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That's revisionist on Mallett. They drafted Garoppolo in the 2nd and put him higher on the depth chart than Mallett, THEN traded him for a conditional 6th. They pulled a DGB on him, I think.
Reid did it with AJ Feeley and Kolb too. IIRC he did AJ Feeley twice
Belichick, post Brady emergence, has had a breeding ground for QBs, none of which have amounted to much. And I agree that Mallett might be more similar to a giving up on the player move than Cassel was. But didn't Bill O'Brien covet him, and badly? IIRC there were stories of him trying to pry Mallett away from the Patriots. Didn't turn out so well...
DGB is more likely to be on the field than those players. They may be the same guy but his opportunity should remain higher, at least for most of this season.
Exactly my thoughts. This is a work in progress, but if Pedersen can turn around/develop DGB for Wentz as he grows, this could potentially be a ridiculous steal, over and above the trade to get Wentz with Tennessee if he also pans out. Worst case, you took a shot on a high-end talent with a checkered history and whiffed. Worse things could happen, and the price to see the flop was a 5th round guard. I'd do this deal all day long.
c'mon, it's a hyphen not an apostrophe. If you're going to compare hm to someone, it has to be Darrius Heyward-Bey at least on a punctuation criteria alone.
2 cent head and work ethic by all accounts. No one questions the physical ability. And his hands.....meh.
I don't think that. I just think he is too immature to ever develop into a productive professional NFL WR. Takes more than just physical talent to play with the best of the best.
No.
lol
Great post. They've had a few very talented WRs do absolutely nothing. I feel bad for Mariota because he's the real deal who got drafted by a team who appears to be stuck in the 1970s.
And for a rookie that hadn't played in over a year at that.
That is possible. I still doubt DGB's ability to pick up a new play book in three weeks
I understand that it isnt any better than a week ago.
Both teams see both players everyday
But which "bias?" Pro-Eagles? Or Anti-Titans?
I wasnt suggesting it was unlikely to happen at all. I was suggesting that DGB is an unlikely candidate to become one of these stories. That part's just my opinion.
Philly sports radio will explode if/when the Browns use the Philly pick in Philadelphia on Draft Night to take Deshaun Watson
Might just leave WIP on 24/7, because it will happen if it's on the table for Cleveland.
It's a low risk/high reward move that PHI made in which they traded from a potential weakness (OL) to maybe better a definite weakness (WR).....and while the new GM has seen him more than any of us....new GM's tend to make (somewhat) surprising moves based on a myriad of reasons; a notable one being that since they didn't draft a guy, they don't really give a #### about problematic/guys who just dont' seem to be getting it players. It's been hinted that Eric Rowe on PHI might be cut for this reason; a guy who(IIRC) per Kiper was underrated and maybe one of the most league ready rookies in the draft last year. I don't believe that one year is enough to turn perceived diamonds into coal at such a young age. Pederson is a rookie yet I have confidence in the Andy Reid system, DGB has some legit physical talent, the Eagles receivers are the suck and thus....I'm fine with DGB move.
No, that was all manufactured by the media and fan pipe dreams. Houston cut their backup QB Case Keenum after the last preseason game and traded a conditional 7th for Mallet to be the backup to Fitzpatrick mainly because he already was familiar with O'Brien's system. The media was posting BS reports back as far as pre-NFL draft that Houston was going to trade one of their high draft picks for Mallett.
All Eagles fans are adding hope to the equation because we just survived 3 years of a "culture" HC who got rid of legitimately good players for guys who suck but will practice hard and toe the line. It seems likely DGB is still spoiled and wasn't going to toe the line for a tough minded coach. So he was let go to give hard workers like Turzilli a chance. "Workable NFL player" is subjective. He is not workable for Mularkey because he doesn't fit the culture. The hope is that a team=family head coach like Pederson will be a better fit for DGB. I think it will be, and the Eagles may be able to get more out of him. The failure risk is still high, but it is a better personality fit.
Haven't you watched the Browns draft? Sabermetrics or not, the idea is to trade out of the position where you can draft a stud so that you can amass more picks to allow you to accumulate a large amount of mediocre players.
Except it's not the end of any story. It could actually be a start to a new story. Sometimes it takes being traded for a player to finally get it.
