Eagles 2009 Draft Thread

[Butchers Bill]

Good article.  All of the QB's mentioned are the antithesis of McNabb

[ice grillin you]

mcnabb in conference championships and superbowls

1 win
5 losses

9 td
9 int

avg qb rating 72

(overall playoff qb rating 80)

[phillymic2000]

mcnabb in conference championships and superbowls

1 win
5 losses

9 td
9 int

avg qb rating 72

(overall playoff qb rating 80)

So what QB available gives us a better shot at winning it all?

[rjs246]

Stop using that bullshtein logic to defend McNabb/Reid. Sticking with mediocrity simply because no one else is guaranteed to do better is asinine.

[ice grillin you]

one that wouldnt avg an awful 72 qb rating in those games....one that would have more td passes than int's

that cant be to difficult to find can it?...i mean people like jake delomme rex grossman trent dilfer matt hasselbeck and brad edwards have all made as many superbowls as mcnabb....and im quite certain all of them would have won at least one sb out of the five different times the eagles have made the conf. championship

[ice grillin you]

Stop using that bullshtein logic to defend McNabb/Reid. Sticking with mediocrity simply because no one else is guaranteed to do better is asinine.

its all they got cause at this point there really is no defense

[mussa]

The IGY's of the world will sit there and show his stats and bash the guy for not winning or performing well. Then others will say he didn't have weapons to execute or coach who called the game well. I think alittle of both, the guy shows tendency to perform bad when under pressure, physically and mentally. He seems to do best when not pressured and not asked to pass the ball 50 times a game and the stats have shown that when they run the ball they win. Why this aspect of the game isn't taken seriously is beyond me. What's even more disturbing is even with a west coast offense they still don't go out and try to get the best possible guys they can get to fill the roles, like a true #1 receiver first and foremost.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Bob Grotz:

But their taste in college prospects has begun to leak out.

The Eagles love Jason Smith (6-5, 300), the offensive tackle out of Baylor according to ESPN.com. Smith has started at left and right tackle and runs like the converted tight end he is, having blazed a 5.06 40-yard dash. It might take the 21st and 28th overall picks in the first round of the draft, and then some to trade up enough to land the prospect considered a top 10 pick, at worst.

Smith and 331 other collegians have been invited to Indy to undergo medical, psychological and physical testing at the combine.

With the unresolved status of Thomas, 34, and Runyan, 35, the latter coming off knee surgery, the Eagles likely will address the line in the April 25-26 NFL Draft.

NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock sees a lot of Ryan Clady in Smith. Clady, a first-round pick last spring, had a stellar rookie season with the Denver Broncos. Mayock calls Smith "A very athletic kid.

"He can be a good pass blocker on day one," Mayock said. "I think it's the kind of draft that even in the early 20s and the late 20s you can get some pretty good football players there depending on what you're looking for. Or, typical of Andy and Joe Banner, you can package them and move up if there was somebody there that he really liked. And you know Andy; he'll move up or move down. He rarely stays static."

[ice grillin you]

eagles havent had a number one pick since broderick bunkley

[BigEd76]

two #1s to move up for Jason Smith?  hell no

[rjs246]

That is absolutely something that Reid would do for better or worse.

[SD_Eagle5]

If he makes it to the 10 area they might be able to offer their 2nd and 21st for him. With their history of 2nd round picks it would make it all that much better.

[Eagaholic]

they can also throw in Lito to move up a few spots

[ice grillin you]

they can also throw in Lito to move up a few spots in the fourth round

[Magical_Retard]

they can also throw in Lito to move up a few spots

Justice is probably more of a bargaining chip right now.