23 minutes ago, Cliftoma said:

Supposedly Albright is a Broncos insider...

I'm guessing this is about Simmons?

I don't know about the whole Fangio angle, but Eagles giving money to CJGJ and then giving more money to Blakenship spells out who they see are their starters. Unless Simmons signs for extremely cheap, I don't think they are in play. 

6 minutes ago, paco said:

1)  thank you

2) Ok, so I didn't misremember that the one year deal had no void years

3) I'm a little surprised the 4 year extension didn't have void years.  But then again when the Carson BS went down, that's when the restructures and void years happened.  That pretty much confirms what I said about cutting wentz kicking this all off.

I could be wrong, quite possibly, but I don't think they could do void years until the most recent CBA which kicked in in 2020.

9 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

You're drafting for the future, and it's very possible AJ Brown isn't an Eagle after 2024.  Very possible.

That would make some sense. After what we saw today, they wouldn't get much of a return for him. 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm guessing this is about Simmons?

I don't know about the whole Fangio angle, but Eagles giving money to CJGJ and then giving more money to Blakenship spells out who they see are their starters. Unless Simmons signs for extremely cheap, I don't think they are in play. 

Nope, but I would think they draft one on day 2. 

Not the, let's trade AJ, thing again  

4 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I could be wrong, quite possibly, but I don't think they could do void years until the most recent CBA which kicked in in 2020.

I'm pretty sure they were added in the 2011 CBA, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

5 minutes ago, paco said:

Maybe it's coincidence, but Josh Allen wasn't Josh Allen until Diggs arrived.

Not a coincidence for sure.  I always liked Josh Allen as a QB who could make plays and move the chains with his legs when necessary, but he needed a WR1 to become what he is (whatever that is).  Without Diggs and Gabe Davis, the Bills are definitely on the hunt for a WR or two ... or more.

 

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm guessing this is about Simmons?

I don't know about the whole Fangio angle, but Eagles giving money to CJGJ and then giving more money to Blakenship spells out who they see are their starters. Unless Simmons signs for extremely cheap, I don't think they are in play. 

Yes.  Sorry forgot to mention that.  I agree.  Think a trade for Lattimore and drafting a young saftey makes more sense.  

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I'm guessing this is about Simmons?

I don't know about the whole Fangio angle, but Eagles giving money to CJGJ and then giving more money to Blakenship spells out who they see are their starters. Unless Simmons signs for extremely cheap, I don't think they are in play. 

Probably not, but in general they've had such an underwhelming free agency fixing the back 7.

The disgusting taste of that season faded in time, but if I told most people here in the moment while we were witnessing live the absolutely horrendous defensive effort down the stretch and that embarrassment vs the Bucs on national TV, that through the first several waves of free agency, their additions to the back 7 would be CJGJ, Devin White, and Oren Burks, and Tyler Hall, people here would have puked.

Again, I know it's early, but we said the same thing last year when their additions to the back 7 consisted of Nick Morrow, Terrell Edmunds, and they never ended up doing anything. Their defense right now isn't close to championship ready, and if they think it is they're totally delusional and/or expect Vic Fangio to basically be god.

6 minutes ago, wussbasket said:

I could be wrong, quite possibly, but I don't think they could do void years until the most recent CBA which kicked in in 2020.

Void years have been around for a long time. They were less popular because the salary cap wasn't rising at a rate like it currently is after the new CBA. 

3 minutes ago, paco said:

I'm pretty sure they were added in the 2011 CBA, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

See, don't listen to me.

5 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Not a coincidence for sure.  I always liked Josh Allen as a QB who could make plays and move the chains with his legs when necessary, but he needed a WR1 to become what he is (whatever that is).  Without Diggs and Gabe Davis, the Bills are definitely on the hunt for a WR or two ... or more.

 

Landing spot for Brown 

28 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

How many freaking weapons do they need to make the offense work? PM just won a SB with a TE and crap at WR. They already have two of the best in the league and a top 10 TE so it boggles my mind. If you gave PM Brown and Smith, he'd never lose a game...meanwhile Hurts is looking at one person every play. 

Mahomes is one of the greatest players in the history of the league.

You don’t think Hurts is that good, judging by this post.

So, yeah, we are going to need better talent at WR than Mahomes.

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

I mean, if they need to make money, all they need to do is set Gracie Hunt up on Only Fans. They'd have the funds in a week.

One thing I've never understood is why women wear heels with pants - the point of heels is to make your calf more shapely (as well as add an inch to your height, or why Taylor don't need 'em) - and wearing pants defeats that purpose.

1 minute ago, austinfan said:

One thing I've never understood is why women wear heels with pants - the point of heels is to make your calf more shapely (as well as add an inch to your height, or why Taylor don't need 'em) - and wearing pants defeats that purpose.

Yeah I'm sure that's what the rest of the group was thinking when they saw her photo 

This defense looks like it will be flying around, if anything. Want a couple more pieces in draft and maybe a few late FA signings low salaried vets who can compete for playing time. This defense has no where to go but up. I'll take the mistakes if they are going 100 miles an hour. Fangio will keep the big plays down, which will be a breath of fresh air compared to last year.

34 minutes ago, TEW said:

DE or OT are the obvious positions, but there is no guarantee a guy they like will be there because those are premium positions that everyone else wants too.

There is a very good chance a WR will be BPA in the first or second round.

Do you pass on Brian Thomas, Adonai Mitchell or Xavier Worthy?

We need a deep threat and we are likely going to use more 3 WR sets this season.

Does a stud deep threat put us over the top? Possibly…

I thought Moore didn't use 3 WR sets much?

27 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

You're drafting for the future, and it's very possible AJ Brown isn't an Eagle after 2024.  Very possible.

Because of cap or him wanting to leave for more targets? I could actually believe him wanting more targets

Reed Blankenship is one of those guys where he's good enough to start for you and not cost you games, but he's not going to really impact games or win you games either. He's the type of player that's going to annoy the hell out of me within 2 years. Since the Eagles don't value safety as much as other positions, they'll be passive about upgrading him, because they'll have a starting caliber(ish) player under contract for cheap and he's not a bad player, but also you'll be watching games every Sunday wishing you had someone more impactful playing the position. And also the Eagles love showing off being right about things, so them being able to puff their chests out that an UDFA became a starter will definitely stroke their egos.

Assuming we extend Smith, we’re going to have a decent amount of cap space to carry over or put toward another reasonably expensive vet. 

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Reed Blankenship is one of those guys where he's good enough to start for you and not cost you games, but he's not going to really impact games or win you games either. He's the type of player that's going to annoy the hell out of me within 2 years. Since the Eagles don't value safety as much as other positions, they'll be passive about upgrading him, because they'll have a starting caliber(ish) player under contract for cheap and he's not a bad player, but also you'll be watching games every Sunday wishing you had someone more impactful playing the position. And also the Eagles love being right about things, so them being able to puff their chests out that an UDFA became a starter will definitely stroke their egos.

Ehhhhh. They basically said they were wrong letting CJGJ go and Blankenship being a starter for the next few seasons means Brown, a high third-round pick, is a backup. 

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

Assuming we extend Smith, we’re going to have a decent amount of cap space to carry over or put toward another reasonably expensive vet. 

But what’s left? Simmons obviously but other than that who would we be looking at?

1 minute ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

But what’s left? Simmons obviously but other than that who would we be looking at?

A trade for some unnamed vet on a decent contract. 

9 minutes ago, austinfan said:

One thing I've never understood is why women wear heels with pants - the point of heels is to make your calf more shapely (as well as add an inch to your height, or why Taylor don't need 'em) - and wearing pants defeats that purpose.

Your priorities are out of whack, son. Look at the bod, don't worry bout dem shoes.

(but everyone knows they also lift the buttcheeks as well)

No one wants to trade AJ Brown, but you do have to look at the option after this year. Next year his cap jumps to $26.5 million and in 2026 it's $41.5 million. He's not playing here on those numbers. We just saw Reddick get traded because they couldn't agree on numbers. I don't see AJ Brown as being the kind of guy to back down from what he thinks he deserves. Ideally, he gets extended. However, I wouldn't be shocked one bit if he was gone after this year.

10 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Because of cap or him wanting to leave for more targets? I could actually believe him wanting more targets

Both.  A lot depends on how good an actor and teammate AJ Brown is this season.

I'm biased because I was very unimpressed with Brown at the end of last season; IMO he brought quite a bit of drama that wasn't needed, and I thought he should have been out there against the Bucs.  Admittedly, I'm not a doctor but my perspective as a fan on the couch is that he could have/should have gone out there in the wildcard game.

Brown is nowhere near as bad as T.O. was, or Diggs is.  If his head is right he's both extremely talented and extremely hard working.  I didn't see a lot of hard work out of him near the end of last season.  A lot of missed blocking assignments, a lot of social media junk.  He needs to get stuff cleaned up.  JMO.