Just now, John_C said:

Taking guys with tremendous instincts that love football 

Yep.  Can't be upset about that aspect of it.  These guys love ball.   

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

Can we discuss the weakest E-A-G-L-E-S chant ever led by Dorenbos?

Yeah, but then did you see him pull linebacker rabbit Nakobe Dean out of a hat?

Titans draft Malik Willis.

Cleveland needs wr's. C'mon and give us a 4th for Reagor

If the Ravens drafted Dean in the 3rd the BJs for them would be non-stop. 
 

the Eagles make this pick and all the draft gurus are all "meh”. AFTER LITERALLY CRYING about it after they picked jurgens. 

Hopefully Hurts balls out this year because we'll need those 1sts to pick up a top tier DE next year. Unless if we're planning on keeping Graham around until he's 38. I honestly don't mind Dean this late but we're leaving glaring holes.

Love this select! First round talent in 3rd round. Anyone complaining just doesn’t know football. I am sure Howie didn’t anticipate Dean falling to #83 but he tipped his hand by saying he is getting the best players not short term but looking at the next 3-5 years. Dean is an excellent pick. If healthy arguably the best LB in this draft

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Seems like Jordan Hicks 2.0.  Hope he can stay healthy here.  

Dean didn't miss a start, he's that dude

Stoked for the possibilities!

Secondary still looks underwhelming though. 

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

Not great to have that many injuries before even playing in the NFL though...being undersized 

It's the third rd, this is where you start to take some swings and hope to make contact.

2 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Woulda taken Beavers easily over him right there 

Beavers can’t cover. 

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Hard to argue with that pick in the 3rd…

I get it. The value is definitely there. 

2 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I’m great with it.   I said F it get Dean like over an hour ago.  Be positive man.  Come on.  

Lol

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Can we discuss the weakest E-A-G-L-E-S chant ever led by Dorenbos?

Seriously. That was awful, and I’m a big fan of Jon. 

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

Prior to the draft, one might understandably be concerned about his size. After drafting Jordan Davis, now you know this guy will be running free all over the place making plays.

Also, we didnt draft him at pick 15. We spent a 3rd rounder. Even if he is only ever a playmaking nickel sub-package LB thats fine value. 

That's if he ever plays, torn shoulder, pec and meniscus, maybe by the time he gets to the field he'll be in wheel chair😒

Well between Howie saying he didn’t want to follow the trend with trading and paying WR’s big contracts and how it was important to get the rookies to play without a veteran in their way, we can safely never believe a word he says

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Prior to the draft, one might understandably be concerned about his size. After drafting Jordan Davis, now you know this guy will be running free all over the place making plays.

Also, we didnt draft him at pick 15. We spent a 3rd rounder. Even if he is only ever a playmaking nickel sub-package LB thats fine value. 

I agree.   Keep him clean and let him flow to the ball.

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

So 4 new players and two will red shirt

Howie is back on track. Knew he couldn't help himself 

And the Phillies were no hit 

Phillies get no-hit by five Met pitchers.

2 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Seems like Jordan Hicks 2.0.  Hope he can stay healthy here.  

That's a good comparison. I loved Hicks.

Getting Dean to play behind Davis is going to make the middle of the field a very sad and dangerous place for opposing offenses.

This has got to be the end of the road for Davion Taylor no?

White, Reddick, Dean, Edwards, Bradley, Johnson

Just now, philafan4o8 said:

Love this select! First round talent in 3rd round. Anyone complaining just doesn’t know football. I am sure Howie didn’t anticipate Dean falling to #83 but he tipped his hand by saying he is getting the best players not short term but looking at the next 3-5 years. Dean is an excellent pick. If healthy arguably the best LB in this draft

If healthy is the question, and it’s not like this has not gone wrong for us recently

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Well between Howie saying he didn’t want to follow the trend with trading and paying WR’s big contracts and how it was important to get the rookies to play without a veteran in their way, we can safely never believe a word he says

When did he say this?

You have to take Dean there. No one can complain about this. When is the last time we drafted a 1st round LBer? He should’ve been - let’s just hope the injury concerns are overblown. Even if he redshirts whatever, none of the other picks are starting this year.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Prior to the draft, one might understandably be concerned about his size. After drafting Jordan Davis, now you know this guy will be running free all over the place making plays.

Also, we didnt draft him at pick 15. We spent a 3rd rounder. Even if he is only ever a playmaking nickel sub-package LB thats fine value. However, with Jordan Davis in front of him, he is set up to be more than that, just like he was at Georgia. 

Yep. You can have undersized, quick, instinctual LBs when you have a NT who can keep him clean. That’s exactly why Davis makes all the sense in the world. 

Even if he was out for the whole year this year that's good value for Dean. 

LB group is now Reddick, White, Dean, Edwards, Taylor. We finally have a legit group of backers.