Ernie Sims, Philadelphia Eagle

ice grillin you · April 19, 2010, 06:49:45 PM

Quote from: SunMo on April 19, 2010, 04:25:03 PM
not an asian engineer.

is there another kind?

SunMo · April 19, 2010, 08:22:05 PM

train engineer

Rome · April 19, 2010, 09:02:58 PM

scottish engineer:

shorebird · April 20, 2010, 06:15:58 AM

Quote from: ice grillin you on April 19, 2010, 04:20:03 PM
i love how everyone says he will be a good fit "on this d"

what exactly does that mean

What it meant when I said it was that he plays wide open and is fast for a LB, which lends itself well to a team like the Eagles who blitz a lot.

ice grillin you · April 20, 2010, 07:10:35 AM

mcdermot doesnt blitz nearly as much as jj and sims has two sacks in four years

plus the eagles d isnt very good....lets hope he improves it but lets also not act like the eagles have some sort of special defense that makes players better

Munson · April 20, 2010, 07:18:05 AM

One of the articles posted around here had a stat that said McDermott blitzed 41% of the time, as compared to JJ's 42% the year before.

reese125 · April 20, 2010, 07:21:19 AM

I dont think Shore is talking about Sims blitzing, hes referring to him being able protect the blitz in coverage

ice grillin you · April 20, 2010, 07:26:34 AM

Quote from: Munson on April 20, 2010, 07:18:05 AM
One of the articles posted around here had a stat that said McDermott blitzed 41% of the time, as compared to JJ's 42% the year before.

its an unbelievably subjective stat...but just watch the games and you can see mcdermot blitzes less...not just on the amount of downs but how many people he sends when he blitzes

he even said at the end of the year and after the first dallas game in particular that he wished he blitzed more

Quote from: reese125 on April 20, 2010, 07:21:19 AM
I dont think Shore is talking about Sims blitzing, hes referring to him being able protect the blitz in coverage

definitely wasnt saying that not that its meaningful anyway

Diomedes · April 20, 2010, 07:30:14 AM

tackles are a subjective stat. blitzes are pretty cut and dry.

Rome · April 20, 2010, 07:33:59 AM

mcdermott said he wish he had the ability to blitz more against the girls. the train wreck that was the eagles defense last year didn't permit that obviously.

ice grillin you · April 20, 2010, 07:36:14 AM

not really...you can have a linebacker drop into coverage...then come late...thats not a blitz but statisticians will count as a blitz ANY play where there is anyone in the offensive backfield other than the front four...for example if a defensive end drops and is replaced on the rush by a linebacker many people would consider that a blitz...its not

then there is cases where you can have six guys blitz on one play or one guy blitz on one play and both are considered the same...where as i considered the former blitzing more

SD · April 20, 2010, 09:59:22 AM

Assuming Hall was a throw in and we got the 4th for Sheldon and the 5th for Gocong, this trade shapes up as: Sims for Gocong

stellar

Diomedes · April 20, 2010, 10:00:23 AM

that's a good way to see it

Rome · April 20, 2010, 10:35:08 AM

Quote from: SD on April 20, 2010, 09:59:22 AM
Assuming Hall was a throw in and we got the 4th for Sheldon and the 5th for Gocong, this trade shapes up as: Sims for Gocong

stellar

I don't know if Sims will make a difference at all but a former 9th pick in the draft for a guy who should have been drafted in the 6th or 7th round = win.

PhillyPhreak54 · April 20, 2010, 01:31:25 PM

A guy with an injury history? Exactly the kind of fella the Eagles like.

I dig the trade because they didn't give up shtein. Let's hope he stays healthy and they can somehow get that potential out of him.

This makes my hope for Weatherspoon go down the shteinter.

They filled their LB quota for the off-season. Now it'll be UDFA's from Fordham and 7th rounders from Texas A&M Kingsville