Eagles To Sign Haloti Ngata

[Sect 236]

1 year deal per Schefty and Mort

[JuTMSY4]

HOWIEEEEEEEE

[Susquehanna Birder]

This has Joe Douglas fingerprints all over it. I thought Ngata was more of a 3-4 guy, but I guess he can contribute to the rotation.

[TRENT]

Remember our Boobie prize that draft?

we all knew Ozzy would go Defense,,so after Baltimore took NGata we settle on Jerome McDougle......now thats a Boobie Prize,,,,,so 10 years later we get the guy for 1st downs?

[The Duck]

we all knew Ozzy would go Defense,,so after Baltimore took NGata we settle on Jerome McDougle......now thats a Boobie Prize,,,,,so 10 years later we get the guy for 1st downs?

That year was Brodrick Bunkley, I think.

[Sect 236]

That year was Brodrick Bunkley, I think.

Correct. McDougle was 03. He went one pick before Polamalu.

Eagles had Dawk and a 23 year old Michael Lewis so Polamalu wasn't on their radar, but, OF COURSE he went one pick after McDougle.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yep

Brodrick Bunkley
Winston Justice
Chris Gocong
Max Jean-Gilles
Jason Avant
Jeremy Bloom
Omar Gaither
LaJuan Ramsey

Helluva draft, that was.

[Ellsworth]

Douglas needs a promotion (or fake title bump) coupled with a huge pay raise. Lurie MUST keep him happy and here long term. I hope he doesn't grow tired of Roseman getting credit for everything and leave for a true GM gig after his contract expires.

One could see somebody getting rubbed the wrong way if their work is being largely credited to somebody else. Especially a guy with Howie's personality and love for the cameras.

[art vandelay]

funny thing was everyone was nutting over that draft. we all wanted a DT, and with ngata off the board, everyone was celebrating that bunkley fell to us (he was a better fit than ngata anyway). winston justice was supposed to go in the first round, gocong seemed like a great pass rusher, and jean-gilles was a road grader. and then you had jeremy bloom...man, jeremy bloom.

thank god for the 2012 draft.

[JuTMSY4]

In fairness, 6/8 ended up as starters at one point or another. None were stars or even above average players though.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Many were prototypical Reid "I know better than everybody else" picks. Like when the pick is announced, and you're all excited for who you expect to be called...and then you go, "Huh? Who?" before looking the dude up to see if he's any good.

[TRENT]

ahh ok thats right,,was Bunkley...yeah he wasn't a total bust

he played more snaps than Jerome

[TRENT]

Exactly,,,when Ngata went off the board

I was not celebrating the Bunkley pick,,,,I knew Ngata was the Pick


AR was turrible drafting defensive talent.

[DEERSPINE GUY]

RINSE AND REPEAT.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE WITH THE CHAMPS.

[Anthony]

Is this definite? I heard one report just now that said Eagles were front runners but not a done deal.