The Sweat trade that makes the most sense to me is for Shaq Thompson (Panthers). They traded Burns and Shaq is an older player. Panthers are willing to make trades too.

2 minutes ago, RLC said:

The Sweat trade that makes the most sense to me is for Shaq Thompson (Panthers). They traded Burns and Shaq is an older player. Panthers are willing to make trades too.

I’d actually see if Jaycee horn is available. He’s entering the last year of his rookie deal and they have to make a decision to use the 5th year option or give an extension. I doubt they would’ve but I’d at least call and ask 

10 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Neither one works that way.

BS

9 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’d actually see if Jaycee horn is available. He’s entering the last year of his rookie deal and they have to make a decision to use the 5th year option or give an extension. I doubt they would’ve but I’d at least call and ask 

Can probably get him next year as a FA 

2 minutes ago, Eriv20 said:

Can probably get him next year as a FA 

When’s the deadline for exercising the 5th year option? 

7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

When’s the deadline for exercising the 5th year option? 

Deadline is May 2nd.

 

Had we drafted Jaycee horn, he would be labeled as a bust. He’s played 22 games in 3 years. He’s made of glass. 

 

Oh you sum****es…I’m so jealous right now. Step away from the news for 4 hours and y’all done made another contract agreement.

 

Hell of a start to the offseason. F y’all.

Seriously, great couple of moves. get a legit LB and the division is yours, quite possibly the conference.

 

BTW, whoever was asking about the jet sweep and needing to get someone to run it…you already have him, D Smith is the guy.

 

Be thankful, at least y’all are making moves.

 

 

I watched a video earlier that has me believing in Baun as a rotational pass rusher. 

Someone mentioned his salary earlier worrying they actually paid him as an off ball LB.

Seems like he hasn't looked great there but has really shined as a pass rusher once he finally got the chance to line up there. 

I think the salary indicates he will have a role as a pass rusher. Not an off ball backer.

 

So I was looking around the NFL for teams that could have LBs the Eagles could trade for since there might be something to the Eagles just not being into any of the free agent options.

And then I thought about CJGJ coming back and how the Eagles always seem to do things in waves. That one draft where they went all speed. They had a wave of Alabama players, they had a wave of Georgia players.

I wonder if they will try to double up on bringing guys from 2022 back and call Arizona about Kyzir White. They aren't a team trying to win, they really have no reason to keep him and he doesn't cost very much. Or even call Chicago about TJ Edwards. They signed two LBs last year. I think Edwards is unlikely given he seems to be at a great bargain now considering what other LBs are getting paid, but Kyzir White is one that wouldn't surprise me.

24 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I watched a video earlier that has me believing in Baun as a rotational pass rusher. 

Someone mentioned his salary earlier worrying they actually paid him as an off ball LB.

Seems like he hasn't looked great there but has really shined as a pass rusher once he finally got the chance to line up there. 

I think the salary indicates he will have a role as a pass rusher. Not an off ball backer.

I remember him at Wisconsin being a really good pass rusher.  Let's hope they use him as such.

7 hours ago, Joe Ball said:

They’re definitely making some noise, let’s wait and see if they can turn it into music.

***record scratches***
They couldn’t 

 

7 hours ago, Joe Ball said:

Seems like quite a few guys are getting overpaid imo…they increased the cap and some teams are going nuts. IDK, maybe I’m just losing touch with some of these guys and their talent.

First few days always have the biggest splashes followed by a trickle of good but unspectacular deals. While the uptick in some positional contracts, like running back, have been surprising and at the end of I think for most the overall average contract will see a gain that stays on average with the cap.

 

 

Except running back.  I think what we are seeing is an (over?) correction on the market for that position. 

Is there any cap difference for the Eagles between cutting Sweat now and cutting him before the new league year begins in 2025?

4 hours ago, eagle45 said:

Quick personnel/armchair GM musing on something I have tried, but not succeeded n articulating over the years about various additions.

We all know the sunk cost fallacy applies to draft picks destined for disappointment.  But that applies to the GM (decision-maker), not to us (outside observers).

To the fan/observer, signing a soon-to-be successful FA at the position of a first round pick in year 2 or 3 may be the absolute right decision, but it's bad news for us as fans, as it reveals that a first round pick has gone up in spoke and we had to waste cap space to fix it.  

I'm not saying that's happening with Nolan Smith (Huff) or Jergens/Steen (Hennessy), but it would be if that were the case.

Yes.   People here have been crying and screaming,  as they do often for many things,  about a lack of depth on the offensive line.

It was fine before, it was fine now, they just added a player.  I understand that Eagles "fans" really like to see any move taken or not taken as the evidence of the front office sucking in one or the opposite way.

The Eagles might go a vastly different way with the number of players at each position.   I think the Eagles will have roughly the same number of players at the same positions.  They added one at OL.  Hennessy.  It means that the Eagles won't be spending a first round pick on a OL.  That's good.   There's the biggest problem which is CB.  And the Eagles should be taking a CB with the 1st,  and that CB should start.

Teams often bring in players in order to keep the fans for asking for players in top spots.   I'm thinking that bringing back the versatile CJGJ nickel safety might indicate a diminishing of interesting in Cooper DeJean and an increase of interest in Wiggins.  More of an interest in pure 4.28 40 speed.  You can use 4.28 speed on offense as well, as jet sweeper guy.  

4 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Obviously they’ll address linebacker in the FA period or the draft. I just don’t want to rely on Dean for the success of that position group. If I’m them, I would treat this offseason as if I need two new starting linebackers. I had concern about them putting too much emphasis on him going into last season and it bit them. He’s below average when he’s on the field and he’s an injury liability. 

VanSumeren,  starting ILB, use pencil, but he had the top PFF of all the ILBs, despite being the youngest and rawest.  I would say "lets see him as starter"  They just got Zack,  who can also play ILB.   Dean and VanSumeren.  Zack.  Bradley.  A day 3 ILB, or, possibly, Payton Wilson in the 2nd.  And bring in a bunch of good udfas at all positions.

4 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Imo the sixers were screwed when they let butler walk, traded bridges and gave horford his contract. If you still had butler and bridges this team is likely able to sustain the loss of Embiid better. And when healthy is a title contender. I tend to think if the sixers trade off Embiid they’ll get picks but the closer draft ones are likely not as good if they are from the team Embiid will be playing for. So the more valuable ones are further out. You don’t have some of your own cause of the nets trade. Probably stuck in purgatory of play in game as i think it’ll be hard to sign a superstar to come here, i think a trade is difficult to forecast and sixers won’t be bad enough to pick high enough to get that star so they’d need luck to find it in the draft 

Taking Fultz over Tatum really was the nail in the coffin TBH. 
 

Not taking the alleged Ben Simmons to SAC for Buddy and Halliburton. 
 

Since Hinke left every GM has done incredibly awful things. 

5 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

mo the sixers were screwed when they let butler walk

This - It was the fatal mistake.  If we had kept Butler and moved Harris we would have a couple of rings.

5 hours ago, T-1000 said:

I've been trying to tell the "but but but cap hell is coming" crowd that if you have smart people who know how to manipulate numbers the cap isn't FN real.

Did you make this post last year when we lost Sanders, Seumalo, Hargrave, Edwards, White, CJGJ and Epps in free agency?

1 hour ago, GoEagles614 said:

Taking Fultz over Tatum really was the nail in the coffin TBH. 
 

Not taking the alleged Ben Simmons to SAC for Buddy and Halliburton. 
 

Since Hinke left every GM has done incredibly awful things. 

With Tatum they were never gonna trade up and get Tatum. Boston wasn’t gonna move down if the Sixers or lakers were going to take him according to reports. Sixers told the Celtics they were gonna take fultz and it was kind of known the lakers were talking hometown kid in ball. So you’re sitting at three and you’re likely going to get Markelle fultz anyway cause colangelo wanted him ( were reports people in the organization weren’t on the same page when they made that deal) 

that said, they Fed up so many times over this and ultimately it’s too many to overcome. Most of the teams that win titles don’t have as many errors and mistakes the sixers have made from the end of the process with Hinkie til today. 

2 hours ago, GoEagles614 said:

Top 1 worst takes I’ve read in this thread. 

the age old way off topic distraction. Classic TATE.