5 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Sadly, I never got to see him play.  But Ryans, most definitely.

 

No one is pushing any linemen into other linemen on this play though. The OL is submarining at the snap and Hurts goes over them, getting the yardage more times than not without even needing to be pushed. 

Just saw Blankenship get called talcum Jenkins 😂

1 hour ago, Utebird said:

Yup, not sure why people on here were down on Porter

Because he played for Penn St

Just now, rrfierce said:

Just saw Blankenship get called talcum Jenkins 😂

That one is gonna stick 🤣

Ghost he is no more

4 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

No one is pushing any linemen into other linemen on this play though. The OL is submarining at the snap and Hurts goes over them, getting the yardage more times than not without even needing to be pushed. 

I know. The complaining is getting tedious vs doing something to stop it on the field.

4 hours ago, garingovt2000 said:

Eagles 28 -  Commanders 13

Bonus - Penny gets more than one carry

@mattwill

12 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Pretty much all college CBs are handsy. He just didn't have ball production. But you know he's lockdown.

Sure - Sauce was handsy, if you aren't cheating...

11 minutes ago, rrfierce said:

Just saw Blankenship get called talcum Jenkins 😂

4 hours ago, mattwill said:

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?

Willie T. for ILB, not OLB.

3 hours 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. 

It's funny, Dez was complaining about the score. 42-6 is nothing in college football. Point differential of 34 points.  Just a quick search to when he was at OSU. 

2007

OSU 42 - FAU 6

OSU 39 - Sam Houston 3

OSU 45 - Baylor 14

2008

OSU 56 - Missouri State 13

OSU 55 - Troy 24

OSU 56 - TX A&M 28

OSU 34 - Baylor 6

OSU 59 - Iowa State 17

2009

OSU 56 - Grambling 6 (how dare they beat an HBCU by 50!)

OSU 34 - Baylor 7

OSU 34 - Iowa State 8

 

 

 

3 hours 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.

100%  I love what Deion is doing. Have always been a fan and have been vocal about that. I think the "it's personal" thing is a bit much but hey, if that works go for it. 

Just like everything else in this world, the media is the issue here. 

4 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see him replace Ngata on the PS.

2 hours ago, Utebird said:

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 

LJ smith wasn't all that but he also was taken about 10 slots ahead of Jason Witten...major fail.

S could be a real issue Sunday. 

1) Nolan Smith, really a no-brainer for me.

2) Joey Porter

3) Keeanu Benton (which wasn't much of factor after we got Carter)

I really liked the Steeler draft.  Wasn't the biggest fan of Branch or at least the early top-20 talk, but he seems to be doing well at DET.

 

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Play off of Tom Swifties, from my mother’s childhood.  Enjoyed the books when I was a kid.  The TV show was a typical CW destruction, learned from watching what Disney did to enjoyable adventure stories.  

Man I LOVED Tom Swift books. My dad handed them down to me when I was a kid and then The New Adventures of Tom Swift came out. Fantastic series to read as a kid to get your imagination going.

23 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

No one is pushing any linemen into other linemen on this play though. The OL is submarining at the snap and Hurts goes over them, getting the yardage more times than not without even needing to be pushed. 

Ya... what is he talking about? RB/TE may push the ball carrier.

2 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Yeah, Seth Joyner was better than William Thomas. As in, by a lot. As in, not even close.

I guess Bergey was better, but other than him, Joyner is the best linebacker we've had in the past fifty years.

I don’t disagree, I just think Willie T translates better to today’s NFL.  

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

S could be a real issue Sunday. 

Covey ran so fast he broke his crap

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Play off of Tom Swifties, from my mother’s childhood.  Enjoyed the books when I was a kid.  The TV show was a typical CW destruction, learned from watching what Disney did to enjoyable adventure stories.  

I think Tom Swift and His Flying Lab was the first one I read. I need to revisit that collection sometime. 

Do we sign Considine or Cyprien if neither Evans nor Brown can go?

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Do we sign Considine or Cyprien is neither Evans nor Brown can go?

1 hour ago, mikemack8 said:

The Sixers are a distant third as far as Philly teams go at this point - what a horribly run franchise they are. 

No surprise that the 2 teams that share the WFC but have their practice facilities in NJ (don't care how close they are to Philly) and have owners who you know aren't all in on their franchises are the ones that have turned to poop.

1 hour ago, SkippyX said:

I was too young for those but these were in my wheelhouse.

I found someone selling about 30 of them for dirt cheap a few years back.

I have given away a bunch of them to friends who are fans of a certain team (even Cowboys, bleh)

I had the Eagles helmet one and it broke so my kids got me the one with the eagle as a replacement.

 

I also remember roaming the streets of Philly near Torresdale Ave and Van Kirk street looking for discarded pepsi bottlecaps.

We had those glasses too...still do!  Where were they from? Was that a gas station or a McDonald's thing?

1 hour ago, SkippyX said:

I was too young for those but these were in my wheelhouse.

I found someone selling about 30 of them for dirt cheap a few years back.

I have given away a bunch of them to friends who are fans of a certain team (even Cowboys, bleh)

I had the Eagles helmet one and it broke so my kids got me the one with the eagle as a replacement.

 

I also remember roaming the streets of Philly near Torresdale Ave and Van Kirk street looking for discarded pepsi bottlecaps.

I have the Oilers version of that glass.