Draft Grades

[ice grillin you]

And wasn't Kiper high on Boller coming out of college?

actually no he ripped him...he was the one who always questioned how a barely 50% passer in college would ever be successful in the nfl

funny how everyone this year goes out of their way to kill all the pundits because some of them didnt like the eagles draft...yet look at the draft thread on here last year...all a's for the team and no mention anywhere of how clueless all the experts were...couldnt be because the eagles draft was universally lauded (and rightfully so) last year could it??

[Diomedes]

no grade from me.  I learned a lesson from last year's draft:  stop wasting time getting worked up about the draft

[Zanshin]

Grading an NFL draft the next day is like grading your lottery ticket right after the machine prints it out.

I actually like that analogy quite a bit.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

And wasn't Kiper high on Boller coming out of college?

actually no he ripped him...he was the one who always questioned how a barely 50% passer in college would ever be successful in the nfl

funny how everyone this year goes out of their way to kill all the pundits because some of them didnt like the eagles draft...yet look at the draft thread on here last year...all a's for the team and no mention anywhere of how clueless all the experts were...couldnt be because the eagles draft was universally lauded (and rightfully so) last year could it??

Well, Kolb was nearly a 70% passer and his arm seems much more accurate than strong.

Frankly, I don't see the comparison at all, but only time will tell.

[ice grillin you]

qb's are ridiculously hard to grade

kolb could just as easily be drew brees as he could tim couch...and no one including andy reid knows which its gonna be

[Rome]

Reid did pick Donovan over Couch, Akili Smith and Cade McNown, IGY.  He has areas that he's weak in but spotting quarterback talent coming out of college doesn't appear to be one of them.

[Diomedes]

You're gonna credit Reid with that Rome?  You really think he saw that Couch Smith and McNown wouldn't do jack, but that McNabb would be the man?

Come on.  LUCK.

[Rome]

Yes, I am going to credit Reid for picking McNabb.  I'm going to credit him even more for making Donovan a perennial Pro Bowler.  And let's not forget that Reid was Brett Favre's position coach in Green Bay during Favre's glory days.

That's two of the best quarterbacks of this generation he's had a direct hand in either selecting or grooming.

Not everything that goes right for the Eagles is dumb luck any more than anything that goes wrong is the fault of the front office.

[ice grillin you]

i dont care if it was luck or not...reid picked the right guy and should get his due credit for that...do i think reid is some qb guru because of that pick not necessarily...but he did take mcnabb and turned a late round scrub feely into an nfl qb...so if nothign else he should be given the benefit of the doubt with kolb

again the kolb pick was a bad pick because of immediate need but if kolb turns into a player then andy hit on what is the most important position in all of professional sports and if that happens no when will care or remember that they needed to go defense with their first pick in 2007

[Rome]

^ Exactamundo.

[Zanshin]

Well, on the bright side...we shouldn't have to worry about any holdouts this year.

[Feva]

i dont care if it was luck or not...reid picked the right guy and should get his due credit for that...do i think reid is some qb guru because of that pick not necessarily...but he did take mcnabb and turned a late round scrub feely into an nfl qb...so if nothign else he should be given the benefit of the doubt with kolb

again the kolb pick was a bad pick because of immediate need but if kolb turns into a player then andy hit on what is the most important position in all of professional sports and if that happens no when will care or remember that they needed to go defense with their first pick in 2007

Couldn't agree more.

[hbionic]

Does this mean we're all back in love again!

[PhillyPhreak54]

It's cool to rip Andy for failed draft picks and then when one pans out its luck. Thats the MO of a lot of fans.

[ice grillin you]

hes made some good picks of course...andrews was an absolutely brilliant pick...my problem with andy is he has too many first days guys that are complete busts...