10 minutes ago, greend said:

Training camp or whatever should be very interesting in the receiver dept. We may have gold and talent dripping everywhere or we may have squat. Could go either way at tis point honestly

I remember reading how great our WR talent was last offseason. Lots of folks were duped last year, including some national folks.  A year later, and we have DeSean Jackosn returning from sports hernia surgery, Greg Ward and a bunch of new blood... a guy in Goodwin who could be very good, if he can stay healthy (sound familiar), a rookie first round pick, teo later round flyers and a gimpy Alshon Jeffery in the distance.  

 

Would be nice for them to be able to work with Carson... but that seems unlikely.

Reagor seems like the type that would be good at "go get it"

 

11 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Great stuff as usual, JR.  Do you suppose that they also show players film of themselves and point out their tells with suggestions on how to address?

It should be criminal if they don't, but not that many do that I'm aware of, certainly not at the high school and college level. They're so busy teaching their players how to do basic things that they don't really have time for self-scouting. I would expect much more of that at the pro level. I know that Stoutland does it - it's obvious in the way his players progress. Overall, though, I think most coaches and players concentrate on what the other guy is doing and not what they're doing, particularly once the season is under way. At that point it's putting in a game plan, doing walk-throughs, and healing up. Whether it's true or not, my sense is that the veterans do as much self-scouting of their teammates as do the coaches. We've all seen what Jason Peters has done with Big V and Dillard.

16 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Would like Jackson and Reagor outside, and Goodwin in the slot.

Somewhat unrelated, 

Heres some Fran Duffy talking about Goodwin.

 

I don't like the idea of counting on Goodwin and Desean for real snaps. Part of the problem with running those 3 out there would be the ability to run out of that set.  They need to be able to disguise and threaten either run or pass out of either set.  I do think JJAW was an effective blocker.  It would be nice if he could develop sufficiently as a receiver so teams would be off balance in his presence.  So I think there's value to developing a rotation where JJAW sees snaps either in the slot or the x.  I do like the idea of an 11 personnel set where Goodwin is in the slot.  It's going to be match up specific.  Teams like the Cowboys, with better LBs than CBs, are going to be at a disadvantage defending that speed.   

17 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

I do remember a game vs the Seahawks during the Chip Kelly era being livid watching the official stand over the ball every play until the SEA defense was ready and in formation; that’s not the way it’s supposed to work.  It was obvious Pete Carroll got to the officials, and it really took the Eagles offense out of its rhythm.
 

Pretty sure it was the same game the Seahawks secondary got away with PI on the first 3 Eagles pass attempts — I wanted to turn the TV off because it was a sad reminder how officiating can alter and ruin the competitive balance of a game.

Julian Vandervelde calling Greg Schiano the worst coach he had ever played for made me smile. 

 

 

35 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

 

I don't know if this secondary is going to be any good, but I do know they are going to have heart and swag in spades.

20 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Didn't someone say Alshon has pins in his feet too?

According to his uncle, yes.

 

46 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

I guess the Eagles could technically go over to Jersey if they wanted to start organized team sessions? 

18 hours ago, justrelax said:

The really smart QBs will spot those tendencies for pass rushers and pull them offsides. Wentz has proven to be very good at that. It comes from film study and whether that's Wentz seeing it on film or someone else bringing it to his attention, the result can be seen on the field. Veterans can do it to young guys but sometimes they catch their own players with the hard count or hand clap or off-rhythm snap. With QBs who don't do their homework, Barnett is very good at this from the DE side but he still can get suckered by the smarter QBs, though not as much as when he came into the league. My understanding is that he's very much a film junkie.

I recall a video with Stoutland talking about Dillard and how he counts steps based on which foot the DE has back. I'm not going to hunt it out but Stoutland's point was that Dillard knew when the DEDD could take an inside move based on his stance. Left foot back - inside on the first step or the third, right foot back - inside on the second or the fourth. Also, based on how wide the DE is split, the number of kick steps he needs to take to get to the right spot. And the key thing - the left leg exactly between the DE's two legs so that he can ride the guy either way. That's something I had sort of figured out many years ago but never had a coach who articulated it. In Dillard's case, he had that down when he came into the league. What he didn't have was the drop-dead anchor. With his foot and hand placement, stance recognition, and knee bend, tough to beat him inside or out. The bull rush is what's left. If he can take that away he's gonna be terrific.

 

1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I guess the Eagles could technically go over to Jersey if they wanted to start organized team sessions? 

It would probably mean less travel for most of the players. 

9 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

It would probably mean less travel for most of the players. 

Probably. I think a lot of them live in South Jersey already. 

 

13 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

Wow, that guy plays well for such a big baby

3 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

This is pretty cool about Kelce:

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He knew Chip’s offense better, I think, than Chip did... He had such a firm understanding of Chip Kelly’s system that he could have run that offense entirely by himself without any input’.

 

46 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I guess the Eagles could technically go over to Jersey if they wanted to start organized team sessions? 

No point. The league isn't letting teams do any type of organized activity until every team can. 

7 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

No point. The league isn't letting teams do any type of organized activity until every team can. 

This is a dead time anyway so who cares. Only thing you really wanted during this time is maybe a mini camp to get a quick look at rookies/new guys and just start to team build but again without pads it’s still just basically mental stuff which they can do on their own.

42 minutes ago, beto_eagles said:

This is pretty cool about Kelce:

 

He's another guy I'd love to see come back as a coach.

1 hour ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

Thanks for posting that. I love Stoutland.

4 hours ago, justrelax said:

It should be criminal if they don't, but not that many do that I'm aware of, certainly not at the high school and college level. They're so busy teaching their players how to do basic things that they don't really have time for self-scouting. I would expect much more of that at the pro level. I know that Stoutland does it - it's obvious in the way his players progress. Overall, though, I think most coaches and players concentrate on what the other guy is doing and not what they're doing, particularly once the season is under way. At that point it's putting in a game plan, doing walk-throughs, and healing up. Whether it's true or not, my sense is that the veterans do as much self-scouting of their teammates as do the coaches. We've all seen what Jason Peters has done with Big V and Dillard.

In the book, The Power of Habit, the author has a great piece on Tony Dungy’s application of changing bad habits in players and making good reactions good habits so the player is playing based on good habits without needed to stop and process.  I always wondered about the tells in the teaching.  Good read, regardless.  Here is an ESPN  blurb on that:

https://www.espn.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/50292/on-tony-dungy-changing-player-habits

2 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

C’mon Tom, your buddies say it’s okay.