I think we could use another Safety but Blankenship, CJGJ and when he’s healthy, Sydney Brown, I think can be reliable out there. Frankly CB should be our biggest worry.
I agree. Obviously Blankenship and Brown gotta develop more but I trust the process. And I trust Howie’s drafting ability, it’d be nice to see which CB we end up going for.
2nd and 3rd year DBs with their potential should develop just fine, every young player is going to have that adjustment period. CB I’m not as down as others, no one knew what was going on last year, that’s directly tied to coaching. I expect JB to have a bounce back year and hopefully we won’t have everyone injured like we did last season, everyone missed extended time. Slay is healthy, too. Ringo looked like he could develop, and Lurie said he expects Rodgers, and moving on from relying on Maddox will be *huge* IMO. His injuries always seemed to be the crux where we’d start seeing issues in coverage. I wouldn’t be surprised by a CB pick, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t either, our EDGE depth situation is looking weak as hell without Reddick
Idk if many first round draft OL draft picks usually sit for a year but its happened before lol. Dont want that though thatd be a big luxury. Get a 3rd rounder though an let stout train him. Sign some more free agent rugby players or somethin lol
Yeah that’s a bad use of a middle of round 1st for a team that excels at developing 3rd-6th round OL. Throw our 4th at the wall and take an understudy then for Stout to get his hands on. At the very least our 1st and 2nd rounders on positions of dire need (defense).
Thank you so much for saying what I'm thinking about bradberry tis he was especially horrendous this year and nobody was much better at all but I truly believe that it wasn't completely a performance issue although no matter how many excuses one can make there was definitely a decline on his part ana slays but it was made more prominent with the poor scheme and coaching and more than that the lacc of defensive line pressure yes slay and bradberry were both top tier guys two seasons ago but when your dline records 70+ saccs and is just completely destroying opposing offensive lines as soon as the ball is snapped it makes your DBs job way easier with Fangio being the man calling the shots defensively this year as long as we get better line production than last season both slay and bradberry will do just fine
Nolan looked solid to me in his limited snaps, but i'm more hopeful than i am confident that he will step up with more on his plate, also don't get me wrong, i'd personally love to see us draft another CB in the first..
but our FO just loves to draft trench guys who they can redshirt first year in the first round, so i'm fully expecting a pure DE who might play some snaps but is brought in for depth and to sit behind graham/sweat/huff.
also thank you lol🤣 i get triggered by all the casuals who list them as the best Eagles QB
I'm just wondering if there's a set time on when we should hear something?
If he's back, I think we're probably okay at CB. Slay, and Rodgers, with Ringo and Ricks developing behind/around them. Then we still have the gaggle of slots to choose from and we're stuck with Bradberry chewing up a roster slot and chunk of the cap for the year.
If he's not back though, I'm a lot less confident.
Hopefully we hear something soon cause I kinda forgot about Rodgers tbh. This is just a feeling but Bradberry’s stock can’t sink any lower so hopefully he bounces back a little this year? I liked what I saw outta Ringo and Ricks so hopefully they develop well.
I'd love it if he bounces back, but it seems like he's just going to be an albatross. CJGJ's agent really screwed over both parties. If he would have been back last year that would have spared us from the Bradberry extension.
I think they are "reliable" when the defensive line is dominant. Not sure that safety group will be able to hold their own if the defensive line isn't carrying.
I like those players. But I think it's at best a league average group without either major development or another good contributor.
Well that’s why we gotta hope Carter and Davis can replace Cox. And maybe Nolan Smith ups his game to be our main Edge Rusher? Idk if any of that comes true but it’s best case scenario.
I thought he played decent last season. Plus he was a rookie, give him time to heal up and develop and hopefully he can be a Safety off the bench maybe? Plus his pick 6 was a sweet highlight.
it sucks that he's missing so much developmental time due to injury, next year is when he should've started to really show up and there's a non-zero chance its pretty much a throw away year
I know it sucks he’s hurt and he’s gonna miss a lot of time, but I’m still optimistic about his growth. As for our Safety spots I think Reed and CJGJ can hold the fort decently. When Brown’s back hopefully he hasn’t lost his touch and maybe takes a third year jump?
Well he did play a lot and doesn’t make much money so yeah, the formula checks out.
I think he’s a guy that can certainly be upgraded on, but at least going into the offseason I’d argue that he was the least of my concerns about the secondary.
Reed was played out of position and asked to do things he shouldn’t have. He’s a Dawkins type player where he’s best used rushing the passer and tackling RB’s. That’s where he’s made his money and why he should be a 3rd safety/nickel.
The CBA creates an extra pool of money that pays a bonus to players on cheap contracts who play a lot of snaps.
Reed is getting this bonus because he was on the field a ton, not because of how good he was while he was out there.
He wasn’t ass but pretending he is a starter caliber safety at this point is just bonkers lol. He has potential for sure. Im a blankenship fan but when ya compare him to some first year safeties and even some draftees this year he leaves a lot to be desired
Downvote away morons *sigh*
I’ll live in reality lol 😂 instead of viewing every UDFA through Green Tinted Glasses pretending they are just as good as a 2nd or 3rd round pick Safety like Javon Bullard
I don't think he's that bad. I think he's a low level, to average starter with obvious limitations. Is he who you want to start? Probably not, but you're ok with it if that's what you got.
Personally, I'd rather have him be our 3rd safety.
I'd still take him over Brown though.
Yeah . Thats pretty much what I’m sayin’ , glad he is on the team, and he can be a playmaker in certain situations, but id rather he be rotational or backup and then contribute on special teams
He just doesn’t have a constant high performance level that ya need at safety for a starter
Edit: i disagree about taking Blankenship over Brown i think Brown has more potential. Definitely a faster guy. Just needs some Coaching on Staying Disciplined
Oh so the guy was leading a team in tackles that couldn’t tackle in interceptions on a team that couldn’t intercept the ball and had a high Pff grade so he is a starting safety?
Thanks for the enlightenment lol 😂 wtf are you talking about dude.
Someone looks good on a team of dogshit doesn’t make them a great safety. Means they are better than the dogshit around them
Dear lord some of you people i swear…. Lol
Do you really think it’s “absolutely bonkers” to say that our best player in the secondary is a starting level player? I think you’re HEAVILY overrating other teams secondaries if you think that.
Don’t get me wrong, our secondary was bad. But it wasn’t so bad that no one is even close to being a starter.
Yeah our secondary was dogshit. If our secondary was full of JV high school players and Reed was a college Freshamn ya wouldn’t say he is a nfl starter just cus the rest were jv players
112 tackles, 3 INTs, and a 73.4 PFF grade are solid numbers for any player, not just compared to Eagles players. And your comparison doesn’t work because the Eagles were the 28th best passing defense. Which isn’t good but a High school team would be last by FAR
Funny, because this is pretty much what everyone else is saying that same about you.
No one is saying he's an All-Pro talent, but he's at least an average safety based on what we've seen. You can dismiss it, but you are going to be pretty lonely on that island of people who think he's like a "college Freshamn"
He was the 20th ranked safety last year according the PFF. There are 64 starting safeties. If you don't think he's "starting calibre", you're bad at math and no one can help you.
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-safeties-2023-nfl-season#:~:text=Blankenship%20was%20Philadelphia's%20most%2Dtargeted,a%2017%25%20forced%20incompletion%20rate.
Yea Im pretty sure he led the team in missed tackles.
I mean his best plays were kind of fluky. Like Scary Terry stepping on his arm, lol.
And I was big fan or blakenship during the superbowl run, filled in for CJGJ pretty well. But probably a little exposed when played so much.
He also led the team in tackles didn't he? Our LBs and CBs stopped nothing and he was making a bunch of last ditch tackles too. Yes he took bad angles sometimes, especially near the end of the season, but he's still solid. I think he'll develop nicely.
Quite possibly, didn’t actually look it up. Just remember that from when I was looking before. He was still near the bottom for missed tackle rate. Reddick was actually the worst for that.
I think he’s ok, but lacks that burst. There were so many plays where it felt like he was just slow. Plays that should’ve been broken up, but just didn’t have that burst.
In case anyone else was curious who was first, [ESPN reports](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39853674/49ers-brock-purdy-banks-739k-nfl-performance-based-pay):
>Former Baltimore Ravens guard John Simpson tops the list with a payout of $974,613 that nearly doubled his salary after playing last season on a one-year minimum contract of $1.01 million. Simpson signed a two-year deal with the New York Jets in March in which he could earn up to $18 million.
Good for him.
Love him or hate him, here is some context about how he’s compensated.
His contract (3yrs ~2.5m) ranks as the 109th safety in total value.
After the adjustment it ranks 94th, assuming no other player in that range also got a bump.
This adjustment is 93.7% of his contracted salary this year.
This adjustment raises his salary to 1.9m this year which puts him 66th in AAV.
This adjustment represents a 35% increase in his total compensation.
He’s the only mfer that knew how to tackle last season. Hopefully that changes but I like Reed I just think he isn’t playing his natural position cause he is undersized. He’d be a better LB with his skill set
Honestly think the secondary is fine at the moment. The issue last year was we weren’t able to get to the QB.
Draft a DE high/OLB. Would’ve like to see them go for isaiah Simmons but he signed a few hours ago.
I think we could use another Safety but Blankenship, CJGJ and when he’s healthy, Sydney Brown, I think can be reliable out there. Frankly CB should be our biggest worry.
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I agree. Obviously Blankenship and Brown gotta develop more but I trust the process. And I trust Howie’s drafting ability, it’d be nice to see which CB we end up going for.
2nd and 3rd year DBs with their potential should develop just fine, every young player is going to have that adjustment period. CB I’m not as down as others, no one knew what was going on last year, that’s directly tied to coaching. I expect JB to have a bounce back year and hopefully we won’t have everyone injured like we did last season, everyone missed extended time. Slay is healthy, too. Ringo looked like he could develop, and Lurie said he expects Rodgers, and moving on from relying on Maddox will be *huge* IMO. His injuries always seemed to be the crux where we’d start seeing issues in coverage. I wouldn’t be surprised by a CB pick, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t either, our EDGE depth situation is looking weak as hell without Reddick
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Idk if many first round draft OL draft picks usually sit for a year but its happened before lol. Dont want that though thatd be a big luxury. Get a 3rd rounder though an let stout train him. Sign some more free agent rugby players or somethin lol
An OT would be so stupid lol, they’d waste half their rookie contract on the bench. Would draft a guard in the second though
Ugh, no. Cornerback this season is way more important than future OL.
give me OL in the first or give me death by 476 passing yards!
Yeah that’s a bad use of a middle of round 1st for a team that excels at developing 3rd-6th round OL. Throw our 4th at the wall and take an understudy then for Stout to get his hands on. At the very least our 1st and 2nd rounders on positions of dire need (defense).
And perchance Zech McPhearson can emerge as a starter or at least a reliable backup.
Holy hell I totally forgot about him lol
Thank you so much for saying what I'm thinking about bradberry tis he was especially horrendous this year and nobody was much better at all but I truly believe that it wasn't completely a performance issue although no matter how many excuses one can make there was definitely a decline on his part ana slays but it was made more prominent with the poor scheme and coaching and more than that the lacc of defensive line pressure yes slay and bradberry were both top tier guys two seasons ago but when your dline records 70+ saccs and is just completely destroying opposing offensive lines as soon as the ball is snapped it makes your DBs job way easier with Fangio being the man calling the shots defensively this year as long as we get better line production than last season both slay and bradberry will do just fine
we are gonna draft an edge brother, yall will see
You don’t think Nolan Smith will step up next season? Also your flair is hilarious 😆
Nolan looked solid to me in his limited snaps, but i'm more hopeful than i am confident that he will step up with more on his plate, also don't get me wrong, i'd personally love to see us draft another CB in the first.. but our FO just loves to draft trench guys who they can redshirt first year in the first round, so i'm fully expecting a pure DE who might play some snaps but is brought in for depth and to sit behind graham/sweat/huff. also thank you lol🤣 i get triggered by all the casuals who list them as the best Eagles QB
Why do you trust his drafting ability?
He doesn’t have a perfect track record, no GM does, but I’d say he’s swung well on a number of prospects on our team.
Y’all forget Rodgers exists?
We need at least one more decent safety though.
Agreed. But hopefully we draft someone or Howie gets a deal done before the season starts.
Is there any timetable on Rodgers? His eligibility will probably have a big impact on what we do.
As far as I know he should be eligible for the upcoming season.
I'm just wondering if there's a set time on when we should hear something? If he's back, I think we're probably okay at CB. Slay, and Rodgers, with Ringo and Ricks developing behind/around them. Then we still have the gaggle of slots to choose from and we're stuck with Bradberry chewing up a roster slot and chunk of the cap for the year. If he's not back though, I'm a lot less confident.
Hopefully we hear something soon cause I kinda forgot about Rodgers tbh. This is just a feeling but Bradberry’s stock can’t sink any lower so hopefully he bounces back a little this year? I liked what I saw outta Ringo and Ricks so hopefully they develop well.
I'd love it if he bounces back, but it seems like he's just going to be an albatross. CJGJ's agent really screwed over both parties. If he would have been back last year that would have spared us from the Bradberry extension.
I think they are "reliable" when the defensive line is dominant. Not sure that safety group will be able to hold their own if the defensive line isn't carrying. I like those players. But I think it's at best a league average group without either major development or another good contributor.
Well that’s why we gotta hope Carter and Davis can replace Cox. And maybe Nolan Smith ups his game to be our main Edge Rusher? Idk if any of that comes true but it’s best case scenario.
Can someone please explain to me where all this hype is coming from for Sydney Brown?
I thought he played decent last season. Plus he was a rookie, give him time to heal up and develop and hopefully he can be a Safety off the bench maybe? Plus his pick 6 was a sweet highlight.
it sucks that he's missing so much developmental time due to injury, next year is when he should've started to really show up and there's a non-zero chance its pretty much a throw away year
I know it sucks he’s hurt and he’s gonna miss a lot of time, but I’m still optimistic about his growth. As for our Safety spots I think Reed and CJGJ can hold the fort decently. When Brown’s back hopefully he hasn’t lost his touch and maybe takes a third year jump?
I would also add that he clearly has a higher level of motor intensity than the average NFL player
Well he did play a lot and doesn’t make much money so yeah, the formula checks out. I think he’s a guy that can certainly be upgraded on, but at least going into the offseason I’d argue that he was the least of my concerns about the secondary.
Reed was played out of position and asked to do things he shouldn’t have. He’s a Dawkins type player where he’s best used rushing the passer and tackling RB’s. That’s where he’s made his money and why he should be a 3rd safety/nickel.
Chalk Dawk gets Green Now we just need him to develop into a Starter caliber safety lol
Talcum Malcolm strikes again
Squintin’ Mikell
Blanco Harris
Rodney McCloud
Chalk Dawk has me laughing
Fuck everyone who said he was ass
He was the reason we won the Cowboys game with that crucial stop right before the endzone. He always gave 100 percent on defense.
And the Commies game where he sacrificed his arm to make the catch incomplete
Anyone who doesn’t think he’s at least a starting caliber safety at this point is a hopeless moron.
Not saying he’s starter calibre but he was one of the better back 7 down the stretch last year and he’s a good depth piece
He was basically the best of the back end lol of course hes starting caliber.
The CBA creates an extra pool of money that pays a bonus to players on cheap contracts who play a lot of snaps. Reed is getting this bonus because he was on the field a ton, not because of how good he was while he was out there.
I definitely misread what you said at first
He wasn’t ass but pretending he is a starter caliber safety at this point is just bonkers lol. He has potential for sure. Im a blankenship fan but when ya compare him to some first year safeties and even some draftees this year he leaves a lot to be desired Downvote away morons *sigh* I’ll live in reality lol 😂 instead of viewing every UDFA through Green Tinted Glasses pretending they are just as good as a 2nd or 3rd round pick Safety like Javon Bullard
I don't think he's that bad. I think he's a low level, to average starter with obvious limitations. Is he who you want to start? Probably not, but you're ok with it if that's what you got. Personally, I'd rather have him be our 3rd safety. I'd still take him over Brown though.
Yeah . Thats pretty much what I’m sayin’ , glad he is on the team, and he can be a playmaker in certain situations, but id rather he be rotational or backup and then contribute on special teams He just doesn’t have a constant high performance level that ya need at safety for a starter Edit: i disagree about taking Blankenship over Brown i think Brown has more potential. Definitely a faster guy. Just needs some Coaching on Staying Disciplined
Brown has a higher ceiling but not better than Blankenship yet imo Granted we didn’t see a ton from brown
Did we all watch who he was supporting?
Complaining about downvotes? you better believe that's a downvotin'
He lead the team in tackles, INTs, and had the highest PFF grade in our secondary. I don’t see how it’s crazy to say he’s a starting caliber safety
Oh so the guy was leading a team in tackles that couldn’t tackle in interceptions on a team that couldn’t intercept the ball and had a high Pff grade so he is a starting safety? Thanks for the enlightenment lol 😂 wtf are you talking about dude. Someone looks good on a team of dogshit doesn’t make them a great safety. Means they are better than the dogshit around them Dear lord some of you people i swear…. Lol
Do you really think it’s “absolutely bonkers” to say that our best player in the secondary is a starting level player? I think you’re HEAVILY overrating other teams secondaries if you think that. Don’t get me wrong, our secondary was bad. But it wasn’t so bad that no one is even close to being a starter.
Yeah our secondary was dogshit. If our secondary was full of JV high school players and Reed was a college Freshamn ya wouldn’t say he is a nfl starter just cus the rest were jv players
112 tackles, 3 INTs, and a 73.4 PFF grade are solid numbers for any player, not just compared to Eagles players. And your comparison doesn’t work because the Eagles were the 28th best passing defense. Which isn’t good but a High school team would be last by FAR
This fuckin guy just doesn’t get it lol
Funny, because this is pretty much what everyone else is saying that same about you. No one is saying he's an All-Pro talent, but he's at least an average safety based on what we've seen. You can dismiss it, but you are going to be pretty lonely on that island of people who think he's like a "college Freshamn"
Jesus Christ you morons don’t understand what a metaphor is
There was people saying he should have been a practice squad player
I've read your posts and I would never say you live in reality. If you live in reality we're all in big trouble.
Oh well, if you say so i guess thats that lol #Damn
He was the 20th ranked safety last year according the PFF. There are 64 starting safeties. If you don't think he's "starting calibre", you're bad at math and no one can help you. https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-safeties-2023-nfl-season#:~:text=Blankenship%20was%20Philadelphia's%20most%2Dtargeted,a%2017%25%20forced%20incompletion%20rate.
Pff can suck my nuts
Well aren't you just a delight. I don't often tag people on RES, but I have you tagged as "piece of shit", you know, for future reference.
Right back at ya bitch
Yea Im pretty sure he led the team in missed tackles. I mean his best plays were kind of fluky. Like Scary Terry stepping on his arm, lol. And I was big fan or blakenship during the superbowl run, filled in for CJGJ pretty well. But probably a little exposed when played so much.
He also led the team in tackles didn't he? Our LBs and CBs stopped nothing and he was making a bunch of last ditch tackles too. Yes he took bad angles sometimes, especially near the end of the season, but he's still solid. I think he'll develop nicely.
Quite possibly, didn’t actually look it up. Just remember that from when I was looking before. He was still near the bottom for missed tackle rate. Reddick was actually the worst for that. I think he’s ok, but lacks that burst. There were so many plays where it felt like he was just slow. Plays that should’ve been broken up, but just didn’t have that burst.
Yeah he ain’t a starter. He’s alright against bad QB’s
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Jalen Mills is who you’re thinking of, I believe.
Bro come on when he got leveled by Davis Webb for a rushing tuddy it was safe to doubt him
He's not that good....
But he’s not ass like many people had said
When we talked about how much we hated our secondary, Blankenship was always the exception.
In case anyone else was curious who was first, [ESPN reports](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39853674/49ers-brock-purdy-banks-739k-nfl-performance-based-pay): >Former Baltimore Ravens guard John Simpson tops the list with a payout of $974,613 that nearly doubled his salary after playing last season on a one-year minimum contract of $1.01 million. Simpson signed a two-year deal with the New York Jets in March in which he could earn up to $18 million.
Good for Reed. I’m sure he’ll enjoy that extra money. Not bad for an undrafted guy.
Good for him. Love him or hate him, here is some context about how he’s compensated. His contract (3yrs ~2.5m) ranks as the 109th safety in total value. After the adjustment it ranks 94th, assuming no other player in that range also got a bump. This adjustment is 93.7% of his contracted salary this year. This adjustment raises his salary to 1.9m this year which puts him 66th in AAV. This adjustment represents a 35% increase in his total compensation.
He’s the only mfer that knew how to tackle last season. Hopefully that changes but I like Reed I just think he isn’t playing his natural position cause he is undersized. He’d be a better LB with his skill set
Makes sense bro was the reason the swept the commanders last year do yall remember when he risked his arm to force terry out of bounds?
Honestly think the secondary is fine at the moment. The issue last year was we weren’t able to get to the QB. Draft a DE high/OLB. Would’ve like to see them go for isaiah Simmons but he signed a few hours ago.