The Linc - Would The Eagles Miss Maclin More Than Jackson?

I think we would miss Maclin more. He is more constant during games, and even if he is not the big threat as much as Jackson, he made some beautiful long receptions.

Great Reuben Frank article.

Desean is a one trick pony

Not once does he mention the 30% rule that was in effect prior to the season – nor does he discuss DeSean’s return skills or the scheme and match-up problems his speed gives defenses. More than anything, it feels like a Giants fan is trying to find any sort of explanation as to why the Eagles wouldn’t look to re-sign DeSean, just so his favorite team won’t have to face him twice a year.

It reeks of false hope and desperation.

That’s a big loss and one that I don’t know if you can replace right away. Makes me more anxious to get this first preseason game underway to see if there is anyone that could step up into Mac’s roll, but I don’t think we have that guy on our roster. We have won games with worse, but I just hope that we do NOT go into a one team sweepstakes for Randy Moss.

We would miss both but I think we’d miss DeSean Jackson more just because of the effect he has on defenses. DeSean makes defenses play the Eagles differently and at the end of the day, he is the only guy on the Eagles who has that effect on secondaries. Jeremy Maclin is a beast and a half but I think we could replace his production (receptions, red-zone, short-mid range kind of stuff) with guys like Brent Celek, Jason Avant, LeSean McCoy and Riley Cooper. You can’t replace the deep threat like DeSean.

3) Limas Sweed has seven career catches. DeSean Jackson has seven career catches … that went for touchdowns of 68 yards or more. Sweed ($809,583) makes more per year than Jackson ($769,960).

And to think I wanted the Eagles to draft Limas Sweed…..

No. They are equally important. I don’t think you can legitimately say that Maclin doesn’t benefit from what DeSean forces safteies to do and how coordinators are forced to game plan against the Eagles. I also think that without Maclin, the Eagles offense would be incredibly one-dimensional and even more reliant on the big play than it already is. Pay DeSean and let’s get this shit moving.

“Even while averaging 22 yards per catch in 2010, Jackson’s DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) was a middling 2.3 percent, which ranked 44th amongst receivers.”

And this is why Sabermetrics is stupid. Espcecially when you try to use it in football. Dumb fucking stuff right there.

actually good enough to challenge for a starting spot? Or is the 1st back up OLB in case Chaney has to move to MIKE because of Casey? I’ve never seen the guy play so I was wondering

I just went to sbnphilly for the first time in a couple days & DeAndre Brown got an article about him saying how he’d help in the redzone the same day he got released.

that Jackson missed a couple of games because Dunta is a punk. So the opposite of “take away two catches………..” He could have had a couple more of those as well.

I really think that we’re ok at the linebacker position. They have traditional playing roles. There’s going to be a lot of 5-6 pretty damn good DBs on the field at all times….. We have already seen Fokou and Chaney stuff the run pretty well, now we hear that Chaney is improving his pass coverage every day…..the only thing Matthews has to do is manage his calls and do a serviceable job. It may take a game or two to get this scheme down, but I am confident (and excited) to see it.