7 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I believe Mills played the role that they're planning for him this year in the New England game last season. Defense looked good in that game, but I think the weather had a lot to do with that. New England also didn't have a very good offense last season. 

I think Parks is going to be the best offseason addition to this team. He got caught up in the numbers in Denver because they have some good safeties, but he is a very solid player. 

I like Parks in the little I’ve seen and read about him. Should be a huge improvement at third safety. I wouldn’t be surprised if he beats out Mills. 

2 hours ago, justrelax said:

Excellent. Would add that Jim Bowie was a big-time slave trader.

That he was.  Growing up in the South with parents from the plains who really worked hard to have no prejudices and help us past ours, was eye opening. When Utebird talks about the faults he sees in our nation, I see the strides (and backsliding) we have made.  I never want to backslide there again.  That is why I am so adamant about voter suppression.  The party of Lincoln has adopted Dixiecrat beliefs. 

2 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

My brother in law’s basement flooded four inches high with sewage last week. Sewage. He just put in new flooring too. Gross. 

Sewage. 

Hopefully he has sewer backup coverage. 

4 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Our third safety should be better, but unless we’re changing the SS role, I don’t see how we’re better there. 

I don't think the team is better at safety.  I just think it's closer to a wash.  I do think the secondary as a whole is going to be better.  So the team may not miss Jenkins as much next season.  

1 hour ago, DEagle7 said:

With 60 extra lbs on him too.  Damn...

Lane Johnson is a freak athlete.  There's no question about it.... never has been, honestly.

I don't trust Schwartz when shuffling and coaching up DB's...his track record is very poor, so from that perspective I am concerned that things could be worse at safety.  

Otherwise, I would expect Mills to be an upgrade over 2019 Jenkins in that role.

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't trust Schwartz when shuffling and coaching up DB's...his track record is very poor, so from that perspective I am concerned that things could be worse at safety.  

Otherwise, I would expect Mills to be an upgrade over 2019 Jenkins in that role.

He's been a DB coach for exactly one year of his coaching career, at North Carolina Central (that amazing football factory).  He's primarily been a defensive assistant, LB coach and DC.  If you want to point the finger at DB development, I think the finger gets pointed primarily at Undlin.  So, I'd say at this point... we have to put our trust in Tim Hauck and Marquand Manuel.  And if the players don't develop there... then its on those two first and foremost, and Schwartz secondarily.

8 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't trust Schwartz when shuffling and coaching up DB's...his track record is very poor, so from that perspective I am concerned that things could be worse at safety.  

Otherwise, I would expect Mills to be an upgrade over 2019 Jenkins in that role.

What basis is there for you to believe that?

Just now, ManuManu said:

What basis is there for you to believe that?

It's odd with Jenkins.  Usually, once a player leaves, there is this instant wave of acknowledgement of their shortcomings, which were swept under the rug previously.  We aren't seeing that with Jenkins.  Last year, he was a major part of the deep ball woes.  He tightened it up in the last few games at a high level, but he was a genuine liability in coverage the entire season prior to that.  I'm surprised more people aren't willing to admit just how much trouble he had.

Mills has his own dicey history deep, but that's as a CB locked in against the other team's best weapon.  He's going to be better in coverage than Jenkins.

 

3 hours ago, BigEFly said:

I am not sure that moving on from Jenkins was not a good move.  He was a beast in the number of tackles he made and that helped the run game. But he had slipped a lot in coverage.  Frankly, I think Mills, Parks and Wallace will all be better in coverage and I am not convinced they lose that much in tackling or savvy. 
 
I think Bradham went seriously downhill after 2017.  I am real encouraged about Edwards play. He has such great instincts.  Learning that Gerry played all year with a torn core muscle is actually encouraging.  I suspect that impacted at least some of his missed tackles.  I really liked the Riley trade.  He is kind of like D. Hall in that he was drafted high (3rd) but was green. (Sound like another Eagle?). Hall seemed to progress last summer.  Well that’s this summer for Riley.  That’s probably the starters.  Depth isn’t bad, best of two draft choices, Singleton and Brown. Singleton did well on STs. But I think he has to show he can be a reliable backup to make the team.  I would love to see him step up to play back up MIKE and maybe some sort of Ike Reese role. Frankly, Brown can’t cover which is bad for a player with his speed.  I thought he was mainly a ST signing.  Now Schwartz likes to keep his LBs clean which should help Singleton, Brown and Taylor.  Taylor does seem to have some natural instincts. He is clay to be molded and Frajole seems to have a knack for that. Good luck with that for Bradley. He is said to have good work ethic and we do need someone to back up Edwards if Singleton can’t. Wild card is Olson.  He doesn’t look as slow as his forty on tape but he isn’t like Edwards who looks like a 4.6 player on tape because he has already taken two steps towards the play before other players have started. Yeah, I loved the Edwards signing.  If we substitute Edwards for Thorson in last year’s draft, it looks pretty good.  

I don't think LB is necessarily worse but I think there's not much in the way of proven talent.  2018 was a bad year for Bradham.  I thought he looked better last season.  He seemed fairly solid for most of the season. He's not the same player he was in 2017.  I am optimistic about Edwards but he's a 2 down back.  Gerry improved but he still misses tackles he shouldn't miss. Part of that may be due to a core muscle injury but part of it is, I think, his athletic and size limitations.   He also made some key plays. I am hopeful that he continues to progress but it's not a guarantee.  I am hopeful that Riley can become a solid player.  The good news is the d-line is deeper assuming everyone stays healthy. 

11 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I don't trust Schwartz when shuffling and coaching up DB's...his track record is very poor, so from that perspective I am concerned that things could be worse at safety.  

Otherwise, I would expect Mills to be an upgrade over 2019 Jenkins in that role.

Um, Schwartz shuffling of the many off the street DBs we had 2 years ago is the main reason we even made the playoffs that year.

A lot of that was due to Jenkins being the only starter still playing.

Now, I'm more worried about his deployment of guys around Slay, simply because of his stubbornness.

However, if all the guys go down around Mills, I highly doubt he'll be able to hold the jags together better than Jenkins did.

Maybe? Anything is possible I guess.

I'm honestly not sure who would win in a foot race out of Mills and Jenkins, which is pretty sad considering the age difference.

 

6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

It's odd with Jenkins.  Usually, once a player leaves, there is this instant wave of acknowledgement of their shortcomings, which were swept under the rug previously.  We aren't seeing that with Jenkins.  Last year, he was a major part of the deep ball woes.  He tightened it up in the last few games at a high level, but he was a genuine liability in coverage the entire season prior to that.  I'm surprised more people aren't willing to admit just how much trouble he had.

Mills has his own dicey history deep, but that's as a CB locked in against the other team's best weapon.  He's going to be better in coverage than Jenkins.

 

I don’t think it’s as simple as taking a corner and putting him at safety and expecting better coverage skills. His reads and responsibilities are very different. His run fits are a lot different. He now has to defend RPOs differently. People are oversimplifying it. 

9 minutes ago, PrinceKelby said:

Um, Schwartz shuffling of the many off the street DBs we had 2 years ago is the main reason we even made the playoffs that year.

A lot of that was due to Jenkins being the only starter still playing.

Now, I'm more worried about his deployment of guys around Slay, simply because of his stubbornness.

However, if all the guys go down around Mills, I highly doubt he'll be able to hold the jags together better than Jenkins did.

Maybe? Anything is possible I guess.

I'm honestly not sure who would win in a foot race out of Mills and Jenkins, which is pretty sad considering the age difference.

 

We've made some fairly substantial investments in the DB position in recent years...every single one of them has gotten worse with more time here.  

Just now, ManuManu said:

I don’t think it’s as simple as taking a corner and putting him at safety and expecting better coverage skills. His reads and responsibilities are very different. His run fits are a lot different. He now has to defend RPOs differently. People are oversimplifying it. 

Which is why I don't have great confidence in the coaching to make it happen.  Mills does, however, have experience as a safety.

2 hours ago, DEagle7 said:

With 60 extra lbs on him too.  Damn...

I thought Chase Young was a bit overrated. I’d rather have a Bosa.  He wasn’t particularly overwhelmingly against NFL quality OTs in college and he has never seen one as athletic as Lane Johnson or Tyron Smith. And possibly Thomas. I think Andre Dillard is right up there too. Great speed and kick. Needed to work on his anchor and punch.  I remember at the Combine watching the flip drills for Dillard and thinking he had more fluid hips than half the DBs. Amazing for a 315 pound man. 

6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

We've made some fairly substantial investments in the DB position in recent years...every single one of them has gotten worse with more time here.  

Which is why I don't have great confidence in the coaching to make it happen.  Mills does, however, have experience as a safety.

He played a little bit against New England as a pro. Was he a FS or SS at LSU? How many years did he play safety before moving to corner?

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

It's odd with Jenkins.  Usually, once a player leaves, there is this instant wave of acknowledgement of their shortcomings, which were swept under the rug previously.  We aren't seeing that with Jenkins.  Last year, he was a major part of the deep ball woes.  He tightened it up in the last few games at a high level, but he was a genuine liability in coverage the entire season prior to that.  I'm surprised more people aren't willing to admit just how much trouble he had.

Mills has his own dicey history deep, but that's as a CB locked in against the other team's best weapon.  He's going to be better in coverage than Jenkins.

 

The Eagles usually played single high safety with McLeod deep not Jenkins.  I am not sure when Jenkins was a major part of the deep ball woes.  I think it was more on the CB play.  

I think this is a good example of them getting beat deep in a single high look.  This looks to be on Douglas as much as anyone else.  Hopefully, Slay would do better than Douglas in this situation. 

5 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

The Eagles usually played single high safety with McLeod deep not Jenkins.  I am not sure when Jenkins was a major part of the deep ball woes.  I think it was more on the CB play.  

He definitely was at fault for one of the deep balls against Minnesota. 

13-3   #1 seed in the NFC.       https://www.nfl.com/videos/adam-rank-s-2020-record-prediction-for-eagles

 

It appears Mills played 12 games at safety his junior year. I’m not sure about his senior year, but he played six games and was listed as a safety in the stats I found. 

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He definitely was at fault for one of the deep balls against Minnesota. 

I'm sure there were others but he wasn't playing the single high safety role most of the time.  

3 hours ago, MediterraneanDiet said:

Yeah, 2020 is grinding me to a nub.  Sorry you basement flooded, that completely sucks.

yeah. thats on top of just replacing our fridge literally just got it this week, and then over 700 dollars for struts for my wife's traverse which had a 10 year/100,000 mile bumper to bumper extended warranty. But, you know...3 years in and less than 100k apparently struts are "mechanical" and that part of the warranty expired in september. So the warranty, of course was not as advertised.

Bunch of big things popping all at once right now. 

Ill take a 2nd stimulus check!

28 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

yeah. thats on top of just replacing our fridge literally just got it this week, and then over 700 dollars for struts for my wife's traverse which had a 10 year/100,000 mile bumper to bumper extended warranty. But, you know...3 years in and less than 100k apparently struts are "mechanical" and that part of the warranty expired in september. So the warranty, of course was not as advertised.

Bunch of big things popping all at once right now. 

Ill take a 2nd stimulus check!

Socialist!

I'll take a 2nd stimulus check, I need a new PS5 this holiday season

17 minutes ago, Desertbirds said:

Socialist!

Heck no, he isn’t.  A socialist works for equal pay to each of his comrades. He’s asking for welfare.

Seriously, HE, sorry bad things come in threes.