Other Sports: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL): Vegas, Baby! (2023 Regular Season)

[LegionOfDoom91]

Does Adisa Isaac go higher than Chop Robinson now? He’s apparently having a pretty good week at the Senior Bowl. Louis Riddick named him his MVP of the practices sessions & seems to think he’s going to go a lot higher than public perception has him right now. I’d imagine he tests mostly in the good to very good range for most of the physical testing at the combine.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Does Adisa Isaac go higher than Chop Robinson now? He’s apparently having a pretty good week at the Senior Bowl. Louis Riddick named him his MVP of the practices sessions & seems to think he’s going to go a lot higher than public perception has him right now. I’d imagine he tests mostly in the good to very good range for most of the physical testing at the combine.

Yes. There were multiple good draft people who had him as EDGE4 by Halloween (behind Verse, Latu, and Trice in all cases IIRC). The hype is building.

With Sawyer going back, the most interesting EDGES to me in expected ranges were Isaac, Gabriel Murphy from UCLA, and Jonah Elliss (in Mobile but injured) from Utah. By the time the draft comes around, I might be on Robinson. I didn’t plan on watching him because I thought he would be gone by the time they picked. Then they bombed out and he’s getting passed a bit.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Poor Bif.

What if I told you this is still their best coaching hire on paper at the time of hiring in 13 years

 

[Chinatown88]

Yes. There were multiple good draft people who had him as EDGE4 by Halloween (behind Verse, Latu, and Trice in all cases IIRC). The hype is building.

With Sawyer going back, the most interesting EDGES to me in expected ranges were Isaac, Gabriel Murphy from UCLA, and Jonah Elliss (in Mobile but injured) from Utah. By the time the draft comes around, I might be on Robinson. I didn’t plan on watching him because I thought he would be gone by the time they picked. Then they bombed out and he’s getting passed a bit.

This EDGE class is infuriating not because of the prospects but because I think 23 is like No Man's Land. All of the top guys should be gone so then you might be "reaching" for the next guy in the rankings. IDK, it's why I love and hate the draft.

#TeamTradeDown

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What if I told you this is still their best coaching hire on paper at the time of hiring in 13 years

It’ll have a short reign if Chip is hired.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@Chinatown88

We made it.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

@Chinatown88

We made it.

 

[Chinatown88]

@Chinatown88

We made it.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Lol.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale

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I...might be blowing my collecting budget for 2024 on one item.

There are two vintage cards I always wanted that I never managed to snag, one of which is from a regional Pacific Coast League set from 1922 that just so happened to include Jim Thorpe in a baseball uniform. They are rare. Very, very rare. I'm in week 2 of trying to buy this copy.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I...might be blowing my collecting budget for 2024 on one item.

There are two vintage cards I always wanted that I never managed to snag, one of which is from a regional Pacific Coast League set from 1922 that just so happened to include Jim Thorpe in a baseball uniform. They are rare. Very, very rare. I'm in week 2 of trying to buy this copy.

It’s a sickness. One day we’ll be free of it.

I paid off my Meigray preorder of a Flyers blouse yesterday that I absolutely didn’t need or even want but I still did it.

At least this year for the second time in like seven years I won’t be going to the Super Bowl at the last minute so I got that going for me.

#FirstWorldProblems

 

[Chinatown88]

I...might be blowing my collecting budget for 2024 on one item.

There are two vintage cards I always wanted that I never managed to snag, one of which is from a regional Pacific Coast League set from 1922 that just so happened to include Jim Thorpe in a baseball uniform. They are rare. Very, very rare. I'm in week 2 of trying to buy this copy.

It's a hard knock life being a nerd that likes to collect.

 

[achdumeingute]

This EDGE class is infuriating not because of the prospects but because I think 23 is like No Man's Land. All of the top guys should be gone so then you might be "reaching" for the next guy in the rankings. IDK, it's why I love and hate the draft.

#TeamTradeDown

This is kinda the case every year. It's all about how it breaks. There are lots of good OT prospects and usually those go run on like crazy in the teens. Most mocks have OT runs happening in the 20s now. If we want value @ 22 it might be at OT (sadly)

Sooo hard, this early out, to project wtf is going to happen.

I'd love to for like Ariz or Car to trade up with a late 1/early 2 and another 2/early 3 for 22.

In the 50-65, LB and Safeties look like value.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

This is kinda the case every year. It's all about how it breaks. There are lots of good OT prospects and usually those go run on like crazy in the teens. Most mocks have OT runs happening in the 20s now. If we want value @ 22 it might be at OT (sadly)

Sooo hard, this early out, to project wtf is going to happen.

I'd love to for like Ariz or Car to trade up with a late 1/early 2 and another 2/early 3 for 22.

In the 50-65, LB and Safeties look like value.

Which LBs do you like?

I think right now my favorite LB pick would be Trevin Wallace from Kentucky on Day 3. He's far from perfect. He doesn't shed blocks well at all for example. His arms look long to me, so I think good coaching could help him with that. But it's also not like Kentucky has poor defensive coaching. There's a distinct tendency to overrun plays. But he's a wonderful functional athlete. On the LB scale, he can actually flip his hips pretty well. You just don't get many chances at sideline to sideline NFL athletes later on in drafts.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Yes. There were multiple good draft people who had him as EDGE4 by Halloween (behind Verse, Latu, and Trice in all cases IIRC). The hype is building.

With Sawyer going back, the most interesting EDGES to me in expected ranges were Isaac, Gabriel Murphy from UCLA, and Jonah Elliss (in Mobile but injured) from Utah. By the time the draft comes around, I might be on Robinson. I didn’t plan on watching him because I thought he would be gone by the time they picked. Then they bombed out and he’s getting passed a bit.

Yeah I’m rooting hard for him more than most other Penn State players. He had a tough upbringing. He grew up in a single parent household with his mother & all of her kids but him were born with mental disabilities. So it probably would have made sense last year for him to come out for the draft but he came back & it appears it’s gonna pay off for him in a big way.

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Which LBs do you like?

I think right now my favorite LB pick would be Trevin Wallace from Kentucky on Day 3. He's far from perfect. He doesn't shed blocks well at all for example. His arms look long to me, so I think good coaching could help him with that. But it's also not like Kentucky has poor defensive coaching. There's a distinct tendency to overrun plays. But he's a wonderful functional athlete. On the LB scale, he can actually flip his hips pretty well. You just don't get many chances at sideline to sideline NFL athletes later on in drafts.

How do you feel about Colson?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Gardner Minshew being a Pro Bowler is something.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Jalen Hurts can’t even read a field in a skills competition.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

How do you feel about Colson?

Currently trying to get Michigan tape. It might take me a while (as in a month), but I will get back to you on this.

 

[Chinatown88]

 

[philly_28]

Gardner Minshew being a Pro Bowler is something.

Last year Tyler Huntley was there.

Side note: Players that decline an invite as an alternate don't get announced. If you're the 8th alternate at QB and the 7 in front of you decline, but you don't, then you're a Pro Bowler and the other 7 are not.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Good, I don’t want to have to cheer against Justin.

But imagine hiring Kliff over Chip?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Do it, Dan!