Free Agency '06 (Moulds isn't coming. 17.8 million in cap space.)

[The BIGSTUD]

I don't expect either, but I think adding Walker or Moulds is more likely than Arrington at this point.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Part of me hopes this Tapeh love is a smokescreen and that they are really hoping to land LenDale with #14, and part of me is hoping that they really and honestly do expect big things from Tapeh so they don't feel compelled to use that pick on a running back.

Either way, I would love for the team to not have to carry Parry on the roster and also have some sort of option for a semblance of the occasional power running game.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I don't expect either, but I think adding Walker or Moulds is more likely than Arrington at this point.

I'd have to agree.  Arrington is all-but off the radar now.

[General_Failure]

If they can put up with Buck and McDougle finding ways to miss season after season I'm alright with them wanting to see if Tapeh can contribute. If he can, I'm getting a new jersey this year.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I know I'll be tarred and feathered for saying this....

But I am not very high on the idea of drafting Lendale White. I know we need a big back. But I don't think I want to spend a 1st round pick on a big back who has character issues and has been known to be in the 250lb range. That's OK for an OL to be fatter or even Jerome Bettis can get away with it because he was on his last legs.

But you can find gems and solid players at the RB position later on in the draft. Our big back won't get a lot of carries. Westbrook and Moats will get the bulk of them. Give me a guy like Cedric Humes in the 7th rd. and that could be good enough. He isn't the only guy I would like to see here later in the draft, there are others. But since I am at work I don't have access to my lists.

Edit: and if Tapeh is fully healthy he can be that guy. So could Bruce Perry.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I know I'll be tarred and feathered for saying this....

But I am not very high on the idea of drafting Lendale White.

Edit: and if Tapeh is fully healthy he can be that guy. So could Bruce Perry.

I don't like the idea of drafting LenDale at #14 much either.  But I also hate that the Eagles don't even have the OPTION to pound the ball up the middle time and time again if the situation calls for it.

Bruce Perry?  HA!  The guy is the same size as Westbrook and Moats, man.

[PhillyPhreak54]

But he is a tough runner. His size doesn't matter. I wouldn't even say we need a big back, let me correct myself. I would say we need a guy who can get the tough yards. And you don't have to be 6'0 230 to be that guy.

James Mungro and Dominic Rhodes are two smaller backs who get Indy tough yards. Rock Cartwright is a guy who gets tough yards for Washington. Mungro and Cartwright have also played FB despite being midgets.

Its all about the attytood, bro. Perry is a tough sumbitch.

[The BIGSTUD]

Lendale is the best player available, but the question is will he be the best player available to impact the Eagles? I say no. A DT would impact this team more than a RB would. Even if Lendale turns out to be a stud, he won't touch the ball all that much anyway.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

A DT would impact this team more than a RB would.

True, but if Ngata and Bunkley are off the board and the Eagles still keep #14 and take a DT... not good.

[The BIGSTUD]

Watson and Wright are both very solid DTs. I wouldn't mind either at 14. You'd think you would trade down, but Watson is going to go around 18ish or so IMO. What would be the point of trading down 4 spots?

We need a DT so bad that we can't afford to take anything but a DT in the first round. That is why I'd like to trade up so the Eagles can get the guy they want. Trading up to 11 should do the trick.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Agreed. If BB and Ngata are gone, they have to trade out or take the BPA there. And if Jimmy Williams or Mike Huff somehow slip and are there at 14, I would love to take one of them.

I read a post on the EMB or PhilaPhans (can't recall which or who wrote it) but they brought up a good point.

When the Eagles are drafting for a need, they do bad.

2001 - they drafted Freddie due to a need at WR. Bad pick.

2003 - they drafted McDougle because Hugh left. McDougle is still an unknown due to health.

But when they go BPA?

2000 - Corey Simon (he was goo from 2000-2003 and half of 2004)
2002 - Lito, Sheldon, Lewis
2004 - Andrews
2005 - Patterson, Reggie Brown

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Watson and Wright are both very solid DTs. I wouldn't mind either at 14. You'd think you would trade down, but Watson is going to go around 18ish or so IMO. What would be the point of trading down 4 spots?

We need a DT so bad that we can't afford to take anything but a DT in the first round. That is why I'd like to trade up so the Eagles can get the guy they want. Trading up to 11 should do the trick.

Watson and Wright are basically the same story.  Great upside and massive downside due to consistent lack of effort in key situations.  Neither of them will go before pick 20.  Book that.  Wright will more than likely be there in the 2nd round when the Eagles select.

They could theoretically move to 11 with the 3rd rounder, but what if they use that 3rd rounder to get Javon Walker... or what if Vernon Davis is off the board and the Rams want to go DT (they lost two in FA)?  Then the price just went way up.  Not good.

When the Eagles are drafting for a need, they do bad.

This is exactly why I think there is a solid chance that they've learned their lesson and will not trade up for Bunkley.  He's a good prospect at #14, but he is only worth trading up for if you're desperate for him.

[MURP]

Part of me hopes this Tapeh love is a smokescreen and that they are really hoping to land LenDale with #14, and part of me is hoping that they really and honestly do expect big things from Tapeh so they don't feel compelled to use that pick on a running back.

Either way, think how stupid that is on the Eagles part.   Smoke screening with a severly injured FB? ha.  Expected a seriously injured FB to come in and do big things?  ha.
sounds just like the Eagles.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yes, it certainly does.  And let's not forget Tapeh's from the slow Big Ten.

[ice grillin you]

jonathan wells should have been signed a long time ago to be the big back