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Post by Morkim on Aug 19, 2014 21:08:05 GMT -5
He's collecting ducks.
I hear a trade for Dion is in the works.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 20:31:04 GMT -5
He's collecting ducks. I hear a trade for Dion is in the works. Ah, that would be nice actually. He's just stuck in a scheme that doesn't work well for him, and on a bad team. I think he'd do well here in Philly. Maybe they see now how good of a pass rusher Brandon Graham, and or Vinny Curry where during the preseason? I'll tell you what though, this Eagles team is pretty damn good overall. Most importantly, we now have a very creative and innovative head coach here. Totally opposite of what Andy Reid had become. Andy Reid was great for a long while, but his act just became real stale. Among the fans, media, and then the players too. Insanely terrible clock management, predictable play calling, couldn't figure out how to call a red zone offense to save his life, and a terrible game managing coach as well. Very rarely did he ever make adjustments during games. Drew up a plan, and stuck to it, even when it was going terribly wrong. We Philly fans needed a change. I think we may have just landed us a coach who is gonna do some real special things in this league. He's already had an influence in other coaches approaches to some things, just in his first year. Everyone was nervous how his college offense would translate into the NFL. Second most total yards, and pretty much in a 3 way tie in second place in total points scored. Yeah, I'd say it has gone over quite well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 20:39:17 GMT -5
How is their Defense? Are they going to give up more points than they score? Or is the defense okay?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 11:20:56 GMT -5
How is their Defense? Are they going to give up more points than they score? Or is the defense okay? Defense improved vastly during the second half of last season, and made a few moves to become better this season. So, to answer your question, I do think the defense will be just fine.
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Post by EagleDomiKnation on Aug 31, 2014 23:54:43 GMT -5
In the 2013 off-season, the Eagles signed five free agent starters to upgrade an awful defense. Three of those players, Connor Barwin, Bradley Fletcher and Cary Williams, were good additions. However the other two players were not and by mid-season were benched for rookies: Isaac Sopoaga for Bennie Logan and Patrick Chung for Earl Wolff. In both of their cases, the Patriots were able to bail the Eagles out. In October, Sopoaga was dealt along with a sixth round pick to the Patriots for a fifth round pick. Trading a cast off to move up a round in the draft is always a good move, making it even better, that pick was then traded for Darren Sproles. Sopoaga wound up being inactive by seasons' end and released, and the Patriots ate a $1M cap hit in dead money that the Eagles would have had to absorb had they not dealt him. Today the Patriots again helped out the Eagles by retaining the services of Patrick Chung, who was cut in March. The release saved $2.25M in cap space but incurred a $1M dead money hit at the time. However because of off-set language, Chung's $1M contract guarantee carries over from the Eagles' salary cap to the Patriots' now that he has made New England's roster. So the Eagles are off the hook for all of Chung's remaining cap hit, and the Patriots, already taking Isaac Sopoaga's dead money, take Patrick Chung's too. That's what friends are for...chip loves bill... patriotsk1d
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Post by patriotsk1d on Sept 1, 2014 0:40:56 GMT -5
In the 2013 off-season, the Eagles signed five free agent starters to upgrade an awful defense. Three of those players, Connor Barwin, Bradley Fletcher and Cary Williams, were good additions. However the other two players were not and by mid-season were benched for rookies: Isaac Sopoaga for Bennie Logan and Patrick Chung for Earl Wolff. In both of their cases, the Patriots were able to bail the Eagles out. In October, Sopoaga was dealt along with a sixth round pick to the Patriots for a fifth round pick. Trading a cast off to move up a round in the draft is always a good move, making it even better, that pick was then traded for Darren Sproles. Sopoaga wound up being inactive by seasons' end and released, and the Patriots ate a $1M cap hit in dead money that the Eagles would have had to absorb had they not dealt him. Today the Patriots again helped out the Eagles by retaining the services of Patrick Chung, who was cut in March. The release saved $2.25M in cap space but incurred a $1M dead money hit at the time. However because of off-set language, Chung's $1M contract guarantee carries over from the Eagles' salary cap to the Patriots' now that he has made New England's roster. So the Eagles are off the hook for all of Chung's remaining cap hit, and the Patriots, already taking Isaac Sopoaga's dead money, take Patrick Chung's too. That's what friends are for...chip loves bill... patriotsk1d Chung is going to help us out though, Sopoaga was as useless as they get. Chung was a big part of our defense his first two years, when he was asked to take on a bigger role he fell off the charts. We have plenty of depth in the secondary now, and Chung will be able to do what he does best, which is play in the box and on special teams. Although in the case of Sopoaga, we pretty much had to make some move, and he made the most sense at the time. The amount of dline depth we have this season is unreal, compared to last year.
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