Yobogoya!

Yeah, I suppose if there was a big divide between McD/Beane we would have heard some sort of rumbling out of the rumor mill by this point. But I hope they do some deep self-scouting about the "process" this offseason and figure out how to be more flexible with their priorities. I mean hell, you have Josh Allen who is going to win you 9-11 games by sheer willpower alone... you can AFFORD to swing and miss on a high ceiling, high risk prospect. If a Jalen Carter is there for you to take, you can afford to weather it if he doesn't pan out. We can't afford to swing and miss on the Boogie Basham's of the world. What's that guy's ceiling? What's the best case scenario with a day 2 pick like that one? With Josh Allen, there's no reason not to put a premium on talent and go big, because he'll probably get you to the playoffs anyway.

True, but the flip is: how many blowouts get stopped dead in their tracks because a phantom call takes a big play off the board? Momentum is a real thing, and I know we've seen more than once over the years a big play gets negated by a questionable flag, the driving team gets pushed back 10-15 yards, and then the pendulum starts to swing... If a flag takes Cooper Dejean's pick six off the board, you can't just say the game would have ended the same. That's a big shift in points, ball position, morale, etc.

Not me, I said all along go BPA and stockpile talent. I don't care where Beane finds it, he's just GOT to start finding it. (Not that he answers to me or anything, lol) Taking Elam and Coleman to "fill needs" and ending up with players who can't contribute meaningful snaps is not how you spend your premium draft capital when you're in championship mode. We ended up trading for Cooper, anyway. Which we were always going to have to do unless Coleman exploded onto the scene with transcendent play, a very low probability outcome considering his pre-draft analysis.

Legit. Pretty shocking, honestly.

You make a fair point that there's always room to improve, but the Eagles' D was #2 in points allowed per game and #1 in yards. Sacks numbers alone don't tell the whole story, and not for nothing but those numbers you posted show more than DOUBLE the number of hurries compared to ours. (reading is hard ) I think it's fair to say we have a lot more room to improve compared to them.

I don't think there's a coach in the game who doesn't ask his GM to find pass rushers who can do their job at a high level, lol. What we don't know as fans is to what extent Beane is catering to McDermott's vision. McD is a genuinely good dude, and he seems to covet players who are also good dudes. At the least, he likes high leadership, work ethic, minimal off field antics, etc... Is Beane taking premium talent completely off his board because he knows McD won't put up with their behavior? Ie, is there ANY point in the 2023 draft where Beane is comfortable taking Jalen Carter, or is a guy like that basically invisible to this regime? And that's not to say you can't pick up premium talent who are also decent human beings, but I do wonder pretty frequently lately if Beane is operating with a hand behind his back because he has to worry about finding "process approved" talent first and foremost.

I don't think he's on the table either, just answering OP's question about who we could move for draft capital and who would actually command a decent return. A 7th round pick for Elam? Yeah, maybe a 2028 7th....

I don't think you'll get much disagreement about the premise, but it's worth pointing out that the Eagles have impact players at ALL three levels of defense, not just DL. They put a premium on talent and have found difference makers on the line, in the secondary, and in between. If we even swapped just the last two drafts between the Bills and Eagles, our defense would look night and day vs. what we have and what they have.

Benford, Cook, Dawkins and Brown are probably the only players who could command an above-average type of return, but moving any one of them creates a bigger problem than it helps. Cook is an elite talent but he's probably the most replaceable of those options. If your mentality is to sell while stock is high and get an above-value return, he's realistically the one guy who could fit that. And since we probably aren't going to pay top dollar for a running back while Josh is QB, it's probably a realistic argument to make -- even if he is the only other blue chip threat on offense besides Josh. Don't see it happening, though.

It was gonna burn either way. This just means they’ll be smiling while they do it.

All right Mahomes let’s get in one more pick, what do you say? A “three peat” if you will 😏

The rules for the Chiefs were markedly different this game, make no mistake.

Most of the scrub quarterbacks in the league have no answer for it. Belichick used to do the same thing, abusing the 0 blitz vs middling quarterbacks to great success.

That’s a damn shame, lol

When does KC put in Wentz?

Except there’s no timeline in the multiverse where Coleman was stepping in and replacing Diggs’ production this year. If that’s what they wanted to do, they had to move up for BTJ not down for Coleman.

If that’s the only thing good about it, I feel vindicated in never watching lol

Spot on. Giving A+ contracts to B+ players certainly has not paid dividends to this point.

Defeat them? No honestly I don’t think we do. But KC has zero points right now so the bar to say we’d be doing better is pretty low lol

Allen would be doing better than Mahomes, almost definitely . But would our defense have forced a punt yet? Ehh, probably not.

True. But I still have PTSD from the Falcons/Patriots Super Bowl so I can’t let myself enjoy it too much just yet.

Lol D Flop

If teams didn’t routinely choke and shoot themselves in the foot vs this team, they’d have been nowhere near the 1 seed and I don’t think they get here without that (this year anyway). The Chris Jones/Spags combo just stymies 90% of the quarterbacks in this league. Every game if their game to win if they just don’t make mistakes because of that combo.

Sugar High Mahomes!!!

Can’t wait for Erin Andrew’s halftime interview with Ron Torbert, where she’ll ask him what hasn’t been going well for his crew and what adjustments they need to make 😆