@mattwill

Eagles 30

Washington 19

200+ yards rushing for the Birds

37 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

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

True.  But hits on Day-3 and UDFA are gravy.  Almost like hitting a scratch-off.

Getting your high-value picks right consistently is a) harder and b) more impactful.

7 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

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. 

Precisely.    Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

2 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Justify what?  He led with the helmet, and it was helmet-to-helmet contact.  Pretty easy call IMO.  

Nope he didn't lead with his helmet and his shoulder pads made contact first.

There's a reason the review official in the booth was reluctant in his comments.

Looked like a legal hit, was probably a bit high but the replay  clearly shows player led with shoulder.

If the league were serious about protecting players not just QBs they would call helmet to helmet contact on every play, every play O line and D line men have helmet to helmet contact, majority of running plays Tacklers and runners have helmet to helmet contact.

If one is trying to legislate head to head contact out if the game to keep the players safe then be consistent with it with every position not just QB which the league overly protects because QBs are the money makers of the league.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-grading-all-first-round-picks-week-3-2023-nfl-season

Anderson, Carter, Gonzalez, Wright, Stroud are playing the best of this rookie class so far.

Carter and Gonzalez may be the biggest standouts so far.

Tyree Wilson doesn't seem to have much at all for the Raiders. Not sure how many snaps he's gotten on the year total, but I've seen some Raiders fans disappointed in him. I'm not writing him off as a player yet, but in my pre-draft prospect research, when I watched him play I thought he looked slow. He didn't pop like some of the other EDGE guys did. Not sure why the hype of him was so great in the weeks leading up to the draft. Reporters even said Arizona and other teams had him ranked above Anderson on their board.

51 minutes 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.

Recent Day-4 picks

2020:
Julian Good-Jones

2021:
Jack Stoll

2022:
Reed Blankenship
Britain Covey
Devon Allen
Josh Jobe
Mario Goodrich

2023:
Eli Ricks
Mekhi Garner
Joseph Ngata
Ben VanSumeren

3 hours ago, UK Eagle said:

The player I'd bring back from the past to this team would be Demeco Ryans.  Fills a direct need now but is a great leader too.

I might be off base, but I felt Nigel Bradham was the best ILB we’ve had since Trotter. Jordan Hicks second

 

2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

And 0-17 

 

Dude can't catch a break, Vikings have 9 turnovers in 3 games, Kirk has 2 ints 3 fumbles I think only 1 lost which means all the other turnovers are other dudes just coughing up the ball 

Combine that with having a really bad defense and a pretty poor running game and pretty much every game captain Kirk is asked to outscore teams by himself.

Every year he's been with the Vikings they've had a bottom 3rd defense.

Rumors are that he's gone after this year and I'm sure they'll be plenty of teams vying for his services, if I'm him I try to find a team with a solid D and a solid running game so he doesn't have to be perfect every week.

I mean look at hurts, he's played pretty poorly the last 3 weeks but the defense and the running game have bailed him out and he's 3-0

Meanwhile cousins is throwing the ball all over the yard has thrown 9 tds already and is 0-3.

 

18 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Recent Day-4 picks

2020:
Julian Good-Jones

2021:
Jack Stoll

2022:
Reed Blankenship
Britain Covey
Devon Allen
Josh Jobe
Mario Goodrich

2023:
Eli Ricks
Mekhi Garner
Joseph Ngata
Ben VanSumeren

The draft is only 3 days

5 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

The draft is only 3 days

Let me explain Matt to you.  

He will argue that although the draft is only three days....and the UDFAs are communicating with teams at the end of the third day...the UDFAs are not officially announced until the next day...hence Day-4.

Discovering these nuances make his day.  So just agree with him.

39 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.   

That is Deion tho. Thats who he's always been.  

He doesn't decide whether ESPN or Fox or any other network cover him and his team or broadcast their games.  They are the ones that provide the over hype attention. 

Like I said before I don't have an issue with Deion or what he's doing.  I have an issue with the networks and the casual idiot fans.  They are the ones that make it unbearable at times.

1 minute ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Let me explain Matt to you.  

He will argue that although the draft is only three days....and the UDFAs are communicating with teams at the end of the third day...the UDFAs are not officially announced until the next day...hence Day-4.

Discovering these nuances make his day.  So just agree with him.

That was a lot of words to just reiterate the fact that he was wrong  

5 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

The draft is only 3 days

UDFAs, right?

@mattwill 38-6 Birds, the WAS offensive line is wretched and our DL gets 7+ sacks.

Just now, 315Eagles said:

That is Deion tho. Thats who he's always been.  

He doesn't decide whether ESPN or Fox or any other network cover him and his team or broadcast their games.  They are the ones that provide the over hype attention. 

Like I said before I don't have an issue with Travis Kelce Deion or what he's doing.  I have an issue with the networks and the casual idiot fans.  They are the ones that make it unbearable at times.

FYP

2 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Let me explain Matt to you.  

He will argue that although the draft is only three days....and the UDFAs are communicating with teams at the end of the third day...the UDFAs are not officially announced until the next day...hence Day-4.

Discovering these nuances make his day.  So just agree with him.

That is a better explanation than I gave myself when coming up with the list.

3 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

Let me explain Matt to you.  

He will argue that although the draft is only three days....and the UDFAs are communicating with teams at the end of the third day...the UDFAs are not officially announced until the next day...hence Day-4.

Discovering these nuances make his day.  So just agree with him.

But UDFA's weren't officially announced until May 5th, so that's Day 9

 

11 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

My all-time All Star team by position for my lifetime (watching since about 1973, so, 50 years)

Catcher — Johnny Bench

Third Base — Mike Schmidt

Shortstop — Ozzie Smith

Second Base — Ryne Sandberg 

First Base — Frank Thomas

Right Field — Ichiro Suzuki

Center Field — Ken Griffey Jr.

Left Field — Rickey Henderson

 

Starting Pitchers (LH) — Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton, Tom Glavine

Starting Pitchers (RH) — Greg Maddux, Nolan Ryan, Justin Verlander

Bullpen — Dennis Eckersley, Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith 

 

I’ll take Doc Halladay over Maddux and Verlander any day.

15 hours ago, mattwill said:

Agreed 100%. Not the best LB in Eagles history, but the one who matches today’s game best.

Immediately who I thought of.  No disrespect to Reggie, Desean or Dawk, but prime Willie T would be an awesome fit at ILB on this team.  

42 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

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. 

Guys like Dez, Richard Sherman, Skip Bayless,etc. will stick up for Deion no matter what because they're friends of his.  

These guys are not unbiased.  I heard Keyshawn Johnson saying yesterday that he heard coaches around the country were helping Oregon prepare for Colorado because they're jealous of Deion and don't want him to succeed. Just ridiculous.  

3 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

FYP

Thanks

3 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

That is Deion tho. Thats who he's always been.  

He doesn't decide whether ESPN or Fox or any other network cover him and his team or broadcast their games.  They are the ones that provide the over hype attention. 

Like I said before I don't have an issue with Deion or what he's doing.  I have an issue with the networks and the casual idiot fans.  They are the ones that make it unbearable at times.

What I am saying is that he is using his celebrity to draw more attention.  He WANTS it.  It helps him recruit to Colorado.  The media is overhyping them... but he's loving every minute of it, and he's trying to get even more attention.

And I don't have an issue with it either.  I do have an issue with people who get bent out of shape when it backfires and humble pie is being served.  The attention sword has two sides.

3 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

These guys are not unbiased.  I heard Keyshawn Johnson saying yesterday that he heard coaches around the country were helping Oregon prepare for Colorado because they're jealous of Deion and don't want him to succeed. Just ridiculous.  

The thing is... coaches are friends with other coaches, and they talk all the time and help each other, because they are friends.  Suggesting that people can know their motives is silly.  No one can know another's motive.   But, if Lanning reached back to friends of his at UGA for help, I'm sure they'd help, because of their connection, not because of the opponent.

Eagles have a pretty good history of udfa under Howie and banner before him.

In 2003 draft produced one player, LJ Smith, who wasn't all that either. The rest of that draft produced nothing but that UDFA class that year was really good and would go onto really help the eagles the following year.

Greg Lewis First eagle WR to catch a TD in a Superbowl, carved out a pretty good career for going undrafted.

Sam Rayburn, 2nd in sacks in 2004 behind Kearse.

Rod hood- starting nickel in 2004.

Reno mahe- say what you will but led the league in PR ave. One year

Q Mikell- eventually made a pro bowl.

Artis hicks- starting LG after Andrews went down

Clinton Hart- Backup safety.

Too bad eagles couldn't have nailed some picks that year but glad they found some udfas.

If Howie can continue to draft well and find udfas this team will be good for a long time 

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

What I am saying is that he is using his celebrity to draw more attention.  He WANTS it.  It helps him recruit to Colorado.  The media is overhyping them... but he's loving every minute of it, and he's trying to get even more attention.

And I don't have an issue with it either.  I do have an issue with people who get bent out of shape when it backfires and humble pie is being served.  The attention sword has two sides.

I agree.  If he can use his celebrity to get more attention thus helping recruiting then more power to him.  More coaches should do the same thing.

The people who get bent out of shape when they lose and it backfires are the ones I was referring to as the problem.  The idiot ESPN/Fox debate hosts and the idiot, clueless, casual fans on Twitter, YouTube that know nothing.

1 minute ago, Utebird said:

 

Sam Rayburn, 2nd in sacks in 2004 behind Kearse.

 

That was very exciting signing - and a player that still translates very well to today's NFL.