John Stretch II
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formerly @terpsfootball #53 | JuCo product | stand up comic | U.S. Army
Early frustration from Phillies fans today as SP Taijuan Walker's first 7 pitches are 6 balls and a home run. 📺: FS1
The Top 10 Picks of 2013 NFL Draft is widely considered one of the worst drafts, but the Eagles found the one exception. At pick #4, they landed Lane Johnson… but it almost didn’t happen. Chip Kelly had just arrived from a dominant run at Oregon, and his top defensive star, Dion Jordan, was widely projected as a top 5 pick. Many expected that connection to bring Jordan to Philly. Instead, the Dolphins traded up to #3 specifically to leap the Eagles and grab him, taking the decision out of the Eagles hands. That left Lane Johnson at #4, and the rest is history. But what if Miami didn’t make that move, do the Eagles take Jordan over Lane? Chip had a very questionable history of acquiring players in the NFL but thankfully we’ll never know. What we do know is this outcome couldn’t have worked out better: Lane is still playing at a Hall of Fame level, while Jordan finished with just 13.5 sacks across 6 seasons on 4 teams. A perfect example of how one move can quietly shape a franchise for decades.
I spent the morning making this. I've mispronounced too many baseball player names and went through MLB's official pronunciations to get it right. Here's my MLB Player Pronunciation Cheat Sheet.
