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Epenesa has been great with his limited reps. The guy's a lock for 6+ sacks a year. I expect him to effectively start over Bosa, as they try to keep Bosa fresh. Solomon on the other hand has shown nothing and they have no investment in him. I can't see a scenario where everyone else is healthy and he makes the team. Similarly, Carter has to be no better than #5 on the DT depth chart right now. Only way I see him on the team is if they shut Walker down for the year trying to get him to peak form for 2026. Cutting Jones would seem to be a big mistake after finally getting depth at the position unless he's washed. Even if he isn't the guy he was, and say he plays 30% of the snaps, that's still a valuable role.

Of course. Football is the greatest game ever invented and it shouldn't be denied to any healthy kid that wants to play.

I expect them to keep every player through camp and into the season. When the suspensions end, Solomon and Logue get cut and sent to PS. Carter and Walker inactive on game days after the suspensions.

But why would he need to do that yet again? We've already taken a 1st round pass catching TE, a 2nd round WR, and his previous 5th round WR has turned into a legitimate #2 WR. He also signed a guy who he believes has #2/#3 upside in Palmer. I'm flabbergasted how anyone can think he hasn't addressed the position when he's invested in it heavily. What exactly do you want? I would have loved DK metcalf, but paying him $30M a year likely means our DL is trash again this year instead of stacked. Someone like Pickens would not have been a meaningful upgrade. He's a name everyone knows, but he's fairly mediocre and a headcase, which is why they invested so much in Metcalf.

I really like the player, but that's an outrageous amount of money.

You're upset we didn't take two more 4th round WRs? If you aren't happy with one Shakir, would you be happy with 3 of them? That's of course taking into account that by not getting Kincaid, you'd now have a big hole to fill at TE and you'd have a worse receiving weapon there. FWIW, Shakir is also the best performing WR in his class drafted after Pickens in the 2nd round. Are you praising Beane if he drafts Erik Ezukanma and Montrell Washington?

Insane take.

Why are questions being asked about day 3. Last I checked Kaden Prather was drafted on day 3 and he's a WR. Everyone should be happy with that, no?

He was responsible for 27 first downs on 59 touches. He was MASSIVELY important. There are games he outright won for us.

Yes. I would rather have cheaper younger players with upside at our depth positions than more expensive veterans who have proven they can't play.

The things you're "assuming" on Beane's behalf, I don't think he's assuming. He added what he feels is a legitimate talent in Palmer. You can disagree with that if you want, but he should easily match or exceed Mack Hollins offensive production for us, at the absolute worst. There's plenty of reason to feel that both Kincaid and Coleman should be significantly better as well, as Kincaid was better his rookie season, both he and Coleman battled significant injuries in 2024 and Coleman will not be a rookie any longer. What you, and WGR seemed to miss about what Beane was saying is that you can have a really productive WR room without having a #1 guy, and he's absolutely right. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a heavy analytics based approach to WR where they figure having 3 guys at a Shakir-tier would be preferable to having one high end #1 and a bunch of scrubs. Personally, I think the value of having the #1 guy is when you need 1 play. The lesser guys may perform just as well in aggregate, but when you need one play do you have a Larry Fitgerald, D-Hop, Andre Johnson, Antonio Brown, TO, Moss, etc that you just decide pre-snap he's getting the ball and you know he'll catch it in double coverage? There's value in that. Of course, as Beane said, there's massive opportunity cost in that too. They've decided it's better to invest in big men and recycle/ find value at skill positions, because ultimately your QB will elevate those positions anyway. I think it's harder to win that way because you need a complete roster, but I don't disagree with it as a premise.

Do they play the Super Bowl in September? Let him hold out, it'll give Davis valuable reps in games they'll win anyway. We don't need Cook until January.

I was high on Elijah Moore years ago, but at this point he's not offering the kind of "help" people are clamoring for. He'd be a 5th WR at best, or more likely a camp body.

They did call him out and they lost the argument. They had no reasonable reponse to Beane's rebuttal that they had the number #1 scoring offense in the league with the room he built. I happen to think there is one, but they sure didn't have it. What's yours?

I hope they do that kind of thing every single year, should the situation present itself. Draft picks are wildly overvalued compared to proven talent. A perennial playoff team should almost always be looking to load up on pieces at the deadline that they think can help them in their playoff push. At this stage of our roster development, we have no holes. We have places we can get better, places we can get deeper, and places where we can get cheaper, but if you claim the goal is to win the Super Bowl this year, next year's 90th pick doesn't help you do that.

We could have done that last year if we wanted. Dorian Williams was playing great football last year until he got benched for a returning Milano.

Their defense isn't set. They still need safeties. Hopefully Bishop becomes on of those guys. If not, they'll have to prioritize getting vets next year.

each of the top 4 picks we made have that potential. Now they just have to execute.

B to B+ They addressed the one starting hole on the team which was CB2. They then added 3 high upside prospects to our defensive line which should massively upgrade the unit as a whole. My pitch all along is that the team is 4 stars away from being able to win a Super Bowl and my hope is that they'll have those pieces following next year's draft. If two of the top 4 hit, which I think they can, we'll be well on our way. Next year we need 1, maybe 2 safeties, a running back (probably), and potentially a pass catcher unless one of Palmer, Kincaid, or Coleman turns into a legitimate stud. I was really hoping for Skattebo this year as his angry running would have been a great complement to Cook, but we'll probably need more of a #1 guy in front of Davis next season assuming Cook is gone.

No. This is just the beginning of Phase 3 with our defense.

No chance he's cut. He's a 4th round pick, not a 7th.

My bad. Doesn't really change anything. Both would likely be inactive on gameday barring injury unless the WR could play special teams. Our top 4 WRs are locked in for now. Maybe we do another trade at the deadline to augment the top 3 if Coleman continues to struggle, but there's no reason to do that now. We have a luxury that we should be able to coast with an imperfect WR group during the regular season letting young guys get reps, and if an elite player comes available later you can go get him.

What's ironic is that you think a player is bad because he's 9th, while the guy you wanted was 17th. We're not some aspirational wild card team. Neither one is/was going to be in a position to have a material impact this season. A WR drafted in the 4th would have been fighting for the 7th or even 8th most targets on the team behind Palmer, Shakir, Coleman, Samuel, Kincaid, Cook. I'd much rather get d line talent that will be getting significant rotational reps day 1. Both the DT and the DE should get 30-40% minimum, and our CB will hopefully be a day 1 starter. Getting 3 starting caliber players out of a draft is a reasonably best-case scenario. furthermore, we have multiple WRs locked up on relatively inexpensive long term deals. Replacing Shakir, Palmer and Coleman are not financial priorities. Jones is in the last year of his deal and Oliver is entering year 3 of 4. Replacing both of them with cheap talent on rookie deals going into next season allows us to spend money elsewhere, like buying a weapon on offense.

For this year, they're gonna have to be. Who else were they going to get? The miss was not getting Metcalf. I also liked Palmer as a 3rd guy on the outside as $4m a year or so, but what do I know? WR should be a priority next year.

We've tried outscoring them for 5 years and we've failed at every time. It's not an either/or decision when it comes to offense and defense. You need both. What the eagles proved is that, with an elite defense you can take Patrick Mahomes from the best football player on the planet to merely very good. You can beat very good, if you're elite. The Eagles offense on paper is digusting, but what won them the game was their defensive line. It's also what allowed the Giants to beat the Pats twice. We already have an elite offense. We're lacking a WR #1, but we weren't getting that in this draft without trading up to the top 10. Now we need an elite defense, or we'll keep losing to teams that have both.