25 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Foles is rocking the dad bod 

Pickle Ball Champion bod

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

Everyone…well not Howie…is underestimating the fall off Reddick is about to have.

Sometimes I lose faith in Howie and unpopular moves like this restore my faith in the vision

Ruthless Howie is the best Howie.

Reddick was a no-show in the 2nd half of last year. I get blaming Patricia, but he had opportunities to win the game against both Seattle and Arizona and couldn't beat below average tackles. The Reddick in the first half of the year closed out the Rams and Washington games.

Reddick is very good. But our return tells you what every other GM thought of him. Luckily Howie found a below average GM with poor job security. 

If Huff outplays Reddick I’ll eat crow and tip my cap to Howie. If Huff disappoints or at the very least even if he plays well but Reddick plays much better, Howie better get criticism he deserves.

I lost trust in Howie after last year. His 2023 offseason was absolutely terrible. Misevaluation after misevaluation. So it’s not like he’s incapable of screwing up on this one.

1 hour ago, hputenis said:

Mine will look pretty good after my first colonoscopy in a couple weeks!  

Just had mine this past Monday. 

57 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

If Huff outplays Reddick I’ll eat crow and tip my cap to Howie. If Huff disappoints or at the very least even if he plays well but Reddick plays much better, Howie better get criticism he deserves.

I lost trust in Howie after last year. His 2023 offseason was absolutely terrible. Misevaluation after misevaluation. So it’s not like he’s incapable of screwing up on this one.

All bets are off for 2024.  Reddick is really good.  He may fall off now or fall off in 2025.  But it’s one or the other.  
 

Huff is trending up, Reddick trending down.

59 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

If Huff outplays Reddick I’ll eat crow and tip my cap to Howie. If Huff disappoints or at the very least even if he plays well but Reddick plays much better, Howie better get criticism he deserves.

I lost trust in Howie after last year. His 2023 offseason was absolutely terrible. Misevaluation after misevaluation. So it’s not like he’s incapable of screwing up on this one.

The misevaluation of 2023 was extending Hurts.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Even then, black nail polish was just edgy. And they had other things like the leather, chains. tattoos. cigs. drugs. women... all sorts of other accessories to make them look "cool".

Now, "guys" use other colors. Not just black to look edgy. Colors to look feminine. They arent trying to do anything else, accessorizing to look cool. They think looking feminine looks cool. If anything, theyre accessorizing with purses or women's clothing.

Once they convinced grown men to wear skinny jeans/pants again, masculinity died. 

 

Women in the late '80s - '90s:

Men today:

Women today:

11 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

All bets are off for 2024.  Reddick is really good.  He may fall off now or fall off in 2025.  But it’s one or the other.  
 

Huff is trending up, Reddick trending down.

We'll see. If I had to bet all my money on

1) Reddick Puts up 10+ sacks each year through age 32

or

2) Huff becomes an established player that improves on his 10 sack campaign with the Jets and with increased playing time with the Eagles puts up 13+ sacks in 2024 and the same or more in 2025.

I'd bet all my money on 1 without a second thought. Huff played in a much more talented defense with the Jets, so whatever playing time increase he's getting here(which may not even improve his numbers if he wears down with increased usage) it will be negated playing in a worse defense.

On 3/20/2024 at 12:06 AM, Outlaw said:

Blue bag>>>>>Pink bag. Just FYI. 

These hard hitting fashion critiques are why I come to this board. Keep it up please. 

 

4 hours ago, Texas Eagle said:

That’s not how it works. Just stop.

and how it differs from that is ...

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

If Huff outplays Reddick I’ll eat crow and tip my cap to Howie. If Huff disappoints or at the very least even if he plays well but Reddick plays much better, Howie better get criticism he deserves.

I lost trust in Howie after last year. His 2023 offseason was absolutely terrible. Misevaluation after misevaluation. So it’s not like he’s incapable of screwing up on this one.

 

Just this year or the next 3 years? Huff likely won't outplay Reddick in 2024 but there is the chance he produces more over the next 3 seasons than Reddick.  Also a likely chance that Reddick out performs Huff over those 3 years.  Even then, as long as Huff at least produces for what he is being paid for those 3 years then it's worthwhile for the Eagles if it means the money they save from paying Reddick $30M per year at 30+ years old means they can end up locking up DeVonta on a new deal and then get AJ on a new deal a year or two later it was worth it. 

Eagles are loaded at young talent on the team.  They have to focus on keeping the young core together instead of paying top of the market money to guys on the wrong side of 30. The 2026 draft pick aspect with nothing at all coming before that is the toughest part to swallow about all of it though. Gotta root for Reddick to have a big year and play a lot for the Jets this season and then root for the Jets to suck in 2025.  With how poorly run the Jets are run and how old Rodgers is getting there is at least a 30% chance that Reddick pick could end up being just outside of the first round in pick order.  

4 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Huff filling Reddick's role is a projection.  We are hoping he's not a one year wonder.    It is a risk.  It is NOT a home run.   That has yet to be determined.

When the Eagles got Huff, there was uniform enthusiastic praise for the great new sacker the Eagles got and genius Howie.  No one was saying "projection".  No one was saying "one year wonder" or "risk".  It was clear that the Eagles were not spending $5 M a year on this new player.  They were paying Reddick money.

Only rare geniuses, according to science, are able to see into the future, and notice that the Eagles typically don't pay star money to 2 players playing the same position.  At the time,  it was thought that Huff could pay opposite of Reddick, and Sweat might go.  But then Sweat re did his deal,  so he stayed. And Reddick went.

Yes,  for those people who are looking for reasons to attack the Eagles,  if Reddick does better than Huff, that's a legit point of attack.  Like if some other team drafts a player at the same position,  slightly after, and he does better than the guy you picked.   Reddick v Huff is an apples to apples comparison throughout 2024, 2025.  

People are acting like their shocked by this trade,  when it was pretty much as expected.  Did we think we were going to get a 2?  Mostly, no.  We got a 3.  which was what most people expected, and a few were disappointed with that outcome.  Think they'd prefer a 2, but expect a 3. 

39 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Just this year or the next 3 years? Huff likely won't outplay Reddick in 2024 but there is the chance he produces more over the next 3 seasons than Reddick.  Also a likely chance that Reddick out performs Huff over those 3 years.  Even then, as long as Huff at least produces for what he is being paid for those 3 years then it's worthwhile for the Eagles if it means the money they save from paying Reddick $30M per year at 30+ years old means they can end up locking up DeVonta on a new deal and then get AJ on a new deal a year or two later it was worth it. 

Eagles are loaded at young talent on the team.  They have to focus on keeping the young core together instead of paying top of the market money to guys on the wrong side of 30. The 2026 draft pick aspect with nothing at all coming before that is the toughest part to swallow about all of it though. Gotta root for Reddick to have a big year and play a lot for the Jets this season and then root for the Jets to suck in 2025.  With how poorly run the Jets are run and how old Rodgers is getting there is at least a 30% chance that Reddick pick could end up being just outside of the first round in pick order.  

Next 3 years I think odds favor Reddick outplaying Huff. Huff hasn't even proven he can repeat 2023 yet or show he can perform better with an increased workload. He's a significant unknown at this point.

And what you're not factoring in is the value Reddick brought to the Eagles in 2024. It isn't just about Reddick vs Huff. They could have kept Reddick this season. They were not forced to trade him. So even if Huff performs better than Reddick over the next 3 seasons, if the Eagles make the playoffs this season and say they get eliminated because their pass rush has a bad day. Or say Huff has an injury and they are really thin at pass rush for a big chunk of the season and they could use another pass rusher they no longer have. That alone would make this a bad trade. Reddick's value in 2024 absolutely has to be factored in as its own entity. Because they are lowering their chances at winning the Super Bowl in 2024 as it currently stands today. Now maybe that will change later if they acquire a different player who they wouldn't have been able to acquire if Reddick's salary was still on the books. And if that happens we can reevaluate. But their chances at winning a Super Bowl next season are unquestionably worse today than they were yesterday.

The real question isn't Reddick vs Huff. It's Reddick's value to the Eagles in 2024 vs 2025 cap space and a 2026 3rd round pick. and to me that isn't even close it's the former.

If not signing Reddick to $25M a year for the next 3 years means the Eagles can afford to make a splash in free agency the next couple of offseasons, then this Reddick move is a no brainer move on that merit alone. The team had other needs (with Huff being here now)and needs to get younger. Can't spend that much money on edge rushers alone. Too imbalanced. Also have Smith waiting in the wings who needs to develop.

Think Reddick peaked and overplayed his cards. He obviously cared about getting the  bag more than playing for his hometown team. And now gets to play on a garbage field for a garbage team next season and potentially get injured and really ruin his value next offseason (unless Jets fork over a ton of money). He should have played out his deal on a solid team and hope for a nice payday with great team success.

Sneaky suspicion that he was part of the locker room problem last year and didn't step up as a leader as they had hoped (Underlying pouting of a contract that just was in year 2 of a 3 year deal). Probably turned off management, as it did I.

Good with this move, especially if it turns out to be a 2nd rounder. Howie has just about aced all these draft picks type trades the last few years in gaining tremendous value by trading with weaker teams and projecting ahead. I trust him in these types of deals. And with Reddick being on wrong side of 30, it's most likely a win. We saw how Robert Quinn fell off a cliff. So good to get value now and save money for any up and comers the next 2 offseasons in lieu of Reddick salary.

Think the Slay & Bradbury signings reaffirmed to Howie to not overpay 30 sumptin year Olds going forward. That was an Andy Reid staple here. Need to hold firm on that.

3 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Huff isn’t the Reddick replacement, Smith is.  Huff is the Sweat replacement.

nope

Last year the OLBs were Reddick, who got a lot of snaps,  and Nolan Smith who got few snaps.

The DEs were Sweat, who got a lot of snaps,  and Graham,  who got few snaps.

You're thinking that simply swapping out Reddick with a bigger guy who might be better at run defense,  and giving Nolan Smith more snaps is not what they're going to do.

But that the Eagles would have 3 players - Huff, Sweat and Graham at DE,  and presumably Nolan Smith and Zack Baun as the OLBs?   They could go 3-3-5,  with those 3 at DE,  and the group of DTs,  2 at DT.   And Nolan Smith and Zach Baun would be one of the 3 LBs.  They would be doing a wider variety of things.  Rushing the passer but from different spots,  not just the edge. 

 

 

Dude basically owned the NFC East last year.

 

 

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

Next 3 years I think odds favor Reddick outplaying Huff. Huff hasn't even proven he can repeat 2023 yet or show he can perform better with an increased workload. He's a significant unknown at this point.

And what you're not factoring in is the value Reddick brought to the Eagles in 2024. It isn't just about Reddick vs Huff. They could have kept Reddick this season. They were not forced to trade him. So even if Huff performs better than Reddick over the next 3 seasons, if the Eagles make the playoffs this season and say they get eliminated because their pass rush has a bad day. Or say Huff has an injury and they are really thin at pass rush for a big chunk of the season and they could use another pass rusher they no longer have. That alone would make this a bad trade. Reddick's value in 2024 absolutely has to be factored in as its own entity. Because they are lowering their chances at winning the Super Bowl in 2024 as it currently stands today. Now maybe that will change later if they acquire a different player who they wouldn't have been able to acquire if Reddick's salary was still on the books. And if that happens we can reevaluate. But their chances at winning a Super Bowl next season are unquestionably worse today than they were yesterday.

The real question isn't Reddick vs Huff. It's Reddick's value to the Eagles in 2024 vs 2025 cap space and a 2026 3rd round pick. and to me that isn't even close it's the former.

 

But you aren't paying Huff even close to as much as Reddick is expecting to be paid the next 3 years.  And it's going to be a substantial amount to the extent that it would have likely been the difference between the Eagles being able to keep a one of their top young players in their primes and still in their 20s and not for a player that the Eagles likely got Reddick's best years already.  You say they could have kept Reddick this season but you don't know just how malcontent he is being about wanting a new contract.  All indication from the Eagles end is that he is they perceived the situation to be one where knowing they had no intention on giving him the monster deal he is seeking, they believe that he would have been a major disruption and potential holdout that they wanted to avoid all together.  

 

You keep looking at it as if 2024 is the Super Bowl window and they need to go all in at expense of the future because this is the end of a run, the closing of a window.  The core of this team is young.  The window is open and they are trying to keep it open as long as they can to increase their chances of hitting on a Super Bowl year over the course of the window.  Huff is younger and Huff is way cheaper.  The money saved over the course of what would have been a huge new deal to a guy over 30 will ultimately help retain a blue chip talent far younger than him on the roster within the few years. 

 

Look at the age of this core of cornerstone players.  The window is not shutting in 2024, the window is open for business. 

Jalen Hurts 25

AJ Brown 26

DeVonta Smith 25

Britain Covey 27

Dallas Goedert 29

Saquon Barkley 27

Jordan Mailata 26

Lane Dickerson 25

Cam Jurgens 24

Tyler Steen 23

Jalen Carter 22

Jordan Davis 24

Milton Williams 24

Bryce Huff 25

Josh Sweat 27

Nolan Smith 23

Nakobe Dean 23

Devin White 26

CJGJ 26

Reed Blankenship 25

Sydney Brown 25

Kelee Ringo 21

Eli Ricks 22

Jake Elliott 29

 

Eagles are open for business for the foreseeable future and that is how they are operating. 

7 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I dont mind Huff replacing Reddick.

I just dont understand, if that was the best compensation we could get, why it had to happen?

They probably figured they were going to get a 2026 3rd anyway when he walked after this season, might as well try to make it a 2nd somehow. This 3rd will also be higher than the comp pick

8 hours ago, ManuManu said:

 

What's the difference? Is a private workout at a location on campus?

I'm more interested in an absolute dominant DL rather than one player. If Huff doesn't match Reddick's numbers but the DL eats all year, I'll be totally happy. I want the DL to be a force week in and week out. I'm over them looking fantastic one week and then silent the next. Live in the opponents backfield and make life miserable for the other teams. 

Who else is excited for the potential Justin Simmons signing today?

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Who else is excited for the potential Justin Simmons signing today?

Would wash some of the bad taste from yesterday out of my mouth. I truly think today’s the day!*
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I reserve the implicit right to repost this statement verbatim on a daily basis hence forth.