32 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

It took this long to get a blue closer than the one they just had?

Not sure why the NFL partners with Nike when they do such a crap job, I get it's Nike but maybe they should stick to shoes and leave jerseys to someone else.

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Meh. The 7.5 three cone says a lot.  Not impressive push. Plays like a NT burst wise. Not going to muscle IOL in the NFL.  Maybe a seventh round target.  Howie does love Florida players. 

I'm out on the DT's at 30 even round 2. I'd be fine there if we can grab a Zacch Pickens or Colby Wooden a bit later. PJ Mustipher is another mid to late round guy I'd rather go for. I'm just not enamored with this d-tackle crop and don't want to reach for the position over better quality players at other positions. 

 

36 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

It took this long to get a blue closer than the one they just had?

the name is ironic considering it was an 11 year "process" to achieve this new blue which is not many shades different than their current blue. Process blue.

2 hours ago, JournalistMic said:

My prediction of how the Eagles draft might occur with no trades, but I think O or D line will most likely be the two first round picks if no trades occur.

Can’t go wrong with a TCU WR in round 1. 3.85 out of 20 Howies. You are batting below the Mendoza line. 

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

the name is ironic considering it was an 11 year "process" to achieve this new blue which is not many shades different than their current blue. Process blue.

Trust the process 

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

 

Kancey vs almost any O-linemen

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

I don't know.  He just seems to know how to get to the ball.  I don't think his ceiling is as high as some people might think here.  He kind of reminds me of Melvin Ingram from a size perspective.  It's possible that his best fit might be as a DE in a 4-3 rather than playing inside where it will be easier for the OL to reach his body and double team him.  

You think it would be Kancey getting double teamed?  Not somebody like Jordan Davis?

I think that Kancey at DE with that speed and quickness, combined with big weight for a DE would be plausible. 

I do notice that when comparing Kancey and Ingram,  that Kancey is 17 pounds heavier.

Here's a RAS compare of Kancey and Hargrave,  the star DT who left for big money.
Almost the same height.  Kancey is 6010,  Hargrave 6013.   Hargrave much heavier.  Kancey is faster by a good bit, but Hargrave has great speed for his weight.   The jumps were about the same.   Kancey was way way better at the quickness, agility,  3 cone and shuttle. 

https://ras.football/ras-compare/?&p1=12659&p2=20033&pos=DT

I tend to think that Kancey is very close to Aaron Donald.   And both went to Pitt. I'd like to see Ras numbers of whoever is closer to Aaron Donald than Kancey is.

It's like having the same Aaron Donald arguments 10 years later after Aaron Donald has a HoF career.   Take a shot, maybe, especially if you can get him after a trade down or trade downs. 

Which of the DL who is expected to be taken in the first has the best RAS?  It might not be Kancey. 

 

8 hours ago, wussbasket said:

Does anyone want free tickets to tour the stadium April 8th at 12pm? I accidentally bought for the wrong date when I went a few weeks ago and they said don't worry about it, and never scanned my tickets, so they should still work. You also get 10% off at the pro shop with the tickets if you want to buy any merch there. pm me your email address and I'll see if I can transfer them over to you via ticketmaster.

How many do you have?

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

It took this long to get a blue closer than the one they just had?

Chinese child laborers can only move their hands so fast.

3 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Meh. The 7.5 three cone says a lot.  Not impressive push. Plays like a NT burst wise. Not going to muscle IOL in the NFL.  Maybe a seventh round target.  Howie does love Florida players. 

seems to me that Florida Offense is what the Eagles should be looking at.  Because Eagles OC Brian Johnson was Florida Gators OC in 2020.   I assume that he's been asked "do you want"?

Anthony Richardson

O'Cyrus Torrence

Justin Shorter (tall WR day 3)

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

How many do you have?

I have 2 of them.

27 minutes ago, Utebird said:

Not sure why the NFL partners with Nike when they do such a crap job, I get it's Nike but maybe they should stick to shoes and leave jerseys to someone else.

I often wonder how much this new jersey technology actually helps.  I'm sure that streamlined shoulder pads, the elimination of the huge butterfly hip pads and insanely light and flexible cleats go a long way towards better performance but IMO a jersey is a jersey to an extent.  I know the materials are different and they wick away sweat but I still see guys soaked through with sweat so is it really doing that much better of a job?  I never felt restricted in my uniform when I played but I guarantee you if I didn't wear the huge pads in the 90s and 00s I would have had much more range of motion, especially as a DT and long snapper.  

Sometimes I wonder things like how much faster if any would Hershel Walker have been had he not had the shoulder pads he had.  Ray Lewis had enormous pads at Miami but at the end of his career he wore much slimmer pads.  No one will ever take the cake from Michael Bennet when it come to small pads however.

7 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I have 2 of them.

Let me check with my nephew, I don't think the timing works unfortunately. 

11 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Chinese child laborers can only move their hands so fast.

 

15 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

 

Boy, contrast this with scouts taking Carter off their draft boards and the thought of Robinson is more exciting to me.

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I often wonder how much this new jersey technology actually helps.  I'm sure that streamlined shoulder pads, the elimination of the huge butterfly hip pads and insanely light and flexible cleats go a long way towards better performance but IMO a jersey is a jersey to an extent.  I know the materials are different and they wick away sweat but I still see guys soaked through with sweat so is it really doing that much better of a job?  I never felt restricted in my uniform when I played but I guarantee you if I didn't wear the huge pads in the 90s and 00s I would have had much more range of motion, especially as a DT and long snapper.  

Sometimes I wonder things like how much faster if any would Hershel Walker have been had he not had the shoulder pads he had.  Ray Lewis had enormous pads at Miami but at the end of his career he wore much slimmer pads.  No one will ever take the cake from Michael Bennet when it come to small pads however.

In high school I think my pads weighed more than me, I was 135 pound WR/DB and with knee pads thigh pads tail bone pads huge shoulder pads and a line man face mask with the bar vertically down the middle I looked like a small DT and probably the slowest.

Maybe I should have asked for kicker pads like Papale...🤔

5 minutes ago, Utebird said:

 

lol what in the world was that?

3 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I would take Witherspoon at #10 .... and I'm warming up to the idea of Gervon Dexter at #30.  He has just the right mix of leaving guys on the ground, but not leaving them there to die.

I'd rate Dexter just above Mazi Smith for DT.

https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/players/2023/gervon-dexter
 

 

mock draft database has Dexter at round 3 - 67.

 

7 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Boy, contrast this with scouts taking Carter off their draft boards and the thought of Robinson is more exciting to me.

Not to take away anything from Bijan. He’s good. I don’t think he’s quite that good. But it’s at least the hype/agent pushed narrative for a clean prospect you’d rather see than Carter who has nothing going for him besides ESP. 

5 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

lol what in the world was that?

You've never seen that movie? 

It's called, Crazy people, Dudley Moore is an Ad guy and checks himself into a mental institution and enlists a bunch of the residents to work on his Ad accounts...

It's pretty funny stuff, Darryl Hannah is the love interest in it, Paul Riser is in it as well.

 

12 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Boy, contrast this with scouts taking Carter off their draft boards and the thought of Robinson is more exciting to me.

Taking a RB in the top 10 is different for the Eagles than traditional NFL logic. Teams that go to the Super Bowl don’t ever have a top 10 pick. Teams that pick RBs in the top 10 are bad teams, waste their talent, and ignore positions they need to build up. The Eagles have created a few year SB window with a good team and Robinson will take the offense to the next level. The Eagles also have another 1st round pick and a ton of draft capital next year to find replacements for the veterans on the team. The Eagles should run to the podium at 10.

Interesting. So long as he is willing to accept that he is forfeiting the ability to get new guaranteed money in his prime, I guess we don’t care (I just want to avoid a TO-type situation).

The compromise then I guess is that his APY would be close to $55m/year. A higher APY doesn’t hurt us so much in this scenario.

2 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

Taking a RB in the top 10 is different for the Eagles than traditional NFL logic. Teams that go to the Super Bowl don’t ever have a top 10 pick. Teams that pick RBs in the top 10 are bad teams and waste their talent and ignore positions they need to build up. The Eagles have created a few year SB window with a good team and Robinson will take the offense to the next level. The Eagles also have another 1st round pick and a ton of draft capital next year to find replacements for the veterans on the team. The Eagles should run to the podium at 10.

I saw this question posted somewhere else, but in the last 20 years what RBs would you take in the top 10? There's maybe 2-3 I think would be worthy of a top 10 pick. Adrian Peterson, Steven Jackson, and Frank Gore? And none of them have a SB to their name.

11 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I saw this question posted somewhere else, but in the last 20 years what RBs would you take in the top 10? There's maybe 2-3 I think would be worthy of a top 10 pick. Adrian Peterson, Steven Jackson, and Frank Gore? And none of them have a SB to their name.

True — but very few Super Bowls among the top WRs of the last 20 years either, strangely enough