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Thanks! Think they would be receptive to that?

Davis was a big factor here too

@@TheEaglesGuruDavis was a menace until he got winded. Everyone who has no idea what they’re talking about just expect people to be in Olympic athlete condition right out the gate. O-line and D-line positions can take years to come to fruition because conditioning takes a long, long time. Just look at BG, he was called a bust. Now we owe a Super Bowl to his sack against Brady.

@@beng7844 Granted, he tore his ACL his rookie year and missed over a full season. Certainly affected his early development

Mostly accurate 😂 well take it! Thanks for your support

@TheEaglesGuru I'm not educated enough to know if your accurate. Makes sense though.

He’s had so few reps that I don’t think we know what his floor/ceiling truly can be. Also means there’s not a lot of evidence to suggest he can be a difference maker

@@TheEaglesGuru I get that. I think Dean played well in his limited snaps. According to some info in the video, the lack of speed, size and power are concerns. Watching the Devin White video, White lacked IQ and dexterity but has the speed and size. Dean seems smart and crafty. I am really making commentary on the videos. Agree it is hard to say what Dean's potential can be.

He had pec and knee issues at combine

@@TheEaglesGuru yeah, he didn't really start falling until the rumor that he refused surgery tho 🤷 who knows tho, probably a combination of all

@@thelasttilebender well probably never get the full story, but I highly doubt Rapaport would just completely make up a story out of thin air which directly coincided with his draft stock fall

He'll be a solid player if he can ever stay healthy for a period of time. But he was never a first-round talent. Folks got way over their skis with that projection. A mid-Day 2 player is what he always was. Getting him at 83 is still good value. Just, dude needs to hit the hole opened up by Davis/Carter and deliver a blow to the RB, and hold up in coverage when it's 3rd down. Both things scare me for his long-term health. Can he dole out big hits and get up? Can his foot hold up in coverage? Guess we'll find out. He's certainly better than White, overall. How anyone can have confidence in 'em, though, is tough. Fingers crossed he can play all 17-20 games. The talent is SB-worthy.

@@uncletom356 I think his best asset as a LB is the ability to attack downhill. I think fangio is going to get a lot out of him.

Wow

Appreciate your comment! We try to keep the individual videos to around 20 minutes or under, so we certainly don’t cover everything, as you mentioned previously snap positioning and the nuances of his alignment. As far as Dean, it’s true that it can be difficult to separate coaching and skill, but we did mention specific plays that showed suspect awareness, with receivers crossing his face and him not reacting. There’s not a defense in the world that teaches that, and you even saw his replacements respond better in the identical coverage schemes. This goes back to his Georgia days as well, where you would have a hard time blaming the coaches. That said if he shows improvement this year and there’s evidence to suggest his play was negatively impacted by poor coaching previously, we will be the first to say so. Appreciate your support and we do like to hear dissenting viewpoints!

Bro he been hurt since he got here... He never misses time??? Gotten hurt 3 different times in 2yrs

@@ryancampbell1847 Dean has only missed time once since he starting playing football. Last season. What does anyone care if a guy stubs his toe only thing matters is can a guy go. The nfl has a 100% injury rate. Let me know when you figure out what injury he had his rookie season keeping him off the field. Then when you realize he was just playing behind TJ Edward’s let me know. Hope this helps!

My only concern is that Lis Franc injuries are some of the worst, but otherwise I’m still on team Nakobe Dean

@@jdtbirds5440 Same. That’s a bad injury. If he’s not the best I don’t need him to play… but he’s gotten a bit of a raw deal & false narrative. The Eagles need to get snaps for rookies. There was no reason for tj Edward’s to play every down in 2022 when the birds were blowing teams out.

He had pec and knee issues at combine, missed significant time last 2 seasons. Let’s not pretend like he’s a bastion for health.

Absolutely, we need to see more reps to have a clear picture

Haha, we knew we would get a little more heat on the episodes we expressed concern, but we appreciate you!

Certainly better when he keeps everything in front of him

Sincerely appreciate you!

Fingers crossed - linebackers matter!

Lol a lot of players would be

Great to hear!! We’re doing it for the fans, so comments like this keep us motivated to keep coming with the high level content

Agreed

it’s so good

Right he was once a TE

Good catch...

We got a lot of episodes coming, don't worry!

@@TheEaglesGurulol i don’t pay attention to college football until about a month away from the draft. so in order to get in as much info as possible in a short amount of time, i listen/watch everything on double speed. it was great when there were more nba playoff games, but now im just searching for content cause im finished it in no time. (i cant go back to normal speed(it’s too slow now)

Yes, it was $21M before, now it’s $16M

Very kind words, we greatly appreciate your support! Sim pressures and creepers both can move LBs/DBs around the line. The A gap would generally be “mugged” by off ball LBs - likely Devin White.

Huff and Sweat are good pass rushers. Them combined will probably have around 20 sacks. Haasan was never really 'elite' anyway. He seems to have benefited from poor competition tremendously.

@@TedTeddy-ej3dpI think the best way to describe him was elite against poor competition, and decent against good competition. There are other edge rushers who even give the best tackles fits

@@TheEaglesGuru yes exactly cuz sweat was the one really playing the good tackles

@@sob_meen as you may have heard in the Sweat episode, the talent is there. He needs better coaching, hopefully the new DL coach can make him more disciplined

Certainly a part of the equation! Also coverage that held up a second longer gave the pass rush time to get home.

Remember, it's "only" the "medium" of the offseason. By trading back for Hunt, they were able to turn that into a '25 third and fourth. As you guys mentioned, if the depth isn't enough (via injury or ineffective production), we have plenty of time and assets to acquire more talent. Really banking on Calais by Week 1.

Thanks a lot for your support! Curious to hear which points you differed from us on - always nice to hear the other side of things!

Interesting observation about switching sides!

@@TheEaglesGuru Thanks. Hopefully he is 100 percent healthy and ready to go full tilt.

This year will be a big indicator of where he will end up!

This year will be a big indicator of where he will end up!

If anyone can fix that, it’s Fangio.

Thanks a bunch !

Sincerely appreciated -- help spread the word so we can keep upgrading!

Absolutely -- his coverage ability, wingspan, and burst will be coveted by Fangio

Lmao that’s easy to say now. Similar to the discussion between JD and Hamilton.

@@jakewehder2198 branch was NEED for the birds. its not even so much about the player its the position. Hopefully I’m completely wrong, but i think he was drafted too high

No not true

Dear lord what is with this comment section? Usually this is where smart Birds fans come. 1. You have to look at draft classes as a whole. Not each individual pick is made in a vacuum. Do you really think it was a coincidence that the DL/EDGE was taken in three out of three first-round picks in ‘22 and ‘23? (Although, JC would always have been picked due to his generational talent.) 2. Branch couldn’t have been a first-round pick due to a lack of tools. If you wanna complain about a DB, at least make it be JPJ. 3. EVERY SINGLE reputable draftnik (DJ, NFL Network, PFF, ESPN, Brugler, etc.) had this pick as the “steal of the draft.” 4. If they’d taken JPJ, it would’ve made sense, but they clearly were never going to give Reddick his giant extension. And Howie drafts for the future, as smart GMs do. 5. At the time, Bradberry wasn’t terrible. Did I hate the money given to him? Yes. But everyone else loved it contemporaneously. I wanted Jamel Dean (Tampa Bay CB), but maybe they didn’t want to jeopardize the Hargrave comp pick. 6. They were able to get future CB2 (or depth outside CB for a while, at least) Kelee Ringo with a future third round pick. 7. If they’d taken JPJ, 0% chance they’d have taken him, Q and CDJ with their 2024 assets/picks. So, the real question is: Would you prefer JPJ (or your example, Branch) over Q, CDJ, Nolan, Ringo et al.? Granted, they’d have (likely) used their ‘24 first-rounder on Latu or Turner. Which would’ve been a fairly hefty trade-up, but very doable with two seconds. So, I guess the best hypothetical would be (WITH HINDSIGHT): Nolan, Q, CDJ, Ringo and Hunt or JPJ, Turner/Latu, and like Suamataia? If you take the latter, I think that’s fair. But the former is nothing to sneeze at. Again, you cannot look at individual picks in a vacuum. Even if Nolan isn’t a stud, he was the 30th pick in the draft. The hit rate for them is not great. Lastly, look at EVERY single EDGE taken R1 last year. Save for the DROY, all of them had down years. If healthy, Nolan will be at least serviceable, if not better. P.S. Howie worked the Jets pretty good by essentially swapping a prospective second-round pick AND Huff in exchange for Reddick. (Assuming HR plays at least as well as he did last season. He’ll certainly get the playing time.) Bryce is definitely a major X-factor for this D. But I simply do not think Howie would have “only” gotten Baun as EDGE insurance if they weren’t at least confident in Smith. Steen didn’t do shit last year. Ringo barely played. And yet, all three should have major playing time. P.P.S. To have gotten the best or second best non-QB in a draft after you came within 3 points of a parade, that’s insane. Which I think is a HUGE reason why they gambled with Smith’s upside. They see how much an athletic freak in Micah can make cover up massive holes in other parts of the D. If he can be a poor man’s Micah, at pick 30, that’s a win. Point being: Howie likely trades back and plays it more conservative if he hadn’t gotten Carter. Since the draft was already a triple grabbing a talent like him, Howie went for a home run swing at 30 than a sac fly. I applaud that. Oh, and this is year three of Davis’s career, and I cannot wait to see him be his best self. You cannot expect these non-JC guys to come in and dominate from “jump.”