1 hour ago, brkmsn said:

First of all, Howie was joking.

Now ... about Daniel Jeremiah. He was an NFL scout for over ten years including working for the Eagles under Roseman. So there's a lot of respect for his opinion by the Eagles as well as other teams around the NFL. Of course they all have their own scouts and their own draft boards and don't just copy and paste Jeremiah's top 150 to save money. But those scouts don't make the amount of money Daniel Jeremiah now makes working for the NFL Network. They have to be away from home more which is a large reason he left the Eagles to pursue an offer to work for NFL.com. I'm not sure how you figure he doesn't have an NFL job. He does. It's just not for a specific team, but it's for the NFL product. He also has a ton of connections among scouts, GMs and teams around the league, so his information isn't just from a blogger fan with a youtube channel. 

 

Another difference between Jeremiah's big board and a team's draft board is that teams have a lot of flags on players that effect where teams are comfortable taking them. That's less of a concern in Daniel Jeremiah's current job. 

I’m very familiar with Jeremiah and I actually enjoy listening to his opinion. I just don’t think any other teams care what he posts on NFL.com. 

38 minutes ago, Road to Victory said:

I’m very familiar with Jeremiah and I actually enjoy listening to his opinion. I just don’t think any other teams care what he posts on NFL.com. 

If you are familiar with him, then you should know why he left being a team scout for a job with the NFL. But you're siding with a dude that took Howie's joking comment as literal fact instead of just the witty sentiment it was intended to be. 

8 hours ago, Road to Victory said:

I’m very familiar with Jeremiah and I actually enjoy listening to his opinion. I just don’t think any other teams care what he posts on NFL.com. 

And that is important because … ???

7 hours ago, brkmsn said:

If you are familiar with him, then you should know why he left being a team scout for a job with the NFL. But you're siding with a dude that took Howie's joking comment as literal fact instead of just the witty sentiment it was intended to be. 

The money he makes in his current job is probably 5-times what he made as a scout.

Howie has been on Rich Eisen and other shows, they did the all access draft day thing. Howie is all over the place.

 

Nobody puts Big Pimpin' in the basement!

4 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

Nobody puts Big Pimpin' in the basement!

He put himself there for this embarrassment and won't be forgiven until this mess is PROVEN to be fixed 

BUMP

Where are all the Howie Humpers now?

• Gave a monster contract to a QB after 1 good season AGAIN.  Now we're stuck with a guy with a noodle arm that still can't read defenses;
• Spent enormous draft capital (3 first round picks and 1 3rd round pick) on the Georgia BUSTdogs;
• Traded Reddick and gave big money to Bryce Huff who looks like he's going in the Eagles Worst FA Pickups HOF with Nnamdi, Byron Maxwell, etc.
• And I wouldn't be surprised he had a say in the new coordinators as well who don't look any better than last season.

This is not looking good for 2 drafts and 2 years of free agency, trade deadline moves, for Howie. Several of these dudes just want to get paid. No dogs.

2 minutes ago, seengreen said:

This is not looking good for 2 drafts and 2 Yeats of free agency, trade deadline moves, for Howie. Several of these dudes just want to get paid. No dogs.

Howie did it again!  Best GM in football!

This was not a good look for Howie. This team is clearly not put together well and it’s obvious this coaching staff is not a cohesive group. It’s time for a change at the HC and possible at QB. Howie probably should be moved on from as well, but I know Lurie would never do it. 

1 minute ago, ToDie4Eagles said:

Howie did it again!  Best GM in football!

He is allowed some leeway. But, this is ugly. Only 1 stud out of all these pics? 

So of Pederson can be fired after winning the Super Bowl, and if Sirianni can eventually be fired after then Super Bowl, then why can’t Howie be held accountable for how these teams fell apart? 

4 hours ago, ToDie4Eagles said:

BUMP

LOL @ the September cliff jumpers.

Blame Lurie’s son as well for his stupid analytics BS

3 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

So of Pederson can be fired after winning the Super Bowl, and if Sirianni can eventually be fired after then Super Bowl, then why can’t Howie be held accountable for how these teams fell apart? 

If you were a manager of a garage and provided nothing but the best in terms of tools (players), but the employees (HC) using those tools turn out to be morons, how much accountability should be on you, when the owner does the actual hiring of said morons? 

39 minutes ago, Portyansky said:

If you were a manager of a garage and provided nothing but the best in terms of tools (players), but the employees (HC) using those tools turn out to be morons, how much accountability should be on you, when the owner does the actual hiring of said morons? 

nothing but the best? I think thats a stretch. 

You could argue that the tools are too old, or not fit for purpose. 

Howie's front 7 on D may end up being historically bad.  Gonna get really ugly these last 13 games

15 minutes ago, weko said:

Howie's front 7 on D may end up being historically bad.  Gonna get really ugly these last 13 games

Alright! My favorite overused adjective (in this case an adverb) from 2023! There was a historic use of that description last year. I was afraid it would be cliché this year.

5 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

Alright! My favorite overused adjective (in this case an adverb) from 2023! There was a historic use of that description last year. I was afraid it would be cliché this year.

@brkmsn hugging of the nutsack that hangeth  ‘twixt the legs of Howie is of historical proportions that rival those of yore.

6 hours ago, rrfierce said:

nothing but the best? I think thats a stretch. 

You could argue that the tools are too old, or not fit for purpose. 

I mean when healthy, we got the best oline, best WR duo, on pace to be the best RB. That's O. 

D. Mostly everyone was on cloud 9 when we got Davis, Dean, Carter, Smith. And now Mitchell and Dean. Weren't too many complaints about the Huff signing.

It's easy to start saying shoulda coulda now that we're seeing the results. 

The problem is and has always been under Siri... its Sirianni. That I won't give Lurie and Roseman a pass. Yes playoffs every year and a SB appearance, but the only logical thing Siri ever did was relinquish play cacallingbut he ain't going anywhere, so we'll have to make due.

 

It's only been 4 weeks and we're riddled with injuries. No way we produce that Offensive crap with our oline, AJ and Smitty in the lineup. In turn the D would have had rest and time to adjust (hopefully).

Seasons aren't won or lost in the 1st quarter. November and December will tell us everything. 

1 hour ago, brkmsn said:

Alright! My favorite overused adjective (in this case an adverb) from 2023! There was a historic use of that description last year. I was afraid it would be cliché this year.

Historically bad part deux

After doing the GM job for so many years, I'd think their grading system on prospects and especially veterans would be fairly standardized and sufficiently refined to avoid bigtime busts. It is not. I want Howie to pull off one major strategic move in player personnel. Do what it takes to get Arch Manning. That's it.

On 2/14/2024 at 2:04 AM, Cochis_Calhoun said:

I mean we're laughing about it but Howie's record picking in the 20's is genuinely indefensible, a monkey on crystal meth throwing darts at a wall board of prospects photos would have a better hit rate.

According to analytics we will do better with the Monkey as GM than Howie. Let's find that Monkey. And offer him the GM job. LOL

6 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

After doing the GM job for so many years, I'd think their grading system on prospects and especially veterans would be fairly standardized and sufficiently refined to avoid bigtime busts. 

Are you crazy?  You really think that's how this works.

There is no team that is sufficiently refined to avoid big time busts....that's why LESS THAN HALF of first round picks get a second contract from the team that drafted them!