The 2007 Offseason Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

At the very least, he's getting a Harley at midfield.

The empty golf club bag is better.

Randall's number is unofficially retired as was Reggie's until 2005. The last to wear #12 was Travis Brown in camp. And like with Reggie's number, Lurie told the equipment guys to not issue it again.

Dawk's will be retired. No one will wear 20 after him. Bet.

[Rome]

Arguing Dawk's merits is one thing.  Arguing whether his number will be retired is another.  It's gonna happen because Lurie loves him and even began advocating his HOF last year at Reggie's induction.

If he's pimping Dawk for Canton, in what possible way couldn't he have his number retired by the Birds?

It's a lock.

[General_Failure]

Lurie will retire it if and when Dawk gets to Canton, and not a moment sooner.

[ice grillin you]

im not saying it wont happen im saying it shouldnt happen

but also how does lurie retire dawk and not mcnabb...they love donovan as much if not more than dawk...and an argument can certainly be made that mcnabb has been better at his position than dawk has at is


Lurie will retire it if and when Dawk gets to Canton, and not a moment sooner

then its not happening...dawk is simply not a HOF....his position alone makes it almost impossible...

theres less than ten safties in the HOF in the 75 years of the league

1981 was the last time a safety who made the hall entered the league

his statistics dont measure up either....he also isnt nearly as well thought of around the nfl as he is in philly...thats not to say anyone doesnt think hes a great safety...but theres a huge leap to go from great player to HOF player

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm going to go ahead and ignore the opinion of someone that thinks Sean Taylor is easily a better player than Dawkins is.

[ice grillin you]

you can certainly ignore if you choose...once again im here to drop direction on the domes of the misled...you can choose to listen or you can continue to wander aimlessly

that is mos def your perogotive

[Rome]

Safeties historically have had a harder time gaining entrance to the HOF because the position was looked down upon in terms of importance. 

Now it's a different story.  Guys like Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu & Dawkins have elevated the position to the point where it can be one of the most important on the field.

I read somewhere that he's one of only 10 players to have recorded 15 sacks & 30 interceptions in his career and his career isn't even over yet.

[phattymatty]

Eisen: Why would the Eagles take a QB?

Wilcots: This team is insecure when it comes to McNabb's ability to stay healthy. Kolb is a guy Reid can groom as insurance in case McNabb keeps getting hurt

Eisen: Why at #36 though?

Wilcots: Hey, they liked the guy

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Dawk interview:

On the Kolb pick: "The only people that weren't surprised were the people in the war room making the selection."

Talked to McNabb....it surprised him but it surprised everyone else too.....don't want to think about negative stuff or speculation.....just concentrate on the present and getting healthy....If Kolb contributes it'll be 2 or 3 years down the line...

Expects McNabb to be back 100%

Wilcots brings up the addition of Spikes....Dawk goes nuts..."TKO!"...starts clapping, says he's so jacked up to have him here....might hyperventilate celebrating good plays with him  ...."You don't know how excited I was to get that CAT on this team!"

Says he also likes the "PLETHORA" of new defensive linemen added up front

Gaddis is "very athletic....new to the position so he's raw and green, but has a tremendous upside"....can't wait to teach him....gonna help immediately on special teams...gonna be productive.....he comes from "the REAL orange" of Clemson

On the recent player conduct stuff.....says that the commissioner had to put a system in place but it's not something that anyone should be patting themselves on the back about....says teams aren't going to tolerate the off-the-field crap anymore (talking about Carroll's release)....says it's a privilege to play in the NFL and it shouldn't be taken for granted....says he likes that teams are straightforward with punishments now....

when you post these, do you:

a) find a transcript somewhere and copy and paste from it

b) just write whatever you remember hearing, or

c) tape record the interview and then type back what was said word-for-word


i really hope it's c.

[SD_Eagle5]

Its really d), Ed sends Eisen pics of himself in a bikini and Eisen sends him the transcripts

[ice grillin you]

I read somewhere that he's one of only 10 players to have recorded 15 sacks & 30 interceptions in his career

im just saying both rodney harrison and leroy butler have more sacks and interceptions than dawk plus championships....pretty sure they all arent getting in

john lynch wes hopkins carnell lake and joey browner among some others have similar numbers to dawk

dawk = great player but not HOF'er

[Feva]

nm.

[BigEd76]

when you post these, do you:

a) find a transcript somewhere and copy and paste from it

b) just write whatever you remember hearing, or

c) tape record the interview and then type back what was said word-for-word

i really hope it's c.

Definitely C.  Dawk used smilies and CAPS too.

[mussa]

apparently he's not black enough

[BigEd76]

He's whiter than igy

[ice grillin you]

I heard McNabb thinks IGY is a whiner.

He's whiter than igy