career, and lose a bunch if they get injured and fall off.

Does KC have a NFL caliber WR with Worthy injured?

I’m sure this is of interest to Reed Blankenship…

I am harsh on QBs putting up stats but not being winners.

Huge respect for the game Justin Herbert put up last night. He threw it all over the place, even had a big drop or two, and also ran when he had to including the finisher.

He probably has bigger stat line games but that may have been his best game so far as a pro.

1 minute ago, SkippyX said:

I am harsh on QBs putting up stats but not being winners.

Huge respect for the game Justin Herbert put up last night. He threw it all over the place, even had a big drop or two, and also ran when he had to including the finisher.

He probably has bigger stat line games but that may have been his best game so far as a pro.

Might be the most I saw him use his legs. It was definitely something they talked about

11 minutes ago, mattwill said:

You could whittle that list down to 15, 20, 60, and 92.

I like the idea of 5 to 8 retired numbers for the absolute legends and a ring of honor without locking up the numbers for guys like Jerome Brown.

No one gets to wear 99 because Jerome drove like a fool is kinda weird.

1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Might be the most I saw him use his legs. It was definitely something they talked about

Burrow should watch that tape and learn.

Yeah Herbert definitely looked good last night. Makes you wonder how he'd look with better options at WR and RB.

Just now, we_gotta_believe said:

Yeah Herbert definitely looked good last night. Makes you wonder how he'd look with better options at WR and RB.

I'm calling it now. Tyreek Hill to the Chargers

The rookie, Hampton ran hard and thought was explosive

11 hours ago, 315Eagles said:

Tomorrow has got to be one of the worst schedules in college football I've seen in awhile. All the top teams are playing awful teams. Only good game is Michigan vs Oklahoma.

I really hope eventually the big names in college football stop playing teams like Austin Peay, Troy, Eastern Tennessee St, etc. Let's get the best playing the best every week.

Those games are 100% necessary for the small schools to continue to have programs. The money they bring in the be used as a scrimmage is ridiculous.

Really need to have people post in the Around the NFL section about the other games

2 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Yeah Herbert definitely looked good last night. Makes you wonder how he'd look with better options at WR and RB.

Like Williams, Allen, and Ekler?

He stood on his own last night, he does not need POOR BABY!

3 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

I'm calling it now. Tyreek Hill to the Chargers

The rookie, Hampton ran hard and thought was explosive

Was thinking more of a prime Ekeler type back