WhitewalkerInPhilly

Bright side is seeing what Coleman can do. To be blunt, Robey has been a dissapointment to me the last two years. And people now deep sending big, posession receivers and tight ends at him and talented or not, six+ inches of height difference matters.

I've been listening to Philly radio, and this is their greatest fear: the year they are hosting the draft, to have Cleveland go up with two top five picks to rebuild the franchise while they look on and watch.

The Eagles O line situation has been bad. Their WRs have looked worse. This is going to be a long year for them, most likely.

Especially with the kind of scheme we saw with Pettine, which it looks like we are going back to. On the blitzes Kyle, Dareus and Hughes will all be single gapping. You need someone to make sure they don't get doubled. Even of he isn't lights out, just tying people up should help immensely.

Manny being back is the best news I've heard all week. This is plenty of time to shake the rust off.

Pretty sure I did I didn't mention specifically what he's doing, but from the breakdowns of the scheme I've seen he plays 1 or 2 gaps depending on the situation. He can do 2, but I want to see him 1 gap more.

Come on, no pun names about New Era "The Lid" which we'll blow right off? "Tip of the cap"?

Look, if we can get 2013's front 7, last year's secondary, and last year's offense, we look like a contender. I think we might have 70%-100% of the front 7, an improved secondary with Williams likely back and Corey White coming along, and the offense looks the same if not better. *shrug* I'm Kool-Aid half full I guess

True. But we're talking about getting back our interior pressure, replacing a gap clogger, and still having a speed rusher in Hughes. That, in and of itself ought to help. Now, I think getting Shaq back will help, but I'm not sure of the vets we've brought in to replace our draft picks will affect it all that much.

You sure? I think Washington and a healthy Kyle Williams will help. Pressure is a numbers game. We had more sacks in 2013 than 2014, when we had Alan Branch plugging up two gaps. Washington looks like he can do that, and we know what Dareus can do. If you are leaving Hughes and Kyle Williams single covered, someone is having a bad day.

I seriously see Manny as a three Down back. Seriously though, as nice as it would be to have Ragland in to have more blitzing/hitting ability, the coverage ILB is pretty much the last person you want to pull off on nickel and dime sets.

Yay? That said, as much as I want Ragland and Shaq back right now, Manny flew under the radar and it sounds like Zach and Preston are looking good

Yeah they cut him. No takers. But still...Milliner?

I think we do in a close one. Thursday night games tend to be sloppy, so I think it becomes an aerial dogfight. When it comes down to it, I trust Darby and Gilmore against Fitz, Marshal and Deck a whole lot more than I would any DB not named Revis. Revis was still good last year, but Sammy was still beating him routinely. Cromartie might be overrated, but he's skill better than the likes of Buster Skrine and Dee Milliner

Is it me, or does Cardale have kind of a weird throwing motion?

My one concern is this: with such a big hit in year 2 how do we afford to keep Gilmore? I know we have a lot of dead money coming in but that is all going to be gobbled up really fast. Are they just giving up on him?

Very nice, at least from the outside, in the post-Osweiler contracts. If there are team options, I like the flexibility. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a franchise QB.

If so, that's a pretty darn good deal for the Bills.

I think I'll make the plunge. I have an X Box hooked up with an HDMI cable and NFL Network streams fine on it. I'm seeing a price tag of $50 a month. Well, I'd spend that in two trips to the bar, easy. Plus my girlfriend wants to watch Eagles games without paying for local cable, and they only overlap for 4-5 games. I think it's worth it.

Watch out Cy! Geno will tell you about his punches!

Maybe I have ridden Tannehill too hard, but I don't doubt his arm strength. It just seems like Philbin (and now Gase) seem determined to keep at the dink and dunk. Now, that can work. Brady can do it. Chip Kelly rode that for two years using Foles when they had DJax or Maclin. But Miami hasn't added any receivers or TE's. Maybe Wallace was overpaid but they sure missed him. They added Foster, who has been seriously banged up, and Tunsil is currently buried in the depth chart at guard. Other than that, I don't see any difference in personel for the 26th ranked offense last year. Maybe Gase is a genius, but if they do exactly what they did last year scheme wise, I am completely fine with that right now.

So more of exactly what the Dolphins did last year? I certainly hope so.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy going to Tavern on Broad in Philly and plan to for the home opener and big games, but it does add up. The video player worked fine for me when I subscribed. If the radio works well, maybe I'll spring for it.

Has anyone tried to use their live radio broadcasts that NFL.Com says it provides. I ask because I saw the price increase last year and went "no thanks". However when the season rolled around it got harder to head downtown to head to my Bills Backers watering hole and it got expensive fast and for some reason WGR does not run well on my PC and due to broadcast rules will not play the game on my phone. It's still a ripoff. But if I can listen to the radio stream well, and then rewatch games and preseason maybe it's worth it.

Us. I can't think of a team in the league more overrated (especially on this board) than the Jets. Fitz had an aberrationally good year, the defense lost a lot of talented vets, their OL was bad and aging and looks worse and they had great injury luck, while playing a soft schedule that came with excellent timing. Like playing the Colts one week after we cracked Luck's ribs and showed the gameplan on how to beat them. The Phins will probably show improvement, but they still have a questionable run game and no one great reciever, so it's still reliant on Tannehill to show something he's never shown on offense. D-line is likely still really good after swapping Olivier for Mario, but that was never their problem. Kiko was awful for the Eagles last year and the rest of their LB corps looks no better. DB somehow looks worse after cutting Grimes (long their best CB) as their #1 and trying to replace him with Byron Maxwell. We look like a Longshot to overtake the Pats, but those chucklef%*$?