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I thought it was interesting. It makes me feel a bit better that we didn't get him knowing we maybe never had a shot in the first place. I'm mad we didn't at least get a shot to bring him in.... but its comforting thinking maybe we were eliminated day 1 and there's nothing Chip could have done about it.the off-season is looooooong
It drops from 99% to 93%.
Should be a bit better than that, as FGs can be from either hash with less error margin, but XPs will be from right in front. This new rule doesn't change much IMO.
I'm not sure I agree 100% that it doesn't change much. Moving it back ALSO means that the angle of the kick is much smaller, meaning a lower kick, meaning a higher percentage chance of blocking an extra point. This definitely adds some intrigue. I have always hated when there is not much time left, a team scores, and the extra point is for the tie - and there's no real chance to block that kick. Or if it is for the win, now you have the possibility of blocking the kick, and RETURNING it to win the game. If a team gets a block or two, you might see teams going against them go for two, just to have the option to 'slide' or something, and play for overtime if there is nobody open or no gap to run in.
While we are discussing this in the Eagles thread, it does slightly change based on your coach. If you calculate the .95 per XP attempt, to likely be about the same as a 2 pointer, would that affect us more then other teams? It's no secret at all that Chip loves going for 2. Hell, he'd go for 2 in college after his first td almost every time.
To look at it from a game theory point of view, high variance strategies like this are more appealing to bad teams than good ones, since the good teams don't have to take as many risks to win. Having different yard start points also takes the surprise element out of play though which is disappointing.
Agreed and that goes double when you start to factor in weather. As a fan the rule is a nice change but if I were a NY team or NE it would kind of suck
Thing is, both teams are kicking under the same conditions when they come to NY. Shouldn't be a disadvantage to the home team.
Didn't they change that rule somewhat?
Why do people hate this guy (as a player)? He's a huge physical run blocking WR who appears to have improved as a receiver.
he was ranked dead last at WR by several rating sites, his run blocking wasnt good, he dropped tds left and right, his yards after the catch were dismal, ran bad routes that led directly to interceptions, played so bad the qbs had 0 confidence in him, sanchez was willing to throw into triple coverage at anyone besides a wide open cooper, got a 20+ million dollar contract to give practice squad results, and he's a racist ####### IRL.STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
He's a WR3 talent (NFL wise not fantasy if that's your POV) who's been starting for 2 years and except for a stretch where he made a heap of deep ball catches, he underperforms. There are some things he does really well, he has good hands, tracks ball well in the air and he's physical but he has athletic limitations that make it hard for him to separate against outside CBs on short/medium routes meaning he struggles to get open.STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
It will be higher than that % because all the kicks will be down the middle but there's also a psychology element. If the odds of success for anything are around 95%, the 5% is mostly out of mind. How many coaches go for it on 4th and 1 from the 15? Almost never happens, they take the (perceived) automatic 3 instead of going for another set of downs and more chances at 7 and the payoff for that risk is potentially 4x as high.Tool said:
This is true, but if he does get beat out by Agholor, Matthews, Huff and Austin at WR and factor in Ertz who rarely (never?) lines up as an inline TE then he may not make final cutdown in favour of someone younger and maybe more of an ST contributor but they would be eating some $$.Terpman22 said:
I don't think that's really playing Devil's Advocate.... that's more so agreeing what most people are saying. I don't think many Eagles fans see Cooper as a legitimate WR2.
Ummm, didn't Ertz catch like 47 short passes in one game from Sanchez last year against the Skins?
In the Cooper thread that I started I stated his success was connected to Foles. I maintain that while hearing he didn't belong in the league at all and wasn't athletic. I'm not much of an Ertz fan. He's a bit overrated. He was also connected to Foles throwing deep passes over the middle for me. That's not Bradfords game.
How do we even know what Bradford's game is based on the dreck he had to play with in St. Louis. Give the guy a chance in a legitimate offense with some skill players around him to determine what he can do IHCSH (if he can stay healthy).
you think this is the gameplan?Ertz catch counts each game before that blimp was 1-1-4-4-0-2-1
I like you and you know this but you're not Chip. I'm sure he sees things that we never see and has access to everything and everyone relating to Bradford. I'm sure we will see Bradford's best under ChipShaHBucks said:
i guess we see two different things. I feel he is a great matchup difference with his speed, size and athleticism. Not a great blocker, but a guy I feel is on the cusp of breaking out. Has steadily improved both years. Barkley was a miss. In the 4th. Who is the last Eagles 4th rounder to pan out?
wasn't James Casey the first skill position player Chip signed as a FA?Terpman22 said:
If I didn't just sit though Samchez, Vick and Batkley(actually drafted this guy on purpose) I'd agree. I didn't say anything about Bradford aside from he isn't similar to Foles. He is more what Kelly has been looking for, so is Sanchez and Tebow. None of those guys, including the coach, are know for looking to exploit mismatches downfield. If you don't agree then I won't offer much resistance.
at best he's a faster, less athletic Kyle Rudolph. Ertz can be a real redzone weapon if he was used that way. I don't think he will. He'll will just be mediocre(Richard Sherman voice).
yeah. And then he didn't expect Ertz to be where he was and essentially was replaced. He knew Ertz. Not sure if he knew Casey. Splitting hairs here though. If you think he's mediocre, that's fine. I don't think he's elite but I do think he has a pretty high ceiling.
Ertz has 2 problems, he hasn't developed much as a blocker which means he's not going to take inline TE snaps away from Celek. Not sure if that was ever the plan for him, but unless he shows dramatic strides as a blocker this year, we probably have to accept he's never going to be that kind of player.
I still think Kelly pulled the pin on Foles too early, but I accept he saw a chance to swing for the fence with Bradford and took it. Over the last few weeks I went through Bradford's first 3 games of 2013 on the All 22 and there's a lot to like, but overall I still don't know what to make of him in some ways.
Editing your positives to make the point, but those are all the things that Chip wants. And at least the first 2 negatives seem like things that Chip and the Eagles would easily correct.
