05-29-2015, 02:46 AM
Chip continues to be the funniest smart ass in coaching...
First team CBs were Maxwell and Carroll (which I expected), safeties were Jenkins and Maragos (probably placeholder for minor-injury Wolff, but you hate to see Wolff always hurt.) 2nd team secondary was Biggers and Boykin at corner (no real surprise), Thurmond and Prosinski at safety. Thurmond was a huge surprise for me, I thought Watkins would be filling in that spot, but for now it's Thurmond. Watkins could be competing for a roster position with all those newcomers at CB. Expect Rowe to take over 2nd team CB2 and push for starter during camp.
1st/2nd team DLine as expected, except Bair over Hart. Same 7 guys as last year tho. ILB had no clues to tip hand, Meco/Kendricks/Alonso all practiced with first team, BGram/Barwin at OLB. 2nd team ILB was Goode and Brad Jones... Hicks will join a 1st string guy as the backups, I don't expect the 2nd teamers to make the squad. Long/Braman were 2nd team OLBs, but Marcus Smith nursing minor injury. Interesting tho, Acho apparently moved outside to work as OLB. I had imagined him pushed off the roster, but he could be competing with Long for the versatile inside/outside filler.
Offensively, 1st WRs were Cooper/Matthews/Huff much like I listed, but Matthews and Huff did flip to get Matthews some outside work and Huff in the slot a bit. Maehl also worked in with the 2nd team I think, but that's coaches using the vets and Agholor wasn't there. We'll see where Aggy lines up but I'd say 2nd team outside to begin would be my first guess. Former QB G.J. Kinnie was working as a wideout at day 1. Chip had mentioned he would, but it puts all the QB3 talk on Tebow vs Barkley. Fun. Tebow looked bad today from what I heard.
Tobin and Barbre were mixing up RG/LG duties in Mathis' absence, no shocker. 2nd Line was Gardner, DK, Molk, Vander, and Graf. Nobody on that 2nd line is worth raving about, but by the end of camp you hope Tobin and Gardner are the leaders of the backups with maybe Molk, DK, and Graf the others. Dennis Kelly continues to work in as a guard despite his 6'8 frame. Graf was on the PS last year, promoted to the roster in the final weeks after injuries to the OL. I hope to see him take the next step. The only other hopes for youth infusion of the OL is the UDFAs this year or Josh Andrews. This team needs some OL depth...
TL;DR - While I know anyone interested in all this info could find it at the exact same sources I did, I found it interesting compared to my predictions. The big takeaways for me were that Thurmond is competing at Safety, Acho is moving outside to try to stick on the roster, and G.J. Kinnie will be cut as a wideout instead of as a QB.
(05-08-2015, 04:23 AM)Cutz Wrote: Srsly tho, this is what I'm thinking for camp battles and final roster. I have the total numbers hammered down to about 56, 57, so still need a few cuts in there.Interesting notes from Eagles OTAs. Rooks again pushed down depth chart - old school approach relying on vets early in practices. They did the same last year. Agholor was an excused absence for NFL media thing, Rowe lined up as third team CB, Hicks not on 1st/2nd team defense either.
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First team CBs were Maxwell and Carroll (which I expected), safeties were Jenkins and Maragos (probably placeholder for minor-injury Wolff, but you hate to see Wolff always hurt.) 2nd team secondary was Biggers and Boykin at corner (no real surprise), Thurmond and Prosinski at safety. Thurmond was a huge surprise for me, I thought Watkins would be filling in that spot, but for now it's Thurmond. Watkins could be competing for a roster position with all those newcomers at CB. Expect Rowe to take over 2nd team CB2 and push for starter during camp.
1st/2nd team DLine as expected, except Bair over Hart. Same 7 guys as last year tho. ILB had no clues to tip hand, Meco/Kendricks/Alonso all practiced with first team, BGram/Barwin at OLB. 2nd team ILB was Goode and Brad Jones... Hicks will join a 1st string guy as the backups, I don't expect the 2nd teamers to make the squad. Long/Braman were 2nd team OLBs, but Marcus Smith nursing minor injury. Interesting tho, Acho apparently moved outside to work as OLB. I had imagined him pushed off the roster, but he could be competing with Long for the versatile inside/outside filler.
Offensively, 1st WRs were Cooper/Matthews/Huff much like I listed, but Matthews and Huff did flip to get Matthews some outside work and Huff in the slot a bit. Maehl also worked in with the 2nd team I think, but that's coaches using the vets and Agholor wasn't there. We'll see where Aggy lines up but I'd say 2nd team outside to begin would be my first guess. Former QB G.J. Kinnie was working as a wideout at day 1. Chip had mentioned he would, but it puts all the QB3 talk on Tebow vs Barkley. Fun. Tebow looked bad today from what I heard.
Tobin and Barbre were mixing up RG/LG duties in Mathis' absence, no shocker. 2nd Line was Gardner, DK, Molk, Vander, and Graf. Nobody on that 2nd line is worth raving about, but by the end of camp you hope Tobin and Gardner are the leaders of the backups with maybe Molk, DK, and Graf the others. Dennis Kelly continues to work in as a guard despite his 6'8 frame. Graf was on the PS last year, promoted to the roster in the final weeks after injuries to the OL. I hope to see him take the next step. The only other hopes for youth infusion of the OL is the UDFAs this year or Josh Andrews. This team needs some OL depth...
TL;DR - While I know anyone interested in all this info could find it at the exact same sources I did, I found it interesting compared to my predictions. The big takeaways for me were that Thurmond is competing at Safety, Acho is moving outside to try to stick on the roster, and G.J. Kinnie will be cut as a wideout instead of as a QB.