Bigboy10182000
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@MoveTheSticks: In my opinion, Foles had a slightly better practice than Vick. Both guys connected on deep balls. However, both guys hold the ball too long
Agree. Brown frustrated me quite a bit last year even during his first two big games with his tendency to bounce everything outside. He got to the corner last year because people weren't expecting him to have the kind of speed he does, but that won't surprise anyone this year.Then this:
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I won't be surprised if Chris Polk emerges as the #2 RB for the Eagles. He had a great practice.
Honestly, are we that surprised?
No we're not.Honestly, are we that surprised?
Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.Honestly, are we that surprised?
A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.
True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
I think Momah makes the team as a project now at least.True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
If I hear one Eagle's fan complain about all the running........True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
Dude we haven't even had 1 preseason game. Shepard has had a good camp, and looks like a lock to make the team with all the injuries. He could start, so could Cooper. So could Johnson. So could Brandon Lloyd if we dip into the FA pool.Whats the word on Russell Shepard?
Any homers?
Is he gonna start the season opposite Desean?
Ha! You know there will be some.If I hear one Eagle's fan complain about all the running........True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
It's a lock that someone will. If you look at our team right now our strengths have to be OL, TE & RB. It would be wise to use them and limit the time the D spends on the field.Ha! You know there will be some.If I hear one Eagle's fan complain about all the running........True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
Honestly, like someone said above--we haven't even had a preseason game yet. I don't know that any Eagle fan right now expects anything from him.I wrote a quick thing about Shepard. Not impressed with him.
Kelly was up 30 at halftime a lot. I don't know how that effected his percentages, but that did play into him running so much. From what I understand of Chip Kelly he will gameplan for each team week-by-week. He's not going to run all game if a team is as good as say Tampa vs the run last season. It's another misconception people have about him just like him needing a mobile QB to run his offense.True. Kelly seems to run the ball a lot (70%) in college. I don't expect something that drastic but the more we heard about him the more I expected (MHO) "small ball". I expect to see Celek, Casey and Ertz a lot along with McCoy, Brown, Polk, Jones etc. I never expected much from Benn. As crazy as it may sound I'm ok with D-Jax, Cooper and Sheppard right now.Someone's gotta play WR. Not hanging my head as I'm not expecting much anyway, but we're now seriously thin at WR. Someone's gonna have to come in.No we're not.A lot of people hanging their heads with these injuries but I think we were going to see more of the 3 TE's anyway.Honestly, are we that surprised?
NO Cooper is clear number 2 receiver especially for his Blocking.Whats the word on Russell Shepard?
Any homers?
Is he gonna start the season opposite Desean?
At this point its going to take an injury or just flat out bad play, from Vick or Foles for Barkley to win the job out of camp. He's just not getting the reps.I still think that Barkley has a chance to win this Job. Foles and Vick have bigger arms but Barkley Clearly gets the ball out quicker. Pre snap recognition will be the x factor for these 3 guys. Chip's offense has a lot of option calls based on the defenses alignment.
Ugh.
According to Roob, Lloyd is a guy that no teammates like at all, going back to his college days. Plus, as he and Didinger pointed out on Saturday, what's the point to get a band-aid like that with this team this year? Might as well see if Coop, Johnson, Shepard and even Momah can contribute going forward.Dude we haven't even had 1 preseason game. Shepard has had a good camp, and looks like a lock to make the team with all the injuries. He could start, so could Cooper. So could Johnson. So could Brandon Lloyd if we dip into the FA pool.Whats the word on Russell Shepard?
Any homers?
Is he gonna start the season opposite Desean?
Not according to the beat writers and Sal Pal. He basically said (either on Mike Miss last night or Mike and Mike this morning) "I'm close to reporting that the starting job is going to Vick" and added that "Barkley has been out of the running for some time now and isn't getting any meaningful snaps".I still think that Barkley has a chance to win this Job. Foles and Vick have bigger arms but Barkley Clearly gets the ball out quicker. Pre snap recognition will be the x factor for these 3 guys. Chip's offense has a lot of option calls based on the defenses alignment.
Yeah... he got 9 total snaps against NE yesterday in practice.Not according to the beat writers and Sal Pal. He basically said (either on Mike Miss last night or Mike and Mike this morning) "I'm close to reporting that the starting job is going to Vick" and added that "Barkley has been out of the running for some time now and isn't getting any meaningful snaps".I still think that Barkley has a chance to win this Job. Foles and Vick have bigger arms but Barkley Clearly gets the ball out quicker. Pre snap recognition will be the x factor for these 3 guys. Chip's offense has a lot of option calls based on the defenses alignment.
Time to shutdown Desean till September 9th.Johnson and Shepard left hurt today as well. Ugh.
Good thing there's no hitting.Bigboy10182000 said:Johnson and Shepard left hurt today as well. Ugh.
Seriously.Good thing there's no hitting.Bigboy10182000 said:Johnson and Shepard left hurt today as well. Ugh.
Agreed. I really do not get why we are even bothering with him. We arent in playoff contention, he is gone after this year and we have two young QB's that need as many reps as possible. Its a complete waste of time and effort.I still don't understand why Vick is on this team. I would rather lose trying to find a QB instead of losing with the same old story who isn't going to be around next season anyway. Why are we wasting our time?
Depth chart reads thusly: http://legacy.philadelphiaeagles.com/eagles_files/html/depth_chart_rosters_1.htmlHey Philly homers, how is the TE situation shaping up thus far? I know it's early, but short of reading every page of this thread, maybe someone can point it out. Seems like TE could be important this year.
Ertz
Casey
Celek
in that order?
TIA
Thanks! I was hoping Ertz would be the deep seam guy. Oh well.Depth chart reads thusly: http://legacy.philadelphiaeagles.com/eagles_files/html/depth_chart_rosters_1.htmlHey Philly homers, how is the TE situation shaping up thus far? I know it's early, but short of reading every page of this thread, maybe someone can point it out. Seems like TE could be important this year.
Ertz
Casey
Celek
in that order?
TIA
All reports on Casey are very good. I would not bank on Ertz being great fantasy-wise right now.