10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

This 7 round eagles mock makes me pretty happy

https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/philadelphia-eagles-7-round-2021-nfl-mock-draft-trade-12

Stoked with some of those picks, especially Horn at Pick 12, but 3 WRs and a TE in RD 3? Would be shocked to see 3 WRs drafted.

2 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

Stoked with some of those picks, especially Horn at Pick 12, but 3 WRs and a TE in RD 3? Would be shocked to see 3 WRs drafted.

Why three wr?

1 minute ago, Right4thePicking said:

Why three wr?

WR factory!!!!!!

A lot of these national reporters are no longer true journalists. They’re access reporters. They pass along information to the benefit of others. 

3 hours ago, eagle45 said:

That's fair.  I'm all for rolling a draft capital snowball downhill.

What re-ignited this entire Hurts debate was when I suggested using a 3rd round pick on a lottery ticket QB.

My bottom line with Hurts: we have no one else.  So of course, fine, let's see what he can do in 2021.  But he is not a good enough prospect and has not shown enough thus far for the Eagles to have ANY hesitation in upgrading the future at the position.  Be it with a first round pick (or trade up) for an excellent prospect or a 3rd-7th round pick on someone with upside to groom and compete.  You don't pass up on either of those opportunities, should they present themselves, because we have Jalen Hurts.

Agreed with that.  Funny enough, it sort of fits the Howie QB factory philosophy. And it's something that I subscribe to myself. Even if you have a prime Tom Brady, you should be bringing in good prospects behind him to groom. You never know when a player will get hurt, and if you develop them, they increase in value.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

This 7 round eagles mock makes me pretty happy

https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/philadelphia-eagles-7-round-2021-nfl-mock-draft-trade-12

I like Rondale Moore a lot and like Tylan Wallace even more, but carpet-bombing WR in the draft has the consequences of not drafting a S until #189 and no IOL until #234 .... wouldn’t make me very happy.  Not sure Monty Rice is any upgrade at LB over Singleton and Edwards — but at least it’s not Pete Werner 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

A lot of these national reporters are no longer true journalists. They’re access reporters. They pass along information to the benefit of others. 

There are no true journalists anymore, anywhere. Everyone everywhere just wants to be first, no matter if the information is right or wrong. It's a terrible era for media.

46 minutes ago, TEW said:

Agreed with that.  Funny enough, it sort of fits the Howie QB factory philosophy. And it's something that I subscribe to myself. Even if you have a prime Tom Brady, you should be bringing in good prospects behind him to groom. You never know when a player will get hurt, and if you develop them, they increase in value.

Yep.  I generally bash Howie...but I do support the notion of stacking up the roster and using a stream of mid round picks in a qb factory to find the right passer.  I’m not convinced it’s cost effective to invest in the 1-3 guys that the NFL scouting community anoints as the top qbs in a given year.  
 

 

19 minutes ago, devpool said:

There are no true journalists anymore, anywhere. Everyone everywhere just wants to be first, no matter if the information is right or wrong. It's a terrible era for media.

This is a really bad take. 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

This is a really bad take. 

Explain. Everything since the inception of Twitter is about getting news first, not getting news right.

Edit: why do you think everyone hates the media now? Bias aside, half the time they give out incomplete stories and facts in an effort to be the first to break news.

Just now, devpool said:

Explain. Everything since the inception of Twitter is about getting news first, not getting news right.

There’s nothing to explain. You’re just plain wrong. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

There’s nothing to explain. You’re just plain wrong. 

Lol ok. Sorry your apparent profession is hated by most of the country now, by no one's fault but their own.

1 minute ago, devpool said:

Lol ok. Sorry your apparent profession is hated by most of the country now, by no one's fault but their own.

Don’t apologize. Be smarter and paint with a smaller brush.

6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Yep.  I generally bash Howie...but I do support the notion of stacking up the roster and using a stream of mid round picks in a qb factory to find the right passer.  I’m not convinced it’s cost effective to invest in the 1-3 guys that the NFL scouting community anoints as the top qbs in a given year.  
 

 

QB is just so difficult. By the numbers, you basically have to take a guy in the first round to find a true franchise QB.  Sure, you might stumble into Joe Montana or Tom Brady in the low rounds once every 20 years, or even a Drew Brees or Russel Wilson in the top 100, but realistically it's got to be in the first round.  But then you look at how many of them bust, and how much of a franchise level commitment you have to make even ignoring a trade up, and it's just an incredibly risky endeavor on every level: for the coach and GM who risk their career to the owner who is liable to see his franchise tank for half a decade.

But by the same token, if you're convinced you've found the guy you have to go get them, right? What are your other options, really? You can hope someone shakes loose in free agency like Manning or Brady did. But that's usually a temporary solution -- a guy at the end of the line where the stars align, you  have a great supporting cast in place, and you can steal a ring out of the ether.  Maybe you get the opportunity to bring in a reclamation project like Vick or Wentz who have baggage, injuries, or other issues but real talent. But at the end of the day, these are rare opportunities and they don't always work out. So if you trust your scouts and coaches, do your homework on their personal lives, and are convinced that they they have the physical ability and mental fortitude to make it, then you have to take the chance right?

40 minutes ago, devpool said:

Explain. Everything since the inception of Twitter is about getting news first, not getting news right.

Edit: why do you think everyone hates the media now? Bias aside, half the time they give out incomplete stories and facts in an effort to be the first to break news.

Sources tell me , 

followed by all the * I can confirm• ,  it’s become embarrassing 

4 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

You think he changed his number because of Wentz?

It was kind of chickenshit that Wentz chose Hurts’ number in Indy.  I think #1 became available with Johnston leaving and Hurts grabbed it.  There may have been a bit a suck it to Carson in there as well. 

7 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

It was kind of chickenshit that Wentz chose Hurts’ number in Indy.  I think #1 became available with Johnston leaving and Hurts grabbed it.  There may have been a bit a suck it to Carson in there as well. 

Hurts is in no position to talk smack.

12 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

It was kind of chickenshit that Wentz chose Hurts’ number in Indy.  I think #1 became available with Johnston leaving and Hurts grabbed it.  There may have been a bit a suck it to Carson in there as well. 

Are you serious?

8 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I think Reagor puts up 800 yards and 6 TDs this season.  Of course, last year at this time I thought he'd be a candidate for OROY so take it with a grain of salt.  I just hope he stays healthy and shows what he can do.

Listening to Avant talking on Reagor, he seemed to be the most confident about him being successful, and that Reagor definitely wants it.  Apparently the the Justin Jefferson press clippings or chatter about how the Eagles should of taken him instead, really pisses him off.     Reagor should be plenty motivated this year to prove himself and those numbers you put up, absolutely he should reach. 

8 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Are you serious?

Of course.

23 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

It was kind of chickenshit that Wentz chose Hurts’ number in Indy.  I think #1 became available with Johnston leaving and Hurts grabbed it.  There may have been a bit a suck it to Carson in there as well. 

Maybe you should research why he chose that number instead of coming with an ignorant take.  

25 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

It was kind of chickenshit that Wentz chose Hurts’ number in Indy.  I think #1 became available with Johnston leaving and Hurts grabbed it.  There may have been a bit a suck it to Carson in there as well. 

Man, your Houston bias just knows no bounds.

Wentz already gave an interview on the Pat McAfee Show where he discusses his choice of jersey number.  He called Michael Pittman and asked if he was attached to wearing #11; Pittman says something to the effect of ‘Yeah, I’d like to keep it’.  Wentz says ‘No problem; I’d kind of like to switch it up anyway’.  Wentz then tells McAfee he wore #2 all through school up to arriving at NDSU, but it wasn’t available there.

Gotta tell you, man — Wentz leaving has little to nothing to do with Jalen Hurts.  Hurts was over drafted at #53 and would have been no threat at all to Wentz in an open QB competition.  He wanted out because he was left out to dry by the organization’s poor drafting and poor spending at WR.

9 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Maybe you should research why he chose that number instead of coming with an ignorant take.  

Maybe you should get to updating spreadsheets.

@Couch Potato @eaglesfan0075@philafan4o8 @Jenkins27 @20dawk4life @ibleedgreen1990 @Outlaw 

And anyone else I missed. You see this blatant lack of commitment?!

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

This 7 round eagles mock makes me pretty happy

https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/philadelphia-eagles-7-round-2021-nfl-mock-draft-trade-12

I'd like to see another RB late to avoid the dumpster dive if I could.  Can't count on Sanders not tweaking his hammy at any point.