1 hour ago, Random Reglar said:

Gibbs could play LH and a big back as FB (Jim Brown type).  Penny.  It seems to me, more running backs, fewer wrs.   Wrs are often very expensive and often don't turn out as well as you'd want when you draft them.  A freakbeast QB instead of Quez Watkins.

Just replace fetch with "freakbeast.”

 

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

I look forward to when we get to the finals and lose so i can be let down int eh championship game 3 times this year 

Don’t forget Union! I don’t ever watch soccer but since they were on before the WS game I got to watch them crash and burn too. 

Chad Reuter’s latest mock on NFL.com has us trading down with the Vikings for them to grab Levis. We get their 1st and 3rd rounder this year and next year’s 1st. 

With the 5 picks in the first 3 rounds he has us taking:

#23: Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL Northwestern

#30: Brian Branch, S Alabama

#62: Jack Campbell, LB Iowa

#86: Anthony Bradford, G LSU

#94: Tuli Tuipulotu, DL USC

Can’t say I’d be upset about this. Adebawore crushed it at the Senior Bowl (which we know the Birds place high value on historically) and ran a 4.49 40 at 282 pounds. He’s an amazing athlete and the Eagles are hosting him for a top 30 visit. Him and Tuli give you inside/outside capability as well. Branch and Campbell to me would be day 1 starters at S and LB, and Bradford is likely the primary backup at both G spots (or if Kelce needs Jurgens to play a little C this year) and takes over RG next year when Jurgens moves to C. 

3 hours ago, schuy7 said:

Am I crazy for thinking Evans is more likely to start at safety next to Edmunds than Blankenship is? Edmunds + Blankenship feels like a rough combo.

Tommy over at igglesblitz believes Edmunds will not play near the line of scrimmage as much where he had his most success, but instead as a deeper safety. Sounds like a disastrous round peg square hole situation to me. Hopefully he's wrong in that assessment. 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Man Andy had some horrific draft picks 

On 3/24/2023 at 12:27 AM, greendestiny27 said:

All Van Ness does is bull rush. He is strong and does it well but that's his arsenal of pass rushing. 

I don’t know how strong not good on the bench and a little light, both can be fixed don’t you think. The podcasters I’ve watched always bring up that he was being held back by Iowa’s system of playing time not being based on merit but seniority. Can he learn and become proficient with pass rushing moves or is his bull rush good enough ? Trade up for Carter, Anderson or Wilson or trade back and take best available since none of the other guys are clear cut elite. Van Ness is my favorite at what I project available DL at 10. These guys don’t like him that much either but a good site for quick study on players

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Lukas-VanNess-DL-Iowa

17 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

6.5 with incentives. Barely more than Mariota got. Teams for whatever reason didn't think highly of him.

I think teams are skeptical he can reproduce the turnovers from this year. Because without that he’s more solid than he is spectacular.

11 minutes ago, TEW said:

I think teams are skeptical he can reproduce the turnovers from this year. Because without that he’s more solid than he is spectacular.

Not even solid (at safety) but. I think he can reproduce at least a good amount of those, so I don't think it's that relevant. I'm more interested in how he improves in the rest. Technically he can though!

4 hours ago, Outlaw said:

Chad Reuter’s latest mock on NFL.com has us trading down with the Vikings for them to grab Levis. We get their 1st and 3rd rounder this year and next year’s 1st. 

With the 5 picks in the first 3 rounds he has us taking:

#23: Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL Northwestern

#30: Brian Branch, S Alabama

#62: Jack Campbell, LB Iowa

#86: Anthony Bradford, G LSU

#94: Tuli Tuipulotu, DL USC

Can’t say I’d be upset about this. Adebawore crushed it at the Senior Bowl (which we know the Birds place high value on historically) and ran a 4.49 40 at 282 pounds. He’s an amazing athlete and the Eagles are hosting him for a top 30 visit. Him and Tuli give you inside/outside capability as well. Branch and Campbell to me would be day 1 starters at S and LB, and Bradford is likely the primary backup at both G spots (or if Kelce needs Jurgens to play a little C this year) and takes over RG next year when Jurgens moves to C. 

That trade is a dream scenario. Literally couldn’t think of a better semi-realistic trade. 

With those picks and using his mock I’d go:

23) Banks — he’s a CB1. Slay only has a year or two left and you can never have enough good CBs.

30) Adebawore if still available, Murphy if available, or (more likely) Johnston from those still available. Thought about Gibbs, but ultimately DL is too valuable and Johnston gives us a potentially indefensible trio of WRs, better positional value, and a like for like replacement of Brown when his contract expires. Suddenly we get really big and athletic out wide. 

62) Gibbs — talk about a home run! Gibbs and Johnston? With Banks, an extra third, and a future first thrown in for good measure?!?! I didn’t even look ahead, just assumed it was him or one of those above three and decided to go with positional value. Somehow we end up with the 2 highest potential offensive weapons and a guy I think has a chance to be the best CB in the entire class.

Honestly with that in the top 2 rounds I don’t care what happens after.

19 minutes ago, AmericanEagle77 said:

Not even solid (at safety) but. I think he can reproduce at least a good amount of those, so I don't think it's that relevant. I'm more interested in how he improves in the rest. Technically he can though!

I dunno… he was tied for the league lead in INTs missing a good chunk of games. More likely he reverts to the mean. If he can consistently come up with 5+ INTs a season he’s worth a ton of coin.

3 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

Man Andy had some horrific draft picks 

At the time no one had a problem with the pick 

Fred X was coming off a huge rose bowl win where he had over 200yards against one of the top rated corners In the nation( Jamar Fletcher) also a bust...

Fred X was coming off a good combine and most mocks had him going middle of the 1st Round.

So it's not like it was an egregious reach or anything, Mitchell just ended up sucking.

Personally as a Utah fan I wanted Reid to take Steve Smith in the 2nd but for some reason he didn't listen to me 🤷‍♂️

16 minutes ago, TEW said:

I dunno… he was tied for the league lead in INTs missing a good chunk of games. More likely he reverts to the mean. If he can consistently come up with 5+ INTs a season he’s worth a ton of coin.

Right. I'd say good amount of those would be like 4 though. That's what I was thinking.

5 hours ago, Outlaw said:

Chad Reuter’s latest mock on NFL.com has us trading down with the Vikings for them to grab Levis. We get their 1st and 3rd rounder this year and next year’s 1st. 

With the 5 picks in the first 3 rounds he has us taking:

#23: Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL Northwestern

#30: Brian Branch, S Alabama

#62: Jack Campbell, LB Iowa

#86: Anthony Bradford, G LSU

#94: Tuli Tuipulotu, DL USC

Can’t say I’d be upset about this. Adebawore crushed it at the Senior Bowl (which we know the Birds place high value on historically) and ran a 4.49 40 at 282 pounds. He’s an amazing athlete and the Eagles are hosting him for a top 30 visit. Him and Tuli give you inside/outside capability as well. Branch and Campbell to me would be day 1 starters at S and LB, and Bradford is likely the primary backup at both G spots (or if Kelce needs Jurgens to play a little C this year) and takes over RG next year when Jurgens moves to C. 

That's a good draft

16 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

That's a good draft

Yeah I could talk myself into that for sure. Part of me wants to go offensive playmaker early though and add to a strength. We can have a good defense or an offense so good that it doesn’t matter. Haha

 

Realistically though, this draft would be fine. 

On 3/24/2023 at 10:54 AM, BigEFly said:

Back in the fifties most workers did not have a pension, no one had a 401k and many workers did not have a substantial portion of the benefits that may be offered today. The house was on a thirty year mortgage and there was one car in most families, if one at all. Most households did not have a single TV and avoided calling long distance.  Party lines still abounded. The "good old days” really weren’t.  The cultural and economic comparisons with today really aren’t accurate.  

Yeah 2 earners, call the plumber

1 hour ago, TEW said:

 

62) Gibbs — talk about a home run! Gibbs and Johnston? With Banks, an extra third, and a future first thrown in for good measure?!?! 

You think Gibbs will still be there? I feel like his speed numbers alone will have someone take him fairly early. 

On 3/24/2023 at 4:35 PM, AmericanEagle77 said:

If the Eagles are smart they'll still get a jump on new wrinkles for the formation. I'd actually invert the idea of the short yardage back with a guy who's insanely fast or insanely productive per carry. The reason is basically that if you did that, and made the entire defense key on the sneak, you'll have free yardage around the edge, especially if you can get the defense in a weird anti-run package and just hurry up after to prevent them from subbing.

You can basically have a toss-sneak disguise on every single QB sneak and make every person on defense hate life.

If you did this, it wouldn't matter if they banned tush push in 2024. They're just screwed either way.

The proposal that really caught my eye was making forward handoffs illegal, anti-RPO ?

23 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Mostly because we bombed the crap out of other major economies

Go after tax havens/mafia, that will be a start

23 hours ago, Utebird said:

So a poster references my wife in an argument, then that same poster makes fun of my religion and your issue is with a mom joke...😒

Made fun of your religion ??? I didn’t notice it, if so very unMAGA IMO 

7 hours ago, jamiller said:

Embiid is so good. Sheesh.  

Good time to be a Philly sports fan.  Nice. 

yeah losing the WS and SB in the same year was great😒

Kidding.  Besides the Flyers, our teams are in great shape.  Really would love to see the Sixers get over the hump.

23 hours ago, paco said:

I've been going back and forth on something.

 

Last year with 3 first round picks, Howie pushed one to this year to spread out that draft capital and give us flexibility (speculated contingent on how Hurts performed).  Well, Hurts performed and we have two picks.  Furthermore, we have quite a few picks next year, so there is less motivation to stock up there.  Finally, we have quite a few holes to fill this year given the current state of the roster and cap.

 

With 10, I feel like we need to fire that bullet somehow.  Trade up, down, etc.  But use that pick to eventually get a player.

 

But what about #30.  If someone comes and offers a future first and another pick (lets say 3rd), do you take it?

plenty of draft capital next year, leverage into extra 2025 ??? Otherwise need some tis yesr, to me feels like 2nd and3rd but Eric Gray in early to mid 4th would be excellent. Don’t shoot your load all at once Howie … and we know you won’t 

I very much agree with the Eagles' historic policy of converting CBs into safeties.  With the exception of a few noteworthy first round prospects in the last few years, the best DBs in the NCAA get funneled into CB.  Faster, more athletic, better in coverage.  Sure, the run support is less consistent...but count your number of head shakes and remote throws over a season...does that usually come from safeties blowing tackles on already bad plays or 20 yard gashes from blown or torched coverages by safeties?

If it's Eric Berry, sure.  Otherwise, draft a less heralded, more explosive, coverage superior CB in the mid rounds and teach them to be a safety.  I don't like someone like Brian Branch at 30 or the Nate Allens of the world in round 2.  I'd rather get a Maddox later in the draft and see how they transition.

23 hours ago, paco said:

I've been going back and forth on something.

 

Last year with 3 first round picks, Howie pushed one to this year to spread out that draft capital and give us flexibility (speculated contingent on how Hurts performed).  Well, Hurts performed and we have two picks.  Furthermore, we have quite a few picks next year, so there is less motivation to stock up there.  Finally, we have quite a few holes to fill this year given the current state of the roster and cap.

 

With 10, I feel like we need to fire that bullet somehow.  Trade up, down, etc.  But use that pick to eventually get a player.

 

But what about #30.  If someone comes and offers a future first and another pick (lets say 3rd), do you take it?

I think/hope this is what Howie was trying to accomplish with his barrage of signing really crappy players in volume this FA period.  We don't NEED to dilute our premium picks this year to increase the later picks so we can pick up the spare parts in the draft.  They'll have a very high volume of picks next year for that.  

The Robert Quinn trade stings a little more than we expected due to that lack of mid round capital.  Every mid-season trade after Ajayi has just been lighting a 3rd or 4th round pick on fire.

23 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Ika from baylor is a dude i like. He and Davis would be nuts

Ika see it, got to figure where teams like the Ravens would go for him. Sign me up

 

23 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

Pitt kid is over rated.

hell give Davis some run at 3T he could be a monster there

That type of player IMO Abaworare > Kancey, just got to let Desai figure out what kind he needs