Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
by captain nodar on Aug 20, 2009 8:51 AM EDT
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PrintPerhaps if George Santayana was part of the BYU curriculum, these things would not happen. However, be it return man, fullback, tight end, we always seem to be severely lacking in a particular position. It seems obvious to everyone but the front office that we should bring in a veteran, but they ignore it or try to convert a player to the lacking position (Parry and Klecko to FB, Lewis as a PR, Bright to TE, etc). For those of you who picked "TE" as the Eagles depth-lacking position du jour, give yourself a gold star.
With all due respect to the Eagles success in the last decade, I just do not understand why we let it get this bad. Granted, Celek and Schobel can return in a few weeks and all is well (sort of), but why have they not learned from past mistakes? The punt return situation of 2007 is still fresh in my mind, have they forgot how quickly things can get ugly if a particular position lacks the necessary depth?
With Schobel already sidelined, and Celek now hurt, we are a few weeks away from opening day and the only active TE's are a rookie defensive end and a 235lb undrafted rookie TE who missed his entire senior season. What if Brent's injury is a bit worse than expected, or he reaggravates it? I thought for certain that we would bring in a veteran, however I suppose it is not a proper Eagles season unless we are woefully lacking in some position.
Well, there's always next season to fix it :P
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by EagleGreeninMD on Aug 20, 2009 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
ABSOLUTELY
this could turn out to be very BAD, if celeks injury is worse then we know, which i dont beleive it is, and he reeally gets hurt 2nite then we are up a creek my friends. i dont kno why the FO waits for things to happen before they do something. we need another te anyway so why not just give up the 3d rounder for BEN WATSON now, instead of waiting for celek to get seriously hurt and then the pats are gonna hold us hostage and ask for to much.
As for owen daniels , oi would love to get him over ben watson but i dont see that happening. this is the first i have heard of this. why would they even be willing to deal him???? this is a rumor i dont beleive for a second, espn is full of shit and as for salspalantonio……well hes just a fool with a microphone.
by goldenbird09 on Aug 20, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
There are heavy rumors they are pursuing a TE...
On Mikey Miss yesterday, Sal Pal classified them as “not rumors,” but rather that the Eagles are having legitimate talks with other NFL teams strongly pursuing a “starting caliber” TE. He mentioned Tony Scheffler and Owen Daniels as possible targets, although I don’t see why the Texans would be interested in trading Daniels).
Take some of Sal Pal’s opinions for what they’re worth (often garbage), but he does have nose for this kind of thing.
Bye, Big Stew and JJ :(
you know what’s going to happen… someone will cut a reliable #2 te on the first round of roster cuts and we will pick that guy right up.
by the way, when are the first roster cuts? anyone know?
after the 3rd preseason game
and the second is after the last preseason game
by birds'n'raiders on Aug 20, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup, Sept 1st down to 75 and 5th down to 53
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by EagleGreeninMD on Aug 20, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
in reality...
they are only looking for a “starting caliber TE” because they did so much 2 TE set install that they need an Ingram clone to operate the offense as they did in training camp. And the most likely person, to me, who would be ok with being the No. 2 TE in this offense, who also happens to be ultra athletic and an underrated blocker…is Ben Watson
Boo-YA!
by birds'n'raiders on Aug 20, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions
and at this point
Watson looks like he is getting cut
Hell, he didn’t even play against us last week, and he wasn’t injured.
Chris Baker and Alex Smith took the first and second team reps for the Pats
by birds'n'raiders on Aug 20, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions
Methinks they might hang on to him until the birds fix their TE situation. Why let us get him for free when theres a strong trade possibility.
exactly, their not gonna let him go when they kno they can get a draft pick from us
by goldenbird09 on Aug 20, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions
i would love scheff over watson but its not gonna happen, denvers gonna keep him. maybe if we pushed the envelope 3 weeks ago he could hav been had but that ship has sailed my friend unfortunately for us.im very scared about wat were gonna do wen and if celek goes down. and beleive me he will go down, murphys law.
by goldenbird09 on Aug 20, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean this with all my love.
Shut Up.
Murphy’s Law?! Jesus you Santaria Hexing Machine, quit it!
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by EagleGreeninMD on Aug 20, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Chances are....
We aint getting Scheff and we definitely aint getting Owen Daniels. Owen is a pro bowl tight end on the up-rise and the #6 rated tight end in the NFL. Unless we give up some major stuff (which I dont see us doing) we aint gonna get him. Josh Mcfailure has already said he’s not giving up Scheff unless for a first rounder. Reason—he needs to cover himself. He lost Cutler, he’s losing Marshall, and he’s nearly lost the locker room. He needs all he can get and Royal and Scheff are his QB’s top 2 targets now (at least unless Marshall comes back). So those are way out of the way now. Watson is our best chance. He may not be the best tight end but he is definitely gives us a reason to exhale. He’s athletic and that seems to be the thing now with the eagles pass catchers now.
Dunlap to TE
Get it done. You all seem to want a blocking TE. Who better than a left tackle?
(No, I’m not kidding about that)
That, or we can sign Shaq. C’mon, 7’2 325? Tell me you wouldn’t love that size in the redzone.
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