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I’m not buying that Carson Strong doesn’t belong on a practice squad somewhere.

My money is on Jalen Hurts’ ego couldn’t handle a QB with a better arm in the room, so Eagles gave Strong the cold shoulder.

58 minutes ago, CouchKing said:

I’m not buying that Carson Strong doesn’t belong on a practice squad somewhere.

My money is on Jalen Hurts’ ego couldn’t handle a QB with a better arm in the room, so Eagles gave Strong the cold shoulder.

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic because it's really dumb otherwise

1 hour ago, CouchKing said:

I’m not buying that Carson Strong doesn’t belong on a practice squad somewhere.

My money is on Jalen Hurts’ ego couldn’t handle a QB with a better arm in the room, so Eagles gave Strong the cold shoulder.

You believe Minshew is a worse arm talent than Jalen Hurts? Based on what?

1 minute ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

You believe Minshew is a worse arm talent than Jalen Hurts? Based on what?

The point is that Carson Strong has an arm that is superior to both Hurts and Minshew.

You Hurts huggers are in denial.

17 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

You believe Minshew is a worse arm talent than Jalen Hurts? Based on what?

Sinnett has a stronger arm than both I believe. But guys with strong arms have failed all the time.

30 minutes ago, CouchKing said:

The point is that Carson Strong has an arm that is superior to both Hurts and Minshew.

You Hurts huggers are in denial.

I don’t Iike Hurts as our longterm QB, he’s just the best we could do right now.

Not anointing Hurts and accepting that Carson Strong is a future gas station employee are not mutually exclusive.

If you work at a super wawa gas station, do you get a discount on a hoagie?

12 hours ago, CouchKing said:

I’m not buying that Carson Strong doesn’t belong on a practice squad somewhere.

My money is on Jalen Hurts’ ego couldn’t handle a QB with a better arm in the room, so Eagles gave Strong the cold shoulder.

Knee slappers like this are the real reason they couldn't keep Carson Strong around. 

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Eagles, Anthony Harris reportedly agree to cut ties

 

The Eagles have mutually agreed to part ways with Anthony Harris, their starting safety all last year and through training camp, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The 30-year-old Harris, who played for Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon with the Vikings in 2014 and 2015, started 14 games last year after signing a one-year contract. 

He signed another one-year deal this past spring after a brief foray into free agency but despite working all summer with the starting defense was released on final cutdown day soon after the Eagles acquired 24-year-old defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson from the Saints.

Harris surprisingly signed a day later to the Eagles’ practice squad, where he’s been since Aug. 31.

According to Schefter, the Eagles are planning to formally release Harris from the practice squad to "maximize his flexibility to join another teams’ active roster.”

That seems unusual considering that players on practice squads are technically free agents and free to sign with any other team. It also seems unusual considering that Harris just signed to the Eagles’ practice squad a week ago, but he possibly had a change of heart about his future.

Harris, an undrafted free agent out of Virginia, spent his first six seasons with the Vikings, starting 47 games. He has 10 interceptions and 356 tackles in seven seasons. With the Eagles last year he had one interception and 72 tackles.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-anthony-harris-reportedly-agree-cut-ties

We now have an open spot on the practice squad.  

4 hours ago, time2rock said:

9/7/2022:  WR Auden Tate and TE Dalton Keene signed to the practice squad.  To make room QB Reid Sinnett and RB La'Mical Perine were released. 

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-make-flurry-practice-squad-roster-moves-week-1

Post #1 updated

Reid Sinnett released??? Yikes.

Book is the 3rd QB now.  Perine is a quick release.  He was with the team for a week and enough to know he is not the RB.

The FO keeps churning players in and out.  No words on the OT to fill in for Dillard.  Perhaps they will move one from PS for the Lions game and keep situation fluid.

 

Who holds the clipboard better?

Minshew or Book?

Sinnett and Perine agreed to join the PS before the Eagles claimed Book and Sermon on waivers. Once they were claimed, they were superfluous.

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20 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Sinnett and Perine agreed to join the PS before the Eagles claimed Book and Sermon on waivers. Once they were claimed, they were superfluous.

Honestly now that the activity seems to have slowed down a bit league wide, hoping we can cut Book and add him to the practice squad as a potential developmental QB (not that I have much faith in him becoming anything at this level but better to burn a spot on the practice squad to carry him vs the main 53).  

58 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Honestly now that the activity seems to have slowed down a bit league wide, hoping we can cut Book and add him to the practice squad as a potential developmental QB (not that I have much faith in him becoming anything at this level but better to burn a spot on the practice squad to carry him vs the main 53).  

I think they see Book as a future QB2 that can run the same plays as Hurts. It seems doubtful we'll trade Minshew this season and it's even more doubtful he'll re-sign with us after the season. 

So if the Eagles commit to Hurts beyond this season, grooming a future#2 with a similar skill set on a rookie contract would be prudent. Book will still likely be inactive most weeks. I'm not sure what the Eagles would gain by having a different inactive player on the 53. 

On 9/3/2022 at 12:07 PM, CouchKing said:

I’m not buying that Carson Strong doesn’t belong on a practice squad somewhere.

My money is on Jalen Hurts’ ego couldn’t handle a QB with a better arm in the room, so Eagles gave Strong the cold shoulder.

You're just trolling, right?   I mean Denver kicked the tires on Strong and nothing.

Denver QB Room looks like this:

Russell Wilson

Brett Rypien....wait, wha?

Josh Johnson from San Diego on the Practice Squad.  This guy was drafted in 2008 and has been passed around over 20+ times in his career.  This guy beat out your boy Carson Strong for a Practice Squad spot and you still aren't "buying that Carson Strong doesn't belong on a practice squad somewhere"?  What will it take.  

He might actually be not good.  There seems to be plenty of people who do it for a living that apparently don't see the averageness in his game that you do.  They don't even see the potential for him to be better than Josh Johnson... or even Ian freaking Book.

1 hour ago, Vee said:

You're just trolling, right?   I mean Denver kicked the tires on Strong and nothing.

Denver QB Room looks like this:

Russell Wilson

Brett Rypien....wait, wha?

Josh Johnson from San Diego on the Practice Squad.  This guy was drafted in 2008 and has been passed around over 20+ times in his career.  This guy beat out your boy Carson Strong for a Practice Squad spot and you still aren't "buying that Carson Strong doesn't belong on a practice squad somewhere"?  What will it take.  

He might actually be not good.  There seems to be plenty of people who do it for a living that apparently don't see the averageness in his game that you do.  They don't even see the potential for him to be better than Josh Johnson... or even Ian freaking Book.

Exactly. Mostly I am trolling the Hurts huggers by just mentioning Carson Strong.

I had high hopes for him, but now I’m just pulling for him.

Book is fine for QB3.

Strong is more of a QB4 right now.

But, one day…Carson Strong is gonna make the PS somewhere, maybe.

XFL? CFL?

35 minutes ago, CouchKing said:

Exactly. Mostly I am trolling the Hurts huggers by just mentioning Carson Strong.

I had high hopes for him, but now I’m just pulling for him.

Book is fine for QB3.

Strong is more of a QB4 right now.

But, one day…Carson Strong is gonna make the PS somewhere, maybe.

XFL? CFL?

I don’t think you go CFL until you know your NFL future is shot. I think he waits for his  next year training camp invite, and if that doesn’t work out then CFL becomes an option. Backup QBs there make a small fraction of what his rookie guarantees were

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13 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I think they see Book as a future QB2 that can run the same plays as Hurts. It seems doubtful we'll trade Minshew this season and it's even more doubtful he'll re-sign with us after the season. 

So if the Eagles commit to Hurts beyond this season, grooming a future#2 with a similar skill set on a rookie contract would be prudent. Book will still likely be inactive most weeks. I'm not sure what the Eagles would gain by having a different inactive player on the 53. 

Good point.  I'd still rather different QB in that spot though ... someone who offers a bit more potential to develop into a future #2.

5 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Good point.  I'd still rather different QB in that spot though ... someone who offers a bit more potential to develop into a future #2.

I still think a lot of this decision hinges on Hurts. If he convinces the team he's the long term answer at QB, they want to have a backup that they can bring in and run the same offense. This, IMO, shows me they have faith in Hurts becoming the franchise QB. 

2 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I still think a lot of this decision hinges on Hurts. If he convinces the team he's the long term answer at QB, they want to have a backup that they can bring in and run the same offense. This, IMO, shows me they have faith in Hurts becoming the franchise QB. 

I'd very much like that. But it could also mean that they prepare for Hurts to miss a few games this year due to his style of play.

They stole Ian Book off the Saints. 

They also put a waiver claim in on Kellen Mond. 

It was just about liking Book and Mond more than Sinnett.

Maybe prepping for Minshew's eventual departure.

I don't think anyone bets on QB1 getting hurt, but Minshew is there if we need him.

 

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