A Fun Exercise

There isn’t any hard-hitting Eagles news to cover right now. No one is hurt. No one has been arrested. No one quit to become a Canadian firefighter. That’s probably the scariest scenario of all.

So let’s turn our attention to this.

https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/1671654229872885760

QB Jalen Hurts – $3

RB Ricky Watters – $2

TE Brent Celek – $2

WR Terrell Owens – $5

WR AJ Brown – $3

It is hard to compare Hurts to the other QBs because he’s so young. We have to guess what he’ll become. I expect him to continue to improve. He got to the Super Bowl in his second year as a starter so I think he’s got a good chance for more postseason success in the future.

Watters is an underrated player. He was big enough (6-1, 220) to be a good inside runner. He was fast enough to be a good outside runner. Watters was a gifted receiver. He caught 467 career passes and was better than just a dump-off option. You could scheme to get him the ball in space.

Watters was overly emotional and had his issues, but he was a terrific player. He put up good numbers despite playing behind a mediocre OL in Philly. I would love to see what he could do in this offense behind this OL.

If you have playmakers like Hurts, Watters, Owens and Brown, you can take a good but not great TE like Celek. He developed into a good blocker and would help the run game. He was also a good receiver and wouldn’t need Hurts to feed him a ton of passes.

Owens is the most difficult pick for me. He is one of the best receivers I’ve ever seen and immediately transformed the Eagles offense upon his arrival in 2004. But I can’t stand all his drama and nonsense. He split the locker room and attacked a teammate. You just don’t do that. Since this is just a fun exercise I decided to overlook that and focus on his ability. TO was special.

https://twitter.com/SSN_Eagles/status/1671508746596413442

As for Brown, I loved him going back to his Ole Miss days. I enjoyed watching him with the Titans. I was ecstatic when the Eagles traded for him and suddenly had their best big, physical receiver since…TO. It was cool to see the team trade for a player I loved and then to have that guy be even better than I hoped. Really excited to see what he does in the coming years. Brown and Hurts make a dynamic duo.

*****

If we forget trying to build the best roster and go with players that would be fun to watch…

QB Randall Cunningham $4

RB Brian Westbrook $4

WR Fred Barnett $1

WR AJ Brown $3

TE Chad Lewis $3

Cunningham is one of the special talents in the history of the league.

Westy was a brilliant talent who had some amazing moments. If only his knees held up longer…

I talked about Brown already.

Lewis wasn’t great, but might have had a better career if he got more consistent QB play. As McNabb got better, Lewis was aging out of the league.

Fred Barnett. One of my all time favorite Eagles. Arkansas Fred had outstanding speed. He also could go up and get the ball. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I loved watching his mannerisms. Barnett had a distinct way of running and catching the ball. He was just fun to watch.

Put Barnett in the black shoes and he’s ready to be displayed in The Louvre.

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