28 minutes ago, hputenis said:

While that throw to Desean was nice, it didn't really prove anything.  Show me the 30 yard laser he throws to the sidelines on a rope.  He can't.  And if he lacks the arm strength, then his decision making needs to be impeccable.  It's not fair enough to only judge him on his decision making in only 4 games, but color me pessimistic that I don't think it will ever be adequate. 

Albeit a harder ball to catch while being distracted, when someone does that on the money it looks great. When their accuracy is off, guys get hurt and balls bounce off hands and pads for INTS, giving WRs the blame, -ask any non SB winning Eagles QB. Do you want me to find another film showing that? Because I'm sure I can. Hurts can throw 3 accurate passes in the time it takes Wentz to throw one.

27 minutes ago, downundermike said:

It has been researched and proven that the ball is in play a higher percentage of the time in baseball over football.

Sure, while the pitcher and catcher toss the ball back and forth.

I recall several games with Carlton that came in under two hours.

It's a good thing they've come up with all sorts of electronic gizmos and graphics to distract us from the basic fact that the game has gotten worse.

13 minutes ago, DelCo-lin said:

I've been a long time lurker and appreciator of "the blog." Going back to douglas704 days. I understand now that without a much greater investment of time and energy my occasional efforts to contribute to the discussion are not appreciated. And I don't mean this in a wimpering "woe is me" way. I really do get that this community needs ways of moderating who is in and who is out to keep the discussion at a certain level. Basic sociology. All good. Just maybe reflect on whether calling everyone you're unfamiliar with a "clone" of someone else you don't like is really the best way. Or maybe just carry on as you were.

I'll go back to lurking and liking now.

That Doug is he who shall not be named in here.  He was a troll. 

A number of posters changed names with the new EMB, RLC and TEW shortened their handles to what most people did in the old Blog.  Sometimes, when folks don’t recognize the new name, the use clone to inquire as to the old name.  Don’t take offense to it.  

I saw most of the responses to your query about Wentz as thoughtful responses on why they disagreed. 

Now let’s discuss whether Gannon will run a Cover 1, Modified Tampa 2 Cover 2 or his recent Cover 3 approach as his main secondary. Frankly, the part I liked most,of that article was the use of the Saban/Belichek secondary approach. As a guy that loves the chess game of secondary calls v route calls, this offense and defense should be fun to watch.  I do think we will shy away from Marty ball abandoning the run and have faith that with Stout and Rocker, we have the foundation of the choreography that is line play.  I don’t know a lot about Rocker as a coach but I am hopeful we see a little more imagination in the DL line play.

6 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Was the RB coach with the Chargers. I had wondered if he might replace Peelle. 

I'll predict they go with John McNulty 

22 minutes ago, phil77 said:

 

Hallelujah hallelujah haaallleelUjah. Now get us a real QB coach. . 

21 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

So who knew when John Entwistle wrote that song that he may have been singing about Pete Townsend.  Still the greatest rhythm section in rock history.   

I've heard that Townsend was into hounding and outing child molesters, FWIW.

Totally agree about the rhythm section.

2 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

This is this persons paying job.  
 

 

He's a glorified fanboy from BGN

5 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

This is this persons paying job.  
 

 

Moore with the second pick would be horrendous as well. 

17 minutes ago, hputenis said:

While that throw to Desean was nice, it didn't really prove anything.  Show me the 30 yard laser he throws to the sidelines on a rope from the pocket.  He can't.  And if he lacks the arm strength, then his decision making needs to be impeccable.  It's not fair enough to only judge him on his decision making in only 4 games, but color me pessimistic that I don't think it will ever be adequate. 

All I know is last night I went and looked at the last 20 Super Bowl winners. Only 3 out of the last 20 have one with a quarterback that I wouldn’t consider close to being a Hall of Fame type quarterback. The three were Flacco, Brad Johnson and foles (Eli i think is a borderline guy but if you want to include him then 5). So 15% chance you can win a super bowl over the last 20 years without a great QB. Yes i get Brady eats up a bunch of those wins. The teams who were consistently in the running and got far in the playoffs had those type of QBs. This is obvious to all of us.

The fact is it’s highly likely any team for the foreseeable future has to beat Patrick Mahomes in a SB or building the team to beat him and the chiefs. that means you have to have a quarterback that’s able to play at a high enough level to keep you in that game and potentially out duel Patrick Mahomes. 

I don’t have the answer to this or anyone on here but the Eagles have to be realistic with themselves. If you do not think you can salvage Carson Wentz to make him back into what he was in 2017 then you really aren’t going to compete for a SB once the rebuild is complete (assuming it goes well). That’s the type of quarterback play you need in order to win a Super Bowl and consistently be in the running with the direction of how the NFL is going. The Eagles also have to be honest with themselves to think if Jalen hurts could also be like Carson 2017. The answers are unknown.  you have to be confident they can and if you have strong doubts then they might searching/finding that QB they do believe can. 

7 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

This is this persons paying job.  
 

 

Haskins has better OSU tape than Fields does; not a fan of what he brings.  

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

All I know is last night I went and looked at the last 20 Super Bowl winners. Only 3 out of the last 20 have one with a quarterback that I wouldn’t consider close to being a Hall of Fame type quarterback. The three were Flacco, Brad Johnson and foles (Eli i think is a borderline guy but if you want to include him then 5). So 15% chance you can win a super bowl over the last 20 years without a great QB. Yes i get Brady eats up a bunch of those wins. The teams who were consistently in the running and got far in the playoffs had those type of QBs. This is obvious to all of us.

The fact that it’s highly likely any team for the foreseeable future has to beat Patrick Mahomes in a SB or building the team to beat him and the chiefs. that means you have to have a quarterback that’s able to play at a high enough level to keep you in that game and potentially out duel Patrick Mahomes. 

I don’t have the answer to this or anyone on here but the Eagles have to be realistic with themselves. If you do not think you can salvage Carson Wentz to make him back into what he was in 2017 then you really aren’t going to compete for a SB once the rebuild is complete (assuming it goes well). That’s the type of quarterback play you need in order to win a Super Bowl and consistently be in the running with the direction of how the NFL is going. The Eagles also have to be honest with themselves to think if Jalen hurts could also be like Carson 2017. The answers are unknown.  you have to be confident they can and if you have strong doubts then they might searching/finding that QB they do believe can. 

I heard the perfect description of last season this morning and it was described as "coaching malpractice."  We all watched the games, and that's exactly what I saw every Sunday.  Vertical routes, giving up on the run, no creativity, no pre-snap movement, no getting the fast players in space, and a QB that didn't handle it well at all.  However, I'd much rather give Wentz a shot to prove himself in this new system since he has the talent and has proven he can be insanely special.  With that being said, he sucked last year, and he pissed me off every weekend.  But I have 1000x more faith in restoring him than handing the reigns to a guy that doesn't have talent outside of his legs and his "intangibles."  

Just now, hputenis said:

I heard the perfect description of last season this morning and it was described as "coaching malpractice."  We all watched the games, and that's exactly what I saw every Sunday.  Vertical routes, giving up on the run, no creativity, no pre-snap movement, no getting the fast players in space, and a QB that didn't handle it well at all.  However, I'd much rather give Wentz a shot to prove himself in this new system since he has the talent and has proven he can be insanely special.  With that being said, he sucked last year, and he pissed me off every weekend.  But I have 1000x more faith in restoring him than handing the reigns to a guy that doesn't have talent outside of his legs and his "intangibles."  

I would rather put my faith in fixing wentz as well. However i am not totally against if the eagles don’t believe in either that they look elsewhere. There’s a possibility that neither is the long term future of the eagles as painful as that is to say with Carson cause i thought he had a chance to be one of the best a couple years ago. I still think Hes salvageable and you can get him back to being good but there is also the potential he just isn’t  

I noticed that same NBC Sports mock had the Eagles taking Rondale Moore at pick #38.

I like Moore, but I find him quite similar to Reagor for some reason — maybe just that they’re both under 6’0?

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

I have never understood how one league can play with a completely different set of rules. Baseball is dumb. 

The DH is an abomination of the game.  It must go.

5 minutes ago, hputenis said:

I heard the perfect description of last season this morning and it was described as "coaching malpractice."  We all watched the games, and that's exactly what I saw every Sunday.  Vertical routes, giving up on the run, no creativity, no pre-snap movement, no getting the fast players in space, and a QB that didn't handle it well at all.  However, I'd much rather give Wentz a shot to prove himself in this new system since he has the talent and has proven he can be insanely special.  With that being said, he sucked last year, and he pissed me off every weekend.  But I have 1000x more faith in restoring him than handing the reigns to a guy that doesn't have talent outside of his legs and his "intangibles."  

Just give Carson one of those CDC deep cleans to get the Press Taylor stink off him and he's good to go.

 

28 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

This is this persons paying job.  
 

 

I hated the fact they didn’t take an OLineman in that entire draft until round 5 and fields. I’m not a fields fan. I do like the players they took in rounds 2 and 3 but i don’t see the eagles taking a back in the 3rd round i rather use it if there’s a good lineman (offensive or defensive). 

42 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Given the number of RBs/WRs/TEs who weren't high picks had success under our new coaches, I'm looking forward with what they can do with our current roster, as well as the additions they make. I don't buy we'll just draft someone at #6 and he'll rejuvenate the passing attack, most of your yardage leaders were drafted outside the 1st rd, many outside the top 50 picks. And if you have one star and a bunch of useless scrubs, a DC will double your star and dare your scrubs to beat him.

 It's not like they're gonna turn JJAW into an allstar, but they might figure out how to use him as a WR/H-back hybrid and give him routes and matchups where he can succeed.

They might take advantage of Watkins quickness, Reagor's ability to separate, teach Hightower how to high point and track a deep pass, and so on.

It's not like you have to hit on everyone, hit on one or two, and just as important, identify a few things the other guys can do to be successful, maybe make Burnett a serviceable 4th WR.

The more players you can develop into just solid role players, the more options you have designing plays.

Not sure Watkins is quick, he is fast.  Doubt you can teach Hightower to track deep passes and highpointing for a body catcher is a bit of an ask.  But Sirianni designs plays for players strengths rather than asks them to do everything.  So look at Hightower’s college tape. He was great when Boise State hit him on slants and curls.  I really liked his change of speed.  Not DJax great but pretty good for a college kid. Watkins was the typical speed WR.  Could beat other players with his speed so that is what he relies on.  Body catches.  So work with him on routes and separation. Crispness.  Speaking of crispness, the Eagles have two of them in Ward and Fulgham. Now Fulgham, like Reagor, need to overcome their pro learning habits.  But both have good potential.  JJAW blocks well, has good straight line speed and can box out.  So use that.  Probably as an Hback type.  Ward can be a fourth WR like Greg Lewis.  He does well in that role.  Burnett is a try hard bottom of the roster guy in my view.  This is probably it for him. Some aren’t going to make it. Some are going to take that next step.  Reagor has to do that, I think. This is JJAW’s last shot.  Fulgham has to show the work level he was reputed to have at OD. If your theory about loading us in day three is right then hopefully one of Hightower or Watkins makes a leap.  If we load up any WRs this year, there are a few X types and some real solid slot types likely to be available day 3.

With the eagles cap situation being what it is I wonder if Gannon could convince hooker to come to the eagles as a FA on a relatively cheap deal for 2021. I get he has a ton of injury past (insert joke about fitting in here) but if you get him cheap and manages to pull a robinson it could be a huge pickup for the eagles. I wouldn’t expect it but he’s still young and in a rebuild I’d be willing to take a chance at hitting if he comes cheap. 

i feel dirty for posting ESP article but he actually wasn’t a complete idiot on this list. Still an idiot just not this article. So a blind squirrel does find a nut. 

 

26 minutes ago, justrelax said:

I've heard that Townsend was into hounding and outing child molesters, FWIW.

Totally agree about the rhythm section.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/08/arts.ukcrime
 

Admitted. 

27 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

This is this persons paying job.  
 

 

With that draft, half the Blog would put him on ignore. 

Some stuff from Caplan and Mosher:

Both still kinda surprised they went Sirianni since Lurie always likes to try to be on the cutting edge with offense and they said from talking to people around the league Sirianni hasn’t coached under any cutting edge offenses. He wasn’t under Shanahan, wasn’t with the Patriots, etc. Thought if Lurie went assistant he’d go to one of those teams.

Said people around the league who study thought the Chargers thought their offense got really stale toward the end of the season. Not really sure why. It could be Lynn as he’s a conservative coach by nature. That said, thought Steichen did a decent job.

Lurie himself wanted Gannon too, not just Sirianni. Lurie knew who Gannon was and was someone he coveted. Caplan heard Gannon will be a head coach within 2 years if he’s successful here. Thought really highly around the league "a Brandon Staley type” coach for DC. Will have some Mike Zimmer influences and some cover 2 influences. Will blitz more than Schwartz.

People around the league who study the Eagles told them they thought Jim Schwartz’s scheme was stale and people around the league just didn’t like the defense that Schwartz ran. However they noted his bottom line numbers were pretty good, so the long run will prove if they were right.

Patullo is a guy Sirianni loves. He’s right hand man. Will be his most trusted advisor. He’s to Sirianni what Sirianni was to Reich. He knew he had to have him if he got a head coaching job.

Respect Beasley for that. 

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Some stuff from Caplan and Mosher:

Both still kinda surprised they went Sirianni since Lurie always likes to try to be on the cutting edge with offense and they said from talking to people around the league Sirianni hasn’t coached under any cutting edge offenses. He wasn’t under Shanahan, wasn’t with the Patriots, etc. Thought if Lurie went assistant he’d go to one of those teams.

Said people around the league who study thought the Chargers thought their offense got really stale toward the end of the season. Not really sure why. It could be Lynn as he’s a conservative coach by nature. That said, thought Steichen did a decent job.

Lurie himself wanted Gannon too, not just Sirianni. Lurie knew who Gannon was and was someone he coveted. Caplan heard Gannon will be a head coach within 2 years if he’s successful here. Thought really highly around the league "a Brandon Staley type” coach for DC. Will have some Mike Zimmer influences and some cover 2 influences. Will blitz more than Schwartz.

People around the league who study the Eagles told them they thought Jim Schwartz’s scheme was stale and people around the league just didn’t like the defense that Schwartz ran. However they noted his bottom line numbers were pretty good, so the long run will prove if they were right.

Patullo is a guy Sirianni loves. He’s right hand man. Will be his most trusted advisor. He’s to Sirianni what Sirianni was to Reich. He knew he had to have him I’d he got a head coaching job.

Yes but did Caplan use his two coveted lines on the podcast

”i knew last time but i couldn’t say anything cause things can change”

”I’ll have more next time I can’t disclose right now”

4 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/08/arts.ukcrime
 

Admitted. 

Hardly. From that very article:

"From the very beginning I acknowledged that I did access this site and that I had given the police full access to all of my computers," said the former member of the Who.

"As I made clear at the outset, I accessed the site because of my concerns at the shocking material readily available on the internet to children as well as adults, and as part of my research towards the campaign I had been putting together since 1995 to counter damage done by all kinds of pornography on the internet, but especially any involving child abuse."

Would he have co-written Tommy if he was for child molestation? I find it hard to believe.