Eagles 2009 Draft Thread

[Magical_Retard]

Hmm Drew Rosenhaus (sp?) is on ESPN right now saying if he had to make a prediction it would be that Boldin is not a Cardinal by the end of the first round.

[hbionic]

What I love about today is that we all get to collectively say, "What the farg?" at the same time.

cock, balls.

[MadMarchHare]

Part of what displaced says rings true for me too.

After this year, the chances of McNabb being an Eagle and collecting the rest of his contract money is close to nil.

I know there is zero. chance. in. hell that Kolb ever comes close to anything resembling a competent QB in the NFL. I see Kyle Boller or worse days ahead of us with him playing for them.

That being said, who thought McNabb was the best QB in his draft?  Outside of the knuckleheads that wanted Williams, who here truly thought McNabb was better than Couch, Akili Smith, etc. in that draft?  Kolb is an unknown quantity as far as I'm concerned.

[Sgt PSN]

so barring OT i wont be home from the flyer game tomorrow night until 730 or 8...what pick will they be on around lets say 745


easy?

With the draft an hour later this year, I checked to see who was picked at 6:45 last year (Devin Thomas at #34), but there were a bunch of trades that pushed things back a little.  Looking around the #21 pick (and a few spots earlier if they trade up), here's the approximate times:

#15 = 5:45
#18 = 6:15
#21 = 6:45

nerd

[Sgt PSN]

Part of what displaced says rings true for me too.

After this year, the chances of McNabb being an Eagle and collecting the rest of his contract money is close to nil.

I know there is zero. chance. in. hell that Kolb ever comes close to anything resembling a competent QB in the NFL. I see Kyle Boller or worse days ahead of us with him playing for them.

That being said, who thought McNabb was the best QB in his draft?  Outside of the knuckleheads that wanted Williams, who here truly thought McNabb was better than Couch, Akili Smith, etc. in that draft?  Kolb is an unknown quantity as far as I'm concerned.

in all seriousness, i did.  of course, i didn't expect couch and smith to flame out the way they did.  i thought they'd make good qb's as well.  was never sold on mcnown though. 

mcnabb was the guy i wanted in that draft from the get go.  and it wasn't that i didn't believe ricky williams would flop out.  i just didn't buy into the hype that he would immediately change the fortunes of the team that drafted him or that he was a "once in a lifetime" player as many of the pundits were calling him. 

[phillymic2000]

Hmm Drew Rosenhaus (sp?) is on ESPN right now saying if he had to make a prediction it would be that Boldin is not a Cardinal by the end of the first round.

What do you expect him to say, if a team trades for him Rosenbitch will be looking at a new contract and big ttime $$$$$

[BigEd76]

nerd

chiefs fan

[Sgt PSN]

[fact]nerd[/fact]

[fiction]chiefs fan[/fiction]

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

NFL.com analysts seems to have the Eagles pinned down.

[NC_Eagle]

On a few more hours until the Eagles pick an OL or DT for depth and sign Warrick Dunn as a backup...can't have too many linemen...

[Father Demon]

I don't know if worried is the right word, but I am concerned that Maybin falls to 21 and the Eagles grab him.  Even if Davis or Moreno is on the board.

[SD_Eagle5]

They're still talking about the Eagles trading with the Browns in that stupid deal.

[JackStraw]

Part of what displaced says rings true for me too.

After this year, the chances of McNabb being an Eagle and collecting the rest of his contract money is close to nil.

I know there is zero. chance. in. hell that Kolb ever comes close to anything resembling a competent QB in the NFL. I see Kyle Boller or worse days ahead of us with him playing for them.

That being said, who thought McNabb was the best QB in his draft?  Outside of the knuckleheads that wanted Williams, who here truly thought McNabb was better than Couch, Akili Smith, etc. in that draft?  Kolb is an unknown quantity as far as I'm concerned.

in all seriousness, i did.  of course, i didn't expect couch and smith to flame out the way they did.  i thought they'd make good qb's as well.  was never sold on mcnown though. 

mcnabb was the guy i wanted in that draft from the get go.  and it wasn't that i didn't believe ricky williams would flop out.  i just didn't buy into the hype that he would immediately change the fortunes of the team that drafted him or that he was a "once in a lifetime" player as many of the pundits were calling him. 

I wasn't that sold on McNabb - small school and all. But agree and certainly didn't want Williams. As I thought all the QB's were kinda close, getting the five picks that bozo in NO gave up, along with say, Culpepper later in the round would have been my strategy. Yes Culpepper (even smaller school div II) was ultimately a wunderlic disappointment, but who knows how he would have done under a different system than the Vikings, as well as what the other five additional picks could have done? (And conversely what would have McNabb done had he gone to say, the Vikings or similar team then? I think luck and Reids dedication to him may have kept him in the game longer than if he was with another team)

And, if a SB is the only measure, than while McNabb has been good-to-very-good, but really has he been any better than a Jaws or Cunningham after viewed from a few years hence? And looking back, would a few more losses or less playoff appearances and losses over the past ten years make everyone feel much different than they do now?

I think stealing a lot of picks from star-crossed teams in love with a particular pick is a great opportunity, and still wonder what might have happened if the team had done it then. Also remember the other Vikings pick folly - Hershel Walker

[Tomahawk]

Culpepper only had success in MIN because of Randy Moss. Dook couldn't/can't read a defense to save his life. He must have small hands to fumble so much.

[NC_Eagle]

Culpepper only had success in MIN because of Randy Moss. Dook couldn't/can't read a defense to save his life. He must have small hands to fumble so much.

Dave Kreig 2.0?

I've always wondered why the first few picks take the full amount of time?  It's not like teams do many unexpected things with the picks.  I just hate waiting through 10 minutes of talking heads for the team to pick the guy everyone said they would.