16 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Lots of players on this list who should pique the Eagles’ interest. 

Can you imagine.....

Thibodeaux with the Miami pick

Jordan Davis with the Eagles pick

Hutchinson with the Colts pick.

 

37 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

How do folks grade Davion Taylor's play yesterday?  He made 8 tackles, a couple of good solid form hits, made some decent plays playing downhill but also got pancaked by the OG on a 10-yard gain on a running play and missed on a couple of angles as well.

He looks more suited as an OLB than a MLB to me -- but resembling an NFL LB at all at least shows some development.

Looked out of position a few times, got washed easily on another play by a TE.  Outside of that he's at least serviceable.  

2 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Has anyone touched on it yet how the defense would play much better if Minshew was in at QB instead of Hurts? 

I think we all agree the defense sucks. And was probably the main reason we lost yesterday. 

 

The difference, most here also agree Hurts isn't a starting QB. And Siri did a pretty good job with what he had to operate with, being that Hurts limits your ability in throwing. 

Over the past 4 games, we are the least pass-heavy team in the NFL. Sirianni adjusting to his personnel is such a good sign, even though this caps our ceiling.

38 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

How do folks grade Davion Taylor's play yesterday?  He made 8 tackles, a couple of good solid form hits, made some decent plays playing downhill but also got pancaked by the OG on a 10-yard gain on a running play and missed on a couple of angles as well.

He looks more suited as an OLB than a MLB to me -- but resembling an NFL LB at all at least shows some development.

I like what I saw out of him yesterday.  He's still making some technical mistakes which still makes sense given the lack of experience, but just importantly he's cutting down on them and starting to flash drive of that athleticism we were told about when he was drafted. Still a long ways to go, but in a rebuilding year I love that he got 71% of the snaps (the most by far of the LBs). Let him learn, see what we have and hopefully we have an actual starting caliber LB next year. 

 

10 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

I tested positive for covid back in May 2020. At the time I was working remotely and felt like crap for 2 or 3 days. Had back surgery twice between then and now...once in Jul 2020 and again in Nov 2020. Had to be tested both times and both tests were negative. I got the pfizer vaccine Sep 2021, both doses.

FFW to today...had a medium cold for a couple days last week and job made me take a covid test. Just got results back this morning and I'm positive again. WTF

Yeah, welcome to the life of an ever-evolving virus. Hope you're doing OK. 

25 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Lots of players on this list who should pique the Eagles’ interest. 

I was about to throw Adam Anderson's name in there, but had concerns he's listed at 225 lbs .... and this week is now accused of rape.  NVM

I think yesterday's game was far more impressive than the trouncing of the Lions, even though the end result was a loss. 

Teams that can stop the run are going to beat us. Broncos + Saints have very good run Ds. Washington does too.

The Giants being a bottom 5 run D legitimately surprises me given they have Williams & Lawrence

2 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I was about to throw Adam Anderson's name in there, but had concerns he's listed at 225 lbs .... and this week is now accused of rape.  NVM

He’s not nearly an every down player, but a very good pass rusher for his size, so that means Gannon will put him at the 4I tech. 

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Just as much as we care what some turncoat bandwagon tampa troll thinks about the Eagles.  

Come on , act like a damn adult , enough with the troll crap  , so childish  , but I guess it’s to be expected with you . 

35 minutes ago, RLC said:

Hmm.

Hargrave, Slay & Kelce should all make the Pro Bowl. 

Slay has been up and down.

Yesterday he gave up two big catches one a long one to Williams the other a sideline throw to that basketball player whom he later gave up a TD to and he also had a holding penalty 

Not a good day for slay.

Hargrave hasn't made a play in about 3 weeks now.

Kelce is always solid minus his aberration against the cowboys.

9 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I like what I saw out of him yesterday.  He's still making some technical mistakes which still makes sense given the lack of experience, but just importantly he's cutting down on them and starting to flash drive of that athleticism we were told about when he was drafted. Still a long ways to go, but in a rebuilding year I love that he got 71% of the snaps (the most by far of the LBs). Let him learn, see what we have and hopefully we have an actual starting caliber LB next year. 

 

TJ Edwards played 96% of the snaps.  Still nice to see Taylor getting way more than Singleton though. 

11 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I like what I saw out of him yesterday.  He's still making some technical mistakes which still makes sense given the lack of experience, but just importantly he's cutting down on them and starting to flash drive of that athleticism we were told about when he was drafted. Still a long ways to go, but in a rebuilding year I love that he got 71% of the snaps (the most by far of the LBs). Let him learn, see what we have and hopefully we have an actual starting caliber LB next year. 

 

Yup. Taylor seems to be coming along nicely, most everyone expected it would take him a bit to figure things out, and though he still makes his fair share of mistakes one can see the athleticism, he flies to the ball and when he gets there he brings his pads.

4 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

TJ Edwards played 96% of the snaps.  Still nice to see Taylor getting way more than Singleton though. 

Whoops you are correct. But yeah 71% vs 45 for Avery and 14 for Singleton is good to see. Let the young guys with talent go through their growing pains now. See who sticks. 

12 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

I think yesterday's game was far more impressive than the trouncing of the Lions, even though the end result was a loss. 

Plus, Devonta Smith was able to stay focused even though his friend is a murdering dbag.

41 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

He said it’s because of poor practice habits. 

Mike Pitts was an unheralded piece of that great eagles gang green D.

Condolences to his fam☹️

I know we have goo goo eyes for our 3 first round picks, but the prospect of Wilson with DeVonta/Goedert/Watkins/our RB group coupled with this young and talented O-Line is becoming increasingly enticing.

Speaking of young guys, how did McPherson look on his snaps? Was dealing with a baby meltdown that quarter.

Repeat after me, this is a rebuilding year, we were 4-11-1 last season on merit, and we've lost more veteran talent (Ertz, Seumalo, Graham),  than we gained (Nelson, Harris).

Hurts gets trashed, but I look at QB rankings, hmm, he's now 20th in QBR, 17th in adjusted net yards per attempt (i.e do you move the ball as a QB). That puts him in a similar range with QBs like Bridgewater, Mac Jones and Burrow, and much better than Tua, Brissett, D Jones, Mayfield, Lawrence, Darnold, Goff, Wilson and Fields. So want to use a high 1st rd pick and hope you get an upgrade? At this point, they're best sticking with him and hope he continues to improve with a more balanced offense.

Smith is the real thing, Watkins is solid as depth, Reagor???. We need a big WR with sure hands for 3rd down, a better version of Avant.

Stoll has earned himself a spot and Jackson got snaps (though not targets), they'll probably gradually work him in this year, next year is when I look for the breakout from him.

The OL has played together for a couple games, a work in progress, Driscoll got steamrolled by Bosa, who also gave both OTs some trouble, but overall, a solid game. They're better at run blocking than pass blocking right now, but give them time to jell. You have 3 young starters, plus Herbig, need to continue to add young depth.

The DL is not good, partially b/c they were build for Schwartz's aggressive one gap schemes, partially b/c Graham was the best DL, partially b/c they need depth. Kerrigan, Jackson, etc. just aren't good enough off the bench, though Kerrigan is being misused with a hand on the ground. Not much Gannon can do this season to upgrade them. Barnett is so gone after this season.

The LBs show promise, Taylor - Edwards - Avery, Johnson, Singleton is being phased out, Avery the old man at 26. Edwards lacks speed but has great instincts and is tough, with better LBs and safeties around him he can be a solid 2 down MLB who leaves on obvious passing downs. Taylor is a work in progress, but he was drafted as a project, you can see why, he makes mistakes, but he's learning to make them faster (i.e. play faster and use his speed). Add one top guy and this unit looks much better.

The secondary has to be rebuilt, which explains why Howie keeps cycling through young DBs, gradually adding speed and athleticism. McPhearson at 4.50 is now the slowest CB.

It's at safety where the lack of speed hurts, Gannon plays them deep b/c they lack the speed to turn and run with a WR matched one on one. But that takes them out of the run game and limits their ability to attack underneath crossing routes. Chachere got some time at CB, can tackle (ST maven), and is the fastest S. Won't surprise me to see him get more PT as the season progresses.

I remember when Reid hired Jimmy Johnson, who had a mediocre record as a DC. Turns out that was b/c he had mediocre talent to work with, given a bunch of studs (Simon, Douglas, Trotter, Vicent, Taylor, Dawkins) he build a top ten attacking defense. Eagles faced a lot of bad QBs last season, which disguised how far the defense had decayed.

This year is primarily about auditions, then we promote the best of the PS, have a deep draft, and shed some more veterans next year. This was going to take 3-4 years, you could have reloaded after 2018 (i.e. go 6-10, let some veterans walk and then use the money for a new set of FAs), but after 2020 a rebuild was in order. Siri and Gannon are finding out what they have (and don't have) on the roster this season, and who are the keepers.

 

38 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

could be a strange concept, but, he's a wr who cant get open, and cant run a route. Apparently that hinders your PT as a wide reciever. 

Zach Berman touched on this during his morning call and basically said, the effort thats needed to get him the ball isnt worth the juice. Meaning, they need to give him his own routes and own special plays which are netting enough gains to make it worth it. 

He went on to say that We will most likely see Quez out snap him from here on out 

Looking more and more like I was so wrong about reagor, his college tape was pretty good he looked like the most explosive player on the field every game with and without the ball 

Either way that has not translated to the pros, where he looks like the slowest player on the field most snaps with a few flashes here and there.

Hopefully he can turn it around because I'd hate for the eagles to waste more resources on WR but so far it's looking bleak.

4 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Repeat after me, this is a rebuilding year,

Repeat after me, we would not be rebuilding if not for the continual draft failures, continual mid season trade failures, continual bad contract extensions.

Good GM's reload, bad GM's rebuild ( well actually they get fired and the new GM rebuilds )

4 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

I know we have goo goo eyes for our 3 first round picks, but the prospect of Wilson with DeVonta/Goedert/Watkins/our RB group coupled with this young and talented O-Line is becoming increasingly enticing.

I'm for it. You need the QB if you're gonna do anything in this league.

5 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Speaking of young guys, how did McPherson look on his snaps? Was dealing with a baby meltdown that quarter.

Didn't really notice him. Made a couple tackles, but I don't think they really tried to pick on him much. 

3 hours ago, Outlaw said:

The media has talked more about Rodgers than Ruggs. 

What else is there to talk about with Ruggs? He killed a woman driving drunk, is going to jail, and will probably never play again. I can’t recall one person defending what he did. 
 

From a conversation standpoint, there’s more to discuss with the Rodgers deal.