Offseason Thread VI (Reid is HC as long as he wants)

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2012 Eagles Offseason Thread VI



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Offseason at a glance:

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[Dr. Philly]

I like what I'm hearing so far.
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[TheRealMcCoy]

can't wait for boykin to lay some wood in training camp and preseason

and btw what's the record for most offseason threads? I think it may be broken this year

[PowerElite]

The cornerback depth and wide receiver depth are both odd and will probably serve as examples of why a team shouldn't have so many specialists. Avant and Hanson both are specialists. They can't do their jobs on the outside. If a starter on the outside goes down, the Eagles can't benefit from the game experience that Avant and Hanson have. The Eagles will have to rely on total garbage to start games on the outside. Riley Cooper and whatever CB wins the top backup job on the outside. The situation is even worse at TE. The Eagles have Clay Harbor who has proven to posses hands of complete stone and reports are out about his stone hands surfacing during these offseason workouts where players should catch virtually everything.

I believe the Eagles are too willing to lie to themselves about "building from within" when it comes to backups. The Eagles will go out and get free agents to start but I'd like to see the Eagles acquire more experienced NFL players like Evan Mathis and Derek Landri as backups. The Eagles spend too much time trying to develop guys that belong on the practice squad (Chad Hall, King Dunlap, Brandon Hughes).

Andy Reid started out favoring the acquisition of seasoned vets, then it switched. As I sit here and type this out I believe that Reid overall is better suited to coaching up experienced NFL guys and the coaching staff he has assembled supports that. Whatever Andy's system and vision are for a franchise, I think it is more for the experienced NFL player rather than the guy without NFL game experience. There are more detailed reasons for that like perhaps Andy having a better NFL scouting department than college scouting department, but that all falls under whatever his vision/system is for a franchise.

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[Hammertime52]

How about we talk about which linebackers we think make the team, Im gonna go with Ryans, Kendricks, Rolle, Chaney, Matthews, and Jordan.
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[Withmy89vision]

Fokou was awful last year, he's good as gone. Clayton has shown to be nothing more than a situation nickel linebacker, and he certainly isn't strong enough to play the run consistently in a wide-9. A reserve who can only play one spot (WILL) isn't worth keeping imo unless he's on par with the starter, like Rolle.

Kendricks at SAM, Ryans at MIKE, Chaney at WILL

Then Rolle is the main backup at WILL, Casey Matthews is the backup MIKE who can also play WILL, and Akeem Jordan is the backup SAM who can also play WILL.

Jordan and Matthews are also better ST players than Clayton. Fokou is probably better than Matthews at special teams, but we need a backup MIKE so keeping Jordan, Fokou and Rolle makes no sense.
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[Hammertime52]

I like Fokous versatility but we already have that, and Jordan is a monster on special teams.
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Bird Watch: Brent Celek
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[oland11]

Where is that Jeezla guy who has a picture of Luke Kheuchly as his avatar. Or was he here only because draft projectors has us taking him?
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