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On 4/29/2023 at 1:39 AM, EazyEaglez said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many people gush over Howie’s first four picks in a draft before. 

We can't really know until we see how these guys develop, but for a draft-weekend reaction, I can't remember a better first four picks.  Or a better first five picks.  And if your only "complaints" are that the sixth-round pick was a good backup QB prospect who maybe isn't quite as much a match for our system or that the seventh-round pick was a guy you've never heard of before, then you have no real complaints. And if, in addition to that, we made a very inexpensive trade to add a pretty good and proven RB...  This has been as good a draft overall as I can remember.

21 hours ago, Talonblood said:

Agreed. And he said it himself as to WHY he is better. "We didn't try to get cute." The Justin Jefferson cuteness made him change how he picks.

You think that stings us as fans imagine how Howie feels when dude puts up damn near 2000 yards in a season and is avg 1500+ per year from the outset. Has to drive him a little bananas at times.

This kids story is heart warming. He's a twin. He overcame a lot of adversity just to get to this point. I believe Eagles fans are going to love how he plays.

6 hours ago, judunno said:

You think that stings us as fans imagine how Howie feels when dude puts up damn near 2000 yards in a season and is avg 1500+ per year from the outset. Has to drive him a little bananas at times.

I seriously think THAT was the one that changed him. Reagor. So for ONE blown pick, he is now making 10+ good picks for that one bad pick. The silver lining in the dark cloud of that bad draft pick.

I watched his media interview and he's a very likable guy. I hope he can play because he's someone it's easy to root for.

5 minutes ago, Talonblood said:

I seriously think THAT was the one that changed him. Reagor. So for ONE blown pick, he is now making 10+ good picks for that one bad pick. The silver lining in the dark cloud of that bad trade.

He probably had to eat a lot of humble pie with that and started trusting his scouts more.

3 hours ago, ilikepargo said:

We can't really know until we see how these guys develop, but for a draft-weekend reaction, I can't remember a better first four picks.  Or a better first five picks.  And if your only "complaints" are that the sixth-round pick was a good backup QB prospect who maybe isn't quite as much a match for our system or that the seventh-round pick was a guy you've never heard of before, then you have no real complaints. And if, in addition to that, we made a very inexpensive trade to add a pretty good and proven RB...  This has been as good a draft overall as I can remember.

Considering how all of us thought this off-season would lead to massive defections, little to no return on free agents, not enough draft picks to really do much, and an eventual (cap hell) unmanageable contract for the quarterback, well Howie proved all that to be untrue. This may be his best off-season yet. 

20 hours ago, Rey said:

Good breakdown ... even if it's Chris Simms ... lol

 

Sorry I really tried to listen to this, but looking at his face and hearing his voice at the same time made me ill to my stomach. 😂 Some people I’d rather see against the Eagles. He’s one of them. 

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

Sorry I really tried to listen to this, but looking at his face and hearing his voice at the same time made me ill to my stomach. 😂 Some people I’d rather see against the Eagles. He’s one of them. 

I completely get it ... lol

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

Considering how all of us thought this off-season would lead to massive defections, little to no return on free agents, not enough draft picks to really do much, and an eventual (cap hell) unmanageable contract for the quarterback, well Howie proved all that to be untrue. This may be his best off-season yet. 

Howie be like 

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1 hour ago, NJWolverEagle11 said:

Howie be like 

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That was Howie during the Super Bowl before Gannon stole the stones.

5 minutes ago, judunno said:

That was Howie during the Super Bowl before Gannon stole the stones.

Nah Gannon jus unplugged his controller 

 

Sydney has some ball skills man.

Really want to see this guy as a Day 1 starter.  He's got enough talent that we should commit to riding out the rookie learning curve as soon as possible.

14 hours ago, jsdarkstar said:

This kids story is heart warming. He's a twin. He overcame a lot of adversity just to get to this point. I believe Eagles fans are going to love how he plays.

He is a passionate and tenacious safety…a position that Philly has always loved. Waters, Dawkins, Jenkins…whenever we have a good to great player in that role, this city always embraces them. I’m not going to compare him to anyone as that is ridiculously unfair, but he was my biggest want with pick 62…I’m ecstatic he’s an Eagle. 

3 hours ago, Arsenal79 said:

Really want to see this guy as a Day 1 starter.  He's got enough talent that we should commit to riding out the rookie learning curve as soon as possible.

Not like there is heavy competition. :lol:

2 hours ago, Outlaw said:

Not like there is heavy competition. :lol:

We lost both of our starters in FA.  I'm hoping that Howie is not done with the position.

18 hours ago, Talonblood said:

I seriously think THAT was the one that changed him. Reagor. So for ONE blown pick, he is now making 10+ good picks for that one bad pick. The silver lining in the dark cloud of that bad draft pick.

While there may be some truth to that it’s annoying how people act like all picks ‘should’ hit. It’s absurd. Everyone drafting misses. Cute or not.

1 hour ago, ilikepargo said:

We lost both of our starters in FA.  I'm hoping that Howie is not done with the position.

Baker and Brown! Come on, do it!

On 4/29/2023 at 12:33 PM, EagleMatt said:

I just noticed the guy was born London, Ontario.  Woop woop. A fellow Canadian on my team. 🇨🇦🍁

No prospect available in the third round is going to be perfect. Have to take the negatives with the positives at that point. 

14 hours ago, judunno said:

Sydney has some ball skills man.

Decent tackling technique too. 
 

excited to see this guy play 

4 hours ago, rrfierce said:

Decent tackling technique too. 
 

excited to see this guy play 

He likes to dive tackle a lot, they’ll have to coach that out of him. Otherwise this is the most excited I’ve been for a S draftee in at least 15 years. 

 

19 hours ago, ilikepargo said:

We lost both of our starters in FA.  I'm hoping that Howie is not done with the position.

Tbh, Blankenship might be better than Epps. Epps gave up 6 TD’s and an OPP QB rating of 139.1 last year. It’s probably not entirely his fault, but still.

4 hours ago, brkmsn said:

 

And Allen, Whyle, etc all have a major height/weight advantage. I’m so psyched to see this kid play. 

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