Eagles sign FA WR Hank Baskett to one-year deal.
per Jeff McClane of the Inquirer
almost 2 years ago
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by Team Serbia on Mar 12, 2010 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
With Reggie BRown gone(and Curtis maybe to follow)… I’m totally fine with bringing in Baskett as a 4th or 5th WR and special teams guy. HE knows the system and makes for good enough depth.
meh I’d rather just draft someone and take a chance, I’m still amazed at the unwarranted love for Hank Baskett.
They call me The Professor.
If his major value is in special teams then experience is our system doesn’t really apply since April is now at the helm… He’s gonna have little or no offensive impact. We’re better off getting someone more dynamic in that roster spot…
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by foos05 on Mar 12, 2010 11:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Experience with the team is good
We have young starting WRs who need reps… Hank will be good on special teams and knows his role as a back-up
Remember a couple years ago
When we went into the season with Reggie Brown and Hank Basket as our top receivers? Dear god…
Yeah, I don’t understand the unwarranted bashing. He’s not amazing by any means but just like you said, you can do a LOT worse.
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That's for sure.
Hank got ST’s MVP in 2007 I believe.
He has always been a solid ST’s player (which is what we’d need him for)
Not to mention, he’s not too shabby as a spot starter and/or role player.
This is a good signing.
YAH!
Wonder why I didn’t get a text message about this… Either way, one year deal is good.. Anyone know the details are?
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Theres a clause
saying that if he fumbles an onside kick in the superbowl, the entire team gets to motorboat Kendra.
by Team Serbia on Mar 12, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
I guess this pretty much guarantees Kevin Curtis is a goner.
After Reggie Brown was traded, I upgraded Curtis to about a 20% chance of sticking here, but that slim chance is probably all but gone now.
Yeah probably
I feel pretty good about this WR corps:
1. Jackson
1B. Maclin
3. Avant
4. Baskett
5. Rookie or Hall/Collins/Norwood
Curtis is a goner.
Happy as a Clam
Now can we freaking work on fixing our Defense! lol I’m assuming all these moves in FA for offensive positions.. we will be focusing soley on the D in the draft (minus the Jackson signing) and Center. We still have a lot of depth and upgrading needed…
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Hey I’ve been clamoring for him! You can’t clamor! I was the original clamorer.
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http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/search?btn=Go&order=date&q=eric+decker&type=Comment
bitchhhhhhhhhhhh
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http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2010/2/2/1289407/your-official-off-season#30135619
Feb. 2, biiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaatch
Haha, I clamored on BGN first, so I officially get to take full credit for Eric Decker’s career (as long as it’s good).
Alright, I’ll give you first-clamor credit, but drafting him was also an original thought of mine because I didn’t see anyone else talk about him before I read his scouting reports. If he’s successful, it’ll be because we both clamored. Together.
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Hank Baskett
Sucks. He is supposedly a ‘hands’ guy yet he is wildly inconsistent catching the ball and is a tall guy who can’t jump.
If you want to accuse the Eagles’ FO of being cheap bastards, this is the time to do it.
You’re right! The Eagles are cheap bastards for not spending huge money on a 4th receiver. What assholes!
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Maclin
Might struggle a bit this year and Baskett is not a quality WR. There isn’t one strong attribute he brings to the table as a WR.
As far as hot wifes go, he’s pretty solid. Regardless, he’s not an offensive target. Jackson, Maclin, Avant, McCoy, and Weaver will all get more catches than whoever our FOURTH FUCKING RECEIVER will be.
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If you going to be a smart-ass
The Eagles 4th WR usually get a fair amount of targets a year and have generally averaged about 25 a year. It is not a ton but you acting like this guy won’t ever see the field either on offensive.
Baskett
Is adequate as a special teams player but he is a marginal WR at best. Definitely not a quality backup or someone you want seeing starting out there alot.
Good thing there’s three other wide receivers ahead of him on the depth chart!
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If they stay healthy
Odds are they won’t and that Baskett will see his share of time. Reid also like to run a couple of formations with 4 WRs too.
they could also use the newly signed hall..
if he makes the team, that is. to me, the 4th spot is still up for grabs. baskett leading, ofcourse..
The Eagles WILL redeem themselves in the '10-'11 season, with a win at SuperBowl 45 in Dallas!
No one mentioned Kendra yet. I mean, I know it’s only been 4 minutes, but I’m still surprised.
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Baskett
Isn’t physical
Isn’t a solution in the red zone
Isn’t can’t jump
Isn’t a reliable target on 3rd down (why Avant got more PT in the 1st place because Basket wasn’t adequate as the slot WR)
Isn’t a guy who McNabb go to because of the hands issues
Answer this question
What did you want the Eagles to do instead of signing Baskett as the 4th WR?
Who would you rather have?
Never said that
I don’t like what Baskett brings to the table offensively. It depends what they do in the draft but no I don’t like the idea of Baskett being the 4th WR on the depth chart in a team that throws 65%-68% of the time with two younger WRs.
Zombie Chris Henry’s still on the market?
damn, gotta get on that FO!
by alcatraz0109 on Mar 12, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
FA options
Are pretty limited at this point because the Eagles did wait a bit in FA. If the Eagles draft a WR in the middle-rounds who might be a good depth guy, I don’t mind if Baskett is a 5th/6th WR option.
He just isn’t a guy I want to see lining up on the offensive formation alot and that is likely to happen because the Eagles run a fair amount of 4 WRs formation and Avant/Maclin/Jackson aren’t likely going to be healthy all year.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Here’s the complete list of FA WRs that have signed:
Antonio Bryant (he’d have been the highest paid WR on our team if we brought him in)
Charles Dillon
Arnaz Battle (not any better than Baskett)
Wallace Wright
Chris Chambers (haha nothx)
Antwaan Randle El
Brian Clark
Kassim Osgood
Terrence Cooper
That list is SO rich in talent!
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Even if they didn't "wait a bit in FA"...
Who would you have wanted them to sign?
Nate Burleson?
Antonio Bryant?
Lavernues Coles?
They all signed a contract that’s about 10 times the price of what they signed Baskett for.
Coles is still out there and probably won’t sign a rich contract like the other two…
But still… if we could get our choice of Coles or Baskett for the exact same price… I’d take Baskett.
Just last year Coles signed the exact same contract Bryant signed this year. He won’t make a ton of money this year, but if he signs somewhere, it won’t be for less than 2 million or so.
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Just last year Coles signed the exact same contract Bryant signed this year.
Which is insane.
He won’t make a ton of money this year, but if he signs somewhere, it won’t be for less than 2 million or so.
True… it won’t be as much as Burleson or Bryant, but even 2mill isn’t worth it for him I don’t think.
Eagles made this move
Because Baskett is cheap (likely signed for the veteran minimum) and knows the system. Even on special teams, he doesn’t address the real issue of needing to figure out who is going to be the KR on this team unless they think Hobbs/Demps are the answer back there.
If Curtis was healthy and a legit No. 4
I could care less if they resigned Baskett. My bet is the Eagles are going to try to slide by with Baskett though as the No. 4 guy going into the season because they multiple other areas they need to address still.
If the Eagles top 3 WRs stay healthy, then it is largely a non-issue but that isn’t likely to happen either. Baskett flunked here before as a red-zone/slot WR and don’t want to see him lining up outside either.
I don’t think he ever lined up in the slot… but that’s beside the point.
The point is you want your 4th/5th WR to be really solid in ST’s and be able to contribute in spells in the offense. That’s what he has always done here.
Exactly. 2007 wasn’t a great year for him, but he did pretty well for us in 2006 and 2008 (55 catches between the two years).
People also seem to forget he’s actually a pretty good blocker as far as wide receivers go.
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He was an ok blocker
That is something he does bring to the table but one of the things I really love about Avant. Jackson never blocks (and guess I don’t expect him too) and Maclin didn’t seem to show that kind of physical presence.
Pro Football focus
Has Jackson rated at 97th last year in the league in blocking at WR in 2009 and 80th in 2008. Avant was 11th and 9th respectively.
Jackson does a number of things well but blocking generally isn’t one of them and frankly I don’t know how much I want a guy with his size/build really throwing his body around.
PFF rankings make little to no sense. I love the stats they keep, but their rankings don’t make sense.
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On the blocking side
Yeah it is hard to make much rhyme or reason without knowing the full extent of the classification criteria but the results for WRs’ blocking have solid intra-observer reliability form a quick glance. Ratings may not be great and there may not be much of a difference between most WRs but the results do look pretty consistent from year-to-year but you would need to analyze the entire samples from 2007-09. I just don’t fell like importing into SAS on my laptop and running the numbers.
I would be more dubious on them
If they had the rating all over the board from year-to-year but I would be curious to learn a bit more about how they score blocking. Is a ‘pancake’ worth more pts than stay a temporary hold/shove?
that's cus they don't count
when he’s sheilding whoever’s got the ball as they run to the endzone….he’s always up everyone’s ass since he’s faster…
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by greenbean#twoOH on Mar 12, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
if mcnabb (or kolb) can get the ball there, baskett can win jump balls in the end zone and hopefully be productive as a WR as well as on special teams.
Chase Utley is so good that on one pitch he stole second, third and the shortstop's hat.
he’s actually proven that he cannot win jump balls if memory serves … and it usually does.
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by EANX33 on Mar 12, 2010 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nope
Eagles tried this before with Baskett here and he generally wasn’t a good option for several reasons (limited vertical, very inconsistent hands, etc). It is also generally a pretty low pct success play with a moderate downside or risk (INT). If I recall right, I think some of the guys form STATS INC ran a number and the lop in the endzone while in the red zone was only successfully about 30-35% of the time (scoring a TD). That’s a pretty poor success rate.
the nfl.com commercial
from last year showed that jump ball in slow mo and then it cut off. We all remember that he dropped it. It was in pre-season i think. Maybe against the colts? I forget.
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