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

[JojoTheWhale]

I don't think the trade value is wrong fwiw. They didn't give up much. I just think they don't evaluate QBs very well.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Yeah if that tweet is totally legit without the need of more context, I don't love that and would rather have gotten Tannehill/Jimmy G

I am still sour they let St. Minshew leave.

 

[DancingPanther]

f*** any Steeler ever. Nauseous knowing I'm going to see this f***ing asshole on the sidelines

 

[achdumeingute]

Kenny Pickett is the Devin White of Quarterbacks. I was so happy until yesterday.

Ignore everyone talking about how he can be a game manager and all of that horseshit. That has NEVER been his game. He went nuts at Pitt when he started creating outside of structure at an extremely high level. He's not a good enough athlete to do that in the NFL. I wouldn't even prioritize him as a free agent, let alone giving away draft capital for this.

I want to be clear that I mean this with zero hyperbole. I have more hope for Tanner McKee than I do Pickett.

I have hope we can possibly trade him at a later date for more than the approximate outright 7th round pick value we spent today, when someone "needs a QB".

As a today fotball move... I don't get this one.

 

[iceman42]

So...the dream of having Wentz making a glorious return to the Eagles this year is dead?

Since we picked up Dollar General Wentz I would say there's no room for Wentz.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I am still sour they let St. Minshew leave.

Boy I'd like to have him

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Rich Nixon]

I'm pro-Pickett for no other reason than I went to Pitt and used to live near where he grew up at the shore.

BUT I'm a backup QB soothsayer, and I successfully called that Nick Foles would win the Eagles first-ever Super Bowl as far back as 2012—and correctly maintained that stance through is return in 2017.

So, based on that track record and affinity, rest assured. Pickett is going to win the Eagles their second Super Bowl. It might not happen for half a decade. There's no science here. I'm just right. Rejoice, friends.

 

[BigToe]

 

[Hullois]

I have no idea what you guys are thinking trading for Pickett. He's so f***ing bad

 

[philly_28]

Well, he won't have to worry about competing in Philly. So problem solved?

 

[trostol]

Why do I have a feeling that...that is Chuck Fletcher in a Howie mask

 

[FLYguy3911]

Didn't Howie go to see him (and Howell) in person his senior year? Think they interviewed him too. Probably had a high grade on him and think he was in a bad scheme.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

 

[trostol]

I see the Bucs were a little busy today

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[BrindamoursNose]

They may need him to play QB at this rate. Rodgers could be on the campaign trail at any time.

 

[Chinatown88]

I don't think the trade value is wrong fwiw. They didn't give up much. I just think they don't evaluate QBs very well.

Late night thoughts. But trade for Derwin James? Chargers kinda getting rid of some guys.

 

[Starat327]

2020-22 is when all that dead cap came due, then?

 

[DancingPanther]

Random: I just scrolled through and the algorithm hit me with a USC Reggie Bush highlight.

I was like 13 or something like that when he got drafted. Why the heck did he bust? He was elusive as hell. Was his vision not great? Or was he a product of a shitty Saints team?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Random: I just scrolled through and the algorithm hit me with a USC Reggie Bush highlight.

I was like 13 or something like that when he got drafted. Why the heck did he bust? He was elusive as hell. Was his vision not great? Or was he a product of a shitty Saints team?

I don’t know if I’d qualify him as a bust. He actually put up some respectable numbers but injuries played a pretty big role in everything else.

Now I can’t pretend to remember what all of his injuries were but he also “danced” too much which likely led to some of those injuries.

Also, Kim Kardashian.

 

[Chinatown88]

I don’t know if I’d qualify him as a bust. He actually put up some respectable numbers but injuries played a pretty big role in everything else.

Now I can’t pretend to remember what all of his injuries were but he also “danced” too much which likely led to some of those injuries.

Also, Kim Kardashian.

Motherducker got involved with a family that sold their souls. Bad juju, very bad juju.

Also in draft related news

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Random: I just scrolled through and the algorithm hit me with a USC Reggie Bush highlight.

I was like 13 or something like that when he got drafted. Why the heck did he bust? He was elusive as hell. Was his vision not great? Or was he a product of a shitty Saints team?

The league wasn’t ready to use him to the best of his abilities. Football schemes trickle up, not down. CFB is always ahead of the NFL in this regard.

Prime Reggie Bush had Lane Kiffin as his OC. Kiffin has always been one of the best and most inventive coaches at getting the ball into the hands of his stars. 2005 USC was motioning Bush out of the backfield before the snap on a regular basis. They made wild pre-snap shifts from empty backfields to heavy packages. None of this was normal even at the college level at that point. It would have been unheard of in the WCO dominated NFL.

TLDR; In the 2006 NFL, Reggie Bush was a Slot stuck playing RB. The answer is the same for different reasons if you remember Peter Warrick. The NFL wasn’t interested in prioritizing the maximization of these guys. It took a long time to grow out of the forcing every peg into a square hole mentality.

 

[DancingPanther]

I don’t know if I’d qualify him as a bust. He actually put up some respectable numbers but injuries played a pretty big role in everything else.

Now I can’t pretend to remember what all of his injuries were but he also “danced” too much which likely led to some of those injuries.

Also, Kim Kardashian.

Right but it's not like there was a pre and post injury Reggie Bush. I think everyone expected him to be a star. He was not

The league wasn’t ready to use him to the best of his abilities. Football schemes trickle up, not down. CFB is always ahead of the NFL in this regard.

Prime Reggie Bush had Lane Kiffin as his OC. Kiffin has always been one of the best and most inventive coaches at getting the ball into the hands of his stars. 2005 USC was motioning Bush out of the backfield before the snap on a regular basis. They made wild pre-snap shifts from empty backfields to heavy packages. None of this was normal even at the college level at that point. It would have been unheard of in the WCO dominated NFL.

TLDR; In the 2006 NFL, Reggie Bush was a Slot stuck playing RB. The answer is the same for different reasons if you remember Peter Warrick. The NFL wasn’t interested in prioritizing the maximization of these guys. It took a long time to grow out of the forcing every peg into a square hole mentality.

I see. I'm imagining Bush putting up Ekeler/Kamara numbers if he was drafted 10 years later? Is that what I'm understanding?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I see. I'm imagining Bush putting up Ekeler/Kamara numbers if he was drafted 10 years later? Is that what I'm understanding?

More like Prime Percy Harvin. Used out of the backfield sparingly, a bit gadgety, but touches the ball in space in every way possible.