Your Official Off Season Predictions

why are you posting predictions? I’m sorry- we’re probably not getting peppers. we’re probably not trading donovan. you can’t predict someone in the draft if you can’t name one prospect.

Free agency (our guys that stay)

Leonard Weaver, Jason Avant, Alex Smith, Max Jean Gilles, Nick Cole, Akeem Jordan

Free agency (our guys that are gone)

Sav Rocca, Jason Babin, Omar Gaither, Chris Gocong, Ellis Hobbs, Sean Jones

Free agency (our pickups from other teams)

Don’t see a lot of action here, unfortunately. Top guy on my wish list – Chester Taylor. We’ll also sign a veteran safety. Of the safeties available, top guy on my list is Danieal Manning of the Bears, who is also an elite kick returner.

QB situation

We trade McNabb straight up to the Vikes for their 1 (30th overall). We trade Michael Vick to the Niners for their 4.

Draft

First round – We trade up with the Pats from 24 to 22 (jumping the OL desperate Packers) and take Mike Iupati. The move is costly as we have to give up one of our 4’s, but recoup the Pats’ 6th rounder in 2011.

First round (from Vikings) – Brandon Graham, DE, Michigan

Second round – Kareem Jackson, CB, Alabama

Third round – Tony Pike, QB, Cincinnati (Kolb’s new understudy)

Third round – Dekoda Watson, OLB, Florida State

Fourth round (from the Jets) – Eric Decker, WR, Minnesota

Fourth round (from the Niners) – Montario Hardesty, RB, Tennessee

Fifth round – Brandon Sharpe, DE, Texas Tech

Fifth round (from N.O.) – Traded to the Jets for a 2011 4th rounder

Sixth round (from Indy) – Eric Cook, C, New Mexico

Seventh round (compensatory) – Cam Nelson, FS, Arizona

Seventh round (compensatory) – Jeremy Boone, P, Penn State

No way. I think there’s a 50/50 shot we trade Mcnabb. I think if they get offered less than a first round pick there is no way in hell the Eagles would (or should) do it.

My official predictions:
Vick gets traded for a third round pick to Buffalo. I respectfully disagree with Bye, Dawk because I don’t think Vick is a good fit for the Niners’ offense. He’s better on a team with a strong running game (Lynch, Jackson) that sets up the vertical play-action pass.
We head to camp with an open competition at quarterback. If the team was focused SOLELY on getting maximum trade value, they would have traded Brian Dawkins. They would have traded Derrick Burgess. They would have traded Tra Thomas or Jon Runyan. But they didn’t. I don’t think they trade McNabb, but I think they will give Kolb a fair shot.
I think we will go after Peppers in free agency, and I think we can get him. The front office has made two huge signings the past two years and I think they continue that trend. Personally, I think Peppers wants to play for a winner and that will motivate him and avoid a Haynesworth syndrome.

Draft:
1st round- Earl Thomas, safety if available. If Thomas is not available, I think the Eagles will trade down and pick up Morgan Burnett, safety in the second round.
2nd round- LB. Navarro Bowman if available. If Bowman is gone, I think they would take AJ Edds from Iowa. If not him, then I think they go guard.
3rd round- Guard or LB
3rd round- RB (Joe McKnight, Toby Gerhart, or Jonathan Dwyer)
The rest of the draft is very variable.

2 predictions pipe dreams

1. We trade up for Eric Berry. This years first + pretty much any other draft pick a team in the top 3 wants. Hes that good.
2. Shawn Andrews comes back and is at least a good RG.

1. Reggie Brown and Shawn Andrews are cut in training camp (I pray for this every night)
2. Kolb is traded to the 49ers for a second this year and a second next year
3. Vick is traded to Oakland for a third rounder
4. We sign Julius Peppers
5. Westbrook retires and Curtis walks
6. Eagles trade their first and next year’s second to move up to take Derrick Morgan
7. We sign Chester Taylor
8. We draft a quarterback
9. We draft Rolle in the 3rd round
10. Jibta and Joe_D quit BGN after McNabb signs a 3 year extension.

Westbrook will retire and then get offered a job as an RB coach. He will turn it down, though, because he wants to spend a year away from football.
Peppers will get signed to a 3-year contract.
Vick will be traded to Buffalo for a 3rd round draft pick.
McNabb will be traded to Minnesota for a 1st round pick.
Martell Mallet will score at least 4 touchdowns, 1 of which will be against the Giants.
LeSean McCoy will become known as “the real McCoy” after Colt McCoy (whoever drafts him) turns out to be a bust.
The next BGN Bowl will have more than 22 players.

and farve will retire, only to comeback one more time to overshadow the death of the hall of famer. you fawker.

I predict the Eagles will hire a certain recently fired head coach as their new secondary coach.

1) mcnabb stays and plays under the lame duck scenario
2) kolb stays and plays another year as the glorified backup
3) vick gets traded to the bills for a third rounder
4) eagles use that third rounder to draft timmy tebow

bet it

highly likely:
1.mcnabb goes to arizona for a first. matt leinart pulls an alex smith and agrees to stay for less money. mcnabb thrives during the regular season with big receivers who can catch his grossly inaccurate passes. they finish 10-6, only to have mcnabb piss away their divsional round with his air guitar and aloof demeanor.
2. kevin kolb throws for 3,114 yds, 21 tds, 15 int. misses 3 games with injury. actually leads his receivers from time to time. mike vick sticks for another year, because andy reid was playing madden the other day using the dolphins playbook and thought it was awesome.
3. lesean mccoy runs for 897 yds, catches for 420, with 6 rushing TDs, and 5 rec TDs…..doing a bit more of what he was drafted for as westbrooks replacement. i agree with whoever said westbrook comes back for less money and a limited role. he’ll still be our third down back/security blanket for kolb. i also expect to see mccoy more involved in the screen game.
4.sean jones stays as depth for quintin mikell. he should be able to contribute more often with a return to his natural position of SS. macho harris will also stay on the depth chart as 2nd string FS/special teams. quintin demps, you’re done, son. wrap it up. reid will trade him to subway for a 7th rounder and a conditional subway sandwich(based on demps sandwich skills/productivity)
5. julius peppers won’t be an eagle next year. javon kearse anyone? that didn’t turn out so well for us. the front office remembers. they won’t come anywhere near him for his asking price.

1. the eagles draft a free safety in the first. i don’t buy the “if the eagles had a better pass rush, our safeties would have more oppurtunities” argument. we need someone who can cover and tackle. eric berry seems just outside of impossible. assuming someone would give us a first for mcnabb, we could trade up. probably not happening, but you never know. earl thomas seems like a good deal. the only way we get anywhere near taylor mays is if he falls to the late 2nd/early 3rd. he could be a great weakside/nickel linebacker. way too much of a risk in the 1st. if the eagles draft morgan burnett, expect a move to FS by mikell.
2. we get aaron kampman to play opposite trent cole. i think ray edwards is also a strong possibility, but i’m going to go with kampman. the guy will come cheap after the knee injury, it could be worth the risk considering the price.
3.we definitely draft a replacement for king dunlap. i still wake up in the middle of the night with a cold sweat with dreams of the oakland game. we can’t afford to not have a decent backup for jason peters. LT in the 3rd round.
4. the eagles bring in thomas howard to play MLB. witherspoon moves to WLB. bradley starts at SLB.

Thats it.

wouldnt that be funny if mcnabb went there

Eagles keep McNabb and Kolb. McNabb suffers a serious injury during the season, and Kevin Kolb takes over. He experiences some growing pains, but the Eagles make the playoffs and make it to the NFC Championship game under Kolb. The coaching staff makes the decision to move on without McNabb after the 2010 season.

I will write a poem about the joys of puppies, sunshine, wholesome tidings and freshly squeezed lemonade if this happens. If Reggie Brown gets cut it will be like Christmas, Kwanzaa and Whacking Day all rolled into one!

QB: McNabb is back for 1 year, Kolb gets extended for 3 years, Vick goes to Buffalo because their new head coach really liked that commercial from 4 years back where Vick and TO played together and thinks that will happen. We get a 3rd rounder. We sign AJ Feeley back for third string.
RB: McCoy is starter, Westbrook retires, Weaver gets extended 5 years, buckley becomes a man beast, we return to the three pronged attack from 2001. Awesomeness ensues.
WR: Jackson gets reworked contract, only paid as a top 15 WR, talks a bunch of shit produces like a top 10. Maclin just works, shows flashes of brilliance, produces like a top 15, Avant signs 2 year extension, does some sick stuff but never quite puts it together, Brown goes bye bye, but Curtis gets an additional year to see whats up.
OL: Peters, Herremans, and Jackson resume starting roles. Shawn Andrews plays 2 games, then decides that rapping is his column. Sells 130 units to mostly close friends and family. Coles becomes offcial starter after Andrew’s “injury”. Stacy Andrews beats out Justice for starting RT spot. Justice fills in as needed at RG and RT.
TE: Brent Celek has an even more amazing year, gets the pro bowl nod over Witten like he should have this year and ends up as the third best TE in the league, behind Gates and Clark. Ingram tears his ACL in the 3rd pre season game, consider his career over.
DE: Trent Cole Dominates, 14 sacks. Parker and Abiamari only combine for 6 after being replaced by a rookie after the 5th game. Details to follow. Howard gets 7 sacks.
DT: Bunkley and Patterson maintain roles. Laws plays but contributes nothing. Gone in the offseason.
LB: Bradley returns!!!!!!!! 3rd highest tackle total in league. Passed over for pro bowl cause of haters. Jordan makes some fantastic plays, and some boneheaded ones. Overall he remains solid. Witherspoon moved to OLB, his natural postion. Very good. White sees significant playing time and shows that when Witherspoon is done in 2 years, we have an amazing replacement. Fokou costs us 2 games, costs him his job in offseason. Gocong and Gaither gone.
CB: Somebody punches Sheldon Brown in face, Eagle Nation smiles but knows it was for his own good. Remains starter. Samuel makes 8 picks, 2 returned for TD’s but bounces off WR’s and RB’s like a game of ping pong. We moan and cuss but management likes the picks so he stays, Joselio Hanson shows once again, he is a nickel corner, no more, no less. Hobbs returns, does well in limited role. Macho Harris is moved back to CB, sits on bench and watches what a football player should do. Is stripped of nickname.
S: Quintin Mikell realizes with an actual FS he no longer has to cover the entire field deep. returns to roots of blowing players up. Gets snubbed for pro bowl because nobody knows him yet. Kerry Rhodes shows a giant middle finger to the Jets and comes to the next Super Bowl Champs. We are good at S again. Eagle fans rejoice!!!
Oh and we drop Demps off in center city philly wearing a cowboys jersey. Film results as the best reality show ever!
K: It’s Akers. he’s timeless.
P: Sav remains Punter. Crushes some, shanks some. Sav no longer punter.

Not up to speed on the draft so I can do a no go with those predcitions, although I do believe Mike Kafka will end up being the best QB out of this draft class. The Eagles won’t go and get him, but that’s the only thing I really know.

Philly ends up 12-4. Wins NFC East. Earns outright 1st round bye and homefield advantage throughout. McNabb finally brings us that Superbowl we drafted him for. We thank him by signing him to another 1 year deal and then trading him somewhere. (Okay that last parts not going to happen. As long as McNabb wants to play and Reid is our coach, McNabb is our QB) There are my predicts. Bank on them.

Wait one draft prediction. I will watch draft and cuss out the Eagles for not doing what i want them to. Will turn out alright for us anyway. That’s very much a guarantee.

1. Peppers is in Philly
2. We bring in another DT to compete with Laws
3. Babin is gone
4. Westbrook restructures
5. Ingram is our #2 TE and healthy
6. McNabb is out
7. We trade back in the first round for a first the following year and a 3rd the following year
8. Gocong is gone, but Gaither stays
9. Buckley is gone
10. Reggie is cut

1. Draft a DE in the first, and Cole doubles the new kid’s sack total
2. Morgan Burnett in the 2nd, and he has a decent/very good rookie year
3. Antonio Dixon makes the squad, Laws gets cut
4. Abiamiri gets cut after a disappointing preseason
5. McNabb plays, finishes the year with close to 4000 yards and 20 TD, to go with 11 picks (1 or less in the red zone)
6. Eagles finish first in the league in turnovers, and top 5 in sacks, but are not top 5 in any other category.
7. We draft a receiver late
8. Shawn Andrews doesn’t play for us again, but Stacy comes back and is a decent starter at RG.
9. Reggie Brown gets the boot and copies LJ Smith’s career path (goes to Ravens and does nothing)
10. Westbrook comes back, has 120 carries for 550 yards.

If we do get rid of McNabb and Vick, we’ll need to start shopping for some QBs. Ideas?

The Eagles will not draft Micah.

Osi is pissed

http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/nflnewsfeed/2010/02/umenyiora-threatens-to-quit.html

If we can’t get Peppers, can we pry him from the Giants to play opposite Trent Cole? I mean, they only consider him a backup …

(files away under ‘pipe dreams’)

1. Eagles consider moving McNabb but don’t get what they are looking for (1st rounder). McNabb plays out his last year in Eagles’ uniform. Kolb is back as the backup.
2. Vick is traded mainly for the simple fact that he is has the chance to make $7M next year in salary & incentives if he is on the roster all year. No way in hell Banner pays a backup QB who is used 8-10 plays a game that kind of money.
3. Eagles draft a S with a high draft pick (1st/2nd) to pull the hole at FS. They also use one of their higher round picks on a CB.
4. Eagles keep one LB (Jordan) out of their FB linebackers. They also bring in a veteran LB via free agency and draft a LB with a mid/later round pick (4th/5th).
5. Eagles don’t do much in FA although they do bring back several of their own FA including Weaver, Avant, Cole, Jordan, and Rocca.
6. Peppers doesn’t end up in an Eagles’ uniform; bitching commences. Eagles do bring in another DE via a trade.
7. Rocca is still the full-time punter next year for the Opening Day even though he clearly has competition in training camp.
8. Stacy Andrews rounds back into form and contributes next year at RG. Shawn Andrews doesn’t.
9. Westbrook is back for 1 final year although it is on a restructured deal and it isn’t a pretty affair.

Kolb gets traded. Vick and McNabb are here next season. McNabb gets extended. (Andy finds out there is a bigger market for Kolb than Don)

We trade away our 1st rounder for Peppers

Westbrook gets released

Either Weaver or Avant are not resigned because they are asking for too much money and another team makes a big offer.

Desean’s contract negotiations go into camp and becomes a distraction and big story

Both Andrews report to camp, but only 1 of them makes the team.

We go back to drafting Linemen with our high picks and don’t address safety until the 3rd round or later.

By the end of the Draft we have 2 or more future picks gained

wild_eagle pulls a papale and makes the Eagles, solving our problems at safety. The Eagles meet the Saints in the NFC Championship and wild_eagle makes a jarring hit on reggie bush to force a fumble, then returns it for a TD.
Seeing her man embarassed by an up and coming star, Kim comes to her senses and leaves the Bushman for wild_eagle, who reaches immediate Bye Dawk status on BGN as a result

Vick to the raiders for Burgess and a pick? I would say Seymour because I assume he wants a good team but considering what they gave to get him it doesn’t make sense

So I know even if he gets on our team he may not make it but Pat Simonds out of Colgate broke the touchdown record at their school. 6’5" 230 4.57 40 So he’s a big guy who is strong! I’m a senior in College and in Highschool i played basketball against this guy 3 nights a week. I’m 5’10" 220 and had to guard him so I know how competitive he is. He is quick for his size but you also have to understand that i graduated with 50 kids in HS and it was the largest class in my schools history. This kid went to Sydney HS, the town over which was still small. This would be the first pro from our area and would be incredible. He also has a great attitude and a great head on his shoulders. He’s great at jump balls so as a 5th or 6th WR he might have a chance.
Here’s to hoping!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bETy7d5K57s&feature=PlayList&p=3D2746ED546DB746&index=15
Here’s a colgate video he comes in at 35 seconds #80

but I can still root for the hometown guy! :-)

He will be back primarily as a guy in special teams coverage and as a depth option at S but he will be almost completely out of the spotlight with pretty limited roles.

Michael Vick will be a St. Louis Ram next season for a 3rd rounder.
Mcnabb will be our starting QB next season and will have a good(still top 10) but not spectacular year. Kolb will get an extension and take over the next season.
Eagles will sign Julius Peppers.
Stewart Bradley returns to old form with a 100+ tackle season and solidifies our LB position.

1st Round pick will be an O-linemen
2nd Round Safety
3rd Round Linebacker
3rd Round Cornerback
3rd Round O-linemen
4th Round Running Back
4th RoundCornerback
5th Round O-linemen
5th Round Wide Receiver
6th Round Defensive End
7th Round Comp. Pick Punter
7th Round Comp. Pick O-linemen

However, not all picks will be used. There will be at least 2 trades during the off season involving draft picks.

Weaver, Jordan, Avant, N.Cole will remain Eagles.
We will have a new Punter.
Jeremy Maclin will have more catches the Desean Jackson.
Desean Jackson will be top 5 in the league in yards receiving.
Brent Celek will be a pro bowler.

We will have No.1 Special Teams in the League
We will have a top 5 offense and top 10 defense.
We will win the division with a 12-4 record.
Eagles win the Superbowl with Mcnabb’s last season with the team.
Mcnabb retires an Eagle after the season.

Jody will weep like a girl when Mcnabb retires after winning the first Superbowl for the Eagles :p

Eagles sign Julius Peppers
Eagles trade Chis Gocong for Derrick Johnson
McNabb does not get traded
Mike McGlynn is the staring C

He will demand an enormous contract and will not be happy in our 4-3 even though we run many variations similar to a 3-4. I want to see Aaron Kampman in Eagle Green. He is a force to be reckoned with and will compliment Cole perfectly. He is coming off an injury and will demand less money. It would allow us to spend a first round draft pick else where thinking specifically Sean Weatherspoon to take over at LB for Gocong.
Bradley Weatherspoon and Witherspoon at LB could be amazing!