WhiteFanposts Fanshots Eagles StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Eagles NewsYahoo Eagles Team PageYahoo Eagles ReportYahoo Eagles Depth ChartYahoo Eagles TransactionsYahoo Eagles PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕BGN RadioTop Eagles under 25 years oldNew Youth Reggie White Jerseys ,22commentsThe Kist & Solak Show #96!EDTShareTweetShareShareTop Eagles under 25 years oldEric Hartline-USA TODAY SportsA young core of talented players is key for any team. Having a rack of those will become even more important for the Philadelphia Eagles when Carson Wentz’s eventual contract extension breaks the bank.So how to the Eagles youngest portion of the squad look? If you exclude rookies, there’s a pretty clear cream of the crop. Identifying them was easy, ranking them was the hard part. That’s what we attempt to do on The Kist & Solak Show #96.Excluding rookies, setting the cut off at under 25 by the start of the 2019 NFL season, and operating under an entirely arbitrary set of rules not discussed beforehand, the list looks fairly different between myself and Benjamin Solak.DALLAS GOEDERT (Kist: 1st, Solak: 2nd)Even as a “backup”, Goedert contributed on nearly half of the offensive snaps as a rookie. He accumulated a modest 334 yards receiving Reggie White Jerseys Stitched , adding 4 touchdowns and an unexpected penchant for run blocking. Moving forward, Goedert projects as a versatile move piece that should see the field on over half the snaps. It’s worth noting that he was Pro Football Focus’ 10th graded tight end when filtering out low usage players. Not bad for a second round selection.The future is bright for Goedert, who by all accounts started out 2019 looking dominant.AVONTE MADDOX (Kist: 2nd, Solak: 3rd)Just get him on the field. We don’t care if it’s at safety, outside cornerback, or at the nickel. He’s too talented to keep on the sideline. Maddox’s versatility was on full display as a rookie as he racked up 295 snaps at outside corner, 225 at free safety, 109 at nickel Youth Avonte Maddox Jerseys , 40 in the box and even had 2 snaps designated as “defensive line”, most likely as a blitzer.We thought Maddox’s struggles as a free safety were largely glossed over and completely understandable, projecting him as a nickel corner moving forward. That’s where the Eagles slotted him for organized team activities. Again, it doesn’t really matter where you put him, just get him on the field. Maddox’s 59.9 QB Rating when targeted led the Eagles and ranked 4th in the league among cornerbacks.DEREK BARNETT (Kist: 3rd, Solak: 1st)In a shocking twist, Solak spent most of his energy defending Barnett, a player he’s been known to be tepid on. I wouldn’t call it a full-blown change of heart though. Projecting Barnett as a high single-digit sack contributor Avonte Maddox Jerseys Stitched , fulfilling and exceeding that expectation would make a big difference in how well the pass rush performs overall.The Barnett Hive mating call of “he’s only 21” and “he’s only 22” doesn’t need to continue on as he turns 23 years old next month. He’s not magically getting more athletic and he’s entering his sixth year of either college or professional play. This needs to be the year that he lives up to his first round billing.One thing I’ll note on Barnett is that he’s definitely shown the clutch gene both as a college player and as a pro. In the NFL he notably strip sacked Case Keenum in the NFC Championship Game, recovered Tom Brady’s fumble in the Super Bowl, and closed out the Indianapolis Colts in the Week 3 win last year.For both of us, Rasul Douglas and Jordan Howard rounded out our top five. You can hear our analysis on all of the players above and the rest of our top ten on The Kist & Solak Show #96! Listen on the media player below or click here if the player doesn’t load! New to podcasts? Check out our guide on how to listen to BGN! FLY EAGLES FLY! John DeFilippo apparently was too worried about getting his next job to properly exercise the duties of his current job. And now it’s his former job.According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Vikings have fired the first-year offensive coordinator, with three games left in the regular season.The former Eagles quarterbacks coach, pegged by many in the media as a favorite for a head-coaching gig in 2019, had become the focal point of rampant criticism for his refusal to embrace the run Youth Ron Jaworski Jerseys , and for the overall ineffectiveness of the offense. Last night’s loss to the Seahawks became the low point for the 2017 NFC finalists. Now, two years after a Monday night debacle in Chicago resulted in the abrupt departure of former offensive coordinator Norv Turner, DeFilippo is out.Per Rapoport, quarterbacks coach Kevin Stefanski will call the plays in DeFilippo’s absence. Given that coach Mike Zimmer delegates the entire offense to the coordinator, it would be prudent for Zimmer to be directly involved in a stretch run that consists of three playoff games.