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[D'BOYZ]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

D'BOYZ-

I will agree that you guys had a good draft, and your LB corps should be improved. My only caution is that when you rely on a rookie for immediate impact - and Carpenter really does need to be that guy for you guys - you take a big chance. Most rookies don't get a chance to impact the game in their first year - even in a more instictual position like LB. If Carpenter isn't the impact guy you expect, it will adversely affect the whole defense (one of the curses of the 3-4 is that it requires that LB group to shine, or everyone around them suffers.)

Can we at least agree that the Eagles are in for a long year?

yes we can agree the Eagles are in for a long year they have a 2003 team but they aren't facing 2003 division competition I just can see them at the top as they used to.

I agree we can't relly on rookies but remmember last year dallas played 3 rookies at defense (canty,spears, ware) having great result with all of them and they also played 2 first year starters (B.James, K.Davis) 1 becomening a cornerstone of the LB and the other doing a decent job at FS, all thsi players showed tha ttehy could handle the presure of being first year started and even though they made some rookie mistakes they still produced a verry good defense a better 1 that most expected.

Now they are all i nthe second year and Carpenter shows a lot more knowledge and maturity than most rookies it's not like Ware last year that had to learn a new position all together.