OT: Philadelphia Eagles: Once You Start Down The Dark Path, Forever Will It Dominate Your Destiny

[Hollywood Cannon]

Mel Kiper is a joke and an expert on absolutely nothing.

There are people that do this for a living and take it seriously. The one guy on the god damn planet who is respected for their views who still had Jones as anywhere near that on draft day was Mike Mayock, who had him at CB1 above Lattimore. One guy among dozens and dozens. You're uninformed.

I'm still waiting for him to follow through on his word about retiring due to his Jimmy Clausen take.

 

[DancingPanther]

tEh bIg bOaRd

Kiper = Pronman

 

[BrindamoursNose]

*Edit* I quit. Let the Sidney Jones truthers cling to it for whatever reason they choose.

Have a Coke and a smile.

 

[Stop the Madness]

I'm buying my Christmas tree here!! Hhahaha

 

[Schwarbomb]

Sidney Jones is Eric Rowe's long lost cousin.

 

[Jtown]

omg a team drafted a bust in the 2nd round. Lets not stop talking about it forever.

The nfl draft is a crapshoot.

 

[FLYguy3911]

People said it the day it happened. Kind of like another mid 2nd rounder drafted by a different Philadelphia sports franchise recently.

 

[YEM]

Eli starts this week
Jones=ankle sprain

 

[Schwarbomb]

omg a team drafted a bust in the 2nd round. Lets not stop talking about it forever.

The nfl draft is a crapshoot.

I know we all bitch about the Eagles draft track record, but I want to know how it compares to other teams. It would be hard to do, probably would have to use snap counts or something. I bet the average draft is something like 1-2 starters and 1-2 backups. The rest are out of the league or on practice squads.

 

[Jtown]

I know we all ***** about the Eagles draft track record, but I want to know how it compares to other teams. It would be hard to do, probably would have to use snap counts or something. I bet the average draft is something like 1-2 starters and 1-2 backups. The rest are out of the league or on practice squads.

there really isn't a team with any sustained success in drafting, and the teams that have had the most success Pittsburgh and Bmore have had a similar approach in play for a long time. One thing I do like about the Eagles approach since the Reid era aka THe golden age of Eagles Football is the focus on oline and dline. It was a breath of fresh air to see mcnabb drop back and not get sacked immediately like when Randall was QB.

 

[Jtown]

People said it the day it happened. Kind of like another mid 2nd rounder drafted by a different Philadelphia sports franchise recently.

and your point is?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I know we all ***** about the Eagles draft track record, but I want to know how it compares to other teams. It would be hard to do, probably would have to use snap counts or something. I bet the average draft is something like 1-2 starters and 1-2 backups. The rest are out of the league or on practice squads.

This is an area where using PFF grades would be perfect, as it accounts for quality of play. Even if you don't agree with Player X or Y's grades, on the whole, it's going to give you a much better broad view than anything else.

I believe this is the most recent publication of that approach, from 2017: Ranking all 32 NFL teams' five-year success by draft class | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF

omg a team drafted a bust in the 2nd round. Lets not stop talking about it forever.

The nfl draft is a crapshoot.

Because people keep pushing the completely wrong idea of what he was on draft day. It has nothing to do with whether he busted or not.

 

[Stop the Madness]

I know we all ***** about the Eagles draft track record, but I want to know how it compares to other teams. It would be hard to do, probably would have to use snap counts or something. I bet the average draft is something like 1-2 starters and 1-2 backups. The rest are out of the league or on practice squads.

IMO the key is finding guys in later rounds that will contribute. People get caught up with first rounds busts too much.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@JojoTheWhale was Chauncey Gardner-Johnson the one you were really high on the last draft?

 

[FLYguy3911]

@JojoTheWhale was Chauncey Gardner-Johnson the one you were really high on the last draft?

No. He loved Nate Gerry two years ago.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

No. He loved Nate Gerry two years ago.

Oh, I know that Nate is totally his #1 guy.

 

[tucson83]

there really isn't a team with any sustained success in drafting, and the teams that have had the most success Pittsburgh and Bmore have had a similar approach in play for a long time. One thing I do like about the Eagles approach since the Reid era aka THe golden age of Eagles Football is the focus on oline and dline. It was a breath of fresh air to see mcnabb drop back and not get sacked immediately like when Randall was QB.

it's pretty much a scheme focus sport more than a talented sport, i mean look at the browns with all that talent and still cant win, it doesnt matter how much talent you have, it's all about the scheme.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale was Chauncey Gardner-Johnson the one you were really high on the last draft?

That was one of them, yep. I had ~25 guys with 1st round grades. He was included.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

Oh, I know that Nate is totally his #1 guy.

is nate one of those, related to andy guys that went to byu?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

is nate one of those, related to andy guys that went to byu?

I'm not sure. We have to ask Jojo - he's obsessed with Gerry. That's his "favorite football player in at least two decades" - that's a direct quote from Jojo.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I'm not sure. We have to ask Jojo - he's obsessed with Gerry. That's his "favorite football player in at least two decades" - that's a direct quote from Jojo.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Cody Webster]

I can see Chicago winning this one

 

[achdumeingute]

Trubisky has looked great the last two games. He certainly has physical talent.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Lol Cowboys.