18 minutes ago, Green Dog said:

Boom!

Yea, we were at 91 after taking B. Brooks off the active.

I think this means Perkins is a lock as the 3rd TE.

I find this strange, in that when the Eagles cut their roster to 53 prior to the season opener last year, they only kept two tight ends. And when they added one that first week, it was Ellis rather than Perkins. So ten months ago they thought he was the better option and now they think he isn't even worthy of a training camp audition? Weird.

Of course I realize this could simply be a procedural issue and they'll find a way to bring him back later on. But still.

1 minute ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I find this strange, in that when the Eagles cut their roster to 53 prior to the season opener last year, they only kept two tight ends. And when they added one that first week, it was Ellis rather than Perkins. So ten months ago they thought he was the better option and now they think he isn't even worthy of a training camp audition? Weird.

Of course I realize this could simply be a procedural issue and they'll find a way to bring him back later on. But still.

Yep, and it was what, Week 2 that it bit them in the a**.

Guessing Perkins was on speed dial.  Ellis might be in that spot now.  We're currently carrying 14 WRs and 17 DL.

3 hours ago, greend said:

I don't think 1 person will change but....................... it's worth a shot I guess

Reading the comments in this thread, you are absolutely correct 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Reading the comments in this thread, you are absolutely correct 

Yea, the phrase "Can't fix stupid", comes to mind...

4 hours ago, ManuManu said:

I had to take my son to a drive-thru testing site today. On Sunday we went to urgent care for a strep test that was negative. The fever still is hanging on so they ordered the test. My 15-month-old had a fever and a runny nose. She had a regularly scheduled checkup today and they decided to test her. Now we wait 7-10 days for both results. 

Sorry to hear that and hoping for the best. I've had two friends come down with it. One had a fever for a few days which eventually subsided. The other had loss of taste/smell and some head-cold symptoms. Both were fine after 5-7 days. For what it's worth, when I had the flu back in January (which may have been COVID looking back but who knows), Motrin helped much better than any other ibuprofen. Especially with the fever and aches. 

1 hour ago, Green Dog said:

Did you ever get a reason why?  did you try shortening it?  Maybe just beastfromtheeast.

This just reminded me of the problem they had in the beginning with long usernames @Original Sin That could have been the issue

4 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Is Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States worth a watch?

i enjoyed it. It has a strong anti west slant. It did provide a different view of history and the cold war. 

It made me think ( this is a slow curve ball waiting to be hit)

Any apple users here can almost make your watch cool with this eagles band from fanatics.

Hope everyone has a good weekend 

And F Dallas 

 

2 hours ago, UK Eagle said:

The biggest issue over here will be all of it for some football fans who will not be able to break the habit.   But it's really not hard with thought and preparation, and going to sport will be a massive boost to many businesses and fans alike. I know a lot will be fretting about a 2nd spike, but this is kind of interesting

 

Yep. We just have to push through 

2 hours ago, Desertbirds said:

There is one problem:

 

 

 

Great. Here is one showing deaths are still down here percentage wise compared to the UK and others. Sky isn't falling. 

 

8 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

That looks expensive.  Do they have one for my rolly?

14 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

 

12 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

That looks expensive.  Do they have one for my rolly?

its like 55 bucks for the strap. only dorky apple watch gets the strap.

1 hour ago, Mike030270 said:

This just reminded me of the problem they had in the beginning with long usernames @Original Sin That could have been the issue

I know the mods were able to update it so you could have more characters in the name. Cause mine didn’t fit originally. Just have to contact one of the mods

4 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Yes, we’re isolating. I’m on furlough and my wife works from home. We can order groceries for contactless delivery as needed.

Furlough is better than no job.  Given what you said in the past, is there still hope the job comes back?  Best of luck. 

50 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Great. Here is one showing deaths are still down here percentage wise compared to the UK and others. Sky isn't falling. 

 

So if we combine the 2 graphs.  One showing that the United States still has growing cases but also still has a declining death rate...isn't that a good thing?  This isn't a the virus isn't real argument, it's just reading 2 graphs simultaneously and digesting the data.  The end goal is to limit the number of deaths and continue to have the death rate go down.  We are doing that.  The spike in cases in the United States is also in young people who are able to fight through the virus.  Yes, we can continue to be smart but to be Philly and cancel all events until March, cut dining capacity to 25% and limit gatherings just seems like more pandering.

Am I wrong in that thinking?  Lower death rate=good.  Rising number of cases=not good but the overall fatality is not as high as once perceived=good.   No? 

33 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Furlough is better than no job.  Given what you said in the past, is there still hope the job comes back?  Best of luck. 

Work just contacted me about a mid-August return as a screener, although I could be called back to my normal job by then. I’m definitely thankful to have job prospects, but I still wouldn’t be surprised if I’m SOL at some point. All decisions are made based on seniority, and despite being there seven years I’m the low man. 

18 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

So if we combine the 2 graphs.  One showing that the United States still has growing cases but also still has a declining death rate...isn't that a good thing?  This isn't a the virus isn't real argument, it's just reading 2 graphs simultaneously and digesting the data.  The end goal is to limit the number of deaths and continue to have the death rate go down.  We are doing that.  The spike in cases in the United States is also in young people who are able to fight through the virus.  Yes, we can continue to be smart but to be Philly and cancel all events until March, cut dining capacity to 25% and limit gatherings just seems like more pandering.

Am I wrong in that thinking?  Lower death rate=good.  Rising number of cases=not good but the overall fatality is not as high as once perceived=good.   No? 

You really have to consider every factor going into these. Testing, healthcare, population, etc. Like France is at the top. Ok, they have 173k confirmed cases and 30k deaths. Is this because they had bad testing in place so didn't even uncover the correct amount of confirmed cases? Maybe. Or is their healthcare system worse? I dunno. Or do they have an older population that were affected. Again, i dunno. So there death rate is then higher. If you have better and more testing you can confirm more cases and lower your death rate. So is that why USA is lower? Maybe. USA did get a little bit of a head start to prepare compared to France. Then compare France's population and deaths to USA. France is roughly a little less than 5 times population of USA. Extrapolate their population to USA, they would roughly be at 150k deaths. USA is currently at 141k and on pace to go higher. Not an exact science here, but you probably see what i'm getting at.

It's like NFL. You can use basic stats but context is also key. In the end, we will never know an exact number or exact stat on this.

45 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I know the mods were able to update it so you could have more characters in the name. Cause mine didn’t fit originally. Just have to contact one of the mods

It’s just Mod5 still Fing with him. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

Work just contacted me about a mid-August return as a screener, although I could be called back to my normal job by then. I’m definitely thankful to have job prospects, but I still wouldn’t be surprised if I’m SOL at some point. All decisions are made based on seniority, and despite being there seven years I’m the low man. 

 It your Manu.  That has to trump seniority. 

(and WTF Apple, I play bridge and use the English language. Quit f’ing capitalizing trump when I use the word.). Gates spellcheck >>>>>Apple spellcheck. 

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Great. Here is one showing deaths are still down here percentage wise compared to the UK and others. Sky isn't falling. 

 

There will be over 200,000 dead Americans by the end of November.

2 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

There will be over 200,000 dead Americans by the end of November.

Which really sucks.  The initial models however showed us having 2.2 million dead.  Death is never good but aren't lower numbers than predicted good?

7 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Which really sucks.  The initial models however showed us having 2.2 million dead.  Death is never good but aren't lower numbers than predicted good?

Those early models were unreliable as we knew next to nothing about COVID 19. Models are refined constantly as more data become available. If you went back a month ago, the models did a good job of predicting the current death toll.