8 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Brissett is just crushingly ironic.

If you are invested in the success of Jalen Hurts (I think he's bad and think the Eagles are making a mistake rolling with him, so I don't really care), Brissett is pretty much the worst possible QB addition possible.

1.  He's going to be one of the most expensive backups in the NFL, which is the whole fabricated reason the Eagles twisted themselves into about backup QB's having 2nd round value in the first place.  And 1 year after making that draft selection to protect the cap hit from the backup QB, when we are in cap hell and kicking the can forward, we might sign what will ultimately be one of the most expensive backup QB contracts in NFL history.  Forget a knife, you'd need a chainsaw to cut that irony.

2.  Brissett has nothing to offer Hurts.  He's got far more *cliche buzz word alert* arm talent than Hurts, but he's still a very crude passer.  This isn't Josh Mccown or Alex Smith who might offer something as adjuvant QB coaches.  

3.  Brissett offers value in one of 2 ways:  One, as a backup with starting experience and a big arm to get in there and help you win some games.  That's literally the last thing the Eagles need to break the bank on in a season in which they will not be competitive.  There is no point to eeking out worse draft position on a non-competitive team when the starter goes down.  Option 2 for value is as a project to see if we can salvage his arm talent and make him the guy.

None of these options help Hurts.  

I'm hoping it's just a case of lazy journalism.  Eagles need back up.  Brissett played for many on Eagles staff.  Interest created.

1 minute ago, RLC said:

Brissett has been in the offense for 3 years. Yes, he has something to offer Hurts. 

Yeah, and with the install with the other players... it just seems like a thing that coaches do (AR did it, Dougie P did it, even CK brought in Dennis Dixon).

7 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

He was better than Hurts last season with arguably worse receivers. 

He also wasn’t a rookie and played 15 games to have 20 total tds. Hurts had 9 total tds in about 4 games (played second half gb and missed last quarter vs. Washington). Meaning if he played 15 games he would’ve passed cam Newton which isn’t some great achievement. Also hurts had two less td passes in 11 less games. Not exactly average for cam in my opinion. 

32 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

How did you do that when the eligibility requirements say otherwise?  Did you wait in line for unused vaccines?  I have been to the PA Department of Health website and its eligibility requirement questionnaire shows that as ineligible.  I just cannot get in line in front of folks more needy. My 80+ neighbors had to go to a different county to get their first shots.  No way I would get in line in front of them. 

I called my doctor and asked to be added to the list. My doctor's office called my wife about an hour later and scheduled our vaccine for the following Saturday at 7:00 am. My guess is they had trouble filling the appointments with some of the thinking that goes on locally. I didn't do anything other than make a phone call. I'm not biting and scratching and kicking old people out of the way for Pete's sake.

Still waiting on OTC to update the 2022 cap situation, but we have $ 112 million tied to 6 players next year.  

Cox	$23,780,000.00
Slay	$22,035,000.00
Brooks	$19,419,235.00
Hargrave	$17,802,000.00
Kelce	$15,082,000.00
Johnson	$14,065,000.00
Total	$112,183,235.00

22 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Brissett is just crushingly ironic.

If you are invested in the success of Jalen Hurts (I think he's bad and think the Eagles are making a mistake rolling with him, so I don't really care), Brissett is pretty much the worst possible QB addition possible.

1.  He's going to be one of the most expensive backups in the NFL, which is the whole fabricated reason the Eagles twisted themselves into about backup QB's having 2nd round value in the first place.  And 1 year after making that draft selection to protect the cap hit from the backup QB, when we are in cap hell and kicking the can forward, we might sign what will ultimately be one of the most expensive backup QB contracts in NFL history.  Forget a knife, you'd need a chainsaw to cut that irony.

2.  Brissett has nothing to offer Hurts.  He's got far more *cliche buzz word alert* arm talent than Hurts, but he's still a very crude passer.  This isn't Josh Mccown or Alex Smith who might offer something as adjuvant QB coaches.  

3.  Brissett offers value in one of 2 ways:  One, as a backup with starting experience and a big arm to get in there and help you win some games.  That's literally the last thing the Eagles need to break the bank on in a season in which they will not be competitive.  There is no point to eeking out worse draft position on a non-competitive team when the starter goes down.  Option 2 for value is as a project to see if we can salvage his arm talent and make him the guy.

None of these options help Hurts.  

Jalen Hurts is basically Jacoby Brisset 2.0

Brissett will probably be expensive for a backup since he's on the higher end of NFL backups. If he's cheap, sure. If he's not, waste of money to me if his main role is going to be tutor. Which it should be, because the Eagles should not be trying to win anything in 2021. If Hurts sucks or gets injured, they'd be better off putting in some scrub and riding themselves to another crap season and a top 5 pick. The last thing we need is some solid backup scratching out a couple extra meaningless wins to screw us out of a great pick in a rebuilding year.

2 minutes ago, Casey @ Bat said:

Jalen Hurts is basically Jacoby Brisset 2.0

Oh for f*** sake get outta here

4 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Still waiting on OTC to update the 2022 cap situation, but we have $ 112 million tied to 6 players next year.  

Cox	$23,780,000.00
Slay	$22,035,000.00
Brooks	$19,419,235.00
Hargrave	$17,802,000.00
Kelce	$15,082,000.00
Johnson	$14,065,000.00
Total	$112,183,235.00

awesome use of resources.  Plus the dead cap...we can afford to field the West Chester Golden Rams.

I am sure Desaun Watson is thrilled

 

15 minutes ago, greend said:

I called my doctor and asked to be added to the list. My doctor's office called my wife about an hour later and scheduled our vaccine for the following Saturday at 7:00 am. My guess is they had trouble filling the appointments with some of the thinking that goes on locally. I didn't do anything other than make a phone call. I'm not biting and scratching and kicking old people out of the way for Pete's sake.

 

 

29 minutes ago, RLC said:

Brissett has been in the offense for 3 years. Yes, he has something to offer Hurts. 

So you want to spend millions when we have no cap room on Brissett because he has experience (failed experience) in Sirianni's offense?

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

I am sure Desaun Watson is thrilled

 

Feels like Andre Roberts has been in the league for 15 years. Dude's a survivor.

20 minutes ago, greend said:

I called my doctor and asked to be added to the list. My doctor's office called my wife about an hour later and scheduled our vaccine for the following Saturday at 7:00 am. My guess is they had trouble filling the appointments with some of the thinking that goes on locally. I didn't do anything other than make a phone call. I'm not biting and scratching and kicking old people out of the way for Pete's sake.

Doc:  Greend, we have an opening at 7 am on Saturday for the vaccine, but we'll probably have to push back some of the senior citizens to get you in.  

GreenD:

I'm not sure who didn't see this coming. It was always in Barnett's interest to wait and see what players were going to earn in FA and then try to negotiate a new deal at that time.

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

You’re right.  Brissett is better, right now.   

I disagree, but my comment wasn't about who was better. The guy called Hurts Brissett 2.0 when the 2 barely have anything in common. It's the laziest of lazy comparisons.

I'm glad they only extended Graham for a single year.  Necessary for the cap this year but doesn't tie us down during the time we're likely to be re-entering the free agent market.

50 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Brissett is just crushingly ironic.

If you are invested in the success of Jalen Hurts (I think he's bad and think the Eagles are making a mistake rolling with him, so I don't really care), Brissett is pretty much the worst possible QB addition possible.

1.  He's going to be one of the most expensive backups in the NFL, which is the whole fabricated reason the Eagles twisted themselves into about backup QB's having 2nd round value in the first place.  And 1 year after making that draft selection to protect the cap hit from the backup QB, when we are in cap hell and kicking the can forward, we might sign what will ultimately be one of the most expensive backup QB contracts in NFL history.  Forget a knife, you'd need a chainsaw to cut that irony.

2.  Brissett has nothing to offer Hurts.  He's got far more *cliche buzz word alert* arm talent than Hurts, but he's still a very crude passer.  This isn't Josh Mccown or Alex Smith who might offer something as adjuvant QB coaches.  

3.  Brissett offers value in one of 2 ways:  One, as a backup with starting experience and a big arm to get in there and help you win some games.  That's literally the last thing the Eagles need to break the bank on in a season in which they will not be competitive.  There is no point to eeking out worse draft position on a non-competitive team when the starter goes down.  Option 2 for value is as a project to see if we can salvage his arm talent and make him the guy.

None of these options help Hurts.  

 

 

Why can't Jacoby provide that veteran presence as a backup to a young QB that Alex Smith and Josh McCown do? 

8 minutes ago, metal said:

I'm not sure who didn't see this coming. It was always in Barnett's interest to wait and see what players were going to earn in FA and then try to negotiate a new deal at that time.

Considering the Lions are the king of idiot deals (looking at you Big V) writing a column based largely on the idea that the fact that the Lions vastly overpaid for an average DE in a market that is going to be flooded with DEs means that the Eagles will also have to overpay seems iffy at best, and also ignores the deal given to Golden by the Cards.  

21 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

So you want to spend millions when we have no cap room on Brissett because he has experience (failed experience) in Sirianni's offense?

It depends on the cost of the QB. Reasonable $$ to help out the team is fine. Having no backup QB to help out the young WRs is a bad idea.

Again, people have unrealistic expectations of what the backup QB will be.

The Eagles made their own bed by drafting Hurts in the 2nd round.  Now he’s the starter and any backup they bring in will be worse than him.

 

 

Patriots are gonna finish last in that division.