Jason Babin, Philadelphia Eagle

[ice grillin you]

i never mentioned edwards a single time

[BigEd76]

you were against signing him as soon as the AJC rumor was out

the eagles love going after guys that either have 6 or 8 sacks the year before and trying to make them into the next reggie white

the thing is his numbers werent even that great...its wasnt like having all this talent around him freed him up for a 14-15 sack season

i think he could be a 7-8 sack guy on any team

[ice grillin you]

exactly....first of all that was another thread...to my knowledge i have not mentioned him in this thread at all...secondly even when i did talk about him it wasnt like i was saying i wanted him much less that i wanted him instead of babin

[Hawk]

Edwards is at least a starting caliber DE. He may not be the best pass rusher in the league but he excels against the run.

a 26 year old emerging all around very good defensive end would explain his money

You didn't mention Edwards?

[ice grillin you]

Edwards is at least a starting caliber DE. He may not be the best pass rusher in the league but he excels against the run.

a 26 year old emerging all around very good defensive end would explain his money

You didn't mention Edwards?

yeah explaining why he got a lot of money from someone is saying i wanted the eagles to sign him over babin

keep reachin for the stars dook

[rjs246]

Can we just agree that you're all iceholes and move on?

[Hawk]

Edwards is at least a starting caliber DE. He may not be the best pass rusher in the league but he excels against the run.

a 26 year old emerging all around very good defensive end would explain his money

You didn't mention Edwards?

yeah explaining why he got a lot of money from someone is saying i wanted the eagles to sign him over babin

keep reachin for the stars dook

So what's there to complain about the signing.  I'll start complaining when they go into the season with Matthews at MLB and do nothing to address the safety position.

[ice grillin you]

theres nothing to complain about....as ive stated for the 48 hours its completely underwhelming and pretty much unecessary...but im not mad about it

[ice grillin you]

edwards signed for a just a few more bucks than babin

this washburn cat better be god himself

[BigEd76]

5/$30M/$11M guar from the Falcons

[Hawk]

5/$30M/$11M guar from the Falcons

That's kind of infuriating.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, the accepted opinion is that Edwards, being younger and perceived to be better as an "all-around" end, would have been a better option at those numbers than Babin at his numbers, right?

I mean, I would have preferred Edwards, but I'm an idiot. Besides, Cole and Washburn seem to both have some sort of man-crush on Babin, and all of the ends on the Eagles seem to blend together into one lump of off-and-on and generally mediocre interchangeable parts. So, does it really matter?

Well, it kind of does. fargers.

[SD]

Edwards is at least a starting caliber DE. Babin is a rotational guy on a defense filled with rotational guys.

[ice grillin you]

So, the accepted opinion is that Edwards, being younger and perceived to be better as an "all-around" end, would have been a better option at those numbers than Babin at his numbers, right?

I mean, I would have preferred Edwards, but I'm an idiot. Besides, Cole and Washburn seem to both have some sort of man-crush on Babin, and all of the ends on the Eagles seem to blend together into one lump of off-and-on and generally mediocre interchangeable parts. So, does it really matter?

Well, it kind of does. fargers.

i said the other day i dont know a whole lot about edwards having seen him play only a few times and never having watched him but the age difference is so great that even if they are equal players edwards shelf life is so much longer...and having seen babin i cant believe that edwards is not at the very least as good

babin does fit the eagles system better since what washburn does is send all his ends up the field and then has his lb's pursue downfield...whereas edwards from all accounts is an all around player who can stand up a tackle in the run game...so if its a system thing then what can you say?

i just think the washburn genius storyline was going to be interesting to watch all year anyway...and now with the babin vs edwards thing thrown into the mix it will be come even more fun to watch it all unfold

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Safe to say that Babin's production is a good barometer of Washburn's success? If Babin is healthy and doesn't get double-digit sacks, the excuse certainly can't be that he's drawing double teams over Killa.