OT: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL): Rivalry Week - 'The Gang Tears Itself Apart'

[Hollywood Cannon]

Go Birds.
Sco Justin.

I hope everyone has fun.

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[Flybynite]

Here's a question. How many times has an NFL team won by 35+ points and then lost their next game by 35+ points?

 

[Halladay]

The Eagles currently have a positive point differential, think about that.

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[BrindamoursNose]

 

[deadhead]

Eagles actually rank in the middle of the pack statistically, on both offense and defense.

The defense is better than last year, when a series of bad opposing QBs disguised how bad the defense actually was, this year, they started with a string of top QBs which exposed all the weaknesses on defense.

When you want to gradually work in young players, the worst thing is to start with a tough schedule guaranteed to destroy those players' confidence - better to let the veterans take their lumps. Gannon was too passive, but his choice was decapitation or death by a thousand cuts.

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[FLYguy3911]

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Sports are fun when you don't ever make draft picks.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

The salary is what got the extra picks I'm sure, but damn that's a lot for a LB.

However, the Rams may have just become my favorite team this year. Bills have competition now for me.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

So the Eagles will be playing...Trevor Simean?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Taysom.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Taysom.

True - he may be back in time. He's out with concussion stuff right now.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

He has the Eagles taking…

3. CB Derek Stingley Jr. LSU (Via Miami)
8. EDGE George Karlaftis Purdue
9. QB Malik Willis Liberty (Via Indianapolis)

 

[Beef Invictus]

Go Birds.
Sco Justin.

I hope everyone has fun.

I won't

 

[Beef Invictus]

Isn't Von Miller 930 years old though

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Call Denver and ask about their Corners. Now.

but damn that's a lot for a LB.

Why does a scheme-specific Linebacker distinction matter for an Edge rusher? He's one of the very best pass rushers to ever play football. Still damn good against the run too.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

He has the Eagles taking…

3. CB Derek Stingley Jr. LSU (Via Miami)
8. EDGE George Karlaftis Purdue
9. QB Malik Willis Liberty (Via Indianapolis)

Karlaftis is much better than I thought he was now that I got Purdue tape.

One of Stingley/Hamilton, one of the Edges (Hutchinson/Karlaftis/Leal if you like him outside), and a Corner (Booth/Elam/Gardner) has to be the dream, right? Assuming no QB, of course.

 

[deadhead]

Miller is 32, Denver was right to move him, before he goes "Kerrigan" on them, that is, becomes a situational pass rusher with limited trade value.

Eagles shouldn't think about a QB in this draft, weak QB drafts end up with a couple teams over drafting and living to regret it.

Odds are Eagles end up with one pick in the top 5 and two between 11-20, Eagles win 6-7 games and Indy 8-9 games.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Karlaftis is much better than I thought he was now that I got Purdue tape.

One of Stingley/Hamilton, one of the Edges (Hutchinson/Karlaftis/Leal if you like him outside), and a Corner (Booth/Elam/Gardner) has to be the dream, right? Assuming no QB, of course.

I was a big fan of Karlaftis as a recruit out of high school. I think he was a kid that played football late in high school. So he blew up later in the process & tested pretty well at camps. He picked Purdue over the other bigger northern schools.

So he was kind of raw but he still came in & made a noticeable impact as a true freshmen.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Why does a scheme-specific Linebacker distinction matter for an Edge rusher? He's one of the very best pass rushers to ever play football. Still damn good against the run too.

I said LB, but let me re-phrase: Damn that's a lot for a 32 year old DL/LB.

I like him a lot and I support the move from the Rams going all-in - but I think he returned more than I'd expect.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Eagles shouldn't think about a QB in this draft, weak QB drafts end up with a couple teams over drafting and living to regret it.

But not everyone thinks this is a weak QB draft, right? Let's just use Matt Corral as an example for the sake of simplicity. If your org gives him a high first level of grade and you don’t have a high-end QB, you shouldn't pass on him.

Last year, it was a "strong" QB class, but no other teams had an opportunity to acquire Lawrence or Wilson. The strength of the class is a meaningless talking point when you're dealing in QBs. It's just who you can get and how much you like them. The evaluation and the drafting are separate issues entirely.

 

[deadhead]

But not everyone thinks this is a weak QB draft, right? Let's just use Matt Corral as an example for the sake of simplicity. If your org gives him a high first level of grade and you don’t have a high-end QB, you shouldn't pass on him.

Last year, it was a "strong" QB class, but no other teams had an opportunity to acquire Lawrence or Wilson. The strength of the class is a meaningless talking point when you're dealing in QBs. It's just who you can get and how much you like them. The evaluation and the drafting are separate issues entirely.

Yeah, but the mistake made is comparing them to other QBs in the same draft, instead of using an absolute scale.
So just b/c a QB is the top rated QB in a draft, doesn't make him good enough to trade up or use a top ten pick.
It's the 2AM syndrome, suddenly that girl at the end of the bar looks a lot better when you're horny and a bit drunk.