Eagles find their power back

PhillyEaglesIn06 · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 268 Location: Philadelphia

just heard on WIP that The Eagles signed Lamar Gordon who was released by the dolphins.
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aafroe · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 211

Hopefully, the eagles will not cut Bruce Perry to facilitate the Gordon signing. I would rather let go of Mahe, because, even though he is a very good special teams player, he is not an adequate RB. I mean at BYU, he was a 5-10 WR who ran a 4.78 so he switched to RB. Perry is a much more natural RB and I think it would be wise to keep him over Mahe.

aafroe · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 211

Damn, they did cut Perry. Bad decision...

Phreak · Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 5466 Location: Philadelphia, PA

ThePeoplesChamp · Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:

Gordon ran a 4.35, 40 in draft workouts in '02, he still quick?

Iggles · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 24038 Location: Brooklyn

He was a good backup in St. Louis, so he should be good here. Well, that's one more hole filled.
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ok go26 · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 5157 Location: outside Philly

Honestly I'm like pumped about this, not only did we get a power back (which i mean i wasn't even sure we were going to try to pick one up even though I really wanted us to get one) but we got IMO a really good one, and I mean not only is he a good rusher but I mean if you saw his stats with the Rams, he had as many receiving yards as rushing yards which is awesome especially in our offense. I think this man is not only going to be good but he's going to make our old friend Bucky totally obsolete, considering both his age and how well he fits our offense. Either way though, i mean we could even see a two- or three-headed monster this season, depending on how much PT Moats gets. Which would be pretty sweet. I still can't stress enough how awesome this signing was.
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PhillyFan · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 237

If you guys think about it, its understandable that they cut perry.

we have the running and receiving game out of westbrook and moats so we basically have all the running we need......even though i personally dont feel like mahe does that much for our team, he is a guy who can return some kicks for us in case the likes of dexter wynn goes down and we need someone to fill that void.

Perry would of probably not even got onto the field with westbrook and moats taking practically all the carries so it would probably be best for him if he can go to another team and try and battle for some playing time because i like the kid and i want him to get a shot and i dont think his chance is in Philly.
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ok go26 · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 5157 Location: outside Philly

Very well said man, although personally I'd rather see Perry on our practice squad (wasn't he there last year?) than deep in the depth chart of another team... but yeah especially with Gordon there too, our running game is going to be very deep, you're not going to see Mahe in any games, but I mean he ranks pretty high on our special teams squad and Perry doesn't, and from that perspective, it seems like a no-brainer for the Eagles staff.
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ok go26 · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 5157 Location: outside Philly

Phreak · Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 5466 Location: Philadelphia, PA

I agree with okgo on this one, I think it's a great pick up. Westbrook and Moats will soften up the defense threw the first 3 quarters, then Gordon will come in in the 4th and knock them silly, much like the Atlanta Falcons run game (Dunn and Duckett). This also adds great size to our incredibly small RB core, Gordon will take a load of McNabb this year.
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aafroe · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 211

I think the Duckett comparison is a little bit of a stretch, but I like the optimism.