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I like Huff but I don't know if I like him outside. He needs polish and to be able to catch consistently but a couple of times in RAC situations and on returns he's flashed a physical edge to his game that I like. I think Matthews would be the one to move outside of the two.
Huff has some growing up to do but he has a lot of potential. I don't think he does it this year but 2016 he could blow up.
I mentioned all 3 of these guys earlier. I believe they'll do this before a Maxwell/MCourty combo.
We'll see, I don't have a strong opinion but in the little we've seen of Huff so far he's looked like a guy more likely to make plays after the catch. Was thinking more of Matthews height advantage in putting him outside, but I'm also not sure he'll consistently separate against outside coverage. Agree on the projection for Matthews this year, I think he's a high floor, low ceiling type. Huff has the potential to be better, but more work to do to get there.
I heard this today and that makes the Alonzo deal a lot less favorable. You go from adding a guy coming off an injury and looking to bounce to his pro bowl form, to relying on two guys to bounce back from injury and be productive players. You should be able to get Mariota without giving up Cox or Kendricks. Just throw picks at them like you were going to do.
I don't like it but if the Jenkins deal is any indication, that's what Chip will do. I'm getting more worried with each passing day.
I just keep hearing the "culture" thing in my head and I just don't know that the huge money and names is what we do. My biggest fear is that we address our needs with lower level FA's and still deal everything for Mariotta.
Agree, I was OK with this if it meant we had two really good, fast, young 3 down ILBs. DeMeco was still a good run stopper last year but his declining mobility meant he was getting targeted in coverage already, now he's a year older coming back from a 2nd Achilles tear. It took him an extra season to fully come back from the last one, I'd expect him to get worked over pretty bad in coverage if he's playing for us this year.
I don't really agree with how they use their Safeties, but for what they want to do Jenkins was the right guy. He's OK at all the different things they want him to do rather than being great at anything. I think they'd be better off getting guys who excel at something and letting them focus on that, but that's not what they want.
Kelly seems to be hell bent on ruining the one shining gem Howie had which was the 2012 draft. We may have nobody left from it if he has his way.
It looks like that at times.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried if Chip's plan doesn't work and he leaves us for a college job with a roster gutted of talent with "his guys".
Jets won't draft him, he's sliding.
Guy hasn't even had his pro day yet or private workouts. We still don't know if he's going to 'slide' or not. Although it seems like somehow GM's figure out what other GM's are planning on doing on draft day without us knowing. So if we move up to #6 to get him, I think Chip knew that he wouldn't slide down to 10+.
Or the Jags at the latest. I could them going Leonard Williams if he's there but there are so many holes, a trade back would be very beneficial. Caldwell has already hinted openly at such a move. I think they'd liek to trade back to 10 at the latest though to secure one of the top pass-rushers.
Would we be contenders with Foles at QB and a bunch of defensive FA signings? I think we would be, so why not have both? Maybe this is unrealistic, but if we do trade up for MM, is there any way Foles is our starter for this season?
Not a chance. If Foles starts out 7-1 or 8-0 like he could have this year, returns to 2013 form and leads us to a playoff win or 2, how can you justify getting rid of him for the unproven golden boy?
That's the part people don't understand. Right now there could be a team laying low and letting the Eagles hog the headlines while they plan on just taking him. It takes two to tango.
I guess. But maybe Kelly doesn't care about justifying anything to anyone. It seems like this could be the best of both worlds if we can pull that off and keep foles for the sb run this year, and we have Mm waiting in case foles isn't the guy. If he is and we win the SB, I don't think anyone will care that we traded everything for MM. If we don't win the sb, I think the move to take mm is justified.
There's a very good chance this is the case. But now more then ever, most of us simply must be convinced that he's going to try very hard to do so.
But you can only try so hard. You would think, from listening to reports, that Chip is going to make an offer--get denied and just keep adding players and picks until he gets that spot. Im sure it doesn't happen like that
You know how it will be though. If we have Foles play lights out and Kelly dumped Desean, Shady and maybe Maclin in 2 off seasons and we end up falling short of the Super Bowl, people will howl about those moves plus all the draft picks he gave up that could have brought talent to surround Foles with.
Can't disagree. Just like last year it's pretty simple to narrow down the Eagles' potential FA signings.
The reports and insiders are all horsesheet. These insiders were nowhere when Nnambdi up and decided he was coming here, when Chip decided to finally sign, hell, where were they when we signed Jenkins just last year? They had no clue he was even in for a visit let alone already had a deal done. You hear nothing from our FO, ever. Now all of a sudden we are just an open door and everyone knows whats going on. It's all BS. This is the Twitter generation of reporting. Site a "source" and then type your opinion
On the surface that seems great. Getting paid less than what Maclin or Cobb wants. Bigger and stronger and established as a goto guy. But injuries are piling up and he'll be 31 this year. I don't know.
I kind of agree with this. Maclin again isn't the prototype of what Kelly wants. But selling getting rid of Desean, McCoy, Maclin and possibly Foles in 2 years is a lot to swallow. Kelly doesn't seem to give a #### though. So there's that.
If that "vet" is Marshall or Cobb, sure.
I have no problem if this is Chip's rebuild year. Its the first sign he wants to purge the previous regime and build it his way. But it needs to be done with young players, not Marshall or Andre Johnson. IF we're gonna go up and get Mariotta then build a young core to grow with him.
