The 2007 Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

I'd rather keep bowtie than have Emmons back

so would i...id also rather have ike back


since i've been a football fan, i've never seen someone  get so consistantly wide open as stallworth did last year.  over and over, there was no one within ten yards of him.  curtis won't do that.

pretty much...curtis was a holy shtein our wr's are atrocious and we need to quell the uprising amongst our fans lets get someone quick signing

people need not to confuse best person available at the time with excellent signing

the eagles play the game so well

they let the top notch players sign elsewhere...they get the fanbase in a frenzy by doing nothing for a couple weeks...then just when you think its the end of the world they sign a second rate guy like curtis...

the timing is brilliant in that people have already moved on and forgotten about stallworth leaving and instead switched their anger to the fact that the eagles havent done anything....so what the birds do then is sign someone...anyone....and people dont say "wait this is stallworths replacement??"...

they are instead "yes! finally they did something...hmmm kevin curtis? not a bad player nice signing"...then a little more time passes and before you know it you have lots of eagle fans back in the kool aid...even tho the big picture says going from curtis to stallworth is a minus for the team

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

pretty much...curtis was a holy shtein our wr's are atrocious and we need to quell the uprising amongst our fans lets get someone quick signing

people need not to confuse best person available at the time with excellent signing

the eagles play the game so well

they let the top notch players sign elsewhere...they get the fanbase in a frenzy by doing nothing for a couple weeks...then just when you think its the end of the world they sign a second rate guy like curtis...

the timing is brilliant in that people have already moved on and forgotten about stallworth leaving and instead switched their anger to the fact that the eagles havent done anything....so what the birds do then is sign someone...anyone....and people dont say "wait this is stallworths replacement??"...

they are instead "yes! finally they did something...hmmm kevin curtis? not a bad player nice signing"...then a little more time passes and before you know it you have lots of eagle fans back in the kool aid...even tho the big picture says going from curtis to stallworth is a minus for the team

Your theory would pull some weight if this FO ever gave a rat's ass about the fans whining.  It's obvious they always have targets in FA and if they fail, they don't really move to the next person at all... because there might not be value there.  I'm going to use a very fitting analogy here for why the Eagles signed Curtis instead of Stallworth:

Stallworth is like a European sports car.  Extremely impressive and high-performing when in good shape, but has to go into the shop for repairs more than you'd like.  Also, there's rumor of a recall that could have it in the shop for a whole year.

Curtis is like a certified-pre-owned, low-mileage, fully-loaded Honda Civic.  You know it will take you from A to B in relative comfort and has adequate speed... it's just not going to blow the panties off any fine bitches.

[mussa]

whats the chances of us going after a receiver in the draft, within the first 3 rounds? I would be more than okay with that. priorities first though I'd like to see FS or SS, LB, RB(Bucks replacement) and WR.

[ice grillin you]

Your theory would pull some weight if this FO ever gave a rat's ass about the fans whining

they absolutely do care tho....from banners you should love jeff lurie because you wouldnt have a team without him to his wip tirades where he whines about the fans not liking the front office enough to luries yearly state of the union address telling all the fans how great his organization is....

they care and they care a lot

[SD_Eagle5]

whats the chances of us going after a receiver in the draft, within the first 3 rounds? I would be more than okay with that. priorities first though I'd like to see FS or SS, LB, RB(Bucks replacement) and WR.

Since they're so high on Avant and Baskett I doubt they'd spend a first day pick on a WR. I hope the first day is all defense with maybe a big back if a decent one is there.

[ice grillin you]

i hope the next three drafts are all defense

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

whats the chances of us going after a receiver in the draft, within the first 3 rounds? I would be more than okay with that. priorities first though I'd like to see FS or SS, LB, RB(Bucks replacement) and WR.

I hope they don't draft one at all, let alone early... unless hell freezes over and someone drops way more than they should.

They currently have a lot of young and/or unproven WR's.  Kevin Curtis is the "old guy", and Reggie Brown and Baskett are probably the only other absolute givens on the roster.  Then, you have Avant, Lewis, Bethel Johnson, and Bloom fighting for 2 or 3 more spots.  I don't see a draft pick at WR having a good chance of improving the team this year or in the near future.

they care and they care a lot

Let me rephrase... they certainly haven't used fan support to decide anything for the roster.

[ice grillin you]

yeah i dont think they are gonna change their entire philosophy because of the fans..but their timing certainly is always on point PR wise

for example you would never see them let stallworth walk and then sign curtis the next day

it really shows some of the the fans ignorance more than anything the team is doing

[phattymatty]

i guess this is the year we finally let greg lewis go.  about friggin time.  also, there's no chance both bethel johnson and bloom make the roster is there?

[ice grillin you]

i think they want bloom on punts and bethel on kick offs...so i would say theres def a chance both stick...it also wouldnt surprise me one bit to see bloom cut

[PhillyandBCEagles]

whats the chances of us going after a receiver in the draft, within the first 3 rounds? I would be more than okay with that. priorities first though I'd like to see FS or SS, LB, RB(Bucks replacement) and WR.

Since they're so high on Avant and Baskett I doubt they'd spend a first day pick on a WR. I hope the first day is all defense with maybe a big back if a decent one is there.

Agree.  The idea of getting Griffin in the 1st, Leonard in the 2nd, Waters or Siler in the 3rd gives me football wood.

[rjs246]

I think there's a good chance that both Bloom and Johnson make the team. One is a kick returner one is a model/skier. Two completely different positions.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Greg is staying, I would bet. They love him. Although I don't like him he is good in the role they had him in last year - 4th WR and a gunner on STs. Play him like 2005 and he's trash.

I wold bet that Bloom has a better shot to stick than Johnson.

[SD_Eagle5]

i hope the next three drafts are all defense

That would be great if Andy didn't have to fulfill his Mormon and O-line draft quota.

[Diomedes]

I think there's a good chance that both Bloom and Johnson make the team. One is a kick returner one is a model/skier. Two completely different positions.

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