Recent Day-1 and Day-2 picks.

2020:
1) Smith - Hit
2) Dickerson - Hit
3) Williams - Hit

2021:
1) Davis - Hit
2) Jurgens - Hit
3) Dean - TBD, should know by the end of this season

2022:
1a) Carter - Mega Hit
1b) Smith - Too early
3a) Steen - Way too early
3b) Brown - Trending correctly

None have any scent of bust.  We are witnessing a phenomenal run of roster building.

The question of which three legacy players would have the greatest impact if they were brought onto this current team has spawned some interesting dialogue.  One of the key factors that comes into play is "marginal improvement at the position."  For example, Reggie White is pretty clearly the greatest Eagle of all time (his departure to Green Bay not withstanding), but bringing him onto this team as an addition to the current D-Line replacing Derek Barnett would (in my opinion) produce only a modest improvement of the overall team.  Thed same could be said for adding Jerome Brown to the interior D-Line.  On the other hand, bringing Dawkins onto the team replacing Terrell Edmunds or Justin Evans would result in a significant marginal improvement.

The other key issue that colors the choices is how the game has evolved since the respective historical Eagles players played.  Bednarik and Bergey and Trotter were suggested as LB additions/replacements, but the question has been raised "How would their skills match the current game"

So to bring some structure to the discussion I've created the table below with some of the names that have been bandied around.  What names would you add to the ones included so far?  What are your thoughts about marginal improvement each respective replacement woud bring?  How well does the historical player fit the current NFL?

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Recent Day-1 and Day-2 picks.

2020:
1) Smith - Hit
2) Dickerson - Hit
3) Williams - Hit

2021:
1) Davis - Hit
2) Jurgens - Hit
3) Dean - TBD, should know by the end of this season

2022:
1a) Carter - Mega Hit
1b) Smith - Too early
3a) Steen - Way too early
3b) Brown - Trending correctly

None have any scent of bust.  We are witnessing a phenomenal run of roster building.

Would love to see more Smith and less Barnett 

2 minutes ago, Godfather said:

OG right thur

Holla

Just now, Outlaw said:

Holla

If ya hear me

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

A lot of Joe's decisions were frustrating at the time.

WR - We're fine 

Gold Standard

 

5 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Recent Day-1 and Day-2 picks.

2021:
1) Smith - Hit
2) Dickerson - Hit
3) Williams - Hit

2022:
1) Davis - Hit
2) Jurgens - Hit
3) Dean - TBD, should know by the end of this season

2023:
1a) Carter - Mega Hit
1b) Smith - Too early
3a) Steen - Way too early
3b) Brown - Trending correctly

None have any scent of bust.  We are witnessing a phenomenal run of roster building.

FYP and you're missing Ghost as a UDFA hit from 2022.  

4 minutes ago, Godfather said:

Would love to see more Smith and less Barnett 

Every time I see Barnett dudes still taking cheap shots.  He's so close or trying to get his first 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty 

This might explain a little why Coach Lanning decided to be a little more pointed with his pregame speech to his players prior to facing off with Colorado.  Apparently, a lot of Colorado players have been reading their own media coverage and got a little ahead of themselves.

Trash talk is always best served on the scoreboard... JMO.

5 minutes ago, Godfather said:

Would love to see more Smith and less Barnett 

I think Barnett is coming in for Sweat but yeah less Barnett would be good. 

4 hours ago, bpac55 said:

I never had one from Sunoco but probably a bit young for those. I think we had Fleer sticker books and I loved collecting them. That and gumball machine helmets. There was something great about creating the whole league on your own, rather than buying the entire set at Ds Sporting Goods. Need an Eagles helmet but you get your 6th Cardinals helmet. Better find a buddy to trade with. 

I remember collecting plastic Winnie the Pooh figures out of cereal boxes when I was a kid. I got so many Poohs and Piglets but getting a Christopher Robin was tough. Fortunately my sister's friend's brother was collecting them too and traded (or maybe gave) me one.

3 hours ago, bpac55 said:

It was a knee contusion but he's fine. Can't find the tweet but not worried about him. Actually wasn't bad to see Opeta get some PT with the game in hand.

I dunno about other folks, but I don't consider games "in hand" until it's time for a kneel down. I think I didn't start feeling good until the third down conversion to DeVonta Smith on the quick swing pass.

19 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

I said it throughout the game yesterday, Baldy is right. Hurts needs to trust his OL more. It's hurting the passing game. It's way more to blame than Brian Johnson.

I wonder if the shoulder injury from last year has him skittish.

The OL played like crap the first week, OK in week 2, and better in week 3.  I don't blame Hurts at all, he needs consistency to feel comfortable 

Vikings and Broncos.  Which would give the Bears thr #1 and #2 overall picks in the draft.  That's going to be a very sought after position for very and coach in the offseason.  

 

 

 

 

42 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

I think there’s levels to it. There’s nothing wrong with being passionate about something whether it’s a sports team or Swift as an artist and having fun at her concert. It’s scenes like this that I think are disturbing and weird. 
 

Im

Imagine if this was your life since your were 19 or so?

 

11 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

This might explain a little why Coach Lanning decided to be a little more pointed with his pregame speech to his players prior to facing off with Colorado.  Apparently, a lot of Colorado players have been reading their own media coverage and got a little ahead of themselves.

Trash talk is always best served on the scoreboard... JMO.

All the talking pre-game is common in football.  No big deal.

The pre-game speech by Lanning is common.  Also not a big deal.  If you listened to every single coaches pre-game speech to his team there will be many that are way worse and a million times more disrespectful. 

Deion and his team are not to blame for the attention.   Blame the talking heads at ESPN/Fox and the idiot casuals who know nothing about college football for providing all this hype and attention. 

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

The predictions window for Commies Week is open.  As always, please tag your predictions with @mattwill

The first two predictions submitted prompted me to get mine in early.  Here is what  I have so far.

 

For anyone who missed the results of last week, here they here again

 

Eagles 30

washteam 17

4 hours ago, bpac55 said:

gumball machine helmets.

Hell yes.  And created (or tried to) the entire league w the little helmets.    

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Someone else (McLane maybe?) said all the players of Lurie, Howie, Nick and Julian met the night before the draft to decide if he was on or off their board, so its possible. 

But both those stories kinda contradict the "Carter has a hard stop at #10" that was going around a month or two before the draft. 

I think the Eagles were in a unique situation with Carter, with Davis and Dean and Cox and Graham as mentors.

That put them in a different situation than many teams, where he might have been under more pressure with less guidance

 

22 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

I remember collecting plastic Winnie the Pooh figures out of cereal boxes when I was a kid. I got so many Poohs and Piglets but getting a Christopher Robin was tough. Fortunately my sister's friend's brother was collecting them too and traded (or maybe gave) me one.

Did not ever see those.  But I'll take an Eyore off your hands at the right number.  I also have a soft spot for that coke head, Tigger.

3 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

All the talking pre-game is common in football.  No big deal.

The pre-game speech by Lanning is common.  Also not a big deal.  If you listened to every single coaches pre-game speech to his team there will be many that are way worse and a million times more disrespectful. 

Deion and his team are not to blame for the attention.   Blame the talking heads at ESPN/Fox and the idiot casuals who know nothing about college football for providing all this hype and attention. 

I don't think it is a big deal, but others wanted to make it a big deal.  (Including former players - Dez Bryant for one, calling it 'disrespectful' and some other fools including some on here pretty much implied or straight up said that Lanning's speech was racist in some manner or another.)

But, Colorado is absolutely "to blame" for the attention they are garnering though.  Deion WANTS to bring attention to the program, so he is absolutely working to say things and do things that will bring attention to Colorado.  (And it makes sense for him to do so.)  And as a result, Colorado has had a nationally broadcast game 3 times (a fourth is coming this week) already.  They haven't been a premier program going back over 2 decades.  No one has cared about them since Bill McCartney was the HC in the early 90s.  That has changed dramatically in a matter of months, and its not a coincidence.  That was one of Deion's big goals for the organization.  Bring the spotlight to it.  His name and cachet helps to draw the attention, but he is absolutely seeking it out as well.  Attention brings money, money brings players... players bring more attention, more attention brings more players, etc.   

@mattwill

Washington wins 24-18

Hurts has 3 turnovers 

3 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I don't think it is a big deal, but others wanted to make it a big deal.  (Including former players - Dez Bryant for one, calling it 'disrespectful' and some other fools including some on here pretty much implied or straight up said that Lanning's speech was racist in some manner or another.)

But, Colorado is absolutely "to blame" for the attention they are garnering though.  Deion WANTS to bring attention to the program, so he is absolutely working to say things and do things that will bring attention to Colorado.  (And it makes sense for him to do so.)  And as a result, Colorado has had a nationally broadcast game 3 times (a fourth is coming this week) already.  They haven't been a premier program going back over 2 decades.  No one has cared about them since Bill McCartney was the HC in the early 90s.  That has changed dramatically in a matter of months, and its not a coincidence.  That was one of Deion's big goals for the organization.  Bring the spotlight to it.  His name and cachet helps to draw the attention, but he is absolutely seeking it out as well.  Attention brings money, money brings players... players bring more attention, more attention brings more players, etc.   

I didn't have a problem with what either side did and the sensitivity being given to this is so stupid. I love that Colorado stomped on the O pre-game on the field. I love that Shilo Sanders was trash-talking in the pre-game warmups. College football seems like the last bit of old-school hostility that we have in sports because of the rivalries. I know it's the day and age we're in and it is what it is, but I think the level of intensity in professional sports has dissipated over the years because of how all the athletes are friends now, train together, and go to each others' parties in the offseason. I think it'd be awesome if Steph Curry and LeBron were at each others' throats trash-talking before a big game having to be broken up, but you don't really see that anymore. 

But if you're okay with Deion and his guys talking trash pre-game, you have to accept the consequences post-game if you get dog-walked like they did. Which is why I didn't have a problem with what Lanning said or his players. You can't have it both ways. If Colorado upset Oregon and beat them by three scores while punching in a late TD in the end to run up the score, Colorado and Deion supporters would have LOVED that. "He's making a statement. He's changing the culture. He's showing they aren't to be messed with." That 100% would have been the reaction from guys like Dez Bryant, and I would have been fine with that too. It adds to the intensity of the game. 

But you can't moan and complain when it backfires on you, which is what happened.