4 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Oh you mean Cade Stover who will be drafted this year. 

 

As a Michigan fan, Mikey and JJ are the two guys I will go bat for. Their defensive kids next year will be better. 

oh is that who I meant? I didnt say that.

You can go to bat for him but you are showing your bias so Im not gonna waste time continuing.

Nickel CB's in round 2 is bad value. 

The Saints are wild. 

‘Tis the season of misinformation.  No UFA agent can negotiate on behalf of a client until the legal tampering period opens next Monday.  No one in decision making roles are leaking interest in any UFAs by a team at this point.  Now released players aren’t UFAs starting at the beginning of the league year, they are currently FAs.  Some of this is agents trying to drum interest for clients.   Let’s take Barkley, for example.  Spent his entire life in the NJ/PA area.  Agent planting Eagles interest makes sense.  Eagles have Blakenship and McCollum as signed Ss that can play at the start of the year.  Any agent worth his salt, especially for an aged player will suggest to any X tweeting "media” an interest by the Eagles in his client.  I am sure Howie has a list of agents he is going to contact throughout the free agency period and in what tiers. But, I suspect right now, Howie is finalizing discussions with Eagles free agents that they want back.  Offers have been made.  Demands presented.  Including "test the market but talk with us” indicators or initial offers. 

Frankly, the silence from the Eagles is not surprising but I wouldn’t be surprised about something happening between now and Monday on Stoll, Lovato, maybe Mann, possibly Swift, and maybe Cunningham since Howie mentioned him.  

 

If Howie doesn't come out with a quality safety and a quality RB in this free agency period he better have an incredible draft. 

If he goes dumpster diving again then this should he his last season as GM. All these S and RB and I feel like we're gonna end up with a byard equivalent at S and Mattison at RB. No faith

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

thats a lot for the do.

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

The Saints are wild. 

That is more agent driven IMO. They get their client to agree to rework the deal but they put something in place for next year to guarantee the Saints have to do something to either allow them to be free agents at the beginning of free agency or sign them to new deals. 

26 minutes ago, hukdonfoniks said:

They don't necessarily need a power runner - they still have Edwards to do that.  They need what Dobbins would've been for them, a playmaker with some receiving ability.

Edwards is a free agent. 

Swift is good, but he's not RB1 with real starter money good. And I don't want another season of the Gainwell/Swift pairing.

55 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

They aren't signing Barkley. They are more likely to sign JK Dobbins. 

I loved dobbins coming out. But he’s worse than Maddox. Made of glass. Feels like they’d sign him and they’d Rashad penny him all year 

2024 Free Agency: Year of the Oft-Injured

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I loved dobbins coming out. But he’s worse than Maddox. Made of glass. Feels like they’d sign him and they’d Rashad penny him all year 

All of his injuries are to the same leg too, which is assume is going to be a pattern. 

19 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Lol

That damn philly media 

Barkley clearly looked like he lost a step from 2022. I know he's still only 27, but in the NFL once a RB loses a step, they rarely get it back. We saw how fast Cook fell off.

I'd rather have Swift for 4m per season than Barkley for 7m per.

I think I'd rather trade a 5th for Pierce from the Texans than Barkley.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Barkley clearly looked like he lost a step from 2022. I know he's still only 27, but in the NFL once a RB loses a step, they rarely get it back. We saw how fast Cook fell off.

I'd rather have Swift for 4m per season than Barkley for 7m per.

I think I'd rather trade a 5th for Pierce from the Texans than Barkley.

"Only 27” at RB is like 30 at corner. 

 

3 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Assuming it's another 1 year, ~$4-5mm deal, I'm fine with it. He can still be a situational pass rusher.

@Sack that QB Out with the old and in with the new

 

9 hours ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

He was that bad though, to say he wasn't is revisionism, he was flat awful all year and by year end it was genuinely a wash between him and rookie project guys with no NFL experience, if we're cutting Byard for looking lousy as Patricia tried to install a new scheme late season, then Bradberry has to be gone because he sucked ass all year, he's lost a yard, his positioning and angles were amateurish and he couldn't tackle. The difference from 2022 to 2023 was like we'd been duped into playing his crap twin.

I will say that I'm aware that Byard had a PFF in the 70s and Bradberry was in the 50s.  Many, including me, would say that's better.

The reason they would be keeping Bradberry would be because they're contractually obligated to pay him 9 Mil.  I don't know Byard's contract,  but I would guess the Eagles are not paying him new money this year.

29 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I find it interesting that the Dak extension isn't done yet. Dallas can free up space converting his salary into a signing bonus and get under the cap, but it still leaves them with very little to spend. Other places to get cap space -- extending Zach Martin, extending DeMarcus Lawrence, extending Lamb, cutting Cooks. Cutting Gallup won't help in near-term as he will be a post June 1 cut (so stays on books for now). 

I think they should move on from Prescott. Guy played on a team with 9 all pros, 5 on offense (4 other than him) and lost in the WC round. He's failed with stacked rosters for years -- why bring him back at huge money. But that would require basically giving up on adding anyone this year.

Disagree.  I think they should pay Dak $60mil per year for the next decade.  Do it Jerry!

 

 

11 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

New nickname alert:

Brand-Aid 

41 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

oh is that who I meant? I didnt say that.

You can go to bat for him but you are showing your bias so Im not gonna waste time continuing.

Nickel CB's in round 2 is bad value. 

Why? Two-thirds of defensive plays are in the nickel. Further, if you look at our defense, we couldn't cover the slot receiver at all last year. In a zone defense, with two deep safeties, a slot corner is every bit as valuable as a boundary corner, and Fangio plays a ton of two-deep zone.

1 hour ago, DawkinsOwnage03 said:

BG is cooked, Cox had a better year

PFF - Graham - 80
Cox - 75.7

Both were very good

21 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Here's the poster boy for the cap isn't real crowd

Is that Russell Wilson?