They kept it all "in house"...
DT Jeremy Clark, FB Jason Davis, LB Akeem Jordan, WR Michael Gasperson, DE Marques Murrell, S Marcus Paschal, WR Bill Sampy, TE Lee Vickers
FEEL THE EXCITEMENT
Nice picks in the 2007 draft of Gaddis, Barksdale, and Ilaoa.
Very surprised that none of those 3 made the practice squad. Have the Eagles cut any draft picks the year they drafted them and not signed them to the practice squad since Reid got here?
lemme look that up in the database of useless information
dont you have an errand to run?
i dont understand gaddis or barksdale at all
a project is the ultimate candidate for PS...why else take him...did they think hed come in and make the team a year after being a baseball player
and gaddis is at a position where your one good player is 100 years old
iiloa just plain sucked
I figured at least Gaddis would make the PS. Barksdale got scooped up right away by KC, which sucked, because I wanted him on it too.
Nate seemed to come around a little bit in week 4 of preseason, but otheer then that the other guys on there showed much more to warrant a spot on the PS. Except Sampy.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 05, 2007, 03:12:29 PM
dont you have an errand to run?
nah, I leave those until gametime
I thought I read somewhere that Gaddis got picked up on a PS soon after he was cut loose. Barksdale is/was a total mistery, why draft a project then not add him to the project squad? I think they planned to add Barksdale and he just got snagged by Kansas City. That's the only thing that makes sense.
Quote from: PPinDC on September 05, 2007, 03:20:35 PM
Barksdale is/was a total mistery, why draft a project then not add him to the project squad? I think they planned to add Barksdale and he just got snagged by Kansas City. That's the only thing that makes sense.
It's not such a mistery (sic) when you're able to answer your own question right after you ask it.
I fully expect Barksdale to hit the market at somepoint in the next 4 months
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 05, 2007, 03:42:15 PM
Quote from: PPinDC on September 05, 2007, 03:20:35 PM
Barksdale is/was a total mistery, why draft a project then not add him to the project squad? I think they planned to add Barksdale and he just got snagged by Kansas City. That's the only thing that makes sense.
It's not such a mistery (sic) when you're able to answer your own question right after you ask it.
It is. I am just so smart and good with what you would call the "keyboard skillz" that I figured it out as the post went along.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on September 05, 2007, 03:52:57 PM
I fully expect Barksdale to hit the market at somepoint in the next 4 months
Naturally. I mean... he's going to run out of milk, right?
Was is gas-person still on the PS?
It's his third year, he's not gonna make it!
At least we got Kolb who was the best pick in the entire draft.
Quote from: King Cole on September 05, 2007, 03:58:38 PM
At least we got Kolb who was the best pick in the entire draft.
HIGH FIVE!
KOLBSY!
Okay. So now that we have a few guys on the practive squad.....what the farg do they do exactly? Watch film? Hang around the complex? They can't even be on the sidelines during actual games, right? What does a "practice squad" do?
im gonna go out on a limb and say practice
Late night KFC runs for Andy? Late Night pill runs for Britt?
pilladelphia yo
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 05, 2007, 04:02:26 PM
im gonna go out on a limb and say practice
Seriously, I have no idea what guys on a practice team actually do.
EDIT: Thank you Wiki:
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Practice squad players practice alongside regular roster players during the week; however they are not allowed to play in actual games. They are paid considerably less than active squad players ($4700 per week or $80,000 per season, in comparison to the NFL minimum rookie salary of $285,000). They are also ineligible for many fringe benefits such as service time, pensions, and the like. They hope to be promoted to the active roster either by their current team, or by another team who is scouting them. They retain free agent status and may sign with any team they wish without compensation to the original team. Many are former college players living in the surrounding city area, and the vast majority of them are forced to take other jobs to help support themselves during the season and off-season. In fact, the current term evolved from the term "taxi squad", referring to the job that many scout team players held in order to supplement their income.
80k a year, and they need to get second jobs? I wish I was that broke.
Who'd Mike Gasperson's mom blow to keep him employed?
Why is that guy still around?
imo hes only on the team for training camp...and of course he must be a good practice guy...a wr that knows the offense runs precise routes...basically a good guy for qb's to throw too....i say this because and youll know this phreak he gets an amazing amount of run in camp...close to if not as much as any wr on the team
Well, you do need guys on the practice squad who are there to provide/improve actual practice for the pros. You can't have a bunch of projects who need special attention.
who stole dios password and made a post in the practice squad thread
mods?
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 05, 2007, 08:56:47 PM
imo hes only on the team for training camp...and of course he must be a good practice guy...a wr that knows the offense runs precise routes...basically a good guy for qb's to throw too....i say this because and youll know this phreak he gets an amazing amount of run in camp...close to if not as much as any wr on the team
I know...and I was wondering the same thing up at camp too. Dude gets almost as much time out there as Brown and Curtis. I don't get it. He's a good, big target but he's nothing special.
I'd give that spot to someone worth investing some time in. Because let's be real...dude's got no future in the NFL.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 05, 2007, 09:59:38 PM
Because let's be real...dude's got no future in the NFL.
GASP!!!erson.
You're all racists.