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Can we learn something from the Eagles depth chart?

Before I break this down I want to offer this caveat. The depth chart on the Eagles website is unofficial. After last year's PFT fueled mini controversey over the depth chart(read about it here and here and here) the Eagles have tried to make it very clear that the depth chart doesn't mean much...

However, it is fun to pick apart isn't it? Plus, you can't tell me that there hasn't been some thought put into it...

Here's the latest changes

- Todd Herremans has been moved to starting LT.

- Max Jean Gilles and Mike McGlynn are first and second string LGs respectively.

- Stacy Andrews is the starting RT.

- Leonard Weaver is the starting FB

- Dan Klecko is listed as a DT and no longer on the depth chart as a FB.

- Sean Jones is listed as a SS

- Quintin Demps is the starting FS

Obviously it's all subject to change and of course it's all unofficial, but the positions all make sense to me. I would not be at all suprised to learn that this is exactly what the Eagles are thinking.

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After all of the craziness last season..we all know that this is an unofficial depth chart, but I totally agree that it seems thought out and planned. I would like them to give Shawn Andrews a crack at LT, but I am loving the right side of the line with him and his brother. Todd will be able to hold his own at LT. I really believe that we have upgraded the line.

by eaglesfreaksc on Mar 21, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I am loving the right side of the line with him and his brother.

Yeah, throw Weaver in and I think I might even be able ta gain a few yards behind that.

by MRPH on Mar 21, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

com'on

we all know this is the plan. remember last year as soon as i made the comment that Spikes wasnt on the depth chart they pulled the depth chart off the site within 24 hours. they have plans and what the dpth cart shows are their basic plans.

with that being said;
even i am surprised that demps os our starting FS, which brings up the idea of us also looking in the draft?
does anybody else think Sean Jones might be an upgrade the Sam linebacker over Gocong. Hes big and phisical but can cover like no one else?

by NickPampani on Mar 21, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

until proven otherwise

demps will be considered the starter. the eagles would like nothing better than for him to succeed and grab this job. the one year contracts they’ve given are only insurance if he’s not ready this year

by bsencore on Mar 21, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm...

i thought that sean jones was better than a 2nd string safety….that linebacker proposal is pretty good!

"What did it feel like? That collision, I ­didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs

by jalarsen1 on Mar 22, 2009 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The roster lists Mikell and Demps as the starters at safety this morning.

Jones is 225. Gocong is 263. If Jones were to take anybody’s job at LB, it would be the 230lb(!) Akeem Jordan.

by Tracer Bullet on Mar 21, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ok cuz i was about to say, wtf happened to mikell being a supposed probowler when he isn’t a top 2 safety on our team according to our team

http://www.libertyballers.com/

by Remis on Mar 21, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm

After reading the controversy from last year I’m inclined to think this depth chart doesn’t matter that much (and that it’s a figment of Dave Spadaro’s imagination). But Tracer is right, the starting safeties are Mikell and Demps.

That being said, I’m surprised that Nick Cole isn’t the “starter” at LG considering he played better than Jean-Gilles, who himself was injured and might not be ready in time.

by ajay on Mar 21, 2009 9:33 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe

it has something to do with cole’s versatility or wanting to boost jean-gilles’s confidence, since he is the more “talented” player.

or its just nothing at all and we’re all reading way too much into this

by bsencore on Mar 21, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

remember

jean gillies was playing solidly until he got hurt, Cole would have never stepped in had Max gotten injured

knowshon... Knowshon... KNOWSHON!!!!

by anuj on Mar 21, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought Cole was just short of stellar last year

i like him more than MJG

by andyreidswaistline on Mar 21, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

I liked Cole there better than MJG

"What did it feel like? That collision, I ­didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs

by jalarsen1 on Mar 22, 2009 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked MJG in the screens and draws more.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Mar 24, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

I think this is Dave Spadaro pretending to be significant. The only thing that really proves any thing is that Herremans may be the favorite for LT right now.

by homestar2281 on Mar 21, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Note
Klecko said yesterday he will concentrate on being a defensive tackle again in 2009, leaving Weaver and Kyle Eckel as the team’s fullbacks.

From the Inky

Poor guy. Now he has to gain like 40 pounds or something. What a disaster this position was last year. Klecko as FB, then DT, then FB…and if you throw in Tony Hunt too…sigh.

by ajay on Mar 21, 2009 9:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Klecko

you have to love his commitment…great guy to cheer for.

"Now Sav Rocca played for the Magpies in Australia. I don't know if it's a bird or a pie or what it is." Ike Reese

by The Badassador on Mar 21, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus

he has a history of winning super bowls

by NickPampani on Mar 21, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

i guess that could make a guy more humble about doing whatever ….

yea ive won the superbowl… whats that ? savs tired ? ill punt the bitch ! E A G L E S EAGLES !

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 21, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Banner: well dan your contract is up and unfortunately we’ll have to part ways
Klecko: ok, however ill have to warn you that since letting me go both the Patriots and the Colts couldnt win the superbowl.

by NickPampani on Mar 21, 2009 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe...

they’ll try to make Klecko an OLT, or maybe a TE.

by DivesWithTurtles on Mar 21, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OLT?

is that offensive line tackle? thats a new one

by pooch900 on Mar 21, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

its a responce to the outside center backer

"Now Sav Rocca played for the Magpies in Australia. I don't know if it's a bird or a pie or what it is." Ike Reese

by The Badassador on Mar 21, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i like it...

i really do think the eagles will address the offensive line right away in the draft, but i like the way the depth chart looks right now. mjg had a really good year last year, but his injury makes me nervous. otherwise. i think the o line looks good. i’m also surprised to see sean jones at ss. i know it’s unofficial, but i would like to see him compete with demps at fs. i havene’t seen much of jones’s game, but he has put up some pretty respectable numbers.

by awd777 on Mar 21, 2009 9:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

its unofficial guys

remember that, for all we know, QDemps could be backing up Sean Jones by tomorrow. Im glad to see thought that Klecko is back to backing up the DT spot. He was great there and can spell Bunkley without JJ letting up pressure

knowshon... Knowshon... KNOWSHON!!!!

by anuj on Mar 21, 2009 11:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah...

I really like Klecko at DT

"What did it feel like? That collision, I ­didn't feel nothing, because he was pretty much defenseless. It was like running through a cardboard box. Seriously. Cardboard box."- Sheldon Brown on his pounding of Reggie Bush in the '06 Playoffs

by jalarsen1 on Mar 22, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who Knows

I don’t know how much stock I put into this chart. This is the same depth chart that listed downtown Reggie Brown as the starting WR all year. But I do like this year’s telling change: “unofficial”. Thats a good one.

Looking Mean in Kelly Green

by goodfella46er on Mar 21, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i'm suprised that mikell isn't listed as the starting FS.

he filled in for dawkins when he was hurt, and did a serviceable job. the only thing demps has over him is speed. he’s not a good tackler. granted, it can be coached but the guy is only two years in. i would like to see mikell and jones as the starters. the 3rd guy always sees time in our scheme. but maybe they’re planning on using jones in the same way they used dawkins last year.

by snowhill82 on Mar 21, 2009 2:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, they still list Jon Runyan on the depth chart and Winston Justice is listed ahead of King Dunlap.

I think that chart is Reid’s starting point of what he knows he has, but it is definitely not written in Sharpie. Almost makes me wonder if it really is a given that the Eagles would take a tackle in the first round when you look at what they have on the offensive line. It also seems to me that a lot of positions are up for grabs.

by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on Mar 22, 2009 3:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

DEPTH CHART NEEDS EXPERIENCED WR

We need to sign at least 1 experienced WR free agent. Like a cluth 3rd down guy like Bobby Emgram or hell Marvin HArrison is from Philly he could mentor our guys

by Fly Eagles Fly 69 on Mar 24, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

did torry holt land anywhere?

i’m pretty interested to see where he goes.

by snowhill82 on Mar 24, 2009 3:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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