Who could be ready to emerge?

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You picked out guys who all still have a pretty high ceiling but no one is really talking about. Your point on McGlynn picked up center with the help of his wife in the offseason and did a good job. Now with Mudd coaching him up and having even more time to pick up the position he can really take his game to the next level. Everyone wants to make the Jeff Saturday comparision with Danny Watkins but I think McGlynn is the better fit. Same position, both an afterthought on draft day, and both are hard working blue collar guys who are a little undersized but make up for it with tenacity on every single play, no exceptions. The more I think about it, the more I really hope we just let Jamaal Jackson go via trade or just cutting him, starting him over McG would be a huge mistake.

Yeah I really tried to pick out guys nobody would look at this way.. McGlynn picked up snapping the ball during OTA’s where there’s really no reads or anything to learn, most of the mental work came in Training Camp.. The comparison to Saturday really works, I am surprised I never noticed it McGlynn’s 6-4 315 and Saturday’s 6-2 295, I wouldn’t consider them undersized, but they’re definitely very athletic and smart… If McGlynn’s half of what Saturday was I think we’ll be good for 7-8 years… On a side note I don’t see Jamaal being here.

King Dunlap is the guy most casual Eagles fans hate but he actually did a good job last year. He was solid againist the Falcons, no doubt about it. He is a very interesting case, lost his starting tackle spot at Auburn as a senior, but the fact that he still got drafted should tell you that he has potential. If his attitude and tenacity are at the level they should be, he will threaten Justice’s job though I don’t think he will win it. At least not right away, but keep an eye on the King come when preseason starts up in Decemeber.

Yeah I don’t understand all the King Dunlap hate, it’s gotta be that he’s just to thin, but he does his job and did it very well… I don’t think Dunlap will take Justice’s job, I think Justice is going to surprise us come January when the season starts and really make his mark.. But Dunlaps success, and if he fills in this year for 2-3 games and plays like he did this year he’d be interesting trade bait to a team in need of OL help.

Darryl Tapp is our most underrated defensive player. A guy who can excel when surrounded by talent on the line, which he will. Put him opposite Trent Cole and next to two stud DT’s and I think he will thrive. I believe Parker will be cut to make room for all the young talent we have at DE.

Completely agree.. The issue is though is that I think Parker will be kept until Graham’s ready to return.. if he returns.

Does Marlin Jackson have even a puncher’s chance of staying healthy for a full season ever again? Doesn’t look very probable but at least he didn’t hurt his knee last year, it was that damn Achilles heel tendon. He can be a stud CB or FS when healthy, same old story as Bob Sanders.

I have to believe he’s got a shot. His knee held up, it was his achilles tendon that crapped out… I think the extra time to rest his knee and a year for his heel to recover.. I’d give the odds at 50-50.

I think Dunlap will be a very solid starter if given the chance.

But between Justice, Dunlap and Trevor Laws, it’s a good reason to remind ourselves we shouldn’t be in a rush to jettison the Abiamiris and Marlin Jacksons of the world. Maybe they don’t make the team out of camp, but someone this year will play suprisingly well. (Dmitri Patterson belongs somewhere in this discussion too)

we had good ol’ Jon Dorenbos

1. I said he needs to work on the mental side, which would be everything you listed.. That can be taught.

2. Agree.

3. He’s a pass rushing DE.

4. If he can stay healthy he’d give us 2-3 good seasons.

Tapp is a known quantity at this point and a pass rusher he ain’t.

I don’t get where that “pass rusher he ain’t” bit comes from. I don’t even know if he’s even a proven commodity. He’s a season removed from posting 7 sacks and 13 QB hits (in ’09, more hits than Cole, Allen, Ware, Matthews, among others) as a full time end. This year he ended up with reduced numbers (3 sacks, 7 hits) as a result of playing in a greatly reduced role, and even those numbers are decent for the PT he got.

He basically went from being a potential defensive cornerstone in Seattle to a rotation guy here. It’s not fair to judge him based off only this season. And we already know the transgressions of McDermott and Segrest, so he may actually get a chance to blossom under Castillo.

I think he is an interesting player to watch also. He has a bit of fire to him and it will be interesting to see if he can come in and be hungry for a larger role in the offense.

6’3 222lb’s runs a 4.45-4.52 depending on where you’re looking.

He had 7 rec for 116 yards (average of 16.6 yards) and 1 TD.

I’d rather keep Cooper over Plax.