2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

People were trashing Reagor after his first game.  Why is it bad to mention it with Dickerson?

Reagor had a 50-yard catch and people were trashing him? That would have been ridiculous too. 

12 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

True, he should have had a redshirt year (horrible use of 2nd round pick, especially after the Sidney Jones saga) but now that he's playing I'm expecting SOME sort of flash from him that shows us, OK that's why they took a huge risk.  He's getting dusted out there.  

I don't like the no TC argument because last year, the sloppy looking Nate Herbig, an UDFA, was thrown in to the starting lineup week 1 against the Redskins and held his own.  

Dickerson, pick 37 in the draft, has looked worse than Herbig, and UDFA.  

 

I am sick and tired of redshirt years for first and second day draft choices. Incremental increase in playing time including ST to offense or defense, fine, but a year to learn, no.  That is for third day choices. 

1 minute ago, austinfan said:

Ascending interior lineman whose outstanding play at Alabama will have to be balanced against the litany of injuries he's sustained. He has a broad, well-built frame with above-average core strength and has true guard/center flexibility, depending on what a team is looking for. Dickerson has average range and reactive athleticism at the second level, but he is capable of short pulls and has the body control technique to help open holes in a downhill attack. The anchor is firm, so halting bull rushers is a check in his column, but his lateral agility could be tested by athletic rushers in sub packages. Teams will love his demeanor on and off the field as well as his football intelligence, but he must prove that he can stay healthy. His size and talent should make him one of the earliest interior linemen off the board.  NFL.com

Ranks for positively graded run-block percentage at center/guard since 2018, per @PFF:

1. Landon Dickerson
10. Trey Smith
14. Wyatt Davis
15. Deonte Brown
16. Kendrick Green
23. Ben Cleveland
37. Aaron Banks
72. Josh Myers
146. Creed Humphrey

— Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) April 23, 2021

Last time you made this up, you said top 15 pick.

Remind me where any of this establishes him as a top 20 pick?  Or can we just acknowledge that "consensus top 20 pick" just means that you are inflating a Howie draft pick?

10 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Dickerson played center the last two years in Alabama, then comes in at RG, then switches to LG, and you wonder why he's struggling a bit?

It would be one thing if he had a full training camp, but on the fly?

Dickerson was a consensus top 20 pick if healthy, so the fact he's already able to play is a good sign.

Like most of this roster, patience, grasshopper.

Look at Taylor, fell to #104 b/c he was so inexperienced, looked lost last year, may end up starting this year.

Little too soon for a victory lap on Taylor.  He's still a giant question mark.  But people are so fed up with Wilson (a Howie band aid), folks are desperate for something different.  He's not necessarily better or worthy of starting.  Singleton was puffed up by many here because he was better than the other dreck, but remains a JAG.  

Just now, downundermike said:

People who think like that and share those thoughts are bad people.  And you have been defending them all day.

 

Again, I can't wait until they announce the day of your Sainthood.  Your whole life and you have never thought or said anything in private that might be offensive to someone else.  Such a pure soul you are.  

 

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

People who think like that and share those thoughts are bad people.  And you have been defending them all day.

I wouldn't say they're bad people instead they made bad choices 

7 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

I'm just really sick of cancel culture and those that support it and take part in it.  It has really ruined our culture in this country.  

 

Also you're thinking very in the context of 2021 with the emails.  This happened 10 years ago.  For context it wasn't until 2013 that Snowden exposed all the widespread spying the NSA does on everyone with all of their communications.  There wasn't some sick thirst in our society yet to try to ruin other people for harmless things they did in their past.  

Nah I'm pretty sure it's the racism, misogyny, and bigotry that's ruining it.

Gruden should face the music as he earned it with his words and actions, but how can the NFL justify its cast of dubious characters for the NFL Super Bowl halftime show....I hope they rethink this very carefully

9 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Who in the hell said he could step in and immediately be an all-pro?

When people say the only question about him is health, thats the implication... no worry about him transitioning to the NFL, just health.  He would dominate in the NFL just as in the SEC.

 

7 minutes ago, austinfan said:

Ascending interior lineman whose outstanding play at Alabama will have to be balanced against the litany of injuries he's sustained. He has a broad, well-built frame with above-average core strength and has true guard/center flexibility, depending on what a team is looking for. Dickerson has average range and reactive athleticism at the second level, but he is capable of short pulls and has the body control technique to help open holes in a downhill attack. The anchor is firm, so halting bull rushers is a check in his column, but his lateral agility could be tested by athletic rushers in sub packages. Teams will love his demeanor on and off the field as well as his football intelligence, but he must prove that he can stay healthy. His size and talent should make him one of the earliest interior linemen off the board.  NFL.com

Ranks for positively graded run-block percentage at center/guard since 2018, per @PFF:

1. Landon Dickerson
10. Trey Smith
14. Wyatt Davis
15. Deonte Brown
16. Kendrick Green
23. Ben Cleveland
37. Aaron Banks
72. Josh Myers
146. Creed Humphrey

— Austin Gayle (@PFF_AustinGayle) April 23, 2021

Oh good.. PFF ratings.

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Little too soon for a victory lap on Taylor.  He's still a giant question mark.   

Well, given that he basically has yet to ever play well as a professional, I'd say a victory lap is a bit early.

Just now, Iggles_Phan said:

When people say the only question about him is health, thats the implication... no worry about him transitioning to the NFL, just health.  He would dominate in the NFL just as in the SEC.

 

I think you’re reading way too much into that statement if you think it means be an immediate all-pro. 

10 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

I'm just really sick of cancel culture and those that support it and take part in it.  It has really ruined our culture in this country.  

Me too I really hate that the republicans are trying to cancel people's ability to vote ...😒

1 minute ago, Utebird said:

Me too I really hate that the republicans are trying to cancel people's ability to vote ...😒

 

This isn't the place for talking politics just like the voting booth isn't the place for someone who isn't a legal citizen of this country.  

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

I think you’re reading way too much into that statement if you think it means be an immediate all-pro. 

Every draft selection is about mitigating risk.  For an IOL to go #37 with massive injury red flags, the talent and transition need to be a near slam dunk.  To compound the innate risk of every draft pick who is not a prototype elite talent with injury red flags with being IOL...you don't go there at #37.  

2 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

This isn't the place for talking politics just like the voting booth isn't the place for someone who isn't a legal citizen of this country.  

If this isn't the place to talk politics maybe you should stop talking politics no???

Just now, eagle45 said:

Every draft selection is about mitigating risk.  For an IOL to go #37 with massive injury red flags, the talent and transition need to be a near slam dunk.  To compound the innate risk of every draft pick who is not a prototype elite talent with injury red flags with being IOL...you don't go there at #37.  

I wasn’t a fan of picking him that high, but I believe he was a top 20 type player if he hadn’t torn his ACL. I’m sure the Eagles believe he’s going to be a high-level guard, if he can stay healthy.

I would have taken Samuel for the record. 

Just now, Utebird said:

If this isn't the place to talk politics maybe you should stop talking politics no???

 

See your post that I replied to.

5 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Little too soon for a victory lap on Taylor.  He's still a giant question mark.  But people are so fed up with Wilson (a Howie band aid), folks are desperate for something different.  He's not necessarily better or worthy of starting.  Singleton was puffed up by many here because he was better than the other dreck, but remains a JAG.  

Nah, I said Singleton is the best LB the Eagles have, which is sad. I never said he wasn’t a JAG.  That isn’t puffery, it is kind of the opposite. Bemoaning is what comes to mind. But as raw as Taylor is and as JAG and lacking instincts as Singleton is, they aren’t matadors afraid of contact as Wilson. Fed up isn’t the term that comes to mind there, it’s disgusted. 

1 hour ago, jsb235 said:

I don't think you can put this on Hurts. Dickerson gets beat so quickly the DT is in the throwing lane. If Hurts tries to throw the ball any more to the outside he is going to be putting it right in the DT's facemask.

Don’t agree. The DT is well left of the throwing lane. The ball was out on time but missed by a lot.

Dickerson wasn't the BPA at 37. No denying that.

As for rookie OL, Slater looking pretty good for the Chargers. Know he was Top 10, but looks like he belongs.

9 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Me too I really hate that the republicans are trying to cancel people's ability to vote ...😒

Before posting did you sit there and think this thread doesn't have enough BS? Let me be the guy who ran into the pole chasing the subway and post some more. 

Just now, Diehardfan said:

Before posting did you sit there and think this thread doesn't have enough BS? 

Nope.

I said to myself, what can I say to get diehardfan to respond to me😉

4 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

Dickerson wasn't the BPA at 37. No denying that.

As for rookie OL, Slater looking pretty good for the Chargers. Know he was Top 10, but looks like he belongs.

When we traded up, not gonna lie my first thought was we were taking him. 

10 minutes ago, aptosbird said:

Gruden should face the music as he earned it with his words and actions, but how can the NFL justify its cast of dubious characters for the NFL Super Bowl halftime show....I hope they rethink this very carefully

The NFL circled the wagons and used Gruden’s past comments to help Davis out of a bad contract by leaking the emails.  They could care less about the utterances of entertainers in another industry, especially when those entertainers rent stadiums from NFL owners, especially if the general public overlooks that behavior.  Nothing but $$$$ and self preservation drives that billionaires’ club. They are selling us entertainment and that is their focus.

3 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Nope.

I said to myself, what can I say to get diehardfan to respond to me😉

False. Nobody misses the guy with a picture from a company that went out of business.