2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

If they don't trade for Jernigan, they don't win the Super Bowl.  

Hmmm .... I'd likely want to ask the What If Machine on that one:

 

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18 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

The price of the Timmy Jernigan trade -- moving back from #74 to #99 in the draft.  Taking Sidney Jones at #43 on a big injury risk meant the Eagles took their highest rated CB off the board with their next pick in Rasul Douglas.  

Some guys who were available at #74 and gone before #99 -- Chris Godwin, Kareem Hunt, Kenny Golladay, Shaquill Griffin

Certainly that doesn't look great when you look at it that way... but for perspective, every team misses on guys, and for every miss each team would face a list of successful guys they could have taken...  the draft is, was, and always will be a bit of a crap shoot...  the trick is to hit more than you miss... 

 

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

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Were they assigned Matt Leo or did they voluntarily sign him?  I know he doesn't count against the roster but he's 29, he's not going to be anything.  Isn't he taking reps and snaps from a potential player?

Just now, Veejer said:

Certainly that doesn't look great when you look at it that way... but for perspective, every team misses on guys, and for every miss each team would face a list of successful guys they could have taken...  the draft is, was, and always will be a bit of a crap shoot...  the trick is to hit more than you miss... 

 

Quite the trick and very true.  I don't think this team hits nearly as much as they miss.

9 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

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Please be JJAWful

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

Please be JJAWful

I suspect that we are all going to be disappointed with that one,  

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Please be JJAWful

I'd be with you but no one else has stepped up either.  

Smith, Reagor, Watkins and Ward are locks.  Fulgham hasn't done a thing and neither has JJAW.  Hightower was hurt and has to catch up.  #41 has size and experience but couldn't tell you his name.  Probably better to let the bottom of the WR trash keep competing and then claim a WR or two after final cut downs.

14 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Were they assigned Matt Leo or did they voluntarily sign him?  I know he doesn't count against the roster but he's 29, he's not going to be anything.  Isn't he taking reps and snaps from a potential player?

Quite the trick and very true.  I don't think this team hits nearly as much as they miss.

 Voluntary. And not really, he’s playing mop in duty in preseason games so they can sit BG, Kerrigan and Sweat and Barnett last week. Ostman went out with a concussion too. Whatever reps he’s getting is just from someone else who’s not going to make it, and any young DE that needed reps had plenty to go around.

2 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

I just want to thank Andy for the hands he drafted for being so great.

You mean Modrak, Banner and Heckert?  The wide receivers McNabb and AR started with came from Modrak and Rhodes.  Then there was kind of a split of duties between Banner and the scouting group and Reid. Then they brought Heckert on board but towards the end, just Reid.  

17 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

 

Quite the trick and very true.  I don't think this team hits nearly as much as they miss.

I don't know how skewed misses and hits are...  and I have no idea where they would fall if compared to the whole league...  to be fair... 

24 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

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Matt Leo is such a waste. Certainly there's some freak athlete international guy who's under 25 to take a flyer on?

Hakeem Butler needs his own award for his legendary Eagle career. 1 snap, 1 target, 1 hilariously bad play call. Legend. 

1 hour ago, schuy7 said:

Kirk Cousins is a good QB. 

105 passer rating last year. 107 in 2019.

60 TDs to 19 INTs the last two years.

The Cousins hate is way overboard. He's pretty good.

30 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

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Great now we cut out secret red zone target in butler…. 

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

You’re judging this team based on two nothing games?

What is clear to me from what I’ve seen is that the team lacks depth. The starters look pretty good. A few injuries, however, and the wheels could come off.

Sounds familiar.

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

Sounds familiar.

8 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Matt Leo is such a waste. Certainly there's some freak athlete international guy who's under 25 to take a flyer on?

I have no idea how that thing works besides the basic concept. But if there was anyone good they could just get drafted or sign with a team as a regular player like Mailata and some of these punters do.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

Has anyone seen this yet?  

Two teams have contacted the Eagles about trading for LB Genard Avery, per Adam Caplan.

Can the Eagles flip him for what they paid?   Doubtful.

Don’t want to sound overly critical about this but for a team with so many holes, so little depth and not much youth, Eagles kinda stunk with their UDFA signings this year. There’s only 3 left on the team and none seem to have a shot for a roster spot. Maybe Awosika and Stoll have a shot at practice squad. 

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Decent ball skills but neither quick nor fast. I guess we could do worse. Given his limitations I wish he was more physical. Twenty years ago he probably would have been a decent player, someone in the Al Harris mold, for those who might remember him.

 

(and me too.  a great waiver wire pickup from final cuts, back in the day.)

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Don’t want to sound overly critical about this but for a team with so many holes, so little depth and not much youth, Eagles kinda stunk with their UDFA signings this year. There’s only 3 left on the team and none seem to have a shot for a roster spot. Maybe Awosika and Stoll have a shot at practice squad. 

Not to defend the eagles but I’m also sure it was supposedly a weaker draft class so the UDFA are likely not as good league wide. I’m curious to see the number league wide of UDFA that make the 53 man roster this year 

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

The price of the Timmy Jernigan trade -- moving back from #74 to #99 in the draft.  Taking Sidney Jones at #43 on a big injury risk meant the Eagles took their highest rated CB off the board with their next pick in Rasul Douglas.  

Some guys who were available at #74 and gone before #99 -- Chris Godwin, Kareem Hunt, Kenny Golladay, Shaquill Griffin

Don't remind me... those were my two highest 'want' players that year.

48 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

If they don't trade for Jernigan, they don't win the Super Bowl.  

The mistake wasn't trading for Jernigan, it was grabbing Jones in Round 2.  Hopefully they didn't double down on that with Dickerson this year.

Jerrigan was a solid acquisition, no one's fault that he had a freak neck injury that basically ended his career.

Crap happens, only GMs with crystal balls and fans with 20/20 hindsight avoid these "mistakes."

16 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I have no idea how that thing works besides the basic concept. But if there was anyone good they could just get drafted or sign with a team as a regular player like Mailata and some of these punters do.

True, I guess the true outliers would get drafted late. Mailata and that German guy were the only 2 I can recall that got buzz like that.