Another WR and a LB

Posted: April 29th, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 421 Comments »

The Eagles used their 5th round pick on WR Shelton Gibson, a 5-11, 191 speedster from West Virginia. He “only” ran 4.50 at the Combine, but was faster at his Pro Day with a 4.42. That is the kind of speed he showed on game tape. Gibson averaged 23 yards a catch for his career. He had 17 TD receptions over the last 2 years. Carson Wentz just got another weapon.

Gibson can be a downfield threat, but is also dangerous after the catch. The Eagles want to throw deep and Gibson helps there, but he also is a guy you can get the ball to on screens. He can turn a short catch into a big gain.

Gibson has added value as a RS. He averaged 24 yards per KOR in his career, with 1 TD. Good value pick in the 5th round.

DGB and Nelson Agholor have to be nervous after seeing the Eagles take Mack Hollins and Shelton Gibson. There will be a lot of competition for roster spots and playing time. Keep this in mind…the Eagles brought both Gibson and Hollins to Philly for visits. These are players they targeted. Both help the team  on offense, but also on STs.

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With the final pick in the 5th round, the Eagles added Nate Gerry from Nebraska. He was a SS in college, but will move to LB in the NFL.

Gerry is 6-2, 218. Ran 4.58 at the Combine. That’s a solid size/speed combination. He didn’t have the cover skills to be a starting S in the NFL, but has good athleticism for a LB. He was a good box defender in college and played the run very well. Gerry still managed to have 13 INTs so he continues the trend of these draft picks being highly productive.

We don’t know what Mychal Kendricks future is so Gerry gives the Eagles a body at that spot for them to develop for the future. Gerry also has a chance to be an outstanding STer. Keep in mind that LB Bryan Braman wasn’t re-signed so the team could use a LB to take his spot.

Good pick.

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421 Comments on “Another WR and a LB”

  1. 1 Media Mike said at 4:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Why are we wasting draft capital on Gerry? He’s universally rated as a UDFA player. This is as wasteful as Countess was last year.

  2. 2 kajomo said at 4:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I like him way better at LB than at S.

  3. 3 Media Mike said at 4:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That’s fair

  4. 4 Rellihcs said at 4:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Kendricks replacement at WILL

  5. 5 Media Mike said at 4:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    NICE!

  6. 6 Rellihcs said at 4:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah. COMPLETELY changes the context for that pick. Now I’m pumped bout it.

  7. 7 Media Mike said at 4:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’d like it more as UDFA

  8. 8 Rellihcs said at 4:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Douglass doesn’t draft like that, and apparently neither does belicheat

  9. 9 Media Mike said at 4:19 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I give no quarter on wasted draft capital.

  10. 10 D3FB said at 4:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That seems very generous

  11. 11 Media Mike said at 4:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    So is allowing Kendricks to keep paychecks.

  12. 12 D3FB said at 4:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’d have rather taken a FCS guy who actually plays LB than a roided up SS

  13. 13 Media Mike said at 4:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Totally fair

  14. 14 Tdoteaglefan said at 4:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    ok so I’m not the only one that thought he had a low dose D-bol or Sustanon 250 look to him

  15. 15 Media Mike said at 4:21 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Not
    at
    all

  16. 16 Rellihcs said at 4:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Indeed – developmental guy for that role…

  17. 17 xeynon said at 4:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Universally? Uh, no. I’ve seen him generally rated in the 5th-6th round area. ESPN had him ranked only a few slots lower on the overall board than he went. Some people may have rated him an UDFA but it was by no means “universal”.

  18. 18 Media Mike said at 4:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    NFL.com had him udfa.
    CBS had him 329th overall
    Draft tek 311
    Walter football – 4th to 6th.

    So 3 of my favorite 4 (ESPN is on boycott due to excessive “insider” BS; as if my cable bill isn’t enough money for those clowns!) have him really later than we took him.

  19. 19 xeynon said at 6:01 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Most guys taken this late in the draft have grades ranking from “late round pick” to “UDFA”, because there are more players on that level than draft slots. My point stands that he was not “universally” considered undraftable.

  20. 20 GermanEagle said at 4:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Boxing on…!!!

  21. 21 Media Mike said at 4:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thank you Showtime!

  22. 22 GermanEagle said at 4:07 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thank you RTL (free tv channel in Germany)!

  23. 23 Media Mike said at 4:07 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I need to run through a few of my Euro stops and (sorry) Austrian beer bottle purchases when we get on a slower thread.

  24. 24 GermanEagle said at 4:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    No problem. I’m currently at my parents home in Munich and having the best Lager beer in the world: Augustiner.

  25. 25 Ankerstjernen said at 5:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Massive upvote for Augustiner. There is basically a cult here in Denmark celebrating that beer. I think it started as a joke in a danish sit com.

  26. 26 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Shit I didn’t even realize we lost Braman. Did he sigń elsewhere or is there still a chance he could be brought back? Braman and Maragos brought a lot of fun to our ST units but as we transition away from key contributors like Braman and Sproles hopefully Fipp and the Front office can keep our ST. unit firing on all cylnders.
    .
    Special teams was one of the more consistently enjoyable aspects of the chip era.

  27. 27 Rellihcs said at 4:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He’s been replaced adequately. move on. ST got better today overall.

  28. 28 xeynon said at 4:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Braman is pretty much useless as anything other than a ST player. Better use of a roster spot to have a guy who can be a core STer and play snaps from scrimmage without killing you it necessary (Maragos is a good example).

  29. 29 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:32 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    How is kruger Hill occupying a roster spot any different?

  30. 30 Jarock said at 5:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Really? Maragos scared me to death every time he stepped on the field and it wasn’t a kick of some kind :S

  31. 31 Media Mike said at 5:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Maragos is still a better safety than Jaylin Watkins.

  32. 32 Jarock said at 5:19 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    No . . . just . . . no.

  33. 33 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    How many picks do we have left? One 6th and one 7th?

  34. 34 Rellihcs said at 4:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    no 7th. 1 more – that 6th

  35. 35 Tdoteaglefan said at 4:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Cowgirls just took Xavier Woods, did we really take Gerry with Woods still on the board?

  36. 36 D3FB said at 4:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We are so very very stupid

  37. 37 Tdoteaglefan said at 4:24 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    yeah some of these picks have been disappointing but that usually tends to happen whenever you have expectations…all the months of psyching up ourselves about Douglas, Wiedl ,all the over analysis …first-pick experiments etc. could only lead to disappointment.

    Anyways, we won’t know the true outcome of this draft until at least a couple of years from now

  38. 38 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    have we seen any playërs traded yet during this draft (league wide)?

  39. 39 scratcherk said at 4:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Not during I don’t think

  40. 40 D3FB said at 4:19 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Kapri Bibbs and James O’Shaunesgey

  41. 41 Media Mike said at 4:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    So Howie needs to move 3 to take a commanding lead

  42. 42 GermanEagle said at 4:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Blount or Charles?!

    Which veteran RB would you like?!

  43. 43 Media Mike said at 4:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Blount due to cheap cost and better health and need of a big back.

  44. 44 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah I’d agree with that. Need power more than speed considering what we have in our RB room at the moment
    ..
    Any chance we are mistaken in assuming Ryan Mathews will be waived? I Really don’t want to see him on the team again this year

  45. 45 CrackSammich said at 7:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Blount. You can rake him over the coals with guaranteed money due to his suspensions.

  46. 46 BobSmith77 said at 4:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Kind of disappointed a bit that Eagles weren’t able to move Kendricks or Kelce for an extra 5th or 6th this year.

  47. 47 Media Mike said at 4:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    And Barbre and Matthews………but all will be (eventually) forgiven when all 4 and converted to assets………

  48. 48 Fufina said at 4:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    More vet trades happen in camp when teams suddenly realise that 5th round pick they thought could start is actually a bumb and they need a position, or a key player gets injured.

    You get better value trading for future picks anway.

  49. 49 Media Mike said at 4:35 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I agree.
    Barbre – 2018 7th
    Kelce – 2018 5th
    Kendricks – 2018 5th
    Matthews – 2018 4th that becomes a 3rd w/ 50 catches or new contract with new team.

  50. 50 D3FB said at 4:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Only guys moved were cheap rookie deal guys

  51. 51 BobSmith77 said at 4:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah I was a bit surprised that more veteran guys weren’t moved although need numbers vs previous years.

    Almost seems like their value has been discounted a bit too much.

  52. 52 Ankerstjernen said at 5:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We are short a 2nd next year. Im fine moving those guys for mid round picks in the 2018 draft in stead of 6 and 7 round picks this year. And itll be easier in training camp, once certain teams begin to figure out what kind of holes they need to plug before september.

  53. 53 GermanEagle said at 4:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Any mock draft 2018 that doesn’t have the Eagles picking Chubb in next year’s first round will suck more than Cramer’s announcement of the Eagles’ 4th round pick today.

  54. 54 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Nick Chubb for President of The USA 2024

  55. 55 D3FB said at 4:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Let’s get working on our Saquon Barkley bong gas mask video

  56. 56 Fufina said at 4:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Pay the guy behind him at the combine piss test to poor in a glass of water to his sample.

  57. 57 xeynon said at 4:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We’ll see.. it’s clear the Roseman/Douglas/Pederson brain trust doesn’t view RB as a position that requires premium draft capital. My guess would be that unless Vaitai blossoms OT will be a top priority next offseason.

  58. 58 Ankerstjernen said at 5:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thats going to be hard since the eagles will be picking in the end of the round.

  59. 59 Meh said at 4:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    How bout Bucky Hodges with our 7th?

  60. 60 RC5000 said at 4:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    he just went

  61. 61 BobSmith77 said at 4:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Anywhere to look to see how many times the Eagles ran 3 and 4 WR sets last year?

    They should have more WR depth there than at any time I can remember and certainly seems like that is the way they’ll go this year.

  62. 62 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:38 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Might be misleading in that we didn’t even have 3 or 4 WR we wanted on the field so whatever last years total is might not be an accurate representation of how much they would like to have 3-4 WR on the field now that we have way more talent at the position than we had last year
    ,,
    Will be interesting to go back and see how many times we used it last year compared to how many times we see it this year now that we practically overhauled the WR position

  63. 63 D3FB said at 4:38 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Can’t find formations but passing attempts

    288 passing attempts out of 3 wide

    184 attempts out of 4 wide

    Hard to play a ton of 4 wide because you either take Ertz off the field or you go empty (which is gonna get Wentz hit)

  64. 64 BobSmith77 said at 4:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah and they don’t have a good passing-block RB either.

    Can’t see Wentz making those quick reads either or them having the WRs that would function well running 5 or 7 yards routes underneath and across the middle.

    Of any team the past 25-30 years, the ‘Run and Shoot’ Oilers were the one I can remember that ran the most 4 WR sets.

    Moon was a very experienced QB, White was a very good passing RB, and they had 2 WRs who were very good at running routes, finding space underneath, and holding on to the ball (Givins, Hill).

  65. 65 Patrick said at 4:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I mean, not exactly like we had a reason to go 3 or 4 wide, other than when necessity called for it. We had like half a good WR last year.

  66. 66 Media Mike said at 4:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’d rather be in 12 more often than 11 long term anybody, but JMatt being useless anywhere but slot…………

  67. 67 oreofestar said at 4:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Im in college and have been super busy, so I didnt follow the draft as closely as in the past so just wondering what your thoughts have been…good, bad, average draft?

  68. 68 D3FB said at 4:43 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Underwhelming for the soul

  69. 69 BobSmith77 said at 4:45 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    What is your grade for this draft so far? I know you hated the 2nd round pick and don’t seem to enamored on what they did today either.

  70. 70 D3FB said at 4:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Derek Barnett: Good pick

    Sidney Jones: Why. Too early. There were good CBs that could play this year. Not super athlete before achilles tear. Weighs 12lbs

    Rasul Douglas: Going to get worked this year. Could eventually become ok CB2. Gonna have to really work to avoid deep shit

    Hollins: Best case he turns into non racist Riley Cooper low level WR2. Most likely he’s a ST guy and WR4/5

    Pumphrey: So So So So fucking stupid.

    Gibson: Specific sticking skill. Big Upside

    Gerry: Piss off Joe

    Grade: C (could bump to plus or minus depending on the 7 and UDFA)

  71. 71 BobSmith77 said at 4:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thanks. Still would have like to see a RB beyond Pumphrey and I don’t see how this secondary isn’t Swiss Cheese again.

    Not a McLeod fan (especially on how he played in the 2nd half) and seeing Jenkins try & fail to cover WRs in the slot was tough last year.

    Mills is the worst outside CB they had too even with some of the real duds they have put out there the past several years. Appreciate he has confidence but it was almost comedic relief watching WRs run right by him despite him playing 5-7 yards off.

    Basically have to hope they have a ‘bend don’t break’ defense that has some success in the red zone and forces its share of turnovers again.

    Hard to see how they don’t give up passing yards in frightening chunks again though.

  72. 72 D3FB said at 5:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They’ve got to do something at RB and CB still.

    Matt Dayes/De’veon Smith/Elijah Hood and a trade for Kyle Fuller and I’ll feel better about the season.

    Right now we’re gonna have to install the Air Raid to win shoot outs every week.

  73. 73 ACViking said at 5:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Hated Pederson’s game plans in last 10 or so games of last season with Wentz throwing so much.

    Gonna be more of the same, no?

  74. 74 D3FB said at 5:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Probably worse.

    Andy’s gonna call him and tell him to chill the fuck out

  75. 75 BobSmith77 said at 5:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah having Wentz throw the ball 45+ times in a game seems like a recipe for disaster.

    http://i.imgur.com/r0brUpg.gif

  76. 76 BobSmith77 said at 5:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wentz attempted 40+ passing attempts last year in 7 games. Eagles went 1-6 and only won the meaningless season finale vs Boys’ backups when he did.

    Hope that another year and a big upgrade at WR should help change that a bit. Just can’t see this team having a winning record in those games this year though either.

  77. 77 BobSmith77 said at 5:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    http://i.imgur.com/Bj97FZg.jpg

  78. 78 ACViking said at 4:47 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Coach –

    How do you see Pumpy handling blitz pick-up on someone like Alex Ogletree?

  79. 79 Media Mike said at 4:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Did you see that they’re talking Pump as a slot WR for a lot of snaps as well?

  80. 80 ACViking said at 4:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    saw that.

    made me think he’ll be used the way the Rams use Austin.

    but running him out of the backfield gets him on a LB or S — mismatch, you’d hope.

  81. 81 Media Mike said at 4:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thank god we’re not paying Austin prices for that.

  82. 82 BobSmith77 said at 4:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    WTF really?

  83. 83 Media Mike said at 4:53 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Well; if you know you’re not keeping Jordan Matthews and the two guys you drafted today are Alshon / Torrey replacements…………

  84. 84 D3FB said at 4:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    https://twitter.com/Astonia67/status/858377913439322112

  85. 85 GermanEagle said at 4:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That atmosphere in Wembley is absolutely stunning. *Sweet Caroline

  86. 86 Media Mike said at 4:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Looks it on TV. They expect Joshua to do something epic and then call out that trash Fury.

  87. 87 GermanEagle said at 4:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    So you think J will knock out the steel hammer?!

  88. 88 Media Mike said at 4:41 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    No, but that crowd does. It wouldn’t shock me however.

  89. 89 GermanEagle said at 4:42 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I don’t have any feeling for that fight…

  90. 90 Media Mike said at 6:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    How do you feel about it now?

  91. 91 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Dutch Kickboxing is really where it’s at. Savages like “the rebel” Gokan Saki (most exciting combat athlete in the world), Badr Hari (when he isn’t in a morrocan prison), Tyrone Spong, african KO King Zack Mwekassa
    ..
    Rico Verhoeven would batter Klitchko, Joshua and Make fury look really stupid.
    .
    Boxing is in trouble unless The Big Drama show is fighting or Chocalitito. Sad that there really isn’t a compelling Big name superfight for Tripple G

  92. 92 Patrick said at 4:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Tripple G is an exiting dude, but I feel a lot of boxing ends up disappointing. Sadly, that shit has begun to creep into the UFC lately. Not a lot of good fights in 2017 IMO.

  93. 93 Gian GEAGLE said at 5:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Some really good UFC fights coming up tho. The next PPV should be really compelling with two titles Stipe Miocic vs JDS is better than any heavyweight title fight that boxing could possibly put together
    ..
    Joanna Jedrzejczyk is also defending her title, and I would pay to watch her fight more than I’d pay to see any man who is currently fighting in any combat sport. I just adore that tiny Polish badass
    ..
    The last UFC on Fox a couple weeks ago DIDNT have many big name fighters besides Mighty Mouse defending his title, but it was a fantastic action packed night that produced some wild wars and stellar finishes
    ..
    Demian Maia vs Gamebred Masvidal also excites me
    .
    Eddie alvarez vs Poier should be a fun fight

    That’s a stacked fight Card and some other really good fights booked for the next few months

  94. 94 Patrick said at 5:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The thing is the fucking injuries man, and dont get me started on assholes who can’t keep of the Tiramisu long enough to make weight for a great fight. Meanwhile Conor is off chasing fucking Mayweather, which admittedly would be cool, but jesus christ can we get someone to fight at the top of the lightweight division.

    I agree with the Miocic/JDS event, theres great fights or great fighters there. I love Joanna Champions too, Maia is finally getting some recognition with his ground and pound, Yair Rodriguez is a super exiting dude.

    I like Gustaffson, but the rest of that card is garbage. 212 just screams like an event that’ll disappoint to me, Derrick Lewis is fun to watch, but a pretty generic card, I think Holm will destroy Bethe Correia and Chiesa vs. Lee seems like a super shitty event. Seems like the next actually great fight is Garbrandt v Dillashaw and there hasn’t been announced shit about who else will fight that night.

    Hopefully I’m wrong and some of these fights that seems uneventful will turn out great. I’d just rather see the big fights, seems like UFC are a little hesitant when it comes to letting the top guys fight, compared to previously.

  95. 95 Gian GEAGLE said at 5:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Khabib Nurmagomedov pulling out of the Ferguson fight was about as heartbreaking as it gets, but I dont think Conor wants to get in a cage with El Cuccuey or Khabib, and until he fights one of them, there really isn’t a compelling fight outside of the rubber match with Nate.
    ..
    Every day that Demien Maia walks around without the welterweight title is a travesty. Im a big Masividal fan, but if Maia strangles him like I expect, the UFC Better stop playing games and give Maia his title shot against Woodley, and woodley will get strangled too.
    .
    I thing Gegard Moussasi is really entering his prime and will be involved in some exciting big name fights in the MW division. I knew he would beat Weidman. Yoel Romero is about as exciting as it gets, and Jacare is still a high level MW. I think the Robert Whitaker kid from Australia ISNT far from really reaching that upper echelon MWs. bisping vs GSP is so stupid. Absurd to let GSP fight for the MW title, because if he wins the title I giarentee he will vacate it before he sets foot in the cage with MW killers like Romero, Jacare or Moussasi. GSP ISNT even close to big enough to compete with a MW like Weidman
    ..
    Some exciting fighters like Robbie Lawler, Vincente Luque, Rockhold, Jon Jones, Overeem will be fighting this summer. It certainly hasn’t been a great year for the UFC but they have had dips before and always came back strong.
    ..
    the HW division is in decent shape right now especially if Cain and Werdum also return as contenders along with Overeem for the winner of Stipe JDS
    ..
    The LHW division is in pretty bad shape after DC vs Jon, Gustafson is still competing at a high level but Rumble retired. They need to find some fresh blood at LHW which is weird because it’s always been a strong division historically
    ..
    Im really enjoying the MW division these days,and there will be some good MATCHUPS once we get Bisping/GSP over with
    ..
    Welterweight is in good shape with wonder boy, Woodley, Maia, Robbie, dos Anjos
    .
    Lightweight will be ok once the stupid Mayweather/McGreggor fight is out of The way. Pains me that so many people with pay for such a worthless Gimick of a fight
    .
    Garbrant/TJ should be a lot of fun
    .
    Might mouse is on top of the world and getting better each fight.
    .
    And no matter what happens with the men, Im really pleased with the state of the woman divisions.
    .
    Hoping Nick Diaz comes back against someone like Robbie Lawler, wonder boy, Bisping. Maia vs Nick Diaz for the welterweight title would be a dream to see if Nicks Ju jitsu can survive on the ground against Maia which is practically unheard of
    .
    The UFC has had slumps before, but they typically have always rebounded strong. And you are right about some crappy looking fight cards like Holly vs Betch C, but many times the cards that look really underwhelming on paper have turned out to be some of the most exciting nights of fights, and you know they always try to put together some huge fights for the summer.

    Hopefully we see them Eliminate the weight cutting once and for all

  96. 96 Patrick said at 6:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Lots of good points. I was devastated with Ferguson/Khabib, namely because it meant Conor was a goner because of a lacking challenger. And the big fat pile of money both he and the UFC is set to make if they actually close mayweather. I hope Conor just accepts defeat after being unable to hit may weather, because its Floyd its not gonna be a fight, and then just takes the dude down and chokes him out, whats Floyd gonna do about a rear naked choke, he’s never seen that in his life and its not like he can read about it.

    Maia is a fucking warrior and I hope he gets his dues too. Maia vs. Woodley will actually be a good fight, but again, thats exactly what i want, 2 guys(or girls) in the top 5 of their class matched up. Its been lacking lately, and when it happens we get fucking DC vs. AJ and tha whole shitshow from DC cheating weight and AJ giving up before the fight.

    I agree with gegard, but thats another division that gets hold hostage by fucking Biesping. I love GSP, but that fight is so disrespectful to everyone in that division. Yoel Romero might be an asshole and a borderline cheater, but he deserves to crush Biesping. Gegard probably gets Weidman in a rematch, which will be a good fight again. Pathetic from the UFC.

    Thats one of the things I love about Mighty Mouse, that dude defends his belt and just continues his dominance. Its a real shame theres no-one able to challenge him, because I just wanna watch Demetrious fight all the time, but he’s kicked the ass of everyone even close to a shot at his belt. They let him demolish someone twice a year, but DJ will never get his dues which is sad because of how good he is and how likable he is.

    I agree with the HW div. Theres a lot of potential in there for the future. I hope you’re right about LHW, mainly I just wanna se Jon Jones return and kick DCs ass again. Jon Jones is a grade A asshole, but i can’t stand DC talking thrash when he was utterly destroyed by Bones in their first bout. LHW div. are in shambles though, I agree with that, what the fuck happened there. Used to be the best one.

    I seriously doubt Nick Diaz comes back, seems like the Pat Lundvall is out to fuck him over. That hearing was a travesty.

    Need to figure out weight cutting, but also the ruleset and the judges who suck, especially the recent NY have been mindblowingly bad.

  97. 97 Ray888 said at 4:42 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Trades could be after draft – as in our over-priced, expendable players for your over-priced expendable players. Both teams will generate dead money, but perhaps acquire players at position of need. Better than just dead money by cutting a player for no return.

  98. 98 Media Mike said at 4:44 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’d prefer getting back whatever the best 2018 draft picks Howie can get. And the added bonus of freeing up valuable playing time for our young guys while they’re cheap.

  99. 99 kajomo said at 4:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Feel like JD and HR got too caught up in the finding “philly tough” guys this year and left talent on the board. We’ve been down the culture road before. This draft was hard to screw up. It’s a solid B/B- effort, but it could have been way better. While we are a better team this week than last, but we did little to close the gap between us an Dallas.

  100. 100 ACViking said at 4:48 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Closing the gap’s gonna take 3-4 drafts.

    That’s a long time. But look at the roster.

    And look at how long it’s taken Dallas to get where they are.

  101. 101 BobSmith77 said at 4:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah this is an interesting yet highly flawed roster yet too. Still need to see how this team looks in preseason to get a better feel.

  102. 102 D3FB said at 4:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We just need Chaz Green to be awful and cause Dak to develop permanent shell shock

  103. 103 Media Mike said at 4:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Other than being undewhelmed with Barnett’s ceiling and irked at the existence of cornball Gerry; I like what they did. I think part of the “Philly tough” stuff was 100% at the request of the DC, who wanted to upgrade the D in that manner.

    And Lane saying no to drugs, Warmack getting coached up by Stoutland, and Seumalo banishing Kelce the Dwarf should give our O-line the needed upgrade to close down the distance between last year and our inevitable domination of the entire NFL.

  104. 104 myartz04 said at 4:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    No one in this entire draft has played a down in the NFL…just saying.

  105. 105 SteveH said at 4:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m not as down as a lot of people seem to be. I like our top 3 picks, and those are the guys most likely to be contributors anyhow. Once you get into the 5th you’re in crap shoot territory.

  106. 106 Gian GEAGLE said at 4:50 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    175lb RB is a regular He-Man

  107. 107 suthrneagle said at 5:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    can you bench 128.5% of your weight, 8xs?

  108. 108 Gian GEAGLE said at 6:00 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Touche

  109. 109 scratcherk said at 4:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    This draft is full of players I recognize/like. Don’t know if that’s a good thing but it seems like they didn’t outsmart themselves https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/84d282550f2d50ddc35648f7e47a89481eef105dbdda10be9941f1c1f6da84dc.png

  110. 110 BobSmith77 said at 4:50 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I liked when Jerry Jones ran their draft and made ill-advised trades in the 1st round.

    Sadly have been run much more efficiently and done a much better in the draft the last few years as Jones as taken a bit more hands off approach.

  111. 111 Media Mike said at 4:50 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Chido is solid.

    Taco is a lazy blowbag. Lewis will be suspended for domestic violence. Switzer was a reach by two rounds.

    Can’t lie; Woods is good value.

  112. 112 Donald Kalinowski said at 5:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    From what I’ve read, if he gets convicted it will be 3 months in prison plus an indefinite suspension from the NFL. Who knows how it all pans out

  113. 113 Media Mike said at 6:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He’s a Cowboy; he’s totally guilty.

  114. 114 D3FB said at 4:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They did annoyingly well (not a Taco fan but the rest is really good)

  115. 115 mksp said at 5:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They picked a bunch of recognizable names, so everyone likes the draft. Are we sure either of those CBs stick on the outside?

  116. 116 D3FB said at 5:21 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Awuzie should, They already have Byron Jones at one. So Awuzie and Jones with Lewis inside is pretty legit.

  117. 117 mksp said at 5:29 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I guess in 2018 and forward I’d rather have Sidney Jones, but we won’t know until then.

  118. 118 D3FB said at 5:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I disagree and the extra contract year matters.

  119. 119 Donald Kalinowski said at 5:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The Ryan Switzer pick is pretty solid. I hope Jordan Lewis doesn’t pan out because he has a ton of talent

  120. 120 BobSmith77 said at 4:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2017/04/browns_have_turned_carson_went.html#incart_river_index

    Interesting perspective on the Wentz trade from the Browns’ perspective. It is crazy how many picks they turned the Wentz trade into.

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2017/04/the_carson_wentz_trade_tracker.html

  121. 121 Media Mike said at 4:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They better get Darnold next year or they’re still stuck in poop mode.

  122. 122 CrackSammich said at 7:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    It’s the Browns. Not even good drafting can makes those players work. Howie was killing the draft meta game for years, and look at our abysmal picks.

  123. 123 mtn_green said at 5:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Every pick the measurables or spider charts are flawed/miserable.
    Game tape looks better.

    In joe we trust?

  124. 124 ACViking said at 5:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Were there no players whom the Eagles liked — and were available — who had both good tape and good testing?

  125. 125 Nailed It! said at 5:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Ah, I see from the boards reaction,
    that the Eagles selected only the bad players. And I was so specific when I told them to only take the good ones. This is on me boys.

  126. 126 scratcherk said at 5:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    So we still don’t have an every down back. I assume we’ll need to sign a veteran or trade for one…

  127. 127 D3FB said at 5:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Shit we don’t even have a lead horse in a RBBC

  128. 128 scratcherk said at 5:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    What’s Smallwood ceiling?

  129. 129 D3FB said at 5:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Low end RB2. RB3 more likely. One cut slasher with poor vision.

  130. 130 BobSmith77 said at 5:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    ‘One cut slasher with poor vision’ sounds like the character for a Grade B/C movie villain from a low-budget 70s/80s horror flick.

  131. 131 D3FB said at 5:19 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We tried to think of a scary name but didn’t have the money to workshop it

  132. 132 Donald Kalinowski said at 5:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I watched Pumphrey’s college highlights….he’s not making the team.

  133. 133 Rellihcs said at 6:48 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Oh please.

  134. 134 scratcherk said at 5:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    On the clock

  135. 135 Gian GEAGLE said at 5:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Fingers crossed trade back

  136. 136 D3FB said at 5:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Ok thats much better

  137. 137 ACViking said at 5:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    And he can play FB . . .
    http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/elijah-qualls?id=2557981

  138. 138 Donald Kalinowski said at 5:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We’re finally a Super Bowl caliber team!

  139. 139 D3FB said at 5:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Beau gonna be really sad now

  140. 140 Gian GEAGLE said at 5:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    There’s the cheap DT we needed to get

  141. 141 scratcherk said at 5:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Well that’s someone I’ve heard of so that’s good

  142. 142 Corry said at 5:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Ok, I like that pick.

  143. 143 Tdoteaglefan said at 5:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    holy shit Qualls was still on the board!?

  144. 144 Dave said at 5:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    From our favorite write Sheil…

    http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/235224/washingtons-elijah-qualls-escaped-drugs-violence-for-chance-at-nfl

  145. 145 RC5000 said at 5:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Other than Tommy you mean?

  146. 146 Corry said at 5:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    So I guess that’s the draft then. We’re still a lead back short.

  147. 147 GermanEagle said at 5:21 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wow! What a 5th round just now.

  148. 148 GENETiC-FREAK said at 5:24 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Just catching up on the picks. Like i said previous post i dont think there was any starting RB that stood out and they should just go for a Sproles replacement. Dont force the pick. Im expecting them to keep Matthews or sign a FA maybe Charles.

  149. 149 GermanEagle said at 5:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    This is a great fight!!!

  150. 150 scratcherk said at 5:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    ???

  151. 151 GermanEagle said at 5:33 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Klitschko vs Joshua.

  152. 152 Patrick said at 5:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    None of them seems particularly preoccupied with defending themselves, but hell bent on hurting the other. Thats always a good time.

    Thank god for RTL giving the fight for free.

  153. 153 scratcherk said at 5:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Well here it is fellas https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/acd87a44d63be45296553393a1df0a7f5f7d399349695cda69b7d02b22fe0cfa.png

  154. 154 Corry said at 5:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Man I just don’t like the Pumphrey pick.

  155. 155 Ankerstjernen said at 6:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I can fix that, let me help you out: Close your eyes and imagine that Bill Belichik just picked him up in the third. Now how do you feel about him?

  156. 156 Corry said at 7:29 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Um…nope, still dislike it.

  157. 157 Ankerstjernen said at 6:03 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Okay, uhm. Let me try again: Close your eyes and imagine that we are drafting Chubb next year, and that Pumphery will spell him for about 10-12 carries and 5 targets every game. How about now?

  158. 158 Insomniac said at 7:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    http://www.patspulpit.com/2017/3/24/15054198/patriots-scouting-byu-linebacker-bill-belichick-allegedly-wanted-in-the-first-round-harvey-langi

    Yea no even Belichick gets things wrong.

  159. 159 Media Mike said at 6:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I generally like it. I don’t see a high ceiling for Barnett and HATE cornball Gerry. But I can dig the other stuff and see how/why it fits.

  160. 160 RC5000 said at 5:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Qualls rough life as a child.

    http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/235224/washingtons-elijah-qualls-escaped-drugs-violence-for-chance-at-nfl

  161. 161 D3FB said at 5:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Matt Dayes has to have some kind of undisclosed physical issue

  162. 162 Media Mike said at 6:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He can disclose it at his presser when he signs here as a UDFA

  163. 163 Insomniac said at 5:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I like the Gibson and Qualls pick.

    The Mack Hollins and Pumphrey picks are a real head scratcher

    Nate Gerry who?

  164. 164 BobSmith77 said at 5:41 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wasn’t Mack Hollins a character on ‘Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia?’

  165. 165 GENETiC-FREAK said at 5:42 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I had no prob with Pumphrey pick. When day 2 ended i was thinking there wasnt any player i thought Eagles would see as starters n just find a replacement for Sproles. Those players that fit that Sproles profile were Cohen n Pumphrey. We can stick with Matthews or sign Charles for the year. Good they didnt force the pick.

  166. 166 kajomo said at 5:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ll be watching a lot of Saquon Barley, Derrius Guice, Nick Chubb, and Royce Freeman this year. I want that top RB to complete this offense. Before anyone rushes to tell me we don’t need a top RB, I don’t care. I want one.

  167. 167 GENETiC-FREAK said at 5:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yip next year we can look to use a early round pick on a RB or for Johnson replacement coz i think this is Peters last year as an Eagle.

  168. 168 Insomniac said at 5:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Desmond King
    Damontee Kazee
    Corn Elder
    Jayon Brown
    Isaac Asiata

    I can list more players but I think you get the point.

    Except we probably don’t need a Sproles replacement when we already have Byron Marshall.

  169. 169 GENETiC-FREAK said at 5:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Marshall is playing WR now. That 3rd down role.

    OL wasnt gonna be using a pick on after they went the FA route. Was said to be a weak class so its good a pick wasnt forced.

    CB, WR, OL are stacked with bodies now. Let the competition begin.

  170. 170 Insomniac said at 5:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He’s only listed as a WR.

    OL FAs are on one year deals.

    Stacked with warm bodies.

  171. 171 GENETiC-FREAK said at 6:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Moved to or listed to WR makes him a WR for now lol

    Warm bodies are bodies. Go OL how many reps do think will be shared.

    Someone will stand out this year and get extended. You dont you dont come back or traded. Eagles are in a good position.

    RB still a weak spot but hey we werent that bad a team running the ball its good they didnt force the pick and Eagles can now go for a stud RB next year.

  172. 172 wee2424 said at 7:53 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We weren’t bad as far as YPC and total yardage, but it could have been a lot better. Not to mention the un-timely fumbles by our RBs that cost us 2 games.

  173. 173 Rellihcs said at 6:45 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Pederson referred to him as merely “cross training” at WR now in the final press conference last night. They could be keeping him versatile and considering him still a hybrid, but giving him WR reps primarily now because they did the opposite last year.

  174. 174 Gian GEAGLE said at 6:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Good DE competitipn too in training camp

  175. 175 Media Mike said at 6:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Comes down to 1 out of Smith II, Means, and McSkinny making the roster as DE5 and being inactive every week.

  176. 176 Mitchell said at 6:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I get what you mean but the Eagles even traded up for Pumphrey. They must see something there.

  177. 177 Media Mike said at 6:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Lots and lots of TDs

  178. 178 Insomniac said at 5:47 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Turns out that we’re all hacks and dumb dumbs like Mike Mayock.

    Insomniac’s mock draft

    1. OJ Howard TE
    2. Fabian Moreau CB
    3. Joe Mixon RB
    4. Taywan Taylor WR
    4. Daeshon Hall DE
    6. Carlos Watkins DT
    7. Jalen Reeves-Maybin LB

    D3FB’s mock draft

    1: Marlon Humphrey CB Bama
    2. Caleb Brantley DT Florida
    3. Taywan Taylor WR WKU
    4 Daeshon Hall DE TAMU
    4 Wayne Gallman RB Clemson
    5 Corn Elder CB Miami
    6 Xavier Woods S LA Tech
    7 Ifaedi Odenigbo DE Northwestern

    UDFAs

    Harvey Langi LB BYU
    Brandon Bell LB PSU
    Brady Gustafson QB Montana
    Kyle Kalis G Michigan
    Andreas Knappe T UCONN
    Anthony Wales RB WKU
    Bug Williams WR UNC
    Wiliam Likely CB Maryland
    Scott Ordnoff TE PItt

    Mitchell’s mock draft

    1. Corey Davis WR or Marlon Humprhey CB
    2. Quincy Wilson CB
    3. Ahkello Witherspoon CB
    4. Daeshon Hall DE
    4. Dawuane Smoot DE
    5. Brian Hill RB
    6. Justin Senior OT
    7. Stevie Tu’ikolovatu DT

  179. 179 Mitchell said at 5:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We suck

  180. 180 Insomniac said at 5:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yup.

  181. 181 D3FB said at 9:38 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m not wrong. The team is wrong. My mock was a superior outcome.

  182. 182 Fufina said at 5:48 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    What a fight. Haven’t seen a heavyweight title fight like that in a decade. So rare to see a such a seesaw fight with both fighters alternating on the canvas.

  183. 183 Media Mike said at 6:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah, and the Eagles got the Qualls pick in before that fight really got rolling.

  184. 184 ICDogg said at 5:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Nate Gerry is the second coming of Kurt Coleman

  185. 185 GENETiC-FREAK said at 6:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Hes here to play LB.

  186. 186 FairOaks said at 6:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Second coming of Bryan Smith? 🙂

  187. 187 D3FB said at 9:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Keenan Clayton

  188. 188 Gian GEAGLE said at 6:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Is that a good thing or a bad thing? panthers Coleman Wasnt bad, Eagles coleman, not so much….
    ..
    I wanted a DE, DT, LB and multiple corners and they delivered while continuing to add weapons creating what should be a blood bath training camp competition amongst all the young WRs. The talent/depth on the Practice field at the WR positions should be a glaring upgrade to what we hsd at WR in last years training camp. Going to be interesting to see which young WRs respond to the competition, and which crumble memtally like we saw from Agholar last year
    ..
    Should be a good competiton at DE too with Guys like Vinny, MS2, McCalister put on notive with the arrival of Long/Barnett

  189. 189 Media Mike said at 6:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    VERY bad

  190. 190 xeynon said at 6:32 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Coleman was a 7th round pick. If you get anything at all out of a 7th rounder, it’s a good pick.

  191. 191 Media Mike said at 6:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We got negative out of Coleman. Embarrassed by one of the biggest draft busts in the history of the NFL.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KqnrI6OPlM

  192. 192 Insomniac said at 6:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Casey Matthews? Too soon?

  193. 193 Rellihcs said at 6:42 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Racist.

  194. 194 CrackSammich said at 7:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Unapologetic Kurt Coleman fan club member, right here. The little safety that could, outlasting far better players. For his pedigree, we nailed that pick, and as you can see in Carolina, when his teammates are somewhat functional, he’s just fine.

  195. 195 Gian GEAGLE said at 6:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I think Carson Wentz thinks we are crazy

  196. 196 Insomniac said at 6:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I know you haven’t done UDFAs yet but thanks for the hard work Tommy.

  197. 197 Media Mike said at 6:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Browns just took D3’s boy Dayes.

  198. 198 Media Mike said at 6:45 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Chad Kelly given the honor of Mr. Irrelevant; that’s a joke. Kelly should be in jail. If he’d ever have pulled that “I’m going to come back he and shoot up the place” routine after he’d been thrown out of any bar I worked; he would have wound up hospitalized and arrested.

  199. 199 Dragon_Eagle said at 6:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Best draft ever.

  200. 200 Steve Smegal said at 6:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Potential UDFAs:

    QB:
    Alex Torgersen
    Jerod Evans

    RB:
    De’Veon Smith
    Khalid Abdullah
    Justin Davis

    WR:
    Artavis Scott
    Rickey Seals-Jones
    Travin Dural
    KD CannonT
    Travis Rudolph

    TE:
    Cole Hikutini
    Billy Brown
    Blake Jarwin

    OT:
    Erik Magnuson
    Aviante Collins
    Colin Buchanan
    Jerry Ugokwe
    Dan Skipper

    OG:
    Ben Braden
    Cameron Lee
    Ethan Cooper
    Jessamen Dunker

    C:
    Tyler Orlosky
    Jon Toth

    DE:
    Joe Mathis
    Keionta Davis
    Carroll Phillips
    Ken Ekanem

    DT:
    Jarron Jones
    Charles Walker
    Josh Topou

    ILB:
    Connor Harris
    Ben Boulware
    Brooks Ellis
    Hardy Nickerson

    OLB:
    Tashawn Bowser
    Jermaine Grace
    Eric Wilson
    Javancy Jones
    Richie Brown
    Jimmie Gilbert
    Nyeem Wartman-White

    CB:
    Channing Stribling
    Ezra Robinson
    Jeremy Cutrer
    Dwayne Thomas

    S:
    Lorenzo Jerome
    Jadar Johnson
    Damarius Travis
    Kai Nacua
    Malik Golden
    Tony Connor
    Nate Andrews

  201. 201 Greg Richards said at 7:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    UDFAs Eagles have been reported to sign so far:

    DE Bryan Cox, Miami(FL)
    C Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia

  202. 202 Media Mike said at 7:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Thank you for staying on top of this. Hopefully those RBs come in soon.

  203. 203 ICDogg said at 7:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Gone to the WV well a 3rd time

  204. 204 Greg Richards said at 7:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Whichever scout is assigned WV seems to have juice within organization.

  205. 205 ICDogg said at 7:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Eagles signed Corey Clement per Howard Eskin

  206. 206 Greg Richards said at 7:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Jerry Jones said at his PC that they were debating whether to take Donnell Pumphery or Ryan Switzer when the Eagles jumped them.

  207. 207 Will Ft. Daft Punk said at 7:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    LOL we took the DE they wanted too.

  208. 208 CrackSammich said at 7:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I wasn’t paying attention to Day 3 today, but I am beside myself upset that we didn’t get Corn Elder. Terrible, awful draft.

  209. 209 ICDogg said at 7:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We got a Cornhusker instead

  210. 210 Media Mike said at 7:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    poor substitute

  211. 211 Media Mike said at 7:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    A major failing. There was audible wailing when he was stolen from us.

  212. 212 A_T_G said at 9:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That was me.

  213. 213 Steve Smegal said at 7:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Eagles are going to have to cut some guys if they are looking for their usual UDFA class size

  214. 214 CrackSammich said at 7:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ve got few names I’d like to submit for the cut list.

  215. 215 Will Ft. Daft Punk said at 7:24 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I think a lot of fans are ok with some Cuts

  216. 216 Media Mike said at 7:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    You spelled “trade” wrong.

    Trade Kelce
    Trade Matthews
    Trade Barbre
    Trade Kendricks

  217. 217 CrackSammich said at 7:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Keep Barbre. He’s our third best tackle at the moment, and we can drop him next year. I don’t get why everyone is so high on HPV.

  218. 218 Media Mike said at 7:47 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He’s not a better tackle than Big V

  219. 219 FairOaks said at 8:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We need depth too. It’s possible that some of the guys on the back end improve enough, but I do like Barbre as a backup.

    MSII has a roster bonus sometime in July. If they feel they have enough good backup DEs, he could be cut too. But they will at least get minicamps and maybe some of training camp before having to make that decision (unless they want his cap space for the rookies).

  220. 220 Media Mike said at 8:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    If you want to argue keeping Barbre as backup depth; I’ll buy it. But he simply CANNOT start as he’s preventing you from playing Warmack at LG.

    And Seumalo is a MUST a center; we need 3 cheap years of his play at a high level prior to having to deal with a new contract.

  221. 221 FairOaks said at 8:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Er… if it is anything like the Warmack which played last year, please keep Barbre.

    http://www.phillyvoice.com/film-breakdown-eagles-have-work-do-newly-acquired-og-chance-warmack/

    If Stoudtland can get Warmack to start to fulfill his original potential, then sure. But you can’t count on it. If Warmack doesn’t drastically improve he probably won’t even make the team.

    I’m mostly with you on Seumalo, but if Warmack doesn’t improve we may need Seumalo at LG this year. But yes, I still want Barbre as backup only — if he his your scheduled starter, that would indicate that part of the offseason plan failed.

  222. 222 Media Mike said at 9:01 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    For how much money they paid Warmack; we’re all counting on it. He didn’t sign for some BS league minimum deal.

  223. 223 Jernst said at 9:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Huh? They are paying him $1.3M this year. That’s solid money for a backup, but certainly doesn’t guarantee a starting spot.

  224. 224 Media Mike said at 9:21 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I thought it was $4 or $5 mil. My bad.

  225. 225 FairOaks said at 10:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Pretty close to it. 1 year, 1.5 million, and only 500K guaranteed (which was the signing bonus). there may be a roster bonus, but cutting him would save more than 750K against the cap.

  226. 226 Media Mike said at 10:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah, Jernst already addressed it.

  227. 227 FairOaks said at 10:53 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Whoops, sorry, didn’t see that in the “notifications” view.

  228. 228 Media Mike said at 9:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    And if Warmack fails; I want Wis at LG, then Barbre. Kelce needs to go no matter what because Sem’s long term future is at C. And I’m done with Kelce.

  229. 229 Jernst said at 9:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Have we settled on HPV as a nickname? That’s unfortunate…

  230. 230 CrackSammich said at 9:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Settled? Big V is settling. HPV is ascendant.

  231. 231 Greg Richards said at 7:24 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Eagles are signing RB Corey Clements form Wisconsin as an UDFA per Eskin

  232. 232 Media Mike said at 7:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Excellent

  233. 233 ICDogg said at 7:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He’s originally from Glassboro I think

  234. 234 D3FB said at 9:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He doesn’t like football Mike

  235. 235 Media Mike said at 9:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Maybe he just doesn’t like having to rep a state run by turd Scott Walker; he’s in a more football loving place now.

  236. 236 CrackSammich said at 7:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I feel like the drafts we’re upset about at first tend to work out the best. So in reverse psychology logic, I’m fucking psyched. Patriots never draft guys I’ve heard of either, right? ….Right?

    It’s all I’ve got.

  237. 237 ChoTime said at 7:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I remember being very excited about the Dream Team, and that didn’t work out. I also thought Chip Kelly had a great chance of being a great coach for us… not so much.

    Therefore, this could turn out to be an awesome draft.

  238. 238 CrackSammich said at 7:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Henry Josey is still on the street, right Media Mike? We can sign him to save us. I wonder if Mostert is willing to come back from the CFL.

  239. 239 Media Mike said at 7:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Mostert is on a roster.

  240. 240 CrackSammich said at 7:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Somehow I feel like you knew that without looking it up?

  241. 241 Media Mike said at 7:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Only because somebody tweeted out one team’s RB depth chart earlier today and he was on it. But only his name caught my eye, so I can’t tell you what team.

  242. 242 Greg Richards said at 7:33 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Eagles have signed TE Billy Brown and DB Tre Sullivan of Shepherd University

  243. 243 CrackSammich said at 7:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Watching some video of Hollins, I like what I see, but he waves his hands around like he’s conducting the band in the stands every time the ball comes his way. I remember at least one of our failed WR coaches preaching having “late hands” to not tip off the CB the ball is coming your way.

  244. 244 ICDogg said at 7:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    But if the ball wasn’t coming your way you could possibly draw a flag

  245. 245 Steve Smegal said at 7:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Giants cleaning up on some of the “big name” UDFA

  246. 246 Greg Richards said at 7:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’d say the same of the Eagles. Orlosky, Clements, and Cox are top-tier UDFA signings.

  247. 247 Steve Smegal said at 7:41 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah, I wasn’t complaining. Only one the Giants got that I was hoping the Eagles would target is Jadar Johnson

  248. 248 RC5000 said at 7:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    We got more clocks?

  249. 249 ICDogg said at 7:39 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/858454032708403201

  250. 250 Jernst said at 9:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Future draft cities? Umm you just witnessed perfection, Tre … why even consider other cities?

  251. 251 FairOaks said at 10:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    1) Not sure you will get the same turnout if it’s in Philly every year. The novelty may have had something to do with it.
    2) Not sure the city will want to shut down that much area of the city for over a month each year.

  252. 252 ICDogg said at 7:44 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    https://twitter.com/MikeSielski/status/858466038454857729

  253. 253 Greg Richards said at 7:48 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Howie said that Mathews was cleared to work out soon. Said he was still part of team. I don’t know if that means Eagles are keeping Mathews or that they’re just waiting until he gets healthy enough to cut without cutting him a check for the injury benefit clause in the CBA. That injury benefit doesn’t count against the cap but I’m sure they don’t want to pay him if they don’t have to. They’ll need the room to sign the rookies but that doesn’t have to be done immediately.

  254. 254 Media Mike said at 7:49 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Get
    Him
    Out
    Of
    Here

  255. 255 Media Mike said at 7:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I was doing a nice job avoid ESPN’s draft coverage in favor of the NFL network all weekend, but sadly extended stupidity from Heath Evans and Sean O’Hara ended the streak.

  256. 256 Greg Richards said at 7:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Bryan Cox just tweeted that he isn’t signing with PHI, that’s he’s signing with CAR.

    There’s always false reports this early as guys change their mind or a team makes an offer but rescinds it after they sign someone else.

    But per Iowa State’s official account, Eagles have signed CB Jomal Wiltz.

  257. 257 Media Mike said at 7:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Immoral piece of crap just like his hoodlum POS father. HOW DARE HE!

  258. 258 CrackSammich said at 8:02 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Whoever was talking about Browns killing the draft this year, case in point on why the Hinkie strategy is only half the battle. Browns gonna Browns:

    http://deadspin.com/browns-draft-caleb-brantley-unsure-if-they-will-keep-h-1794774248

  259. 259 Media Mike said at 8:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That’ll free him up for a short ride down to Cincy.

  260. 260 RC5000 said at 8:07 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    What does drafting someone and changing your mind the same day have to do with Sam Hinkie strategy and the Sixers?

  261. 261 CrackSammich said at 8:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    There’s been talking about how they’re hoarding/accumulating picks and how that’s going to lead to a turn around for the franchise. Similar to how the Sixers did it. But none of that matters if you can’t draft for shit. Examples: Both of their 1st rounders busting the Manziel year.

  262. 262 ChoTime said at 8:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    What Sixer’s turnaround? From the worst team in the league to the 2nd worst?

  263. 263 CrackSammich said at 8:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeah, well. Should have kept Hinkie.

  264. 264 RC5000 said at 9:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Simmons, TLC, and Korkmaz were all excellent picks and I don’t like BC but I gotta say Hinkie woulda been fine with tose picks I think.

  265. 265 RC5000 said at 9:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    It doesn’t happen overnight in the NBA and Sixers definitely were set back with Embiid and Simmons injuries . They also made strides this year and Brett Brown has them bringing it almost every night.

  266. 266 ChoTime said at 10:08 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    It makes more sense to talk about a turnaround once it really happens rather then when you hope it’s going to happen!

  267. 267 RC5000 said at 10:34 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Hordes of we Sixers fans talk about it. Lots of things people have fun with don’t make sense Debbie Downer.

  268. 268 RC5000 said at 10:38 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Hordes of we Sixers fans talk about it. Lots of things people have fun with don’t make sense Debbie Downer.

    https://youtu.be/IJ_R-G_i4Xk

  269. 269 ChoTime said at 9:41 AM on May 1st, 2017:

    Fair enough except we all know there aren’t hordes of Sixers fans. I’ll let myself out now…

  270. 270 RobNE said at 10:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Talk to us next year

  271. 271 RC5000 said at 9:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I get the philosophical similarity but I don’t see how drafting Caleb Brantley relates to Sixers drafting Embiid, Ben Simmons and Dario Saric and maybe TLC. Tons of GMs get picks wrong.

  272. 272 CrackSammich said at 9:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The meta game of “winning” the draft through value management of picks is the similarity. But like the Sixers, you still eventually have to pick players, and they picked this guy and Sixers picked a bunch of dudes who literally cannot play at the same time. New Browns, same as the old Browns.

  273. 273 RC5000 said at 10:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The best player (besides Jokic who the Sixers could have gotten in the 2nd anyway) taken after Embiid was Dario Saric. 98% of Sixers fans wouldn’t trade Embiid right now for what you could get for him.

    I don’t think most Sixers fans would trade Ben Simmons for the 1st pick in this draft and most of us love Markelle Fultz.

  274. 274 Media Mike said at 10:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The Okafor f-up is what annoys me the most. Hinkie should have traded down and gotten Hezojna and Colangelo should have gotten #3 overall from the Celts for Okafor because they wasted it on trash Jaylon Brown anyway.

  275. 275 Media Mike said at 8:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I look forward to setting my 53 man roster as soon as the dust settles on all of the UFAs and then viciously impugning the character of anybody associated with the team who cuts my all stars in favor of their inferior “talent.”

  276. 276 HawaiianEagle said at 8:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Welcome to Howie’s world

  277. 277 Media Mike said at 8:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Hopefully Howie is FAR away from that decision. I LOVE Howie, but that should 95% be Doug’s decision.

  278. 278 HawaiianEagle said at 8:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Actually…sounds like Chip..

  279. 279 D3FB said at 9:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Doug would keep Kendricks and Kelce. Howie will give him the kids.

  280. 280 Media Mike said at 9:32 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Howie needs to get rid of them prior to cut down day via trade so Doug can’t keep them.

  281. 281 CrackSammich said at 8:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Way off topic, but what the hell did the Flyers just pull off in the NHL draft lottery?

  282. 282 Media Mike said at 8:21 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They lucked into #2. Good for them.

    It doesn’t make up for the NHL screwing them out of Patrick Kane and leaving them stuck with trash JVR.

  283. 283 CrackSammich said at 8:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I feel so unbelievably bad for Colorado.

  284. 284 Dragon_Eagle said at 8:36 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Did we win the draft?

  285. 285 Media Mike said at 8:37 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yes; the draft should never be staged anywhere but Philly.

  286. 286 Donald Kalinowski said at 8:38 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    How Dallas always manage to get great UDFAs? Tony Romo, Miles Austin, Dan Bailey, David Irving, Anthony Brown…

    I don’t even remember the last good Eagles UDFA since Mikkell.

  287. 287 Greg Richards said at 8:41 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Anthony Brown was a 6th round pick

  288. 288 CrackSammich said at 8:44 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Technically Peters, but we didn’t sign him.

  289. 289 RC5000 said at 8:44 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Tony Romo hurt them. Jerry Jones gold.

  290. 290 RC5000 said at 8:47 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Reno Mahe

  291. 291 D3FB said at 9:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    irving was a Cheifs pick or UDFA that they snagged of the practice squad

  292. 292 RC5000 said at 8:53 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wentz to Wiltz

    Eagles signed WR Jomal Wiltz, Iowa State

    updated list

    Players who reportedly signed with the Eagles
    C Tyler Orlosky, West Virginia

    QB/WR Greg Ward, Houston

    P Cameron Johnston, Ohio State

    RB Corey Clement, Wisconsin

    S Tre’ Sullivan, Shepherd

    TE Billy Brown, Shepherd

    LB Marcus Oliver, Hamilton

    WR Jomal Wiltz, Iowa State

    DL Winston Craig, Richmond
    http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2017/4/29/15487262/undrafted-free-agent-signings-2017-tracking-signings-nfl-draft-best-available-players-names-eagles

  293. 293 Greg Richards said at 8:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Oliver went to Indiana

  294. 294 Koy: The Legend of Neckbeard said at 9:00 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wiltz is a Cornerback

  295. 295 Jernst said at 9:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I know the chances that Pederson would see someone like Perine as a fit were slim to none. But watching him go to the Skins was hard to stomach. I have a feeling we’re going to hate having to tackle him over the next 4 years.

  296. 296 Media Mike said at 9:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I agree completely. Especially because I look him more than any other RB in my mocks.

  297. 297 RC5000 said at 9:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Just hope he doesn’t last long with his style.

  298. 298 D3FB said at 9:29 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Ehhhh Duce played for Andy

  299. 299 Jernst said at 9:43 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He did and he reminds me a lot of Perine. But, he was also drafted by Ray Rhodes and Andy spent the next 15 years drafting dual threat pass catchers instead of 230 pound bruisers.

  300. 300 D3FB said at 9:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Perines actually a pretty good reciever.

    Obviously though Doug doesn’t believe in anyone over 205lbs.

  301. 301 xmbk said at 10:22 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Maybe our wideouts can run the ball in short yardage.

  302. 302 Mike said at 9:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m not a fan of the Pumphries pick, and makes me suspicious that the pendulum swung too far in the other direction after Chip/Ed left. Digging up some thoughts on prospects’ H/W/S from former Eagles VP of Player Personal:

    “Big picture wise, you want to play with the odds, not against the odds. And the odds are telling you that the majority of these guys that are under this certain prototype do not play at a starting level in the NFL. If you have seven draft picks, do you really want to waste one, especially in the top three rounds, on a guy that history is telling you… typically these guys with these types of measurables don’t produce at this level?”

    “We don’t have to be right about every player. Missing on a prospect who ends up overcoming the odds is frustrating, but it happens. I’m more concerned about not being wrong, and that means thinning the pool of possible selections.”

  303. 303 Media Mike said at 9:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    From who is that quote?

  304. 304 Greg Richards said at 9:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Likely Marynowitz and he was Chip’s designated mouthpiece.

    So, basically, an idiot.

  305. 305 Media Mike said at 9:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Ew; that dude was a piece of shit.

  306. 306 Mike said at 9:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yup, Ed Marynowitz

  307. 307 Media Mike said at 9:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That’s shameful. Amazing he was able to remove Chip’s member from his mouth long enough to speak on record.

  308. 308 Mitchell said at 9:17 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    First thoughts on Mack Hollins after 3 Draftbreakdown clips: -Great name: Mack Hollins. -You have to love the size. He looks huge compared to some of the db he lines up against. – I love the way he explodes of the line on the stem of his route. There is not mamby pamby bullshit. Just straight up and go. – He does have some trouble dropping his hips into his cuts but at 6’4″ he’s going to. – Even with the less than stellar cuts, dbs have to play back on him because he is such a good deep threat, hence he gets open underneath fairly easily. – Willing blocker and a playmaker in that area. – natural hands catcher, doesn’t fight the ball. – Add in the special team talent and you have one helluva 4th pick. – Gets separation easily and you don’t really get to see if he uses his size to his advantage to wall of defenders at the point of the catch. – Stacks dbs on deep routes to prevent them from getting PD’s. – In summation, I’m actually a little shocked he didn’t go in the 3rd round but I guess that’s a testament to how stacked this draft was. In the future, I could even see him as a deep threat, RZ threat or even taking JM’s spot in the slot. He won’t be a “true #1” due to lack of speed but I can confidently say he has excellent value in the 4th.

  309. 309 Media Mike said at 9:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m hopeful another team takes Jordan Matthews for a draft pick before we lose him for nothing as a UFA.

    And thank you for the scouting feedback on Hollins.

  310. 310 Mitchell said at 9:19 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    In the famous words of Maui, ” You’re welcome.”

  311. 311 我赚啦 said at 9:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    闲着没事，随便逛逛，心静自然凉。

  312. 312 D3FB said at 9:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Tyler Orlosky will make this team

  313. 313 Media Mike said at 9:28 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    because Kelce won’t be on it and we’ll need that center.

  314. 314 D3FB said at 9:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    i had him as a guy who could push for a starting job year 1.

    And yes I’m in the camp of I’ll believe Kelce is on the roster Week 1 when I see it.

  315. 315 Media Mike said at 9:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    There needs to be a tent fire in the camp sight of the other camp.

  316. 316 Greg Richards said at 9:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Waiting until someone suffers an injury – either on Eagles so they need Kelce or another team that’s willing to trade for him.

  317. 317 D3FB said at 9:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Agreed. Break out the Mitch Morse voodoo dolls

  318. 318 Media Mike said at 9:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Does KC have any draft picks left to give us after they wasted all of them on that dolt of a “QB?”

  319. 319 D3FB said at 9:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ll take a 7

  320. 320 kajomo said at 10:06 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I thought he could have gone round 3. He must have some injury concerns we don’t know about

  321. 321 D3FB said at 10:11 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I had him more as a 5th round guy.

    Centers never get drafted.

  322. 322 kajomo said at 11:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I had him as a 4th, but in a weak OL class I thought he could have been grabbed earlier

  323. 323 A_T_G said at 9:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    #tylerbias

  324. 324 D3FB said at 9:42 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Just wait until next year.

    Pitts FB is George Aston and a third-cousin (that I’ve never met)

    We can just go ahead and mock him 1-32 now.

  325. 325 Mitchell said at 9:43 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Heath Evans will be pleased as well. F*&^ Heath Evans.

  326. 326 CrackSammich said at 9:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    And I thought my family had the whitest names.

  327. 327 D3FB said at 9:53 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ve got less melatonin than casper the friendly ghost

  328. 328 Mitchell said at 9:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Melanin damn it, you sound like an uneducated monkey!

  329. 329 D3FB said at 10:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    it’s late, calm down iowa dr

  330. 330 Mitchell said at 10:10 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Wait, How did you know that? lol

  331. 331 D3FB said at 10:13 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    deleted fb last fall, found an old friend request i’d never seen from like 2013

  332. 332 Mitchell said at 10:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    O I got you lol. Thanks for creeping on me. 😉

  333. 333 sonofdman said at 12:21 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    I bet you have a lot of trouble sleeping.

  334. 334 RC5000 said at 10:01 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He sounds like a rich dude.

  335. 335 A_T_G said at 8:40 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    I hear George is the reason Doug has delayed filling his FB spot.

  336. 336 SteveH said at 9:45 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Alright, now that post draft sensation sets in of being a kid who’s opened his Christmas presents but can’t play with them for 5 months. It’s so tortuous to have to wait to see if any of these kids can play.

  337. 337 Media Mike said at 9:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ll be happy if all of them except Jones actually decide to play and don’t Sixer us.

  338. 338 SteveH said at 9:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    #trusttheprocess

  339. 339 Media Mike said at 9:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    #fearthesurgeon

  340. 340 D3FB said at 9:52 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    #Eatasandwhich

  341. 341 Media Mike said at 9:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Was that directed at Pump?

  342. 342 D3FB said at 9:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    And Jones.

    Pretty sure I saw them both on an infomercial last night saying that for just $3.00 a month i could feed them

  343. 343 Media Mike said at 9:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    They can get the extra food that falls from the jowls of Qualls.

  344. 344 P_P_K said at 9:54 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Even harder is getting a shiny new corner back and not being sure if you’ll be able to play with him at all.

  345. 345 Media Mike said at 9:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Jones Island, coming to a Linc near you in 2018.

  346. 346 P_P_K said at 9:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    That would make for a very merry holiday every Sunday.

  347. 347 Media Mike said at 9:58 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I was prepping for that in 2017 with pick 14 prior to the injury.

  348. 348 P_P_K said at 10:03 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Nov 19, vs. Dallas, Shutdown Stanley brings coal for Jerry’s stocking.

  349. 349 Mitchell said at 9:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Trying not to sound like a homer but I’m getting into the Pumphrey pick as well. – For starters, with a name like Pumphrey, you know its gonna be good. – There are several things that stand out when you first watch DP. The first is his size. I’m gonna be honest, he’s tiny but it isn’t as bad as you might think. I watched 4 games and could count on one hand how many times he fell backwards. – The next thing is his vision. He has a knack for when to follow the play and when to abandon it and go with a cutback instead. – He’s has excellent cut skill and frequently will make defenders miss in the backfield and the open field. – Features a spin move which got him extra yards on many occasions. – Can catch out of the backfield with soft hands. – I thought he would be complete trash as a pass blocker but it isn’t true. He’s tenacious and uses he small stature to maximize the effectiveness of his cut blocks. – Really not a goal line runner which should be fairly obvious with his size. – wouldn’t trust him handling pass blocking on a regular basis. – In summation, I feel like he is a bit of a Sproles/Shady hybrid. Not better than either one but a strange blend of the two. He can make defenders but also runs hard up the gut. He doesn’t have the KR/PR but I think he adds an EXCELLENT weapon to the offense. – Think about last year when we had 1.5 offensive weapons in Sproles, Mathews and Matthews. After the draft and FA the Eagles have Smith, Pumphrey, A.J., Gipson and Hollins AND Sproles…. – Get DP in space and he will do work, put him in a split back set and he will get you yards. Its gonna be fun to hopefully see Sproles and DP together on the field. – EDIT: As D3 will probably comment, he needs to put on a little weight at least, maybe 185? Give him some cheeseburgers and some bench press.

  350. 350 Koy: The Legend of Neckbeard said at 10:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    With respect, I dissent: Donnel Pumphrey sounds like the name of the prolific small school guy we draft every year. The one who plays great in the pre-season and then is cut and never heard of again.

  351. 351 CrackSammich said at 10:14 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    “…and never heard from again.”

    Not if Media Mike has access to a keyboard.

  352. 352 Media Mike said at 10:16 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    With the malevolent tyranny of Barner ended, I won’t need to hammer those nails any more.

  353. 353 laeagle said at 11:46 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    You seem to have no shortage of nails this weekend. It’s the old adage about “when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail”, but writ larger, with much more venom.

  354. 354 D3FB said at 10:08 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Explain to me what he does that Marshall doesn’t. Or Anthony Wales doesn’t. And they are bigger.

    Even if he carves out a role it’s not worth a 4.

  355. 355 Mitchell said at 10:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I can’t explain it to you because I’m not sure. I was just observing what I saw from Draftbreakdown. I completely understand why people would be upset with the pick. He’s freaking tiny man. I’m gonna give him a shot though.

  356. 356 FairOaks said at 10:12 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    He obviously knows some tricks about playing at his size — if he dominated Mountain West, he’d probably be at least productive in better conferences. He ran a ton so he must have at least some instincts about how to stay healthy at that size.

    The big question is if those instinctive tricks he knows will translate to the NFL. He’s small enough that most arm tackles probably bring him down, and it sounds like he does not have home run speed. If for whatever reason he can stay elusive against NFL defenders, he could be a fun toy to have. If he can’t, he is probably useless. The answer to that may come more quickly for him over other draftees — if he can’t cut it in preseason, it may be obvious quickly, and may not be worth it to keep at all.

    Not sure if a gamble like that is worth a 4. But obviously I’m rooting for him.

  357. 357 DrGeniusPhD said at 11:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I thought his acceleration was extremely impressive.

  358. 358 Jernst said at 1:43 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    All that is nice until the very first time someone who’s 275 pounds and runs a 4.6 hits him full speed and he evaporates into mist.

  359. 359 Mitchell said at 1:59 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Interesting you say that because I was thinking about physics and as you know for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Because Pomphrey is so small only a certain amount of force can be dissipated into his body. For example if you punch a piece of paper in mid air, the max force you can transfer to the paper is less than say you punch a wall. There is more counter force in the wall than in the paper floating in air. How this relates at all: Because Pomphrey is so small the amount of force transferred to him by a 275 lb person is actually less than the amount the same 275 lb person gives to someone of similar size. Because he is small I do wonder if those principles actually help him avoid injury. As far as I know he was extremely durable in college and was surely getting hit by guys with similar numbers to what you listed.

  360. 360 stephenstempo said at 9:48 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    F=MA

    There’s something to that. It’s part of the reason toddlers can throw themselves around and take tumbles that would break a grown mans pelvis and bounce right up. They have so little mass. I don’t have any numbers but I feel like a lot of injuries in the nfl are the “hit the ground very hard” variety.

  361. 361 meteorologist said at 12:24 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Interesting

  362. 362 Mitchell said at 10:02 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Biggest draft disappointment was not getting Kareem ” The Wet Dream” Hunt.

  363. 363 kajomo said at 10:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I feel that way about missing out in Dalvin cook

  364. 364 P_P_K said at 10:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Me, too. I think he has all the ingredients to be a very successful rb.

  365. 365 DrGeniusPhD said at 11:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I think in a few years you will be glad we have Sidney Jones rather than Cook.

  366. 366 D3FB said at 10:04 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Isaac Asiata, Matt Dayes, Corn Elder, Wayne Gallman and Elijah Lee would like a word

  367. 367 Media Mike said at 10:07 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I was looking at Lee when the Eagles took Sean Considine Jr.

  368. 368 D3FB said at 10:09 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    “But he can get bigger!”

    Sure show me where steroid boy is adding mass people.

    Best case he’s Keenan Clayton

  369. 369 Media Mike said at 10:15 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Keenan Clayton had actual talent; this guy is trash.

  370. 370 Mitchell said at 10:18 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Have you seen him play?

  371. 371 Media Mike said at 10:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Minimally because he wasn’t standing out in any Nebraska I watched in passing. These out of nowhere type dudes who aren’t rated highly enough to merit attention going into the draft (Countess!!!!!) are better left to the UDFA signings when I can look at them then.

  372. 372 Mitchell said at 10:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Yeh, I was looking for something to watch on him that’s why I was genuinely curious.

  373. 373 Media Mike said at 10:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    The fact that nobody has is VERY telling.

  374. 374 D3FB said at 10:31 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Highlights
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBYpf6m9Y0
    Game cut
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suBEO21EBD4

  375. 375 Media Mike said at 10:34 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Holy crap, I’ve watch RBs carry him 3 or 4 yards past the point of first contact in a few of the “highlights” in the first clip.

  376. 376 Mitchell said at 10:48 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m gonna give him three things. – Competitive/shit talker. – Can lay some LUMBAH -Nose for the ball.

  377. 377 Media Mike said at 10:50 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Looks like he’ll be a dollar short and a day late in the NFL in that department however.

  378. 378 FairOaks said at 10:48 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    His highlights included getting a taunting penalty, and a penalty on a helmet-to-helmet hit. And showed another pretty gross helmet-to-helmet hit on a defenseless receiver (unsure if he got a penalty). Lots of interceptions though — 13 over three years.

  379. 379 Mitchell said at 10:20 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Knee jerk reaction draft grades? I’m gonna go ahead and give it a B+ only because I’m not sure about Pumphrey and the guy from Nebraska. However I truly believe Jones will make a FULL recovery. To get the guy I wanted as a first in the second round is crazy!

  380. 380 Media Mike said at 10:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    jack off Tennessee stole the guy I wanted for 14 at 5.

  381. 381 Mitchell said at 10:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m sorry Mike, I was pretty excited about CD too.

  382. 382 Media Mike said at 10:24 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    “12 to 18”

    F U draft Twitter.

  383. 383 CrackSammich said at 10:23 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I like Barnett and Jones. I don’t mind the Douglas pick, but I find it hard to believe he was the one corner they really wanted with the run of them in the couple picks before. I feel better having watched some tape. Everything else, meh. They’re note expected to be starters, so whatever. I like Hollins. I don’t really have an opinion on the rest.

    B?

  384. 384 CrackSammich said at 10:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’ll consider it a good year if Barnett is serviceable, Jones actually plays this year, and Douglas plays at least as well as Mills last year. If 1 of the rest pans out, call it a B+

    Also remember that we can sort of kind of include Jernigan.

  385. 385 Media Mike said at 10:32 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    You can only include Jernigan if he signs a new deal here.

  386. 386 suthrneagle said at 10:40 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Timmy Jernigan; Eagles swapped third round picks with the Ravens.
    Why has this not been taken into account when talking about this draft?

  387. 387 Media Mike said at 10:42 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Because he’s a rental for which you’ve paid the point equivalent of pick 96. IF Jernigan has a strong year and signs a new deal here THEN he can be counted as something of value.

  388. 388 FairOaks said at 10:50 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Or if we get a comp pick.

  389. 389 suthrneagle said at 10:56 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    valid point
    however even if he only plays 1 season w/eagles,and plays well enough to help make the D-line a menacing force and helps give the offense(Wentz) much more time on the field, then i`d him consider a great addition to the team and a part of this year`s draft.
    Cause no draft,no Jernigan.

  390. 390 DrGeniusPhD said at 11:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Howie mentioned it in his press conference.

  391. 391 Insomniac said at 11:01 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m giving them a solid B-. I had them at a B before day 3.

  392. 392 Mitchell said at 11:02 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Which picks didn’t you care for?

  393. 393 Insomniac said at 11:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Both round 4 picks.

  394. 394 Mitchell said at 11:05 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I can see Pumphrey but I’m digging Hollins. They were probably targeting Reynolds but he got taken the pick before…

  395. 395 laeagle said at 11:22 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Careful, the last time we said that, it was Winston Justice and Broderick Bunkley.

  396. 396 Mitchell said at 11:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m an optimist by nature.

  397. 397 D3FB said at 10:25 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Clement stiff armed Nate Gerry into another dimension (1:22 mark)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=Iaa-Q4o7aRU

  398. 398 Media Mike said at 10:30 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    linebacker

  399. 399 Mitchell said at 10:51 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Should be an interesting looker room convo.

  400. 400 Ryan Rambo said at 10:55 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    https://youtu.be/bpWSNxIH5j4

  401. 401 FairOaks said at 10:59 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Not sure I saw even one broken tackle in there 🙂 Can make some pretty sick cuts though.

  402. 402 Mitchell said at 11:01 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    There’s at least a couple in the first minute of play.

  403. 403 FairOaks said at 11:27 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    OK, he spun through one arm tackle. The others seemed to be where just a hand or fingers were on him. Certainly seems like he made it hard to get that arm on him in the first place — I guess the question is can he continue that in the NFL.

  404. 404 Will Ft. Daft Punk said at 1:18 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    That’s because guys arent getting a hand on him ;p

  405. 405 DrGeniusPhD said at 11:26 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Do you think Sidney Jones goes on IR? Or maybe he could make it back in time for the playoffs/Super Bowl?

  406. 406 FairOaks said at 11:32 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    I’m sure he’d go on the PUP list first — that would give you 6-11 weeks I think to decide to put him on the roster. Or maybe technically that is the NFI list, but same rules I think.

  407. 407 Bert's Bells said at 4:57 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Comes down to whether the Eagles want to give up a year on the rookie contract just to give him marginal field time on limited practice down the stretch.

  408. 408 FairOaks said at 5:17 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    It might depend on technicalities of the rules, but if they don’t promote him to the 53-man roster until the last five games — which I think they should be able to do — this may not count as an accrued year.

  409. 409 ICDogg said at 11:29 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/858482900811079680

  410. 410 CrackSammich said at 11:45 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Look, it looked awesome, and nobody has anything bad to say about the event. But the draft shouldn’t be the shitshow that it is. Stop hyping it, announce the picks on time, and stop commercializing things. There’s no reason it couldn’t be done like round 4-7 except that they don’t want it to. And a party like the one in Philly tells them they’re doing it exactly right.

  411. 411 SteveH said at 11:57 PM on April 29th, 2017:

    Jesus, even Howie was savaging Jim Cramer:

    “Well, I thought it was going to be coming back, until I saw some of Jim Cramer’s speech today. It was going in a great direction until today, and then it went a little downhill.”

    http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2017/4/29/15488926/howie-roseman-eagles-got-a-lot-of-good-people-into-this-building-this-weekend

  412. 412 Jernst said at 1:46 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    I missed Cramers speech anyone got video?

  413. 413 Jernst said at 1:57 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Never mind I found it… http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-draft/0ap3000000804641/Eagles-select-Mack-Hollins-No-118-overall-in-the-2017-NFL-Draft

    Cramer is such a weirdo

  414. 414 meteorologist said at 7:40 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    Just saw it. Didn’t see what was wrong

  415. 415 GermanEagle said at 1:55 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    The Bears have declined Kyle Fuller’s 5th year option. Just saying…

  416. 416 Mitchell said at 2:00 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    It’s happening!

  417. 417 GermanEagle said at 2:28 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    I’m not sure about that. But what I’m really positive about is that he could be available for cheap now.

    Maybe Kendricks for Fuller straight up?!

    Let’s do it, Howie!!!

  418. 418 GermanEagle said at 2:30 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    However I have just looked at all of the Bears draft picks and they didn’t end up with one CB at all. Mmmmh…

  419. 419 FairOaks said at 12:09 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Yeah, but he was inactive at the end of the season, behind the CBs already on their roster.

    Chicago doesn’t have any reason to cut / move him before at least minicamps, to see if he improves on whatever it was they didn’t like. Question is, can we offer them anything they would prefer? Fuller is a sunk cost, and they only get 1.7 million back from their cap by trading him. Kendricks is scheduled to make 5 million in salary/bonuses, so that would take a fair bit of additional cap room for them. Unsure how much they need a LB, but we can hope.

  420. 420 A_T_G said at 8:29 AM on April 30th, 2017:

    If they were looking to trade him, wouldn’t he be worth more with a 5th year under contract?

  421. 421 D3FB said at 12:21 PM on April 30th, 2017:

    Fifth year options are pretty pricey