Danny Watkins, Philadelphia Eagle

[ice grillin you]

i love how you act like you have any idea if hes going to be good or not

ummm hes been playing football for four years all four at tackle and two of them at a junior college....hes a hockey playing fireman im pretty sure i know how this is going to end up

the same way we all knew how a 1-aa asian engineer DE would fare at OLB or a linebacking surfer from san diego...or a milquetoast safety from iowa

eagles are always trying to push these exotic out of the box type players on us...or trying to make nifty shock the world picks like kolb....or they trade up and instead of take earl thomas they have to be different and take average ass brandon graham....why cant they just STRIAGHT UP take the best players

i will say that the hockey player wont wont be as exposed as these other guys because he plays at a position you can hide and protect...he may even hold his own in the league if he develops...but the point is they had no business taking him where they did

[PhillyPhreak54]

It took him awhile to worth up a lather, but I knew igy'd be all over this!

[charlie]

So no matter how good he may or may not wind up being, the eagles should not have taken a player, at a position they needed to upgrade, right where most analysts thought he might get drafted?

Makes sense.

[Drunkmasterflex]

The difference between Watkins and the players you mentioned is this is not a reach pick.  Where guys like McCoy and Gocong were.  I am not going to sit here and act like I am thrilled with the pick it is what it is. 

[ice grillin you]

It took him awhile to worth up a lather, but I knew igy'd be all over this!

how could you not be...i guess ive been beaten down by banner inc to a point that the rest of the world hasnt...its the same shtein over and over again...and with howie its been taken to even a level i didnt think possible...btwn last years draft and yeserday its just beyond depressing

[charlie]

I probably watched 1 full game of college football last year, and that was me attending the Villanova/Penn game, so I dont try and pretend to know I know a thing about this guy, except now he has 1st round expectations. If he meets them... I am happy.

[PhillyPhreak54]

It took him awhile to worth up a lather, but I knew igy'd be all over this!

how could you not be...i guess ive been beaten down by banner inc to a point that the rest of the world hasnt...its the same shtein over and over again...and with howie its been taken to even a level i didnt think possible...btwn last years draft and yeserday its just beyond depressing

So if he becomes a steady player on the line for years, how will you feel?

[MDS]

hes a know it all, he cant just says "um....i hope hes good."

with someone like jon harris you knew that was going to be terrible. with someone like pimp you knew that was going to be amazing. but with most picks you just honestly have no farging idea how theyre going to be.

now we can lean toward him being a bust because of banner ics track record, his age, the fact that he started playing football 15 seconds ago, etc., but we just really have no idea how hes going to turn out. so instead of arbitrarily and somewhat recklessly declaring the pick a bust 1 minute after it happens and before we even see him in pads,  why dont we just wait and see. if he sucks, then kill banner for it.

[ice grillin you]

It took him awhile to worth up a lather, but I knew igy'd be all over this!

how could you not be...i guess ive been beaten down by banner inc to a point that the rest of the world hasnt...its the same shtein over and over again...and with howie its been taken to even a level i didnt think possible...btwn last years draft and yeserday its just beyond depressing

So if he becomes a steady player on the line for years, how will you feel?

wouldnt suprise me at all if hes steady...but mike mcglynn will be steady...you can get steady guards anywhere and you can have a weak guard and win superbowls....shtein the eagles made a superbowl with artis hicks and steve scullio sharing a guard spot...this pick is more about taking a guard in the first round than it is about the hockey player altho his resume is truly frightening

hes a know it all, he cant just says "um....i hope hes good."

with someone like jon harris you knew that was going to be terrible. with someone like pimp you knew that was going to be amazing. but with most picks you just honestly have no farging idea how theyre going to be.

now we can lean toward him being a bust because of banner ics track record, his age, the fact that he started playing football 15 seconds ago, etc., but we just really have no idea how hes going to turn out. so instead of arbitrarily and somewhat recklessly declaring the pick a bust 1 minute after it happens and before we even see him in pads,  why dont we just wait and see. if he sucks, then kill banner for it.

so no one....not even the experts can predict the future of a player...groundbreaking stuff but why did it take you 125 words to say it

[MDS]

so no one....not even the experts can predict the future of a player...groundbreaking stuff but why did it take you 125 words to say it

maybe someone who went to the senior bowl and saw tape of him at baylor can. not some dolt on a message board who is too busy watching mildred pierce.

[phillycrew]

I agree with IGY that it would have been nice to get Pouncey but I don't think he was worth trading another pick to jump up that high to get him. 

it probably wasnt worth it...my only point is if they are that hard up for an interior offensive lineman and they clearly were...then trade up and get a much better player who can play center for you...because center is where the real problem is

Looking at NFL.com, it seems like Watkins and Pouncey were the two interior guys.  I guess they could try to convert one of the tackles and they normally like to do it.  It wouldn't shock me anymore if they tried to make Watkins a DT.  This team is exhausting.

[SD]

Watkins is the safest pick in the entire draft - the one player you can confidently say will be in the Pro Bowl in 2012. He's the best guard on the board, and some NFL teams were looking at him as both a center and tackle.

- Rick Gosselin

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Watkins was nearly universally agreed upon as the most NFL ready OG prospect in the draft. Basically the same things people said about Maurkice Pouncey at C last year. He looks like a doofus and is 26 1/2 years old, but not one "expert" has any serious questions about his ability to be a dominating player in short order in the NFL.

So, it is a safe and boring pick of a fat white guy at a plug and play position. I don't blame a self-hating racist like IGY for overstating his hatred of the pick, and since you all keep feeding his need to have his opinion recognized and argued against, I'm pretty sure we haven't heard the last of it.

[SD]

I'll repeat this: If this were a normal offseason and the Eagles had addressed some of the problems on D fans  wouldn't be as outraged. If the Eagles had added Nmandi at corner and maybe signed a LB do you really think anyone would care that they addressed the Guard position in the draft?

[Munson]

Jesus christ at the last few pages