eh guys as much as a fast rb or te would be cool , if you look at the eagles compared to other teams, as soon as a ball snaps, safties drop back, they are literally 40-45 yards off the line of scrimmage. they have to be, because maclin and jackson are too fast not to be. other offenses might demand a 30 yard cushion or less. i guarentee you safeties arent playing 30+ yards off us. do you guys realize how big a gap that is between the safeties and Linebackers. it allows you to eat up the 2nd and 3rd levels of defenses with big gaps. a fast rb or te isnt going to give us that. a blazing fast WR is. a blazing fast WR or TWO allows guys like ricky williams and fasano to play better ball. i think its okay to be slower at those positions with speed at WR. if you have fast RB's and slow WR's everyone is going to be right up in your face and you cant do a thing about it. you wont have time to wait for a bess or marshall to get down field. and a fast rb will get stuffed because there is no deep threat to spread them out. maybe u can spread them wide and create some holes that way but youll be playing the same conservative short gain football we have been. i just think rb and te have to be secondary options to Wr speed. hartline is fast but is he reallly that fast?
on defense the only place we lack speed is at SS and nickelback. vontae and smith are fast enough. so is clemons. you dont need more speed then that. reshad jones taking over for bell is going to be the best thing to happen to this defense. we might not have the fastest of the fast but they are all damn quick, none of those guys are liabilities as far as speed goes. the problem with that core is no1 will know what the hell is going on. clemons isnt ready to run a defense, and dansby crowder aren't enough football minds for the dbacks. you need a smart safety. so when clemons, whos best ability is mentality over his speed and tackling is able to do what bell does, you'll be complete back there. unfortunately for us it looks like it could be bell/jones starting next year.