Other Sports: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL): Super Bowl LVIII (Barf!) and Beyond!

[Chinatown88]

Must resist urge to make anime reference

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

You and HC have stakes in opposite sides of a Howell vs Mariota monkey knife fight.

Marcus will come out on top but I can’t make a move on the Howelliban. It would be unbecoming.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

@Chinatown88

So Burrow’s girlfriend works at Kroeger’s? Nothing wrong with that but seems a little strange at first. I guess Burrows and his girlfriend are just more or less normal people at the end of the day

I instantly thought of this. I also forgot how funny this was back in the day. Might have to give it a re-watch. If it didn't que its at 3 minutes in

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Now that's some bad cap management

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Now that's some bad cap management

This man got another GM gig immediately. Out of work for a month.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

This man got another GM gig immediately. Out of work for a month.

Not one of those cap hits is a QB, either.

This is what an actual bad GM looks like, Eagles fans.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Not one of those cap hits is a QB, either.

This is what an actual bad GM looks like, Eagles fans.

The best way I can describe Tom Telesco in Eagles terms is what if Nate Gerry was a 1st round pick and also played NINETY PERCENT of a season’s Snaps. That’s Kenneth Murray. He will haunt my dreams eternally.

 

[ponder719]

The best way I can describe Tom Telesco in Eagles terms is what if Nate Gerry was a 1st round pick and also played NINETY PERCENT of a season’s Snaps. That’s Kenneth Murray. He will haunt my dreams eternally.

Man, I had already hopped off the bus at "what if Nate Gerry." The rest is just... oof.

-------

Unrelated to the above:

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[BrindamoursNose]

WIP is driving me nuts today

I just endured the last hour of Ike, Hugh, ESP, and Joe Giglio (biggest dope of them all) argue about whether it's a good idea to bring in Justin Fields as the Eagles' backup.

Thankfully, Ray Didinger is joining them for the next hour. Sanity returns to the group.

 

[DancingPanther]

Man, I had already hopped off the bus at "what if Nate Gerry." The rest is just... oof.

-------

Unrelated to the above:

MOST MONEY EVER AGAIN

WIP is driving me nuts today

I just endured the last hour of Ike, Hugh, ESP, and Joe Giglio (biggest dope of them all) argue about whether it's a good idea to bring in Justin Fields as the Eagles' backup.

Thankfully, Ray Didinger is joining them for the next hour. Sanity returns to the group.

It's not really that insane. It has huge boom potential as an asset flip. Fields makes less than 2 mil this year and has a player option next season for like 25 mil.

@JojoTheWhale

 

[Chinatown88]

MOST MONEY EVER AGAIN


It's not really that insane. It has huge boom potential as an asset flip. Fields makes less than 2 mil this year and has a player option next season for like 25 mil.

@JojoTheWhale

If things go wrong Hurts will get Wentz'd

 

[BrindamoursNose]

It's not really that insane. It has huge boom potential as an asset flip. Fields makes less than 2 mil this year and has a player option next season for like 25 mil.

It's entirely insane to me.

Are we constantly begging for QB controversies in this place? Why not just sign some milk toast like Jimmy G or something?

We all know that if Jalen slacks a few games in a row, the fans are going to call for Fields (fair or not). I just don't think it's a good idea to plain for Jalen's failure like that.

 

[DancingPanther]

It's entirely insane to me.

Are we constantly begging for QB controversies in this place? Why not just sign some milk toast like Jimmy G or something?

We all know that if Jalen slacks a few games in a row, the fans are going to call for Fields (fair or not). I just don't think it's a good idea to plain for Jalen's failure like that.

Why? He already failed last year

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Why? He already failed last year

Well if you feel he's already cooked, then you might as well outright trade or cut him right now rather than mess around with bringing Fields in.

 

[Bigkarl]

It's entirely insane to me.

Are we constantly begging for QB controversies in this place? Why not just sign some milk toast like Jimmy G or something?

We all know that if Jalen slacks a few games in a row, the fans are going to call for Fields (fair or not). I just don't think it's a good idea to plain for Jalen's failure like that.

I definitely get the sentiment, but if Hurts is failing again next year with a new play caller and yet another weapon in Barkley, it's probably time for a new solution at QB anyway.

 

[TB87]

The best way I can describe Tom Telesco in Eagles terms is what if Nate Gerry was a 1st round pick and also played NINETY PERCENT of a season’s Snaps. That’s Kenneth Murray. He will haunt my dreams eternally.

Oh man, Nate Gerry. Howie was stubborn as hell with that flat-out garbage linebacker. The evidence that he was awful was clear as day right away. Howie kept that player on the roster for way too long before admitting his mistake.

Hes one of the worst Eagles LBs I’ve ever seen. And there have been a lot who have been pretty bad in my lifetime.

 

[philly_28]

Now that's some bad cap management

To paraphrase Dennis from Sunny (when the waitress 'doesn't have online'): Oh my god, that cap situation is preposterous!! How long have you had that??

 

[SnS]

Mike Williams got released.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

It's entirely insane to me.

Are we constantly begging for QB controversies in this place? Why not just sign some milk toast like Jimmy G or something?

We all know that if Jalen slacks a few games in a row, the fans are going to call for Fields (fair or not). I just don't think it's a good idea to plain for Jalen's failure like that.

They drafted Hurts in the 2nd round less than a year after signing Wentz’s extension. In a hypothetical where they trade for 1 year of Fields, he’s costing less than a 2.

WIP is going to do what it does no matter which QBs are on the roster. Howie’s job isn’t managing lunatics. They prioritize backup QB and with good reason.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

They drafted Hurts in the 2nd round less than a year after signing Wentz’s extension. In a hypothetical where they trade for 1 year of Fields, he’s costing less than a 2.

WIP is going to do what it does no matter which QBs are on the roster. Howie’s job isn’t managing lunatics. They prioritize backup QB and with good reason.

I thought that was insane, too. I think there's a solid chance it contributed to Carson's problems (though he had multiple problems of course). I'm consistently anti- on this topic at the very least.

I see so many more pitfalls in bringing Fields into a locker room situation where we aren't exactly feeling confident about it already. Like, do we feel *good* about the room after last season? Are we totally sure Jalen is good at handling this kind of a situation?

This is the kind of move where I feel like if Dallas traded for Fields, we'd be saying "welp, Dak's officially on the clock." Just trying to keep it into perspective despite knowing Fields is good, can be a starter, and would be a good asset if we wanted to trade him later.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I thought that was insane, too. I think there's a solid chance it contributed to Carson's problems (though he had multiple problems of course). I'm consistently anti- on this topic at the very least.

I see so many more pitfalls in bringing Fields into a locker room situation where we aren't exactly feeling confident about it already. Like, do we feel *good* about the room after last season? Are we totally sure Jalen is good at handling this kind of a situation?

This is the kind of move where I feel like if Dallas traded for Fields, we'd be saying "welp, Dak's officially on the clock." Just trying to keep it into perspective despite knowing Fields is good, can be a starter, and would be a good asset if we wanted to trade him later.

I hated the pick too. I wanted to take Kristian Fulton because they were trying to contend immediately and desperately needed outside Corners. But if you have a history of doing this, it starts to make it easier to spin within the building. They consistently pay backups good money. This isn’t even a rookie like Hurts was. It’s a guy with one year of team control (plus an option no one is picking up).

I think Hurts can handle it. If they traded a 1 for a QB, yes. A mid-rounder for a guy almost assuredly headed for free agency next summer? Then it was just a time bomb.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I hated the pick too. I wanted to take Kristian Fulton because they were trying to contend immediately and desperately needed outside Corners. But if you have a history of doing this, it starts to make it easier to spin within the building. They consistently pay backups good money. This isn’t even a rookie like Hurts was. It’s a guy with one year of team control (plus an option no one is picking up).

I think Hurts can handle it. If they traded a 1 for a QB, yes. A mid-rounder for a guy almost assuredly headed for free agency next summer? Then it was just a time bomb.

I mean hey, if you think the Eagles can spin it in a way that won't bother Jalen, then the logic is perfect. I'm just not very convinced they can do that. Jalen's been replaced before & I think he'll get some Vietnam War flashbacks the second he gets hurt, Fields steps in & plays well.

And I HATE having this opinion because I really like Fields! I cannot believe a team paid Cousins a ton of cash when they could get Fields so so so much cheaper.

 

[LegionOfGloom]

I hated the pick too. I wanted to take Kristian Fulton because they were trying to contend immediately and desperately needed outside Corners. But if you have a history of doing this, it starts to make it easier to spin within the building. They consistently pay backups good money. This isn’t even a rookie like Hurts was. It’s a guy with one year of team control (plus an option no one is picking up).

I think Hurts can handle it. If they traded a 1 for a QB, yes. A mid-rounder for a guy almost assuredly headed for free agency next summer? Then it was just a time bomb.

Take it for FWIW but a friend of mine is also friends with Andy Weidl. Weidl told him a couple days after the draft that they picked Hurts because they were already concerned that Wentz was just too injury prone. The whole idea that he was drafted to simply be a backup was always just spin for Wentz's sake.