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hindy111

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Ive heard a few tips for Miami and funny enough Minnesota RON. I don't get that one but anyhows. Also Arizona -falcons and Texans too improve.

I do like Miami too but Colts I think time has arrived.Also Steelers will give it one hell of a shake this year.
My surprise will be Denver to BUST.No play offs. Kansas will top the group.
 

Ron Jeremy

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im excited cause my team phili has the wackiest of team changes out of any.Chip will float or sink. I still think we have a stronger side than last year overall. Time will tell.

i dont know how you can say that. The eagles look like a spare parts team now, they have no wide receivers, a running back that ran had the space of truck lanes to run through with dallas, and there d is still bad. They overrpaid for cb who was the beneficiary of playing amongst the legion of boom at seattle, kiko will never be a top tier lb imo as he is a speed hump in the running game, not to mention bradford at qb.

This year will prove kelly's downfall - they have had far better sides in the past 2 years then now, and didn't do squat when it came to the crunch.
 

Ron Jeremy

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Ive heard a few tips for Miami and funny enough Minnesota RON. I don't get that one but anyhows. Also Arizona -falcons and Texans too improve.

I do like Miami too but Colts I think time has arrived.Also Steelers will give it one hell of a shake this year.
My surprise will be Denver to BUST.No play offs. Kansas will top the group.

not worried about miami, we will take care of them. Jets d will make them tough, and i still reckon we take NE this year
 

Ron Jeremy

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We play your group RON. Ha I cant wait- Shady returns!!

Ha cool, we will wipe your division much like we wiped the packers division last year with a lesser squad ;)

Afc East is hardest division now thanks to the buying sprees we all did
 

hindy111

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i dont know how you can say that. The eagles look like a spare parts team now, they have no wide receivers, a running back that ran had the space of truck lanes to run through with dallas, and there d is still bad. They overrpaid for cb who was the beneficiary of playing amongst the legion of boom at seattle, kiko will never be a top tier lb imo as he is a speed hump in the running game, not to mention bradford at qb.

This year will prove kelly's downfall - they have had far better sides in the past 2 years then now, and didn't do squat when it came to the crunch.


We have overpaid for a cornerback but he is still an upgrade on what we had. You cant disagree with that.Regaurdless of what we paid.

Running back we lost shady but in return have de marco murray and Ryan Matthews. Both will suit our style better. Shady is a great RB but the other two are handy Ron. Shady is great when there is space but if you want to make 2-3 yards he isn't what you want .We are Deff stronger at RB
Do you think Bills overpaid for Shady Ron ?

Bradford > foles Foles is a sub par QB.Bradford if injury free is a superior QB.Question is will he stay injury free. At worse we have sanchez who is equal to Foles.

Kiko from what ive read if stays fit is a great addition.

So a big loss is Maclin at wide receiver but Rookie Mathews was one of the better rookie wide recievers last year. And we still have the draft.

Im know we have made big moves but we are now stronger at running back, Have a better QB on our roster or at worse the same one who has had an extra season to learn the system.
A better corner back and a good young linebacker kiko.

In the draft we probably go after a wide receiver which I hear the depth is strong in the draft and also fix the secondary.

As much as I like the bills RON I just don't see how use will go with cassel at QB.
I hope he suprises as does Bradford :) then we will both be happy.
 

Pazza

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We have overpaid for a cornerback but he is still an upgrade on what we had. You cant disagree with that.Regaurdless of what we paid.

X plays have been the achilles heal of the Eagles D for a while now. The secondary needed a major upgrade and the Eagles started that process last season with the signing of Malcom Jenkins and now Byron Maxwell. The Eagles also made a huge play at Devin Mccourty during FA this year. I think that slowly the secondary is getting better even if we paid a lot for Maxwell but we got Jenkins on a reasonable contract the year before. Hopefully we can pick up some talent in the draft like Marcus Peters or Byron Jones etc

Running back we lost shady but in return have de marco murray and Ryan Matthews. Both will suit our style better. Shady is a great RB but the other two are handy Ron. Shady is great when there is space but if you want to make 2-3 yards he isn't what you want .We are Deff stronger at RB
Do you think Bills overpaid for Shady Ron ?

Murry and Matthews are big physical one cut runners who excel from the shot gun. This is exactly what Kelly wants for his fast break spread offence. Shady is an elusive east to west runner who can make a man miss but as soon as someone touches him he hits the grass. Forget third and short situations when he did get replaced frequently by Chris Polk. Our red zone offence was terrible last year and a big reason for that is the fact Shady couldnt make the tough runs something i think our new RBs wont have a problem with plus i dont think Shady was the comfortable out of the shot gun.

Bradford > foles Foles is a sub par QB.Bradford if injury free is a superior QB.Question is will he stay injury free. At worse we have sanchez who is equal to Foles.

Bradford is the real head scratcher of the off season. I understand his ceiling in much higher than Foles but that really relies on him staying healthy. I guess Chip has huge faith in his Sport Science program that saw Jason Peters and Jeremy Maclin return successfully from similar injuries.

Kiko from what ive read if stays fit is a great addition.

Never seen him play but apparently did very well in his rookie season and excels in coverage which is something the eagles struggle with. The eagles are great at stopping the run and Demeco Ryan is a beast against the run. My only issue with Alonso is he might make Mychael Kendricks (my favourite player) tradable.

So a big loss is Maclin at wide receiver but Rookie Mathews was one of the better rookie wide recievers last year. And we still have the draft.

Maclin was offered 10 mil to stay, he wanted more than Chip was willing to pay. Dont forget we got Ertz, Celek and Sproles as receiving options and Huff most people recon has a higher ceiling than Matthews if he can get it together. Plus as you said we got the draft which is stacked with WR talent.

Im know we have made big moves but we are now stronger at running back, Have a better QB on our roster or at worse the same one who has had an extra season to learn the system.
A better corner back and a good young linebacker kiko.

We got a stronger running game and a better defence. Two things you need if you dont have a stud QB to be successful. And if Bradford can stay health you know we are going to do a better job than St Louis in giving him an opportunity to be successful. We are going to protect him better, we are going to run the football ALOT and he has a amazing safety blanket in Ertz who should be more prolific this season.

In the draft we probably go after a wide receiver which I hear the depth is strong in the draft and also fix the secondary.

We got needs at FS, CB, OLB, IOL and WR. It will be interesting to see what kelly does.
 

T.S Quint

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not this season he wont i dont think, just so much too learn, learning playbooks, the level of competition, so many things he is up against. Also, he has never played with a helmet on, dont underestimate just how much time it takes to adjust t not being able to have a clear line of vision.

In saying that, I wish he was with the bills playing, would be amaing having a bills hayne jersey to wear

If Hayne takes just one snap in a regular season game, then I'll be ordering my Niners Hayne jersey within minutes.
 

T.S Quint

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Crabtree > raiders

Decent signing for the Raiders.
The guy has great hands, and is a genuine 3rd-down target.
Lacks speed though, but he is good at making yards after contact. He'd be on a shitload of money though. He doesn't do things cheap.
 

Kornstar

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Decent signing for the Raiders.
The guy has great hands, and is a genuine 3rd-down target.
Lacks speed though, but he is good at making yards after contact. He'd be on a shitload of money though. He doesn't do things cheap.

I'm sure I heard only 3 million.
 

shiznit

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He adds depth to our receiving group which is if we're honest is pretty shit...

But seeing as we're probably going to draft Amari Cooper or Kevin White in the next fortnight I'd say he's going to be a number 2 receiver.
 

Ron Jeremy

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I may be the minority, but I think Crabtree will turn out to be a great buy for the raiders, he has talent
 

T.S Quint

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I may be the minority, but I think Crabtree will turn out to be a great buy for the raiders, he has talent

Doubt you're in the minority.
Everyone should be able to see Crabb has talent.
His problem was always injuries and his attitude. When he aimed up in 2013, he and Kaep took us to a Superbowl.
Carr is gonna enjoy having Crabb to throw to.
 

shiznit

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Doubt you're in the minority.
Everyone should be able to see Crabb has talent.
His problem was always injuries and his attitude. When he aimed up in 2013, he and Kaep took us to a Superbowl.
Carr is gonna enjoy having Crabb to throw to.
I think Crab might enjoy having an accurate pocket passing QB like Carr.

I think most of all I think Crab is going to love having a genuine number 1 reciever in Amari Cooper or Kevin White taking up the heavy coverage... I think with less eyes on Crab he might flourish.

I'm also expecting a much bigger season from our TE Rivera.
 

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