Hank Baskett Hysteria

[Rome]

how is the ol tate these days

Like you don't know...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

mike quick was just on wip and said that baskett will be the #2 wr this year

I would find that hard to believe if...

• Pinkston had any chance of being healthy in 2006 (which he doesn't)
• Greg Lewis had any competitive fire to improve his game (which he doesn't)
• Freddie Mitchell was still on the team

In all seriousness, we've heard and seen that Reggie Brown is the definite #1 and that Gaffney has looked perfect on the inside in slot positions.  That leaves a need for an outside "X" receiver in 2 and 3 WR sets, and Baskett is probably the best the Eagles have on the roster right now.

1. Brown
2. Baskett
3. Gaffney
4. Lewis (would be Pinkston if he was healthy)
5. Avant
6. Pinkston (if they think he'll be healthy at all in 2006) or McCants

That will strike fear into the hearts of opposing DB's, I'm sure.

[ice grillin you]

Like you don't know...

trust me id stop in periodically if i could but easy banned me well over a year ago and i havent been back since



1. Brown
2. Baskett
3. Gaffney

gulp


what i dont get is how can the eagles have two positions on their team that are up there for the worst in the nfl...i know you cant have 'players' at every slot on the field but the eagles have two whole areas (wr, lb) where they are pathetic...i just dont see how a team can go into a seaosn and expect great things with that being the case

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Lelie would be a perfect fit as the #2 on this team.  I just thought I'd share that again.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Lelie would be a perfect fit as the #2 on this team. I just thought I'd share that again.

Jerry Porter eats pieces of shtein like Lelie for breakfast.

[ice grillin you]

neither of them possess the character it takes to be a philadelphia eagle these days

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Jerry Porter would be a superior slot receiver to Jabar Gaffney, but he is not the field-stretcher that the Eagles seek to fill that #2 spot.  While Baskett will not win any races, he will fight for the jump ball, which is at least something.

Lelie would be a better fit than Jerry Porter for this team.  that is incredibly accurate.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

That was never my point FF. What I was simply trying to say is that Jerry Porter eats shtein.


that is incredibly accurate tho, if I had to pick between the two, Lelie or Porter, I would take Porter everytime. Lelie wants out of Denver because he wants to be a #1, which he clearly isn't. Porter is like a #1.5 that will play #2, or maybe even #3.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Your numbering system is meaningless.  The Eagles like to use the following:

1.  Best overall WR on the team
2.  Deep threat / field stretcher
3.  Inside guy / crisp route-runner / catches in traffic
4/5.  One speed guy, and one more possession guy

Avant was drafted to be the long-term answer at #3.  Reggie Brown is #1.

The Eagles still need someone to fill that #2 more than anything, and they prefer to put someone in that role that can draw defenders off the intermediate routes and make the occasional big play.  Porter is best at pretty much everything BUT the deep stuff.

Yes, he'd be an improvement over anyone the Eagles have, in general.  But Lelie would be a better fit.

[Zanshin]

I don't like Lelie...but he would be the better fit.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

But Lelie would be a better fit.

I would contend that if Lelie couldn't talk and showed up to every practice and game and played at 100%, he would be a better fit. However, if he came here and was made to take Pinky's role (pretty much what he claims to hate so much in Denver), he would be a douche. Porter, would probably accept his role and do his job. I guess what I am trying to say is that between the two of them, the only on that seems slightly logical in terms of who the Eagles FO would pursue, it would be Porter.

So in closing, Hank Baskett is going to be our number two.



Here's another question, could Baskett be a TE in the making?

[Zanshin]

You're right...the Eagles aren't going to get either.  But if they were to, they'd go for Lelie.  He doesn't have quite the 'tude Porter does, he's faster, and he'd come cheaper.

[reese125]

Im praying Hank Baskett is more of a training camp illusion as our #2 than this:

If you stare at one yellow dot for a while, the other yellow dots disappear.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

However, if he came here and was made to take Pinky's role (pretty much what he claims to hate so much in Denver), he would be a douche. Porter, would probably accept his role and do his job. I guess what I am trying to say is that between the two of them, the only on that seems slightly logical in terms of who the Eagles FO would pursue, it would be Porter.

Wrong.  Porter recently got a nice contract extension, and he's still being a bitch.  Lelie's gripe is that he's finishing up his rookie deal, and he wants to start so that he can earn his big payday.

Here's another question, could Baskett be a TE in the making?

Um... no.  What good would that do the team?

[BigEd76]

trust me id stop in periodically if i could but easy banned me well over a year ago and i havent been back since

You haven't missed anything.  Someone claimed the Eagles were a 3.5 pt underdog to Houston because the Texans had a "+" symbol and "+ means positive"...