We need a Parsons type blue chip player badly on defense. He would single handedly transform the D. 

I think Mac Jones is going to be good in the right system. The 49ers with Shanahan is one off the top of my head I think would be great. Same with the Steelers and Matt Canada 

9 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Just thinking about quarterbacks in next years draft.  I can see Bo Nix climbing the charts.  He was erratic but impressive as a freshman but last year was a mess for Auburn.  They hired Bryan Harsin away from Boise State and he's produced good quarterbacks during his time there.

Nix is an impressive athlete and has good size for the NFL at 6-3 225.  He's a darkhorse for me next year. 

Ridder and Strong are 2 I see making a push into red 1.

some nice QB talent next year

Smith or Chase -- take whichever one is on the board. If they are both there, take Chase. 

If they are both gone, and Sewell is gone, trade back with someone looking for a QB (like Carolina). 

I don't know why we need to overthink this. 

I’m taking bo Callahan with the 6 pick

Or vontae Mack later

As good a WR as Devonta Smith is, I'll believe a 170 lb WR who doesn't run a 4.1 40 getting drafted in the top 5 when I see it.

It's a little premature to say this will happen, but it's worth considering/preparing for the possibility.  Could we be nearing an era where NFL QB's, much like NBA superstars, hop from team to team at their whim to maximize their surrounding talent?

Brady set it in motion.  And now, like dominos, there is a collection of one-time (or present) franchise QB's barking back against coaches/owners and forcing trades to specific teams.  

 

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

It's a little premature to say this will happen, but it's worth considering/preparing for the possibility.  Could we be nearing an era where NFL QB's, much like NBA superstars, hop from team to team at their whim to maximize their surrounding talent?

Brady set it in motion.  And now, like dominos, there is a collection of one-time (or present) franchise QB's barking back against coaches/owners and forcing trades to specific teams.  

 

Sure. Top 5 QBs have all the leverage they want in the NFL.

As soon as the NFL realizes that signing non-top-5 QBs to $40 million per year contracts is incredibly stupid, those guys in the top 5 will have even more power because of the new liquidity of the position.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

It's a little premature to say this will happen, but it's worth considering/preparing for the possibility.  Could we be nearing an era where NFL QB's, much like NBA superstars, hop from team to team at their whim to maximize their surrounding talent?

Brady set it in motion.  And now, like dominos, there is a collection of one-time (or present) franchise QB's barking back against coaches/owners and forcing trades to specific teams.  

 

I doubt it. Watson is a unique situation, the worst managed team in the NFL. Wilson has been in Seattle for a decade, I think it's less about wanting to leave than pushing for a change in offensive philosophy that doesn't depend on his athleticism, at 33 he can see the inevitable end to his career if they don't change their approach.

Wentz was more mutual agreement, it was time for both parties to move on.

Most of the other moves were driven by QB failure, if Goff had developed, the Rams never look at Stafford, etc.

For one thing, a QB with a few years in a scheme faces a lot of uncertainty moving to a new team, now if the HC is fired, that's another story.

2 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Sure. Top 5 QBs have all the leverage they want in the NFL.

As soon as the NFL realizes that signing non-top-5 QBs to $40 million per year contracts is incredibly stupid, those guys in the top 5 will have even more power because of the new liquidity of the position.

And so starts a slow death of the NFL.

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

Maybe we get really lucky and the law of averages kicks in for this draft.  Howie has gotten it wrong so many times, it's possible math takes over and we get a few solid players.

That's the spirit

59 minutes ago, downundermike said:

@austinfan

Don’t want Bobby Brown in that spot but I guess if they take him, it’s their prerogative. 

12 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

It's a little premature to say this will happen, but it's worth considering/preparing for the possibility.  Could we be nearing an era where NFL QB's, much like NBA superstars, hop from team to team at their whim to maximize their surrounding talent?

Brady set it in motion.  And now, like dominos, there is a collection of one-time (or present) franchise QB's barking back against coaches/owners and forcing trades to specific teams.  

 

To be fair, Brady became a free agent and left a team that clearly didn't want him anymore. There are 2 reasons I see this as unlikely:

1. The NFL has a hard salary cap: Unlike the NBA, NFL teams don't have 8 million exceptions to exceed the cap/pay a tax/etc. Now combine that with the massive cap hits that teams trading a player away have to take (see Wentz, Carson), and it makes it a much more bitter pill to swallow. I don't think there is a real "dead cap" problem in the NBA since the contracts are fully guaranteed (other than for bottom of the roster guys). But in the NFL, guys are going to want large signing bonuses and guarantees for the injury risk, and that leaves a massive cap acceleration for the team. If QBs went to less of a signing bonus and more guaranteed salaries, this would mitigate the problem, but teams love spreading the bonuses out and reducing the cap hits in the early years. 

2. The NBA Max Salary: The reason super teams come together in the NBA is because of the max salary. Basically, LeBron can't be paid his true market rate, but he is capped and basically makes the same as Paul George or Mike Connelly. Since teams can't pay above a certain amount for a superstar, they can all afford 3 max contracts. So this puts all the power in the elite players' hands. LeBron or KD on a max contract is a bargain and huge asset to their team, so they can dictate to those teams. That's not the case in the NFL.

Stafford was unique because the Lions want to rebuild and did right by a franchise icon. Wentz was a situation we completely screwed up. Let's see what happens with Wilson and Watson. Watson would be $21.6mm in dead money, Wilson $39 million.

6 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Hurts is no McNair.  JFC.   And you can pull up stats about accuracy all you want.  McNair was a great passer and a bona fide stud.   I can see Lance being a better comparison to McNair.   But even that is a stretch.   

Yeah, the Oilers sat McNair for two seasons because he was such an accurate passer out of college.  Like it or not, Hurts was a more accurate passer in college.   Air McNair was drafted because of his arm and the passing yards he put up as a senior but his accuracy was a question mark.  The comp is both were dual threat QBs with decent size.  I am sure that you watched a lot of Alcorn State games to make your judgment.  

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

And so starts a slow death of the NFL.

I don't think the death of the NFL will come from player issues, anthem issues, racial issues at the top.  The people most pissed off by those things are still tuning in on Sundays.

The real problem is the ground underneath the league, which is shifting.  Concussion problems, battered bodies...parents don't have their kids playing football in the same numbers as before.  When kids are surrounded and invested in other sports from 5-18, eventually those changes will trickle up to the NFL.

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

To be fair, Brady became a free agent and left a team that clearly didn't want him anymore. There are 2 reasons I see this as unlikely:

1. The NFL has a hard salary cap: Unlike the NBA, NFL teams don't have 8 million exceptions to exceed the cap/pay a tax/etc. Now combine that with the massive cap hits that teams trading a player away have to take (see Wentz, Carson), and it makes it a much more bitter pill to swallow. I don't think there is a real "dead cap" problem in the NBA since the contracts are fully guaranteed (other than for bottom of the roster guys). But in the NFL, guys are going to want large signing bonuses and guarantees for the injury risk, and that leaves a massive cap acceleration for the team. If QBs went to less of a signing bonus and more guaranteed salaries, this would mitigate the problem, but teams love spreading the bonuses out and reducing the cap hits in the early years. 

2. The NBA Max Salary: The reason super teams come together in the NBA is because of the max salary. Basically, LeBron can't be paid his true market rate, but he is capped and basically makes the same as Paul George or Mike Connelly. Since teams can't pay above a certain amount for a superstar, they can all afford 3 max contracts. So this puts all the power in the elite players' hands. LeBron or KD on a max contract is a bargain and huge asset to their team, so they can dictate to those teams. That's not the case in the NFL.

Stafford was unique because the Lions want to rebuild and did right by a franchise icon. Wentz was a situation we completely screwed up. Let's see what happens with Wilson and Watson. Watson would be $21.6mm in dead money, Wilson $39 million.

Absolutely.  Brady's situation was different from those other dominos.  The Pats wanted to move on too.  But we do hear a lot of franchise QB's chirping, trying to control their own situation this offseason.

I don't think they are headed for the NBA, but just food for though.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't think the death of the NFL will come from player issues, anthem issues, racial issues at the top.  The people most pissed off by those things are still tuning in on Sundays.

The real problem is the ground underneath the league, which is shifting.  Concussion problems, battered bodies...parents don't have their kids playing football in the same numbers as before.  When kids are surrounded and invested in other sports from 5-18, eventually those changes will trickle up to the NFL.

I think this is less of a problem than it looks on the surface. They're changing practice and play to reduce concussions, and it turns out concussions occur in every sport, including soccer.

The areas that are football crazy are still football crazy, go to any small town in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana etc. and check out HS football.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Absolutely.  Brady's situation was different from those other dominos.  The Pats wanted to move on too.  But we do hear a lot of franchise QB's chirping, trying to control their own situation this offseason.

I don't think they are headed for the NBA, but just food for though.

I think if QBs want to go this way, they need to start signing contracts with smaller signing bonuses and large, guaranteed salaries for multiple years. That way a team could trade them without imploding the cap. Watson did that somewhat, with only $27 million of his total $73.7 million of guarantees being a signing bonus. The issue for now is that he just signed that deal, so 4 of the 5 years would accelerate if he is moved (80% of $27mm = $21.6mm). If he played 3 years, then the $10.8mm hit would be much more manageable. 

The problem is teams would hate this. They want to amortize the signing bonus over 5 years, have low salaries in the 1st 2 years and keep the cap number down. Then, in year 3, restructure and convert the large salary into a signing bonus and keep kicking the can. 

2 hours ago, hputenis said:

McDonald's literally makes me feel hungover after I eat it.  Same thing with Taco Bell.  I think the quality of the food is so bad that my body has started to reject it immediately and I get headaches and sweats.  Sorry @HazletonEagle.  

This past Sunday, I don't really know what I was thinking but I usually do a huge crock pot so my wife and I have leftovers for dinner for a few nights.  I put on a chicken coconut curry at about 10 am.  It takes about 6-7 hours, so without thinking, I got Chipotle for lunch, with my usual mass quantities of ass fire-lava inducing hot tomatillo red sauce.  For those interested, it's delicious.

https://www.evolvingtable.com/slow-cooker-chicken-curry-coconut-milk/

So in 1 day, my diet was Chipotle and Indian food.  It's not hard to predict what happened at about 10 pm.  

 

What movie is this?

 

Reminder: Eagles wanted to interview Eric Bieniemy but he refused.

 

 

12 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't think the death of the NFL will come from player issues, anthem issues, racial issues at the top.  The people most pissed off by those things are still tuning in on Sundays.

The real problem is the ground underneath the league, which is shifting.  Concussion problems, battered bodies...parents don't have their kids playing football in the same numbers as before.  When kids are surrounded and invested in other sports from 5-18, eventually those changes will trickle up to the NFL.

Also too many commercial breaks.  

For me it's either Pennei Sewell, Jalen Waddle or Parsons in the first. Even if we trade down a couple. If you gamble on trey lance you better be right.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

He’s basically the polar opposite of Jaylen Hurts.

So he can throw but not run? I think I like him

2 hours ago, Bacarty2 said:

This **** is hot. but good hot. like sweating, why do i put my self through this but it's so F****ing good I'm going to keep eating it. Tossed my wings, smoked for an hour, deep fried to get cripy, retossed in this dry rub. 

Try Berbere in your rub, also a good hot. I also make a quick bbq sauce with sambal, soy, and brown sugar. Hot, salty, sweet according to your taste.

42 minutes ago, olsilverhair said:

I’m taking bo Callahan with the 6 pick

Or vontae Mack later

Silly movie, but fun.