Mailbag: Should the Eagles trade their players against CB / S Minkah Fitzpatrick dolphins?

On Wednesday, during our discussion with the Eagles, there were many questions that we were unable to answer in time or other questions that we answered, but that could use more color. And then, let's do a postbag to answer some of the overflow.

Question from Michael: Jimmy, should the Eagles trade for Minkah Fitzpatrick? I will hang up and listen.

I think it's perfectly suited to the Eagles system, however, there are red flags.

First, the adjustment. His supervisory report coming out of the college, via Lance Zierlein:

Fitzpatrick increases the intensity to the maximum and tears the button until the end of the game. Fitzpatrick has experience as a cornerback, but he will likely be targeted as a defender of the type. do everything". It can be deployed as a sub-package linebacker, blitzer or in-slot against large receivers and move tight ends. Fitzpatrick has always shone since his freshman season on the NFL's talent-laden Alaskan defenses. His versatility, his football character and his desire to succeed should make him a beginner.

Does it look a little like you, Malcolm Jenkins? Here is a summary of his rookie season:

As a rookie, Fitzpatrick had 80 tackles, two INTs (a choice of 6, as you saw above) and nine career breaks in 16 games (11 starts).

Unfortunately, Fitzpatrick apparently has no interest in being used as Jenkins. According to a report by Chris Mortensen of ESPN, Fitzpatrick is not happy to play several positions in Miami's defense.

Fitzpatrick, who was projected as a cornerback / security guard in Alabama, played three or four different positions against Baltimore. He was uncomfortable with his constantly fluctuating role in defending the Dolphins throughout the off season.

During Miami's joint training with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in August, Melissa, Fitzpatrick's mother, mentioned on Twitter that it was used incorrectly safely in order to adapt to the skills of other players.

Fitzpatrick confirmed that he was in agreement with his mother's thoughts after this practice by saying, "She feels very strong.It is not wrong.The coach m & # 39; asked to do something right now.I must do what they ask me to do.If we need to have discussions in the future, we will have these discussions.

"I do not weigh 215 pounds, 220 pounds. So playing in the box does not suit me, but that's what the coach is asking me to do."

And then there is the price asked. According to Mortensen's report, the Dolphins are looking for a first-round pick for Fitzpatrick, who was the 11th overall pick in the NFL draft in 2018. With Fitzpatrick a bad performance week 1, and the red flags in his quotations above, I am the Eagles, I pass this award.

The marriage of the team and the player really only works if the Eagles feel that Fitzpatrick would accept a Jenkins role. He would be a good choice as third security in the Eagles' defense this season (goodbye Andrew Sendejo, mediocre hello), and as a long-term starter, replacing either the free agent to be Rodney McLeod, or aging (and perhaps still unhappy with his contract) Jenkins.

If Fitzpatrick is adamant that he wants to focus on a position, it would probably be a good compromise in the Eagles' scheme, which they already have at Avonte Maddox. Otherwise, he plays either the role of Jenkins (what he does not want), or the role of McLeod (which is not worth it to part with important resources for choosing a draft to fill out) ).

It should be noted that the Eagles will have a lot of information about Fitzpatrick, his defense coordinator being Matt Burke a year ago, who is now a special defense assistant under the direction of Jim Schwartz. If the Eagles are certain that Fitzpatrick will play the role that the Eagles will ask him, and if the Dolphins are willing to give up their unrealistic price asked for a 1, to, ohhhhh, something like a 2 and an offensive tackle the development, so I think it's a craft that would make sense to both teams.

If Fitzpatrick insists on playing a specific role that matches his desires to the detriment of the needs of the team, he however destroys the value of his own skills.

Question from Kephas: It seemed that Eagles' OL had resisted what is supposed to be a solid D line for Washington. Where do you think Washington's D-Line ranks against future Eagles opponents?

One of the under-discussed positives of Week 1 was the star play of the Eagles offensive line, all the more so as they had a slow start last season. Ryan Kerrigan is a very good rusher, and the three players inside are all good players. And then there is Montez Sweat, an extremely athletic rookie, who played on the opposite edge to Kerrigan.

This time, last week, I had the next two matches to watch in first and second place on my 5 games to watch:

1. Eagles domestic offensive line against Washington's defensive home line
2. Eagles offensives against Washington forwards

They have more than succeeded their first test.

As for the rest of this month, the Eagles will face the following challenges:

1. falcons: 4-3 before. The best player by far is Grady Jarrett, not much else. Steamrolled against the race of the week 1.
2. the Lions: This is of course a defense similar to the one that the Eagles disassembled at the Super Bowl. Lions have devoted a lot of resources to the development of their front, both in the project and in free will. Solid group, nothing special.
3. packers: Like the Lions, they have spent a lot of resources on increasing the number of their subscribers. They signed Preston Smith and Za'Darius Smith as a free agency, and drafted Rashan Gary in the first round. Both Smiths were a disruptive week against Chicago.

Question of Sabtle Genius: I am impressed by J. Howard. In a few clicks, he was very efficient. Good vision to find the hole, decisive, always go from the front, caught the ball better than expected. After the match, he said the good things were: touch and do not seem to complain. Given that he is 24, could he be a candidate for an extension?

First of all, I agree with everything you said about Howard. His performance in Week 1 was encouraging.

Would the Eagles want to ask him for an extension if he continues to look like what he did on week 1? Yes, I imagine that they would do it. However, if you are Jordan Howard, you are the third highest scorer in the NFL since entering the league and you play well this year, do you get discounts for your team?

Even though you and I may be able to look at the market for running and understand that Howard may not find super lucrative self-service deals, a player in Howard's situation will almost certainly hope otherwise.

Question from Desert_Eagle: What are the chances that Daeshon Hall will get some playing time in the second week?

The Falcons being more of a threat in the air than on the ground, I think Hall is standing this week instead of Josh Sweat.

From HeadClapperInCharge: With Jimmy and Kellen Moore appearing to be calling for a modern, skilled offensive, should Eagles fans be more worried about the Cowboys than we thought?

So, I remember that when I published my article on cowboys dolphin bombs in June, the point that many readers wanted to add was that Kellen Moore, who was only 29 years old at the time, was not the only one to have been able to do so. time, would become their CO.

I did not see this as a disadvantage for them and had deliberately omitted it. Why? Well, their attack under Scott Linehan and Jason Garrett was extremely boring and predictable, and I thought there was no place to go if it was not. But certainly, with the warning that there is only a week, Moore seems to be a much more creative offensive engineer.

Question of Rich: Lord Jimmy, always so much love. Forget what I've seen, but someone online has proposed eliminating the Thursday night game and organizing two games on Monday night every week, at week 1. I can not imagine the league wanting that. However, the quality of Thursday night games seems pretty bad (although not always), and I guess this is due in large part to the limited time spent on training and recovery time. What you say?

The Panthers-Bucs game was so bad last night that Merrill chose Twitter, ha:

Get them, Merrill!

And he is not wrong. These games are usually pretty bad. That said, I like them. I mean, a Thursday night, it's either an NFL game, or frustrated by the Phillies. I will take the NFL game, please, even if the quality is not excellent. It's almost fun to watch sometimes a professional football shit.

And then, from a selfish point of view, I rarely have the opportunity to watch games all day on a Sunday from my living room. Every time the Eagles host games on Thursday night, I can do it!

As for the second game of Monday night, personally, my old ass has no interest in watching an end-to-end match that starts after 22h.

Question of LOADED: Do they serve alcohol in the press? If so, did any of your beats ever drank too much the day of the match and behaved like a fool?

They have beer after the game in Dallas. It's the only time I've ever seen that. They also have people driving you to your hotel, which is amazing, really. I'll be back in a few moments while I write my post-match stuff, but no one gets drunk. The best way to see drunken writers is at Mobile's Senior Bowl, Indy's NFL Combine or NFL Annual Meetings (the venue changes every year).

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