3 minutes ago, bitbased said:

I'm coming around more on Smith the closer we get to the draft. Reddick, Sweat and Smith would be crazy on passing downs. Outside of CB, no one else thrills me at 10.

That's kind of what I am thinking.  Unless we get lucky and Wilson or Gonzalez are there, I don't know that the other D prospects have elite potential.  Maybe Witherspoon.  

Otherwise, we are looking at potentially elite prospects on O in Bijan or one of the OTs

13 minutes ago, bitbased said:

I'm coming around more on Smith the closer we get to the draft. Reddick, Sweat and Smith would be crazy on passing downs. Outside of CB, no one else thrills me at 10.

That scenario would probably be years from now though. If we take Nolan Smith, he’s the 4th or 5th DE on the depth chart. It’s still gonna be Graham in those scenarios, dude has had 27.5 sacks in his last 3 healthy years. Even Derek Barnett likely gets more 2023 snaps than any rookie DE we draft this year not named Will Anderson.

Think about how we handled Jordan Davis his rookie year, Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Barnett himself. I don’t think the value is there at 10 to take an undersized DE. Maybe at 30

From an impact perspective, if you look at players like Morrow or White, and presuming the costs remain kind of static, you can rotate players in and out on a season by season basis and lose very little - you know what you are getting.  But from a cap perspective, it's a place you can cheat and use the money elsewhere. 

The issue though, is if the supply of cheap labour dries up.  Longer term, drafting the right player can save that nonsense from happening

On 3/25/2023 at 8:54 PM, ToastJenkins said:

You live where again?

the problem is the masses are paying nothing and worse being subsidized. The costs are the issue. Cut the welfare state

Welfare for the bankers of course, call the plumber

26 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

I was listening to Cossel, he had an interesting take. He thinks he may be best suited for MLB. He flies to the ball and makes jarring hits upon arriving. Seems to be really good backed off the line of scrimmage diagnosing and attacking. As a pure DE he seems to need more work but his speed and get off is off the charts so there's a lot of promise there. I would think he can be a versatile weapon. I'd be very fine with him at 10.

I like him too - but a MIKE conversion at 10? Not seeing this FO buying that (we have a hard enough time rationalizing Jack Campbell in the 2nd, who’s ready to go).  Similar story as KVN… but like DET I think Nolan would be an Edge here first.

Nolan Smith feels like he has a lot more variance than most players in that area. High upside, but higher bust potential. Those players scare the crap outta me. The Eagles desperately need to nail these picks with the Hurts contract coming up.

34 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Compiling a list of "my guys” in the draft. Just guys I really love. I can say there’s more players I like this year at both Eagles spots than there were last year in the draft. Trading for that future Saints pick was a wise move by Howie.

Maybe we can the do the same again. If you can get mid round picks this year and a 1st next year I'd probably do that. Similar to the Giants trade with the Bears in 2021. Bears moved from 20 to 11. Bears gave up picks 20 and a 5th in 2021, then a 1st and 4th in 2022. Maybe we can drop back to the 20's for a 4th and 5th (or player) this year, then a 1st the following year. We should be chock full of picks is 2024 so the mid round picks this year would be more important. There will be o-linemen, corners, Bijan, Jaxson, maybe a QB and DL at 10. 

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Nolan Smith feels like he has a lot more variance than most players in that area. High upside, but higher bust potential. Those players scare the crap outta me. The Eagles desperately need to nail these picks with the Hurts contract coming up.

I feel like they all have reasonable bust potential (Van Ness, Murphy & Smith). But I agree Smith scares me because he never really was a great pass rusher in college

12 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Nolan Smith feels like he has a lot more variance than most players in that area. High upside, but higher bust potential. Those players scare the crap outta me. The Eagles desperately need to nail these picks with the Hurts contract coming up.

Nolan Smith has all-pro upside. It's worth the swing.

Or you can aim for a double and draft Myles Murphy.

Not sure what the Eagles salary cap is now. Over the cap and Spotrac doesn't seem to have Lane's restructure, if I'm looking at it correctly. Spotrac says 11.5, over the cap 11.8. If Lane's 10 mil savings isn't there yet then that's 21 mil under, not too shabby. With the owners meetings starting tomorrow maybe the trade winds will be blowing. 

Not sure DJ Turner has gotten enough pub in this draft. Hes one of the better CBs. Played for Michigan. Excellent in man coverage, and ran a 4.26. Elite athlete with football skills.

1 minute ago, RLC said:

Nolan Smith has all-pro upside. It's worth the swing.

Or you can aim for a double and draft Myles Murphy.

I'm not advocating for Murphy at all but I feel like that athlete has higher upside stuff gets overplayed. If you look at the successful players that popped do they really fit that mold? People love to say take flyers on athletes late but guys like Celek, Cole or even TJ Edwards didn't have great measurables but they were more worthy than late picks on track stars (I know Edwards UDFA)

Pretty much every great EDGE is a crazy athlete (Reddick, Bosa, Garrett, Parsons, Watt, etc.). You can win at TE/LB with instincts. EDGE is a freak position. 

10 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I feel like they all have reasonable bust potential (Van Ness, Murphy & Smith). But I agree Smith scares me because he never really was a great pass rusher in college

I can't see him 100% busting because the speed and get off is off the carts and that isn't going anywhere. Even if he doesn't develop perfectly as an edge, I can't see him not being an effective blitzer at worst because of the speed. I also like him off the ball, he looks very good there as well. So he has multiple areas he can help you which improves his odds of not busting totally.

On 3/25/2023 at 11:33 PM, Thrive said:

That’s an odd proposal but unless drafted very tightly, it picks up more than RPOs. Forward handoffs have been part of the game before RPOs.

Since prehistoric times

8 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Not sure DJ Turner has gotten enough pub in this draft. Hes one of the better CBs. Played for Michigan. Excellent in man coverage, and ran a 4.26. Elite athlete with football skills.

I figure because he’s a bit light and not particularly long - but he’s a good player and essentially the same size as Witherspoon.

Just now, Waiting4Someday said:

I figure because he’s a bit light and not particularly long - but he’s a good player and essentially the same size as Witherspoon.

Thought he looks like the ideal type we could look for this year with inside,  outside versatility. 

9 minutes ago, RLC said:

Nolan Smith has all-pro upside. It's worth the swing.

Or you can aim for a double and draft Myles Murphy.

I’d rather have him than Van Ness for sure. But not sure I’d rather have him than Murphy and I definitely,wouldn’t rather have him than Witherspoon. Or Carter if he falls, despite the legal issues.

Smith wasn’t ultra productive and I think teams are going to be looking too hard for the next Parsons that they overestimate his potential.

High upside guys whose upside is measured more by measurables and traits than production scare me. I’m going to go back and watch some more of him because I saw a lot of Georgia last year and he never jumped off the screen to me. But maybe he will on a second viewing.

One thing about Parsons though is Parsons isn’t just a great athlete. He has otherworldly power. Dude is explosive and can bull rush. Sometimes you get Dion Jordan with those edge athletes.

49 minutes ago, bitbased said:

I'm coming around more on Smith the closer we get to the draft. Reddick, Sweat and Smith would be crazy on passing downs. Outside of CB, no one else thrills me at 10.

Tyree Wilson

Gonzalez

Witherspoon 

If you are going to add Smith then Banks is as good an option as Smith.  I’m not a fan, but others would add Porter.

 

 

 

32 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Nolan Smith feels like he has a lot more variance than most players in that area. High upside, but higher bust potential. Those players scare the crap outta me. The Eagles desperately need to nail these picks with the Hurts contract coming up.

I like him over a low ceiling Barnett or Abiamiri 

43 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

That scenario would probably be years from now though. If we take Nolan Smith, he’s the 4th or 5th DE on the depth chart. It’s still gonna be Graham in those scenarios, dude has had 27.5 sacks in his last 3 healthy years. Even Derek Barnett likely gets more 2023 snaps than any rookie DE we draft this year not named Will Anderson.

Think about how we handled Jordan Davis his rookie year, Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Barnett himself. I don’t think the value is there at 10 to take an undersized DE. Maybe at 30

That makes sense if he is an Edge as an Eagle, but the idea of using him as the MIKE is a different approach that would get him immediately involved.

3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Thought he looks like the ideal type we could look for this year with inside,  outside versatility. 

Agreed, with 2 older CBs and Maddox we might be able to pass on a CB at 10 but somebody needs to be put in the pipeline for the inevitable.

40 minutes ago, The guy in France said:

Welfare for the bankers of course, call the plumber

Silence, parasite

16 hours ago, Utebird said:

If you go to Yosemite first make sure its open, and then get a reservation, you can drive through it without one but last I checked they are on a lottery system to stay in the park.

As for Colorado id suggest checking out Valley of the Gods as well, it's beautiful, red Rock with lots  of green vegetation makes for a picturesque contrast.

Yellowstone is cool, gets real busy though, try to go in the off-season to avoid bigger crowds.

Re Yellowstone I was there during or just after Labor Day. It was perfect; warm enough during the day but schools were starting or soon would so no crowds. Perfect.

On 3/23/2023 at 4:18 PM, HazletonEagle said:

@VaBeach_Eagle alluded to people still going on about it on a short that he just posted yesterday.

One particular member, who has since demanded that his account be deleted and all content be removed, knew my personal YouTube channel. I explained to him that I wanted to keep it separated from the EMB because there's always that one or two people that will end up banned and will be idiots and will want to go and harass just for the sake of their own idiocy. So I asked him to just keep it to himself (figuring that there was probably a 50% or less chance of him honoring his word).

I can't say for sure if he's the one doing it (or if he was even the only one that knew my personal channel but he's the only one that ever mentioned it to me), or maybe handed out my channel name to the others who've departed (or may still be here), so that they could harass me but when things blew up, I figured I'd start to see some harassment of some kind on my personal channel, and sure enough, I have.