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Sunday, April 30, 2006
4:03:00 PM EDT
Feeling Ecstatic
Hearing Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max – Thunderdome)
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
What do we do with our lives
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a life
Or end in the dark
Give it all or nothing
After a night of sleeping on the Eagles first-day picks, your humble Brewmeister awoke with a bright smile on his face over the needs that the NovaCare Mothership approached this draft: A penetrating defensive lineman, a stout blocker in both the run and passing games for insurance in future seasons, a tall, aggressive DE with the speed to play strong-side linebacker. Addressing the future while taking strides to fill the Eagles biggest weaknesses; no Eagles fan should feel any disappointment at the first three selections.
Taking advantage of the day to spend extra time in snooze mode, my first glance at the Eagles home page revealed images of a mountain of a man wearing the Georgia Bulldogs' colors. Max Jean-Gilles. The name rings of what you'd want your enforcer to be named on your hockey team: a bent-nosed stocky slightly bow-legged ruffian from the outskirts of Quebec Province. Ahh, but it's only a name…
…until you view the man's background: 6-4, 340+LBs of drive-blocking battering ram who in 2500 snaps, gave up THREE sacks. This man can block! Eagle fans were treated to the toughness displayed by Georgia players with the selection of Reggie Brown last season; we are surely going to be in for a treat when we see our fourth-round selection donning the Silver and Green.
The Eagles displayed the aggressiveness they displayed in the second and third rounds, making trades and moving up to get their man. This is a marked difference from the stoic silence the Eagles front office displayed in the weeks leading up to the draft. The Eagles are making a top-to-bottom effort to change the image of this team, and in this writer's estimation, is a welcome change indeed!
From the About.com 2006 NFL Draft Prospects Review:
Positives:
A very experienced blocker, Max Jean-Gilles has blocked against the top defenses of the SEC his entire career. He has great size and quick feet for a player of his stature. Jean-Gilles is a monster of a player and a guy with great work ethic and a regular in the weight room. He has a great heart and plays for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back.
Negatives:
Jean-Gilles doesn’t have the best mobility because of his large stature. He needs to react quicker to the play and hold his blocks longer. Jean-Gilles could attempt to slim down some in order to gain some extra speed and quickness.
Overview:
Georgia has received much production from their running backs over Jean-Giles’s career inside the offensive line. A physical specimen because of his immense strength, he has ideal size and all the qualities to be an effective starter at the next level.
"Could attempt to slim down some…" Where have we heard this description before? Seems to be the same knock we heard about former first-round pick Shane Andrews. Other than a fluke injury in his first game, we've seen just how his supposed lack of mobility affects his play.
Eagles fans should be very encouraged, and our opponents, a bit fearful with the direction the Mothership commanders are steering toward a necessary goal in the NFC East: a solid running game. With Moats (IMO, a superior inside runner to Westbrook, and a stronger finisher of his runs) and the return of Tapeh, the short yardage plays should now present opposing defenses with a question of what manner the Eagles move the chains.
The Eagles front line appears to be poised to become an impregnable, mobile fortress to protect McNabb and to provide gaping holes in opposing defenses for the foreseeable future. Kudos to Banner-Reid et al!
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4:03:00 PM EDT
Feeling Ecstatic
Hearing Tina Turner – We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max – Thunderdome)
…and Into the Day Two Pick No. 99
We don’t need another hero
We don’t need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
What do we do with our lives
We leave only a mark
Will our story shine like a life
Or end in the dark
Give it all or nothing
After a night of sleeping on the Eagles first-day picks, your humble Brewmeister awoke with a bright smile on his face over the needs that the NovaCare Mothership approached this draft: A penetrating defensive lineman, a stout blocker in both the run and passing games for insurance in future seasons, a tall, aggressive DE with the speed to play strong-side linebacker. Addressing the future while taking strides to fill the Eagles biggest weaknesses; no Eagles fan should feel any disappointment at the first three selections.
Taking advantage of the day to spend extra time in snooze mode, my first glance at the Eagles home page revealed images of a mountain of a man wearing the Georgia Bulldogs' colors. Max Jean-Gilles. The name rings of what you'd want your enforcer to be named on your hockey team: a bent-nosed stocky slightly bow-legged ruffian from the outskirts of Quebec Province. Ahh, but it's only a name…
…until you view the man's background: 6-4, 340+LBs of drive-blocking battering ram who in 2500 snaps, gave up THREE sacks. This man can block! Eagle fans were treated to the toughness displayed by Georgia players with the selection of Reggie Brown last season; we are surely going to be in for a treat when we see our fourth-round selection donning the Silver and Green.
The Eagles displayed the aggressiveness they displayed in the second and third rounds, making trades and moving up to get their man. This is a marked difference from the stoic silence the Eagles front office displayed in the weeks leading up to the draft. The Eagles are making a top-to-bottom effort to change the image of this team, and in this writer's estimation, is a welcome change indeed!
From the About.com 2006 NFL Draft Prospects Review:
Positives:
A very experienced blocker, Max Jean-Gilles has blocked against the top defenses of the SEC his entire career. He has great size and quick feet for a player of his stature. Jean-Gilles is a monster of a player and a guy with great work ethic and a regular in the weight room. He has a great heart and plays for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back.
Negatives:
Jean-Gilles doesn’t have the best mobility because of his large stature. He needs to react quicker to the play and hold his blocks longer. Jean-Gilles could attempt to slim down some in order to gain some extra speed and quickness.
Overview:
Georgia has received much production from their running backs over Jean-Giles’s career inside the offensive line. A physical specimen because of his immense strength, he has ideal size and all the qualities to be an effective starter at the next level.
"Could attempt to slim down some…" Where have we heard this description before? Seems to be the same knock we heard about former first-round pick Shane Andrews. Other than a fluke injury in his first game, we've seen just how his supposed lack of mobility affects his play.
Eagles fans should be very encouraged, and our opponents, a bit fearful with the direction the Mothership commanders are steering toward a necessary goal in the NFC East: a solid running game. With Moats (IMO, a superior inside runner to Westbrook, and a stronger finisher of his runs) and the return of Tapeh, the short yardage plays should now present opposing defenses with a question of what manner the Eagles move the chains.
The Eagles front line appears to be poised to become an impregnable, mobile fortress to protect McNabb and to provide gaping holes in opposing defenses for the foreseeable future. Kudos to Banner-Reid et al!
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