8 hours ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-defensive-line-rankings-2023
 

Lose Hargrave and STILL best Dline in the nfl. PFF specifically mentions our depth as being nuts.

Derek Barnett right now is our… 9th best Dlineman? 10th? He was 7th or 8th in 2017 as a rookie. And we can still bring back Suh if need be, im pretty sure he just doesn’t want to go to TC

Hargrave is with the 49ers, which strengthens their already strong DL.  They will be a force in the NFC, likely the team to beat to get to SB.

7 hours ago, mattwill said:

Always something going on? Like what?  
 

Read a book.  Take your wife on a date.  Take up painting.  Sing karaoke.  Work in your garden.  Watch birds (when watching Birds isn’t possible).  Play poker with your buddies.  Catch up with old friends you haven’t seen in a while. There is so much going on it is mind blowing … all you have to do is reach out and touch it.

With that said, the mindless drivel that RTK advocated for bringing back is "nothing going on.”

 

8 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I was already in the Bahamas a week ago.  

Going back to the beach the end of next month. 

But also,  still working.  

Those other sites you mentioned were never as active as the EMB. This was always better because there was always something going on. 

I'm a compulsive travel planner and usually set up trips several months to a year ahead of time.  I  ended up with stars aligning in a weird way and an unexpected week off from work for the 2nd week of July.  Booked some flights and hotels and checking out Portugal with the fam.  Jet lag and a 2.5 year old seem like an awesome combination, but you can’t knock it until you try it.

4 hours ago, devpool said:

Central Park is amazing as long as the weather is nice. Hardest part is parking, every time I've been there I wasnt staying there so I just took a train/subway into the city and it was really affordable. Time Square is awesome but it gets annoying because there's a billion people and half of them are dressed up as cartoons basically begging you to take pictures with them, and they're not free.

The WTC museum and memorial are beautiful as well, very solemn and humbling place.

 

I recently got married and my wife and I went to Hawaii in May to look for a place to live (I PCS to Oahu in 2 weeks). She's also preggers (1st trimester) so we weren't able to do as much as we wanted cause she's super fatigued all the time but drove the north shore and I got so excited to move there. So many beaches and it rained for once, for maybe 20 minutes, in the 10 days we were there. After being stationed in washington for 4 years I am so ready for the sun

Wow a lot going on.  Congrats on the pregnancy and hope you enjoy your time in Hawaii. 

Central Park is a good suggestion. I haven't seen Time Square but don't really feel I'm missing much.   I've been to NY maybe only twice in my life.  Haven't been in Central Park yet.  Might be really nice to take a stroll. 

 

My main concern is how to navigate driving to NYC. I figure you can't really expect to drive in to the city and find a parking place.  I was just at Bayonne for a cruise and you can see the Stanton island ferry from on the ship. 

Figured maybe there is parking there and can ride the ferry over? Someone on WU suggested some sort of train iut if jersey city. 

Trying to look up parking info on Google seems confusing. So many spaces for rent at varying prices.  I think that's the main thing is figuring out how to get in to the city with the least hassle,  and not paying an arm and a leg for some crappy parking spot somewhere. 

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Wow a lot going on.  Congrats on the pregnancy and hope you enjoy your time in Hawaii. 

Central Park is a good suggestion. I haven't seen Time Square but don't really feel I'm missing much.   I've been to NY maybe only twice in my life.  Haven't been in Central Park yet.  Might be really nice to take a stroll. 

It is worth missing. Bunch of crack pots descend and overcrowd it.  It's just an oddly shaped intersection... 

6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

 

I'm a compulsive travel planner and usually set up trips several months to a year ahead of time.  I  ended up with stars aligning in a weird way and an unexpected week off from work for the 2nd week of July.  Booked some flights and hotels and checking out Portugal with the fam.  Jet lag and a 2.5 year old seem like an awesome combination, but you can’t knock it until you try it.

One of the docs I work with suggested protugal once.  You don't hear many people going there but only about a 6 hour flight from our east coast. 

Another doctor I worked with goes to a Caribbean island called Bonaire. I had never heard of it till he mentioned it.  Seems like a good place to vacation without all of the crowds of the most popular caribbean islands.

 

I imagine my family might try Portugal one day for something very different yet very close by. 

Are you going to the Azores or the mainland?

11 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

One of the docs I work with suggested protugal once.  You don't hear many people going there but only about a 6 hour flight from our east coast. 

Another doctor I worked with goes to a Caribbean island called Bonaire. I had never heard of it till he mentioned it.  Seems like a good place to vacation without all of the crowds of the most popular caribbean islands.

 

I imagine my family might try Portugal one day for something very different yet very close by. 

Are you going to the Azores or the mainland?

Bonaire is great....some of the best diving in the world, if you're into that.  It's a bit harder to get to; that's what cuts down on a lot of the Caribbean crowds.  Although, this time of year, anything beyond the typical Caribbean cruise ports from Miami shouldn't be terribly crowded.  

We are going to do mainland Portugal and try to South-->North most of the country.  I'd love to see Azores and Madeira, but they are trips unto themselves.  

It must be June... 

Phillies surging, Pirates floundering.   

38 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

We do blooms in the front for the wife.  The backyard is for me to grow veggies and smoke meats.

For us the front yard is all about creating privacy from the road, with the shrubs and perenials chosen for their ability to provide color as well as the privacy screen.  Pride of Madeira Echium fastuosum fills half the space between two olive trees with four artichokes filling the other half.  In fall and winter Knifofia "Christmas Cheer” grows up between the artichoke and the Echium.  And inside them all is a marvelous 30 foot hedge of Fern Leaf Lavender, which blooms continuously all 12 months of the year.  But we don’t spend any time out there.  The real color show is in the back yard.  That is where we and the two cocker spaniels spend our time.  A farm field behind us and behind the farm field is the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, then Big Sur, then the Pacific Ocean.  The epitome of privacy.

32 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Wow a lot going on.  Congrats on the pregnancy and hope you enjoy your time in Hawaii. 

Central Park is a good suggestion. I haven't seen Time Square but don't really feel I'm missing much.   I've been to NY maybe only twice in my life.  Haven't been in Central Park yet.  Might be really nice to take a stroll. 

My main concern is how to navigate driving to NYC. I figure you can't really expect to drive in to the city and find a parking place.  I was just at Bayonne for a cruise and you can see the Stanton island ferry from on the ship. 

Figured maybe there is parking there and can ride the ferry over? Someone on WU suggested some sort of train iut if jersey city. 

Trying to look up parking info on Google seems confusing. So many spaces for rent at varying prices.  I think that's the main thing is figuring out how to get in to the city with the least hassle,  and not paying an arm and a leg for some crappy parking spot somewhere. 

The problem with any parking space is that the minute you have chosen to go see something, the parking space is not placed close to the destination.  That is why you were advised to park in Jersey and take a train to your hotel.  From there, taxis or Uber can get you anywhere without the hassle of parking.  You could even park in Pennsylvania and catch the train from there.  As much as I hate The Yankees as competitors, taking your sports oriented kids to a game there would be something they would never forget.

1 hour ago, Penn7980 said:

Hargrave is with the 49ers, which strengthens their already strong DL.  They will be a force in the NFC, likely the team to beat to get to SB.

I think a lot of his success last year was about the line he was on with the addition of Reddick; why BG got 11 sacks too, and Cox still got 7 in a heavy rotational role.

Skillwise, I think he’s still what he was the previous couple of years: a fringe pro bowl 3-Tech whose biggest asset is he can also play the nose on passing downs.

21m$ per is just too high for him. I think he’ll help the consistency of their DLine, but it wont be what they think they’re paying for.

43 minutes ago, mattwill said:

The problem with any parking space is that the minute you have chosen to go see something, the parking space is not placed close to the destination.  That is why you were advised to park in Jersey and take a train to your hotel.  From there, taxis or Uber can get you anywhere without the hassle of parking.  You could even park in Pennsylvania and catch the train from there.  As much as I hate The Yankees as competitors, taking your sports oriented kids to a game there would be something they would never forget.

My kids are being misled by my Rams fan father and my older son already asked to see the dodgers since he likes LA teams...

I'll take him to see them one day at the bank.

For the NY day I'm looking for cheap or free. 

I wanted to do it on the way home from the cruise port since we were already basically at NYC but there was smoke in the air,  and had a kid freaking out that he was bleeding,  because his brother sent his luggage ghost riding down a ramp and managed to take out his little brother with it. 

Little guy was carrying on like he broke his wrist. So I said I guess NY is for another day. 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Wow a lot going on.  Congrats on the pregnancy and hope you enjoy your time in Hawaii. 

Central Park is a good suggestion. I haven't seen Time Square but don't really feel I'm missing much.   I've been to NY maybe only twice in my life.  Haven't been in Central Park yet.  Might be really nice to take a stroll. 

 

My main concern is how to navigate driving to NYC. I figure you can't really expect to drive in to the city and find a parking place.  I was just at Bayonne for a cruise and you can see the Stanton island ferry from on the ship. 

Figured maybe there is parking there and can ride the ferry over? Someone on WU suggested some sort of train iut if jersey city. 

Trying to look up parking info on Google seems confusing. So many spaces for rent at varying prices.  I think that's the main thing is figuring out how to get in to the city with the least hassle,  and not paying an arm and a leg for some crappy parking spot somewhere. 

I drove in once and will never do it again. I can’t deal with tons of crowds or traffic and finding parking that isn’t an insane garage was a nightmare. 

The few other times I went I either took the train from Trenton (or maybe it was Jersey City) which is like an hour or so affordable train ride. Or you can drive to Hoboken and find parking much easier and take the subway from there into NYC. Both much easier and less stressful (and probably cheaper). 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I drove in one and will never do it again. I can’t deal with tons of crowds or traffic and finding parking that isn’t an insane garage was a nightmare. 

The few other times I went I either took the train from Trenton (or maybe it was Jersey City) which is like an hour or so affordable train ride. Or you can drive to Hoboken and find parking much easier and take the subway from there into NYC. Both much easier and less stressful (and probably cheaper). 

Yeah what I'm wondering is,  is there a parking lot or garage at the stanton island ferry,  or the jersey city train station? Or do you have to reserve parking ahead of time somewhere nearby?

I'm all for just driving in to jersey and riding over on some sort of public transit.  I'm just not sure how that works either. 

4 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

I think a lot of his success last year was about the line he was on with the addition of Reddick; why BG got 11 sacks too, and Cox still got 7 in a heavy rotational role.

Skillwise, I think he’s still what he was the previous couple of years: a fringe pro bowl 3-Tech whose biggest asset is he can also play the nose on passing downs.

21m$ per is just too high for him. I think he’ll help the consistency of their DLine, but it wont be what they think they’re paying for.

I think he got paid too much but I think he also helped the line a lot with getting push up the middle. I remember in 2021 there was a stretch where Hargrave was hurt and dealing with some kind of nagging injury he could play through but he couldn’t get anything going, and neither could anyone else on the line. Once he healed up a bit and started playing better, so did the whole D-line. I think Eagles might struggle with this early on. Cox is who he is at this point and I don’t think Carter or Davis will get nearly as much push up the middle. 

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It must be June... 

Phillies surging, Pirates floundering.   

Is that the baseball version of  … it must be December, Eagles surging, Cowboys floundering. 

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Yeah what I'm wondering is,  is there a parking lot or garage at the stanton island ferry,  or the jersey city train station? Or do you have to reserve parking ahead of time somewhere nearby?

I'm all for just driving in to jersey and riding over on some sort of public transit.  I'm just not sure how that works either. 

The train is a giant parking lot in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a train station. Not sure how the ferries work. When I’d go to Hoboken and take the subway into NYC it was like any other city just smaller and less crowded. Street parking or garages. 

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

It must be June... 

Phillies surging, Pirates floundering.   

Reds are gonna win the central. They brought up their young kids and they’re really playing well. Look like the best team in the central. Won 10 of 12 and 7 in a row. About to sweep the Astros. They are fun young team to watch. Brewers seem like they’ll fall apart again. Cardinals imploding this year is something i didn’t see happening. 

Rube and Dave were talking about how DeVonta really levelled up the last half of the season and if he keeps that trajectory will elevate himself into the top 5 WR category.

I'm a little worried about how AJ will react to potentially being the 2nd best WR on the team. He was pouting at the end of the year when his targets were diminishing.

On 6/15/2023 at 12:38 PM, just relax said:

Are you referring to the movies or Chandler's books?

Marlowe has always been my favorite gumshoe and Chandler's prose is as good as it gets. If you're referring to the movies, The Big Sleep was a lot of fun but Bogey wasn't Marlowe. The film is basically a lot of innuendos between Bogey and Bacall. If you're referring to The Long Goodbye with Eliot Gould, that film was an utter abomination. 

I think the film that best captures Marlowe is Farewell My Lovely with Robert Mitchum.

I love Bogey and Bacall but you are spot on the Mitchum was the best Marlowe. But as is the case most of the time, the books are better than the films. 

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Yeah what I'm wondering is,  is there a parking lot or garage at the stanton island ferry,  or the jersey city train station? Or do you have to reserve parking ahead of time somewhere nearby?

I'm all for just driving in to jersey and riding over on some sort of public transit.  I'm just not sure how that works either. 

Take the train dude, it is much easier. You can take NJ Transit from Trenton, and you can also take Septa to Trenton. Back in college, we took Septa to Trenton, transferred to NJ Transit and arrived in Penn Station. You can also take Amtrak, which is faster. In the city, take cabs and Ubers or the Subway - there is a WTC stop on the subway, and you can just take it from Penn Station. 

14 hours ago, mattwill said:

And the problem with that is what?  We are all here to talk about the Eagles.  There isn’t anything about the Eagles being posted on Iggles Blitz, or Bleeding Green Nation, or The Athletic, or Fansided.  Jimmy Kempski manages to put up one new story each day, but those stories aren’t really discussion worthy.  
 

It is a perfect time of year for jogging in the park, digging in your garden, going to the shore, sailing on a lake, rafting down a river, fishing, playing with your kids and/or your friends.  We just finished a 3,500 mile road trip through the red rocks of Utah.  You could take a similar trip down I-81 to Tennessee and then down the Natchez Trace to the Gulf, then over to the Blue Ridge Parkway and back to Hazleton.  There is a wide wonderful world out there. Enjoy it.  Then, when Training Camp starts there will be more Eagles talk to be talked.

Next time you are near Santa Fe, check out Bandelier National Monument. Think hands on without the tour group Mesa Verde. We took the back way to it out of Albuquerque.  

@HazletonEagle avoid I81.  I have traveled it way to much headed to Texas.  Got a better route for you.  Take the Blue Ridge down to the Smokies. Enjoy Shenandoah on the way, Natural Bridge.  If you need to go a little faster at times, pop onto the Lee Highway.  See Ruby Falls. Then cruise over towards Birmingham and down through Montgomery and Selma towards Gulf Shores.  Then over to Mobile Bay and then Gulfport.  Take the Natchez Trace north.  Be sure to take in Merriweather Lewis’ murder or suicide mystery and the Indian Mounds. Take the trail in the Cypress Swamp. Hop off in Tupelo and look for Elvis’ birthplace.  Do Broadway in Nashville then pop up to Mammoth Cave and do the tour.  ((That’s also where the Corvette museum is that partly caved into a sinkhole.  Then head towards the Blue Grass Parkway considering some side bourbon trips then up to West VA. Get off the highway in WV  Explore the parks. Then over to Harpers Ferry (tour it,maybe kayak the river)  over to Frederick (consider the B&O, Catoctin National Park) up 15 to Gettysburg. Got you back to PA so I think you can find home again.  That should kill some of the dead time for you.

11 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Im about to get my kids ready for their championship game in little league. These boys are undefeated and only gave up 8 runs all year. Hope they can get just 1 more win today.

I wont be around for discussion for a while.

But, Ive been trying to start a youtube channel for my older son. And thinking about doing some other stuff with shorts. Anyone do anything like that? Im interested in tips. Filming, editing, drawing views, playing to the algorighm, etc. I have a lot to learn. Our vids suck right now.

Talk about summer travels. I tried this in the travel thread in WU, but postponned the trip. Looking for recommendations on how take a trip to NYC for the WTC memorial and museum at ground zero. Where to park. How to get from parking to the WTC with public transit. What other free things to see while in that area for the day?

Park at the NJ parking for the Statue of Liberty and use the ferries to get to Battery Park.  Use public transportation in NYC. Driving in the city is only slightly less miserable than trying to park there. 

10 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I think there are a few schematic concerns with the offense.

Our screen game is going to be even worse than last year. The TE screen game might work sometimes but it’s going to be pretty predictable lining up. I don’t see how the WR screen game will work at all with the personnel we have. RB and passes to the backs in general is a giant question mark considering we haven’t dipped into that well much. You think we would open that up more now with Swift but it remains to be seen. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still not something we often do. 

Lack of hot reads is also somewhat of a concern but with Hurts legs it makes it less obvious. He can overcome a lot, but he still quietly got sacked a lot last year. Being the 7th most sacked QB in the league despite having the best O-line that has two guys who haven’t given up a sack in years and are likely HoF’ers isn’t ideal, especially if line play declines or injuries start occurring. It’s definitely a glass half empty point of view, but there isn’t much to be critical about right now. 

I think we are going to see the RBs used more in the passing game this year.  I don’t see how the screen game can be worse 

5 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

One of the docs I work with suggested protugal once.  You don't hear many people going there but only about a 6 hour flight from our east coast. 

Another doctor I worked with goes to a Caribbean island called Bonaire. I had never heard of it till he mentioned it.  Seems like a good place to vacation without all of the crowds of the most popular caribbean islands.

 

I imagine my family might try Portugal one day for something very different yet very close by. 

Are you going to the Azores or the mainland?

Great diving in Bonaire. 

6 hours ago, Penn7980 said:

Hargrave is with the 49ers, which strengthens their already strong DL.  They will be a force in the NFC, likely the team to beat to get to SB.

That would be the Eagles