2025 Eagles Thread
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The top 5 plays from Eagles OTAs: Jalen Hurts has an efficient day
The Eagles' offense was better than the defense in a relatively uneventful practice.
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Nolan Smith is carrying the torch for the Eagles at EDGE, but won't fill Brandon Graham's shoes
Smith knows he can't, he said at OTAs on Tuesday. He has to be the best pass rusher he can be.
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fc from the PI (behind a pay wall so) I will summarize
The Wentz-Foles Eagles had the most dysfunctional locker room, former player says. But that was only part of the problem. the source is Golden Tate. talked about an OL getting into a fight with an OL coach over how to do something. Interesting would love to know the player and coach. Wiz? Stout?
Well, he didn't last too long on the roster, as he was cut to make room for this move:
Battle brewing to be Saquon Barkley's backups
WIth 7 RBs on the roster, the Eagles will have plenty of competition for the No. 2 and No. 3 spots behind their All Pro
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The Eagles added another RB, another OL as they stock up
Birds claim RB Keilan Robinson off waivers, sign undrafted rookie OG Marcus Tate
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Cooper DeJean may play more at safety, less at cornerback in 2025
Cooper DeJean is usually called a cornerback, but on the Eagles' roster he's just listed as a defensive back, and Philadelphia defensive coordinator Vic Fangio says DeJean could easily find himself getting more snaps at safety this season.
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Some great comments from Roob on this week's Observations:
Should the Eagles sign Jaire Alexander? The pros and cons of inking the soon-to-be former Packers CB
Versatility and playmaking ability make the free agent an ideal fit to replace Darius Slay, but there are reasons for pause.
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SMH Jaylen Daniel’s at 6?? CJ Stroud ahead of him? Right now CJ can’t throw a football?? I m afraid ( or hope) Daniel’s flies too close to the sun this year
I'm more surprised at Herbert and Mayfield. Stroud lost offensive weapons and had a sophomore slump. Not saying he's better then Hurts, but I'm giving him a bit of a pass on last season. Could definitely see (hope) some regression from Daniels this year.
I'm not pissed at the rankings. Keep that chip on Hurt's shoulder.
Oh, you were being literal. I didn't know that. Wonder what's up.
I should have mentioned in my last post that those QB ranking are silly. But like TMac said, consider the source.
Daniels had the same season Hurts had in 2022. Yet because he was the #2 pick, he gets way more credit than Hurts did.
Same situation with Stroud. These blowhard talking heads love draft pedigree. Simms was an average QB and he’s an average, nepo-baby talking head.
I would guess they are also docking him for having incredible talent around him which is foolish to me. If the eagles defense held up in previous Super Bowl he would have 2 mvps.
I never hang the previous Super Bowl loss on the D. It was the punt return that killed them
from the PI
“Now, is he perfect? No. There’s a reason he’s at No. 10. There’s still flaws in his football game that need to be addressed, need to be fixed. They win the game still with him not playing perfect. … There’s no quarterback in football that has more advantages on the field at the position than Jalen Hurts. They’re a super team and that’s not a shot on him, but he gets the advantages of not having to worry about all these other things, right? And with all the greatness of the Philadelphia Eagles, he cannot play great and they can still win. He gets a lot of great looks on defenses where I go, ‘Wait, no one would ever play this defense against Lamar [Jackson] or [Patrick] Mahomes or anybody like that.’” I am not sure what this means?? Does he mean they play very vanilla against him?
“If you just went purely on passing and throwing, he’s below 10,” Simms said. “It’s one of the slower releases in all of football. Like, he’s not in the top half of football as far as being able to get the ball out of his hands and do that. Arm strength, it’s not in the top half of football with arm strength either.
“Decision making wouldn’t be in the top half of football, as far as what he does in the pocket, but the other stuff that he brings to the table — hanging in the pocket tough, scrambling and making big plays there, making plays on the run with big throws, buying time in the pocket at times, handling pressure … his ability to rise to the occasion in big moments, his ability to not mess up games in big moments — yeah, those are things that are all taken into consideration here.”
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Agree and poorly written by me. I'm not a believer in placing blame in one area and that wasn't my intent.
I should have said something more like, how do you rate a guy at 10 who was this close to having 2 super bowl MVPs?
hey no worries, I love talking Birds football. that said, I think nationally they are disrespected by many, heck again this year somebody has the Commadores winning the East!! SMH We hung 55 on them in the big game (but if you take away 4-5 of those fumbles brand new ball game, right?)