H2H Reunion

Posted: April 26th, 2023 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | Comments Off on H2H Reunion

Jimmy Bama and I did a podcast years ago called the Helmet2Helmet Show. It was amateur hour, but completely entertaining. That’s what happens when you have a pair of idiots who talk about the Eagles and tell goofy stories. Real life got in the way and we quit doing it.

We had a reunion on Tuesday. Brandon Lee Gowton joined in and we did some Eagles draft talk.

https://twitter.com/BGN_Radio/status/1650933733053145089

I hope you enjoy it. Had a lot of fun with Jimmy and BLG.

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I’ve talked a lot about DT Jalen Carter recently. One person asked what the difference is with he and Jordan Davis.

Georgia played Davis as the NT in their base. He came off the field on most passing downs. Davis was there to clog the middle and eat up blockers. That let Nakobe Dean fly around and make plays.

Carter played 3-tech and 4i for Georgia. There are times when he was 2-gapping, but he also got to attack upfield. He got to rush the passer. Carter is more explosive and more disruptive.

When the Bears defense was so good a few years back, they had a NT named Eddie Goldman. He was 6-3, 325 and could stuff the run. Akiem Hicks was the star DT and he was 6-4, 335 and very athletic. I’m sure Desai loved having those two big pieces to control the middle and then Khalil Mack flew off the edge. That group was fantastic.

Jordan Davis will be the NT in 2023. Desai would love to have Jalen Carter to play the Hicks role. The Eagles have Reddick to be the star edge rusher already. Desai saw up close how that trio could stop the run and affect the QB in Chicago. I’m sure he’d like to have something similar in Philly. Davis and Reddick give him two key pieces. Now he just needs another DL to add to that.

Could be Carter.

Or Mazi Smith.

Or Gervon Dexter.

Etc.

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Back to Mr Bama for a second. Here is an Eagles only mock draft from him.

https://twitter.com/JimmyKempski/status/1651164221017583623

I’m not saying it’s awful, but I had to eat an entire bag of Funyuns to get myself to stop crying.

Joking aside, Jimmy does have a useful nugget in there about a certain agency that reps players and has connections to the Eagles.

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I’ll be posting my full Draft Preview on Tuesday night. If you want some rankings to look at, here you go.

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What does this mean? Nothing. Just interesting.

Bijan isn’t likely to become an Eagle. It will be interesting to follow his career and to wonder what it would have been like to see him in midnight green.

I won’t say there is “no chance” for the Eagles to take him, but it would be shocking. They sniffed around Zeke Elliott when he was a prospect. They had serious interest in Christian McCaffrey when he came out. But they haven’t drafted a RB early in a long time.

He would certainly be a lot of fun to watch.

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In case you need something to be angry about, here are some Lukas Van Ness highlights.

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1650991324081049601

Will he be an Eagle?

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