55 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Am I reading this right... JJAW had 5 offensive snaps last night? 

He did.  I wrote a semi long post earlier today.  15 players in our last 2 drafts.  64 TOTAL snaps on offense and defense combined.

Take out Reagor's 46 snaps and that means 14 players from the last 2 drafts played 18 snaps on offense and defense.  Wallace/Taylor/Bradley played 44 combined ST snaps.

Pathetic contributions from the last 2 drafts.

JJAW can play 0 snaps for all I care. He's a lost cause and anytime he's on the field you are taking off Fulgham. Let him get a different perspective from the sideline.

I want Jim Schwartz and the rest of his defensive staff to sit down and ask themselves one question.  Would we have been better last night with Nathan Gerry?  Unless they can say yes without hesitating, he should never see the field on D again.  I saw no drop off from Gerry to the rest.

10 minutes ago, phil77 said:

 

 

Doug saying stuff in the media isn't coaching.  How is Carson being coached in practice? How are they trying to fix it besides saying it every week in the media.    Clearly there is something going on because Wentz hasn't been an interception machine like this his entire career so why now?   I understand the fumbles that has been that way his entire career but the interceptions are new and just don't know why the change this year in the interceptions and trying to force it down field.  

Who made the call to all of the sudden to try and force everything down field compared to previous year?  I know in the offseason they wanted to get MORE SPEED to push the ball downfield  so is this a result of coaching?  They want him to throw it down field?  I just don't understand how a player throws 21 INTs in total the last three season and then has 12 already this season.  It just doesn't add up unless there was a change in philosophy from the 57 offensive coaches we hired?   Its not easily explainable as WENTZ sucks. The last three seasons he wasn't just chucking the ball up for grabs down the field all the time so why now?  What changed?  

Could be a bunch of different things. Could be he let the Hurts pick get in his head. Could be the QB coach sucks. Could be the too many voices from the committee of OCs. Could be he's just having a bad year(that does happen). Could be he sucks(though that makes the least bit of sense since he played good with crap last season).

Maybe not having an offseason messed him up more than other QBs

For now it's all guesses

3 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I want Jim Schwartz and the rest of his defensive staff to sit down and ask themselves one question.  Would we have been better last night with Nathan Gerry?  Unless they can say yes without hesitating, he should never see the field on D again.  I saw no drop off from Gerry to the rest.

The linebackers leading the team in tackles is a good thing.  This should be all the evidence the coaches need that Gerry stinks.

Here's the thing about personnel decisions, you have to weight them as a whole, not cherry pick.

All teams (except Baltimore) miss on some 1st rd picks, hit on some later round picks.

The Wentz trade obviously had a big impact for a couple years.

2016:  Seumalo (#79), Vaitai #164, Countess #196, Mills #233, Walker #251 - no real misses (anything outside of #100 is a crap shoot and can't be considered a miss)

2017:  Barnett #14, Jones #43, Douglas #99, Hollins #118, Gibson #166, Gerry #184

2018:  Goedert #49, Maddox #125, Sweat #130, Pryor #206, Mailata #233

2019:  Dillard #22, Sanders #53, JJAW #57

2020:  Reagor #21, Hurts #53, Taylor #103, Wallace #127, Driscoll #145, Hightower #168, Bradley #196, Watkins #200, Prince #210, Toohill #233

If Reagor and Wallace pan out as starters, it's a good draft, if Hurts is a top backup QB who gets traded in four years, it's a better draft, if a couple other guys are top backups, it's a great draft.

It's hard to draft top players outside of the top 20, and really hard to draft starters outside of the top 100.

Howie missed on 2 picks in 5 years, #43, #57, Dillard can't be judged for at least another season, as Sweat shows, projects often take 2-3 years to bear fruit, people getting up in arms about Taylor should remember that - the only reason a player with that kind of physical talent is available at that point in the draft is because he's perceived as a project.

The other key to cheap talent acquisition is waiver wire/UDFAs,

Scott, Huntley, Ward, Fulgham, Singleton, Edwards, Epps, Jacquet, James, Herbig, Opeta, Juriga, Toth

Veteran SFAs are more about patching your roster, Rodgers, LeBlanc, Robey-Coleman, Parks

And minor trades:  Wiley (traded with #190 for #228 and Cyprien), Ridgeway (for #246), Ford (for Hector)

Big money signings and trades are a mixed bag and Howie's biggest weakness:  DeSean (moved down from #208 to #228), Jeffrey, Brooks, Jackson, Jerngan (moved down in the 3rd rd), Hargrave, Bradham, Slay (#85, #166 and new contract), McLeod, Darby (#96, Matthews). Howie rarely gave up value but too often overpaid in salary.

Howie has focused on bringing in younger players the last couple seasons.

Overall, since 2016 I find it hard to criticize the overall job, SB, if they make the playoffs again that'll be three straight seasons after the SB, with one year losing with a ball through Jeffrey's hands and last year due to the Clowney hit - it's not like this team wasn't competitive despite a ridiculous number of injuries. Now he's reloading on the run.

 

 

25 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is not ideal.

That's F'ing stupid if that's how they're doing it.  Why aren't they testing 2 days prior to the game?  Then they'd know before the game if someone is positive and not after the fact.  

1 minute ago, Green_Guinness said:

That's F'ing stupid if that's how they're doing it.  Why aren't they testing 2 days prior to the game?  Then they'd know before the game if someone is positive and not after the fact.  

I'm surprised the players are okay with the union and NFL doing that.  I wouldn't want to play knowing that.  It defeats the purpose.  So, if a player ends up being negative, then they could be positive by midweek. So, the test is absolutely meaningless.  Only the Monday night teams are protected with that system.

6 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

That's F'ing stupid if that's how they're doing it.  Why aren't they testing 2 days prior to the game?  Then they'd know before the game if someone is positive and not after the fact.  

They are. They should be doing rapid tests on game day, but I'm guessing they don't want to spend the money as well as risk players from missing games due to false positives. Before it was daily testing except game days. Now its straight daily. 

4 minutes ago, austinfan said:

 

The other key to cheap talent acquisition is waiver wire/UDFAs,

Scott, Huntley, Ward, Fulgham, Singleton, Edwards, Epps, Jacquet, James, Herbig, Opeta, Juriga, Toth

 

 

 

You can add Clement to that list. Yes he has struggled since 2018 BUT was a key player in our success in the 2017 season, including big roles in the SB win. 

26 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

The first snap of the game Lawrence made him look silly.  After that, I didn't notice Mailata in a bad way.  He was impressive in the run game which others on here have said that might make him a better RT down the road.  He could be a Jon Runyan and I don't think that's an exaggeration.  

What Mailata showed me tonight is that worst case scenario, he's our new swing tackle.  Best case scenario depends on Dillard hitting his potential.  If that happens you have Dillard at LT and Mailata at RT for the next decade.  

Here's a question that hasn't been asked yet.  If Dillard does become the LT and Mailata can be RT.  Does Lane have any ability to kick in to guard?  

Absolutely, he does, and Pro Bowl or better.

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/passing#average-time-to-throw

Time To Throw (TT)
Time to Throw measures the average amount of time elapsed from the time of snap to throw on every pass attempt for a passer (sacks excluded).

Wentz is tied 7th with 2.9 seconds

Wilson and Jackson are higher

The quickest is Ben

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I'd be interested in seeing the All-22 of that play... what did Carson see as he threw it and what did all 3 players down there do leading up to and after the throw.

I agree and I may be wrong.  I just thought Diggs was playing a trail technique and was positioned behind Reagor when the throw was made. 

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Waiting on the all-22 but my impression is that Mailata was much better this week than last and he was going against Dallas's best player. That's not to say he was good, but he was better. It's worth remembering that Lawrence has given Lane fits in the past.

I think it was a Vaitai like performance. 

2 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/passing#average-time-to-throw

Time To Throw (TT)
Time to Throw measures the average amount of time elapsed from the time of snap to throw on every pass attempt for a passer (sacks excluded).

Wentz is tied 7th with 2.9 seconds

Wilson and Jackson are higher

The quickest is Ben

excluding sacks is going to skew that like crazy

28 minutes ago, Casey @ Bat said:

Agreed. But 3 points is 3 points. So kudos for now Mr Schwartz.

Here's the thing... if he gave up a lot of points, he'd be getting buried.  They did what they were supposed to do, even when put in bad situations by the offense and Doug's decision making.   They took over after Wentz' first fumble already in FG range, and they got off the field giving up 0 points on that drive.   The defense did exactly what they were supposed to do.   Credit where credit is due.   They did their job.  They beat up a bad opponent.

14 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

That's F'ing stupid if that's how they're doing it.  Why aren't they testing 2 days prior to the game?  Then they'd know before the game if someone is positive and not after the fact.  

They shouldn't have let him return to practice at all. 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

They are. They should be doing rapid tests on game day, but I'm guessing they don't want to spend the money as well as risk players from missing games due to false positives. 

So they test on Friday for Sunday games then test again on game day?  It would seem then that the Sunday test would then be more for finding a player/s who just got it so their previous test was negative and now they can take precautions with anyone they came into close contact with on/around the field.  So now the NFL has to keep a close eye on not just their teams (BTL and GB), but on the teams they played (PGH and MIN)?  

9 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Absolutely, he does, and Pro Bowl or better.

Maybe, but I'm not moving an all-pro RT to guard. It's harder to find quality OTs. Draft some talented guards in the middle of rounds 3-5 to have them replace Pryor.

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

excluding sacks is going to skew that like crazy

Also, stats like that are flawed because some teams may call more screens or quick outs vs. medium to deep routes. 

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

Maybe, but I'm not moving an all-pro RT to guard. It's harder to find quality OTs. Draft some talented guards in the middle of rounds 3-5 to have them replace Pryor.

He may not even want to move to guard

17 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

That's F'ing stupid if that's how they're doing it.  Why aren't they testing 2 days prior to the game?  Then they'd know before the game if someone is positive and not after the fact.  

In the end they should be testing every player, everyday. They have the resources to make it happen. They just don;t want to pay for it and reduce the profits anymore. All about the $$$

32 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

He did.  I wrote a semi long post earlier today.  15 players in our last 2 drafts.  64 TOTAL snaps on offense and defense combined.

Take out Reagor's 46 snaps and that means 14 players from the last 2 drafts played 18 snaps on offense and defense.  Wallace/Taylor/Bradley played 44 combined ST snaps.

Pathetic contributions from the last 2 drafts.

You do realize, I hope, that the top two picks from last year's draft are injured.

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

Maybe, but I'm not moving an all-pro RT to guard. It's harder to find quality OTs. Draft some talented guards in the middle of rounds 3-5 to have them replace Pryor.

I brought up the question looking down the road.  I'm still all aboard the Mailata hype train.  Every scenario I play out in my head has him on the field in one way or the other.  I just think you can't keep his talent on the sideline.  If Dillard proves he's the LT and Mailata develops in to an above average to very good RT then you have to figure out what to do with Lane.  Do you trade him?  I dunno.  Just thinking of different ways to line up the 5 best lineman they have.

2 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

You do realize, I hope, that the top two picks from last year's draft are injured.

I do and that was in my original post.  Injuries or not, it's very poor production.

So with that big win last night solidifying the Eagles playoff spot, who is Howie buying between today and tomorrow?

5 minutes ago, RLC said:

Maybe, but I'm not moving an all-pro RT to guard. It's harder to find quality OTs. Draft some talented guards in the middle of rounds 3-5 to have them replace Pryor.

This is a silly argument - sorry. JP is a future HOF LT - He WAS an all pro LT - that got moved to guard. Lane WAS an all pro RT - it's hard to say that he is that still. If Mailata can be better than Lane is now (emphasis on now) and Lane can be an all pro at guard (now) or at least play at that level then moving him inside is an easy decision.