8 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Avery to LB screams Howie pulling the strings because he's trying to save face on a crap trade.  That's why I think they are going to give Hurts every chance to be the starter for the foreseeable future.  I would be stunned if they went QB in the 1st round.  Not because it's not the right idea....But because it flies in the face of Lowie's personality and doesn't align with their warped logic.  

To me it screams desperate to fill holes because we aint gonna be able to do it any other way 

Here, we have the standard, even if self-proclaimed, of a smarter than your average bear.

 

Unfortunately, we have been provided a glimpse of what the other half of the distribution looks like.

7 minutes ago, RLC said:

Pretty impressive that the Wentz trade made both the Eagles & Colts worse in projections.

Reminds me of an old joke:

When a person moves from New Mexico to Texas, they raise the average IQ in both states. 

3 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Sure we will.  We get real linebackers and real defensive ends.  Just not good ones.  I'm done with turning safeties into linebackers, drafting 220 lb linebackers, turning corners into safeties.....it's enough.  I'm in a mood today.  

Didn't say I agreed with it. I've been done with it forever. Has it ever worked? 

1 minute ago, DumbleBear said:

You don't want to go there. It's "your" old boy network that kept the players off the field. 

 

What the hell are you talking about?

 

 

 

Never mind, I'm not interested.

50 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Caplan said he believes you can only designate two cuts as post-June 1. I didn’t know that was a thing. 

Yup, and it was said about a month ago it was Malik and Alshon 

One more for the ignore list...

2 minutes ago, greend said:

To me it screams desperate to fill holes because we aint gonna be able to do it any other way 

I think a lot of us on here have pointed out that it true Eagles fashion, they have a top 10 pick in a very weak top 10 class.  I think what's even worse is that this 2021 Free Agent class has some very good players and we're also going to see a lot of productive veterans get released.

So, where do we stand?

-Not a strong top end draft.

-No money to add top or even mid-tier free agents.

-Roster not constructed to take advantage of newly available veteran players.

A good GM needs to have scouts and front office folks looking at every level.  You need to have your scouts letting you know what prospects are going to be draft eligible and what positions of strength will be.

You need you have a team of guys looking at the cap and when you should have your cap be at its most flexible.  I understand the run it back mentality but you have to also be realistic about it.  This team was not built to run it back and kicking the can down the road really hurts the Eagles.

 

30 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Yep.  I read JJAW to h-back somewhere.  

 

This is why they hired Siriani and not someone who was higher on their list.  Because they want to dictate the 53 to him.  

We knew that from the beginning.  Everyone knew this was a dumpster fire.  Between their desire to pull the strings and the issues with this job, they were going to get someone like this.  However, I would argue that Siriani was pretty high on their list.  They WANT someone who will be a pushover.  That's why they initially hired Doug.  And then that's why they eventually fired Doug.  Siriani is exactly who they wanted.

12 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Yup, and it was said about a month ago it was Malik and Alshon 

Yup. We'll have (I think) 12-13M in dead money between the two of them in 2022.
If that's the only significant dead money in 2022, except for rookies that don't make it which would be another 1-2M, we're fine cap wise moving forward.

Gotta pull the band-aid off and trade vets.

29 minutes ago, greend said:

To me it screams desperate to fill holes because we aint gonna be able to do it any other way 

No doubt we'll have more UDFA's than usual filling out the depth chart.

The extrapolation from that move is that both Graham and Barnett may be back...or they intend to draft DE at some point.  Like you are implying, they aren't going to be adding much outside of the draft.  Taking a body from DE and adding it to LB probably suggests LB is the position that will need the bodies.  

Or we are all reading into it too much and they want to give the guy a shot at LB before they write off their hilarious 4th round investment.

3 minutes ago, RLC said:

Yup. We'll have (I think) 12-13M in dead money between the two of them in 2022.
If that's the only significant dead money in 2022, except for rookies that don't make it which would be another 1-2M, we're fine cap wise moving forward.

Gotta pull the band-aid off and trade vets.

We aren't going to be competitive in 2022, so I suppose some dead money there is fine.  But it's still irritating and incredible that we could have 13m of dead money in Alshon and Malik a year from now.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We aren't going to be competitive in 2022, so I suppose some dead money there is fine.  But it's still irritating and incredible that we could have 13m of dead money in Alshon and Malik a year from now.

The Malik Jackson contract not being worse than the Alshon Jeffrey contract is truly a spectacular failure. #FireHowie

At some point, the fact that this is a talentless team with no one worth paying has to kick into the salary cap.  Maybe it takes 4 years, but after enough Howie drafts pile up and enough offseasons of no FA additions, we'll be left with no one to pay.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

Caplan said he believes you can only designate two cuts as post-June 1. I didn’t know that was a thing. 

Yep and those are Malik Jackson and Alshon Jeffery, both vested veterans not subject to waivers, who renegotiated their salary numbers in return for free agency and probably some minimal guarantee that will allow the Eagles to spread their dead cap over two years. (Cap will skyrocket next year with the new TV contracts so @Iggles_Phan fears over dead cap money going into future years is less of a burden.). Those two make the best sense.  In essence, the difference in cutting them without those designations this year and with is close to $12 million in cap,hit this year.  The only other player that comes close to that this year is BG and I just don’t see them cutting him. He has three more pretend years on his contract so I expect they fashion some of his salary this year as signing bonus to spread its hit into those pretend years. 

1 hour ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

Yes. And, if they do, it again cements that Howie is a failure at drafting on a epic level.

Not necessarily.  It could mean they see Dillard as an average LT but see Sewell as a perennial all pro and Dillard young enough on a rookie first round contract to be either a huge depth cushion against losing Mailata/trade value.   LT this year is looking to two years in the future, not what will you do for us this year. 

5 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Not necessarily.  It could mean they see Dillard as an average LT but see Sewell as a perennial all pro and Dillard young enough on a rookie first round contract to be either a huge depth cushion against losing Mailata/trade value.   LT this year is looking to two years in the future, not what will you do for us this year. 

Not necessarily.  It could mean they see Dillard as an average LT but see Sewell as a perennial all pro and Dillard young enough on a rookie first round contract to be either a huge depth cushion against losing Mailata/trade value.   LT this year is looking to two years in the future, not what will you do for us this year. 

Not necessarily.  It could mean they see Dillard as an average LT but see Sewell as a perennial all pro and Dillard young enough on a rookie first round contract to be either a huge depth cushion against losing Mailata/trade value.   LT this year is looking to two years in the future, not what will you do for us this year. 

If you say it three times, it has to be true.

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

You're giving them too much credit.  You're assuming they had a plan and aren't trying to figure this ish out as they went along.  If he was high on their list, they wouldn't have taken a week to meet with him and interviewed all of those other guys.  My theory is they went along interviewing all of those other guys, trying to seem like the gold standard and smartest guys in the room and it's my suspicion they got the feel that some of those guys weren't going to let them meddle.  So then they met their ultimate puppet.  I think, like Doug, Siriani might be propped up by a good young staff.  At least that's my hope.  

If I were a meddlesome owner who wanted to call the shots with minimal accountability, I'd look for a young coach and young staff with a solid track record of developing fundamentals with players (about which I know nothing) so that Howie and I could dictate the rest.  That's exactly what they did.

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

This twitter thread would be worthwhile for se here. 

 

 

His throws downfield were late and off target way too often 

8 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Not necessarily.  It could mean they see Dillard as an average LT but see Sewell as a perennial all pro and Dillard young enough on a rookie first round contract to be either a huge depth cushion against losing Mailata/trade value.   LT this year is looking to two years in the future, not what will you do for us this year. 

 

Dillard will be 26 this season, not exactly young when you consider Mailata is just 23.  

Trading up in the 1st with a 1st, 4th and 6th for a "depth cushion" is a MASSIVE failure.  

 

1 minute ago, Alphagrand said:

His throws downfield were late and off target way too often 

Some will claim that is because he is a rookie.  I suspect its more about being a mediocre QB with limited talent around him.

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Dillard will be 26 this season, not exactly young when you consider Mailata is just 23.  

Trading up in the 1st with a 1st, 4th and 6th for a "depth cushion" is a MASSIVE failure.  

 

If his rookie year debut at RT is any indication, I'd say he has a long way to go to become a depth cusion.

3 minutes ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

Some will claim that is because he is a rookie.  I suspect its more about being a mediocre QB with limited talent around him.

Hurtzcuses 

6 minutes ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

Some will claim that is because he is a rookie.  I suspect its more about being a mediocre QB with limited talent around him.

I think it was Ace Nova or Mike I told  — all I expect from Hurts this season is a basic progression.  62% passing, 11 yards per completion, 3:1 TD/INT ratio.

The first two of those are pedestrian NFL QB numbers, but let’s see him at least get there

53 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Avery to LB screams Howie pulling the strings because he's trying to save face on a crap trade.  That's why I think they are going to give Hurts every chance to be the starter for the foreseeable future.  I would be stunned if they went QB in the 1st round.  Not because it's not the right idea....But because it flies in the face of Lowie's personality and doesn't align with their warped logic.  

Avery was a MIKE at Memphis.  He projected better as a LB in the pros than he did as a DE.  Now, he was a big MIKE weighing in at 255 despite being 6’.  He weighed in at the Combine at 248 (still a big MIKE) and ran a 4.59 forty with a 6.90 three cone and a bit disappointing 4.38 short shuttle.  He bulked up to play DE but LB, including some rush LB (check out Indy’s D) makes good sense for him.  He graded in 2018 as a fourth rounder on most boards.  I can see with that size and speed how the Eagles might have seen potential for some BG in him but I think he is more naturally a LB.  The Eagles have some solid athletes at LB although all green.  Instincts are a huge part of that and TJ is the one with natural LB instincts.  We may be surprised with the quality of LB play without all the responsibilities that a wide 9 LB has. I am not saying the Eagles can’t upgrade but I think there is at least some solid depth in the group.