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Rookie Expectations for Jordan Matthews: A Historical Perspective on 2nd-Round Receivers
By Allen Rodriguez Much of the intrigue surrounding any new draft class revolves around the mystery of how good the players will turn out to be. The Eagles seem very high on Jordan Matthews, and GJ Kinne has told us he’s special. Recently, Tommy Lawlor and Brent Cohen both speculated about what type of impact […]
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Evaluating the Eagles’ Draft Trades
May 15, 2014
By Allen Roriguez — Follow this blog on Twitter The Eagles made three purely pick-for-picks trades (no players involved) on draft day. Using Football Perspective’s draft pick value calculator (FP) and the classic Jimmy Johnson value calculator (JJ), let’s see how the Eagles did. Trade #1: PHI trades #22 to CLE for #26 and #83 […]
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Undrafted Underclassmen
May 14, 2014
By Allen Rodriguez Follow this blog on Twitter A lot has been made about the number of underclassmen who entered this year’s draft, and recently, much of the talk has been about the number of these prospects who went undrafted. So what’s going on? If every underclassman went drafted, no one would suggest there was […]
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In-depth Carey Spear Breakdown: Can he kick Alex Henery out of town?
May 13, 2014
By Allen Rodriguez (follow this blog on Twitter) After Alex Henery’s lackluster 2013 season, it had been assumed the Eagles would open his roster spot up for competition. GM Howie Roseman implied this at the end of the season by responding to a question about the team’s future at the kicker position by saying “I […]
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Prospects Oregon Offered Scholarships under Chip Kelly
April 14, 2014
Chip Kelly was the head coach of the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012. With most of this year’s draft class having been recruited to college teams during those years, how many members of this year’s draft class were made offers by Oregon?[1] We already know the Eagles have a history of drafting lots of […]
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QB Velocity Rankings: Nick Foles has an objectively strong arm
March 3, 2014
Arm strength for NFL quarterbacks is typically a relatively subjective assessment. Without hard data, it’s tough to say definitively who has strong arms and who doesn’t. Personally, I’ve always wondered why they don’t have QBs do a long distance toss or throw for a radar gun at the combine. Perhaps they fear it would hurt […]
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Optimal Offense/Defense Spending Ratio
March 1, 2014
First, I do not mean to steal a post idea from Jimmy Kempski with this topic.[1] He inspired this post with the tweet below, and I suppose there’s a good chance that tweet was essentially a preview of an upcoming post of his. But I couldn’t wait for him to do the research, so I […]
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Are long arms bad for bench pressing? Not so fast.
February 27, 2014
By Allen Rodriguez During this year’s NFL Combine, numerous analysts have reported bench press scores alongside arm lengths. Part of this is that the bench press is the first event after measurements are taken, but another part of it is that many analysts tell us that arm length is important context for interpreting bench press […]
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Helping up QBs: Do RG3’s teammates really hate him? (No.) Who does the OL like between Vick and Foles? (Inconclusive.)
November 27, 2013
During Monday night’s Washington-San Francisco game, former Eagles player personnel executive Phil Savage tweeted: One observation on 49ers/Redskins, when RGIII gets knocked down or sacked, no teammates help him up. Very telling, IMO. — Phil Savage (@SeniorBowlPhil) November 26, 2013 Then The Big Lead published “Robert Griffin III: Why Aren’t His Linemen Helping Him Up […]
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The Outside Scoop on When Vick Hurt His Groin
October 27, 2013
Jeff McLane just tweeted: Michael Vick admitted he injured his groin in first 2 games but nowhere on the #Eagles' injury report those weeks was he listed by the team. — Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) October 27, 2013 For those curious, I’m pretty sure he first injured it in Game 1, Quarter 4, 11:38. It was […]
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Bird Breakdown 
May 20, 2014
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