I think the cuts are done, lets look at the depth chart

Probably worth keeping him

If he gets cut (which is doubtful) I doubt it would be due to money. I mentioned him because he seems most at risk (a low risk, mind you) of the returning guys on the roster to get cut.

but if you’re posting about our depth and talking about camp bodies. why not include the camp bodies that are ALREADY on the team.
it’s not a projection on what will be on our team wk 1, it was about what is currently on the Eagles.

Dwayne Wright came over shortly after the season ended. I forget the exact date, but he came very soon after we got Bobby April.

We signed Durant Brooks, the Redskins’ 6th round from a few years ago. Big leg, but wasn’t effective for them and got cut.

For some reason, I think this dude is going to take Rocca’s job this offseason.

But we definitely don’t need to add a prospect here. We’ve got probably as good a punter (prospect) as you could have beyond the 32 or so that were with teams last year.

dude is blazing fast.

And on Macho Harris, people don’t realize it because he looks pretty small, but he was the most reliable tackler (short of Sheldon Brown) in our secondary. He might now look like a big dude, but he is one damn sure tackler.

I’m no where near close to giving up on Macho.

Also, Demps’ speed and ballhawking is what makes him an ideal 3rd saftey. I know we all remember him getting pwnd by Larry Fitzgerald as a rookie (but c’mon, that’s Larry Fitzgerald we are talking about), but you might not remember how many 3-saftey sets we ran with him back in ‘08. If JJ liked him, I goddamn love him. Don’t give up on these guys.

I agree that he projects better at SS than at Free.

Because of the system we play. We expect our DTs to stop the run which is why they play a 2 gap system, and against the pass we expect our D-line and blitzes to either get to the QB or force a turnover. With the exception of the blitzing, the LBs don’t play much into the equation which is why Andy never put much emphasis on them. I don’t think its a good idea personally, but I’m not in the position to call him out. People seem to think we just started doing this LB shuffling thing when in all honesty, its been happening for awhile now, it was just at its worst this year. It started in 2007 when Stewart took over the starting spot from Gaither in the middle against the Saints and Gaither took the Will spot from Takeo, then went into next season when where it died down and it was a battle between Akeem and Gaither and Gocong started getting subbed a lot more along the season. Plus, the LBs did play bad for us this year. It just got to a point to where it was so bad, it couldn’t get any worse so it looked like it was getting better. Bradley coming back will have an impact…..I just don’t know how much of one, and as every body knows I am pessimistic when it comes to Bradley at MLB.

To play SAM, you need to react quickly and have good strength especially in your lower body. Even though Fokou scored pretty well on his Wonderlic IQ test and is by most accounts a pretty smart off the field he was slow at recognizing plays last year. His strength was also lacking too especially in his lower body.

Fokou can always work to increase his strength (he did notably bulk up and become stronger at Maryland) but I don’t know if he has the awareness/reaction needed to start at the SAM position. Eagles will likely go through a bunch of growing pains if he is their planned starting option there next year. Like him much more as a reserve OLB who contributes on special teams (e.g., Ike Reese-type player).

I thought you were talking about the dc on PE.com

they are not the worst dts .. not even close .. they are not bad .. kelly is good

The only SAM we have is Fokou or Bradley (who we want in the middle).

I doubt the Eagles will risk not having more depth and talent to play SAM this season or we just wind-up playing the LB shuffle again if an injury hits.

i really like fokou

usually end up on the Practice Squad or cut.

I agree with you that we’ll most likely add a late round or UDFA DE, but I don’t think that’s good enough. We need six legit DE’s that can play on opening day I’d think. That means we probably need 7-9 DE’s on the 80-man roster for Training Camp.

Hypothetically, the 1st/2nd round DE makes it five DE’s on the roster… another UDFA makes it six going into camp. That’s not enough.

Maybe we have two Coles at both DE positions. If that’s the case then we’re set with Parker, Abiamiri, and a rookie as the backups. But if the inevitable happens and two guys get injured, then we’re in trouble.

Last year, if two guys got injured, we were ok. That’s my only point.

(I think we get an undrafted free agent center or pick someone off of somebody’s practice squad)

The answer is probably easier than it seems. For the most part I guess we’re done looking at outside players to bring in. Most likely we’re gonna go into the draft and fill the roster that way while also saving a bunch of money.

I guess the only other possible move would be to trade a QB… if that even happens.

The players Or draft picks we get from those 2 , 3 guys should fill us in.

I like the idea of trading Gocong. I don’t think it’s out of the question. I’m sure he’s gotten some “sniffs” from some 3-4 teams.

I’m wondering if there’s another Tapp-like trade that we’re not seeing.

Like Gocong and a draft pick for a player. Or maybe someone other than Gocong.

Isn’t Bradley our MIKE?

Apparently prefers Dobson Collins.

Hmmmmmm…