Predict the 53

[Susquehanna Birder]

Do you all think Reed is really gonna stick? He doesn't seem to think so, himself.

[MadMarchHare]

I'm not so sure Tapeh doesn't make it.  His stats weren't great, but they aren't going to depend on him to run much anyway.  He catches no worse than Parry, blocks fine, and has more upside.  I'd say it's a coin toss.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm looking into my crystal ball and I just don't see Fraley making the Eagles' squad.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'll predict:

QB (3) - McNabb, Garcia, Feeley
HB (5) - Westbrook, Buckhalter, Moats, Mahe, Perry
FB (1) - Tapeh
WR (5) - R. Brown, Stallworth, Avant, Baskett, G. Lewis
TE (3) - Smith, Schobel, Bartrum
OL (10) - W. Thomas, Herremans, Jackson, Andrews, Runyan, Justice, P. McCoy, Young, Jean-Gilles, N. Cole
DL (10) - Kearse, Howard, Cole, McDougle, J. Thomas, Patterson, Walker, Bunkley, Rayburn, Ramsey
LB (6) - M. McCoy, Trotter, Jones, Barber, Gaither, Short
CB (4) - Sheppard, S. Brown, Hood, Hanson
S (4) - Dawkins, M. Lewis, Considine, Mikell
K, P (2) - Akers, Johnson

[rjs246]

You're a seer.

[MadMarchHare]

So....the answer was LBs.  Roper got cut so they could keep 10 OL.  Still can't believe this team has 6 RBs.  Or that they kept Greggie.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

And the only RB they kept that hasn't been injured during the pre-season is Tapeh, the bionic hip.

All is well!

[Dillen]

The Eagles only have 34 players on the team that played for them last season, not including guys like Buckhalter, Tapeh, McDougle, etc.

[rjs246]

That's vomit inducing.

[General_Failure]

The team that finished the season last year was vomit inducing.

[rjs246]

Good point.

[General_Failure]

I know you'll really miss Simoneau and Pinkston.

[Dillen]

That's vomit inducing.

QB Mike McMahon, Koy Detmer, Jeff Smoker
RB Lamar Gordon, Josh Parry
WR Todd Pinkston, Terrell Owens, Darnerian McCants, Billy McMulen
TE Stephen Spach, Chad Lewis
OL Trey Darilek, Hank Fraley, Artis Hicks, Calvin Armstrong, Dominic Furio
DL ND Kalu, Paul Grasmanis, Hollis Thomas
LB Dedrick Roper, Keith Adams, Mark Simoneau, Justin Ena, Zeke Moreno
DB Matt Ware, Donald Strickland, Jack Brewer
K/P Todd France, Reggie Hodges


God damn. Amazing they had that much shtein in the first place.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, aside from the 3rd QB (Feeley), how many players are deactivated for games, and who will they usually go with for week one?

I think they have to deactivate 7 more:
Moats (doesn't have a return role and team can't dress 5 tailbacks, can they?)
Jean-Gilles (they would have loved to put him on the PS but couldn't expose him to waivers)
P. McCoy (4th tackle, pretty obvious choice to not dress)
McDougle (might be Juqua if McDougle ever gets healthy)
Ramsey (Walker's probably just way ahead if he's healthy)

?? Two more?  Who?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Might be Young. Cole played OG in college. So maybe they pull a Ephraim/Fraley and let him play G if need be.

Because if they activate Justice-Young-Cole that's 8 OL active.
Greg Lewis? Or do they activate all 5 WR?