2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

My concern is Siri leading the charge. But 3-14 would be pretty good for us. Get us another huge draft haul. That’s where things sit I’d say. Just need to infuse this team with youth. But....I’m not intimidated by anybody in our division. It’s really hard to envision being worse than last season though. I mean can this team actually go downward more from that? Just a huge clusterF of a season. Perfect storm of disaster. You got Rosie firing the OC. Then shoving these offensive advisors down Pedey’s throat. Then COVID situation. Injuries just blasted the team. Ertz in his lil pissy contract situation. On and on. Tough to screw things up more than last season. 
   But there is some reason for optimism. Could see the Oline dominating. That’s always a good start. I like the RBs we have. Huge Sanders fan! Scott works for me. Really want to see this rook kid Gainwell. Definitely peaked my interest. Reagor I still believe in fully. Think he’s a very dangerous weapon to have. All up to Smith and what he can do. Expectations are high....just no doubt. Not sure what’s quite going on with the D. Dline should be strong out the gates. LB room is full. Can they put together the right guys in the right situations? Actually feeling pretty good about the S room. McLeod and Harris could really be good back there. Also have some young potential. Like to see a guy step up and earn a job. Corner room isn’t full. I do think Slay could be in for a good year. If James outside is our weakest link on the D then we should be good.

  I see us getting blasted to start the season. One win in the first half of the season is a possibility..for sure. Gotta give some time for the coaches to sort a few things out. So it might look real bad to start the year. But hopefully we then improve after getting a few butt kicks in. If the team can come together midway and finish strong then the postseason is a possibility. That’s my optimistic view point. The team just keeps getting better and improving the whole time. 

Post season???? I don't THINK so lol

I think if you exit this season feeling confident that you have the right coach & QB then it's a success regardless of the record.  Conversely if one of those needs to be replaced then 9 wins wouldn't really mean much

The Jaguars had Waddle with the same rating as Lawrence in the draft.

Tebow’s jersey is the top five seller on NFLshop

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Are you guys fans of the coaching hires?

I posted some tweets a while back that indicated that Gannon and Sirianni will be working much closer than Schwartz and Doug did. I think this is a good move, since Gannon wants the experience that will lead to a HC gig and Sirianni is green, and should be open to collaborating.

Gannon was impressive at his press conference, but obviously the proof is what he can do on the field. Apparently he got to pick his coordinators, and they seemed to pick up free agents he wanted, and he seemed excited about the draft picks. So we will see how he does.  

This I don’t have a scheme thing....53 man roster limitations make it difficult to not have a scheme. It’s the DB Era of defense though. So having a strong Nickle and Dime looks is the most important. Gotta have that goaline/short yardage package as well.

44 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I think if you exit this season feeling confident that you have the right coach & QB then it's a success regardless of the record.  Conversely if one of those needs to be replaced then 9 wins wouldn't really mean much

I don't think you are replacing Siri after 1 season. QB could be a different story, so as far as staff I think we are "stuck with what we have"

17 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Tebow’s jersey is the top five seller on NFLshop

Naive consumers lmao

4 minutes ago, EaglesTD123 said:

Naive consumers lmao

I hope he succeeds. Great guy with a great character. He always wanted to play football. Went with other sports because noone would keep him around. Plus you have that "emergency" QB lol. The "jump pass" was really fun when he  was at FL

1 minute ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I hope he succeeds. Great guy with a great character. He always wanted to play football. Went with other sports because noone would keep him around. Plus you have that "emergency" QB lol

I wish hime the best too. But even if an Eagle I'm not running for a jersey yet. 

4 minutes ago, EaglesTD123 said:

I wish hime the best too. But even if an Eagle I'm not running for a jersey yet. 

Let's hope we get into the position where Hurts jerseys sell that well

A film breakdown of McPhearson.

Zech McPhearson Eagles draft tape breakdown - YouTube

You can see why he was a fourth round pick. Several times in man coverage he just got beat way too easily off the LOS. Now, he's going against some first and second round picks in the video, so he should be expected to lose some of those battles. But a first round corner shows up much better in man.

I love his zone coverage looks. At the 7:15 mark, he is playing in a zone and relates really well to the deep receiver even though his is the flat defender. One problem I see a lot is that guys will play a zone with no one in it because they aren't aware of what is happening around them. But there are a few times that McPhearson looks for work, which is really important. That, plus his solid tackling skills makes him a pretty good pick IMO.

You can see why the team might be willing to roll the dice on this kid. He shows great instincts on screens and running plays, and he looks comfortable in a zone defense. His weakness is man coverage, but we won't be in man very much, so it's not a huge issue.

1 hour ago, EaglesTD123 said:

I wish hime the best too. But even if an Eagle I'm not running for a jersey yet. 

Why not. Rare items become valuable eventually

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I don't think you are replacing Siri after 1 season. QB could be a different story, so as far as staff I think we are "stuck with what we have"

Yeah I didn't really mean you'd replace him. Apparently Doug was a mess in year 1 behind the scenes so I don't even think it's fair to draw a conclusion on him.  But you'll either gain confidence in him or you'll be wondering if he's 2 and done.

2 hours ago, jsb235 said:

You can see why he was a fourth round pick. Several times in man coverage he just got beat way too easily off the LOS. Now, he's going against some first and second round picks in the video, so he should be expected to lose some of those battles. But a first round corner shows up much better in man.

I love his zone coverage looks. At the 7:15 mark, he is playing in a zone and relates really well to the deep receiver even though his is the flat defender. One problem I see a lot is that guys will play a zone with no one in it because they aren't aware of what is happening around them. But there are a few times that McPhearson looks for work, which is really important. That, plus his solid tackling skills makes him a pretty good pick IMO.

Considering we are a team that is likely to go to lot more zone coverage makes sense we got a guy who was strong in that area and likely a reason he was high our board. 

1 hour ago, pgcd3 said:

Yeah I didn't really mean you'd replace him. Apparently Doug was a mess in year 1 behind the scenes so I don't even think it's fair to draw a conclusion on him.  But you'll either gain confidence in him or you'll be wondering if he's 2 and done.

Just want to see growth like you would from young players I’m fully expecting growing pains with this new young staff like I’m expecting it from our young players as well. 

3 hours ago, jsb235 said:

I posted some tweets a while back that indicated that Gannon and Sirianni will be working much closer than Schwartz and Doug did. I think this is a good move, since Gannon wants the experience that will lead to a HC gig and Sirianni is green, and should be open to collaborating.

I mean not against collaborating or anything but Gannon is just as green of not more so then Siri. We have a very young staff though coaching experience wise they have just as much as Doug & Reich on the O side... Obviously Schwartz has far more experience then Gannon. 
 

But I’d rather hire a guy a year early and go through growing pains over missing out on a guy because we waited. I think Siri and Gannon will be good coaches both seem like really smart guys that know the game.

Also ok with our OC I quite enjoyed the Chargers offense and wanted elements of it added to ours wasn’t my top pick wanted Lynn. But got the next best thing I guess lol 

19 minutes ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Also ok with our OC I quite enjoyed the Chargers offense and wanted elements of it added to ours wasn’t my top pick wanted Lynn. But got the next best thing I guess lol 

The Chargers offense was pretty decent but the timing of some play calls was in question. Since Sirriani is calling plays that won't be the same issue though we have no idea about him.

On defense it'll be really tough to gauge Gannon unless they have 2 legit CBs. There is no scheme that works with only 1 decent CB

17 hours ago, jsb235 said:

Wentz generated 3,600 yards and had 33 touchdowns in 13 games in 2017. Over a full season that's 4,400 yards and 40 TDs. But, he was also 25. Hurts will be 23 this year. As a 22 yard old, he generated 1,400 yards and 9 TDs in 30 percent of the snaps, which projects to 4,600 yards and 30 TDs. I think that would be a decent stat line for Hurts, with less than 12 turnovers.

I think a better comparison is Dak. At 23, Dak generated 3,900 yards and 29 touchdowns. I think our team going into the year is very similar to the Cowboys offense of 2016, so there's no reason he can't put up those numbers.

Personally, I think Hurts will always be a mediocre passer who can run the ball really well. If that's not your cup of tea, I get it. But he's built like a running back, so he should be able to play at a reasonably high level for around eight years, and once the legs start to go, he will no longer be anything special. But for those eight years I think he will generate enough offense to get the job done. 4,500 yards, over 30 touchdowns and under 15 turnovers. That's the numbers that are key for me.

  You state that this team is as good as our 2017 team. Then you change it up using Wentz's stat's from 3 years earlier?

16 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Are we comparing just stats?  Or if the player is better.  Ertz and Goedert are different styles.   Ertz is basically a possession receiver.  Good routes and good hands. Excellent complimentary piece in the middle of the guys the defense was actually worried about. 

Goedert blocks to help the run game.  He gets yards after the catch.   He is basically Celek and Burton put together.   He doesn't need the volume of catches to impact the game like Ertz does.     The TE unit in 2017 was awesome. They complimented each other, nobody had to play too many snaps.  Goedert may be better, but he will have to do more by himself. 

I think with a QB like Hurts, Goedert is a better fit than Ertz.   

  Joe, I am simply comparing Ertz's 2017 Season to Goedert now. We have no way of knowing what Goedert will do this year. Based on Goedert's previous years Ertz(2017) was the better player. I am not trying to look at "fits". Yes Goedert is a better blocker. But he is not a better receiver. At least he has not yet proven that. He may well do so this year, but no one knows.

16 hours ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

2016 78 catches 800 yards 4 tds as a starter that also rarely blocked because we had Celek. So primary job was pass catcher. This was also coming into a year people had real questions on Ertz toughness and williness to block and if he could score because at this point he had what like 6 tds total as a two year starter. 

2019 Dallas Geodart 58 catches 600 yards 5 tds backup TE that also was our primary blocking TE. 

Id say heading into this season Geodart compares very nicely to Ertz heading into 2017.

I’m comparing Ertz of 2016 to Geodart of now. They compare favorably to each other we know what Ertz went on to become the unknown is still there for Geodart.

OK, we are comparing different seasons. You are comparing to his previous season where JSB is stating this team is as good as our 2017 team. We need to compare 2017 Stats to make this comparison IMO. If you want to switch it up fine. 

Forget who's from around Lancaster, PA. In Elizabethtown longer than expected, taking care of some legal matters for Deb mom.

WB to those from the soon to be defunct EMB. Closing boards has been going on throughout the league, ours being one of the last - guess the owners don't think we're worth it. That and we usually come to a better consensus on things!

33 minutes ago, stine said:

OK, we are comparing different seasons. You are comparing to his previous season where JSB is stating this team is as good as our 2017 team. We need to compare 2017 Stats to make this comparison IMO. If you want to switch it up fine. 

Think when I read it I looked at it as what the roster was at the start of 2017 not at the end. So it was what guys did before the 2017 season happened 

I also don’t think this team is nearly as talented as 2017 but I do think some players on just as good if not better then some of the guys in 2017.