tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955582067533116261.post7145851360029505970..comments2023-10-26T09:39:43.398-04:00Comments on Eagles Blitz: Jeremy JarmonTommy Lawlorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11785088312640195066noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955582067533116261.post-19951201478786518602009-07-15T21:56:04.501-04:002009-07-15T21:56:04.501-04:00noway do the Eagles go near this guy.noway do the Eagles go near this guy.orangecrush007https://www.blogger.com/profile/03144627913952988655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955582067533116261.post-45917634051442176872009-07-15T16:12:44.313-04:002009-07-15T16:12:44.313-04:00Tommy,
This post on the potential supplemental d...Tommy, <br /><br />This post on the potential supplemental drafting of Jarmon gets me to thinking about what the Eagles priorities will be in the next regular draft. <br /><br />If Victor Albiamiri does not do the job then a left defensive end could be a top priority. You opined in an earlier post that Albimiri would have major competition next year if he didn't do the job this year. Reid likes to get his linemen in the top rounds if not the first round.<br /><br />I also wonder about linebackers. I think it is only Bradley whose contract lasts longer than one year from now. So I expect some movement in that area next year - resign the ones you like, free agency and the draft can supply the rest. But Reid has not drafted linebackers early. I think this stems from his belief that the success of linebackers is hard to predict, linebackers take longer to develop so you don't get quick payback, and that having extra ordinary athletes and players at linebacker is not as critical to a defense as having them on the line and in the defensive backfield. Thus Reid is more willing to draft them lower, try to find under appreciated free agents and grow them into decent linebackers. While I can generally agree with this approach I wonder: How much of his earlier success depended on the luck of having initially and later resigning Jeremiah Trotter? We all remember how much the Eagles struggled at that position while Trotter was being lost in that black hole created by Dan Snyder and Steve Spurrier. <br /><br />Mark Eckel, who in my opinion is the best of the newspaper columnists that write on the Eagles quoted a personnel guy as saying that Bradley is more a true Sam than a Mike. This made sense to me since he is good against the run an can cover. In addition he has yet to prove truly disruptive in the middle. Am I wrong to expect him to shoot the gap like trotter and disrupt the backfield? Do you agree that the Eagles might do well to move him to Sam and get a different perhaps more dynamic guy in the middle? How much do you expect Bradley to improve this year? How much does he have to improve to get the defense to where it needs to be? What do you think the Eagles will be doing at linebacker next off season? Do you generally agree with Reid's approach and philosophy with the linebacking squad? <br /><br />I note that Reid was thought not to like wide receivers in the first round because of the uncertainty of their success and the longer time to develop. But he then chose Maclin in the first round this year and Jackson in the second round last year, and of course first rounder Fredex all those years ago. So maybe Reid is more flexible and open minded that we sometimes feel. <br /><br />Defensive backfield looks like a potential priority particularly cornerback since a lot of this years squad is on one year contracts and Sheldon Brown may not be a happy camper. They may need some additions to safety but if Q Demps does the job everyone hopes the need would only be for depth. <br /><br />It seems like the Eagles pretty well took care of offense this year but I think Reid might be interested in finding a fullback probably in a lower round if he ends up not liking Weaver or just doesn't want to pay up. He might like to get a center to go with his offensive line of top studs. Some stories had him going for Brown this year only to find out that Brown had actually negotiated an agreement before the legal time period for negotiation had opened up. But it seems that often those teams that have success against the Eagles are able to rush McNabb up the middle. How much do you see that as Jackson's fault?<br /><br />What do you see as the Eagles likely priorities in the next off season?izzylangfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329253927324394561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955582067533116261.post-30938977413889427212009-07-15T15:58:43.267-04:002009-07-15T15:58:43.267-04:00Its a shame we have so many pretty good guys at DE...Its a shame we have so many pretty good guys at DE. You'd hate to lose any of those guys to make room for Jarmon, but at the same time aside from Cole none of them are really stud players. You can make a case for keeping any of them though. Abiamiri obviously is in his proving season. Smith is the athletic project you don't want to give up on after one season. Parker has been tremendous off the bench for us and that should be his true role. Darren Howard (somehow) had 10 freakin sacks for us off the bench last year, I didn't see that coming a mile away. Clemons really turned it on late last season and you can see the potential as a situational rusher.<br /><br />None of those guys are guys I want to see cut. At the same time what do you do if you really like Jarmon? What a strange pickle to be in. The only good scenario I can see is if Jarmon gets a stinger late in TC and IR's for the year.<br /><br />I guess if I had to pick one guy to cut it would have to be Parker. Both him and Howard are getting up there in age but Howard is more versatile and racked up those 10 sacks last year, thats a great number off the bench.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085850538234303845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4955582067533116261.post-22146385252226609572009-07-15T15:46:45.467-04:002009-07-15T15:46:45.467-04:00Gil Brandt reported this on Jarmon's workout:
...Gil Brandt reported this on Jarmon's workout:<br /><br />"[Jarmon] posted a 4.8-second 40-yard dash, had a 31-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 9-inch broad jump, a 4.28 short shuttle, a 7.38 three-cone drill and did 19 reps at 225 pounds on the bench press. He looked very good in positional drills."<br /><br />It's interesting, Jarmon's measurables were somewhat similar two a couple of players: Robert Ayers and Branden Williams. Ayers we know the Eagles were interested in; Williams went to the Cowboys in the 4th.<br /><br />Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Eagles get Jarmon. I think the one thing you are forgetting in your "how many roster spots" analysis is that there is always room to stash a developmental guy. Call it the "Pat McCoy/Bryan Smith" roster spot, the guy who will never get activated this year even if the rest of the team falls off a cliff, but is worth developing for next year. Let him work on his strength for a season and see if he can grow into the DE/DT hybrid that they covet.<br /><br />Put it this way: drafting Jarmon I don't think changes how many of the incumbent DL they keep. They go from looking at trimming one of last year's 6 DEs down to 5 regardless, and let Jarmon be the 6th permanently-deactivated guy if they add him.shlynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02653429904605592021noreply@blogger.com