Eagles 2021-2022 Season

[LegoDoom]

DeVonta Smith had 104 targets and 64 receptions this year. Reagor has had 111 targets and 64 receptions in his career. Reagor has drop problems?

[LegoDoom]

Watch the video below and see if you come out of it thinking he has good hands. If you do, we agree to disagree.

I'm 5 plays in. Wentz seems horrible.

[LegoDoom]

Watch the video below and see if you come out of it thinking he has good hands. If you do, we agree to disagree.

I'm 5 plays in. Wentz seems horrible.

I'm 10 plays in. Reagor seems fine????

[LegoDoom]

Yeah, we'll just disagree. He seems totally fine in that video.

[LegoDoom]

I also love how the thumbnail for your "proof" has the defender holding Reagor.

[LegoDoom]

BTW... "watch the games" is literally the opposite from what this site advertises itself as. I'm not sure why that is ignored outside of baseball.

[phillychuck]

In the 2020 video he has three clear drops--wide open, ball inside his catch radius, drops it. He has five times he failed to catch a contested ball that he got both hands on---good receivers do that. He had four more times where he did not track the ball well in the air, twice when he was wide open and could have easily changed his course to catch the ball...I don't know if you call that a hands problem or not. He also had two sideline catches taken away because he failed to tap his second foot inbounds. Not hands, obviously, but catches he didn't make.

Just talking his ability if wide open to catch a perfectly thrown ball, he's probably NFL average for a WR, contested catches, well below average, and tracking the ball below average. These are my ratings. YMMV.

We don't use statistics for WR drops because they are inherently subjective. That's why watching the games, or reviewing an "all targets" video is best. I'm eagerly anticipating the 2021 all targets video which should be out in the next few weeks.

[phillychuck]

DeVonta Smith had 104 targets and 64 receptions this year. Reagor has had 111 targets and 64 receptions in his career. Reagor has drop problems?

You can't really believe that all targets that are not catches are drops. Again, Smith had a couple of drops in his first two games, but none after that, and a few truly spectacular catches.

[xogfog]

Man, it still kills me. It's not just that they passed on Jefferson to take Reagor, but Reagor being a total bust so far has compounded the error of the pick. I agree, it's not a matter of drops it's a matter of making plays that he should make and doesn't. For all the talk about his speed at the time of the pick, he does not play fast. He is abysmal as a kick returner, and below average as a WR. I don't think they have to get rid of him, but he has to be 4 or 5 on the depth chart next year and someone else needs to be the punt/kick off returner.

I hate to rub it in, but I can't help it, passing on Jefferson will haunt me forever.

Reagor- 64 career catches for 695 yards
Jefferson - 196 career catches for 3,016 yards

[allentown]

Bleeding Green Nation has mock first 24 picks up. They have Eagles taking Linderbaum, Lloyd, and Ahmad Gardner with picks 15/16/19. But...they have the first WR (Drake London) going off the board at #14. If the Eagles think Kelce plays another year or two, I take a receiver at 15/16. Most of the mocks I've seen had 1 or 2 QBs going in first 24 picks. None in this draft, so we possibly could have first WR in draft at 15/16. A lot of mocks put Linderbaum in round 2.

[nycphils]

I’m still convinced we take either a WR or a CB with #15 and trade either #16 or #19 for a mid-second round pick (plus something else) and a 2023 First rounder, in order to preserve their QB options and giving Hurts one more year to show that he can improve his processing speed and accuracy.

[xogfog]

I think this is my best draft yet:

[gmwannabe]

if Howie would pull that off he'd have a job for life. Trading JJAW for the 4th overall pick is the biggest fleece of all time. also, I thought to'o to'o was staying in school. kirkland at that point would be the steal of the draft.
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[gmwannabe]

if Howie watched these 2 games today, he now knows to keep all of those first round picks and use them for defensive players. No Rogers, No Wilson, No tanneyhill. he has to build the defense back up. All teams showed very good front sevens. linebackers that can blitz, lineman that were powerful, like fletcher used to be. Good defensive football.
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[phillychuck]

If Howie watched the Green Bay game he needs to be sure to have a competent special teams coach before anything else. GB wins that game 24-3 with competent ST play.

[allentown]

Where's Dave Fipp when we need him? Ahh, he's in Detroit.

[gmwannabe]

I turned in on late and only saw the blocked punt. terrible time and area to have that happen.
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[allentown]

if Howie watched these 2 games today, he now knows to keep all of those first round picks and use them for defensive players.

I agree with no vet QB, but to give Hurts an honest chance to pass his second evaluation season, we need to get a top WR. We have a plus #1 receiver, but the rest of the receiver corps is a promising late-round pick, two failed first rounders, and a very limited possession-type receiver (Ward). All but Watkins shouldn't be NFL players.

[LegoDoom]

A lot of sites have Karlaftis in the top ten, other sites have him in the second round. I have not done much research at this point, he was a name I recognized and had been impressed by whe

Despite him being invited to the draft it looks like I should laugh at myself about Karlaftis not being available at the Eagles pick. He dropped on many mock drafts and even stellar workouts haven't seemed to move the needle too much. I guess not playing for Georgia is his biggest flaw?

[xogfog]

Earl Thomas wants to come out of retirement, hasn't played in two years, left the Ravens under bad circumstances. Says he's ready to play. The Eagles are a black hole at safety. Howie should at least bring him in for a check, he's 33.