Posted April 29Apr 29 The receiving prowess of Stowers is why he was drafted. He's got the length and all the physical traits to excel as a receiver. 50 years ago, the Eagles drafted a tall guy with the intention of having him play TE. He flopped as a TE. It was too physical for him. But he blossomed when moved out wide the next year, and went on to the NFL HOF. That man's name is Harold CarmichaelI look at Stowers, and I don't see a replacement for Dallas Goedert. I see a replacement for AJ Brown. Could it be that Makai Lemon is the replacement for Jahan Dotson (significant upgrade), and the Eli Stowers will fill the void left by the departure of AJ Brown?
April 30Apr 30 7 hours ago, Procus said:The receiving prowess of Stowers is why he was drafted. He's got the length and all the physical traits to excel as a receiver. 50 years ago, the Eagles drafted a tall guy with the intention of having him play TE. He flopped as a TE. It was too physical for him. But he blossomed when moved out wide the next year, and went on to the NFL HOF. That man's name is Harold CarmichaelI look at Stowers, and I don't see a replacement for Dallas Goedert. I see a replacement for AJ Brown. Could it be that Makai Lemon is the replacement for Jahan Dotson (significant upgrade), and the Eli Stowers will fill the void left by the departure of AJ Brown?I think another way of looking at it, as some posters have suggested in other threads, is that the collective group of the WRs that have been added recently (and we can include Stowers at TE also) is meant to be the "replacement for AJ Brown". Similar to replacing a stud RB with a RBBC approach, we're replacing a stud WR with a WR committee approach.
April 30Apr 30 Some people thought we'd move Johnny Wilson to TE because of his size. We did not. He's closer to the Carmichael body type than Stowers. When we drafted Stowers, he was announced as a TE, which is indicative of the Eagles' plans for him. Heading into the draft, one of our most immediate long term needs was to find our next TE. The answer here is obvious. But that doesn't mean a creative OC won't find different ways to line up a player with a certain skill set.
April 30Apr 30 Author I'm wondering if one of those teams was the Eagles. If that is the case, they can draft a TE next year too.
May 1May 1 Not a bad question.I would like to see him at TE. Honestly though, if he can give the Offense 30 catches or so, for like 350 yards, with like 3 or 4 TDs, that would be a productive season.
May 1May 1 I Imagine Stowers will be moved all over the formation and in a Mcvay type offense brought in motion to block through the C gap or run those pass patterns through the C gap I cant imagine theyll use him to inline block much its not a strength of his.
May 1May 1 On 4/29/2026 at 4:04 PM, Procus said:The receiving prowess of Stowers is why he was drafted. He's got the length and all the physical traits to excel as a receiver. 50 years ago, the Eagles drafted a tall guy with the intention of having him play TE. He flopped as a TE. It was too physical for him. But he blossomed when moved out wide the next year, and went on to the NFL HOF. That man's name is Harold CarmichaelI look at Stowers, and I don't see a replacement for Dallas Goedert. I see a replacement for AJ Brown. Could it be that Makai Lemon is the replacement for Jahan Dotson (significant upgrade), and the Eli Stowers will fill the void left by the departure of AJ Brown?I think that in a practical sense, Stowers will take a lot of targets which would have gone to Brown.But fundamentally, I think this will be a significantly different offense. Stowers will be a sort of power slot receiver, Lemon will be a traditional slot receiver, Wicks and Smith will play on the outside for the most part.We are moving towards a ball control, finesse passing offense rather than a power running game which takes some deep shots and tries to convert third down.
May 1May 1 Author 1 hour ago, TEW said:I think that in a practical sense, Stowers will take a lot of targets which would have gone to Brown.But fundamentally, I think this will be a significantly different offense. Stowers will be a sort of power slot receiver, Lemon will be a traditional slot receiver, Wicks and Smith will play on the outside for the most part.We are moving towards a ball control, finesse passing offense rather than a power running game which takes some deep shots and tries to convert third down.Thanks for that.So now as a follow up question, we have our franchise RT who the fortunes of the team seem to be tied to, and whose career is winding down. How do you see the new scheme meshing with blocking schemes that will be employed, along with the pending transition to a new RT, a position for which, during LJ's tenure with the team, has been critical to the team's success.
May 2May 2 1 hour ago, Procus said:Thanks for that.So now as a follow up question, we have our franchise RT who the fortunes of the team seem to be tied to, and whose career is winding down. How do you see the new scheme meshing with blocking schemes that will be employed, along with the pending transition to a new RT, a position for which, during LJ's tenure with the team, has been critical to the team's success.I guess we'll have to see what exactly the offense looks like. Of course, the new offense will be installed, but most likely while the scheme, verbiage, and concepts are changed some of the tactics will carry over simply due to the strengths and weaknesses of the players on the roster.
May 2May 2 Hes a Darren Waller / Kyle Pitts type TE.I don't think he's a useless human blocker like Calc. I think he is a converted QB used as a pass catching weapon who has not been asked to block a lot.I'm not expecting him to ever be a + blocker but he could be OK with coaching and filling out his frame some.Get in the way and then release is pretty basic and it was well beyond 2025 Calc.
May 6May 6 What Stowers is NOT....Stowers is not...a replacement for Goddard. When Eagles decided to replace AJ production.... They drafted Lemon and Stowers together..to do exactly that. Whether Stowers is a large body WR, or TE in name only and needs to learn how to block??? is irrelevant name calling. Together they are wonderful developmental weapons, that given the right plays will produce. I am anxious to see Lemon being moved around. Going outside and inside on different calls. When Lemon goes inside, and by chance gets covered by LB or a slot receiver, I see a lot of touchdowns and yards in his future. (And then I will forget about the 2 draft picks we gave up to move up for him.)
May 7May 7 Goedert wasn’t a great blocker coming out of college (though he was a lot better than Stowers seems to be). So there’s hope that Stowers can add a bit of muscle and work on his technique. If he can then he’s going to be a really good TE here for years to come.
May 7May 7 It's also very, very important who complements Stowers. When the Eagles went all in on 12 personnel in 2018, 2019....their WR corps was Jeffery, Agholor, JJAW, Greg Ward. (slow group). With a token over the hill speedster who sucked and was hardly used. That created an extremely congested offense with 2 TE's on the field and WR's who couldn't stretch the defense.I know everyone says I'm obsessed with speed, but I really worry we are inching towards that same situation. 2 TEs balanced by Smith, Lemon, Wicks (slow group). Hollywood Brown as the not good never used afterthought token field stretcher.It's a very similar offense to the one that combusted Carson Wentz.
May 7May 7 8 hours ago, eagle45 said:It's also very, very important who complements Stowers. When the Eagles went all in on 12 personnel in 2018, 2019....their WR corps was Jeffery, Agholor, JJAW, Greg Ward. (slow group). With a token over the hill speedster who sucked and was hardly used. That created an extremely congested offense with 2 TE's on the field and WR's who couldn't stretch the defense.I know everyone says I'm obsessed with speed, but I really worry we are inching towards that same situation. 2 TEs balanced by Smith, Lemon, Wicks (slow group). Hollywood Brown as the not good never used afterthought token field stretcher.It's a very similar offense to the one that combusted Carson Wentz.I see your point here, but I would argue that Hollywood Brown would be an upgrade to our 2019 field stretcher so am a bit more optimistic that things will work out better this time around.
May 9May 9 No team in the NFL needs to replace AJ Brown.He was a mediocre to bad #1 WR with zero separation and 70% effort.He makes way too much money for that production.Teams are not about 1 player. Dude can go back to 1050-1100 a year somewhere else.He can limp around on a sore knee with a new contract with a new pile of guaranteed money.He was 19th in receiving yardsHe was 40th in yards per reception.He was tied 15th-25th in receiving TDsHe was 53rd in yards per target.Oh noes! How can any team ever survive without that?
May 11May 11 On 5/9/2026 at 5:40 PM, SkippyX said:No team in the NFL needs to replace AJ Brown.He was a mediocre to bad #1 WR with zero separation and 70% effort.He makes way too much money for that production.Teams are not about 1 player. Dude can go back to 1050-1100 a year somewhere else.He can limp around on a sore knee with a new contract with a new pile of guaranteed money.He was 19th in receiving yardsHe was 40th in yards per reception.He was tied 15th-25th in receiving TDsHe was 53rd in yards per target.Oh noes! How can any team ever survive without that?We don't need to replace 2026 AJ Brown. The offense is still hurting to replace 2022-2023 AJ Brown.
May 11May 11 I just hope they can be creative and utilize him. Even with AJ and Smith, I always felt that they underused Goedert. He always produced when thrown the ball.
May 13May 13 Author On 5/10/2026 at 10:38 PM, eagle45 said:We don't need to replace 2026 AJ Brown. The offense is still hurting to replace 2022-2023 AJ Brown.The biggest problem with the Eagles offense last season is that the offensive line was banged up. It's bad enough to have Dickerson and Jurgens ineffective. Losing Lane Johnson for all those games was a killer. The Eagles are just an average team, or worse, when LJ is out. With a healthy LJ, the Eagles may have secured HFA throughout the playoffs, or at least the number 2 seed.
May 15May 15 With Stowers, I don't care where he plays.....I see what he can do and I think mismatch. Mannion might move him all over the place, use 2 TE sets, put him in motion......and with Smith and Lemon, they don't need a 3rd WR.....although they could use Wicks coming out of the backfield instead of a RB.The biggest issue is with Hurts being able to speed up his progressions.....
May 23May 23 DaVante 'Almost' Adams is a great WR who actually tries on the field.The one thing all his teams have in common is they have never won.You don't need 'that guy' at WR and AJ 'aint 'that guy' anymore.BTW, if Stafford has a good year in 2026 with 34 year old Adams and psycho Puka it will be the first back to back good years in his 18 year career.
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