49 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Nah.  Looking forward to this.  Kapadia is a blessing.  Solak uses too many words, but at least he is up to speed on today's game.

Agreed. Solak is pretty good, but I know there are a lot of people who don’t like him because he’s 12. 

Kinda hard to believe he agreed to a PS deal. 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Kinda hard to believe he agreed to a PS deal. 

I think it is just a one week deal, then he bumps up to the 53.  This is to circumvent the guaranteed salary.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I liked Kist and Solak a lot and like Sheil. I think it should be pretty good unless Sheil can’t rein in Solak.

I know birds with friends had solak on the show before. And sheil and him had good dialog together and did a good job bouncing thoughts off each other. I actually think it’s a good pairing. 

BWF had kempski on the other day. I couldn’t imagine how off the rails it would be if bo and kempski had a pod together. 

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I think it is just a one week deal, then he bumps up to the 53.  This is to circumvent the guaranteed salary.

Yea, I’m sure. Just surprised he wouldn’t demand more just to help a team out 

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I know birds with friends had solak on the show before. And sheil and him had good dialog together and did a good job bouncing thoughts off each other. I actually think it’s a good pairing. 

BWF had kempski on the other day. I couldn’t imagine how off the rails it would be if bo and kempski had a pod together. 

Bo Wulf and Reuben Frank should do a pod together. Now that would be unlistenable. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Bo Wulf and Reuben Frank should do a pod together. Now that would be unlistenable. 

Tbh i feel bad for both Berman and zangaro for having to do podcasts with bo and Reuben 

 

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

Tbh i feel bad for both Berman and zangaro for having to do podcasts with bo and Reuben 

Bo isn't without knowledge but his act is super old at this point imo

32 minutes ago, Shalodeep said:

Admit you were wrong? Pretty sure we are all adults and as fans have been wrong countless times on players....

You would think that.

There are some that have to be right no matter what. That is where the groundwork gets laid out and then repeated over and over again.

4 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Bo isn't without knowledge but his act is super old at this point imo

Beyond the political stuff (which the NYT has curtailed since they bought the Athletic), it’s his incessant need to interrupt his co-hosts with dad jokes, puns and non sequiturs. 

I still listen every week since I spend so much time in the car, but I find myself skipping through segments and turning the show off early.  

7 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Bo isn't without knowledge but his act is super old at this point imo

I personally don’t mind Bo but you definitely have to get through his BS. I can see why a lot don’t like him. 

33 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Yea, I’m sure. Just surprised he wouldn’t demand more just to help a team out 

Oh, I'm sure all that was part of the negotiation.  When he signs to the roster, I'm sure he'll get a nice signing bonus.

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Beyond the political stuff (which the NYT has curtailed since they bought the Athletic), it’s his incessant need to interrupt his co-hosts with dad jokes, puns and non sequiturs. 

I still listen every week since I spend so much time in the car, but I find myself skipping through segments and turning the show off early.  

This.  Sheil would be able to plow through it.  Berman can't, which make the podcast impossible to tolerate.

I listened to the Kempski segment last week.  First time since Sheil left.   It reinforced my decision to move on.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I think the more fascinating debate is you took all 31 other starting QBs in the league and put them on the eagles with this roster, which ones would have as good or better of a record than Hurts and which would have worse. 

I think the only QBs that wouldn't do better are:

Tua (MIA)

Smith (SEA)

Mariota (ATL)

Trubisky (PIT)

Whoever is starting for the jets now (Flacco?)

Ryan (IND)

 

Tua is probably worse than hurts is. Flacco and Ryan are washed. Smith, mariota and trubisky have sucked everywhere they've been.

I think if you put some of the younger QBs (Lawrence, Lance, hell even Mills and Fields) on this team instead of the crap teams they're on (minus 9ers) they perform better than hurts.

1 minute ago, devpool said:

I think the only QBs that wouldn't do better are:

Tua (MIA)

Smith (SEA)

Mariota (ATL)

Trubisky (PIT)

Whoever is starting for the jets now (Flacco?)

Ryan (IND)

 

Tua is probably worse than hurts is. Flacco and Ryan are washed. Smith, mariota and trubisky have sucked everywhere they've been.

I think if you put some of the younger QBs (Lawrence, Lance, hell even Mills and Fields) on this team instead of the crap teams they're on (minus 9ers) they perform better than hurts.

Hurts literally got benched for Tua at halftime in a National title game. 

48 minutes ago, pallidrone said:

You would think that.

There are some that have to be right no matter what. That is where the groundwork gets laid out and then repeated over and over again.

Me personally I think him peaked is a running game manager who will have his stinkers and once in awhile give you hope. If he develops into more, hell yeah....do I expect it? No. I haven't seen evidence of that change at this point. I'd rather eat the crow than the draft pick to replace him any day with all those one year deals we like to throw around 

 

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Back track.

Look at the ratio.  Yes, it does.  2.4: 1    versus.    1.25: 1.  and 1:1.    Double the ratio.

 

We're done here.

Again, I was told there'd be no math...

Except when it works...

Matt Alkire (ages ago NDIrish in the blog) on Booker.

"I do love that they picked up Ian Book. An NFL quarterbacks’ coach that I really respect once told me that a player that truly embraces being a backup quarterback is having another coach on the field. Josh McCown was that guy. I’ve always said, I think Ian Book is.

He is intelligent, he was a winner at Notre Dame and while he may not have the physical tools for the NFL as a starter, he can help.”

I just don’t see it.  I respect Matt’s player analysis although he always said he wasn’t focused on QBs.

1 minute ago, BigEFly said:

Matt Alkire (ages ago NDIrish in the blog) on Booker.

"I do love that they picked up Ian Book. An NFL quarterbacks’ coach that I really respect once told me that a player that truly embraces being a backup quarterback is having another coach on the field. Josh McCown was that guy. I’ve always said, I think Ian Book is.

He is intelligent, he was a winner at Notre Dame and while he may not have the physical tools for the NFL as a starter, he can help.”

I just don’t see it.  I respect Matt’s player analysis although he always said he wasn’t focused on QBs.

I fully respect what Josh did here. That was the definition of a valuable backup guy, smart, tough, ready.

Nice addition to the QB room with a bunch of youngsters in there.

It was obvious he had the respect of his teammates and when they called his number he stepped right up.

Played his butt off, Pulled a hammy and stayed in, Heart.

Wish he was still in our QB room, consulting, teaching, whatever, but more power to him moving up and on...

17 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Matt Alkire (ages ago NDIrish in the blog) on Booker.

"I do love that they picked up Ian Book. An NFL quarterbacks’ coach that I really respect once told me that a player that truly embraces being a backup quarterback is having another coach on the field. Josh McCown was that guy. I’ve always said, I think Ian Book is.

He is intelligent, he was a winner at Notre Dame and while he may not have the physical tools for the NFL as a starter, he can help.”

I just don’t see it.  I respect Matt’s player analysis although he always said he wasn’t focused on QBs.

I mean it makes sense. Remember we are a QB factory. We dont need guys who have the physical tools to make a NFL type throw. All we need are guys who have tons of swag, work the hardest, and intelligent enough to get freaky when they have to. Clearly why we let Strong go and picked up Book. He is the ideal backup to Jalen Hurts. Move over Minshew!

3 hours ago, BigEFly said:

The trade of Reagor because of guarantees saved $1.8 million on the salary cap (but also cost $1.8 million this year, which was a sunk cost but offered some return with Reagor on the roster, a slight return that was lost in the transaction).  

Let me ask you this.  Would you trade a second round pick next year for a WR that can’t win routes or catch but can block on a three year contract at a second round level salary and a future seventh round pick?   Would you trade one of the Eagles firsts next year for a WR that is lazy when not the target, has concentration lapses and is a mediocre return man for two years at first d round salary for a future fifth and a seven?

 I guess it comes from my experience in business.  We measured the overall performance on a claim from beginning to end.  Stumbling into a satisfactory ending did not mean the overall transaction met our expectations. (Blind squirrel). Overall, auditing the entire transactions they are a failure.  Managing to get very low value at the end offers such a small return on investment to be negligible.  These ridiculous tweets that Jerrah only got a five for Cooper and Howie beat him with return on Reagor fail to see the whole transaction.  

Frankly, we don’t see the whole cost.  How much of Howie’s time during a critical roster decision was spent flipping JJAW for one week rental and then flipping one week rental into a low third day draft pick?  How much of Howie’s time was spent trading Reagor?  Did that result in an error perhaps in trying to claim Mond or Book without thorough evaluation, for example?  Many of us might conclude as much. 

Glad he got some return. But I think realistically the overall result was pretty poor.

I agree with your bolded statement 100% in terms of evaluating Howie's overall performance as a General Manager, but overall (end to end) performance often gets complex enough that it makes the process of attempting to maximize overall efficiency and effectiveness very difficult to do ... especially if the overall performance has a significant timeline duration.  So we break down the overall performance into manageable discreet components.  Individual trade decisions are that kind of manageable discreet components.  Each trade has a set of variables and a set of parameters.  There also are comparables (much like a real estate appraiser has) that allow the trade to be seen in context, and even benchmarked.  So, without keeping the context of the overall performance in the back of one's mind, evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of a trade is a logical, dare I say standard thing to do. The tweet that got this all started was (to my reading) simply doing that ... evaluating the individual trade.  Nothingmore and nothing less.  However, I accept the fact that others read between the lines and saw more in the tweet than I saw.  Different strokes for different folks.

The (dare I say rhetorical) questions in your second paragraph are easy to answer ... No and No

The questions in your fourth paragraph require a crystal ball, and the uncertainty that exists without the advantage of just such a crystal ball is one of the components of the NFL's master marketing plan.  They are very happy to market intrigue and uncertainty and suspense ... very happy indeed.

 

43 minutes ago, devpool said:

I think the only QBs that wouldn't do better are:

Tua (MIA)

Smith (SEA)

Mariota (ATL)

Trubisky (PIT)

Whoever is starting for the jets now (Flacco?)

Ryan (IND)

 

Tua is probably worse than hurts is. Flacco and Ryan are washed. Smith, mariota and trubisky have sucked everywhere they've been.

I think if you put some of the younger QBs (Lawrence, Lance, hell even Mills and Fields) on this team instead of the crap teams they're on (minus 9ers) they perform better than hurts.

I can't stand Tua but I'd take him over Hurts, but you are spot on.

3 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I hope you’re being deliberately disingenuous by characterizing picking up the 3rd QB as a critical roster decision.  Studying the available talent on the waiver wire for 5 minutes led me to conclude there wasn’t any available talent.  I don’t think either Mond or Book will be relevant NFL starters at any point, but Mond was a Day 2 draft pick and Book was a 4th round pick.  There wasn’t anything else better on the waiver wire at the position.

It was pretty apparent either Sinnett or Strong was coming back on the practice squad.  I’d hoped it would be Strong as I don’t see any upside with Sinnett, but the Eagles see it differently.  Either way, it’s definitely not a critical roster decision.  The return Howie got for JJAW and Reagor was the proper use of time.

I found the QB pickings (see the list below and add Mond and Book to it) very scarce indeed.  Is there a single name on that list that is interesting?

QB Anthony Brown

QB Chase Garbers

QB Chris Oladokun

QB Chris Streveler

QB Cooper Rush

QB Danny Etling

QB Davis Webb

QB E.J. Perry

QB Jacob Eason

QB Jake Browning

QB Jeff Driskel

QB Josh Johnson

QB Josh Rosen

QB Logan Woodside

QB Matt Barkley

QB Nathan Peterman

QB Reid Sinnett

QB Ryan Griffin

QB Sean Mannion

QB Trace McSorley

QB Will Grier

39 minutes ago, devpool said:

I think the only QBs that wouldn't do better are:

Tua (MIA)

Smith (SEA)

Mariota (ATL)

Trubisky (PIT)

Whoever is starting for the jets now (Flacco?)

Ryan (IND)

 

Tua is probably worse than hurts is. Flacco and Ryan are washed. Smith, mariota and trubisky have sucked everywhere they've been.

I think if you put some of the younger QBs (Lawrence, Lance, hell even Mills and Fields) on this team instead of the crap teams they're on (minus 9ers) they perform better than hurts.

I think Tua will have a better season than Hurts, and I think Lance will have a better season as well.  I’m very doubtful on Fields, Zach Wilson, and I have concerns whether Doug and Press Taylor can develop Lawrence, tbh.  
 

Hurts, Tua, and Lance are all in somewhat similar circumstances this season.  All will be starting QBs on strong rosters with playoff expectations.  Lance has the longest rope within the organization (I think he plays well enough this season to keep Jimmy G on the bench), Tua has the shortest and will be replaced unless the Dolphins make a strong playoff push — which I don’t see happening