When talking about the NFL, you can talk about many things by yourself, especially before the offseason, the authenticity of the game action will evaporate any unrealistic narrative.

Your favorite team may be good. They may be bad. Or it may be somewhere in between, baking more than one shade of gray in all contours.

Even NFL executives and coaches can convince themselves if they really want to.

It appears that the town’s new defensive coordinator, Jonathan Gannon (Jonathan Gannon), is trying to turn the Hawks’ cornerback position into a capability.

Overall, Philadelphia may be the most uncertain team of any team in the NFL. Nationwide, for a four-game winning team, there is little expectation before the transition to a rookie head coach and a second-year quarterback, and all four of his careers begin.

Odds makers usually set the Eagles’ winning odds at 6 or 6.5, for those locals who believe in the advantages of outdated schedules (don’t) and Nick Ciliani and Jalen Hurts For them, the high odds is a piece of easy money. Will not star in the remake of “Dumb and Gua”.

For me, if the offensive line stays healthy and works for most people, the end will be easy. Considering the recent injury history of Brandon Brooks and Ryan Johnson, this is undoubtedly a big “if”. .

“I think [Hurts has] The team around him is better than the others. “Former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker told me on BIRDS365, Stream live on PhillyVoice.com every morning. “I mean, look at the offensive line, if Brandon and Ryan are healthy, they will be in the top ten all day.”

SIRIUSXM host Alex Marvez pointed out that the NFC East is still considered weak in general, and pointed out that the Eagles’ 32nd-level SOS is a reason to smile, but also put forward a national point of view as well as Look at the facts of the Eagles outside of Philadelphia as opponents of the timetable.

The one thing everyone agrees on, apart from Gannon, is that the Hawks need another place other than the CB opposite Darius Slay.

“I’m very satisfied with it [cornerback] The current room,” Gannon said. Since being hired in January, Gannon has met with reporters for the first time last week.

As Gannon likes, JG doesn’t want to throw the players he does have on the bus in May. It’s hard to imagine Howie Roseman is not considering upgrading. Maybe after June 1st, he got Alsan · Previous decisions by Alshon Jeffery and Malik Jackson, as well as Zach Ertz’s possibly long-awaited move, could reduce the salary ceiling.

“I know we also need a corner in 2017,” General Motors’ Howie Roseman said after the draft. “We arrived in August, we had a preseason game in Green Bay, Wisconsin, we traded with Buffalo Bills and got a corner kick. [Ronald Darby] This helped us win the Super Bowl. “

Rothman reached an agreement last week to acquire the 2020 fourth-round pick Josiah Scott from Jacksonville in exchange for CB Jameson Houston and 2023 Sixth round pick.

If the Eagles are forced to play today, then the 5-foot-9 Evant Maddox is likely to get another chance in the outer corner opposite Slay for two reasons: he is the most experienced, and Maddock Sis performed well beyond his college numbers. Prior to Pitt, he had been struggling for his first expansion opportunity at the professional level last season.

From there, like the entire Eagles, rookies Zech McPhearson, Mike Jacquet, Kevon Seymour, Lavert Hill, Shakial Taylor and the recently acquired Scott (almost a clone from a physical point of view) brought a lot of uncertainty.

With Maddox, both Scott and McPhearson may be more suitable for internal work. You will feel that Gannon, who specializes in angled backplanes, can piece things together here.

The optimistic defensive coordinator said: “I love this young man because you can shape them in your own way.”

Gannon compared his current situation to CB and compared it to Indianapolis’ time as a defensive guard at DC DC Matt Eberflus.

“When I arrived in Indy, we had a bunch of young people,” Gannon said. “Awesome. This makes this work very interesting because certain people, certain veterinarians (not everyone, but certain veterinarians) are a bit stuck in their way, hey, I want to play like this.

“Well, if this is not the best option for defense, we don’t want you to play like this. So I think for our players, they are doing a good job of understanding why we are doing this to help these players play. .”

With Gannon now in charge of the entire defense, he will rely on Dennard Wilson and DK McDonald to handle the daily work with young players in technical and basic aspects.

“In the past few months, I have learned a lot from those guys,” Gannon’s assistant said. “Awesome. Very suitable for that room. Excited to see them walking there to compete. I think Slay can take another step. I think everyone in that room can improve the game and play football for us. “

Any uncertainty can be transformed in two ways.

“We only have three days, but at the meeting, it’s really cool to see those guys, you know, when you show them on the tape, this is how we can play that way, we Can play like this Gannon said, “This will bring a lot of enthusiasm and confidence to your people. “

When adding mats to the grass, in August of this year, don’t be surprised if another object is added along the way or in the last minute.

Rothman insisted: “We have a compelling experience in the later stages.” “…I assure the fans that we will do everything we can to improve the roster at any time of the year.”

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John McMullen is the NFL Insider of JAKIB Media and the co-host of “Birds 365” on PhillyVoice.com. He is also the host of “Extended Screenplay”, a radio writer for AM1490, New Jersey, and contributed Eagles and NFL coverage to SI.com.You can contact him in the following ways [email protected]

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