Another Mock Draft, Another Familiar Pick For Eagles
by JasonB on Jan 28, 2012 5:30 PM EST
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PrintLast season, with free agency suspended and the lockout on, mock drafts were particularly apropos because what a team needed right now is the same as what they would have needed in April. This year, things are back to normal and free agency will take place prior to the draft. So while the Eagles obvious need right now is LB, this could all change come April.
But for now, it makes sense that every mock drafter and their mom are forecasting the Eagles to take a LB, including SI.com's Don Banks, who has them taking Luke Kuechly.
When you say the words "linebacker" and "Boston College" in the same sentence, Eagles fans still instantly think of Mike Mamula, the team's over-hyped first-rounder in 1995. But Kuechly is this year's finest inside linebacker prospect, and that's where the crying need lies on Philly's defense.
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You can't be mad at them
But the key points have been made on BGN:
1) Free agency before the draft makes all the mocks useless, except for the passing of time.
2) Whoever we all assume we’re getting and BGN falls in love with usually ends up somewhere far away from Philadelphia.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring it Home for Jerome.
They only way I wouldn’t be mad at getting Kuechly, is if we were to get David Hawthorne (since Lofton and likely Tulloch are out of the question).
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Lawlor put me on to Hawthorne
Then he took that VY INT to the house against us.
I would be pleased with that. Shoot, I’d take D’Qwell Jackson and Erin Henderson. Anybody with a track record who can reasonably be expected to tackle well, get off blocks, etc.
And I would prefer it be done in free agency so we can maximize the draft haul. Also by nature I find when you have one or two needs that the returns in free agency are closer to expectations.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring it Home for Jerome.
1) I completely agree.
2) I completely agree.
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
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Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!
I kinda agree with d-jackfan10
Kuechly is definitely my favorite player in the draft and I hope we get him, but can just for once we get a surprise pick by a mock draft? (By the way, wasn’t it Peter King last year who mocked us to pick Watkins)
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"Brian Dawkins is always 100% Eagles related."--macjack09 & BGN Nation
Why?
He would be in the same place that Curtis Marsh is in right now. On the bench. He wasn’t gonna start over Nnamdi, wasn’t gonna start over Asante, wasn’t gonna play over Hanson or DRC. Why pick someone who is gonna spend a minimum of 3 years on the bench?
At the time maybe, but once we picked up Nnamdi and DRC, Watkins was the more logical pick.
Formerly macjack09
"truTV is like BET for white folks." - Chuck
"Brian Dawkins is always 100% Eagles related."--macjack09 & BGN Nation
Because that'd make to much sense.
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!
The Eagles didn’t have Nnamdi or DRC when they drafted Watkins
Just talkin about practice
by The Mad Hopper on Jan 29, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes, it was.
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Jan 28, 2012 6:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Gotta get Luke a new picture. Looks like he’s got his pads on.
AR should have to wear a Flava Flav necklace until he learns how to manage a clock.
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they removed his neck lol
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I hope the Eagles don't put stock on senior bowl performance
They continue to use high picks on senior bowl stars and pass over the real players. Trevor Laws and Brandon Graham are perfect examples. Watkins is ok but he is also old as shit.
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I'm afraid they will
It just seems like they think that senior players are so safe. Watkins, Graham, Laws, Kolb, Bunkley, and Patterson. 6/7 years we’ve taken a player out of the Senior Bowl for whatever reason. I hope we don’t, but would be far from surprised if we did.
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"Brian Dawkins is always 100% Eagles related."--macjack09 & BGN Nation
Brandon Graham wasn’t a “real” player? The guy was a beast at one of the biggest football programs in the country. He was hardly a senior bowl surprise.
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We picked Graham over JPP and Earl Thomas largely on his performance in the senior bowl. I highly doubt Graham ends up as the better player on this one. Meanwhile those 2 are in the pro bowl.
"Fuckin right G."
You know Graham had, 8, 10 and 10 sacks in his last 3 years in college? Its not like he was some noname there dominated the senior bowl.
by Anders Jensen on Jan 29, 2012 7:54 AM EST up reply actions
He was also in a pretty weak division and was literally one of the only bright spots on his team. He was never worth trading up for and im sure his senior bowl performance was why the eagles did move up. Im not saying he was worth a 1st round pick but I am saying there were more than a few players that were better than him and the eagles out smarted themselves again. Unless Graham steps up big next year I am going to start calling him a bust because he has done nothing so far.
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Revisionist history
Graham was a monster in college and JPP was an out of the blue workout warrior who only played 7 games. He may or may not prove to be a bust, but at the time he was the “right” pick over JPP, though probably not over Earl Thomas.
by ChillBillinChina on Jan 29, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
When you say the words “linebacker” and “Boston College” in the same sentence, Eagles fans still instantly think of Mike Mamula, the team’s over-hyped first-rounder in 1995.
Well, I didn’t. Now I might.
Are we sure Andy didn't get here till 1999?
That definitely sounds like an Andy Reid move.
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"Brian Dawkins is always 100% Eagles related."--macjack09 & BGN Nation
by Saukrates on Jan 28, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I definitely associated Mamula with DE
“Linebacker” and “BC” made me think of Kiwanuka. … Although he was a DE there, huh?
And Herzlich.
And Brian Toal. Still mad at that guy for not being Rutgers’ first big-time recruit from NJ when Schiano started fixing things.
Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring it Home for Jerome.
You don’t think a neck is necessary to play LB, do you?
by andyreidswaistline on Jan 29, 2012 8:17 AM EST up reply actions
All this talk bout us picking Kuechly
and these mock drafts is almost like spitting in our face. They keep bringing it up when they know god damn well we probably will never pick him.
"If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. You know what I mean? Fuck it." -- Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant
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