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There is a perception, however true or untrue it is, that a defining trait of the Howie Roseman era is that Roseman thinks he’s smarter than everyone. Another defining trait that is less in question is that his drafts have overall been poor. So what if Howie Roseman outsmarted everyone in the draft by doing something that sounds really stupid?
In 2007, Doug Drinen at Pro Football Reference theorized that if a team didn’t do any actual scouting for the draft, they wouldn’t suffer greatly for it.
I’d like to suggest that at this point the amount of freely-available information about the draft is so mountainous that, if you believe there is wisdom in crowds, it’s not completely insane to believe that compiling all this public information in an intelligent way could constitute a reasonable substitute for a scouting department. In other words, the internet and a bunch of draft publications (maybe even Street & Smith’s!) might be your TV.
In his first NFL start, rookie Hurts leads Eagles over Saints 24-21
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PHILADELPHIA - There were no rookie jitters for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who handled the New Orleans Saints top-ranked defense in Sunday s 24-21 win.
After unseating Carson Wentz in the second half of last week s loss to the Green Back Packers, Hurts brought an energy the Eagles had been lacking in 2020. Head Coach Doug Pederson named the second-round pick the starter last Tuesday. I have come to a decision and I am going to go with Jalen Hurts this week against New Orleans. I looked at the whole thing and decided that for this week to look for that spark again to try to get the team over the hump, Coach Pederson said in a statement.