Hendon Hooker is not ready for this type of moment.

That's pretty clearly a safety. Although Hooker's arm was going forward so they might rule it incomplete.

Wow, uh, okay. Not sure how they didn't overturn at least some part of that play, but alright then.

UGA vs the refs and the world and STILL served em 

7 minutes ago, metal said:

That's pretty clearly a safety. Although Hooker's arm was going forward so they might rule it incomplete.

Wow, uh, okay. Not sure how they didn't overturn at least some part of that play, but alright then.

I can’t believe the call stood. If they didn’t rule that incomplete, the lineman was clearly down in the end zone. I’m not sure how you botch it like that. 

27 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Phillies playing Sosa tonight and haven't moved Castellanos down in the order. Barring coming back and winning this series, I'm kinda over the love affair with Topper tbh. His blind loyalty was cool for a while, but it's costing them now and he's refusing to make a change when their backs are against the wall. It's ridiculous.

Panic isnt a plan but i agree Cast should nlbr moved down

29 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Phillies playing Sosa tonight and haven't moved Castellanos down in the order. Barring coming back and winning this series, I'm kinda over the love affair with Topper tbh. His blind loyalty was cool for a while, but it's costing them now and he's refusing to make a change when their backs are against the wall. It's ridiculous.

With Sosa playing, you lose Stott's defense, further making this team weaker defensively. 

Harper needs to be batting 2nd behind Schwarber. 

McIntosh is a really nice player. 

33 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Phillies playing Sosa tonight and haven't moved Castellanos down in the order. Barring coming back and winning this series, I'm kinda over the love affair with Topper tbh. His blind loyalty was cool for a while, but it's costing them now and he's refusing to make a change when their backs are against the wall. It's ridiculous.

Unless they win, as you said, in which case, he is a super genius.

Great. Grand. Wonderful 

 

I’d rather have Marsh playing 

6 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Great. Grand. Wonderful 

 

O/U for runners on base for all of Harper’s at-bats combined tonight?

Just now, Alphagrand said:

O/U for runners on base for all of Harper’s at-bats combined tonight?

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Sosa has a better chance getting on base tonight if he never takes the bat off his shoulders.

24 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

O/U for runners on base for all of Harper’s at-bats combined tonight?

Idk but walks for harper at 2.5

Jalen Carter is for real. I know Edge Rushers like Anderson and Muyrphy should be our main targets, but Carter wouldn't be a bad consolation prize.

Davis and Carter for the next decade would be the best interior combo in the league.

 

Goooooaaaaalllll!!!!!! 

Union 1-1.

For those other football enthusiasts. 

3 hours ago, mattwill said:

That is the place I have gotten to as well.  If Hurts will sign for a Brady-like discount knowing that he is going to make up the forsaken revenue in endorsements revenue, then I'm more open minded, but signing him to a Kyler Murray sized extension sucks the life out of the ability to address the other key positions on the team Edge, CB and OT.

Include 30 mil per year WR's too...The NFL has to start getting out in front of these spending sprees. The Rams seem to the blueprint for buying a championship but at what cost. Salaries are not going up incrementally but in huge chunks. The results of the ridiculous spending versus the cap is a diluted product and a trend towards mediocrity. I really believe something has to give as far as salary cap limitations. Maybe the Eagles and others are hoping to push a league change as far as spending. If they give Hurts the money, they will be forced to let a lot players  walk. Is the league going to be made up of mediocre teams with mediocre QB on their rookie contracts. Teams would be looking at shortened competitive windows cycling through every 2-3 years. 

Kelee Ringo in RD1. Stud.

Ever since losing to Georgia, Bo Nix is on another level.  Sheesh.

Eagles LT Jordan Mailata helping pave way for international players -- especially in the AFC South

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HOUSTON – Jordan Mailata didn't grow up playing football.

So one may wonder how the Australian has been an inspiration for others around the world to make it to the NFL.

Mailata was a rugby player who was noticed by the the NFL International Pathway Player Program, and he was able to take the opportunity and cash in -- thus becoming the poster child for the program after the Philadelphia Eagles left tackle signed a four-year, $64 million contract extension worth up to $80 million, which included $40.85 million guaranteed in 2021.

Mailata's story gives international players hope that one day they could become the next international success story.

But Mailata didn’t appear in the NFL by accident.

Yes, Mailata's hard-to-miss, 6-foot-8 stature aided his path to the NFL. But the Pathway program discovered the former Australian Rugby player in 2018.

Since 2017, the Pathway program has created an avenue for international players to get a shot to play in the NFL. There have been 29 players from the program to make the NFL, whether on an active roster or practice squad.

And when the Eagles face the Houston Texans on Thursday at NRG Stadium for their Week 9 matchup (8:15 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime), the program’s biggest success story, Mailata will be on display protecting quarterback Jalen Hurts’ blindside.

 

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Jordan Mailata has been the biggest success story to come out of the NFL International Pathway Player Program. Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire

Mailata’s contract extension signified what possibilities could be for international players: Come to the NFL through the program and become an impact player.

After a 12-week crash course in the program, Mailata was drafted in the seventh round (No. 233 overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles, the only player to be drafted directly from the program.

"I will forever be grateful to the IPP,” Mailata said. "Whatever I can do after my time is done, if I can go back and work with them, work for them, I would love that. I would love to keep looking for international talent. I know there’s a hell of a lot of people down under that can play this game, but they need to be educated and they need to be taught.”

Mailata is a main motivator for other players from the Pathway program to make an active roster.

Texans defensive end Adedayo Odeleye, who was a part of the program’s 2022 class, sees Mailata as what could be for his own career.

"Jordan is a great guy and is a big inspiration for not just me and for everyone on the program,” Odeleye told ESPN. "When I was in the program, the first time he came over, gave us a lot of knowledge about playing the league, how to act and how to carry yourself. Just to see him being rewarded with the contract and being one of the top left tackles in the league as someone who never played football before. That just really shows everyone in the program that the sky's the limit. I think it kind of captures exactly what the program is meant to be.”

The other players selected for the program were Indianapolis Colts defensive back Marcel Dabo(Germany), Tennessee Titans tight end Thomas Odukoya (Netherlands) and Jacksonville Jaguarsdefensive back Ayo Oyelola (United Kingdom).

Since 2017, the NFL selects a division to receive players from the program. So each team receives one player after the draft, and this year was the AFC South’s turn. There are usually 10 to 15 players per year in the program. And even though it hasn’t happened often, any team can draft a player from the program or sign them to an undrafted free-agent deal.

Mailata was the first player drafted from the program, but there was another international player who made NFL history. Cincinnati Bengals tight end Moritz Bohringer, from Germany, was the first European player drafted, when he was taken by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 2016 draft.

Anyone know off hand Prescotts best record to start a season?

And the union give one up. Hold off on the parade plans. 

Gooaallll, good guys. Tied again.