3 minutes ago, TorontoEagle said:

Eh Colts will prob do better just cause that division is hot garbage. I think the Titans regress a little, but the Colts should be able to go 4-2 in the division. If they can't, Wentz was far from their biggest problem. 

Ryan hasn’t had a consistent running game in an eternity, and is an extremely accurate QB (something Wentz never was). It should be night and day the impact QB play has on the team.

2 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

For some reason they cant beat Jacksonville in Duvall.(unsure why, not just wentz) 

They have a hard schedule. AFC west, 0-4. NFC East, 1-3 in my opinion. Then the Steelers, Vikings, Patriots. 

Ya I think they split with Titans/Jags and sweep Houston. For all the hype the AFC West is getting, wouldn't surprise me to see one of those teams perform way under expectations. Could easily be the Broncos, especially if Russ goes down (I feel like he's been injured here and there the last few years). NFC East I could easily see a 2-2 split, as I don't think Dallas is that good, and Wash will be interesting. The Colts may end up with only 6-7 wins, I wouldn't be surprised, but I also could see a path to them getting to 9-10. Likely first round playoff exit in any event. 

That pat on the head

 

36 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Any new contract he signs won’t kick in until after the last year of his current deal, and then can be structured to not hit very hard in its first year. So bringing on hunt won’t hugely affect our cap until… 2024? 2025?

Its a matter of whether we have a role for him to allow that cap hit by that point. Would he replace Sanders? Or split with Him while being the primary?

He's not worth the investment.

30 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

They should have signed drafted Hunt when the Chiefs released him.

FYP (in before @Iggles_Phan!)

That was the year I wanted them to take Alvin Kamara in R2, IP wanted Hunt in R3.

Howie got us Sidney Jones and Rasul instead. 

To be fair though, the Eagles immediately went on to win the Superbowl.

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

He's not worth the investment.

I was going to say the same. 2 of the last 3 years he’s missed half the season, and the one he didn’t he dipped to 4.2 ypc.

His receiving skills are a bit overrated, so what would we be paying him a big contract to do exactly? Get 40% of the carries in a rotation where he may or may not outplay the other two? Pass block? Is he going to be our big budget pass blocker?

He’s a good football player, but the further he gets into his career, the more we realize his rookie year had just as much to do with Reid

43 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

They should have signed Hunt when the Chiefs released him.

They already have a good RB playing QB. 

2 minutes ago, Couch Potato said:

FYP (in before @Iggles_Phan!)

That was the year I wanted them to take Alvin Kamara in R2, IP wanted Hunt in R3.

Howie got us Sidney Jones and Rasul instead. 

To be fair though, the Eagles immediately went on to win the Superbowl.

Yup.  I absolutely loved Hunt that year.  If you remember, my two guys that year were Hunt and Godwin.  Both went in Round 3.  And we got neither.   We didn't miss having Hunt, because Blount was great in 2017.  And the trade for Ajayi was a great value and likely the tipping point for the Super Bowl.

 

But, that was a long time ago. Hunt has a lot more miles on his tires.  Not many RBs are worth much when contract number 2 rolls around.  And, investing big money in broken down players is what Howie has done a lot recently.  It would be a bad investment at this point.

13 minutes ago, Couch Potato said:

FYP (in before @Iggles_Phan!)

That was the year I wanted them to take Alvin Kamara in R2, IP wanted Hunt in R3.

Howie got us Sidney Jones and Rasul instead. 

To be fair though, the Eagles immediately went on to win the Superbowl.

Yup.  Wouldn't change any move before 2/4/18.

8 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Yup.  I absolutely loved Hunt that year.  If you remember, my two guys that year were Hunt and Godwin.  Both went in Round 3.  And we got neither.   We didn't miss having Hunt, because Blount was great in 2017.  And the trade for Ajayi was a great value and likely the tipping point for the Super Bowl.

 

But, that was a long time ago. Hunt has a lot more miles on his tires.  Not many RBs are worth much when contract number 2 rolls around.  And, investing big money in broken down players is what Howie has done a lot recently.  It would be a bad investment at this point.

Further, Clement maybe doesn't make the team with a better drafted RB in front of him.

16 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

He's not worth the investment.

If I was trading for hunt this year, itd be a late round pick 1 year rental with him understanding that we are not giving him a raise. 

21 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

That pat on the head

 

He really just has no explosion to his game.  That dropped TD catch was the kind of play he made routinely at Stanford however.  He's just lost.

48 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

They should have signed Hunt when the Chiefs released him.

Hard to just ignore the reason(s) that the Chiefs released him.  No need to add that here for a RB with limited (avail)ability.

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Further, Clement maybe doesn't make the team with a better drafted RB in front of him.

Or they don't sign Blount after the draft.  Adding Hunt in the draft that year dramatically changes the RB room, and the RB room was a big part of that SB.  

7 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

Kempski seems to really think Hunt is a fit for the Eagles in a trade. He’s mentioned it a few times in articles and on his camp recaps with BLG. All the beat guys seem to think the Eagles will add a RB at some point, so we’ll see if it happens. Can’t see Howie giving up anything of note for a RB

With baggage, injury missed time last year and a salary and cap hit of $4.5 million, half of what Howie has in place.  Seems unrealistic and for a RB of his age. 

25 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

That pat on the head

 

New number. Same player. 

He got the yips. Or the twisties. The ball was in his hands on both of those, and he always made those catches at Stanford. Now he just cant hold on. Weird.

7 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Lil' Friday hot take,

Wentz is the best QB in the division

https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/carson-wentz-outstanding-training-camp-scott-turner-washington?fbclid=IwAR045eYa2Te44AvetDC0-9btyDCjp0YgmeMqgn387oo9alHJRf4mzJa4B5k

It's practice. You know what AI said about practice!

People get excited about TC every season, because they're bored. A good practice and some unknown is a savior, a bad practice and a starter is a flop.

Fans and media everywhere are the same, grasping at straws to promote their favorites or to hope the team can win this year.

So why should the unmentionables be any different than Eagle fans?

We know Wentz, his arm giveth and his head taketh away.

 

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

He got the yips. Or the twisties. The ball was in his hands on both of those, and he always made those catches at Stanford. Now he just cant hold on. Weird.

Well, as we learned last year, the NFL ball is different from the NCAA ball.  So, he must be having trouble adjusting to it.  He's only going into Year 4 though.  He just needs some time to improve.

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Irsay really hates Wentz

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/commanders/colts-owner-cited-massive-problems-due-carson-wentzs-inconsistency

I still have a hard time with with the whole Wentz thing.  There just must be something about his personality in the locker room that rubs some the wrong way.  He seems like a good dude on the surface.  His talent/ceiling is obvious to see.  
 

The Jacksonville choke game was really bad, but is not like he put up terrible numbers.  But people do seem to go out of their way to criticize him…seems like it’s a bit much to me.  

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Well, as we learned last year, the NFL ball is different from the NCAA ball.  So, he must be having trouble adjusting to it.  He's only going into Year 4 though.  He just needs some time to improve.

 

hes basically a rookie.

7 minutes ago, McMVP said:

The Jacksonville choke game was really bad, but is not like he put up terrible numbers.  But people do seem to go out of their way to criticize him…seems like it’s a bit much to me.  

Everyone likes to forget that the game in Jax was not a Wentz problem, it's a Colts problem.

The Colts have not won in Jax since 2014....................

26 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

Lil' Friday hot take,

Wentz is the best QB in the division

https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/carson-wentz-outstanding-training-camp-scott-turner-washington?fbclid=IwAR045eYa2Te44AvetDC0-9btyDCjp0YgmeMqgn387oo9alHJRf4mzJa4B5k

Wentz has all the talent ln the world more so than anyone else in the division but for whatever reason he's a choker and a guy two teams have invested a ton in then just given up on him.

Prescott I don't know, seems the Injuries have maybe caught up to him, we'll see.

I think it's clear that Daniel Jones is the worst in the division.

The other 3 🤷‍♂️

Outside of waiting to see more Brooks on Sunday, I would suggest that there are going to be some decent RBs cut when teams go down to 53.  There is an excellent chance that the next Eagles back up RB is on some other team right now.  

2 minutes ago, Bacarty2 said:

I said this when the topic came up

No need to spend for a RB. there a dime a dozen now a days

Except you were two rounds off when it came to average draft position of starters.

17 minutes ago, McMVP said:

I still have a hard time with with the whole Wentz thing.  There just must be something about his personality in the locker room that rubs some the wrong way.  He seems like a good dude on the surface.  His talent/ceiling is obvious to see.  
 

The Jacksonville choke game was really bad, but is not like he put up terrible numbers.  But people do seem to go out of their way to criticize him…seems like it’s a bit much to me.  

In Philly, Wentz made the choice to leave.  He lost trust in both Doug and Howie (Doug for good reason) and it was time for both sides to make a new start.

In IND he lost that gig in Week 17 when he tested positive for COVID, couldn't practice all week, and lost to the Raiders.  I had an argument on here with someone and I was dead wrong; I asserted no starting NFL QB would go unvaccinated after what happened with DEN the previous season having to play with no QB.  The Colts likely asked Wentz on several occasions to get vaccinated, he refused, and their season went into the crapper largely because of that decision.  At 9-6 they appeared almost a lock to get a playoff spot -- the loss at home to the Raiders where Wentz almost wasn't cleared to play, and the loss in JAX the following week sunk them where the whole team crapped the bed.  Ballard was asked "if you'd beaten JAX and made the playoffs, would Wentz still be here?" and his reply was "there would still have been serious discussions whether or not to keep him".  That tells me the decision was pretty much made as soon as the season ended.

I don't think the Colts are going to be much better this year, if at all.  Since Luck retired due to their negligent lack of protecting him they've gone from QB to QB pretty much every year with band-aid solutions.  Ryan isn't what he was in 2016 -- not even close.