1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Micah Parsons?!?!!? 😲

For a 5th and Green Bay eats all the guaranteed money.

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

The list is the "Best Philly Athletes”. Because the adjective "Philly” is in the attributive position the list isn’t meant to provide just the Best Athlete. It means the athlete otherwise had attributes that made him quintessentially Philly.

I respectfully disagree.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

This is wild to me. PSU is as much a Nike school as Oregon is.

The Co-founders of Nike were both Oregon grads. Who was the PSU grad high up in Nike?

2 hours ago, austinfan said:

Uh, Wilt Chamberlain is hands down the greatest athlete in Philly sports history.

Reggie White would give Schmidt a run for his money as the greatest player in Philly sports history, along with the Big Dipper and Dr J. And Bobby Clarke isn't far behind (won Hart trophy 3 times, also 2nd, 4th, 6th (2), 8th 10th (2))

Wilt played less than half his career in Philly, and is generally thought of as at best behind at least Kareem on all time centers’ lists. Dr. J’s best years were in the ABA - he won only one MVP in Philadelphia. Clarke maybe had the resume but is never mentioned among the all time greats.

Philly’s need to denigrate Mike Schmidt never ceases to amaze.

48 minutes ago, just relax said:

Oh, please. A very good DB, yes, but no more than that. Today he’d be a slot corner.

What's the deal with comparing players from the past to players of today, rather than measuring them against their contemporaries?

45 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Whole thing would be avoided if they did this around the parade time

That was suggested a little while ago by a local hero.

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

The list is the "Best Philly Athletes”. Because the adjective "Philly” is in the attributive position the list isn’t meant to provide just the Best Athlete. It means the athlete otherwise had attributes that made him quintessentially Philly.

I disrespectfully disagree you ****

12 minutes ago, De Fence said:

For a 5th and Green Bay eats all the guaranteed money.

Sweet!

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

What's the deal with comparing players from the past to players of today, rather than measuring them against their contemporaries?

Good point. With the rule changes it makes it hard. Imagine how the QBs of the 80s would have done with the protections and PI rules today. Their WRs got mugged on most plays and they were still that good.

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

Schmidt greatest over Carlton? Not in my opinion. Not over Reggie, White or Wilt Chamberlain either.

Carlton has an argument, but Schmidt spending his whole career in Philly is the tie breaker. Wilt and Reggie did more outside Philly.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That was suggested a little while ago by a local hero.

Foles?

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Foles?

I did, right here in the blog. . Did Nick also suggest that?

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

I did, right here in the blog. . Did Nick also suggest that?

Probably me just dreaming it. Foles on the big stage saying the fans and players should celebrate their 2nd SB unveiling together

36 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I have an announcement based on some comments earlier about if Mukuba might start this game. Yes. He will. Yeah DeJean took a few weeks till Fangio was comfortable he was up to speed. But they had ol' veteran Maddox in place to allow that to happen. Who do you play ahead of Mukuba? Afraid he might make a few mistakes? Well, Sydney Brown will too. There is no wily vet to place hold for the first few weeks. It seems likely that itll be trial by fire for Mukuba.

I got that vibe too. Adoree and Mukaba will start is my guess

1 hour ago, Uscg-green said:

I bet they didn't even ask him a question about Thursday. We need a 44-6 like beatdown.

Is that your score prediction?

47 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Wilt played less than half his career in Philly, and is generally thought of as at best behind at least Kareem on all time centers’ lists. Dr. J’s best years were in the ABA - he won only one MVP in Philadelphia. Clarke maybe had the resume but is never mentioned among the all time greats.

Philly’s need to denigrate Mike Schmidt never ceases to amaze.

You are moving the goalposts. To say Reggie is not a great athlete because Norman Braman was an ass is ridiculous.

Peak Wilt would consistently take Peak Kareem to the woodshed.

2 hours ago, NCiggles said:

The list is the "Best Philly Athletes”. Because the adjective "Philly” is in the attributive position the list isn’t meant to provide just the Best Athlete. It means the athlete otherwise had attributes that made him quintessentially Philly.

You are unilaterally inserting the word "quintessentially.” Look at the graphic in the tweet. Where do you see anything tha even implies quintessentially.

Arguably, Lower Merion’s finest Kobe Bryant should be #24.

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

Carlton has an argument, but Schmidt spending his whole career in Philly is the tie breaker. Wilt and Reggie did more outside Philly.

Why is where they were great athletes important

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

What's the deal with comparing players from the past to players of today, rather than measuring them against their contemporaries?

Fair point. What I should have said that he was never better than the third or forth best DB when he played. Good but not great in his time.

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

Probably me just dreaming it. Foles on the big stage saying the fans and players should celebrate their 2nd SB unveiling together

Have to imagine BG will do it. Seems right

Even though football season is about to start, it’s still technically summer and will be for a few more weeks, but I have a yearly tradition of watching summer movies and ending my summer movie watches the day football starts so I have two more days to finish my movies. I will close the summer out with Master and Commander and my favorite movie Lost in Translation. Then it’s on to football and my fall movie slate.

3 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Schmidt played before advanced metrics became a thing. Lifetime OPS over 0.900!

Most fans didn't give him credit for his OBP (or even understood that walks were good). They focused on a ho-hum batting average and lots of strike outs. Only later in his career did fans began to understand the greatness they were witnessing.

Yep. I was looking at his stats a few weeks ago and he would have likely won several more MVP’s had advanced metrics been around.

A lifetime OPS over .900 is legendary.

13 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Even though football season is about to start, it’s still technically summer and will be for a few more weeks, but I have a yearly tradition of watching summer movies and ending my summer movie watches the day football starts so I have two more days to finish my movies. I will close the summer out with Master and Commander and my favorite movie Lost in Translation. Then it’s on to football and my fall movie slate.

Master and Cimmander juat came out on 4k blu ray if you have the hardware necessary to utilize that.

1 hour ago, pgcd3 said:

I got that vibe too. Adoree and Mukaba will start is my guess

Not so sure about that. Most reports said that Sidney Brown had a really good camp. No reason to rush a rookie if you have a vet playing well.