With the First Pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles Select...

[BigEd76]

they should've missed the playoffs last year, then Brandon Meriweather would've been an Eagle, damnit

[Sgt PSN]

and sarge nothing that happened in 2007 means a thing in 2008...especially in todays free agency ridden nfl...add in injuries and parity in general and no game meant anything last year much less late season games when the eagles were out of it

So you don't think that McNabb didn't benefit from not only playing well, but winning a few games to close out the season? 

You don't think that Reggie Brown playing well for the 2nd half of the season meant anything?

Winning 3 games isn't going to propell them to greatness next year.  But it's a lot better than going through the offseason with a 3 or 4 or 5+ game losing streak. 

[ice grillin you]

i think mcnabb benefitted from playing period not necessarily from playing well...im not suggesting they should have benched him....but i would have sat some others like westbrook...if not for full games then for large parts of them...get people like tony hunt some real run...i would have had a bunch of back up lineman in there as much as possible too...
reggie brown is who he is...what he did in the second half of the season is meaningless in terms of 2008...he had a very good 2006 year and how did that translate to 2007?

i think young guys and guys who have not had much playing time can benefit from playing but i dont see how the 2008 team benefits from the 2007 team winning those games


every year is its own entity in the nfl

[rjs246]

i think young guys and guys who have not had much playing time can benefit from playing but i dont see how the 2008 team benefits from the 2007 team winning those games

every year is its own entity in the nfl

I actually disagree with that in some ways. There is no literal correlation between one year and the next, but winning begets winning. Fostering an environment where the team's top priority is winning, even when the wins mean nothing, is a good thing in my opinion.

[ice grillin you]

its not like the eagles are the cardinals tho...they won a playoff game 12 months ago

[Sgt PSN]

i think young guys and guys who have not had much playing time can benefit from playing but i dont see how the 2008 team benefits from the 2007 team winning those games

every year is its own entity in the nfl

I actually disagree with that in some ways. There is no literal correlation between one year and the next, but winning begets winning. Fostering an environment where the team's top priority is winning, even when the wins mean nothing, is a good thing in my opinion.

Exactly.  

Now, had the Eagles decided to run their young guys out there for the last couple of games then I might have been ok with that because it's a good chance to evaluate talent in real game scenerios.  But I'm not a big fan of doing that unless your team is in a no shtein rebuilding mode.  And the Eagles simply aren't at that level yet.  

[Sgt PSN]

its not like the eagles are the cardinals tho...they won a playoff game 12 months ago

What are you saying?  That something that happened in a previous season isn't just relevant to that season? 

[ice grillin you]

im saying the eagles won the division in 2006 and finished last in the division in 2007

im sayin teams that make the superbowl often dont make the playoffs the following year

and teams with good players and not a lot of injuries usually win no matter what they did the previous year

[Sgt PSN]

And I'm saying that it's good for players to go into the offseason on a high note and having a little something to feel good about when there wasn't much to feel good about in the first place.   

[ice grillin you]

i think for a college basketball team filled with freshman and sophomores that might hold weight

but i find it hard to believe that beating buffalo this year meant something when winning the division and a playoff game meant nothing the year before

[Rome]

Is an 8-8 or a 5-11 team more attractive to potential free agents?

[BigEd76]

Ask Edgerrin James

[Rome]

Okay, how about potential free agents without scrambled eggs for brains?

[ice grillin you]

Is an 8-8 or a 5-11 team more attractive to potential free agents?

most ridiculous thing youve ever posted

[BigEd76]

Reggie White chose the non-playoff 9-7 Packers over the wildcard-winning 9-7 taterskins, the division champ 11-5 Dolphins and the Super Bowl-winning 13-3 Cowboys.  FA is all about money and nothing more...