"I Know One Thing For Sure, Groh Gotta Go" **2020 Philadelphia Eagles Off-Season Thread**

[1thouwow]

We need to at least flip Sudfeld

 

[J Money]

They're tryna go with this 2nd QB nonsense but they would spend a 2nd round pick on Hurts if they felt Wentz was durable imo. Regardless it was a waste of a pick.

I don't feel confident in Carson staying healthy myself though but theres better ways around this

 

[1thouwow]

They say Davion Taylor’s middle name is Jalen

 

[KingCesar]

They're tryna go with this 2nd QB nonsense but they would spend a 2nd round pick on Hurts if they felt Wentz was durable imo. Regardless it was a waste of a pick.

I don't feel confident in Carson staying healthy myself though but theres better ways around this

Yeah, if that was their concern, they could have just paid someone like Flacco in free agency. If it's an emergency situation where you need a QB to step in because Wentz got hurt, you'd much rather trust an experienced veteran over a rookie. That's what they did with Foles and McCown.

Any way you slice it, this was a waste of a 2nd Round pick.

 

[gangreen]

At this point, since the eagles have like 20 mill plus in cap space. The only way I’ll feel better for the 2020 season, is if they can sign Clowney on a 14-15mill discount. Even hearing he is down to 13 mill.

 

[Ohene]

that was bad brehs
that was pretty fukkin bad

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

They're tryna go with this 2nd QB nonsense but they would spend a 2nd round pick on Hurts if they felt Wentz was durable imo. Regardless it was a waste of a pick.

I don't feel confident in Carson staying healthy myself though but theres better ways around this

If Wentz isn't durable then how is it a waste of a pick? A good backup QB is a need for Philly..

If Philly didn't blow their 1st and 3rd round picks then this wouldn't look that bad. They still had plenty of picks to fill their holes and still pick Jalen but they reached on a WR in arguably the deepest WR class ever and the took a 2 year project at best w/ Taylor.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Yeah, if that was their concern, they could have just paid someone like Flacco in free agency. If it's an emergency situation where you need a QB to step in because Wentz got hurt, you'd much rather trust an experienced veteran over a rookie. That's what they did with Foles and McCown.

Any way you slice it, this was a waste of a 2nd Round pick.

Lol Hurts is much better than Flacco. Philly needs a good backup QB so the pick makes sense. The Eagles just needed to do a good job with their other picks and so far they haven't. The other 2 picks y'all wasted is what you should be most upset about

 

[desjardins]

HOWIE ROSEMAN: “We’ve shown how we feel about Carson by our actions, we showed it by the amount of picks we put into him and we showed it by the contract extension and we believe this is a guy to lead us to our next Super Bowl Championship. But for better or worse, we are quarterback developers. We want to be a quarterback factory and we have the right people in place to do that and no team in the National Football League has benefited more from developing quarterbacks than the Philadelphia Eagles. This is who we are.”

How about be a consistent elite football team first


Trying see the bright side here but maybe Hurts ends up being better than all the projections and the eagles experience zero drop off next time Carson gets hurt.
Howie's quotes make me think they are almost viewing this with a Sam Hinkie approach of just acquiring "assets" , maybe Hurts can be flipped 2-3 yrs from now after they take another QB high in the draft

 

[J Money]

If Wentz isn't durable then how is it a waste of a pick? A good backup QB is a need for Philly..

If Philly didn't blow their 1st and 3rd round picks then this wouldn't look that bad. They still had plenty of picks to fill their holes and still pick Jalen but they reached on a WR in arguably the deepest WR class ever and the took a 2 year project at best w/ Taylor.

Brotha I definitely hear what you are saying but I just feel we have quite a number of players and position that need or will need replacing and there was some good value picks in the 2nd round that would have improved the team straight away

I like Jalen Hurts too. What you're saying is also right, in hindsight we should have traded down in the 1st and tried to get back another 2nd or 2, then the pick would have been fine.

 

[Knucklehead]

Rolling out the three QB sets with Wentz, Hurts and Greg Ward?
Howie must be kicking himself that he wasn’t able to sign Trey Burton.

 

[KingCesar]

Lol Hurts is much better than Flacco. Philly needs a good backup QB so the pick makes sense.

Flacco is just an example here. The point is, I'd rather turn to a veteran who can grasp a system quickly in the event they need to come in during an emergency situation over a rookie who wouldn't even be getting training reps in the offseason. It's a strategy that's worked out pretty well for Philadelphia before. Meanwhile, they could take the 2nd Round pick and actually improve the team so that if the backup has to come in he can either 1) have decent wideouts to throw to, or 2) have a decent secondary that won't blow double digit leads.

Hurts hasn't taken a single snap in the NFL, so we don't know how good he'll be at the next level or if he's better than Flacco or not. At least with veterans, we already have an idea how good they'll be, which is what you want when you're looking for insurance. And that's how the Eagles actually operate.

I think the real reason Hurts was taken was that Howie had a high grade on him and wants to flip him down the line for more picks from a QB-needy team.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Brotha I definitely hear what you are saying but I just feel we have quite a number of players and position that need or will need replacing and there was some good value picks in the 2nd round that would have improved the team straight away

I like Jalen Hurts too. What you're saying is also right, in hindsight we should have traded down in the 1st and tried to get back another 2nd or 2, then the pick would have been fine.

Yea that's why they have 8 picks to fill all needs, one of those being backup QB..

They have three 4th round picks coming up that they can fill 3 needs with. Their 3rd round pick should have filled another immediate need but they took a project player. And they took a slot WR in the 1st round right after the top WRs like Jeudy and Lamb went off the board lol. That's what y'all should be mad at those two picks.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Flacco is just an example here. The point is, I'd rather turn to a veteran who can grasp a system quickly in the event they need to come in during an emergency situation over a rookie who wouldn't even be getting training reps in the offseason. It's a strategy that's worked out pretty well for Philadelphia before. Meanwhile, they could take the 2nd Round pick and actually improve the team so that if the backup has to come in he can either 1) have decent wideouts to throw to, or 2) have a decent secondary that won't blow double digit leads.

Hurts hasn't taken a single snap in the NFL, so we don't know how good he'll be at the next level or if he's better than Flacco or not. At least with veterans, we already have an idea how good they'll be, which is what you want when you're looking for insurance. And that's how the Eagles actually operate.

I think the real reason Hurts was taken was that Howie had a high grade on him and wants to flip him down the line for more picks from a QB-needy team.

Hurts will be the hardest worker on the team it won't take him long to get acclimated

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

And y'all are underestimating what Jalen can do in that Taysom Hill role as a WR/RB if Eagles go that route. And he'll be great for goal line and short yardage situations with his ability to be a wildcat QB but also throw the ball better than any other wildcat QB can lol