2 hours ago, hputenis said:

I still can't fathom them drafting anything on defense in the 1st round. The cap is so lopsided to an overpaid offense and insanely cheap and young defense that I feel like you almost have to get younger with offensive talent now.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

They will. But it doesn't have to be by forcing a 1st round pick when the talent is not there.

They can't force anything. We all know a good pick on defense beats a bad pick on offense. But we also all know they are in desperate need of cheap, young talent on offense.

They have an expiring opportunity to revamp and restructure the offense on the go. If they don't pull it off very, very soon, the whole thing will just crash, burn, blow up, and get rebuilt from the very foundation.

20 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

I’m sorry, but your experience or thoughts on this do not in fact transcend all industries. Her contract was up in June. She was being investigated. Then, after the surface level investigation showed some concerning details she was suspended pending the results of this investigation. She resigned, very likely because she thought if she no longer was an employee that this would go away.

You think they needed lawyers for this? They could have simply rode out this investigation until her contract was up and let her walk.

You’re overthinking this.

I can't imagine a scenario where there in-house counsel isn't highly involved in the investigation and any kind of separation from employment. It's possible she resigned to let the investigation go away. I just do not think she didn't discuss the decision with them before making it. They would be very silly to not want to negotiate a release agreement with her to avoid a possible lawsuit. It's also possible the Athletic is playing lipservice to the investigation. Even if there was an affair, they do not want the results to be that stories were untrue or inaccurate because of an affair.

6 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Brugler dropped his mock draft today

1 Kadyn Proctor OT

2 Malachi Fields WR (gross)

3a Max Klare TE

3b Zakee Wheatley S

4a Logan Jones C

4b Carson Beck QB

5 Logan Fano G

6 Domani Jackson CB

Not horrible, not great. I'm back and forth on Proctor but they could do a lot worse in this draft at 23. Fields and Klare are both just ok to me with those picks. I wouldn't be upset with either one but I feel like they could find better value at both positions in rounds 3-5. I like Wheatley a lot late in round 3. Logan Jones and Carson Beck are both a complete and total waste of picks. We have zero need for a C only prospect and it's not like the value is so amazing you can't pass him up. Beck absolutely sucks. I don't know enough about Fano and Jackson to comment. I would be fairly disappointed and just feel meh if we came away with a draft like this.

4 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Why is everyone so mean to @hputenis ?

He's a nice, cute little boy that we should all love.

😍😀

2 minutes ago, hputenis said:

He wants to spank you and put an apple up your sheeter

41 minutes ago, Godfather said:

He likes it rough and mean

I think I've come to the conclusion that this TE class sucks ass and the best we can hope for is a role player in the later rounds. Sadiq is the only one who can block and catch worth a damn. And while I like him and think he'd be a great fit, at the end of the day he's a smaller TE prospect with 1 year of decent stats in college that you'd have to use a first rounder on. Seems dangerous.

Who are the players that you would be upset if they were there at 23 and they traded back? (To them, they didn't see the value and wanted to collect a future 2nd round pick in return to load up for next year).

8 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Who are the players that you would be upset if they were there at 23 and they traded back? (To them, they didn't see the value and wanted to collect a future 2nd round pick in return to load up for next year).

It's funny, I've done less draft prep and analysis leading up to this draft than any year I can remember. I'm not even sure why that is -- could be because I see a lot of different directions the Eagles could go in this draft, and it'll take more than one draft to address all the needs.

IMO, they should be looking at long term replacements at RT, TE, LG, S, EDGE, WR, CB. I don't want to be upset at any particular pick; Howie's recent drafting success has put me in the mindset of see who they draft and hope for the best.

8 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Who are the players that you would be upset if they were there at 23 and they traded back? (To them, they didn't see the value and wanted to collect a future 2nd round pick in return to load up for next year).

For one thing they wouldn’t trade a first round pick this year for a second rounder next year, which is the equivalent of a third this year.

12 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Who are the players that you would be upset if they were there at 23 and they traded back? (To them, they didn't see the value and wanted to collect a future 2nd round pick in return to load up for next year).

Probably Tyson.

11 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Who are the players that you would be upset if they were there at 23 and they traded back? (To them, they didn't see the value and wanted to collect a future 2nd round pick in return to load up for next year).

my two cents - if EMW / Thieneman / Downs, Sadiq or even Miller were there and we traded back, yeah I would be upset at that.

1 minute ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

my two cents - if EMW / Thieneman / Downs, Sadiq or even Miller were there and we traded back, yeah I would be upset at that.

Miller as in Blake Miller?

58 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

There is absolutely zero chance that a legal team was not involved in this. Your experience in journalism does not extend into what ultimately was not a "journalism" decision.

She resigned because it was the smart thing to do...her only chance to get back in the game is to take it on the chin, get under the radar, and hope that she can be hire-able again some day. And if she can't get back in the game, it's an absolute certainty that she'll retain legal counsel, if she hasn't already, to evaluate her ability to monetize a situation in which a female NFL reporter was forced to resign for a relationship with a male head coach who had no consequences (different employer). And I would imagine the athletic has a strong, defensible policy involving source relationships (which never stops someone from trying). But there's zero chance the Athletic did not evaluate their exposure in letting her go.

You keep saying exposure like they weren’t well within their rights to suspend her with pay pending an investigation into an inappropriate relationship with a source. And again, her contract was up in June, so there isn’t anything for them to be worried about legally because they could simply pay her for six weeks to go on another romantic getaway with a different source and part ways then.

Let’s not forget she resigned rather than collect her pay check. Let’s not pretend like it was the smart play. It was the only play for someone who is guilty of a fireable offense and desperately wants the investigation to stop.

6 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Miller as in Blake Miller?

yes - he's the only tackle that I think would be ready to play if Lane wasn't available. He also remarked at the combine that he models his game after Lane.

You never know whether draft chatter is true or not, this is lying season and half of it is BS, but over the past week, pretty much every player I'd be happy with is said to "go a lot higher than expected." Freeling, Tyson, Proctor, etc. I think at least one of them will fall within trade up range if Howie is interested, but if not, that would be worst case draft scenario if all of those guys went top 15. I guess I could be happy with Iheanachor at 23 and then Chris Bell at 54, but it still would be a little underwhelming.

1 hour ago, Godfather said:

Replace Fields with Germie Bernard

I love how steady and reliable Germie is. Hes a reliable WR2 in the NFL. Fields is maybe the only WR in the class that looks like a potential X WR1. There are some other Xs, but pretty much X WR1s.

There are other guys who can be target monsters from the slot and basically WR1 like an Amen-Ra. But again, not X WR1s.

Fields and Lance are my top 2 WR wants in this draft. Nobody should be replacing Fields with anyone.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

They can't force anything. We all know a good pick on defense beats a bad pick on offense. But we also all know they are in desperate need of cheap, young talent on offense.

They have an expiring opportunity to revamp and restructure the offense on the go. If they don't pull it off very, very soon, the whole thing will just crash, burn, blow up, and get rebuilt from the very foundation.

Yeah.

The thing is, itll collapse just the same if they DO take an OT in round 1 and the guy sucks. Thatll set them back potentially a few years till they give up on him, and then get it right sometime down the road.

Not forcing, and taking defense as BPA when its obvious is the way to go.

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

I can't imagine a scenario where there in-house counsel isn't highly involved in the investigation and any kind of separation from employment. It's possible she resigned to let the investigation go away. I just do not think she didn't discuss the decision with them before making it. They would be very silly to not want to negotiate a release agreement with her to avoid a possible lawsuit. It's also possible the Athletic is playing lipservice to the investigation. Even if there was an affair, they do not want the results to be that stories were untrue or inaccurate because of an affair.

You may very well be right that their legal counsel is involved in the investigation. I certainly couldn’t speak to that from my experience. But I do know what she is alleged to do would obviously severely damage her integrity and reputation and would consequently damage The Athletic’s reputation and credibility. Of course they were in their legal right to investigate this. With six weeks or so left on her contract, this honestly is quite low stakes for them. I’ll grant E45 this, perhaps they spoke with their legal team to say what’s the better option and path of least resistance: Fire her if the investigation shows wrongdoing or just let her contract expire and part ways in six weeks.

I don’t believe for one second the New York Times needed to check with legal to determine if they were allowed to fire her if management deemed necessary following the results of the investigation.

10 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

You never know whether draft chatter is true or not, this is lying season and half of it is BS, but over the past week, pretty much every player I'd be happy with is said to "go a lot higher than expected." Freeling, Tyson, Proctor, etc. I think at least one of them will fall within trade up range if Howie is interested, but if not, that would be worst case draft scenario if all of those guys went top 15. I guess I could be happy with Iheanachor at 23 and then Chris Bell at 54, but it still would be a little underwhelming.

How far up do you think it's realistic for Howie to trade in this draft? Going only by the Draftek Trade Value Chart, packaging #23 with 68 might get him to pick #16. If he wanted to get more aggressive, #23 and 54 might get him up to #14 overall.

I don't think he'll be interested in giving up any 2027 capital.

14 minutes ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

yes - he's the only tackle that I think would be ready to play if Lane wasn't available. He also remarked at the combine that he models his game after Lane.

He’s probably more plug and play ready than most of the tackles but his ceiling is lower than several. Given that Lane is playing another year I’d opt for a guy with a higher ceiling but who needs a redshirt year. JMHO.

1 minute ago, just relax said:

He’s probably more plug and play ready than most of the tackles but his ceiling is lower than several. Given that Lane is playing another year I’d opt for a guy with a higher ceiling but who needs a redshirt year. JMHO.

that's fine by me as well.

8 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Brugler dropped his mock draft today

1 Kadyn Proctor OT

2 Malachi Fields WR (gross)

3a Max Klare TE

3b Zakee Wheatley S

4a Logan Jones C

4b Carson Beck QB

5 Logan Fano G

6 Domani Jackson CB

The bold, underlined picks are what make that draft.

Proctor is a big risk and a bad fit on top of that.

Beck is terrible.

Fano is meh... probably a non-factor

I dont really know Jackson. Dont expect much.

Fields, as I said recently may be the only potential X WR1 in this draft. I love getting him and Klare. Wheatley is another Blankenship. Steady. Was recently described as "will be the safety teams wished they drafted in this class". But you do not want him covering man to man, so a major limitation, just the same as Blankenship had.

Logan Jones is an excellent center, mobile for our OZ scheme. I brought up the idea a few weeks ago that this OZ is what allowed us to get away with a light interior that featured Kelce next to Mathis. We can potentially have Logan Jones at C (for an injured Jurgens, or at guard. Just the same, Jurgens can potentially move to guard (would that help his back a bit? not bending as much?). Id be focusing on guards in this draft but even those guys in this class arent very mobile. With OZ, a center may be a sneaky pick who can be worked in in ways we dont expect.

Im thinking of moving Dunker inside before possibly moving him to tackle or just keeping him there if he works out

8 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

How far up do you think it's realistic for Howie to trade in this draft? Going only by the Draftek Trade Value Chart, packaging #23 with 68 might get him to pick #16. If he wanted to get more aggressive, #23 and 54 might get him up to #14 overall.

I don't think he'll be interested in giving up any 2027 capital.

However high he can get without giving up that 2nd and I think he'd probably prefer to keep that high 3rd too, but I doubt he'd be willing to part with the 2nd.

33 minutes ago, just relax said:

For one thing they wouldn’t trade a first round pick this year for a second rounder next year, which is the equivalent of a third this year.

Probably Tyson.

I'm assuming trade back into the 2nd this year with a 2nd next year (or however the picks value works).