Eagles 2020 Offseason

[zambonir]

I don't think it's a clear signal of anything. History says 75% of 2nd-round QBs amount to nothing and lots of first-round QBs fail too. Sure, if Hurts hits the upside of what the Eagles believe he was worth, it becomes an issue. But the odds of that happening are too slim for him to present a real threat (to a healthy Wentz). Sure, it's a questionable use of assets if he's really just a back-up QB and flex guy, but until Wentz gets hurt again, that is likely what he is. And if it does turn out Wentz it so injury-prone and Hurts is actually good enough to be the starting QB in 2022, no one's gonna care that the pick wasn't the ideal thing for 2020.

[allentown]

The Eagles coaching staff seems to be lusting for a chance to develop a QB, pounding their chests and proclaiming themselves to be a QB factory. I think this pick played to a lot of vanity. It's a statement of how they see themselves. A simple suggestion: if you are such great developers of QBs: develop the mega-million $ QB you have under contract, the guy you surrendered so many draft picks to obtain. Teach him some of the simplest fundamentals of the job: when to throw away the ball when your receivers are covered and too many seconds have ticked by, how to end a run with a slide to protect yourself, not to charge the goal line upright between two defenders. Wentz isn't brittle -- he's a level of stubborn bordering on ignorant.

[jimbomill]

All of us wish the best for the Eagles. They lit this fuse

Bingo on both points!

[xogfog]

Eagles 2020 Season (if there is one)

Week 1 - at Redskins (Sept. 13, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 2 - vs. Rams (Sept. 20, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 3 - vs. Bengals (Sept. 27, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)
Week 4 - at 49ers (Oct. 4, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football
Week 5 - at Steelers (Oct. 11, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 6 - vs. Ravens (Oct. 18, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)
Week 7 - vs. Giants (Oct. 22, 8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFL Network/Amazon) Thursday Night Football
Week 8 - vs. Cowboys (Nov. 1, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football
Week 9 - BYE
Week 10 - at Giants (Nov. 15, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 11 - at Browns (Nov. 22, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 12 - vs. Seahawks (Nov. 30, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN) Monday Night Football
Week 13 - at Packers (Dec. 6, 4:25 PM ET, CBS)
Week 14 - vs. Saints (Dec. 13, 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Week 15 - at Cardinals (Dec. 20, 4:05 PM ET, FOX)
Week 16 - at Cowboys (Dec. 27, 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Week 17 - vs. Redskins (Jan. 3, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

First blush I don't see better than 10-6, but I could be talked into 8-8 a this point...

[Lawman]

My stab at a game by game W/L prediction:

Week 1 - at Redskins (Sept. 13, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) WIN
Week 2 - vs. Rams (Sept. 20, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) WIN
Week 3 - vs. Bengals (Sept. 27, 1:00 PM ET, CBS) WIN
Week 4 - at 49ers (Oct. 4, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football LOSS
Week 5 - at Steelers (Oct. 11, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) LOSS
Week 6 - vs. Ravens (Oct. 18, 1:00 PM ET, CBS) LOSS
Week 7 - vs. Giants (Oct. 22, 8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFL Network/Amazon) Thursday Night Football WIN
Week 8 - vs. Cowboys (Nov. 1, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football WIN
Week 9 - BYE
Week 10 - at Giants (Nov. 15, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) WIN
Week 11 - at Browns (Nov. 22, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) WIN
Week 12 - vs. Seahawks (Nov. 30, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN) Monday Night Football LOSS
Week 13 - at Packers (Dec. 6, 4:25 PM ET, CBS) LOSS
Week 14 - vs. Saints (Dec. 13, 4:25 PM ET, FOX) LOSS
Week 15 - at Cardinals (Dec. 20, 4:05 PM ET, FOX) WIN
Week 16 - at Cowboys (Dec. 27, 4:25 PM ET, FOX) LOSS
Week 17 - vs. Redskins (Jan. 3, 1:00 PM ET, FOX) WIN

I get to 9-7.

[bkeich]

Weird schedule in that we have two periods of 3 very tough consecutive games and the rest are very winnable.

I am hoping the @ Steelers happens as my fiance is a Steelers fan and has never been to a game in her life.

[Lawman]

And you'd love to torment her a bit if the Eagles win, I assume?

[zambonir]

The two Athletic guys predict 9-7 (as well as 8-8 but that is largely based on jokes about cancelled games and alternative quarantine contests).

Eagles schedule breakdown: Predicting what the season could...

These games might happen but I don't think any of us will be attending them.

[zambonir]

Brandon Brooks tears Achilles, out for season, sources say

[phillychuck]

That just sucks for him, big time. Three injuries in three years.

[bkeich]

Terrible news.

I fear he may be getting close to retirement. He has had some bad injuries

[Squire]

Apparently, with the heightened focus on social justice and race relations, Desean Jackson decided it was a good time to post some anti-semitic fake Hitler quotes espoused by Farrakhan on Instagram.

[el-pietro]

Oh wow, just had a read of what he shared. Hes going to have to be cut for this right?

[phillychuck]

Louis Farrakhan's ideas about Jews and Nazis are widely known. I doubt that DeSean's retweeting them will get much pushback. Joe Banner (apparently--internet secondary source) posted on it already...

Joe Banner wrote:
If a white player said anything about AA’s as outrageous as what Desean Jackson said about Jews tonight there would at least be a serious conversation about cutting him and a need for a team meeting to discuss. Which would be totally appropriate. Absolutely indefensible.

Lurie and Rosenman are also both Jewish (again, I didn't know this until I read it in this context on the 'net) which makes how they handle it interesting and even more complex.

[Lawman]

I'm Jewish. I don't get offended that easily.

Farrakhan's comments coming from Farrakhan himself offend me. Farrakhan's comments being re-posted by some knucklehead athlete on social media who may not have the common sense or intelligence to even understand what he's posting and why it's offensive? Yeah, not so much.

Stand up against hatred. Just ignore stupidity.

[phillychuck]

I agree with you here.

And, as someone posted elsewhere, American tolerance for veiled anti-semitism is astonishingly high. I really don't think DeSean is going to get cut for this, but I've certainly been wrong before.

[Lawman]

Nor should he be cut. This, IMHO, is coming from a place of stupidity/ignorance, not hatred. The GM should explain to him the need to be more careful on social media, and why what he posted is offensive and call it a day.

[phillychuck]

And that's exactly what they did. Lawman nailed it.

[zambonir]

So old-school, they fired Professor Griff from Public Enemy for that. (But not really, he also said some racist things of his own devising.)

[el-pietro]

After issuing an apology DeSean has sort of backed up his original comments twice more on instagram.he's also received support for his comments from both Marquise Goodwin, Alshon Jeffrey and Malik Jackson who referred to the "honorable Farrakhan". There appears to be a serious anti-semitism issue in the Eagles locker-room

DeSean liked this post saying he had nothing to apologize for:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EccLPEDWAAEE6-v?format=jpg&name=medium

He posted this showing that he clearly doesn't even understand what he did wrong

We get Alshon liking this post from Stephen Jackson who has had a week, basically saying that Jewish suffering is not more important than any other races suffering, which to me reads like All Lives Matter

This one from Malik might be the worst of the lot