The 2009 Roster, Post Draft

by Andrew B on Apr 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT

Ignoring the likely camp fodder ... 62 players the Eagles have drafted, traded for, or spent significant amounts on in Free Agency ...

QB (3) - McNabb, Kolb, Feeley

RB (3) - Westbrook, Booker, McCoy

FB (2) - Eckel, Weaver

TE (3) - Celek, Schobel, Ingram

WR (7) - Jackson, Curtis, Brown, Avant, Baskett, Maclin, Gibson

T (5) - Andrews, Peters, Dunlap, Justice, Tupou

G (6) - Herremanns, Andrews, Jean-Gilles, McGlynn, Gibson, Fanaika

C (2) - Jackson, Cole

ST (3) - Akers, Rocca, Dorenbos

DT (4) - Patterson, Bunkley, Laws, Klecko

DE (6) - Cole, Thomas, Howard, Smith, Clemmons, Abiamiri

LB (8) - Gocong, Bradley, Jordan, Gaithers, Mays, Daniels, White, Fouko

S (4) - Mikell, Demps, Jones, Baker

CB (6) - Brown, Samuel, Hanson, Hobbs, Ikegwuono, Harris

Nine decent players aren't making this team. Competition for roster is obviously at WR (-1 or 2), CB (-1 or 2), G/T (-3 or 4), LB (-1 or 2), and maybe DE and FB (0 or -1). Everybody else is pretty much set unless they slip up and let a camp body past them on the depth chart.

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Wow, they'll be battling at Lehigh...

Here are my cuts…

- Kyle Eckel
- Tank Daniels
- Jack Ikegwuonu
- Reggie Brown
- Winston Justice
- Paul Fanaika
- Moise Fouku
- Brandon Gibson
- Mike Gibson

by JimmyK on Apr 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT reply actions

an Andrew sighting. Hello, again.

i think our offseason brings more moves. With Sheldons contract BS and us trading for Hobbs, something is up.
Perhaps i am wrong, i dont get the feeling that we are completely done yet. Some of these guys may be packaged up and sent off. I say Eckel and Justice are the best trade bait.
Brown will end up somewhere, but i dont know that we get him sent off. He should be cut.
As the Eagles always do, they’ll IR a guy or 2 from this list.

by GreenInBaltimore on Apr 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions

Brandon Gibson, Paul Fanaika, and Moise Fouku are our IR candidates. I’m thinking Eckel and Justice have no trade value whatsoever. However, Sheldon Brown would bring back some good value, and I think there could be interest in Reggie Brown as well. Last season was terrible, but he’s had a few nice seasons – Remember… the Pats gave us a 5 for Greg Lewis.

by JimmyK on Apr 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Schobel

If I had any disappointment whatsoever with this offseason (besides the obvious, see my name) it is that we did not do an adequate job of upgrading the TE position. I am a Celek fan. I just don’t think he is good enough to be the ONLY TE on this roster. I am excited about Ingram but I think he is a prospect. I think he takes some time to develop into what we hope he can be. Plus, one of his weaknesses is his desire and ability to block. While the tackle changes will help with pass protection, it does not matter how good your tackles are when the defense brings extra guys off the edge and your TEs cannot block. Then we have Schobel. The guy is even horrible on special teams. Here is hoping one of those trades (Brown/Brown) can get us a decent TE, even if they are just a blocking TE.

by Dawk on Apr 26, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions

Very very minor problem

but Eldra Buckley isn’t on there. I doubt he makes the team, but since we just signed him this off season he should be mentioned

"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 Apr 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions

Technically they

signed a safety from the CFL and a TE from UCF or something the other day too, no?

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Apr 27, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah

"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 Apr 27, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Eldra Buckley ...

… is official camp fodder. I’ll look it up later, but very few of the guys they sign in January/February of street free agents to fill out the roster make the team. Maybe one or two in 10 years?

by Andrew B on Apr 27, 2009 7:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Eagles Camp Fodder on the 53 Man Roster

Sean Morey was a street free agent camp body. He is the one success from this source.

Robert Redd, on the 2005 roster, for what, a day?

Andy Thorn made an NFL roster, briefly, on some other team. Jeremy Cain was briefly with the Titans.

by Andrew B on Apr 27, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

This is the third thread like this in the past 6 hours ...

… just for the record.

Projecting the 53 Man Roster

Putting Eagles Depth into Perspective

and now

The 2009 Roster, Post Draft

It was obviously a great idea, that’s why three of you had it :)

In any case, for fans who want to compare three takes on it, there are the links. I’ll post this back on the other ones in case you navigated to one of those first.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Apr 26, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions

This one is Andrew's

I hadn’t seen him in a while so I figured I’d do it, but if he’s back he’s pretty damn good at projecting the roster.

by Alon on Apr 27, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Roster projection

I’ll do that once they sign their undrafted free agents (at least one undrafted guy has made the team every year most years), and we see a little bit of practices and training camp and get a feel for who can play and who can’t. Right now, its not obvious who is getting cut. I especially think the people cheering for Reggie Brown’s departure are being exceedingly premature. Brown >> Baskett and Avant.

by Andrew B on Apr 27, 2009 7:43 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree with those assessments

lookin forward to it / lemme know if ya want help hah

by Alon on Apr 27, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

thanks!

hey andrew b i dunno who u are .. but brown is better than avant and basket!! yes! ive been saying that for 2 months .. the undrafted FA will be a D Tackle

by jack is better than asante on Apr 27, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

MEDIOCRE!

And the high hook of the day goes to jack! Cuz, I don’t know whats funnier, the number of times you fucked that up, or the number of ways you fucked it up.

"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid

by BroadStBullies on Apr 26, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions

thats a lotta /cobb'd

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html?from=getfirefox

http://dictionary.reference.com/

and the number of ways wins by landslide

"You always hear about ballplayers buying numbers from other players for five figures. When this .300 lifetime hitter was in Philly, he traded his number to Mitch Williams for two cases of beer." - Stuff Magazine on John Kruk

by BadCo'09 on Apr 27, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

by pooch900 on Apr 27, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions

My Favorite aspect of the post-draft roster

Virtually the entire team is 28 or younger. Football is not quite as obsessed with prime ages as baseball, but salary-conscious teams like the Eagles are a little age-obsessed.

According to Bye, Dawk’s thread on this a few weeks back, everyone’s 28 or younger, except:
Westbrook 29
McNabb 32
Curtis 30
Howard 32

Four guys we’ll make exceptions for based on their ability or produce still. Howard might not be a lock, but his DE/DT versatility could save them a roster spot in what could be a tight cutdown day.

I think the age factor has been underplayed so far in draft reaction. This team is set up for now and for the near future (assuming Kolb is any good) at every position.

Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on Apr 27, 2009 2:08 AM EDT reply actions