1 minute ago, D-Shiznit said:

Can we agree to be reasonable with the RG battle?

Someone will loose between Jurgens/Steen, when that happens, let's not automatically label the other a bust.

 Could be both are young and it would mean they just aren’t ready to play at that level yet. If Jurgens loses it might be also he’s best suited for C and not G. Steen simply as a rookie might not be. There’s the realm where both are good enough to start and there’s only one spot. Same with there’s a realm where both aren’t good enough for what we need in 2023 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

I randomly found this

He had trouble hearing so he just kept calling everyone who came on the phone coach lol. Seems like a great dude.

F'in love this kid. "I want the playbook now coach, send me a PDF. I want to be out on the field. I'm being deadass serious"

This kid has the right attitude.

If Hopkins signs here there would be zero excuse to not make it to the Super Bowl again. The offense would be expected to be top 2 in scoring, and with that they can afford to have an average defense (which they probably will with how it's currently constructed).

In a vacuum I'd rather have Buddha, but this team will never pay that contract. I wouldn't mind Hopkins on a reasonable contract, he would be the 3rd option at best which might be good for him health wise.

Get Hopkins and Baker. Go f'in all in for a SB run.

Add void years like there is no tomorrow. We will deal with the bill when it comes due.

Beckham got $15M after missing a full year from an ACL. Hopkins is going to ask for at least the same if not more. Eagles are better off using that money on LB, S and Depth than a #4 pass catching option 

44 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Can we agree to be reasonable with the RG battle?

Someone will loose between Jurgens/Steen, when that happens, let's not automatically label the other a bust.

I don't think either would be labeled a bust no matter the scenario.  Jurgens is the C of the future so RG isn't it for him.  Steen was a LT in college and hasn't played the position.  Both players are playing out of position to fill it, even thought Steen is viewed as RG of the future. 

Went to the store earlier and had a dash camera going. Looking at the video a little while ago, I spotted something flying overhead... 

 

 

Spoiler

 

I don't care what it may or may not be, but I'm calling it an Eagle and it was there to tell me to expect great things for the Birds this season. 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

44 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Beckham got $15M after missing a full year from an ACL. Hopkins is going to ask for at least the same if not more. Eagles are better off using that money on LB, S and Depth than a #4 pass catching option 

I tend to agree.  Although Hopkins would be an amazing addition, there’s only so many plays/passes/balls to go around.  The biggest incentive is to keep him from going to KC - which would make KC that much more difficult to play against - if we were to make it to the Super Bowl against them. 
 

Spoiler

I have a feeling he’ll end up in KC 😤

 

Hopkins is just a big name who doesn’t add anything to the offense unless Brown gets hurt.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Beckham got $15M after missing a full year from an ACL. Hopkins is going to ask for at least the same if not more. Eagles are better off using that money on LB, S and Depth than a #4 pass catching option 

I think the eagles have bigger concerns at safety and linebacker. Possibly RG. But safety to me is still a concern. Edmunds was ok with the Steelers but imo he’s just an average safety. Blankenship is a nice backup but we don’t know if he can start 17 games nor if he’s good enough to start and not get exposed more and more over 17 games. I love LOVE brown but as a rookie asking a lot of a 3rd rounder. I think there’s a chance he struggles as a rookie and gets better through the course of the year.
 

at LB they have Dean and a bunch of just guys. To me both of those positions are more alarming then WR. Frankly i dislike julio at this stage of his career but for peanuts it’s better than spending a ton on Hopkins who’s gonna be awesome to have but his target shares drop. Plus the last two years he’s been banged up (missed 6 games due to suspension this past year but also didn’t finish the year cause he got hurt) 

John Johnson

7 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

John Johnson

I’ve said him for a while but i think he’s likely waiting til an injury happens to sign somewhere or at least after mini camps and potentially training camp 

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Beckham got $15M after missing a full year from an ACL. Hopkins is going to ask for at least the same if not more. Eagles are better off using that money on LB, S and Depth than a #4 pass catching option 

Ravens are morons.  They are overcompensating.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Ravens are morons.  They are overcompensating.

That they are, but morons often tend to screw up the market for others. 

Ravens are only morons if they don't find a way to get Hopkins signed.  They are like the early era McNabb-Eagles.  Just struggling for years to finally get around to giving Lamar a top flight WR to cook with.  I get the OBJ signing because at that point they had to do something.  They still need to do more though and Hopkins would be that more.  I was already leaning Ravens winning the AFC a couple days ago but them signing Hopkins would only reinforce that.  

2 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

Can't believe the hate I see in here about DHOP. Dude is a beast, he got hurt and got busted for the PED's but cmon, he hasn't shown any slippage. I think he's the best WR on the team the minute he walks in the room. Brown and Smith are an excellent tandem that will get better and better but lets not pretend like DHOP wasn't one of the best receivers in the league without any prolific QB either. A lot of people are going to be eating these words if he goes to Dallas or NY. 

I DO NOT want to see DHOP with a NY or Star on his helmet. Dude is going to have a good year, it's not that long ago he was one of the very best in the league with Murray at QB no less. He's healthy and coming from a garbage team and QB. Stay away from our division thank you very much. 

What hate? No one’s said a bad word about him. 

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

What hate? No one’s said a bad word about him. 

I’m assuming he took offense to the fact that I said he’s had injuries the last two years. He has. He missed 7 games in 2021. And without the suspension in 2022 he got hurt at the end of the year and missed the final weeks of the season. I still think he’s good but to pretend like his body might not be breaking down is to overlook the last two years where he didn’t finish the season able to play. And last year he had 6 weeks off so he only had to make it through 11 games 

17 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

What hate? No one’s said a bad word about him. 

Maybe not hate, but disrespect. I guess I still view him as a top receiver in the league it seems like others do not. 

13 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’m assuming he took offense to the fact that I said he’s had injuries the last two years. He has. He missed 7 games in 2021. And without the suspension in 2022 he got hurt at the end of the year and missed the final weeks of the season. I still think he’s good but to pretend like his body might not be breaking down is to overlook the last two years where he didn’t finish the season able to play. And last year he had 6 weeks off so he only had to make it through 11 games 

I didn't take offense, I just think he is being scoffed at and I don't think he fell off that far yet is all. 

50 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

I didn't take offense, I just think he is being scoffed at and I don't think he fell off that far yet is all. 

I never said he isn’t still good. Frankly i think he’s still a top 15 WR if not top 10. But I’m also not pretending that missing 33% of the eligible games (played in 19 of 28 games he’s been eligible for) he’s been able to play in the last two years for a 31 year old WR isn’t a concern. Especially cause i could see a team offering him a contract better than obj. I still don’t see him playing on a cheap contract knowing this could be his last big one 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Ravens are only morons if they don't find a way to get Hopkins signed.  They are like the early era McNabb-Eagles.  Just struggling for years to finally get around to giving Lamar a top flight WR to cook with.  I get the OBJ signing because at that point they had to do something.  They still need to do more though and Hopkins would be that more.  I was already leaning Ravens winning the AFC a couple days ago but them signing Hopkins would only reinforce that.  

Ravens aren’t winning the AFC. This is just your obsession with Lamar talking. 

30 minutes ago, Texas Eagle said:

Ravens aren’t winning the AFC. This is just your obsession with Lamar talking. 

 

Haha, okay buddy.  Says the same guy who would have the same sort of stuck up response to one of my posts last year about Hurts making a big leap forward and being in the MVP conversation.  

Lamar has the second highest win percentage of active QBs in the NFL behind only Mahomes.  He has done this too along with becoming the youngest player in NFL history to win MVP with never having elite or top end WRs in the league and never really anything special at RB either.  He has had a great TE and that is it.  Comparatively he has had the worst surrounding cast of skill players that any top young QB in this current era has had.  If Odell can stay healthy and pan out and if they sign Hopkins to go along with what they have then that's a legit contender and Lamar will again be on MVP watch if he can stay healthy for most of the season.  It's one of the 6 or 7 best QBs in the league with one of the 6 or 7 best HCs in the league on one of the 6 or 7 top run organizations in the league.  They add Hopkins and Odell to an already playoff team and you're damn right they are a contender.  

Getting Hopkins would be like McNabb getting TO. McNabb like Lamar never had much at WR but had some quality TEs. Lamar has a better TE for sure than McNabb ever had. But I'd say McNabb also early in his career had a better offensive line and absolutely RBs with Deuce Staley, Correll Buckhalter and Brian Westbrook. TO was 31 during his 2004 season with the Eagles and Hopkins turns 31 in about a week and a half on D Day. Lamar is 2 years younger than McNabb was when he got TO and Lamar has already won MVP which McNabb never did.  You hand Lamar Hopkins and then I think you see the QB with the second highest active career win % push very deep into the playoffs especially considering they also have one of the best HCs in the NFL that I think people are starting to sleep on.  

Is Mike McCarthy the Doc Rivers of the NFL?  Both carried by hall of fame talent to a Championship well over a decade ago and since then have only wasted hall of fame talent and nonstop fallen short in the playoffs with hall of fame talent.  

 

 

8 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I've been sort of considering/planning on writing something about the Eagles offensive line situation for awhile now. What I'm planning is not a reaction to the news that they had worked out D.J. Fluker yesterday or the day before. But I guess that workout sort of agrees with the general point I was planning on making. And that is, I think the Eagles will look to add a veteran to the unit between now and August. And not just someone who might have a chance to win the tenth spot but someone who might actually be more than that, someone who could actually play if things go bad during the year regarding health.

My thinking on that is based on the premise that the Eagles really, REALLY love their offensive line depth. It's sort of been their trademark of late. I actually think their philosophy in training camp is "our twelfth and thirteenth guys are better than your eighth and ninth guy." Just think about last year. In the final cutdown, they released three guys who within a month were on active rosters of other teams. Jack Anderson was claimed immediately by the Giants. Kayode Awosika was snagged a little while later by the Lions. And Le'Raven Clark was signed by the Titans in late September. These were guys who went to active rosters of other teams, not just practice squads. That really means that the Eagles went through camp last year with about a dozen guys who were legitimate 53-man roster players. It also speaks to what they really thought of Josh Sills last year. They must really have liked him to keep him over guys who could roster elsewhere. And even though he didn't play, they made sure to keep Sills on the active roster the entire season, just to redshirt him for this season. I'm sure they were anticipating a big jump by him in year two. And then things went sideways for him in January, and who knows what the hell is going on there?

And that list doesn't even include Nate Herbig, who they had on the roster through the draft last year, unless I'm misremembering the date. They simply released him so that the could catch on elsewhere since he wasn't going to be needed. Nor does it include Brett Toth, who was on PUP all year long.

So my point is that they cherish offensive line depth. It's really, really important. And yet, this offseason we saw the loss of two guys who can start in the league in Isaac Seumalo and Andre Dillard. Both signed contracts to start for other teams. Both of them signed contracts high enough to qualify for compensatory picks. So they weren't just your ordinary free agent types. Those were significant losses. The problem is, where is this depth going to come from this year? They were down the two guys they lost, and it's entirely possible that Sills never plays again for us. That's THREE spots that need to be accounted for. Okay, we got Steen in the draft, and I'm hopeful that he can be an eventual starter. But that's probably not a this-year thing.

It's kinda naive to think there won't be injuries and that you'll be able to stroll through the season with the guys you go to camp with. So I'm not sure that we can just assume we'll start Mailata, Dickerson, Kelce, Jurgens, and Johnson all year and have Steen and Driscoll be the backups and we'll be fine. There needs to be more than that. Sure, there's Opeta, and he's okay. But it was clear they preferred Sills. (Remember, they played a roster activation game with Opeta late in the year whereby they waived him, exposing him to the rest of the league, only to quickly sign him to the practice squad and activate him from there. That was something they weren't doing with Sills.)

There needs to be someone good added to the unit. Without it, our depth this year is going to be ordinary run-of-the-mill depth. We're not going to be in the position where our twelfth and thirteenth guys are good enough to make active rosters elsewhere.

Don’t discount Toth. The cut and immediately sign was probably because his deal was expiring. I imagine that the deal he signed was already worked out.  Versatility. Some suggestion he was working at some C lately.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see Reid on the PS.