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

 

and those were based on the idea that he really did always try to finagle extra comp picks out of many situations. NOT as I_P suggested- that he doesnt care about them. 

8 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

a bunch of people.

We literally cut two players in order to receive comp picks, so…

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is true to a point. Teams are playing 2 high against us and rushing 4, because they don't think Hurts has the patience to win in the pocket. We're not getting blitzed.

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

More people just wanted to cut sendejo cause he sucked and rather have had a comp pick then Keep running him out there when he was useless. 

And we cut Fort to save a comp pick too. 

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

and those were based on the idea that he really did always try to finagle extra comp picks out of many situations. NOT as I_P suggested- that he doesnt care about them. 

The sendejo situation was more he was just awful it make no sense to keep playing him and you rather have a comp pick instead of his awfulness. And potential to destroy his own teammates. 

Just now, ManuManu said:

We literally cut two players in order to receive comp picks, so…

right so it seems I_P's assertion is erroneous.  He does care about comp picks as supported by words and actions. And those moves caused an incredibly annoying phase here in the blog where people seriously would suggest the stupidest moves that made 0 football sense just because they thought it made sense to get a comp pick.

Just now, ManuManu said:

And we cut Fort to save a comp pick too. 

And he was never playing for us is why they did it. Fault coaching staff cause he went on to be productive with the ravens 

35 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Ill take your word for it, but Id be interested to know over the last 5 years or so how our amount of comp picks stacks up against other teams. 

I know a lot of people, many times have cheered " COMP PICKS!!!" because of an established history of accumulating picks here. 

I considered those to be mostly sarcastic posts. 

Seems that maybe, just maybe, they realize they need to change things up on offense.

We might see a whopping 10 runs this weekend!

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

I considered those to be mostly sarcastic posts. 

they were, but they were meant the opposite way from what you remember. The people who took Howie's words and went way overboard looking for more ways to get more comp picks. Making stupid suggestions because "Howie said he does everything with the intent of acquiring more comp picks!"

 

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

right so it seems I_P's assertion is erroneous.  He does care about comp picks as supported by words and actions. And those moves caused an incredibly annoying phase here in the blog where people seriously would suggest the stupidest moves that made 0 football sense just because they thought it made sense to get a comp pick.

Seems like you’re wildly exaggerating here. Unless you have an example to share. 

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

And he was never playing for us is why they did it. Fault coaching staff cause he went on to be productive with the ravens 

He went on to be productive in a completely different scheme, then was cut and no one else wanted him so he re-signed for cheap. 

Just now, ManuManu said:

Seems like you’re wildly exaggerating here. Unless you have an example to share. 

It seems theres a lot of people here who would rather not admit it. Im just happy that phase is past. Now apparently the history is being revised to say he doesnt actually care about them. Honestly, I prefer this new narrative. 

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He went on to be productive in a completely different scheme, then was cut and no one else wanted him so he re-signed for cheap. 

He looked very good here, in our scheme. But maybe it was fools gold, like when Singleton was looking good this pre-season and suddenly sucked horribly by week 1. 

16 minutes ago, Swoop said:

I have no real reason for posting this, but I feel as though this will become a gem at some point depending on what happens on the field: 

 

 

He looks like the type of dude who will hit on your girl as you’re holding her hand

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

He looked very good here, in our scheme. But maybe it was fools gold, like when Singleton was looking good this pre-season and suddenly sucked horribly by week 1. 

Yeah, I think you’re also exaggerating how good he looked here too in very limited action. 

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He went on to be productive in a completely different scheme, then was cut and no one else wanted him so he re-signed for cheap. 

Frankly he likely would’ve been better than what they ran out there that season. Also i don’t think he was cut by the ravens. They didn’t pick up his option and he went back to the ravens at a lower price as no one wanted to sign him. 

6 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Seems that maybe, just maybe, they realize they need to change things up on offense.

We might see a whopping 10 runs this weekend!

We sure will!!  

Wait a minute .... unless you mean RB getting the ball

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Yeah, I think you’re also exaggerating how good he looked here too in very limited action. 

other people saw it too. easy to forget though with such limited action. like how Howie already forgot Tyree Jackson played this pre-season.

Howie signed Mike Wallace to a deal that included a ridiculous weight clause in hopes of circumventing the comp pick formula. He signed guys to contracts with options so that it would not be picked up (instead of cut) and maintain comp pick eligibility. He cut two players to save comp picks. 

Anyone who suggested moves back then with comp picks in mind were in all likelihood being quite reasonable. Unless someone has an actual outrageous example to show. 

 

18 minutes ago, RLC said:

This is true to a point. Teams are playing 2 high against us and rushing 4, because they don't think Hurts has the patience to win in the pocket. We're not getting blitzed.

Yep.  On the first series when he scrambled for the first down.  He had a clean pocket and receivers open, but for god only knows what reason, he tried to roll right and rolled right into pressure instead of stepping up in the pocket.

23 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Oh boy

"the name plates on the back of his OL jerseys"?

Seriously, what does that mean?  Obviously, no one else has the exact same vantage point as he does.  BUT, at the same time, plenty of people know what he should be seeing out there, most importantly, his coaches.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

So he’s going to be HANDicapped if he plays…. 

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Marcus Epps time. He's been ok. This does take us out of 3S sets though.