Cut Down Day

My first impression of the Eagles moves on cut down day:

- Well well well, I had thought the Eagles would keep 6 WR, instead of their traditional 5 just based on a lack of depth...instead they keep 5 and go with 6 RBs...
- Parry and Fraley traded for draft picks eh? Well that is a typical move...Hicks and Thomas went in draft-day move up deals, and this year was one of the first where the Eagles did NOT have extra picks lying about....Heckert, Reid and Banner LOVE having extra picks come draft day though, and these are moves for the future...you could almost see the writing on the wall when the Front Office signed Fraley's competition to a long-term extension...Parry, well he was a decent blocker, but he couldn't run for sh*t and was ineffective as a pass-catcher (to say the least)...
- Am glad to see Tapeh grab a spot, he got some skills as a runner and he's BIG...
- for all you thinking about plucking a gem out of some other team's garbage - I think the Eagles will look to Tapeh to be the team's "big back"
- Took bad for J.R. Reed, the comeback story of camp, I think if he'd busted some runs and flashed a few field-position-reversing returns, like he did in 2004, he'd have forced his way onto the roster...I still think he's got potential, if anyone gets injured...I think JR's phone could be ringing...
- 10 both on O and D line? That's a lot of dudes to carry up front...I like all the D-linemen, but am a bit surprised at the # of rookies the Eagles kept...McCoy and Cole? you mean on of them wouldn't make it through to the practice squad? They must be good though, cause their play evidently convinced the Front office to git-while-the-gittin'-was-good and trade Fraley (our primary experienced back-up)
- I really thought McCants would make the team, but then again all the speculation about the WR position was predicated on them retaining 6 on the roster...since they're going with 5, those they kept (Stallworth, Brown, Avant, Baskett and Lewis) make sense....
- I did not think the Eagles would keep so many backs...Westbrook, Buckhalter, Moats, Mahe, and Bruce Perry? Plus Tapeh as the FB...I'm just not sold on the utility of keeping both Perry and Mahe...I had thought that Mahe versatility would made him less likely to get cut than Perry, but I didn't think they'd keep them both...perhaps, if they decide to bring in another guy from somewhere, the expendable body will come from this group....

Hmm, what about some the players on other teams who got cut...Keith, the bullet, Adams failed to made the Carolina squad, could he come back...he wouldn't replace rookie LB Gaither, but he could bump STs-maven J. Short and he's been a starter on this club...not a particularly effective one, but he could be valuable reserve...

Please don't bring up Ron Dayne...he's washed up....I'm intrigued by Najeh Davenport, cause when he was healthy he was a load...but I don't think plucking dudes who cannot make the roster on one of the worst teams in the league is a particularly encouraging sign...

Saw World Trade Center last night, will try and get a review out on that too...