I read alot of different message boards, not only Eagle ones, but some of our rivals as well.
There seems to be an interesting assumption that the offense will not be as good as 2004, not even close in some people's eyes...I find that to be interesting so I decided to compare the rosters and try to understand what people are basing their assumption on...I evaluated the players on each team, see below:
2004 QB: McNabb, Detmer, Blake
2006 QB: McNabb, Garcia, Feeley
2004 FB: Parry, Tapeh(Rookie), Ritchie (IR)
2006 FB: Tapeh
2004 RB: Westy, Mahe, McCoo, Levens, Bucky (IR)
2006 RB: Westy, Moats, Mahe, Perry, Bucky
2004 OL: Thomas, Runyan, Mayberry, Fraley, Ephraim, Andrews, Darilek, Scuillo, Allen, Hicks
2006 OL: Thomas, Runyan, Andrews, Jackson, Herremanns, Young, McCoy, Cole, Justice, Jean-Gilles
2004 TE: Lewis, LJ, Bartrum
2006 TE: LJ, Bartrum, Schobel
2004 WR: Pinky, TO, Lewis, Mitchell, B-Mac
2006 WR: Stallworth, Brown, Lewis, Avant, Baskett
Call me crazy, but I think overall the 2006 offense has better personnel especially at the RB, OL, FB and QB positions.
WR is very close since TO is by far the best guy on either, but the 2006 crew overall is deeper IMO.
TE is close too; 2004 is probably better by a step since Lewis was such a good blocker, but Schobel/LJ is going to be dangerous downfield IMO.
The 2004 OL was more experienced perhaps, but the 2006 one is massive and has better depth in waiting.
I think, once this team gets battle tested together, they will be better than 2004...will the execution be as good? That will be the biggest question IMO...
Also amazing to see how many changes this team has undergone just since 2004...only 11 guys are left out of that 2004 offensive squad...
There seems to be an interesting assumption that the offense will not be as good as 2004, not even close in some people's eyes...I find that to be interesting so I decided to compare the rosters and try to understand what people are basing their assumption on...I evaluated the players on each team, see below:
2004 QB: McNabb, Detmer, Blake
2006 QB: McNabb, Garcia, Feeley
2004 FB: Parry, Tapeh(Rookie), Ritchie (IR)
2006 FB: Tapeh
2004 RB: Westy, Mahe, McCoo, Levens, Bucky (IR)
2006 RB: Westy, Moats, Mahe, Perry, Bucky
2004 OL: Thomas, Runyan, Mayberry, Fraley, Ephraim, Andrews, Darilek, Scuillo, Allen, Hicks
2006 OL: Thomas, Runyan, Andrews, Jackson, Herremanns, Young, McCoy, Cole, Justice, Jean-Gilles
2004 TE: Lewis, LJ, Bartrum
2006 TE: LJ, Bartrum, Schobel
2004 WR: Pinky, TO, Lewis, Mitchell, B-Mac
2006 WR: Stallworth, Brown, Lewis, Avant, Baskett
Call me crazy, but I think overall the 2006 offense has better personnel especially at the RB, OL, FB and QB positions.
WR is very close since TO is by far the best guy on either, but the 2006 crew overall is deeper IMO.
TE is close too; 2004 is probably better by a step since Lewis was such a good blocker, but Schobel/LJ is going to be dangerous downfield IMO.
The 2004 OL was more experienced perhaps, but the 2006 one is massive and has better depth in waiting.
I think, once this team gets battle tested together, they will be better than 2004...will the execution be as good? That will be the biggest question IMO...
Also amazing to see how many changes this team has undergone just since 2004...only 11 guys are left out of that 2004 offensive squad...
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