"Hate It Or Love It The Underdogs Are On Top" **Superbowl Champions Eagles OffSeason Thread**

[Jerz-2]

REALLY? He went in as an Eagle?

 

[thashiek]

This guy T.O. is weird af.

He "goes in" as an Eagle, but his HOF display shows only a football from the 04 Super Bowl? That's the only Eagle related memorabilia?


Really don't care, just confused. This is Dawks day anyway.

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

This guy T.O. is weird af.

He "goes in" as an Eagle, but his HOF display shows only a football from the 04 Super Bowl? That's the only Eagle related memorabilia?


Really don't care, just confused. This is Dawks day anyway.

TO claims he never picked the Eagles... sounds like the HOF used Philly because they just won the SB and although his stint was short- its one of the highlights of his career

 

[thashiek]

TO claims he never picked the Eagles... sounds like the HOF used Philly because they just won the SB and although his stint was short- its one of the highlights of his career

Ahhhh OK.. that sounds more in line with what I would expect from him.

 

[wire28]

i been said this, i dont know if we got a smiley gawd in here but @3Rivers could you bless a fellow Pennsylvania team

@Supercoolmayo ? @ineedsleep212 ?

 

[So UnThotful]

From my understanding it's not like baseball where a player induction doesn't mean it's with the team

They may use a team logo for the ceremony but they go in as "TO *how many years he played*

 

[Stop_It_5]

Chill....I feel bad for bruh but lets be real...his ability is limited and he stays hurt...he cant play outside...and we already have agholar, ertz and goedert occupying the slot...

Aggy gets hurt at any point this season and Jordan's the first call we should make if he's still out there.

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

Aggy gets hurt at any point this season and Jordan's the first call we should make if he's still out there.

dont see it happening...they can just slide Mike Wallace in the slot (lining Mack Hollins outside) or use either Shelton Gibson or Greg Ward (which ever one makes the team-both fit the more prototypical slot WR than Jordan does)

or you can run 2 TE sets even more if Nelson gets hurt

 

[ineedsleep212]

@Supercoolmayo ? @ineedsleep212 ?

 

[wire28]

thank you

@Box Factory

 

[Box Factory]

thank you

@Box Factory

Just repped him

 

[patscorpio]

 

[Box Factory]

We resigned Corey Graham to a 1 year deal

Still hope tre Sullivan gets a shot though

 

[Box Factory]

Something theres not alot of talk about but probably deserves more attention

We’ve now gotten through a full week’s worth of Eagles training camp practices and on all seven of those days, Destiny Vaeao has lined up next to Fletcher Cox as a starting defensive tackle.

It’s time to really start considering the possibility that Vaeao might start Week 1.

While Tim Jernigan is on the Non-Football Injury list in a pretty mysterious situation (see story), and while Haloti Ngata has been working with the second-team defense all summer, Vaeao has been trying to make the most of his reps with the starters.

And he hopes to stay there.

“Everybody coming into this league, that’s their main goal,” Vaeao said. “To be a starter. You ain’t just coming in here to be a backup or a second-team player. That’s everybody’s mentality. This is my time to get out there and do what I’ve been doing.”

You’ve probably heard Vaeao’s name before but might not know a ton about him. He was an undrafted rookie before the 2016 season, who came to that training camp and impressed enough to make the roster. He played 26 percent of the defensive snaps as a rookie. He made the team again last year and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz was expecting big things from him.

But then Vaeao broke his wrist in the season opener and was forced to miss the next five games. When he finally returned, he did so with a giant cast on his right hand.

It was tough,” Vaeao said. “I’ll just tell you, it was really tough and it changes the way you play.”

Once he returned from the injury, Vaeao played in the final 10 games of the regular season but was inactive in two of the team’s three playoffs games. The Eagles elected to use Brandon Graham more inside and Fletcher Cox stopped coming off the field. It’s fair to wonder if Vaeao would have been active if he still had the use of both hands.

This training camp will give Vaeao a chance to show that he can play when he has both of those hands. So far, he has been solid enough to keep that starting gig through the first week, even with a former All-Pro in Ngata behind him. By the way, the other day, Ngata called Vaeao a “quiet leader.”

“So, this is a big year for him, just sort of putting it all together,” Schwartz said. “I really liked where he came out of camp last year. He's a little bit bigger now, but not overweight. He's just bigger. He's just matured a little bit more. Put a little bit more weight on.

“Third year is an important year, particularly coming off a year that he was hindered most of the year.”

While the preseason games will probably go a long way in determining starters and the rotation among defensive linemen, Vaeao hasn’t done anything to lose his spot in camp. In fact, he put veteran offensive guard Chance Warmack on his behind during a 1-on-1 yesterday. I tweeted about the play and noticed a familiar name pop up in my feed: one of Vaeao’s brothers.

I didn't get a full translation, but that's basically Desmond saying "good job" to his brother. Destiny says he doesn’t spend time on social media during training camp but admitted it’s great to know how much support he has from his family. Born in American Samoa, he said the importance of family is just a part of their culture. God, family and then football.

As it stands now, it seems like there’s a decent chance his family will get to watch him start his first career game for the defending Super Bowl champions in Week 1.

“It would be a dream come true,” he said.

I kinda love how the current regime has been just building players up behind the scenes at the end of the depth chart or practise squad

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

Something theres not alot of talk about but probably deserves more attention




I kinda love how the current regime has been just building players up behind the scenes at the end of the depth chart or practise squad

I am not sure how confident I am in Destiny (how his parent gon give him a strippa name ) as a starting DT in the NFL. I assumes Ngata would start and they would either throw Bennett or BG inside and then have Long and Barnett outside- maybe give Sweat a few reps as well. I heard his hand usage is better but I am kinda with Destiny starting