The Running Backs, Wide Receivers and other offensive questionmarks...

[The BIGSTUD]

Andy Reid was on WIP with Eskin a bit ago, and here is some of the stuff he said:

- They talked to Denver about Lelie, but that's nothing new because it's every team's due diligence to constantly talk to all teams about players. The talks did not get serious with Denver.

- They brought in Stephen Davis to see what he can bring. Andy said he knows that he is a good runner and can receive well, so they brought him in to see what he was about. Andy didn't shut down the chance of him coming here. In fact, with the way he said it, he sounded like he had a lot of interest in Davis. But when Howard asked about his physical, he stuttered for a second before he simply said that he did a good job with it. Didn't sound very convincing, but that is just a personal hunch.

- He kept dodging questions about Perry being on the outs, which probably means he's gone. When asked about Perry fighting for a job, he said every player on the roster is still fighting for a job, it's not necessarily just Perry. Yeah... right Andy.

- Buckhalter will start at RB on friday with the first team. Andy wants a good hard look at how he does he said. Andy said he'll use him quite a bit. Andy also said he wants to evaluate all the RBs before they make any decisions about Davis or anyone.

- He said he understands how the fans feel about the receivers. He said the fans haven't seen some of the young guys in meaningful regular season games yet, so he fully understands their worry. Eskin asked him what he can say to the fans to convince them they are good enough, and Andy said he's not one to be cocky, but come down to the Linc and you'll see what they are made of.

- Didn't rule out getting a receiver, but said they are satisfied with their current guys. He said the same thing about RB, but sounded like he actually meant it with WR, and it didn't sound as much so when he said it about RB.

- He said Todd Pinkston will probably play, but hasn't made the final decision yet. He won't start, Baskett will start. Pinkston will get worked in slowly.

[MURP]

said he's not one to be cocky, but come down to the Linc and you'll see what they are made of.

oh dont worry, I'll be there Andy.  You just make sure you have your stud WR's ready. 

[Drunkmasterflex]

said he's not one to be cocky, but come down to the Linc and you'll see what they are made of.

oh dont worry, I'll be there Andy.  You just make sure you have your stud WR's ready. 

Lucky bastich.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

oh dont worry, I'll be there Andy.  You just make sure you have your stud WR's ready. 

Ha!

[phillywin2k5]

said he's not one to be cocky, but come down to the Linc and you'll see what they are made of.

oh dont worry, I'll be there Andy.  You just make sure you have your stud WR's ready. 

I second that, lets see what they can do when Osi and Strahan are coming around the corner, can they get open within 3 seconds?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Bah.  William Thomas is the best rookie LT ever.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It was obviously time for Dave to resort to another TRUST THE FO boilerplate piece.

[ice grillin you]

the main argument with lelie is that hes simply not that good...and while i would say lelie is still better than most and as good as any of the wr's the eagles have i accept that argument since i dont think hes anything special

but

what makes me wanna murder is when the apologists say that lelie isnt anything special and at the same time try to defend the eagle wr's...you cant kill lelie AND defend the eagle wr's...its effin ridiculous

its either a) the eagles wr's are atrocious but lelie wouldnt help them; dont get him or b) lelie isnt great but hed definitely help the eagles; get him

[Rome]

Lelie sucks.

Adding a subpar player to a position where there are question marks doesn't improve the team, IGY.  It only ensures that the players as a group at the position will remain mediocre.

We have no idea what Avant, Baskett, Brown, Gaffney et al. will produce during the season.  We know Lelie won't produce more than Todd Pinkston.  Do you really want to add a subpar, one-trick-pony to the mix?

[ice grillin you]

i want to imporve the position and lelie does that

hes a proven albeit not great nfl wr
hes far better than any wr they have minus reggie
and id rather take my chances on a change of scenery making lelie better than i would on a undrafted free agent a guy with a blown up achilles and greg lewis

[SD_Eagle5]

Lelie sucks.

Adding a subpar player to a position where there are question marks doesn't improve the team, IGY.  It only ensures that the players as a group at the position will remain mediocre.

We have no idea what Avant, Baskett, Brown, Gaffney et al. will produce during the season.  We know Lelie won't produce more than Todd Pinkston.  Do you really want to add a subpar, one-trick-pony to the mix?

Aside from Brown what WR on this roster would you take over Lelie?

[ice grillin you]

rome is a FO shill

i love how we dont know what gaffney is going to do but lelie 'sucks'

[Diomedes]

Aside from Brown what WR on this roster would you take over Lelie?

Difficulty: you can't answer Hank.

[phattymatty]

We know Lelie won't produce more than Todd Pinkston. 

who knows this?

from what i can recall, lelie has two healthy achilles tendons.

[Rome]

i want to imporve the position and lelie does that

hes a proven albeit not great nfl wr
hes far better than any wr they have minus reggie
and id rather take my chances on a change of scenery making lelie better than i would on a undrafted free agent a guy with a blown up achilles and greg lewis

Agree to disagree, I suppose.