The Eagles

[ctownvillian]

i for one think that what is going to hurt them the most is the fact that u cant wait 2 -3 week before the first game to start lifting and running when there are team doing it all summer, i know for a fact that SOME of eagles work out al summer but a majority didnt. i mean the feild house was locked up and the track ripped up. when i played we lifeted so much and ran starting in july. I hope i am wrong and they do great but thats not what i predict.

[Mr. C]

From what I've heard/read, the Eagles this year should be some of the fastest to come through here in a very long time. I think that what will hurt us is size, since we've had a large line for the past 3-4 years at least (that's as far back as I can remember players from). But, like you said, hopefully I am wrong, lol

[Eddie Goodson]

The offensive scheme Crossett is running now doesn't need big slow linemen. It needs linemen who are in shape. They may be smaller than in years part, but they are leaner than in years past. They will do just fine. I held off on making any kind of predictions on this year's team, but I've seen then a little now and I'm starting to feel really good about this bunch. I'll have an even better picture after the scrimmage this Friday.

[heathwaldrop]

Crossett's linemen are smaller than in recent years, but I don't at all think that size is what might get them beaten this season. They aren't small, just smaller. The Eagles have been bigger on both lines than basically everyone they've played against during the Ingram era (with the exception, possibly, of 2000). There have been years that they averaged 260 from tackle to tackle. Even in today's era of bigger, faster players, that's pretty enormous. This year they might average 225 or 230. There still are teams out there that salivate and the thought of having that much beef.

And I've found through the years that line size sometimes is overrated. Good technique and smart play often beats size. Crossett had more size up front than the 2002 Stuttgart team that won it all and WAY more than the Sylvan Hills team that was runner-up that year, but lost to both.

With the offense that the Eagles are using it's going to be critical that the backs and receivers block well and that the quarterback delivers the ball accurately and on time, because most of the teams that Crossett will face likely are going to stunt blitz a lot.

[emily]

To reply to the original post, from what I have seen, the team surprisingly seems to be in fairly good shape. I believe that the guys have been working this summer, just not where anyone could see. They did quite a bit of conditioning the first week of practice, and they seemed to be doing pretty well. I think the scrimmage Friday will tell us alot about how the team will fair.

[heathwaldrop]

Of course last season they lost one game (vs. Magnolia) strictly because they were under-conditioned. I don't know that anyone saw that coming ahead of time, although we should have.

[ctownvillian]

Yes the eagles will be small on the line and lack experience (have to remember only one returning o lineman) so what happens when we do go against a big and fast DL and LB with all the blitz packages i see bubba doing alot of rolling out of the pocket