9 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Wentz contract won’t keep Howie from running the draft or making more bone head deals.  

This is where you and I see things differently.   I can see the 2020 Eagles draft as becoming one of their best drafts over the past 10 years.   If that ends up being the case, that’s a huge influx of talent at rookie contract prices. 

32 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

You hope.  Most impartial experts didn’t speak highly of this draft.  The top 3 picks were head scratchers.   

I don’t think Reagor was.   He wouldn’t of been available with their 2nd round pick or much later than when he was taken, tbh.

As far as Hurts and Taylor, both will need some time to develop.

 I think Hurts could become an asset if Wentz misses time later in the season, or needs to come out for a half, etc (Hopefully that does not happen) You know the  Eagles value the QB position more than any other position on the team.  Had they not spent premium backup money on Foles in 2017, we would still be looking to win our first Lombardi.

 Taylor could become an asset on special teams this year.  His speed alone should help with that and he has the raw skill sets to possibly develop into something much better.

As far as the rest of the draft, there’s super premium value all over.  We’ll see how it works out in the next year or two.

On 7/12/2020 at 2:11 PM, Rob331 said:

As of today overthecap.com has the Eagles $50,000,000 over the 2021 cap. Now figure that the cap will be going down because there won't be full stadiums and let's conservatively call the big number $60,0000,000. 

Then there's our own free agents - defensive starters include Derek Barnett, Jalen Mills, Nickell-Robey Coleman, and Jatavus Brown. Defensive backups include Sydney Jones (who might start), Will Ford (who might start), Rasul Douglas, Cre'von LeBlanc, Hassan Ridgeway, Duke Riley (who might start) and Will Parks. Note - that's 4 corner backs and 3 safeties. We just can't replace all of them in the draft. On te offense there's Corey Clement and Nate Sudfeld. Sudfeld's imminent departure somewhat explains the Jalen Hurts pick but I sure would have preferred CB Christian Fulton considering the situation next year. 

We can save $8M by cutting Jeffrey next season 

I know no one want to hear it but we could save $5M by trading Zach Ertz

DeSean Jackson departure next year would save another $5M

Here's a sure bet - Marquise Goodwin would save us $7M

Brandon Brooks would save is $2.5M which is possible if Pryor does a good job this year. 

That fowls is a total of $27.5M which isn't even half way there. 

Brandon Graham would only save us $750,000 because of on-going prorated bonuses in later years. Moving Wentz, Johnson, Kelce, Slay, Hargrave, and Dillard would all cost us cap space for the same reason.

We could save $7M by moving Fletcher Cox but I don't think that's in the realm of possibility. 

Any ideas?

Um, have you seen Mr. 2020? See, 2020 is saying "There may not even BE a 2021- focus on what's right in front of you, TODAY. TODAY is all you have."  

3 hours ago, Talonblood said:

Um, have you seen Mr. 2020? See, 2020 is saying "There may not even BE a 2021- focus on what's right in front of you, TODAY. TODAY is all you have."  

Huh?

Andrew Brandt who is the professor of sports business at Villanova has pegged the value of fans in the stands as 20% of NFL revenue. 

The Packers whose books are open because they are public had $477 million in revenue last year. 20% of that is about $95 million dollars. If the owners have to pay the players their full salaries this year then they each will average that $95 million out of pocket. That would cause the cap to go down about $41 million next year. 

If the owners don't let that happen they will have taken the whole $95M in the shorts - that ain't going to happen. 

Every year, same argument, same solutions.

Release some guys.  Renegotiate/extend some contracts; move money into signing bonuses.  Roll over unused cap from a previous year.  

I heard chiefs had $171 in cap and still managed. Relax.