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He can already throw better than Purdy.

I think I would have rather taken the punter (Baringer) there.  NE jumped on him right after our pick.  But the way this draft has went that is a super minor criticism.

How many of us didn't criticize the Hurts pick after it happened? None of us expected it and it didn't appear to make a lot of sense at the time. But circumstances have changed all but the most stubborn critical opinions of that pick. 

High character kid. Prototypical size. Big arm.

Works for me in the 6th.

 

I like the pick. Plug and play if Hurts gets injured. He has an identical style. His rushing stats weren’t great last year but in his junior year, he accumulated 4 yards throughout the season. And it only took him 61 carries. He could easily have a 100 yard rushing game if we are somehow able to get him 1,500 carries. 

13 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

How many of us didn't criticize the Hurts pick after it happened? None of us expected it and it didn't appear to make a lot of sense at the time. But circumstances have changed all but the most stubborn critical opinions of that pick. 

BigEd was the first to announce the Hurts pick.  I was ready to throttle him just for announcing it.  Now I'm happy about it.

I have a friend who is a big Stanford booster.  She'll be happy.  Assuming he at least makes the PS, I'll expect to see her in a jersey at some point.

 

 

I don't get it, doesn't fit the offense, isn't the best QB left on the board, a real head scratcher, appreciate it's thin pickings at this point but this is an odd pick.

15 minutes ago, 91defense said:

I like the pick. Plug and play if Hurts gets injured. He has an identical style. His rushing stats weren’t great last year but in his junior year, he accumulated 4 yards throughout the season. And it only took him 61 carries. He could easily have a 100 yard rushing game if we are somehow able to get him 1,500 carries. 

Jaren Hall would’ve been a much better fit but didn’t make it to the 6th. McKee is a good pick though, some thought he might be 4th rounder. 

This is the spot where you take a flyer on a QB with hope to develop him and flip him into a better pick. #qbfactoryzzzzzzzz!!!!

24 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

How many of us didn't criticize the Hurts pick after it happened? None of us expected it and it didn't appear to make a lot of sense at the time. But circumstances have changed all but the most stubborn critical opinions of that pick. 

Hurts at least has a college resume to hang the pick on, McKee is a stereotypical drafted because he's a tall churchy white guy with a half decent arm.

Only use I can see is to cosplay as Daniel Jones for the scout team

2 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

This is the spot where you take a flyer on a QB with hope to develop him and flip him into a better pick. #qbfactoryzzzzzzzz!!!!

Yes and no. With the way Hurts plays and the cost of QB’s going up (including backups) it’s a real advantage to have a cheap backup. Mariota is only on a 1 year deal. 

1 minute ago, Road to Victory said:

Yes and no. With the way Hurts plays and the cost of QB’s going up (including backups) it’s a real advantage to have a cheap backup. Mariota is only on a 1 year deal. 

Cheap is nice, but he also needs to be good, and I’m not ready to call this kid good. They still have Book as well.

41 minutes ago, time2rock said:

I think I would have rather taken the punter (Baringer) there.  NE jumped on him right after our pick.  But the way this draft has went that is a super minor criticism.

NE is having a strange draft. Not only did they draft a punter, they traded up in the 4th to draft a kicker. I wouldn’t judge our draft by anything they do. 

With that being said, we do need a punter in the worst way, Siposs was part of the reason we lost the SB. Hopefully, we either grab one in the 7th or an undrafted FA. 

Honestly, nobody can be more disappointing than Clayton Thorson was. Not that I was expecting a 5th rounder to become an All Pro, but I expected him to at least do something better than Tebow --- but he was just terrible. I have no prediction for McKee, but I hope he does enough to stick and maybe we eventually can use him as a trade asset. For a 6th round pick, just making the team (53) would be an accomplishment at QB. 

37 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

High character kid. Prototypical size. Big arm.

Works for me in the 6th.

 

Looks like a poor man’s Nick Foles. You can’t teach "arm talent” but maybe they can prop him up enough to eventually be worth a 4th round pick one day. If they could flip Feely for a 2nd anything is possible. 

1 minute ago, brkmsn said:

Honestly, nobody can be more disappointing than Clayton Thorson was. Not that I was expecting a 5th rounder to become an All Pro, but I expected him to at least do something better than Tebow --- but he was just terrible. I have no prediction for McKee, but I hope he does enough to stick and maybe we eventually can use him as a trade asset. For a 6th round pick, just making the team (53) would be an accomplishment at QB. 

I have a hard time seeing him making the team but if he does then that would show me the Eagles think there might be something here. Just glad the Carson Strong fan bus hasn’t up for this kid. 😂

10 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

Cheap is nice, but he also needs to be good, and I’m not ready to call this kid good. They still have Book as well.

Book is terrible and I’m a ND fan. I’m not counting on either one but if McKee is good I wouldn’t be in a rush to trade him. 

Just now, Road to Victory said:

Book is terrible and I’m a ND fan. I’m not counting on either one but if McKee is good I wouldn’t be in a rush to trade him. 

If he’s good then that’s the best time to trade him. If they can flip him into at least a 4th that’s a win. That makes way more sense than when people were talking that nonsense about flipping Hurts.

1 minute ago, EazyEaglez said:

If he’s good then that’s the best time to trade him. If they can flip him into at least a 4th that’s a win. That makes way more sense than when people were talking that nonsense about flipping Hurts.

Agree to disagree. I’d rather have a good backup QB than a 4th round pick. If we lose him in free agency, we’ll get a comp pick for him anyway, 

6 minutes ago, Road to Victory said:

Agree to disagree. I’d rather have a good backup QB than a 4th round pick. If we lose him in free agency, we’ll get a comp pick for him anyway, 

Your comp might not be that high, but I really am not ready to claim this guy will be as good as you might think he will be. 

1 minute ago, EazyEaglez said:

Your comp might not be that high, but I really am not ready to claim this guy will be as good as you might think he will be. 

When did I say he was going to be good? I said "if”. 

5 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

If he’s good then that’s the best time to trade him. If they can flip him into at least a 4th that’s a win. That makes way more sense than when people were talking that nonsense about flipping Hurts.

It's harder to get positive return trade value from an overachieving 2nd rd pick --- unless that pick proves to be a franchise QB. Then at that point trading him seems counterproductive. But with a later round pick, you can possibly get a realistic positive return if that QB plays well as a backup. 

When the Eagles drafted Hurts after just paying Wentz, one had to wonder if that was the original plan. I don't think anybody expected Wentz to flop at that point. There was some concern about his durability. But like I said, the team invested a 2nd rd pick on a player other teams weren't as high on. So if the goal was to turn that player into a trade asset, probably the best you can do is the Kevin Kolb trade, right?