2026? Not even 2025? 

4 hours ago, eggs said:

You understand that Jalen Hurts contract is back end loaded and really starts to hit the cap in 2026 and 2027 so having an extra high pick then to get a cheap starter will be key. Gott think short term and long term. 

The dollar is set to explode with the massive budget deficits and expansion of the money supply.  It's savvy from a financial perspective to defer when the dollar will be lower in value and the cap will likely be much higher

5 hours ago, eggs said:

You understand that Jalen Hurts contract is back end loaded and really starts to hit the cap in 2026 and 2027 so having an extra high pick then to get a cheap starter will be key. Gott think short term and long term. 

Whatever Howie. That's a BS excuse for him only being able to get it 3 drafts away. They can use good young players now to help the cap same as down the line.

2 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

2026? Not even 2025? 

Well the Jets will have Rodgers this year, but likely not in 2025… so the pick should be higher in the ‘26 draft than next year’s. 

Sorry, not big on sending your best defensive player away for some peanuts, two years down the road. Like the FA acquisitions but this stinks. 

13 hours ago, EmeraldArcher7154 said:

health is a crap shoot. the team addressed his potential departure before he was dealt. he's not even in the same conference. he's now on a pretender. he couldve taken less to stay on a better team and choose to stand his ground. look what that got him? lol. 

Eagles are a pretenders until they prove they aren't after last year's collapse 

5 hours ago, Uscg-green said:

Sorry, not big on sending your best defensive player away for some peanuts, two years down the road. Like the FA acquisitions but this stinks. 

Yeah I hate this. Now if Reddick is somehow done and the Eagles knew that then fair enough, but otherwise we have given a premier pass rusher away for minimal future compensation 

Another perspective:

2 hours ago, time2rock said:

Another perspective:

Hard to get sacks when your CBs and LBs are getting cooked right off of the LOS. Not sure if this guy followed but the entire D sucked a** to close the season. Add in the fact that Desai and Patricia were bums. Bad take IMO. Damage control I guess.

3 hours ago, judunno said:

Hard to get sacks when your CBs and LBs are getting cooked right off of the LOS. Not sure if this guy followed but the entire D sucked a** to close the season. Add in the fact that Desai and Patricia were bums. Bad take IMO. Damage control I guess.

Coverage is definitely a factor. I know some fans don't really appreciate Slay because of his age and cost, but losing him for several games hurt. Bradberry was more like Badberry all year on the other side. A strong argument can be made that the Jets' pash rush was the beneficiary of a very good secondary. That doesn't mean I think Huff is a fluke or anything. In fact, he had 1.5 sacks against the Eagles in a game the Jets played without their top 3 CBs I believe. But for a defense to have the best results, you need good pass rushers and good coverage. The Eagles had the perfect combination in 2022 except on hybrid Bermuda grass with freshly seeded winter rye (for green color). 

43 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

Coverage is definitely a factor. I know some fans don't really appreciate Slay because of his age and cost, but losing him for several games hurt. Bradberry was more like Badberry all year on the other side. A strong argument can be made that the Jets' pash rush was the beneficiary of a very good secondary. That doesn't mean I think Huff is a fluke or anything. In fact, he had 1.5 sacks against the Eagles in a game the Jets played without their top 3 CBs I believe. But for a defense to have the best results, you need good pass rushers and good coverage. The Eagles had the perfect combination in 2022 except on hybrid Bermuda grass with freshly seeded winter rye (for green color). 

Just seemed like a real dismissive move. Didn't want to deal with the drama of a contract so moved him. Hate losing edge rush talent. It's not a plug and play position. Folks around here take that for granted until it's gone.

15 hours ago, judunno said:

Eagles are a pretenders until they prove they aren't after last year's collapse 

This is basically a new team and new coaching staff after that collapse. I have no idea what they might actually do.

13 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

This is basically a new team and new coaching staff after that collapse. I have no idea what they might actually do.

The concern for me is the loss of the leaders in Cox and Kelce. That leadership in the locker room is going to be a big big loss. Others have to step up.

1 hour ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

The concern for me is the loss of the leaders in Cox and Kelce. That leadership in the locker room is going to be a big big loss. Others have to step up.

Where was that leadership when they went 1-6 to close out the season?  

11 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Where was that leadership when they went 1-6 to close out the season?  

Probably complaining about the now departed coaching staff. 

33 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Where was that leadership when they went 1-6 to close out the season?  

Kelce and Cox walked away rather than play with the combination of no talent D and selfish, underachieving, talented players on O.

17 hours ago, judunno said:

Just seemed like a real dismissive move. Didn't want to deal with the drama of a contract so moved him. Hate losing edge rush talent. It's not a plug and play position. Folks around here take that for granted until it's gone.

Untrue, folks around here hate losing good DE talent.  This is a team based on excellent line play, and therefore a fan base that appreciates DL talent.  Some if us just don't sh-t the bed over things we can't control.  And as such, look at both sides of the coin with a scenario like Reddick.

I'm bummed Reddick is gone, wish they could have worked it out.  Also happy we didn't sign  another player in their 30s who isn't Kelce, Lane, or Cox to big money.

53 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Where was that leadership when they went 1-6 to close out the season?  

A very very fair point! I don’t really have a response to that other than I think something big must have happened? And perhaps that’s why we’ve seen such a turnover? 

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Where was that leadership when they went 1-6 to close out the season?  

One of the rumors/reports was that the coaches were disappointed in the effort from players, in particular veterans that should know better toward the end of the season. 

I still think the main issue was coaching and that trickled down to affect everyone.

One of the things I noticed from the leaders is in interviews, most of them wanted one of the other leaders to be more "vocal." To me, that says they didn't really want to be true leaders themselves. There's kind of a problem there when you want somebody else to do what you are expected to do. IMO, that's why things never turned back around. Regardless of the coaching, there just wasn't a player --- especially on defense --- that took complete charge. 

49 minutes ago, NOTW said:

One of the rumors/reports was that the coaches were disappointed in the effort from players, in particular veterans that should know better toward the end of the season. 

I still think the main issue was coaching and that trickled down to affect everyone.

Ish rolls downhill

I think the thing that was the straw was when we heard Byard suggesting to Desai to let the players run the scouting report for secondary before Seahawks game. Team was so lost and lacked coaching and leadership across the board. Truly was a team effort in sucking. Couldn't get out of their own way. Regardless, the vets making the BIG MONEY came up small. Which goes back to what I was saying about Reddick. He had no leg to stand on, asking for any kind of raise to his boss. Based on individual play and team play.

On 3/31/2024 at 12:12 PM, judunno said:

Just seemed like a real dismissive move. Didn't want to deal with the drama of a contract so moved him. Hate losing edge rush talent. It's not a plug and play position. Folks around here take that for granted until it's gone.

Agreed but you can't keep all your star players anymore. Look around the league. Lots of teams are shedding veteran contracts this season. 

The Eagles roster strategy has always been to let a guy go a year early rather than a year late. It's a young league and paying the 30 year old Reddick $20 million a year or whatever he's looking for would be a mistake. Let the Jets make it. 

17 minutes ago, Hawkeye said:

Agreed but you can't keep all your star players anymore. Look around the league. Lots of teams are shedding veteran contracts this season. 

The Eagles roster strategy has always been to let a guy go a year early rather than a year late. It's a young league and paying the 30 year old Reddick $20 million a year or whatever he's looking for would be a mistake. Let the Jets make it. 

The way I see it Reddick is a casualty from extending Bradberry and Slay. Not only did they take money that could have potentially went to Reddick they soured the taste for extending older guys.

6 minutes ago, judunno said:

The way I see it Reddick is a casualty from extending Bradberry and Slay. Not only did they take money that could have potentially went to Reddick they soured the taste for extending older guys.

I think the real casualty is Reddick thinks he deserves close to Bosa (Top tier money) or Parson projection of future contract. Every GM clearly believes he isn't worth that. At least up to now. And draft compensation was quite reasonable for him. He was essentially a free agent this offseason and got traded for a likely mid 3rd rounder and was not extended. Tells you all you need to know.