I'm just going to wait for FA and the draft.

Not going to worry my pretty little head b/c Howie will be wheelin' and dealin'

 

In Howie we trust. After the last three years, "we're not worthy!"

 

(Reagor over Jefferson is ancient history now).

1 hour ago, NYEagle said:

3 Super Bowls, 2 Championships in last 7 years.....just had to say it because being a fan since '80....never really could envision what this team has accomplished.  And let me add since 2000, they have the 5th highest winning percentage, the 2nd most playoff games and 2nd most playoff victories.  

It's safe to say that this organization really (behind the Patriots and maybe the Chiefs) has become the most successful organization in the NFL.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

In the last 10 years... this team is definitely at the pinnacle.  The Patriots no longer have that standing.  They WERE at the pinnacle, but have since fallen to the bottom again and are going to have to climb all the way back.  The question now remains about where the Chiefs are.  Is this the start of their decline?  Or just a blip on the radar?   And the question for the Eagles is, can they withstand losing talent and coaches?  

 

But, over the last 10 years, the Eagles, as you say have 2 Championships, plus an appearance - Which exactly matches the Patriots during that 10 year span... 2-1 record in the Super Bowl.   The Chiefs are ahead with a 3-2 record in the Super Bowl for those 10 years.   The Rams are 1-1 and the 49ers are 0-2.  But, those are the top 5 teams over the last 10 years.  And I'd rank them like this:

Chiefs, Eagles, Patriots, Rams, 49ers.   Tampa gets an honorable mention, but was really just an extension of the Patriots with Brady and Gronk heading south to win an extra ring.  

 

And looking ahead, the Rams' window is closing fast with the end of Stafford's career quick approaching.  The 49ers aren't what they were with the decline of McCaffrey, and having to pay for Purdy.  The question is... which young team on the rise can challenge?   Washington is a possibility.  The Bengals would be, if their front office wasn't super cheap.  Maybe the Chargers under Harbaugh.

Just being honest but the NFC hasn't been competitive in a long time. Also the NFCE has been dog crap in awhile as well. It's been more of a fight in the AFC for a long time now

11 hours ago, Iggles_Phan said:

They need to react like professionals.  I'll add that given his injury, that's a very real possibility.  

I don't like Nakobe as a player, but losing leaders in the locker room does affect other guys.

1 hour ago, Blazehound said:

ESP just said it may only take two second round picks to get Miles Garrett. What a clown.

It's going to be interesting.   He is 29, won't turn 30 until end of December with two years remaining on his contract. He will likely want an extension at the end of this coming season,  an extension that will begin when he is 31 years old.  So he may give you 4 -5 years max with 3-4 of those years in his 30s.  Do teams give up multiple 1sts and potentially 8-10 years of production for 2 first round players, 5 of which are cost controlled, for 3-5 years of a 30+ DE?

Hopefully a team like the Commanders does it.  I'm praying they give up 2025 1st and 2026 1st or 2nd, and 'ol Josh Harris dishes out an Embiid-esque extention.

In fairness to ESP he said he thinks Garrett will be traded for a first rounder+ "and it’s possible even a couple 2nds+” he didn’t just come out and say two 2nds.

9 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

It's going to be interesting.   He is 29, won't turn 30 until end of December with two years remaining on his contract. He will likely want an extension at the end of this coming season,  an extension that will begin when he is 31 years old.  So he may give you 4 -5 years max with 3-4 of those years in his 30s.  Do teams give up multiple 1sts and potentially 8-10 years of production for 2 first round players, 5 of which are cost controlled, for 3-5 years of a 30+ DE?

Hopefully a team like the Commanders does it.  I'm praying they give up 2025 1st and 2026 1st or 2nd, and 'ol Josh Harris dishes out an Embiid-esque extention.

I can't see the Browns taking 36 million dollar cap hit for less than a haul.  Seems more likely to be a camp deal or in season trade

 

 

 

17 minutes ago, RLC said:

I don't like Nakobe as a player, but losing leaders in the locker room does affect other guys.

Sure.  But the nature of the game is that players get hurt and can't stay with the team.  That's the reality of the sport.  The other reality of the sport is that the game is also a business, and not every player can stay.  So, they have to be professional about it.  This isn't college anymore (though even the NCAA is becoming more of a business now with the NIL deals and the transfer portal being a form of free agency).  

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Ian Book and a 7th rounder :)?

9 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I can't see the Browns taking 36 million dollar cap hit for less than a haul.  Seems more likely to be a camp deal or in season trade

Possibly, but the Eagles ad Broncos got far less than multiple 1 rounders while swallowing high cap hits for QBs.  

20 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Just being honest but the NFC hasn't been competitive in a long time. Also the NFCE has been dog crap in awhile as well. It's been more of a fight in the AFC for a long time now

I think the AFC could be overrated.  It was the Patriots for the longest time and teams in the AFC would line up to lose to them in the AFC Championship Game.   Now its the Chiefs, and the same is true.   Are the Bills, Ravens, etc. really that strong and the Chiefs just always that much stronger?   Or, are the Ravens and Bills overrated and just not as good as some want to believe?   Is the NFC that weak, if the NFC managed to knock off the Chiefs more often than the AFC Collective?  The AFC as a whole has knocked off the Chiefs in the playoffs once in the last 6 years.  The NFC has knocked them off twice.  The 8 years prior to that, the AFC knocked off the Patriots only three times.   And the NFC knocked off the Patriots twice.  So, the score is:  Chiefs/Patriots 10 times in the Super Bowl, missing only 4 times.  And of the 10 times in the Super Bowl, they have been beaten 4 times.  AFC against the Chiefs/Patriots in the AFC CG are 4-10, while the NFC against them in the Super Bowl are 4-6.  AND, in the 4 Super Bowls not involving the Chiefs or Patriots, the AFC won 2, and the NFC won 2.  That's pretty even to me.

So, is the AFC really that strong, or is it just that they have had the two most dominant teams in it over the last 14 years, but the conferences overall are pretty evenly matched?

Interested to see what Lewis Cine provides this year

14 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

 

Doesn’t seem like an all-in move for a team with a lot of cap, but perhaps he’s fallen off a bit.

9 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Doesn’t seem like an all-in move for a team with a lot of cap, but perhaps he’s fallen off a bit.

Yeah Commanders have to overhaul the entire team with the cap.  It's not easy to hit on that many players.  There will be misses

14 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Possibly, but the Eagles ad Broncos got far less than multiple 1 rounders while swallowing high cap hits for QBs.  

There wasn't really a market for either and both were coming off terrible seasons.  Wentz only ever had 2 suitors (CHI, IND) and the Bears dropped out after a point.  Wilson was well past his prime and his scumbag head coach didn't do anything to increase his value.

How many teams will want Garrett?  Likely more than a half dozen -- that would push the price up.

Just now, Alphagrand said:

There wasn't really a market for either and both were coming off terrible seasons.  Wentz only ever had 2 suitors (CHI, IND) and the Bears dropped out after a point.  Wilson was well past his prime and his scumbag head coach didn't do anything to increase his value.

How many teams will want Garrett?  Likely more than a half dozen -- that would push the price up.

Don't disagree, but also don't see teams willing to give up too much.  If he was 25, sure.  I'll likely be wrong, but I don't want the Eagles to give up 1st and 2nd rounders in 2025-2026 for him.  

1 hour ago, austinfan said:

I'm just going to wait for FA and the draft.

Not going to worry my pretty little head b/c Howie will be wheelin' and dealin'

 

In Howie we trust. After the last three years, "we're not worthy!"

 

(Reagor over Jefferson is ancient history now).

Certainly with FA I'm ready to see what happens. Howie knows who he can fit into the cap and who he can't. I'm sure he has a few scenarios and contingencies and we'll just have to see how it plays out

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30 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Doesn’t seem like an all-in move for a team with a lot of cap, but perhaps he’s fallen off a bit.

It smells like they're thinking about releasing him as a post 6/1 cut.  It's an odd look.  Is he a bad locker room guy or what?  He was hurt last season, but is generally not 'injury prone'.  His productivity is decent, he had 7.5 sacks 2 seasons ago.  I wouldn't think of him as a 'game changing' guy, but certainly a solid contributor?  

 

2 hours ago, NYEagle said:

3 Super Bowls, 2 Championships in last 7 years.....just had to say it because being a fan since '80....never really could envision what this team has accomplished.  And let me add since 2000, they have the 5th highest winning percentage, the 2nd most playoff games and 2nd most playoff victories.  

It's safe to say that this organization really (behind the Patriots and maybe the Chiefs) has become the most successful organization in the NFL.

Fans since ‘80 have had it good compared to fans since ‘59 like some of us here. But that isn’t a complaint, just a reflection.

22 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

Don't disagree, but also don't see teams willing to give up too much.  If he was 25, sure.  I'll likely be wrong, but I don't want the Eagles to give up 1st and 2nd rounders in 2025-2026 for him.  

It's entirely possible that Garrett goes somewhere and is absolutely incredible and the Eagles are still right to try and build through the draft rather than give up multiple day 1 and 2 draft picks plus a $35million a year extension for a 29 year old.  The rumors out of Cleveland about Garrett maybe not being the best locker room presence aren't enticing for a championship team with solid chemistry across the board.

19 hours ago, vikas83 said:

 

Fn Dak 2.0  

6 minutes ago, mattwill said:

Fans since ‘80 have had it good compared to fans since ‘59 like some of us here. But that isn’t a complaint, just a reflection.

From '62 until around '78 we were awful. Imagine graduating high school without ever having spent a single day in class with the Eagles being a playoff team. That was me.

55 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Sure.  But the nature of the game is that players get hurt and can't stay with the team.  That's the reality of the sport.  The other reality of the sport is that the game is also a business, and not every player can stay.  So, they have to be professional about it.  This isn't college anymore (though even the NCAA is becoming more of a business now with the NIL deals and the transfer portal being a form of free agency).  

That is a very rational and thoughtful approach, but it isn’t an emotional approach.  Almost all of us here in the Blog are well removed from our college years and have enough life experience to have developed some maturity.  Most NFL players are too young and with too little life experience to have developed their own maturity. Some of them are still younger than the age we were when we graduated from college.  Expectations of them acting as your bolded words calls for may be challenging.