Comments on: Recapping the Eagles’ First Day of the Draft http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft/ Sports... the Philadelphia way Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yebowski http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-53265 Yebowski Tue, 29 May 2007 00:39:32 +0000 http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft#comment-53265 I totally agree with you (Dave). If people paid attention, and even looked into the Eagles draft picks they should be somewhat excited. People should watch the videos of these guys: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/prospects For the backfield, they got Tony Hunt and if gets in shape and can learn the offense fast enough, possibly also Nate Ilaoa. Hunt could make a big contribution to this team. With Westbrook and him running and catching/running behind this offensive line should be exciting. I hope the Eagles stick with at least some consistent commitment to running the the ball. I loved seeing them grind it out with teams a few times last year. Hunt can help close some games out in the 4th quarter. It looks like they've taken steps to improve the defense against stopping the run also. They obviously are confident in Bunkley and Gocong stepping up. Spikes is a huge upgrade at the weakside LB. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gaither splitting time with Trotter. Bradley could make an impact this year too. I'd love to see them with Bradley, Gaither and Spikes in at LB, with them blitzing Gocong. Plus they upgraded DT - Ian Scott and Reagor will be much better than Walker and Rayburn. Wouldn't be surprised to see Ramsey get some downs also. Abiamiri could also help this year. And for QB, well in 2 years, people will either be calling the Eagles stupid or brilliant for drafting Kolb. I think he's going to be a good QB (but you never know). And I love McNabb (except when he's throwing balls into the ground) but if he owned the team he would do the same thing. They need to make sure they have a good QB that can make it through the whole season. I hope he can stay healthier if they don't ask him to do too much, just run the type of offense they ran toward the end of last year. I totally agree with you (Dave). If people paid attention, and even looked into the Eagles draft picks they should be somewhat excited.

People should watch the videos of these guys:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/prospects

For the backfield, they got Tony Hunt and if gets in shape and can learn the offense fast enough, possibly also Nate Ilaoa. Hunt could make a big contribution to this team. With Westbrook and him running and catching/running behind this offensive line should be exciting. I hope the Eagles stick with at least some consistent commitment to running the the ball. I loved seeing them grind it out with teams a few times last year. Hunt can help close some games out in the 4th quarter.

It looks like they’ve taken steps to improve the defense against stopping the run also. They obviously are confident in Bunkley and Gocong stepping up. Spikes is a huge upgrade at the weakside LB. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Gaither splitting time with Trotter. Bradley could make an impact this year too. I’d love to see them with Bradley, Gaither and Spikes in at LB, with them blitzing Gocong. Plus they upgraded DT – Ian Scott and Reagor will be much better than Walker and Rayburn. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Ramsey get some downs also. Abiamiri could also help this year.

And for QB, well in 2 years, people will either be calling the Eagles stupid or brilliant for drafting Kolb. I think he’s going to be a good QB (but you never know). And I love McNabb (except when he’s throwing balls into the ground) but if he owned the team he would do the same thing. They need to make sure they have a good QB that can make it through the whole season. I hope he can stay healthier if they don’t ask him to do too much, just run the type of offense they ran toward the end of last year.

]]> By: Dave http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-47085 Dave Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:10:48 +0000 http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft#comment-47085 The Eagles didn't upgrade their defensive line or linebackers? Did you even watch the draft? Victor Abiamiri is a physical DE and Stewart Bradley is a big linebacker. Do you watch college football at all? Don't take what half of these clueless draftniks say as gospel, because they obviously don't get it. The Eagles didn’t upgrade their defensive line or linebackers? Did you even watch the draft? Victor Abiamiri is a physical DE and Stewart Bradley is a big linebacker. Do you watch college football at all? Don’t take what half of these clueless draftniks say as gospel, because they obviously don’t get it.

]]> By: Matt T http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-46721 Matt T Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:14:21 +0000 http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft#comment-46721 The first day tells me a couple of things. 1. They believe in Consedine. And I think he should be given more time before a judgement is made. He was thrown into a starting role last season. 2. They believe in William James. 3. They believe Trotter has a couple more seasons. Unless they see Gaither as his replacement. 4. LJ Smith will be re-signed. I assume they will take a few DBs today, but they will hopefully sign a CB/S cap casualty before camp. And the furor over the QB pick is funny because so many fans have been asking for the Eagles to take a QB high for three years and when they do, everyone goes nuts??? One could say they should have traded up to get the safety they wanted, but I had heard they didn't like Nelson or Griffin and the Miami kid had question marks. The first day tells me a couple of things.

1. They believe in Consedine. And I think he should be given more time before a judgement is made. He was thrown into a starting role last season.
2. They believe in William James.
3. They believe Trotter has a couple more seasons. Unless they see Gaither as his replacement.
4. LJ Smith will be re-signed.

I assume they will take a few DBs today, but they will hopefully sign a CB/S cap casualty before camp.

And the furor over the QB pick is funny because so many fans have been asking for the Eagles to take a QB high for three years and when they do, everyone goes nuts???

One could say they should have traded up to get the safety they wanted, but I had heard they didn’t like Nelson or Griffin and the Miami kid had question marks.

]]> By: Michael Meyers http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-46719 Michael Meyers Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:11:59 +0000 http://www.philly-sports.net/philadelphia/626/recapping-the-eagles-first-day-of-the-draft#comment-46719 It seems like almost every NFL team had a draft this year.... except the Eagles. They didn't upgrade their defensive line, linebackers or backfield. I can almost live with the Eagles getting next to nothing on Day 1, if it wasn't for the Cowboys stealing a (most likely) very high 1st round pick in 2008 by nabbing Brady Quinn and exiling him to Cleveland, THEN making themselves look even better by taking the Eagles 1st round pick It seems like almost every NFL team had a draft this year…. except the Eagles. They didn’t upgrade their defensive line, linebackers or backfield.

I can almost live with the Eagles getting next to nothing on Day 1, if it wasn’t for the Cowboys stealing a (most likely) very high 1st round pick in 2008 by nabbing Brady Quinn and exiling him to Cleveland, THEN making themselves look even better by taking the Eagles 1st round pick

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