The Philadelphia Eagles released two cornerbacks on Saturday that the New York Giants – who admittedly are still building their secondary – may have some interest in.
Sidney Jones and Rasul Douglas were the two players waived by the Eagles after the team reportedly could not find trade partners for their services. Jones was a second round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Washington and Douglas, who played at West Virginia, was taken a round later.
Both had fallen down the depth chart recently behind Darius Slay, Avonte Maddox, Nickell Robey-Coleman, Cre’Von LeBlanc and Craig James, who signed a 1-year extension on Friday.
The Giants have been behind the eight ball at cornerback all summer after DeAndre Baker got himself jammed up in an armed robbery incident in May and Sam Beal decided to opt out of the season due to Coronavirus concerns. Both players were considered to be in the running for a starting role across from free agent addition James Bradberry this fall.
Jones has been a disappointment and has had injury issues but overall, he just hasn’t shown the promise that made him first-round material at Washington. Douglas, a New Jersey native, fits the Giants’ mold a little better.
From Rotoworld: “Still only 25 with 18 starts (and 46 appearances) under his belt, Douglas is a strong candidate to be claimed off waivers and compete as a nickel option for a handful of suitors. He’s totaled 118 tackles and five interceptions in his three-year career.”
The Giants have been adding defensive backs all summer and may not believe Douglas is an upgrade over any of them. Right now, they have some hard decisions to make as it is. Claiming Douglas would add another tough cut for them.
Should the Giants decide to claim him, they will most likely gat him. They have fourth priority on the waiver wire behind only Cincinnati, Washington and Detroit.
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Back in January, my team at WordPress.com was busy planning another year of exciting in-person events — community meetups, conference keynotes, booths, and in-person demos — at large exhibit halls and hotels around the world.
Then the world changed overnight, and because of a global pandemic, our Events team — just like many of you running your own businesses — had to rethink everything about how we connect with people.
So we went back to work. We’ve learned so much in just five months, and it culminates in the upcoming WordPress.com Growth Summit — our first-ever multi-day virtual conference. It’s going to be a jam-packed program full of expert advice from business leaders and entrepreneurs. We’ll also have breakout sessions with our own WordPress experts, the Automattic Happiness Engineers, taking you through everything you need to know about building a powerful, fast website that works great for SEO, eCommerce, and growing your business.
In the lead-up to the Summit, we wanted to share everything we’ve learned so far about running virtual events, from YouTube to webinars to Facebook Live and ticket sales. There are dozens of great solutions for staying connected to and supporting your audience — here’s what’s been working for us:
Live webinars
In April, we launched a series of daily webinars, 30-minute live demos and Q&As direct from our Happiness Engineers, five days a week. These webinars walk people through the basics of getting started with WordPress.com. We also launched a few topical webinars — deeper dives into specific topics: eCommerce 101, growing an audience, using the WordPress app, and podcasting, to name a few.
We chose Zoom to host these because it’s a popular platform that allows for key webinar elements like pre-registration/signups, screen sharing, and Q&A. We pulled these together quickly, so going with a familiar solution was key for us and our audience.
To expand our reach, we also streamed to our Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube channels. This was a simple integration that Zoom offers already, and we saw our viewership grow exponentially.
Pre-recorded vs. live instruction
At virtual events, one question always comes up: pre-recorded or live? We prefer a combination! Live is great when possible; it gives attendees an opportunity to interact with speakers, speakers can personalize the content based on questions being asked, and attendees can interact with one another, forming connections with like-minded content creators and entrepreneurs.
Live content also has challenges: internet connections can cut out, computers can shut down unexpectedly, and there are more opportunities for interruption (does anyone else’s dog bark the minute you get on a live video?). It also requires all participants to be online at the same time, which can be logistically challenging.
Our advice: Test, test, test! If a speaker isn’t comfortable presenting live, there is the option to do a combination — a pre-recorded session with a live Q&A in the chat. We’ve found it to work really well, and it gives attendees the same access to the presenter.
The Growth Summit
We helped folks to get online quickly with our daily webinars and dove into deeper topics each month, and now we want to help you grow your site. Enter The Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, happening next week, August 11-13.
We gathered frequently asked questions over the past few months, listened to your requests for live sessions across more time zones, and found inspiration from users that we felt needed to be shared widely.
The Growth Summit takes a deeper dive into topics and offers hands-on WordPress training for anyone looking to get online. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions live, connect with speakers, visit our virtual Happiness Bar for 1:1 support, and connect with other attendees during the networking breaks.
We wanted a platform for this event that would act as an immersive event experience. There are many great platforms for this, including Accelevents and Hopin. We’ll be experimenting with many of them in the coming months (Remember: test!). A few key features we looked for:
Ease of self-production
Ability for simultaneous sessions
Overall user experience
Flow of the event — central location for agenda, speaker bios, networking, and more
Networking features
Audience engagement — polling, live chat, and more
Analytics
Registration within the platform
Accessibility
Customization
Speaker (virtual) green rooms
The best part? This event is being offered twice a day so that we cover all time zones. And if you can’t join us live, attendees will have access to all content from all time zones, after the event.
Man, Onigashima just keeps delivering chapter after chapter! At this point, this really does feel like it’s ramping up to be something on the level of Marineford!!
