Nope. I know Johnny-O on 1010XL yesterday made a comment along the lines of "He's not that bad as some people have made him out to be prior to this season". Listen, over the last two years he was pretty bad. He was notorious for getting flagged after decent plays or killing 3rd down conversions. False starts were also an issue.

I still have my reservations as well about him and I already made my comments on it somewhere in a different thread. Basically, it really, really pisses me off. It essentially took for an open competition to be declared with Walker Little to light a fire under his [BLEEP] during training camp. It's a contract year. He can chop it up to playing for his Dad all he wants.

I am on the fence with him. We still have a long way to go this year. The Eagles are coming off an 8 or 9 sack game from this past Sunday. Let's see how he fairs. He got lucky in L.A after Bosa said [BLEEP] it and tapped out early in the 1st half. Fletcher Cox and Jordan Davis are [BLEEP] handfuls for sure from the interior and it wouldn't surprise me if one of those whoppers rolls off the guard and pops Taylor on his [BLEEP] for a big play.

Lageman flatout said on check the tape Tuesday that even though Taylor has improved this year, he still needs to get better in the run blocking game. I don't think we've been too harsh on him at all. I honestly feel like he's been lazy the last few years and it took for an open competition and the passing of his father for reality to sink in. Some guys just mature a little bit later than others. Am I happy he's playing better? Absolutely. I am happy anytime a 2nd RD pick is playing up to their potential. Was happy when they managed to keep Cam Robinson here.

That's one less draft pick or cap crunching move you have to make to bolster their positions. Still pisses me off though at the end of the day. Baalke probably doesn't invest that 2nd RD pick in Walker Little had Taylor played better last year. Then we could have looked at a player like Asante Samuel Jr. at CB to pair up with Tyson Campbell or even went after a good TE in Pat Freiermuth who the Steelers now have. Which, in turn? Baalke swapped Henderson out last year to get Dan Arnold and you had to sign Evan Engram in the off season.

Every little move has a lasting ripple effect. For better or worse. Guess it should be water under the bridge right? They're 2 - 1 and could be 3 - 1 and top dogs in the power rankings if they thump the Eagles on the road this Sunday. [BLEEP] happens for a reason. So, there's that I guess.

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(09-29-2022, 08:58 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(09-29-2022, 08:18 AM)Big Dougy P Wrote: This by a landslide. It's the same reason guys like Zane Beadles got a big contract when hes average. If the offense is clicking and we arent holding the ball every play this kind of thing happens.

I saw a pff video the other day where they mentioned Trevor has elite sack avoidance ability. Last year he was excellent in the stat with only 14% of his pressured drop-backs resulting in a sack and this year he's been elite in the stat and only been sacked on 6% of his pressured drop-backs. That means that 1 out of 16 times the defense beats the offensive line they actually manage to get a sack. The rest of the time he's getting rid of the ball.

So, why does the offensive line look like it's decent, now? Because, much the way Peyton Manning and superior offensive scheme made his line look good, Trevor and superior offensive scheme is making our line look good.

I agree with this. I think Pederson was seeing how much he could get away with in the opener on the road and it was made pretty apparent early on after Jack adjusted that he wasn't going to be able to keep dropping back with 5 steps and letting big plays develop. 

That's a credit given to Doug. I am still very much on the fence with Taylor and I think this Sunday will be a big time opportunity for him. We'll see.

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