Spent two days at Lehigh. Got to watch a decent chunk of the offense. Overall I'd say the team looked good and I liked the way everything was run. Also, remember I've only watched two sessions and talked to others who watched more about some of the stuff they saw so please take my observations with that in mind.
Here's what I saw:
1. McNabb - most importantly for team success as well as fantasy is his health. I thought he looked great. I know he took a day off yesterday and has said he's at 75 percent but if that's true then he'll be on fire this year at 100. I watched him perform in full gear for one long offense/defense session and one no hitting passing session and he was easily the best QB out there. Thought he moved well in the pocket and he made every throw from scrambling screens to nice deep balls (highlight was a beautiful 60 yard bomb to a diving Curtis) to needling the ball in between defenders. Also took off a few times and looked fine in doing so. Hands down better than any of the other three QBs. I have him third after Manning and Palmer on my fantasy depth chart.
2. WRS - No single WR stood out to me. Looks like they'll have another cast of mediocre WRs this year which McNabb will still somehow produce with. Curtis and Brown ran with the first team and did fine - saw both make two highlight reel type catches. They could both make decent WR3s. Baskett really impressed me a lot with his size and hands. He's a late round sleeper IMO. Greg Lewis, who is insanely skinny, didn't do anything I saw and Bloom, while fast as hell, ran awful routes and was slipping constantly. Neither of these guys will do much this year.
3. LJ Smith - Made some very nice catches and ran good routes. Overall, it's worth noting that in their red zone drills they had a lot of plays going towards the TE. In between Smith and Clark I'd say 60 percent of the passing TDs went to TEs.
4. Kolb - looked good on his feet and short passes. Very small though and shaky on his deeper balls and hesitated a lot. With Feeley and Holcomb there I don't understand the pick.
5. Holcomb/Feeley - Feeley looked better, looks like he'll be backing up McNabb this year.
6. Defense - Takeo and Trotter are beasts stopping the run. Secondary was all banged up so I didn't see a lot of the starters. Saw Kearse beat a second stringer 5 times in a row to sack the QB - however it's like the guy walks with a permanent limp. If he's healthy though, that defense could get some sacks and cause some turnovers with that good secondary.
ETA: I'm a Vikes fan who is indifferent to the Eagles so there should be no bias here.
Here's what I saw:
1. McNabb - most importantly for team success as well as fantasy is his health. I thought he looked great. I know he took a day off yesterday and has said he's at 75 percent but if that's true then he'll be on fire this year at 100. I watched him perform in full gear for one long offense/defense session and one no hitting passing session and he was easily the best QB out there. Thought he moved well in the pocket and he made every throw from scrambling screens to nice deep balls (highlight was a beautiful 60 yard bomb to a diving Curtis) to needling the ball in between defenders. Also took off a few times and looked fine in doing so. Hands down better than any of the other three QBs. I have him third after Manning and Palmer on my fantasy depth chart.
2. WRS - No single WR stood out to me. Looks like they'll have another cast of mediocre WRs this year which McNabb will still somehow produce with. Curtis and Brown ran with the first team and did fine - saw both make two highlight reel type catches. They could both make decent WR3s. Baskett really impressed me a lot with his size and hands. He's a late round sleeper IMO. Greg Lewis, who is insanely skinny, didn't do anything I saw and Bloom, while fast as hell, ran awful routes and was slipping constantly. Neither of these guys will do much this year.
3. LJ Smith - Made some very nice catches and ran good routes. Overall, it's worth noting that in their red zone drills they had a lot of plays going towards the TE. In between Smith and Clark I'd say 60 percent of the passing TDs went to TEs.
4. Kolb - looked good on his feet and short passes. Very small though and shaky on his deeper balls and hesitated a lot. With Feeley and Holcomb there I don't understand the pick.
5. Holcomb/Feeley - Feeley looked better, looks like he'll be backing up McNabb this year.
6. Defense - Takeo and Trotter are beasts stopping the run. Secondary was all banged up so I didn't see a lot of the starters. Saw Kearse beat a second stringer 5 times in a row to sack the QB - however it's like the guy walks with a permanent limp. If he's healthy though, that defense could get some sacks and cause some turnovers with that good secondary.
ETA: I'm a Vikes fan who is indifferent to the Eagles so there should be no bias here.
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As an Eagles fan I am excited by the positive reviews on Spikes, and feel the LB's all around are better. But Spikes/Trotter/Gocong/McCoy et all are passing down liabilities. Hope JJ can mask it with the safeties and solid pass rushing.
As an Eagles fan I am excited by the positive reviews on Spikes, and feel the LB's all around are better. But Spikes/Trotter/Gocong/McCoy et all are passing down liabilities. Hope JJ can mask it with the safeties and solid pass rushing.
As an Eagles fan I am excited by the positive reviews on Spikes, and feel the LB's all around are better. But Spikes/Trotter/Gocong/McCoy et all are passing down liabilities. Hope JJ can mask it with the safeties and solid pass rushing.
Spikes, however, is a machine...
It does come down to how well McCoy, Gaither and Gacong (sp) progress as the season moves along.
