57 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I still like the OL and I’m foolish enough to believe Lane, Brooks, and Kelce can be healthy most of the season.  If they can, the OL becomes a group where Dickerson, Driscoll, and one of Mailata/Dillard are depth players.  A healthy OL group means the Eagles can be a run-first offense with Sanders, Gainwell, and Scott — who is much more suited to be a 3rd down change of pace back rather than a #2.

A lot depends on a second year jump from Reagor as well.  He tweets a lot about being motivated, but let’s see if it translates to the field.  Devonta Smith should be an 80 catch and 1,100-1,200 yard WR most seasons, and Reagor needs to become a 60 catch, 800-900 yard WR to complement him.  If you have that production and add in contributions from Goedert, Fulgham (Grimes) and Watkins (Hightower) you have a pretty good offense to work with.

The defense might be further away.  I’m hopeful Milton Williams is a regular rotational DT with Cox and Hargrave, but the pass rush is going to depend a lot on how effective Barnett and Sweat are this season — that could be a big problem.  We will see how 2 high safety works with Anthony Harris and McLeod (Wallace/Epps).  One more season with Darius Slay at CB, Maddox likely moved to nickel CB, and we will have to see who mans the other outside CB position — that player might not be on the roster yet.  LB has to be better than last season — addition by subtraction.
 

 

I'm not worried about the 2021 season at all, one way or the other.   My concern is 2022, 2023, 2024 and beyond.  I don't see 2 of those 3 being on this team beyond 2023, and all 3 could conceivably be gone by then.  This team needs a new foundation.  The likes of Cox, Graham, Kelce, Brooks and Johnson are not who they once were, and there's really not a lot behind them, at least not that we've been able to see.   

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

 

To counter, what were the Bucs and Chiefs with those same skill players when they had Winston and Smith instead of the two all time great QBs that they have now? 

 

I agree completely that WR is not a building block position.  It just isn't. Smith was the best player available though and it addressed a need on the team and he absolutely is a blue chip talent. But the rest of the roster still needs a lot of work. 

KC made the playoffs 4 of the 5 years Smith started.

6 minutes ago, austinfan said:

KC made the playoffs 4 of the 5 years Smith started.

Yeah, KC wasn't a bad team at all with Alex Smith. 

But they were a team that, with Smith, couldn't keep up offensively if they fell behind.  Their playoff loss to the Patriots was what killed his career with the Chiefs.  They couldn't push the ball downfield to save their lives.  Which then became the impetus to draft someone like Mahomes, who *coincidentally* happened to have a rocket for an arm. 

23 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

The 2021 season will illuminate how truly incompetent Doug Pederson was in 2020.

4 hours ago, greend said:

 

So you have negative hair?

Ingrown.

Just got clickbaited by that clown Joeyshakes 72 on YouTube about a rumored Gilmore trade to Eagles.

Please tell me this isn’t being reported. Would be Slay all over again.

50 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

The 2021 season will illuminate how truly incompetent Doug Pederson was in 2020.

If the Eagles turn JJAW into an NFL player, or Reagor goes off for 1,000 yards this season those would be two tell-tale signs for sure.

1 minute ago, eaglesflyers#1 said:

Just got clickbaited by that clown Joeyshakes 72 on YouTube about a rumored Gilmore trade to Eagles.

Please tell me this isn’t being reported. Would be Slay all over again.

His cap hit for this season is $16.2M and is a UFA after the season.

3 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

His cap hit for this season is $16.2M and is a UFA after the season.

Figured his cap was insane. 

4 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

His cap hit for this season is $16.2M and is a UFA after the season.

We'd only take $7M of it but still too much 

This has Howie written all over it.

Cheap? Check

Ex-Eagle? Check

Sirianni connection? Check

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This has Howie written all over it.

Cheap? Check

Ex-Eagle? Check

Sirianni connection? Check

Maybe we can have 2 corners on every receiver

Gilmore is just some blog article that a fan wrote.  It's different than Slay. We thought we were competing then.  Now there is 0 reason to trade assets & use future cap space for a 1-yr rental.

16 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

His cap hit for this season is $16.2M and is a UFA after the season.

Good coaches are maximizers. Stoutland is a maximizer.

Give him Lane Johnson? He can be an all-pro.
Give him Mailata? He can teach him how to play.
Give him Herbig? He can teach him to stalemate guys and not be a turnstile.

He can't magically give Pryor better feet.

2 minutes ago, greend said:

How so? Different team

Actual player development and at least an average medical situation. WRs suddenly being open.

 

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

KC made the playoffs 4 of the 5 years Smith started.

And what did they do in those playoffs? I think they only won a playoff game once and never made it past the divisional round.  Certainly weren't a prolific offense.  Mahomes comes in and they go to OT in AFC Title Game and two straight Super Bowls. 

6 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

WHEN he's been healthy, he has shown some good things....and is better than Howard.  Our backs could be pretty good this year.

10 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

I loved Johnson the year came out. He’s only 23 so hopefully he can stay healthy and be a nice addition to sanders and gainwell. Last year he didn’t look the same but it was also the lions that could play into that with not using him all that much with Swift. It’s a nice claim cause there’s more upside with him then scott and howard imo. 

7 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

Not sure why. Kid has had injury after injury since joining the league. I get he is a recing back but so is our 5th round draft pick Gainwell. Just not sure why we go after him with only 1 year left 1.36 mill and a history of breaking. 

I guess if its not working they can cut him and wont hurt. 

10 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

Nothing to see here, Kerryon 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nothing to see here, Kerryon 

Kerryon 

(should be my but you know what it means)

13 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

 

Interesting. 

Probably a better chance at hitting on this lottery ticket than Howard at this point. 

I like the competition we’re creating at RB.