23 minutes ago, greend said:

But no halfway point of the games. I'm sure that's what he meant.

 

14 hours ago, bpac55 said:

Dickerson should be the LG by the halfway point of the season...ugh, no more halfway point with 17 games.  

 

 

15 minutes ago, greend said:

I'm too old for "cool music" someone will have to edit that in for me. Unless you consider cool music A/C/D/C

AC/DC isn't cool anymore? 

7 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

AC/DC isn't cool anymore? 

Nah, everyone is all about solar power and green electricity now.

1 hour ago, greend said:

I'm too old for "cool music" someone will have to edit that in for me. Unless you consider cool music A/C/D/C

Sure that sounds good.

I was thinking maybe some rap music where the same 5 words are repeated over and over and you still cant understand what they're sayin.

2 hours ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

Our feelings on this are not far apart.  I think Howard is washed up.  If you want to think a player will surpass their previous injury history and succeed...I think that guy is Johnson, if we are solely using what's on the roster today.  The bulk of the work with go to Sanders and Hurts with Johnson, Gainwell, and Scott (likely).  I don't think we need the "big back", but if Siri wants that, then that guy is probably not on the roster right now.  In reality, the only real locks are probably Sanders and Gainwell.  

I think Scott is pretty close to a lock and a fifth rounder like Gainwell will have to earn his spot.  

I really don’t get the dislike some have for Scott.  I see a short RB with great bulk and center of gravity and 4.4 speed that can run outside and inside and has shown to be a good receiver out of the backfield.  As a rotation back, he has a lot to offer.   Plus he is making ERFA money. In other words, he is cheap.

Howard may be washed up but I wonder.  He is now two years removed from that stinger and he had a hamstring injury last year with the Dolphins that should be fully healed.  He doesn’t have to be the starter so as a rotation back, he may just make it.

Huntley is interesting.  I liked him in the draft but I am not sure what worked for him in college will work in the NFL.   RB will be an interesting position to watch when TC opens.

17 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

AC/DC isn't cool anymore? 

I don't know. That's my point. The only people that think I'm cool are all under 7 and call me Pappa.

3 hours ago, EaglesIreland said:

I agree but that could apply to majority of young QBs in the league. The NFL isn’t the place to be Johnny big balls when it comes to taking hits. Slide feet first and non of the this head first carry on. 

Hurts plays hero ball, which is one of the things that everyone complained about with Wentz and I don't think he exposed himself nearly as much.

10 minutes ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

Hurts plays hero ball, which is one of the things that everyone complained about with Wentz and I don't think he exposed himself nearly as much.

It’s one thing to use your physical abilities to take contact(it is football btw), it’s another thing to knowingly put yourself in positions to get hit hard and dangerously which Wentz did increasingly more prior to him leaving. 

7 minutes ago, EaglesIreland said:

It’s one thing to use your physical abilities to take contact(it is football btw), it’s another thing to knowingly put yourself in positions to get hit hard and dangerously which Wentz did increasingly more prior to him leaving. 

And so doesn't Hurts.  He seems to actively seek contact at times and struggles for extra yards (fumbles).  It's only fair to acknowledge that Hurts plays the same way.

Ben Simmons, Danny Green and Rhys Hoskins walk into a bar…

3 minutes ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

And so doesn't Hurts.  He seems to actively seek contact at times and struggles for extra yards (fumbles).  It's only fair to acknowledge that Hurts plays the same way.

Hurts plays much more to contact than Wentz ever did.  The two games that people praise Hurts for (NO, ARI) he took off 29 times running the football.  How many of those plays did he slide or get out of bounds, and how many did he take contact?  Honest question because I don't know the answer

21 minutes ago, EaglesIreland said:

It’s one thing to use your physical abilities to take contact(it is football btw), it’s another thing to knowingly put yourself in positions to get hit hard and dangerously which Wentz did increasingly more prior to him leaving. 

ummmm, what?

11 minutes ago, greend said:

I don't know. That's my point. The only people that think I'm cool are all under 7 and call me Pappa.

So you're saying there's a chance there will be kids related to me that think I'm cool again. 

5 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

So you're saying there's a chance there will be kids related to me that think I'm cool again. 

Yup. for a while anyways.

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

Hurts plays much more to contact than Wentz ever did.  The two games that people praise Hurts for (NO, ARI) he took off 29 times running the football.  How many of those plays did he slide or get out of bounds, and how many did he take contact?  Honest question because I don't know the answer

I started watching some of those Arizona highlights.  About 1/2 of his runs were him going down "safe" and the other 1/2 was to contact.  Here's a concern...went head first every time.  Took several sacks, a couple of fumbles, and there were some mighty good catches on questionable passes.  

5 hours ago, TorontoEagle said:

With Sanders very likely to miss time, I think you have to have 4 RBs on the roster unfortunately. I also think you're right that the 4th will likely come from the waiver wire. I am not a big Sanders fan, at least not as a lead back. He's just not durable or consistent enough for my liking. 

To factor in some missed time by Sanders, it needs to have a RB who can fill in as the main RB.  By experience and production, Howard may well be that guy, even many consider him as a big/physical back.  Gainwell is a rookie, Scott (is he signed yet?) is the receiving back, they have their roles, but not much a feature back.  They could bring in another RB to TC and figure out which 4 RBs to keep on roster.

6 minutes ago, E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles said:

I started watching some of those Arizona highlights.  About 1/2 of his runs were him going down "safe" and the other 1/2 was to contact.  Here's a concern...went head first every time.  Took several sacks, a couple of fumbles, and there were some mighty good catches on questionable passes.  

Now I know you're lying.  

4 hours ago, downundermike said:

Top 5 maybe, but he has physical limitations that will stop him from being the best.

 

As long as his route running allows him to get off the line cleanly then he has no limitations.  

45 minutes ago, Penn7980 said:

To factor in some missed time by Sanders, it needs to have a RB who can fill in as the main RB.  By experience and production, Howard may well be that guy, even many consider him as a big/physical back.  Gainwell is a rookie, Scott (is he signed yet?) is the receiving back, they have their roles, but not much a feature back.  They could bring in another RB to TC and figure out which 4 RBs to keep on roster.

Scott signed his ERFA tender.  

7 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

As long as his route running allows him to get off the line cleanly then he has no limitations.  

His size will always give him limitations.  He is not going to be able to do some of the things that the Julio's and Hopkins of the world do.

7 minutes ago, downundermike said:

His size will always give him limitations.  He is not going to be able to do some of the things that the Julio's and Hopkins of the world do.

 

Well he's the same height as Hopkins and only 2 inches shorter than Jones so I'm not really sure what you mean.  Not like Julio Jones is out there trucking defenders and running right through them.  

10 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Well he's the same height as Hopkins and only 2 inches shorter than Jones so I'm not really sure what you mean.  Not like Julio Jones is out there trucking defenders and running right through them.  

Jones is 6'3" 220, Hopkins is 6'1" 212.  Smith is 6'0" 170.  Jones and Hopkins can out muscle guys for the ball, and can make contested catches at the peak.  Smith is not going to be able to do that.

You are never going to see Devonta Smith do this, EVER.

4 hours ago, greend said:

I don't know. That's my point. The only people that think I'm cool are all under 7 and call me Pappa.

My kids dont think I'm cool nor do they call me papa😄

4 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Jones is 6'3" 220, Hopkins is 6'1" 212.  Smith is 6'0" 170.  Jones and Hopkins can out muscle guys for the ball, and can make contested catches at the peak.  Smith is not going to be able to do that.

You are never going to see Devonta Smith do this, EVER.

Hopkins isn't out muscling anyone he's just in the best position to get both hands on the ball.  It's not like he's shoving the coverage out of the way or ripping it away from the defenders.  I think this is exactly the type of catch Devonta should make based on his skill set.  He gets in better position to get the ball.

20 minutes ago, downundermike said:

His size will always give him limitations.  He is not going to be able to do some of the things that the Julio's and Hopkins of the world do.

Nor should any one including coaches /GM expect him to.

That's not his skill set,the same it wasn't Marvin Harrison or any other slight receiver 

Smith's arm length and hand size will help him high point and snatch but I can't imagine he's going to out muscle corners for contested catches as that wasn't really anything he showed in college either.

He didn't have a lot of contested catches as he created a lot of separation in college.

We'll see how his game translates to the pros and I'm not expecting him to all the sudden be mossin guys as thats not his game