He's a FA and if he's got something left in the tank I think he'd be freakin awesome. He doesn't need to be an every down back for us. We just need a power short yardage back. I don't know what type of role he is looking for and what kind of money he wants...
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Allen Iverson is the answer.
But seriously folks Tapeh seems like the short yardage guy.
I think Bam Morris is available too.
no.
maybe
Quote from: Mad-Lad on May 01, 2006, 10:56:30 AM
I think Bam Morris is available too.
Christian Okoye.
the eagles are an enigma in that they are a passing team with no receivers and have two monsterous offensive guards but no btwn the tackles running back (and in general dont run the ball)....hopefully that changes now
Dorsey Levens
Correll Buckhalter. Oh wait...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3560
Davis - 12 rushing tds last year in 13 games played. 180 attempts 2 fumbles.
Eagles - 11 rushing tds last year 365 attempts 13 fumbles
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/stats?team=phi
No.
Here is why:
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Or something along those lines....
NO! :boom
Quote from: JailBird-man on May 01, 2006, 11:11:41 AM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3560
Davis - 12 rushing tds last year in 13 games played. 180 attempts 2 fumbles.
Eagles - 11 rushing tds last year 365 attempts 13 fumbles
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/teams/stats?team=phi
Interesting point but I can't see or want it...NO
I repeat, no.
maybe as a last resort. but surely there has to be someone better out there, like me or this turd im about to pop out.
I'll say Yes just to be an anti-conformist
Gays are anti-conformist
Not sure why everyone is against this. We just did a lot to shore up a massive offensive line, yet we still have no one to run up the middle. Tapeh could be the answer, but I wouldn't be too confident the responsibility on him yet. We'll get someone else.
QuoteWhat?! Bold prediction from ex-Eagle Brian Baldinger, now Fox football analyst. Pointed out on NBC10's Sports Final last night that the Birds now have the two biggest guards in football in Sean Andrews and new draftee Max Jean-Gilles, and a big young center in Jamal Jackson. That signals a likely shift, Baldinger says: Eagles will get a big running back, and take the fight to foes right up the middle. Look for New Orleans to make Antwan Smith available: "He is an animal," says Baldinger. "I think they can become a better football team, and a more powerful football team." You're talking it snowing in hell, retorted host John Clark. "Coaches get smarter," Baldinger said.
antowain smith wouldn't be too bad, imo.
I wouldn't mind Smith either.
i had a thought a while back, that i may have even posted.
i think davis could be ok as a short yard guy. i would bring him in to compete for a spot.
No fargin way.
Who'd he supplant? They aren't adding another back. Just face it and move on.
With all the blatant opposition I'm sure it's a done deal. Cmon people w/ have had Mahe for a few years!
antowain smith is 2 years older than davis...and he sucks.
neither one of them are that good or durable anymore...but to chose just between the two of them...i would go with davis
I'd be fine with either guy. Bring one or both into training camp, if they can't beat out Perry/Mahe/Bluntholder then fine, if they can then you have your big back.
Davis is DONE.
And Joe Banner has already said that they have zero interest in signing him.
Smith would be a Levens type player. He doesn't want to start and is comfortable being a role player.
But I don't think they add a big back.
Westbrook
Moats
Perry
Tapeh
That's the RB corps, folks.
Heckert seemed last night that he wanted to add one. He said in a perfect world they could get one, but it may not work out that way.
Seems to me like they want one. There just might not be one available.
You and I must live in a different universe...
How you thought Heckert was looking to add one puzzles me. He said the same thing he's been saying for months in interviews when asked about big backs.
He says they like their guys and thinks they can get the job done
Lets see who shakes loose after June 1st, I wouldn't mind a big back, a veteran WR, and another SAM to compete with Gacong and D'hani. The more competition, the better.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 01, 2006, 01:22:18 PM
You and I must live in a different universe...
How you thought Heckert was looking to add one puzzles me. He said the same thing he's been saying for months in interviews when asked about big backs.
He says they like their guys and thinks they can get the job done
Of course he's going to say that, but what he said was something along the lines of:
Would we love to add one? Sure, in a perfect world, but hey, we like our guys and think they can get the job done if we go into the season with them.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 01, 2006, 01:18:02 PM
Davis is DONE.
And Joe Banner has already said that they have zero interest in signing him.
Smith would be a Levens type player. He doesn't want to start and is comfortable being a role player.
But I don't think they add a big back.
Westbrook
Moats
Perry
Tapeh
That's the RB corps, folks.
I would be fine with that as long as that means no Mahe. As far as Davis goes it wouldn't hurt to bring him into camp and see what he has left probably not much but worth a look.
yeah, just like Lamar Gordon was the answer.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 01, 2006, 01:18:02 PM
Davis is DONE.
And Joe Banner has already said that they have zero interest in signing him.
Smith would be a Levens type player. He doesn't want to start and is comfortable being a role player.
But I don't think they add a big back.
Westbrook
Moats
Perry
Tapeh
That's the RB corps, folks.
No Buckhalter? Or just counting on another non-contact injury?
The answer is our oline.
Quote from: SD_Eagle on May 01, 2006, 01:22:38 PM
Lets see who shakes loose after June 1st, I wouldn't mind a big back, a veteran WR, and another SAM to compete with Gacong and D'hani. The more competition, the better.
the june 1st thing means next to nothing this year...just as it has for the past 2 seasons.
any cap purging was already taken care of when the CBA was in jeopardy, and with a cap that is $10M higher...they wont be many cap casualties with their shoelaces.
I always thought anyway that it's not about how big you are, it's about how big you run. If a guy is 5'11 guy who is solid and runs hard then it's the same thing as having a big back.
I just don't know if Perry is that guy. He very well could be.
if you're 190lbs, and you run into two guys with a combined weight of 650lbs...i don't care how hard you run, the only place you're going is face first into their armpits and then you're picking turf out of your ass crack
That's why I said it's if you are solid. Meaning compact. Reno Mahe can run as hard as he wants, if he runs into Henderson he's dead.
But you don't have to be 6'3 260 either.
I wonder if they would have interest in Duckett if he gets cut?
He won't get cut, but if he days we'd probably sign him.
Quote from: Philly Forever on May 01, 2006, 02:27:41 PM
He won't get cut, but if he days we'd probably sign him.
It was reported that they were looking to move him, they already have Dunn, and they drafted a back. It's not crazy to think he could get cut.
According to NC, Buckhalter won't practice until training camp and there's no interest in adding a big RB, but apparently they're really committed to having a running game this year...
committed to a running game with a guy and hasnt played in 3 years and 2 guys that cant run inbetween the tackles? dy-no-mite.
Moats can run in between the tackles, and to the outside. I really like Moats.
NC = No Clue?
Quote from: Philly Forever on May 01, 2006, 02:48:04 PM
Moats can run in between the tackles, and to the outside. I really like Moats.
hes still too small to be a goal line/short yardage guy. buck i guess can do that, but for the love of god we all know hes gonna tear another acl before the 2nd preseason game.
Perry is goal line short yardage guy, or Buck will be if his knees can last.
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 01, 2006, 02:41:06 PM
According to NC, Buckhalter won't practice until training camp and there's no interest in adding a big RB, but apparently they're really committed to having a running game this year...
So 3rd and short we go with either the QB sneak, a deep route, or a 5 yard pass to the TE.
People down here in the Carolinas close to the Panthers think Davis is all but officially retired.
Quote from: MDS on May 01, 2006, 02:49:45 PM
Quote from: Philly Forever on May 01, 2006, 02:48:04 PM
Moats can run in between the tackles, and to the outside. I really like Moats.
hes still too small to be a goal line/short yardage guy. buck i guess can do that, but for the love of god we all know hes gonna tear another acl before the 2nd preseason game.
Don't you think the goal line/short yardage situation may have improved more with the drafting of guys like Gilles & Justice than with any RB? Put my mom behind Max Jean Gilles and she will probably pick up 2 or 3 yards...
Quote from: SidFarkus on May 01, 2006, 03:16:16 PM
Put my mom behind Max Jean Gilles and she will probably pick up 2 or 3 yards...
she picked up 2 to 3 inches last night. oh snap.
Quote from: phattymatty on May 01, 2006, 03:33:30 PM
Quote from: SidFarkus on May 01, 2006, 03:16:16 PM
Put my mom behind Max Jean Gilles and she will probably pick up 2 or 3 yards...
she picked up 2 to 3 inches last night. oh snap.
I chortled...
According to NC, Buckhalter won't practice until training camp and there's no interest in adding a big RB, but apparently they're really committed to having a running game this year...
andy all but said this yesterday...he even dropped perrys name over going out and gettting another rb
i think its becoming more and more clear that what wr and rb are now is what they will be in training camp
Well, the line couldn't block anyone consistently last year. Maybe Thomas getting healthy, all these draft picks and the emergence of Herremans as a quality player will make the midget backfield and the mediocre WR's look like gold.
I guess.
Still, Davis is DONE. No Davis.
i cant even get mad anymore...it is what it is and theres no point in worrying about it any longer...the wr's blow and the invevitable westbrook injury is gonna kill them
i dont understand your mindset Nostradaumus and its hard to imagine your an eagles fan
your angrier than an legless Ethiopian watching a donut roll down a hill
Quote from: Wingspan on May 01, 2006, 02:19:50 PM
if you're 190lbs, and you run into two guys with a combined weight of 650lbs...i don't care how hard you run, the only place you're going is face first into their armpits and then you're picking turf out of your ass crack
That sounds quite similar to how Chuggie spends his weekends.
As per Davis........I'm gonna have to go with no. I think at this point he's a bigger name than he is impact player. With the size the Eagles are going to have on the interior of the o-line now there's no reason what so ever that they should need a "big" back to pound it in there. A moderately sized runningback should suffice nicely.