3 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Eagles must be high on Mailata.  If the rumors are true that they are concerned about Dillard, the only way they would let Peters walk is if they were "high" on Mailata.   Am I off on this?

 

It's a big "if" to  consider... but IF the rumors were true, I'm not sure the Eagles would feel comfortable with Mialata as their plan B.  It's one thing to like a developmental kid.  It's another thing to be concerned about your starter and think a kid who has never played a full game of football at any level is an acceptable plan B.

7 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

I am just happy to finally see some linebackers after 3 offseasons of neglect. It looks like a Jenkins replacement as well...

I think you will like Taylor although it may take a year.  He is a little raw, but shows real potential to build on.  I have to admit I watch Temple with a bit of my kids PSU bias but Bradley seems to me to be a LB that does well attacking the obvious but. when forced to read and react, gets stuck between read and react. Kind of like Jatavis Brown. One thing I do like is all those young LBs are going to be in the room with Gerry and Edwards, two superior football IQ guys.  Hopefully some of that will translate.  I hope Taylor can teach Gerry how to wrap up and tackle. 

2 minutes ago, TEW said:

It's a big "if" to  consider... but IF the rumors were true, I'm not sure the Eagles would feel comfortable with Mialata as their plan B.  It's one thing to like a developmental kid.  It's another thing to be concerned about your starter and think a kid who has never played a full game of football at any level is an acceptable plan B.

Yep.  That's the point.  I'm guessing the Eagles not being pleased with Dillard could have been some sort of disinformation.  No other way to explain it. 

8 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

@eagle45 Outside of the Hurts pick, I'm assuming you're thrilled with this draft just based off of the offensive skill players they added. No more 4.5/4.6 clunkers hogging up the middle of the field running the same routes. 

Yes.  I still don’t believe it happened.

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

I dont think the skins or giants did anything special. Chase young will be a pain in out a**, sure but that pick took no brains

As much as we make fun of Dave Gettleman I didn’t think he had a bad draft. I thought his first five picks were solid. He did the things that the Giants really needed which was getting offensive line and adding some pieces on defense and offense. I think Andrew Thomas is going to be a good left tackle. I would rather had wills, wirfs or becton but i don’t think he’s that far off from those guys. I also really liked the pick of Peart In the third round.  Was hoping if the eagles were going to take a tackle 3-4 round that it was him. he’s going to be a starting right tackle if you give them a year To develop him. I was super high on him when I watch UConn. I don’t think he’s going to be lane Johnson good but I do think he could be a starting caliber tackle in the NFL. Then add on that they got McKinney in the second round. Also liked the Value for Holmes and lemieux in rounds 4 and 5. Holmes could likely be their slot corner and lemieux is a solid backup that has potential to be more. Credit to gettleman he didn’t screw it up. 
 

redskins obvious loved chase young and i liked gibson. The rest of the class less then impressed  

 

7 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Eagles must be high on Mailata.  If the rumors are true that they are concerned about Dillard, the only way they would let Peters walk is if they were "high" on Mailata.   Am I off on this?

 

my thought exactly

Hunter Bryant has to be one. 

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

I think you will like Taylor although it may take a year.  He is a little raw, but shows real potential to build on.  I have to admit I watch Temple with a bit of my kids PSU bias but Bradley seems to me to be a LB that does well attacking the obvious but. when forced to read and react, gets stuck between read and react. Kind of like Jatavis Brown. One thing I do like is all those young LBs are going to be in the room with Gerry and Edwards, two superior football IQ guys.  Hopefully some of that will translate.  I hope Taylor can teach Gerry how to wrap up and tackle. 

Taylor is an old school wrap up tackler...love it. None of the 'go for the big hit 'with your body, and he really brings it. Wallace isn't too far behind. They are going to be fun to watch.

Just my opinion as to where the roster stands now.  We get 55 players now.   PS is 12 now correct?

Bold=lock   Green=PS   Orange=on the edge  Red=PUP then IR

QB- Wentz, Hurts, Sudfeld, Lauletta

RB- Sanders, Scott, Holyfield, Warren, Killins   I think a FA like Corey Clement is signed and will be a lock

WR- Jeffrey, DJack, JJAW, Ward, Reagor, Goodwin, Hightower, Watkins, Davis, Burnett, Gibson, Cracraft, Michel, Green

TE- Ertz, Goedert, Perkins, Togiai

T- Johnson, Dillard, Mailata, Prince

G- Brooks, Seumalo, Opeta, Herbig, Pryor, Good-Jones

C- Kelce, Driscoll Render, Juriga

21 locks

DE- Barnett, BG, Ostman, Avery, Sweat, Miller, Hall, Toohill

DT- Cox, Jackson, Hargave, Huggins, Ridgeway, Rush, Hector, WIlliams 

LB- Gerry, Edwards, Riley, Singleton, Brown, Bradley, Taylor, Olson

CB- Slay, Maddox, Jones, Douglas, LeBlanc, Robey-Coleman, Smith, Williams, James, Jacquet, Smith Jr. I'm adding a veteran CB as a lock

S- Mills, McLeod, Parks, Ford, Epps, Wallace, Arnold, Riley

21 locks

ST- Elliot, Johnston, Lovato

3 locks

That's 45 locks.  10 players fighting to make the team.

2 of JJAW, Hightower, Watkins

Either Ostman or Miller (I think edge goes to Ostman

2 OF Ridgeway, Rush, Huggins, Hector

Pick your bowling ball in Holyfield or Warren

I put Driscoll at center

 

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Yes.  I still don’t believe it happened.

Get used to it.  Howie is in charge now. We are drafting athletes and speed. No more high production college players with low upside.

3 minutes ago, TEW said:

Get used to it.  Howie is in charge now. We are drafting athletes and speed. No more high production college players with low upside.

I know @HazletonEagle mentioned it earlier in the blog but i kind of hope the eagles look into bring in prince amukamara as well. I want maddox and jones to compete to get the starting job. I know a lot of people love maddox on here but i kind of came away disappointed by his second season compared to his rookie year. Also i don’t really think he’s best suited on the outside and don’t trust jones enough to just let those two battle it out. 

17 minutes ago, PrinceKelby said:

I just cant be sold on this notion that Hurts will even be the #2 next year.

Suds says this is his last year. Great! 

Let him find any team in the NFL that will give him a chance to start and he'll find zero. You could then bring him back.

Even if that isn't the case, and Suds is completely gone, I will bet money they bring in another Vet to backup Wentz.

It's pretty hard to think we're going to be challenging for a SB this year with so many new pieces and faces, so next year, do we really think Hurts will be able to come in and win a few games as a backup if Wentz goes down? I highly doubt it and our window next year will be much bigger IMO.

I don't buy the Taysom Hill stuff as they are totally different builds. I can see them doing some gimmick stuff but that will be what 20 times a season at the very most?

Suds has been here for how many years and they didn't even trust him over McCown even though being here in the system longer?

That's why this whole "QB factory" nonsense was so infuriating. If that were anywhere near true for this regime Suds would have more trust and be more valuable than he is. AND after cutting Thorson last year. QB developing factory my arse.

I hope Hurts pans out, but he is a bit of a project. It why using the 2nd pick was so baffling. 

It would be nice to be a QB factory but they haven't proven much in being able to do that.

I think that Hurts has way more potential than Sudfeld.  They have had Sudfeld now for three years.  First they had Foles over him. Then the brought in McCown. I don’t think that was solely due to the wrist injury and Thorson’s god awful preseason.   I think Sudfeld is barely a third stringer and the whole, he wants to start was kind speak that teams sometimes do. (He lines up correctly.)  The presser was awful but I think they were being very careful with current players’ egos.  They couldn’t say to Wentz: statistically you are going to get injured and miss time; and the couldn’t say to Sudfeld:   You were inactive in our playoff game for a reason. We have no confidence in you as a starting QB. 

11 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

I think you will like Taylor although it may take a year.  He is a little raw, but shows real potential to build on.  I have to admit I watch Temple with a bit of my kids PSU bias but Bradley seems to me to be a LB that does well attacking the obvious but. when forced to read and react, gets stuck between read and react. Kind of like Jatavis Brown. One thing I do like is all those young LBs are going to be in the room with Gerry and Edwards, two superior football IQ guys.  Hopefully some of that will translate.  I hope Taylor can teach Gerry how to wrap up and tackle. 

100% agree on Bradley. Mentioned it earlier. ‘Looks like Tarzan, plays like jane’

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Just my opinion as to where the roster stands now.  We get 55 players now.   PS is 12 now correct?

Bold=lock   Green=PS   Orange=on the edge  Red=PUP then IR

QB- Wentz, Hurts, Sudfeld, Lauletta

RB- Sanders, Scott, Holyfield, Warren, Killins   I think a FA like Corey Clement is signed and will be a lock

WR- Jeffrey, DJack, JJAW, Ward, Reagor, Goodwin, Hightower, Watkins, Davis, Burnett, Gibson, Cracraft, Michel, Green

TE- Ertz, Goedert, Perkins, Togiai

T- Johnson, Dillard, Mailata, Prince

G- Brooks, Seumalo, Opeta, Herbig, Pryor, Good-Jones

C- Kelce, Driscoll Render, Juriga

21 locks

DE- Barnett, BG, Ostman, Avery, Sweat, Miller, Hall, Toohill

DT- Cox, Jackson, Hargave, Huggins, Ridgeway, Rush, Hector, WIlliams 

LB- Gerry, Edwards, Riley, Singleton, Brown, Bradley, Taylor, Olson

CB- Slay, Maddox, Jones, Douglas, LeBlanc, Robey-Coleman, Smith, Williams, James, Jacquet, Smith Jr. I'm adding a veteran CB as a lock

S- Mills, McLeod, Parks, Ford, Epps, Wallace, Arnold, Riley

21 locks

ST- Elliot, Johnston, Lovato

3 locks

That's 45 locks.  10 players fighting to make the team.

2 of JJAW, Hightower, Watkins

Either Ostman or Miller (I think edge goes to Ostman

2 OF Ridgeway, Rush, Huggins, Hector

Pick your bowling ball in Holyfield or Warren

I put Driscoll at center

 

I have a hard time seeing the eagles giving up on JJAW after one year. Gibson was terrible his rookie year and even his second year and yet still managed to be on the roster cause imo was drafted. I hate saying it but i could see the eagles moving on from ward if they like what they see from quez Watkins and Hightower. Remember before desean got hurt they were moving him inside some and i wouldn’t be surprised if they also play musical chairs with him and Goodwin playing in the slot at times when they go 3 WRs. 

8 minutes ago, TEW said:

Get used to it.  Howie is in charge now. We are drafting athletes and speed. No more high production college players with low upside.

He was in charge before...

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

I have a hard time seeing the eagles giving up on JJAW after one year. Gibson was terrible his rookie year and even his second year and yet still managed to be on the roster cause imo was drafted. I hate saying it but i could see the eagles moving on from ward if they like what they see from quez Watkins and Hightower. Remember before desean got hurt they were moving him inside some and i wouldn’t be surprised if they also play musical chairs with him and Goodwin playing in the slot at times when they go 3 WRs. 

Yeah, I would be shocked — not drafting Hurts level shocked — if he didn’t make the roster. Howie has some pride. Cutting a second-round pick would be a huge black eye. 

Besides, we still need some size at the position. 

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

I have a hard time seeing the eagles giving up on JJAW after one year. Gibson was terrible his rookie year and even his second year and yet still managed to be on the roster cause imo was drafted. I hate saying it but i could see the eagles moving on from ward if they like what they see from quez Watkins and Hightower. Remember before desean got hurt they were moving him inside some and i wouldn’t be surprised if they also play musical chairs with him and Goodwin playing in the slot at times when they go 3 WRs. 

I agree, it's hard seeing them give up on him but all Ward did was produce when called upon.  He won the Redskins game for us.  He's dependable, shifty and also emergency QB.  He has real value to this team.  JJAW showed absolutely nothing.  

Does he love football?  Can he run?  Is he healthy?  2 of those I question about JJAW.  They went all in with WR today in the draft.  If they cut/trade a 2nd rounder from last year so be it. 

Wards production on the field should be a better guarantee for a spot than where JJAW was drafted.

4 minutes ago, Br3 said:

It's going to be hilarious when they pull Wentz off the field inside the ten yard line just to try to justify spending a 2nd on Hurts to get him some snaps. It's not like Wentz is one of the best redzone QBs in the league or anything. 

Uhhhhhhhh

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yeah, I would be shocked — not drafting Hurts level shocked — if he didn’t make the roster. Howie has some pride. Cutting a second-round pick would be a huge black eye. 

Besides, we still need some size at the position. 

I think his value if you can get his mind right again is in the red zone where you can throw a jump ball and he can pull it down. If you can get him back to what he was at Stanford and have reagor on the other side who could jump through the roof then you have two guys that you could do that with on the outside in the red zone and then you also have Ertz and goedert

like you said I just think it’s a pride factor that I can’t see him just admitting it a year after.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He was in charge before...

Not really.

Douglas was clearly the guy ranking the board.  His finger prints were all over those lousy picks, especially JJAW. The difference in focus this year was night and day with Douglas gone.

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I agree, it's hard seeing them give up on him but all Ward did was produce when called upon.  He won the Redskins game for us.  He's dependable, shifty and also emergency QB.  He has real value to this team.  JJAW showed absolutely nothing.  

Does he love football?  Can he run?  Is he healthy?  2 of those I question about JJAW.  They went all in with WR today in the draft.  If they cut/trade a 2nd rounder from last year so be it. 

Wards production on the field should be a better guarantee for a spot than where JJAW was drafted.

I agree the on field production and performance should be, but the politics behind him being a second round pick also comes in the play. Don’t get me wrong if I had my choice if the rookies look really good and Ward looking good I would move on from JJaw but I just don’t see that happening. Like I said gibson got two years as a fifth round pick and he looked bad nearly his entire tenure here. 

1 minute ago, TEW said:

Not really.

Douglas was clearly the guy ranking the board.  His finger prints were all over those lousy picks, especially JJAW. The difference in focus this year was night and day with Douglas gone.

Jets draft doesn’t look so bad...