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IGNORE THE GREG HARDY RUMOR

Posted by The BEAST on 2016/05/31
Posted in: Crazy Talk, Front Office (F.O.), NFL, Players, Rants, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , . 3 Comments

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THE rumor that Greg Hardy might become an Eagle is exactly that. It’s a rumor and nothing more. Today I’ve been to a number of sites and blogs that ALL cite the same source (Pro Football Rumors) for the story that they have perpetuated.

In the source story, PFR doesn’t cite a source, offer a quote or even say that Hardy’s agent has called the Eagles or that the Eagles have called Hardy’s agent. There isn’t a single solitary shred of evidence to lend a gram of credibility to that article. If you had a blog and wrote the same thing, it would be just as true.

So if you’re an Eagles fan and you became worried or sick at the sight of the article, you can calm down. Until and unless you read from someplace CREDIBLE, that this is happening, have faith that your team wouldn’t do something so stupid.

For those who’d compare signing Hardy to signing Michael Vick, there are two massive differences:

1) Vick did not escape justice

2) Vick was remorseful, repentant and continues to keep his nose clean.

Signing Vick was a gamble. Signing Hardy would be stupid.

So again, you can ignore the rumor for now; and in the future be more careful where you get your Eagles information. Many sites have ads and make money off of your clicks, so they don’t care what they have to say to get you there.

Hey look! No ads here. Hmmm….

EAGLES, PLEASE DON’T DRAFT…

Posted by The BEAST on 2016/04/01
Posted in: Draft, Front Office (F.O.), NFL, Rants, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

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PLEASE don’t draft a QB in the first round. Sam Bradford 36M dollars (26 in 2016). Chase Daniel 21M dollars (7 in 2016). This team has already committed itself to 33M dollars worth of QB this year. So why dear god, would they Draft a QB in the first round this year? It just wouldn’t make any sense.

First of all, this is not a great year for QB’s in the Draft. While it totally makes sense to grab a franchise QB while you have the positioning to do so, you should also make sure that what you’re getting is franchise caliber. In all truth there are a couple of guys that can be developed in this Draft, but every QB with a 1st round grade on him this year, comes with obvious flaws if not outright red flags. This is not the year to go all in early on a QB.

Secondly, if we grab a QB early, who is his mentor, Bradford or Daniel? Captain Checkdown or the Clipboard Commander? Or do you start the rookie and sit about 20% of your salary cap on the bench, with no plans to do anything more than just sit it?

Understand, I’m a HUGE fan of the idea of drafting a QB this year. I happen to think that this Draft will be a failure if we don’t draft one. That said, the sort of QB we need is one we can develop, and you don’t draft a project in Round One. We should draft a QB, just not early.

If we can move Bradford in a trade, and draft a guy high, that wouldn’t be the worst move we could make, but that would assume that Bradford possesses a level of trade value that has so far gone undocumented. I mean when was the last time you heard that the Eagles were offered anything at all for him? Besides, haven’t we already had hopes of trading Bradford blow up in our faces during the last Draft? Let’s not be Charlie Brown AND Lucy for a second year in a row.

The smart move is to add to the group of men who are charged with keeping the QB upright. My mind goes back to a thing that Eagles fans have no experience with. Dan Marino. He was sacked 31 times over the course of a 48 game span (6 times in 1988, 10 in 1989, 15 in 1990). Eagles fans have no idea what that kind of protection looks like, but it’s high time that we did. There are better things that we can do with that #8 pick, than select a QB.

So I’m begging you, Jeff Lurie. I’m pleading with you Howie Roseman. Please DO NOT draft a QB in the first round.

EAGLES TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE FOR LINE HELP

Posted by The BEAST on 2016/03/07
Posted in: Front Office (F.O.), NFL, Offense, Players, Roster, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , . 3 Comments

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THUS far I’ve seen a couple of reports linking the Eagles to Chiefs FA Guard Jeff Allen. That wouldn’t be a bad signing, but I’d at least like to see the Eagles make a serious offer to Ravens G Kelechi Osemele.

Osemele is a young Pro Bowl caliber G and so is worth a big investment on those points alone. The sticking point is that due to another player being injured this year, Osemele filled in at LT and did a good job. With as valuable as LT’s are in this game, Osemele may be thinking that if he can switch from G to LT, that he’ll get the significant jump in pay that goes with it.

At the very least he has to be thinking that he needs to ensure that some team doesn’t sign him as a G and then “suddenly decide” to play him at LT. For him, signing a big deal now ensures that things are already on the up and up, regardless of whatever might happen down the line.

Richie Incognito is another guy I’m big on. He has the reputation of being a bully, but then again he’s made millions of dollars as a man who physically imposes his will on alpha males. An NFL Offensive Linemen is more or less a top-shelf professional bully. Every time they beat a Defensive Lineman, they’re making it harder for him to negotiate more money on his next contract. They are literally taking those guy’s lunch money. If they could twist nipples and give wedgies, they damned well might!

So no, I have no problem with an O-Lineman who’s a bit of a bully. In fact I have more of an issue with the ones who aren’t. The knock on Incognito is that he’s 33. That same knock is shared by Jahri Evans formerly of the Saints, who I also like.

The Steelers Ramon Foster and Vikings Mike Harris are also two names I’ve heard good things about, but I can’t say that I know/remember how they look in a game. What I will say for them is that they’re NFL veterans and they’re huge Guards at 328 and 338 respectively. Harris is only 27, and just the other day was offered a 2 year deal of 3.5M, so he can probably be lured away from Minnesota.

In any case these are a few Free Agent names I’d like to see in an Eagles jersey in 2016. If I didn’t mention this or that name, then you know how I feel about them coming here.

(I’m on the fence about Alex Boone.)