55 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That may be true, but he might be happier elsewhere, whilst still earning more in a year than most people will in a lifetime.   He won't be hurting for cash (unless he's foolish and reckless with what he earns).

Fair point....I'm sure he'd rather go to a big market but is it worth losing all that money?  He's gotta decide about that.  

2 minutes ago, devpool said:

That's what I'm saying, yea losing 50 mil sounds terrible until you find out he's still going to make 100 mil. When you make that much money what does it even matter? You're already set for 30 lifetimes now you're just being greedy for the sake of greed.

I agree.  But everyone is different.  Maybe he doesnt care about 50 million extra if he can go play in NYC or somewhere else.

Like I said,  if he does leave to take less money elsewhere he will be the first to do so, unless I'm missing someone.   

49 minutes ago, hputenis said:

  Omg.  Gross.  

Glad we're back on track with a great topic.  I actually just got my 2nd Covid shot this morning.  What does everyone in the blog think of that from a political standpoint?  👀

What took you so long ANTVAXER!

20 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

I agree.  But everyone is different.  Maybe he doesnt care about 50 million extra if he can go play in NYC or somewhere else.

Like I said,  if he does leave to take less money elsewhere he will be the first to do so, unless I'm missing someone.   

The NBA is such a players-run asylum I wouldn't be surprised if the NBA Draft is gone within 10 years.

Just now, Alphagrand said:

The NBA is such a players-run asylum I wouldn't be surprised if the NBA Draft is gone within 10 years.

Listening to the radio last night they were joking that Zion should sign with New Orleans and get that huge contract then 2 weeks later demand a trade.

1 hour ago, 315Eagles said:

That might be why its smart for him to take every dollar he can get.  

He wouldn't need to lose out on any money while also forcing his way out of NO.  See Anthony Davis. 

1 hour ago, hputenis said:

  Omg.  Gross.  

Glad we're back on track with a great topic.  I actually just got my 2nd Covid shot this morning.  What does everyone in the blog think of that from a political standpoint?  👀

Omg the government is tracking you now. 
 

Also expect to feel like turds tomorrow 

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

With Harper and Segura being hurt.  Who’s the Phillies Big 3?   Cause apparently every team has one. 
 

Kingery, Neris, Vasquez.

2 hours ago, hputenis said:

  Omg.  Gross.  

Glad we're back on track with a great topic.  I actually just got my 2nd Covid shot this morning.  What does everyone in the blog think of that from a political standpoint?  👀

Your 5g signal gets much better with the second shot.  Also, you can turn off location tracking on your phone since the microchip will do it for you.  2 thumbs up!

2 hours ago, hputenis said:

  Omg.  Gross.  

Glad we're back on track with a great topic.  I actually just got my 2nd Covid shot this morning.  What does everyone in the blog think of that from a political standpoint?  👀

You’re no Cole Beasley 

1 hour ago, greend said:

What took you so long ANTVAXER!

Maybe he was holding out to see if his state would offer free beer for it. 

1 minute ago, NCiggles said:

Maybe he was holding out to see if his state would offer free beer for it. 

Smart, I didn't get no free beer with mine

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/5-reasons-eagles-qb-jalen-hurts-will-be-more-accurate-qb-2021

 

5 reasons Hurts will be a more accurate QB in 2021

 

Experience: Just being a year older and having a year of experience will help Hurts become more accurate. A lot of quarterbacks who relied heavily on their running ability in college struggle with their accuracy early in their NFL careers as they begin to acclimate to the pro passing game. Randall Cunningham completed 42 percent of his passes as a rookie but completed 55 percent of his passes the rest of his Eagles career (the league average was 55.8 percent during that span). Donovan McNabb was at 49 percent as a rookie but up to 58 percent by Year 2. Look around the league. Josh Allen was just under 53 percent as a rookie, then 59 percent in Year 2 and over 69 percent last year. Even pocket passers like Matt Stafford (53 percent as a rookie, 63 percent since) and Andrew Luck (54 percent as a rookie, 62 percent the rest of his career) made huge strides in accuracy in Year 2. Experience is a valuable tool.

Better receivers: Having a presumably upgraded group of wide receivers should help a lot. All those young receivers Hurts was out there with in 2020 are now a year older and have some experience and now add a potential star in DeVonta Smith into the mix and some of those drops and incompletions should turn into completions and even big plays. If Hurts’ WRs caught just two more passes per game last year in his four starts, that 52.0 percent completion figure jumps up to 57 percent. If they catch three more per game it jumps up to 60 percent. That’s without Hurts doing anything different, just with his receivers making one more play every other drive.

Balanced offense: In the three games Hurts started and finished, the Eagles ran 160 pass plays (passes, sacks, Hurts scrambles) and 46 running plays. That’s a 78-22 pass-run ratio. In the first half of those three games, the ratio was a reasonable 67-33, and Hurts completed 62 percent of his passes. In the second half, the pass-run ratio jumped to an out-of-whack 82-18, and Hurts completed 48 percent of his passes. There’s no question the lack of balance in Doug Pederson’s play calling hampered Hurts’ ability to operate the offense efficiently. Not many young rookie QBs getting their first NFL playing time would be able to function at a high level when opposing defenses know they’re throwing every down.

Offensive line: You’re a rookie getting your first significant NFL playing time and your offensive line includes overmatched Brett Toth, struggling Matt Pryor, promising but inexperienced Jack Driscoll and Nate Herbig and an aging Jason Peters playing what may be his final NFL game. Good luck with that. Hurts played behind a different patchwork o-line every week, and he’s fortunate he had Jason Kelce and Isaac Seumalo out there the whole time but the three other positions were in constant flux with young, inexperienced players replacing other young, inexperienced players. Or in Peters’ case, an older player playing out the string. By the time Hurts first replaced Wentz, Lane Johnson, Brandon Brooks, Andre Dillard and Sua Opeta were already done for the season and Peters, Driscoll and Jordan Mailata soon followed. It was hard enough for Wentz – a 5^th-year pro and one-time MVP candidate - to function behind those duct-taped offensive lines. You can imagine the challenge for Hurts. If the Eagles can get through the year – or most of it - with Dillard or Mailata along with Seumalo, Kelce, Brooks and Johnson, Hurts will be in a much better position to succeed. Anybody would be.

Sirianni’s offense: Hurts threw down the field on a percentage basis more than any NFL quarterback last year, and those are naturally low-percentage throws. That explains why although he was last in the NFL in completion percentage, he was actually a respectable 25^th out of 44 in yards per attempt at 7.2 – right at the NFL average. Hurts’ average yards-per-completion was 13.8, highest by any NFL rookie since Vick in 2001 and second-highest of ANY quarterback in the last six years. Over the last five weeks of the season, Hurts completed nine passes of at least 30 yards. Only Tom Brady had more (13) during that span. And Hurts only played half of two of those games. Wentz completed only 14 passes of 30 yards all year, and he threw almost 300 more passes than Hurts. Nick Sirianni’s offense is big on creating matchup advantages and getting the football quickly into the hands of play-makers on high-percentage throws and letting them make plays down the field. Hurts will still take his deep shots, but just the nature of Sirianni’s offense should help Hurts dramatically.

5 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Maybe he was holding out to see if his state would offer free beer for it. 

Or weed

Hurts completed nine passes of at least 30 yards. Only Tom Brady had more (13) during that span.

SUPWERBOWLZZZZZ!!!!

If Jalen Hurts WR's catch every pass thrown, he will have a 100% completion percentage. Mind bottling. 

Just now, dawkdaballhawk said:

Hurts completed nine passes of at least 30 yards. Only Tom Brady had more (13) during that span.

SUPWERBOWLZZZZZ!!!!

 

Wentz completed only 14 passes of 30 yards all year, and he threw almost 300 more passes than Hurts. 

4 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Who said anything about him?  He's in Indy.  

 

Comparison of the other QB on the roster last season who was playing under the same circumstances of coaching and surrounding roster, with only difference being Wentz an expierenced QB in his 5th year in the offense and Hurts a rookie who didn't have the benefit of preseason. 

 

8 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

More fake news media. 

NBC sports wrote an article saying they were confused by the pick and the only bright side could be his use of the wild cat type place. 

Now 14 months later they're telling us how he is going to turn into Steve Young 

Without even seeing it was NBC Sports, you can just tell with the mental gymnastics its a Reuben Frank fluff piece 

"Balanced offense"... Yawn...

Quote

Offensive line: You’re a rookie getting your first significant NFL playing time and your offensive line includes overmatched Brett Toth, struggling Matt Pryor, promising but inexperienced Jack Driscoll and Nate Herbig and an aging Jason Peters playing what may be his final NFL game. Good luck with that. Hurts played behind a different patchwork o-line every week, and he’s fortunate he had Jason Kelce and Isaac Seumalo out there the whole time but the three other positions were in constant flux with young, inexperienced players replacing other young, inexperienced players. Or in Peters’ case, an older player playing out the string. By the time Hurts first replaced Wentz, Lane Johnson, Brandon Brooks, Andre Dillard and Sua Opeta were already done for the season and Peters, Driscoll and Jordan Mailata soon followed

What kind of revisionist history is this?

Brett Toth - played week 17, barely played in any other game with Hurts but, sure lets list him first like he was the biggest problem. 

Jason Peters - played 58% of snaps against GB, and never played after. Carson Wentz played 58% snaps against GB. But sure, let's blame him for Hurts too, for some reason.

"Hurts played behind a different patchwork o-line every week" - WRONG. He had the same o-line against Arizona and Dallas. Against NO there was one change at RT.

"The three other positions were in constant flux" - No, that was actually the most solidified the line has been all season. Herbig played all of the last four games. Mailata played 3 of 4 of the last 4 games. Pryor played 3 of 4 of the last 4 games. Before that was a new combo every week. The last 4 games had the most continuity all year.

"By the time Hurts replaced Wentz... Mailata soon followed" being done for the season - he played almost entirely until the very end of the Cowboys game and Week 17. 

 

 

 

So disingenuous 

31 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

More fake news media. 

NBC sports wrote an article saying they were confused by the pick and the only bright side could be his use of the wild cat type place. 

Now 14 months later they're telling us how he is going to turn into Steve Young 

People grow. 

The most important reason Jalen Hurts will be a more accurate QB in 2021 is because it would be really hard to be worse 

47 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Pellet smokers are for amateurs.  

My Father's Day weekend will consist of the following:  

 

Tonight- Low Country Boil (shrimp not crawdads).

Sat- Mexcalito Restaurant.  Unbelievable carnitas.  

Sun- Dry Aged Rib-Eye, with burgundy mushrooms and horsey sauce.  

, followed by a nap.

 

 

Since I'm the father, my weekend will consist of fishing tomorrow morning, followed by a bike ride with my boys, then mowing the grass, followed by a nap and supper. Sunday will be church and then watching my daughter and daughter in law cooking some fat t-bones on the grill while me and the boys smoke cigars and drink some scotch/beer/rum/vodka or Jack Daniels depending on what they want.