Reviewing Dane Bruglers list of top candidates for the draft, if Howie doesn’t focus on drafting D he out to be sent to the firing squad.  Criminal. 

1 hour ago, wussbasket said:

I'm not sold on Pickett at all. I'm cautious when he hasn't been on much of anyone's radar until this year, even though he is a 5th year senior. To me he doesn't even look like a better prospect than Brandon Weeden. I wouldn't touch him in the first 3 rounds.

This team is so much further away from being competitive than locking in a QB, weather high draft pick or big time FA acquisition. The front office needs to invest draft capital into the defense, I would very much like all 3 1st round picks to go towards defensive players.

Joe burrow wasn’t on anyone’s radar prior to his final year .

9 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

This.

WAYYYY TOO EARLY for us to even think about the QB's in the draft. 

Burrow wasnt on radar till late in the year. Tua was either going to go #2 or 52nd with no in between. Herbert moved up and down all year. 

Like I said, theres going to be 5 QB's in the first round I think. 

Malik, Howell, Pickett after a great bowl game, Carson Strong on a reach( hope its the eagles) and Corrall at the end of the first. 

Yep. Strong is the guy if they go thst way.

14 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Reviewing Dane Bruglers list of top candidates for the draft, if Howie doesn’t focus on drafting D he out to be sent to the firing squad.  Criminal. 

There's a lot of d-line talent and DB talent.  The biggest reason I hope they keep Hurts for another season is that they would do much better adding defensive depth from this draft.  

35 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Reviewing Dane Bruglers list of top candidates for the draft, if Howie doesn’t focus on drafting D he out to be sent to the firing squad.  Criminal. 

It's either draft a bunch of defenders or use the picks to trade for a veteran QB (Carr, Rodgers, Wilson).

Personally the only QB I would take in rd 1 , is Corral .

For some reason I looked up Cassius Marsh to see if anything more had come from the penalty.  Had no idea the guy has played for 9 teams (counting the Seahawks twice).  

Is he the Josh Johnson of LB?

6 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

There's a lot of d-line talent and DB talent.  The biggest reason I hope they keep Hurts for another season is that they would do much better adding defensive depth from this draft.  

Do they have to keep Hurts?   Couldn't they try to extort some picks from a team for him and turn it over to Minshew while they wait to get a proper franchise QB?

1 hour ago, UK Eagle said:

Nope. The stats look good, but the underlying play is very inconsistent.  Jackson will likely fall down the Cam Newton hole of his body giving way because of his physicality 

IDK. Lamar is really fast, and he seems to always escape the big hits. I think he's more like Randall Cunningham, RGIII... Perhaps one day he'll take one bad hit, probably to his leg, and it'll mess him up forever. Cam Newton, Carson Wentz... those guys just kept running into big hits. You knew it was going to add up and their days were numbered.

Lamar has the physical tools Hurts wishes he has. Hurts has the poise Lamar wishes he has.

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

Do they have to keep Hurts?   Couldn't they try to extort some picks from a team for him and turn it over to Minshew while they wait to get a proper franchise QB?

To me this would be best for the offensive weapons, WR's and TE's. To have someone who can actually get them the ball and help them to develop. You want your young WR crew to be up to speed so when we do get a young QB, he can RELY on them. 

2 hours ago, Ipiggles said:

 

I legit thought about this during the game. Aikman was downright flagrant with these lol.

38 minutes ago, Original Sin said:

Joe burrow wasn’t on anyone’s radar prior to his final year .

Joe Burrow had an average year his first year starting and significantly improved his 2nd and took LSU to the national championship game and won decidedly and won the Heisman. I think that would put you on peoples radar no matter what.

Pickett is a 4 year starter and I don't think looks anything close to a prospect as Burrow did. I don't even think he's a better prospect than Brandon Weeden.

8 minutes ago, RLC said:

It's either draft a bunch of defenders or use the picks to trade for a veteran QB (Carr, Rodgers, Wilson).

If he does the latter, firing squad. Two year rebuild with the draft picks. 

3 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

Joe Burrow had an average year his first year starting and significantly improved his 2nd and took LSU to the national championship game and won decidedly and won the Heisman. I think that would put you on peoples radar no matter what.

Pickett is a 4 year starter and I don't think looks anything close to a prospect as Burrow did.

Burrow wasn’t impressive his junior year , very average .. ,.Title game is no reflection on Pickett , Pitt didn’t have a team to compete for title , they never do .

1 hour ago, wussbasket said:

I'm not sold on Pickett at all. I'm cautious when he hasn't been on much of anyone's radar until this year, even though he is a 5th year senior. To me he doesn't even look like a better prospect than Brandon Weeden. I wouldn't touch him in the first 3 rounds.

This team is so much further away from being competitive than locking in a QB, weather high draft pick or big time FA acquisition. The front office needs to invest draft capital into the defense, I would very much like all 3 1st round picks to go towards defensive players.

Expect Pickett to be taken by Howie with the first available pick we have lol 

2 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

If he does the latter, firing squad. Two year rebuild with the draft picks. 

I don't think that's Howie's call.

This is all the predictions for the week so far, so congrats Alphagrand, I guess?

2 minutes ago, Original Sin said:

Burrow wasn’t impressive his junior year , very average .. ,.Title game is no reflection on Pickett , Pitt didn’t have a team to compete for title , they never do .

Yes, I said Burrow had an average 1st year at LSU. Never said Pickett needs to win the title. I just stated why Burrow raised up to the top of draft boards.

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Broncos 24 

Eagles 21 

Defense has at least 3 sacks

10 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is all the predictions for the week so far, so congrats Alphagrand, I guess?

You can put me down for: 

Birds - 19
Quadrupeds - 27

Eagles have more passing attempts than rushing attempts.

20 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

If he does the latter, firing squad. Two year rebuild with the draft picks. 

I think the latter is a lurie decision. So i expect lurie to in play for watson or Wilson if they are available. Heck schefter, banner and mortensen have basically said they are. 

7 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

Yes, I said Burrow had an average 1st year at LSU. Never said Pickett needs to win the title. I just stated why Burrow raised up to the top of draft boards.

QB evaluation going into this year's draft will be a bit different; none of the top prospects will be playing in the College Football Playoff, possibly Ridder if CIN gets into the top 4?

Slovis, Rattler, Howell were the QBs rated highest before the season.  Guys like Rattler and JT Daniels couldn't even keep their starting jobs.  Who knows what most current NFL execs see as the present and future of the QB position?  Is it the short, scrambling QBs?  I think some execs desperately want a conventional 6'4 and 6'5 QB with a huge arm to emerge -- that guy doesn't seem to exist in this draft class.

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Eagles 19

 

Broncos 33

 

Bonus - Reagor gets a td. 

If the Eagles decide to move on from Miles Sanders they might be in the RB market in the middle rounds of the draft.  I like this Zac Charbonnet from UCLA -- big guy with good speed, who runs through guys on occasion.