2 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

I find the consternation over the last five guys on the roster immediately after cuts to be fascinating. Waiting for the vitriol when someone is claimed today. I admit that at times there is relevance to a player lost in the process. But the reality is that the first 35 or so guys on the team will determine how this season goes.

As for yesterday, I am onboard with the frustration at QB. As I stated on Saturday, this may be a struggle between Howie and Mannion over McKee. I see the point the PHLY guys made that they needed Jenkins and Moore to be here for week 1 because Lemon and Stowers don't look to be ready. I'll be sad if Weru gets claimed.

But remember, the larger goal this offseason was to turn our attention to the offense. And, IMO, they have done really well at OL. Kendall, Bell, Lampkin, and Morris look to be a very capable set of back ups this season. And with the prospect of Lane, Dickerson, and Steen not being here next season, they have potential answers already in the building.

3 safeties is crazy.

CB lack of depth is a major problem.

The lack of depth in those 2 positions will affect the season if its not fixed. But Im sure Howie knows that.

My question is- did we keep the best 53? Or did we keep a few guys we just hoped we could trade? And if they werent our best 53, then is the trade market even there?

Maybe we would be better off if we had Gushiken or Wisniewski on the team rather than Dalton and only 3 safeties.

Maybe the upside of Weru, or the play of Jake Majors made those guys more appealing than a backup blocking TE4.

And what the hell is Mondon still doing here?

7 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

3 safeties is crazy.

CB lack of depth is a major problem.

The lack of depth in those 2 positions will affect the season if its not fixed. But Im sure Howie knows that.

My question is- did we keep the best 53? Or did we keep a few guys we just hoped we could trade? And if they werent our best 53, then is the trade market even there?

Maybe we would be better off if we had Gushiken or Wisniewski on the team rather than Dalton and only 3 safeties.

Maybe the upside of Weru, or the play of Jake Majors made those guys more appealing than a backup blocking TE4.

And what the hell is Mondon still doing here?

Don’t forget Coop who will play S in base D.

6 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

3 safeties is crazy.

CB lack of depth is a major problem.

The lack of depth in those 2 positions will affect the season if its not fixed. But Im sure Howie knows that.

My question is- did we keep the best 53? Or did we keep a few guys we just hoped we could trade? And if they werent our best 53, then is the trade market even there?

Maybe we would be better off if we had Gushiken or Wisniewski on the team rather than Dalton and only 3 safeties.

Maybe the upside of Weru, or the play of Jake Majors made those guys more appealing than a backup blocking TE4.

And what the hell is Mondon still doing here?

• Howie has stated that the new rules have given him a 70-man roster. Our S depth will likely be on the PS.

• CB depth? How much depth do you think there is around the league.

• The roster will change in the next 24 hours.

• Save your energy for your Hurts criticism two weeks from now.

I think the most noteworthy part of this roster is that they needed to go heavy at certain positions because they don’t trust players they have invested in.

At QB, you’ve got a draft pick plus years of investment in McKee, who has sucked. We traded for Dalton, who has sucked. So a lack of confidence in these guys necessitated keeping 4 QBs.

Same thing at TE.

Those failures eliminated the luxury of saving a couple spots for developmental talents.

This roster has more holes than we have become accustomed to from recent Eagles rosters. And a roster with holes needs to compensate with numbers. It’s actually harder, not easier, to stash guys that aren’t ready.

Andy Dalton is being groomed as the next OC for when Mannion leaves. Howie is playing 4D chess, you guys just need to catch up.

14 hours ago, TEW said:

You do if you think you can teach him. Just like Mailata couldn’t block yet he made the 53. If it’s a coachability issue then that’s a different matter, but I still think if you’re willing to draft a guy like him and bring him in then you need to commit to the 3 year project.

Nope

12 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Jordan Mailata sets an unrealistic standard for any international player that looks the part... and man, does Bernard LOOK the part. But, he's not a football player yet, he's just a physical specimen at this point.

Yup

18 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Don’t forget Coop who will play S in base D.

lol. yes I know. There are 3 safeties on the depth chart. Coop doesnt count.

16 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

• Howie has stated that the new rules have given him a 70-man roster. Our S depth will likely be on the PS.

• CB depth? How much depth do you think there is around the league.

• The roster will change in the next 24 hours.

• Save your energy for your Hurts criticism two weeks from now.

It doesnt matter to me or the team how much depth there is around the league. We should have 1 playable backup CB on the roster.

Everyone knows the roster will change. And thats what was acknowledge when I said "Im sure Howie knows this" about the 3 safeties and CB depth.

It takes no energy to discuss these roster decisions.

What I don't like about this roster is that 2 meaningless stiffs like Jones and Dalton raises the average roster age significantly and puts the Eagles in the middle of pack (15th) at 26.4 years old. Replace them with two 22 year olds (such as Weru & Bernard) and we are back to the top 5.

Could add a few posters from the blog into this meme too

11 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said:

As someone who loves to watch a great defense, I'm hopeful he can be anywhere close to what he was. Hell, even at 50% of his best, he's still a problem for an OL.

When looking at the CB/Safety depth, you have to look at the flexibility of those guys. If Q or Riq got hurt, I'd expect to see Coop take over at outside CB and Carter to play Nickel. Only if 2 of the top 3 guys were to go down would Jones/Ringo/McWilliams be in play.

If Mukuba or Epps goes down, I'd expect Carter to take over, or maybe Coop with Carter being the slot. If both went down, then it's Coop and Carter at safety with Q, Riq and McWilliams (slot).

If we lose 3 guys...then yeah, we're screwed. But so is every team.

Also expect a safety to be added at some point on PS. Wisnewski definitely coming back.

54 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

3 safeties is crazy.

CB lack of depth is a major problem.

The lack of depth in those 2 positions will affect the season if its not fixed. But Im sure Howie knows that.

My question is- did we keep the best 53? Or did we keep a few guys we just hoped we could trade? And if they werent our best 53, then is the trade market even there?

Maybe we would be better off if we had Gushiken or Wisniewski on the team rather than Dalton and only 3 safeties.

Maybe the upside of Weru, or the play of Jake Majors made those guys more appealing than a backup blocking TE4.

And what the hell is Mondon still doing here?

Howie probably did not keep the best 53 for the long term. Perhaps, he kept the most valuable 53 for trade in the short term. Not sure how that's going to pan out. I think teams are being stingy with draft picks (especially for 2027). Will be looking more for player for player trades this year. Also, Howie's trade stash of lower round draft picks have diminished to just waste in trades.

18 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

What I don't like about this roster is that 2 meaningless stiffs like Jones and Dalton raises the average roster age significantly and puts the Eagles in the middle of pack (15th) at 26.4 years old. Replace them with two 22 year olds (such as Weru & Bernard) and we are back to the top 5.

So we can start signing guys to the PS at 1pm EDT - guys I hope to have back: Weru, Bernard, Wilson, Majors, Williams, Wisnewski, Pierce, Covey, Campbell, James-Newby, Hall.

2 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

So we can start signing guys to the PS at 1pm EDT - guys I hope to have back: Weru, Bernard, Wilson, Majors, Williams, Wisnewski, Pierce, Covey, Campbell, James-Newby, Hall.

Would add Steele, Latu, Lawson and Ramirez.

13 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Jordan Mailata sets an unrealistic standard for any international player that looks the part... and man, does Bernard LOOK the part. But, he's not a football player yet, he's just a physical specimen at this point.

Agree but Weru showed more than Mailata did his first TC. They may be stacked there but they have two expensive contracts coming and when you look at 4 TE and QBs he is the one I wish they protected.

2 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

Would add Steele, Latu, Lawson and Ramirez.

Agree on 1st 3. Not sure I care about Ramirez.

47 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Donald is going to put up good sack numbers, but I suspect it’ll be easy to run on him and he’ll need to be rotated a lot.

The rams line will be plenty dangerous. But the Donald hype has far exceeded what he’s actually going to do at this age.

I suspect he’ll offer far less in the pass rush, but I bet Ojomo, as an example, will be a better all around DT this year than Donald.

He was 32 when he retired and has been out of the League for 2 full season. There's not really any kind of comparison for this type of return. Reggie White retired for one season and came back as a 39 year old and put up 5.5 sacks. Warren Sapp was still very productive as a 34 year old DT but he did not ever retire. Sapp is a similar player to in terms of stats and to some extent play style but they are physically different. We will see how all of the pieces work together. My sense is that the best way to beat them will be to run them into the ground. The Eagles are as well suited as any team in the NFC to do that to them.

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

He was 32 when he retired and has been out of the League for 2 full season. There's not really any kind of comparison for this type of return. Reggie White retired for one season and came back as a 39 year old and put up 5.5 sacks. Warren Sapp was still very productive as a 34 year old DT but he did not ever retire. Sapp is a similar player to in terms of stats and to some extent play style but they are physically different. We will see how all of the pieces work together. My sense is that the best way to beat them will be to run them into the ground. The Eagles are as well suited as any team in the NFC to do that to them.

Suh?

Aaron Donald doesn't really scare me at age 35. They sure overpaid for that guy. But still have to admit the Rams on paper are the team to beat. But will most likely choke somewhere at the end. Stafford and Donald will fight for which fossil is more overhyped. Donald's last 2 seasons, are not exactly dominant. How many 35 year old defensive tackles are relevant, like ever?

I notice when evaluating Howie's offseason, I don't normally see this mentioned: he upgraded CB2 - last year's worst position - with Riq Woolen. People talk about WR and Greenard, but forget they added a great starting corner. That makes the overall secondary stronger.

Plus some of last year's moves paying off this year. Kendall in his 2nd year is now considered a viable backup who could start if Dickerson injured, Lampkin same at Center.

Bell as a 3rd round OT who has a lot of potential to be Lane's replacement. That would be huge to have his rookie contract as a 3rd rounder instead of 1st, and give them open options in the upcoming draft rather than be forced to draft a 1st round OT.

He also took care of contract extensions for both Davis & Carter, something many fans worried wasn't possible.

There's also the development of young players as they gain experience and only get better. Hunt is now the top Edge, after his rookie season many thought he was a JAG. Trotter is now considered starter caliber, people wondered about him as a rookie. Mukuba started as a rookie, hopefully he shows year two growth. Even Ty Robinson showed signs of life after being considered a bust.

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

Suh?

Suh was never as productive but he would be another comparison point. He was physically a very different player. He also came in mid way through the season. Just looking back at the season, he only ended up playing 16% of the snaps on defense. If they get that kind of production from Donald and pay him $20 million, that would be horrendous for them but feel good for the rest of the League.