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MastodonQuote from: MightyGiants on May 21, 2024, 08:11:47 PMI don't think anyone was right or wrong about the RB market. Part of the free agent value is tied to the positional strength of the draft, especially for a position like RB. Last year there was a bumper crop of high end RBs to draft. This year, not so much.He got overpaid. He's been bottom 3rd analytics wise the past 2 years. The Eagles overpaid for name recognition and what they think he can possibly do with their oline. Because it wasn't for what he's put on the field the past 2 years. His EPA, VOA, and every other offensive metric is ridiculously bad.
Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 21, 2024, 08:07:44 PMOtAs day 2 and I saw Ezeudu was taking snaps at LT and LG and it made me cringe. I have wanted them to just let the kid learn LG for a full offseason.I actually think he would be best at Swing Tackle but yes, perfect one skill set. It's also physical training. It's rare that you find a Justin Pugh who is versatile. Even he had years at RT before moving inside. But what do I know.
I think @Ed Vette has also been a huge advocate of letting the kid play LG for an entire offseason to see what we actually have and they just wont.
Quote from: Jclayton92 on May 21, 2024, 08:07:44 PMOtAs day 2 and I saw Ezeudu was taking snaps at LT and LG and it made me cringe. I have wanted them to just let the kid learn LG for a full offseason.
I think @Ed Vette has also been a huge advocate of letting the kid play LG for an entire offseason to see what we actually have and they just wont.
Quote from: PSUBeirut on May 21, 2024, 07:12:43 PMI think there's also a good number of folks in the fanbase that are still stung by Barkley essentially being right all along about his worth on the market and pretty much everyone else being wrong. Even the bitcoin thing he took so much slack for looks to have bounced back in a huge way (if he even stuck with it...who knows).
And Rich- I have an awful feeling that the hype train is not going to be the only thing to worry about when Barkley comes to town. My gut having watched him for many years is that he's going to want to ring it up against us because of all the silly fan vitriol that's been spewed his way (and I think the Eagles staff, being the a-holes they are, will absolutely work to accommodate this happening). So, that's definitely my bigger worry when he comes back to town.
As for me- no surprises here, I'm hoping he finally gets a creative OC and a solid OL to run behind- and, even if diminished by injury, gets back to that upper echelon of RB that he's worked so hard to be. Just not against us.
