2 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

The real reason the blog is closing is because of all of the Phillies talk.  I've had to submit over 275 separate reports today alone about it.  It appears closing the blog is the only solution they can find.  

Phillies

Did they announce who won the other safety spot? 

5 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

I'll be opening the Regular Season blog in few days.

I've been thinking about having two blogs this season, on each side of the bye.  The Regular Season blog slowed down at the end of the season last year.

Thoughts?

@VaBeach_Eagle is the expert on speed and archiving.

We got in the habit of opening and closing Blogs on the old team sponsored EMB pretty much at their insistence.  VaBeach has suggested that long Blogs can slow down the board and that he can archive older ones to preserve speed.  I defer to him and the IT experts.  Personally, I have grown accustomed to finding the new one.  The only bad part is  right when the old Blog locks and you want to respond to a post but the lock hinders the quote.  Could we do something that allows a day overlap of the old and the new one?  

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

I have a thought. And it matters.

Blogs were never split, and no one wanted them split. It became a necessity on the old eagles run boards as bandwith with so many long running threads became an issue. There wasnt only the blog, but the Talk About Anything thread in WU was massive. The Boobs thread. Different team threads like the 6ers thread, Phillies and Flyers threads...

We dont have that issue here. Its not nearly as active. Threads arent nearly as long, and there arent as many running threads.

Its one thing to continue splitting blogs, which isnt really necessary, but weve become used to. Its another unnecessary thing altogether, to decide to split it up even more. Theres absolutely no reason or need for it. 

Dont split the regular season thread. 

Almost everything HE has said is incorrect.  The Offseason Blog in 2017 had just under 36,000 posts/comments.  This post Draft Blog has approximately 16,400 posts/comments/replies and the pre Draft Blog had  30,900 posts/comments/replies.  That is 10,000 more posts/comments/replies this Offseason than we had in the 2017 Offseason.

4 hours ago, McMVP said:

This ‘Albert O’ guy Howie traded for looks more like another big WR than a TE.  He has TE size for sure, but his blocking is suspect, to say the least, at this point.  
 

Still… I think the Eagles pose much more of a threat in 12 sets with this guy vs Stoll or Calc.  
 

Or am I missing something here?  This guy looks like another mismatch for defenses

IDGAF about his inline blocking at this point.  It’s what he offers blocking in space.  A 6’5” 258 lb sub 4.5 receiver that gets separation and good hands is better than Pascal and Ngata. Backup TE needs to be a rotation.  Stoll, BTW, was 9 of 10 on targets in camp per the beats.  His "drop” in PS was a poorly placed ball as were Calcaterra’s three "misses”.  

1 hour ago, ToastJenkins said:

This is stupid. The blog is great as is, despite tools like RTK and Random

 

2 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Almost everything HE has said is incorrect.  The Offseason Blog in 2017 had just under 36,000 posts/comments.  This post Draft Blog has approximately 14,000 posts/comments and the pre Draft Blog had 

Nothing I said is incorrect. There is no denying that this EMB is far less active than the eagles run EMB which is where splitting threads became a requirement due to bandwith reasons.

This is pretty much the only thread on the current version of the EMB that gets to that length. And its already split up in to 2 blogs. We dont need to split it up any more than that. There is no need.

7 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

IDGAF about his inline blocking at this point.  It’s what he offers blocking in space.  A 6’5” 258 lb sub 4.5 receiver that gets separation and good hands is better than Pascal and Ngata. Backup TE needs to be a rotation.  Stoll, BTW, was 9 of 10 on targets in camp per the beats.  His "drop” in PS was a poorly placed ball as were Calcaterra’s three "misses”.  

If we are truly looking at this kid as a big WR, then the blocking is much less of an issue.

But the eagles lost Tyree Jackson for him, which I don’t understand, especially since we are keeping 3+AO.

34 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

I've been really into Nebbiolos this summer.  Nice and light but still tastes like a red.  Not "cheap" but also not Barolo prices despite being the same grape.

A Nebbiolo during a trip to Italy 15 or so years ago was responsible for the most memorable night of love making in my life.  Every time someone says Nebbiolo I smile.

27 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

@VaBeach_Eagle is the expert on speed and archiving.

We got in the habit of opening and closing Blogs on the old team sponsored EMB pretty much at their insistence.  VaBeach has suggested that long Blogs can slow down the board and that he can archive older ones to preserve speed.  I defer to him and the IT experts.  Personally, I have grown accustomed to finding the new one.  The only bad part is  right when the old Blog locks and you want to respond to a post but the lock hinders the quote.  Could we do something that allows a day overlap of the old and the new one?  

That I can oblige.

5 minutes ago, TEW said:

If we are truly looking at this kid as a big WR, then the blocking is much less of an issue.

But the eagles lost Tyree Jackson for him, which I don’t understand, especially since we are keeping 3+AO.

I really don't get the obsession with Jackson.  Howie knows the market and traded for Albert O. because he didn't think he'd last in waivers until 31.  No one claimed Jackson and he's on the Giants PS now. Jackson only seems to have value here

17 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

There is no denying that this EMB is far less active than the eagles run EMB which is where splitting threads became a requirement due to bandwith reasons.

The EMB as a whole may be far less active, but the numbers for the Blog very clearly indicate that this Blog is just as active as the old Blogs.

Just now, mattwill said:

The EMB as a whole may be far less active, but the numbers for the Blog very clearly indicate that this Blog is just as active as the old Blogs.

But the EMB shouldnt be running out of bandwith from just 1 thread, that we already cut in half.

The old EMB had bandwith issues with far more users, and far more gigantic threads than this one.

On this EMB, we really dont have an issue. It happened once and VA upgraded.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

But the EMB shouldnt be running out of bandwith from just 1 thread, that we already cut in half.

The old EMB had bandwith issues with far more users, and far more gigantic threads than this one.

On this EMB, we really dont have an issue. It happened once and VA upgraded.

I’m out.  You can argue with yourself on this topic.

1 hour ago, just relax said:

I like wine but I don’t qualify as an oenophile. When in doubt, I default to a Sancerre or a Sauvignon Blanc. You can get many good whites at a reasonable price but precious few good reds at similar prices. Always looking for a good recommendation though.

Love Bordeaux and the American equivalent Meritage.  Any decent Cabernet Sauvignon.  Sonoma and Russian Valley Sauvignon Blanc are my go to whites.  Love Oregon Pinot Noirs and the Pinot Noir rose.  I like reds primarily.  I am not opposed to foreign wines but I also love supporting American small businesses, which local wineries are. This summer I sampled good local wines in Texas, NM, CO, KS, MO, and IL. (Of course PA too.). This year I also had some fine wines from NJ, DE, MD, WV and VA.  If you travel, and I do, check out Reserve Pass app.  Costs but they have deals with about a fifth of the wineries.  Nice thing about searching out local wineries (or a lot of craft breweries for beer lovers) is you get off the beaten path and talk with locals and visitors from who knows where.

8 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

 

What ever happened to this guy?

What a moment. 

5 minutes ago, mattwill said:

What ever happened to this guy?

Probably flying in for a physical and will be announced tomorrow 

Tyree Jackson is the Greg Ward of tight ends. Nice story. Switched from the QB position to a new position pretty admirably. But will most likely cap out as a fringe player and bouncing around from practice squad to  team for a handful of NFL games in a given season. I will say, I'm rooting for him, but really don't feel like we're missing out on anything here.

I’d rather have Maddox-Williams over Devon Allen

32 minutes ago, TEW said:

If we are truly looking at this kid as a big WR, then the blocking is much less of an issue.

But the eagles lost Tyree Jackson for him, which I don’t understand, especially since we are keeping 3+AO.

Bc you cant seem to get past a fixation on thr the quantifiable traits. Jackson is just not good

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

I think you are confused about Quez role in this offense, he stretches the field, AJ Brown and goedert are the main targets over the middle so if anything Albert O would be taking snaps and or targets from AJ and goedert not Quez.

Honestly I think Albert O or Calcaterra may get snaps that paschal got as and JJAW filled before him as the " Enforcer" receiver who blocks from the slot in bubble screens and such.

We'll see what happens in the next couple weeks 

I've been typing about this issue for a few months now.

The Quez role, as explained to me,  is a "decoy" role.  Anything that would distract the defense could in theory work as a decoy.

If Quez runs downfield,  so could Albert Ok.  AO isn't as fast, but since he's much bigger, he presents a threat as serious as Quez, if not moreso. 

One of the things you want to do is get the attention of a safety.  I think AO can do that. 

Also about Quez is the idea that the offense can just do with him.  Your argument might have merit, but, I think my rebuttal of "tough luck, do it a different way" is sufficient.   

I've also been arguing for Nolan Smith on the field on offense doing something.  If Quez is just a decoy,  Nolan Smith is just as fast,  and is high on all measurements.  1.47 10 split is really great.  He'd be a better decoy than Quez.   I'm not saying Quez should get no snaps but if his primary value is of a decoy,  I'd want more there,  a more potent decoy.  I'm not saying more targets for the Unnecessary Back, but just more potency, or more versatility in the back,  or more variety from back to back.  Run Kelee Ringo in, then run Jordan Davis in. 

The Eagles should have multiple ways to get their star receivers open.  I think they do.

I'm talking about 2 starting TEs.  The Colts have 2 starting TEs.  Quez would be not starting.  You seem to understand the Zach Pascal / JJAW type of receiver.  We're talking about a receiving TE,  and yes, they would do things like what Pascal and JJAW did.    It seems like, from looking at the roster,  the Eagles have 2 starting WRs, Brown and Smith, and 2 backup WRs,  Quez and OZ.  Also 2 starting TEs,  Goedert and AO and 2 backup TEs,  Stoll and Grant Carc.   Stoll is Goederts backup and Grant C would be AOs backup. 

However, some of the time the receiving TE is not on the field.  Some of the time one of the backup WRs will take the place of AO.  

30 minutes ago, mattwill said:

A Nebbiolo during a trip to Italy 15 or so years ago was responsible for the most memorable night of love making in my life.  Every time someone says Nebbiolo I smile.

Old people sex….gross

35 minutes ago, mattwill said:

A Nebbiolo during a trip to Italy 15 or so years ago was responsible for the most memorable night of love making in my life.  Every time someone says Nebbiolo I smile.

As long as it only makes you smile and nothing else...you're welcome. 

2 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

@VaBeach_Eagle...please opine on the proposed blog size management policy.

After we hear from VA, the public comment period will be completed.

 

43 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

@VaBeach_Eagle is the expert on speed and archiving.

We got in the habit of opening and closing Blogs on the old team sponsored EMB pretty much at their insistence.  VaBeach has suggested that long Blogs can slow down the board and that he can archive older ones to preserve speed.  I defer to him and the IT experts.  Personally, I have grown accustomed to finding the new one.  The only bad part is  right when the old Blog locks and you want to respond to a post but the lock hinders the quote.  Could we do something that allows a day overlap of the old and the new one?  

It's just a matter of whether the blog is slowing down, which everyone that uses it can judge based on how long it takes for posts to go through once you click 'Submit Reply' or how long pages take to load. 

A thread can get so big in the database that it can tend to slow things down because of how long it takes the system to load the thread or search and things like that. So that's the only reason for archiving. The Archive forum is in a separate database. So by moving big threads into the archive, we're moving them out of this database which eases the strain on the system as a whole. But it keeps those archived threads available for reference/reading. 

Since they are still within our board, just in a separate database, you can still do some basic (very basic) functions if you want to reply to a specific post in an archived thread. For example, I went to a previous blog in the archive and found a post by @BigEFly, as if I wanted to reply to it. 

Here's a screenshot of that post:

Notice the three dots in the upper right corner? Click that, and that will give you the option to 'share'. That opens up a dialog box with the posts URL in it. Just copy that URL, then go to the new thread (in this case, this newer blog). Paste the URL that you copied, into the reply box and it will display that post as below:

 

 

This way you can reply to that post, even though you can't actually post in that archived thread. It's a little more 'involved' than the typical way you can reply to a post under normal circumstances, but it works.

 

The hope with the archives is that it will help to alleviate the problem of threads getting so big that they slow the whole board down. On the old EMB, they deleted millions of posts over the years, as I'm sure @Moderator12 or @Moderator5 can attest to, since they were Mods on the old boards. 

I always hated that old posts got deleted, but understood the reasons why.