28 minutes ago, kiwieagle said:

Stone Smartt won’t be back - signing with Saints. Not that anyone should care

Signed to their Practice Squad rather than their roster

Hey everyone, sorry I've been so absent. Everything's actually going pretty well but the past 18 months of caregiving and other personal things have just gotten me out of the habit of being at the computer and online. That's an issue that I've had on my mind, especially with the season about to start and I've been yelling at myself to get on, but then I don't. But I'm going to work on changing that habit back to being more present.

I've contacted Mark to see about an upgrade, and I'll see if we can make that a biannual event going forward.

For the GoDaddy errors, please give me some details and I'll begin getting after that to see what has to happen to fix those errors. Maybe the board upgrade will solve it on its own, but we'll see how that goes.

Poke me if I'm not here every day, help me get back into the routine! lol

1 minute ago, Saltpeter said:

I didn’t say he wasn’t ever exposed to sports. There’s an enormous difference between pickup/rec league basketball and playing on a country’s national team in the sport closest to football

I guess "didn’t really even play organized sports" confused me. Apologies.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Right but 4 were claims that came from the Eagles TC roster. The next team that had the most players claimed from their TC roster 3.

Miami claimed the most buy came from different rosters.

Right. My response was more anecdotal to the waiver claim discussion as a whole.

10 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Shame they had to lose their Bonner

That name suits that laughable franchise that paid Malik Willis $23M per. 🤣

22 minutes ago, TEW said:

Interesting — I thought players could be claimed off other teams PS at any point. Is that an old rule that got changed or something?

They can offer a position to the player at any time. The player can then choose to accept the offer or refuse it. That gives the team a window to make a counter offer.

21 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I still don’t get this roster construction. 4 QBs and 4 TEs with weak depth over some of the other guys is really odd. Will it batter probably not but I don’t see the logic

The logic and construction may evolve between now and the 13th.

Just now, mattwill said:

The logic and construction may evolve between now and the 13th.

True but I expected some of that today.

16 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

If the Eagles sign Ertz what do they do at TE? Release Jenkins? IR Stowers?

They will probably do nothing until the Bye Week.

I thought Cam Williams had potential. Hinton never looked good. Latu is a dime a dozen guy and Gush was good on ST but looked lost in coverage

15 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

If someone tries to sign a PS player, the team can elevate the player to the 53 to block.

They can also pay the player more on the Practice Squad.

K'Von Wallace on the Raven's PS.

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

They can also pay the player more on the Practice Squad.

Capped at 22,850 per week for a veteran. 2 years or less fixed at 13,750.

2 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

K'Von Wallace on the Raven's PS.

Jalen Reagor with the Dolphin's PS.

3 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Capped at 22,850 per week for a veteran. 2 years or less fixed at 13,750.

I stand corrected. My bad.

Just now, Connecticut Eagle said:

Jalen Reagor with the Dolphin's PS.

Once they added Patullo to their coaching staff they really didn’t need to do much else to tank but they continue to do it anyway. Imagine rostering 53 players than swapping out 9 afterwards. That team might not win a game

20 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Poke me if I'm not here every day, help me get back into the routine! lol

Something I forgot to mention is, I've been playing around with AI and for the past 6 months or year, have thought about trying to do our own little cartoons like the old EMB used to do. Is that possible? Yes. Is that easy? That's what I'm going to try to figure out.

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

I’m curious. Where do you think these holes are? IMO we have no holes in the 24 starters (24 includes NCB and Slot WR). Do you agree with that.

So the holes have to exist around the periphery. Last year at this time we had holes along the LOS on both sides. This year, even with Greenard’s PUP status that is not the case. There are no holes at LB and there were none at LB last year either. We have no holes at RB, and arguably RB is stronger (less of a hole) now than it was 12 months ago.

CB2 was a big hole last year. It is not now.

So that leaves CB 4-6, Safety 3-4, TE 3 and WR 2-6 as the only possible holes. That sounds like dents rather than holes.

We do not agree.

34 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

What am I misunderstanding?

At the end of training camp, IPP players can either be signed to their assigned club’s 53-man roster or waived. Players who clear waivers may be signed to their assigned team’s practice squad using an IPP exemption that allows for an extra practice squad spot. IPP players signed to a practice squad using the exemption may not be signed to any team’s active roster that season; however, players signed to a practice squad without the exemption are treated in the same way as other practice squad players for roster purposes.

https://operations.nfl.com/programs-initiatives/international-growth/international-player-pathway

New Rules for 2024 International Player Pathway Program:

Beginning in 2024, each of the 32 NFL clubs is eligible to fill a 17^th roster spot on its practice squad, reserved for an international player. A participating club is permitted to elevate its international practice squad player to its active roster a maximum of three times throughout the season — increasing the flexibility for clubs to leverage the additional player, while creating more opportunity to play.

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-is-the-international-player-pathway

I couldn't find the exact source I read it from a few months ago but this is the Falcons Director of Football Communications

As Krieg satisfies the NFL's definition of an international player, he can be signed to the team's practice squad as such. As a member of the practice squad, he is subject to the same roster and transaction rules as the other practice squad members. This includes the ability to be elevated to the active roster on game day, which can be done a maximum of three times during the regular season and any number of games during the postseason.

One recent change to the international player rules is that Krieg is now eligible to be signed off the Falcons practice squad to another team's active roster at any time. Previously, IPs were not permitted to be signed from a practice squad to another team's active roster.

https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/what-is-the-nfl-international-player-pathway-program

49 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He actually played well in the last game.

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We do not agree.

What starter do you think is a hole?

Weru back

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

https://www.nfl.com/news/what-is-the-international-player-pathway

I couldn't find the exact source I read it from a few months ago but this is the Falcons Director of Football Communications

https://www.atlantafalcons.com/news/what-is-the-nfl-international-player-pathway-program

It's on the NFL site and both the Philly Special and PHLY podcasters have been telling me the same. We'll see if/when it happens.

4 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Weru back

Some undue risk on cutdown day imo, but it worked out. That’s a good group.