34 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Was really hoping that Campbell would flash yesterday, but he didn't. Trotter looked to be the best LB on the field. Campbell has really regressed since the beginning of the season. He was Alex Singleton yesterday in the sense that he made tackles, but none that really mattered. Just stat padding tackles. Trotter flashed and stood out and made me say, this guy could have a role. Campbell made me say meh. No denying his talent, but I'm just down on him.

I like Campbell. I think he will get better over time. Said earlier this year their run defense was an issue cause it wasn’t his strength yet. Needs more bulk and just more experience at this level. It’s why Dean got inserted by fangio and trouble taking him off the field. He is very good vs. run, can blitz and while not his best attribute he has shown he can cover.

That said, during the draft i felt this way, id have taken Simmons the OSU OT over Campbell. I thought both were going to be really good. I wasn’t mad they took Campbell at all just preference. Reason i felt that way was first Simmons is a top 10 pick if not for his injury last year. Not often getting that caliber/potential OT. With stoutland i was confident he’d be able to replace Lane. Add on with lane getting older and missing more time. At the time they had Pryor. Fred Johnson was not here anymore. Along with i felt he could also play guard if need be. Imo they had trotter who i was confident could be a starter til dean came back.

Lastly eagles philosophical approach is build through the trenches outward. Using high round picks on the meat and potatoes and find LBs in FA (Baun and bradham) or middle rounds of the draft and develop them. Imo Simmons fit more of the eagles philosophy than going Campbell. I won’t bash the eagles for that pick cause i do think both wind up being good players. But I’d rather taken Simmons over Campbell. That said i hope in the end I’m completely wrong and Simmons stinks and Campbell is an all pro

17 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I know judging a draft class in year 1 is premature and silly, but man after 2025 this class was such a disappointment.

Relative to the previous four years, sure. Relative to reasonable expectations, about average.

A quality starter in the late first round and a competent starter at a non-key position in the second.

The picks on day 3 are a collection of possibilities that weren't going to materialize this season. Howie said they are looking for starters, not backups, on day 3.

5 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I figure Nolan is still worth the 5th year option, so there's some time.

Nolan’s 4th year is next year. Hunt’s going to contract eligible after 2026. I think 2027 is when the discussion becomes louder about dealing hunt or smith. This is all moot though if Phillips leaves in FA. Then i think both get long term deals

Both Bo and EJ thought the Eagles would try to bring in an offensive consultant for the playoffs like they did in 2022 with Fangio. EJ thought Stefanski, Bo thought Daboll. Not sure they will do it, but could be a situation where they get someone on their pay roll whom they could elevate to OC should they fire Patullo. Like they were planning to do with Fangio when Gannon got hired. Bo mentioned Hurts having a close relationship with Daboll in college and those two being close. I do think if they were to fire Patullo, the new OC would be one if Daboll, Stefanski, or Kingsbury. Stefanski - seems like a Lurie guy, Daboll - Hurts connection and previous success, Kingsbury - previous interest in 2024 and rumors he was their top target before they pivoted to Moore.

16 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I wonder if there could be a Nolan Smith trade for a CB. Not because I want to see Smith traded, but because he's most likely the odd man out between the 3 young edge rushers and you might as well get something in return for him rather than see him walk.

I think CB2 could be easier to find on the street or draft but for sure I wouldn't mind moving him. Not sure it is this year like EAGLES said since he won't cost a ton next season and depth is important there even if they resign Phillips.

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I like Campbell. I think he will get better over time. Said earlier this year their run defense was an issue cause it wasn’t his strength yet. Needs more bulk and just more experience at this level. It’s why Dean got inserted by fangio and trouble taking him off the field. He is very good vs. run, can blitz and while not his best attribute he has shown he can cover.

That said, during the draft i felt this way, id have taken Simmons the OSU OT over Campbell. I thought both were going to be really good. I wasn’t mad they took Campbell at all just preference. Reason i felt that way was first Simmons is a top 10 pick if not for his injury last year. Not often getting that caliber/potential OT. With stoutland i was confident he’d be able to replace Lane. Add on with lane getting older and missing more time. At the time they had Pryor. Fred Johnson was not here anymore. Along with i felt he could also play guard if need be. Imo they had trotter who i was confident could be a starter til dean came back.

Lastly eagles philosophical approach is build through the trenches outward. Using high round picks on the meat and potatoes and find LBs in FA (Baun and bradham) or middle rounds of the draft and develop them. Imo Simmons fit more of the eagles philosophy than going Campbell. I won’t bash the eagles for that pick cause i do think both wind up being good players. But I’d rather taken Simmons over Campbell. That said i hope in the end I’m completely wrong and Simmons stinks and Campbell is an all pro

Simmons wasn't going to be available. The Chiefs were willing to trade their 31st pick to us knowing that Howie told them that he was picking defense. It's in the video they released.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Both Bo and EJ thought the Eagles would try to bring in an offensive consultant for the playoffs like they did in 2022 with Fangio. EJ thought Stefanski, Bo thought Daboll. Not sure they will do it, but could be a situation where they get someone on their pay roll whom they could elevate to OC should they fire Patullo. Like they were planning to do with Fangio when Gannon got hired. Bo mentioned Hurts having a close relationship with Daboll in college and those two being close. I do think if they were to fire Patullo, the new OC would be one if Daboll, Stefanski, or Kingsbury. Stefanski - seems like a Lurie guy, Daboll - Hurts connection and previous success, Kingsbury - previous interest in 2024 and rumors he was their top target before they pivoted to Moore.

They should have done this weeks ago. They could have had a month and a half integrating them and some ideas vs now when there isn't time to do much.

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Simmons wasn't going to be available. The Chiefs were willing to trade their 31st pick to us knowing that Howie told them that he was picking defense. It's in the video they released.

I would’ve been moving up for Simmons prior not Campbell. For reasons i mentioned. Eagles were trying to move up for Campbell all day. That wouldn’t have been the guy I’d have been moving up for.

Can make the argument probably should’ve sat and waited at 32. If someone leapfrogs the eagles for Campbell trading with chiefs for 31 then take Simmons. If chiefs didn’t want to miss out on Simmons (guessing they likely would’ve if they moved down more than 1 spot with the eagles) then they take Simmons at 31 and you still get Campbell to fall to you at 32.

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

Nolan’s 4th year is next year. Hunt’s going to contract eligible after 2026. I think 2027 is when the discussion becomes louder about dealing hunt or smith. This is all moot though if Phillips leaves in FA. Then i think both get long term deals

But Nolan's 5th year option needs to be decided this Spring, right?

46 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

It was the most inexplicable football play I have seen.

It was dumb but not inexplicable. He turned because he was looking for a receiver.

But WHY? You can only do one thing. Why not take the route to the QB and force the throw? More things can still go wrong with the throw. There might not be a receiver back there (duh), your rushing might speed the QB up resulting in a bad throw (or no throw), you could deflect the ball, there could be another defender trailing back there or the receiver could drop it.

It was really a terrible and nonsensical choice.

Just now, Waiting4Someday said:

But Nolan's 5th year option needs to be decided this Spring, right?

Believe so. I’d be surprised if they didn’t pick it up. Still becomes at the end of 2026 that smith and hunt are both entering the last year of their contracts. Knowing eagles like to get that type of contract done early 

Just now, bpac55 said:

Was really hoping that Campbell would flash yesterday, but he didn't. Trotter looked to be the best LB on the field. Campbell has really regressed since the beginning of the season. He was Alex Singleton yesterday in the sense that he made tackles, but none that really mattered. Just stat padding tackles. Trotter flashed and stood out and made me say, this guy could have a role. Campbell made me say meh. No denying his talent, but I'm just down on him.

I thought he played ok. He had 10 tackles and showed good range. He is solid in coverage. He made the one bad mistake on coverage but it wasn't . He's 21 years old. He doesn't look lost. He just needs to play and build some play strength.

27 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

So if the Bears lose, will Sirianni rest his starters knowing that we've secured a home game in the next round?

Exactly

2 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Where is the Cam Williams buzz?

I was going to say i thought he did well enough to continue development at RT

Robinson just seems like a complete whiff. Makes no sense unless he was all PEDs

5 minutes ago, jamiller said:

It was dumb but not inexplicable. He turned because he was looking for a receiver.

But WHY? You can only do one thing. Why not take the route to the QB and force the throw? More things can still go wrong with the throw. There might not be a receiver back there (duh), your rushing might speed the QB up resulting in a bad throw (or no throw), you could deflect the ball, there could be another defender trailing back there or the receiver could drop it.

It was really a terrible and nonsensical choice.

It wasn't that he just looked for a receiver. He looked and then decided to chase the receiver rather than the ball carrier. Maybe he thought that was his assignment and the QB wasn't but my god it was an awful play. He could have closed the distance and made a stop.

11 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Both Bo and EJ thought the Eagles would try to bring in an offensive consultant for the playoffs like they did in 2022 with Fangio. EJ thought Stefanski, Bo thought Daboll. Not sure they will do it, but could be a situation where they get someone on their pay roll whom they could elevate to OC should they fire Patullo. Like they were planning to do with Fangio when Gannon got hired. Bo mentioned Hurts having a close relationship with Daboll in college and those two being close. I do think if they were to fire Patullo, the new OC would be one if Daboll, Stefanski, or Kingsbury. Stefanski - seems like a Lurie guy, Daboll - Hurts connection and previous success, Kingsbury - previous interest in 2024 and rumors he was their top target before they pivoted to Moore.

While I like the idea, anyone with eyes and a football IQ north of a potato could tell them a dozen things wrong with the offense and yet we're still here.

If they can't score on this defense, then Lurie needs to fire this entire offensive staff including Sirianni. No excuses. In fact, they should all be banned from the NFL.

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

I was going to say i thought he did well enough to continue development at RT

Robinson just seems like a complete whiff. Makes no sense unless he was all PEDs

Playing in college 6 years tends to help. His production the previous 3 seasons to his 6th year were fairly similar. Previous 3 years he had 4 TFL in each and either 1 or 2 sacks. Then he exploded his last year (6th year in college); 12.5 TFL and 7 sacks. Imo skeptical on taking players who’ve been in college that long and didn’t really crush it until year 6.

That said i like Williams. He always needed a redshirt year with stoutland to get him to be at least competent as a backup. He had intangibles you liked and things I could see stoutland liking. Reason why people thought he made a mistake not cashing in on more NIL and then coming out a year later and likely a higher pick. He was always a 2 year project to get him to potentially be a serviceable starter. Imo has higher upside than what vaitai did coming out and stoutland got vaitai a nice second contract.

6 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

If they can't score on this defense, then Lurie needs to fire this entire offensive staff including Sirianni. No excuses. In fact, they should all be banned from the NFL.

We said the same thing with the bears who’s defense stinks and had their entire LB corps out.

19 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Both Bo and EJ thought the Eagles would try to bring in an offensive consultant for the playoffs like they did in 2022 with Fangio. EJ thought Stefanski, Bo thought Daboll. Not sure they will do it, but could be a situation where they get someone on their pay roll whom they could elevate to OC should they fire Patullo. Like they were planning to do with Fangio when Gannon got hired. Bo mentioned Hurts having a close relationship with Daboll in college and those two being close. I do think if they were to fire Patullo, the new OC would be one if Daboll, Stefanski, or Kingsbury. Stefanski - seems like a Lurie guy, Daboll - Hurts connection and previous success, Kingsbury - previous interest in 2024 and rumors he was their top target before they pivoted to Moore.

Stefanksi will not go right into being a consultant a day after he gets fired. He'll be interviewing as well. I honestly don't see a consultant impacting much in a few days if the same play caller is around but couldn't hurt

5 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

I was going to say i thought he did well enough to continue development at RT

Robinson just seems like a complete whiff. Makes no sense unless he was all PEDs

Williams competed, that's good - still needs a lot of work.

The Vanilla Gorilla got below 290lb to cast himself as 3T/5T. I think he was playing around 315 at Nebraska, which makes a lot more sense if he's going to play backup NT here. Surprised his conditioning was so bad, but 4-months of no pad walkthroughs might not prepare you for the real thing.

14 hours ago, KINGnabb said:

So based on the schedule had the Eagles won they would have played Packers on Saturday. Now it's Sunday against the 9ers.

3 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Stefanksi will not go right into being a consultant a day after he gets fired. He'll be interviewing as well. I honestly don't see a consultant impacting much in a few days if the same play caller is around but couldn't hurt

At this point probably doesn’t help especially not having a bye week. Even with the bye not sure it helps all that much. They did it with fangio in 2022. But he had been around the team and they had the week off prior to the Super Bowl.

Imo stefanski is going to get a HC job. I wouldn’t be surprised if GB loses that LaFleur is safe. Been reports all season he might be gone. I could see them going after him. I also think falcons, giants and potentially ravens if they move on from harbaugh would too.

12 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

If they can't score on this defense, then Lurie needs to fire this entire offensive staff including Sirianni. No excuses. In fact, they should all be banned from the NFL.

To add on, and not opening window for Fred Warner

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

We said the same thing with the bears who’s defense stinks and had their entire LB corps out.

Stop injecting reality into my optimism.

Just now, vikas83 said:

Stop injecting reality into my optimism.

I probably should’ve more Optimistic cause i do think they’ll use hurts running/legs more in the playoffs. This team could win a SB with the talent they have and the defense. They very well might lose in the WC. Few times as an eagles fan where it’s a complete mystery where their season ends. last year more confident they’d at least get to nfc title game and had a championship caliber team cause of the defense and run game. 2022 felt confident they’d get at least to nfc title game and likely a SB. 2023 we all knew they were doomed in Tampa. Same as 2021 with Bucs.