11 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I go to twitter to see college football highlights on Saturdays and to go to the Eagles beat writer list.  However, the What's Trending is always on the side panel no matter what page I'm viewing...granted this is when using a PC rather than phone.  Agree, it's not a real place yet somehow blue check marked people on twitter have serious pull.  I wish that wasn't the case.

Ahh cancel culture. LOL. Same with MSM, they have so much pull. Which is why I dont watch any. I dont even watch ESPN except for games. I watch ZERO of the woke clown shows. I dont support the clowns, that my voice. No CNN, NO MSNBC, NO ESPN... 

3 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

So theres 2 wins for sure (SF, NYG), and possibly a win over the Chargers as well. Turns our record from 5-7 to 8-4. 

 

Good analysis.  You think Russ is that guy?  

1 minute ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

Good analysis.  You think Russ is that guy?  

I mean yeah. But it all depends on the price. I'm good with a first this year and next, but not much more than that. No way to multiple firsts this year. 

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Yesterday it said "Dick Pound” all day and I didn’t want to see what that meant 

Oh boy, I didn't see that one.  Smart move not clicking to see what it meant either! I know that Twitter has a new CEO as of this week and from what I've read, he plans on limiting shared content even more than Dorsey did.

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

Oh boy, I didn't see that one.  Smart move not clicking to see what it meant either! I know that Twitter has a new CEO as of this week and from what I've read, he plans on limiting shared content even more than Dorsey did.

 

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Yesterday it said "Dick Pound” all day and I didn’t want to see what that meant 

Dick Pound is (or was, haven't looked at it in awhile) the head of the doping agency for the Olympics. Hilarious name. He's also Canadian!

3 hours ago, Infam said:

Sorry if this was already posted. Skipping the blog for a bit considering the same 4-5 people keep circle jerking over Hurts ‘bad game’ every second post.

Mailata is great.  It's no question that the o-line has a good group of talented players.  

51 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

Yes, agree completely.

Also, Russ looks downright human this year, for a guy that likes to move around and extend plays with his legs you have to wonder if father time is not catching up.  He's 33: Donovan only played top 35.  How many years does Russ have left?  I wouldn't mind trading for him, but I would be uncomfortable trading very much.

 

 

I thought he looked pretty good before his finger got injured.

Not to mention he came back quicker than expected.   Chances are Wilson is still good but his finger is still not healed yet.  

I'd trade for him in a heartbeat as long as the asking price isn't all 3 1sts this year.  

I think we could still get a good 5 years of high level play from him.

33 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

yes i am. But stats and record say they are above average. But we're looking up at purgatory right now. 

It also shows all those knuckleheads that you need a real, franchise, elite, whatever you want to call it QB in this league

Uh....Cousins record with Minnesota is a robust 30-27-1. With Washington, he was 26-30-1. Total career he's 56-57-2. That's the absolute definition of average. In the playoffs, he's 1-2. He's average, and that's it.

16 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Uh....Cousins record with Minnesota is a robust 30-27-1. With Washington, he was 26-30-1. Total career he's 56-57-2. That's the absolute definition of average. In the playoffs, he's 1-2. He's average, and that's it.

Yup cousins puts up a lot of empty stats, that don't lead to enough wins.

29 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Mailata is great.  It's no question that the o-line has a good group of talented players.  

Not sure if it's been posted here or not, but here's some of Mailata's blocking from Sunday:

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/post-snap-read-watching-lane-johnson-jordan-mailata-dominate-is-thing-of-beauty

I think he could be an all pro.  Also, he's 24: he could play LT for the next 10 - 15 years, and we got him in the 7th round.  This really was Howie's and Stout's best work.

 

Over 50% of Kirks passing yards and TDs have come when his team is losing.

Like I said, he's a losing stat padder.

If one is to study the likelihood of finding a franchise QB in the draft -- specifically the first round -- here is the history of teams trying it in the past decade (2010 - 2019):

2010 -- LAR, Bradford (1), DEN, Tebow (25)

2011 -- CAR, Newton (1), TEN, Locker (8), JAX, Gabbert (10), MIN, Ponder (12)

2012 -- IND, Luck (1), WFT, Griffin (2), TEN, Tannehill (8), CLE, Weeden (22)

2013 -- BUF, Manuel (16)

2014 -- JAX, Bortles (3), CLE, Manziel (22), MIN, Bridgewater (32)

2015 -- TB, Winston (1), TEN, Mariota (2)

2016 -- LAR, Goff (1), PHI, Wentz (2), DEN, Lynch (26)

2017 -- CHI, Trubisky (2), KC, Mahomes (10), HOU, Watson (12)

2018 -- CLE, Mayfield (1), NYJ, Darnold (3), BUF, Allen (7), ARI, Rosen (10), BAL, Jackson (32)

2019 -- ARI, Murray (1), NYG, Jones (6), WFT, Haskins (15)

 

I've bolded the ones where IMO the franchise got what they were hoping for when they made the pick.  I've included Wentz because the Eagles did win a SB with him playing a big part in the season and being in position for the #1 seed in the playoffs.  Folks can add their opinions on which picks were good and which were bad in hindsight.

Unless my count is wrong, I come up with 8 out of 30 QB picks that turned out -- even in the first round.

21 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

Not sure if it's been posted here or not, but here's some of Mailata's blocking from Sunday:

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/post-snap-read-watching-lane-johnson-jordan-mailata-dominate-is-thing-of-beauty

I think he could be an all pro.  Also, he's 24: he could play LT for the next 10 - 15 years, and we got him in the 7th round.  This really was Howie's and Stout's best work.

 

At the bottom Fran breaks down an interesting Defensive set with Cox at LE Barnett as a stand up LDT hargrave NT with singleton stand up next to him and sweat stood up as a right side edge rusher.

Hargrave and Barnett run a stunt and Cox beats the RT off the snap while singleton drops, both Cox and Hargrave get to the qb and force an early throw and incompletion 

Good stuff, I've been wanting to see more of Fletch at LDE I think he can really be a problem for RTs and create mismatches and confuse offenses.

7 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Over 50% of Kirks passing yards and TDs have come when his team is losing.

Like I said, he's a losing stat padder.

Kirk reminds me of slightly better version of Trent Dilfer.  He's not great, but if you put a team around him he could be a superbowl champion.  

He also practically robbed Danny of a lot of $$$.  For this reason alone, I like him.

1 minute ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

Kirk reminds me of slightly better version of Trent Dilfer.  He's not great, but if you put a team around him he could be a superbowl champion.  

He also practically robbed Danny of a lot of $$$.  For this reason alone, I like him.

He has one of the best receiver groups in the league and a top five RB in the league. He's an average QB who isn't winning anything. 

3 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

so 50% of his stats are him taking the lead or leading lol. terrible stat. 

Half of someones stats while from behind still seem like a lot, tough to tell though with out any other qb comparisons.

12 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Over 50% of Kirks passing yards and TDs have come when his team is losing.

Like I said, he's a losing stat padder.

That means 50% of his passing yards and TD’s come when his team is winning.

 

Would that make him a winning stat ladder too?

55 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Uh....Cousins record with Minnesota is a robust 30-27-1. With Washington, he was 26-30-1. Total career he's 56-57-2. That's the absolute definition of average. In the playoffs, he's 1-2. He's average, and that's it.

I brought this up a couple weeks ago with cousins when talking about hurts yardage total and stats do not tell you the entire story. If you look at Cousins stats/yardage for the past 6 years you could make the argument  he’s a top 10 QB because he has been top 10 in yards, QB rating and i believe touchdown passes in at least 4 of the last 6 years. But the reality is he’s not top 10 and (not so much this year) most years he’s had some hallow stats 

2 minutes ago, Casey @ Bat said:

That means 50% of his passing yards and TD’s come when his team is winning.

 

Would that make him a winning stat ladder too?

Well no, because more than half of his stats come from losing, but whatever. He has almost 16,000 passing yards and easily his most TDs when he's losing. The bulk of his stats come when he's losing.

Tied or winning late, for his career he has 657 passing yards and 3 TDs. Losing, he has 3,827 yards and 35 TDs. That makes him a stat padding loser.

5 minutes ago, Swoop said:

Well no, because more than half of his stats come from losing, but whatever. He has almost 16,000 passing yards and easily his most TDs when he's losing. The bulk of his stats come when he's losing.

Tied or winning late, for his career he has 657 passing yards and 3 TDs. Losing, he has 3,827 yards and 35 TDs. That makes him a stat padding loser.

I’d guess a lot of guys have more yards when losing. I’m not a huge fan, if we got him I would hope it’s a 1-2 year stop gap until we find a real one because this guy ain’t the answer. 

16 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

Kirk reminds me of slightly better version of Trent Dilfer.  He's not great, but if you put a team around him he could be a superbowl champion.  

He also practically robbed Danny of a lot of $$$.  For this reason alone, I like him.

Trent Dilfer never won anything.  He was a terrible QB with no accuracy but a strong arm.  I think you mean Brad Johnson.  

1 minute ago, Casey @ Bat said:

I’d guess a lot of guys have more yards when losing. I’m not a huge fan, if we got him I would hope it’s a 1-2 year stop happening until we find a real one because this guy ain’t the answer. 

They likely do (though Wentz for comparison has more TDs and whatnot tied or ahead than he does losing). The difference is that some of them use said stats to tie and/or win the game. Cousins is having a great statistical season and yet is under .500 (again) and has lost to essentially every good team he's played outside of Green Bay. 

This has been his schtick his entire career.

5 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Trent Dilfer never won anything.  He was a terrible QB with no accuracy but a strong arm.  I think you mean Brad Johnson.  

2000 Ravens... Trent Dilfer was the starting QB for the Super Bowl.

30 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

If one is to study the likelihood of finding a franchise QB in the draft -- specifically the first round -- here is the history of teams trying it in the past decade (2010 - 2019):

2010 -- LAR, Bradford (1), DEN, Tebow (25)

2011 -- CAR, Newton (1), TEN, Locker (8), JAX, Gabbert (10), MIN, Ponder (12)

2012 -- IND, Luck (1), WFT, Griffin (2), TEN, Tannehill (8), CLE, Weeden (22)

2013 -- BUF, Manuel (16)

2014 -- JAX, Bortles (3), CLE, Manziel (22), MIN, Bridgewater (32)

2015 -- TB, Winston (1), TEN, Mariota (2)

2016 -- LAR, Goff (1), PHI, Wentz (2), DEN, Lynch (26)

2017 -- CHI, Trubisky (2), KC, Mahomes (10), HOU, Watson (12)

2018 -- CLE, Mayfield (1), NYJ, Darnold (3), BUF, Allen (7), ARI, Rosen (10), BAL, Jackson (32)

2019 -- ARI, Murray (1), NYG, Jones (6), WFT, Haskins (15)

 

I've bolded the ones where IMO the franchise got what they were hoping for when they made the pick.  I've included Wentz because the Eagles did win a SB with him playing a big part in the season and being in position for the #1 seed in the playoffs.  Folks can add their opinions on which picks were good and which were bad in hindsight.

Unless my count is wrong, I come up with 8 out of 30 QB picks that turned out -- even in the first round.

Looks like Howie has a 100% success rate in drafting franchise QB’s in the 1st round.  
 

Pretty impressive, considering the rest of the NFL only has around a 25% success rate when trying to land a franchise QB in the 1st round. 

7 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Looks like Howie has a 100% success rate in drafting franchise QB’s in the 1st round.  
 

Pretty impressive, considering the rest of the NFL only has around a 25% success rate when trying to land a franchise QB in the 1st round. 

Can't tell if you're being serious....

12 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

2000 Ravens... Trent Dilfer was the starting QB for the Super Bowl.

Yep....though I suppose you could argue....did he really do anything on that team? It's sort of like the, if a tree falls in a forest question.