It's May 1 and we are shockingly feeling good about all four of our teams right now. Why shockingly? Because we were not feeling that way in April. As of a week ago we were worried about holes with the Eagles roster, the Flyers were in jeopardy of blowing a 3-0 lead to our archrivals, the Sixers were about to get blitzed in a gentleman's sweep to one of our other archrivals, and the Phillies were deceased.

Since it's much more fun to talk about things when they are going well rather than falling apart, I did the podcast on Friday instead of Monday this week. Other than the Jonathan Greenard trade for the Eagles and the Phillies giving Rob Thomson the axe, there isn't a whole lot of news this week, so we are just going to talk about each team one at a time starting with the Flyers, moving to the Sixers, then the Phillies, and finishing up with the Birds.

No This Week in Philly Sports History either since the slate is clear for the next 2 weeks on that front. If anyone has an anniversary I'm missing in early May, let me know.

This week on the Philly Front Office Podcast I cover the NFL Draft then bitch about why Dave Dombrowski can't be more like Howie Roseman.

Of course, the Sixers and Flyers exist too. How do their front offices rate? I go into all of it.

NEWS

• Phillies
  • Taijuan Gone!
  • Zack Back!
• Flyers
  • Up 3-1
  • Missed Draft opportunity not to troll Pittsburgh by sending Brian Westbrook
• Sixers
  • Joel Embiid back from appendectomy
  • No other Sixers show up
• Eagles
  • DRAFT
  • Jonathan Greenard
  • Athleticism from Africa

As we are bombarded with Mock Drafts and Big Boards leading up to Draft Day this Thursday, what the Eagles need, have, and believe sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. In the latest episode of the Philly Front Office Podcast, I do my best to take stock of the Eagles as an organization to see what they are thinking. This means looking at the Best Player Available strategy and mixing it with the positional needs, positional values, and taking into account 2027 and all of the extra picks that should be coming in. The Eagles are loaded and don't have any gaping holes. It feels like Howie is going to make Pittsburgh feel like Las Vegas this weekend.

NEWS:

• Phillies
  • Yikes!

  • Jhoan Duran injured

  • Griff McGarry traded

  • Wheeler roughed up

• Sixers

  • Yikes, but with less enthusiasm

  • Draft picks finalized

  • VJ Edgecombe ROY finalist

• Flyers
  • FUCK YES!!!
  • Marty Supreme

• Eagles
  • AJ Brown...it is what it is at this point

THIS WEEK IN PHILLY SPORTS

• April 20, 2016 - Eagles trade up for Carson Wentz
• April 21, 1966 - Phillies trade Ferguson Jenkins to the Cubs