Just now, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Rodgers loses his left tackle and turns to mush. 

He was playing like crap before Bahktiari went out.

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Rodgers loses his left tackle and turns to mush. 

Only his LT? That’s child’s play. 

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Rodgers loses his left tackle and turns to mush. 

Imagine if he had to deal with the scraps Wentz gets. 

43 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Not sure that makes sense.  If Fulgham is a good starting X  (which looks real possible) and Reagor performs like a first rounder when his thumb heals, those are your starters. IMHO, I think Ward is performing like a mid level slot and he has already earned a top four slot.  Why are you thinking Hightower or Watkins has to earn a starter spot, especially if DJax is back starting on Thursday.  You lost me with your reasoning on this one.  Always looking to upgrade the team but I was responding to the absolute day 1 or 2 draft choice level.  I think the DBs this draft are a strength difficult to ignore.  Good value at LB day 2.  

We have a very long way to go before we’re entertaining Fulgham as a good starting X. But I think my idea of a good starting X is probably different than yours. 

17 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

They need to eliminate the money going to Jeffery, Jackson, and restructure guys like Barnett and Cox among others to get anywhere near the 2021 cap.  OBJ is just adding more cost.  Bring him in and you’ll lose 2-3 other starters as cap casualties 

theyre obviously not concerned about doing anything like that with Alshon's contract. They should have already if they were. So IF the cost is relatively even, Id trade one disappointment for the other. One bad contract for the other. And see if we dont have ourselves a weapon. If it doesnt work out, you have a younger WR to try to trade for a late round pick. Should be easier than trying to trade injured aging alshon. 

1 hour ago, BigEFly said:

Why?  Let’s say that Reagor proves to be a first round quality Z and Fulgham proves to be a solid X.  That JJAW and Quez proves to be viable backups at X and Z and Hightower proves to be a viable back up at all three positions (a true number four game day active WR).  I feel Ward is developing into a mid level slot WR.  It is way too early in their careers to give up on Hightower or Watkins.  WR is not a top four position of need on this team. (CB, LB, DE, S and IOL).  Take the BPA but the ranking for need in structuring the value on the draft board may well, at the end of the season place WR lower than an absolute third round or better choice. 

It’s just my stance on it at the moment. Because while I like Fulgham/Reagor/Ward, I’m still not sold that they are locked as the future yet.  Don’t get me wrong though, I’m encouraged by the play of all 3 and can’t wait for Reagor’s return. I’m more convinced now they can be the future compared to last week, since Fulgham seems legit. I don’t have any faith in JJAW anymore, even after today. Hightower has couple plays made now. Just mark me down as cautiously optimistic, and my opinion could easily change in a few weeks. WR has been a weakness for us for years, and I’d like to see it turn into a strength. This also depends entirely on how the board would fall in the draft. But for example, as a draft fan and keeping my eagles bias out of it, I really liked the move of Football team taking Young & Cowboys taking Lamb. They made a position group they were good in, even stronger and deeper. That’s a great outlook short term and long term for them at those positions. 
 

While LB & DB are the biggest needs. I think at this point of the season, every position Is on the table for being addressed in first round excluding TE/QB/RB. 

37 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Why, because they don’t run as fast as Marcus Green or Quez Watkins?

Because they haven’t proven to be any good. Why bother comparing them to other players who haven’t proven to be good? 

When is Hockey starting again? Much more optimistic about the Flyers at this point. 

11 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

The FO is 100% culpable for the disaster that is the 2020 Eagles.

Backups have to play sometimes. Our backups either suck ass or aren't prepared. That's the staff's job and they're failing miserably. 

Wow, a team of 3rd stringers lose to a 5-1 team that was 14-2 last year and you're in here complaining the FO hasn't provided enough depth and the depth they do have sucks.

A 4th string OL sucks???no way I'm sure there are at least 31 teams in the NFL whose 4th string OL is really good.

Just now, Utebird said:

Wow, a team of 3rd stringers lose to a 5-1 team that was 14-2 last year and you're in here complaining the FO hasn't provided enough depth and the depth they do have sucks.

A 4th string OL sucks???no way I'm sure there are at least 31 teams in the NFL whose 4th string OL is really good.

I'd rather fire the medical staff. This staggering number of injuries is unheard of and unacceptable. And it's been like that for awhile now. 

25 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I've said it before and I know it's not a popular take, but Sanders is trade piece #1 for me in the offseason. His value is still high and he's going to be looking for a new contract in the next 1-2 years and big deals for RBs seemingly never work out. So unless if he wants to take some team-friendly deal, I wouldn't do it. You can find a decent RB in the middle of the draft and it's not an essential position. As great as McCaffrey is, Carolina has been winning games without him and Mike Davis is efficient. 

I don’t agree with that at all. We have been desperate for a quality RB for years, now we finally have one. He’s a young, cheap, and one of best offensive weapons we have. If Eagles were in a complete rebuild then sure fine whatever, but that’d also mean Lurie would clean house. I don’t envision that happening this season, but I’m also not ruling it out. Point being, Sanders should stay.

I can see this team winning out. 

With how crazy of a year it's been, it's good to see things returning to normal. 

 

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

I can see this team winning out. 

Including Seattle? I wish. But they’ve owned us for years

Fulgham has a long way to go before we can call him a building block (which I have heard people label him).

All his production today came after the Ravens defense stopped playing.  On the TD, the DBs knocked themselves out of the play.  
 

He’s a specific type of possession WR and you need to be careful with how you integrate those types into your offense.  I know...make fun of me about speed all you want, but that’s what the league has become.  I warned everyone about this problem years before it became one.  
 

If you’re going to park a possession WR who doesn’t separate in your offense (and Fulgham doesn’t), then you better forget about  your 12 personnel and you need 2 Reagors, under the assumption that Reagor 1.0 pans out in the first place.

5 minutes ago, Dwide Schrude said:

Including Seattle? I wish. But they’ve owned us for years

Yeah. Theyre beatable. They dont have good D, and struggled to beat a really bad version of our team both times last year. Theyre playing a little better on offense this year, but Slay is a big addition to help us cover at least one of their WRs this time. Its very winable. Also, its at home. So is the saints game. 

Saints are beatable this year. GB looks as bad as it did last year right now in this game. 

At worst, those are the 3 tough teams left. I can see us winning at least 7 games out of the last 10. Getting DeSean/Alshon/Goedert back Wentz is going to end up with some playmakers to throw to. 

Make a trade to get a LB or another CB and we are gonna be in business. 

5 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

With how crazy of a year it's been, it's good to see things returning to normal. 

 

Yeah, great. 

9 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

With how crazy of a year it's been, it's good to see things returning to normal. 

 

Legend 

I still see the Eagles as a 7-8-1, which might be good enough to win the division 

40 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I've said it before and I know it's not a popular take, but Sanders is trade piece #1 for me in the offseason. His value is still high and he's going to be looking for a new contract in the next 1-2 years and big deals for RBs seemingly never work out. So unless if he wants to take some team-friendly deal, I wouldn't do it. You can find a decent RB in the middle of the draft and it's not an essential position. As great as McCaffrey is, Carolina has been winning games without him and Mike Davis is efficient. 

Miles Sanders is reason #2589 not to draft RBs high.  He's actually good.  Really good.  And yet I hear chatter about how the RB position needs to be addressed, which already got a 2nd round pick in Sanders, who happens to be one of Howie's only draft hits ever.  But the position needs to be addressed.  

RBs don't stay healthy.  

This issue with trading Sanders is that the rest of the league can see he's having trouble staying healthy as a 3 down back.  So all you're going to get is what you paid for, not a cent more.  And as the only guy on the entire offense that could reasonably be labeled a weapon, it's just not worth it.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Miles Sanders is reason #2589 not to draft RBs high.  He's actually good.  Really good.  And yet I hear chatter about how the RB position needs to be addressed, which already got a 2nd round pick in Sanders, who happens to be one of Howie's only draft hits ever.  But the position needs to be addressed.  

RBs don't stay healthy.  

This issue with trading Sanders is that the rest of the league can see he's having trouble staying healthy as a 3 down back.  So all you're going to get is what you paid for, not a cent more.  And as the only guy on the entire offense that could reasonably be labeled a weapon, it's just not worth it.

Damn, I thought it was 2588.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Miles Sanders is reason #2589 not to draft RBs high.  He's actually good.  Really good.  And yet I hear chatter about how the RB position needs to be addressed, which already got a 2nd round pick in Sanders, who happens to be one of Howie's only draft hits ever.  But the position needs to be addressed.  

RBs don't stay healthy.  

This issue with trading Sanders is that the rest of the league can see he's having trouble staying healthy as a 3 down back.  So all you're going to get is what you paid for, not a cent more.  And as the only guy on the entire offense that could reasonably be labeled a weapon, it's just not worth it.

I don't mind using a 2nd round pick on RBs. I mind giving them a big second contract. If the value proposition is a year 1 contributor and years 2-4 of pro bowl level play, then that's good value in the 2nd round.  Actually, really good value in the second round when you adjust for the expectations of a replacement level player in the 2nd round (basically a 35% chance of getting a starter). Giving RBs a lot of money because they had a lot of carries is what gets you in trouble.

Brady runs across the field to shake hands with Rodgers — what a POS 

I just read this note about today's Bears/Panthers game on a Bears blog:

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Rasul Douglas on Allen Robinson

A cornerback who was considered a bust on the Eagles managed to cover Allen Robinson tightly enough to get multiple "pass defenses” against him. I get the Bears trusting that matchup, but seeing them lose it is disappointing.

Sounds like Rasul had a good day against a good WR.