10 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Andrews was never scheduled to be the LT here.  He was drafted in '04.  Thomas was here and they plugged him in at RG... looking to put him at RT when Runyan retired.  Andrew missed the '09 season with the back issue... they were trying to put him at RT, as they had just traded a first round pick for Jason Peters to be the LT.  They tried to bring in Stacy Andrews to play RG and have him help steady Shawn so he could play at RT.  Both failed miserably here and RT and RG was manned for all 16 games by Winston Justice and Nick Cole, respectively.   I don't believe Andrews ever lined up at RT for the Eagles even in a preseason game.  He was gone after that.  

Nick Cole.   Sloppy before Nate Herbig showed us what sloppy really is. 

29 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

Well the first dominoes are about to fall.   If the Seahawks pull the upset.  The Birds will play them next. If they don't'.  It will be down to the Bucs, Cowboys and Giants.  So we could know as early as this evening or late Monday evening.  

6 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

The offensive lineman that's really growing on me in round 1 of the draft that should be able to play inside or outside is Broderick Jones. Pick 10 feels slightly rich right now but it's early. He could have a great combine which I anticipate and elevate himself to the top ten. Initially I didn't want to go o-line round 1 but Jones seems like a good fit if Howie and company feel Lane is almost done. I like Jones over or just as much as some of the consensus top tackles in this draft. 

I don't think this draft has any clear cut top 10 guys and the trade down is imminent.  Add on to that the cheaper salary of a lower pick and it's probably the best thing to do.  They need to get back mid-round picks and load this team up with rookie contract guys if they end up giving Hurts the $50 million+ contract.  

 

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Nick Cole.   Sloppy before Nate Herbig showed us what sloppy really is. 

I was so glad when he and Max Jean-Gilles were gone. Both were bums.

Not so fun fact about MJG, the Eagles traded up from 108 to 99 in the 2006 draft with the Saints to take him. The pick the Saints made at 108? Jahri Evans. I think we lost that one.

30 minutes ago, KINGnabb said:

Well the first dominoes are about to fall.   If the Seahawks pull the upset.  The Birds will play them next. If they don't'.  It will be down to the Bucs, Cowboys and Giants.  So we could know as early as this evening or late Monday evening.  

Like I posted earlier, ANY nfc upset this weekend is HUGE for the Eagles.  Drastically increases our  chances of getting to SB.

1 minute ago, metal said:

 

I was so glad when he and Max Jean-Gilles were gone. Both were bums.

Not so fun fact about MJG, the Eagles traded up from 108 to 99 in the 2006 draft with the Saints to take him. The pick the Saints made at 108? Jahri Evans. I think we lost that one.

Jhari Evans, a diamond in the rough from our own back yard.  Scouting miss on the Eagles.  

Just now, eagle45 said:

Like I posted earlier, ANY nfc upset this weekend is HUGE for the Eagles.  Drastically increases our  chances of getting to SB.

There's always a shocker loss on Wild Card weekend but all the Home Teams seem to be playing well right now.  Seahawks, GMen and Boys all have hard games to me.  Every game is a rematch as well.   

10 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Like I posted earlier, ANY nfc upset this weekend is HUGE for the Eagles.  Drastically increases our  chances of getting to SB.

I remember thinking the same thing in 2003 when Carolina upset the Rams. Now looking back on that playoff run, pretty sure we could have gone to St. Louis that year and whooped the Rams. NFL playoffs are weird — upsets tend to occur because a team is better than expected which wouldn’t be a good thing for us.

 

10 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Both #7 seeds are almost double digit underdogs. I know it doesn’t make sense and won’t happen but it would be better if the 7th seed was a play in game between 7th and 8th seeds. I’d much rather watch Lions/49ers and Steelers/Bills than the current games.

It likely would... but would mean an extra game for them and completely destroy them ever getting to a Super Bowl.  Could you imagine the 8 seed winning FOUR road games in a row to qualify for the Super Bowl?   They need to stop expanding the playoffs.  OR... if they expand the playoffs, then they need to go back to 16 regular season games.   They can't burn both ends of the candle.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

There is no doubt that Driscoll has been bad.  My point is just that even good won't be good enough.  We are built to rely on exceptional.

I trust Stoutland enough to be able to come up with something for the running game with less than stellar.  Then again, he always had exceptional at Alabama as well.  What we really need is a guy like Juan Castillo who could take the chicken s--- of the likes of Mike McGlynn, Nick Cole, Artis Hicks, etc. and turn them into a more than serviceable OL.

12 hours ago, Doc S. said:

Somewhere there's a College Offensive Tackle with bugs in his teeth and a Bad Attitude , just waiting for Stout to find him...

Waiting for Howie’s scouts to find him and Stout and Istvan to confirm.  Real curious as the pre draft season approaches whether we will see Eagles assistant coaches at pro days and performing private workouts again as the Covid changes to the predraft process fade into the past.

12 hours ago, Doc S. said:

I take my 16 month old to Brewerys all the time.

She has a very discerning palate, saves me from buying the cheap stuff...

My wife has an issue with taking kids to wineries. Not something she would have done. (We do on occasion go to breweries and wineries with out "kids” now.)

12 hours ago, ManuManu said:

Ok, let’s just settle down now, NFL. 

Not necessarily going to lose all the coaches that interview.  Some of it is tapping for information on coaching philosophy.  Eagles have been known to do it too.

1 hour ago, KINGnabb said:

Well the first dominoes are about to fall.   If the Seahawks pull the upset.  The Birds will play them next. If they don't'.  It will be down to the Bucs, Cowboys and Giants.  So we could know as early as this evening or late Monday evening.  

I think the niners will won today/tonight my time but the weather is looking to be rotten with thunderstorms forecast in the fourth quarter. The niners imo need to go up big in the first half and not need to have brock purdy have to win the game in bad weather.

6 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Waiting for Howie’s scouts to find him and Stout and Istvan to confirm.  Real curious as the pre draft season approaches whether we will see Eagles assistant coaches at pro days and performing private workouts again as the Covid changes to the predraft process fade into the past.

I find it amusing how so many fans (not you) give all credit for Mailata to Stoutland and all blame for Dillard to Howie - as if they didn't have in depth conversations about both players and Stoutland signing off on both.

37 minutes ago, Thrive said:

I remember thinking the same thing in 2003 when Carolina upset the Rams. Now looking back on that playoff run, pretty sure we could have gone to St. Louis that year and whooped the Rams. NFL playoffs are weird — upsets tend to occur because a team is better than expected which wouldn’t be a good thing for us.

 

The year we won the Super Bowl, I wanted NO PART of that Saints team with Brees and Peyton.  What happens?  The TD by Diggs and we get Minnesota.  So much of the playoffs are about matchups/teams and honestly sheer luck.  Once Diggs/Minnesota won that, I knew we were going to the Super Bowl.  

30 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It likely would... but would mean an extra game for them and completely destroy them ever getting to a Super Bowl.  Could you imagine the 8 seed winning FOUR road games in a row to qualify for the Super Bowl?   They need to stop expanding the playoffs.  OR... if they expand the playoffs, then they need to go back to 16 regular season games.   They can't burn both ends of the candle.

The 16 game regular season I think is dead and like you I want to go back to it, as the league seem determined to go to 18 games. I find the more games kind of at odds with the mantra of player safety.

1 minute ago, NYEagle said:

The year we won the Super Bowl, I wanted NO PART of that Saints team with Brees and Peyton.  What happens?  The TD by Diggs and we get Minnesota.  So much of the playoffs are about matchups/teams and honestly sheer luck.  Once Diggs/Minnesota won that, I knew we were going to the Super Bowl.  

Peyton Manning - Sean Payton

1 minute ago, NYEagle said:

The year we won the Super Bowl, I wanted NO PART of that Saints team with Brees and Peyton.  What happens?  The TD by Diggs and we get Minnesota.  So much of the playoffs are about matchups/teams and honestly sheer luck.  Once Diggs/Minnesota won that, I knew we were going to the Super Bowl.  

That was an amazing finish to that game, I was in a pub watching it and wasn’t paying much attention to it as it looked game over. 

1 minute ago, EaglesIreland said:

The 16 game regular season I think is dead and like you I want to go back to it, as the league seem determined to go to 18 games. I find the more games kind of at odds with the mantra of player safety.

They need to expand rosters. They can keep the game day limit but expand rosters to 65 players. The hangup has always been the cap - Owners want to expand roster size without expanding the cap. Union obviously is in favor of bigger rosters but wants the cap increased accordingly.

4 minutes ago, Nivraga said:

I find it amusing how so many fans (not you) give all credit for Mailata to Stoutland and all blame for Dillard to Howie - as if they didn't have in depth conversations about both players and Stoutland signing off on both.

Dillard was a surprise for the Eagles. Was projected to go higher on the draft board so they hadn’t asked Stout to test him out.  Stout has said all he had was a phone call.  Normally Stout talks with coaches and works out prospects that high.  The fact this came out in the press was Eagles spin for fans like those you mention.

 I personally don’t blame anyone for Dillard.  He has been an active backup.  He has done well those few times he filled in for Dickerson this year.  Way I look at it is having two starter quality LTs hasn’t hurt. 

CJ Stroud hasn't declared yet and OSU Boosters are trying to keep him via NIL money. Would be great for us if he declares.

13 minutes ago, Nivraga said:

I find it amusing how so many fans (not you) give all credit for Mailata to Stoutland and all blame for Dillard to Howie - as if they didn't have in depth conversations about both players and Stoutland signing off on both.

That is correct.  They did not vet Dillard deeply because they didn't think he'd be sitting there.  

12 minutes ago, EaglesIreland said:

The 16 game regular season I think is dead and like you I want to go back to it, as the league seem determined to go to 18 games. I find the more games kind of at odds with the mantra of player safety.

But perfectly aligned with squeezing every last dollar from the game.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

That is correct.  They did not vet Dillard deeply because they didn't think he'd be sitting there.  

But perfectly aligned with squeezing every last dollar from the game.

Well the day the NFL do things for the good of anyone else. That’ll be the day.

On 1/12/2023 at 9:20 PM, downundermike said:

We don’t know that yet.  Gotta win in the playoffs.

Next year the team won’t be as good, and the schedule is tougher.

We saw how it played out for Lamar and Cam after MVP seasons.  Went downhill and injuries took over.

Those guys, unlike Hurts, didn’t miss games in those seasons.

And as I said earlier, this team just got over the mess of paying a QB too soon.

Minus a Super Bowl appearance, I bet they wait.  And if Hurts really is the guy I am told he is, he will go put in the work and do it again.

And he puts another year like this on tape and his price only goes up.