12 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Reid would've been awesome. It shows at least the Eagles are willing to solve a slightly pricier free agent and they aren't only targeting bottom of the barrel guys.

I'm leaning more into the idea of letting the young guys sink or swim

39 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Going to have to stagger the extensions as you can. Three of them have 5th year extension, so that might be a huge help. 

I think if we keep hitting so well on picks the strategy will have to be to make trades for future picks as it just won't be possible to pay so many guys top end contracts as they increase so dramatically year over year.  Draft pick accumulation is going to have to be the strategy moving forward.

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

The NFL can opt out of the current deals after the 2029 season -- hence why we have so much dead money pushed to 2029 and 2030. Expect another massive jump since the streaming guys will bid it up.

The thing with that is, pretty much all around the world people's entertainment dollar is being stretched thin, it could be that the NFL is about to move to a subscription deal just as the carousel stops. The current TV deals are rock solid, free to air will always have the money to spend or be able to raise it. 

If you're trying to sell a subscription to people who used to get their sport for free, and they're paying more for food, energy, housing and everything else, you may find the market you thought was there just isn't. and even for a company the size of Amazon an high 11 figure annual TV deal will hit pretty hard pretty quick if your customers can't or won't pony up in the numbers you expect.

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Lumbering… might be a challenge in a phone booth but I don’t expect he’ll play well in space against NFL athletes. Dawand Jones, Daniel Faalele…

Spot on. Stoutland demands that his linemen move.

1 hour ago, mattwill said:

That is an interesting comment. Would you be willing to expand on it a little?  What makes you feel that way?

If you didn’t know Hunt played safety in college, what about his playoff performance would suggest limited pass rush upside and ‘jack of all trades master of none’? What would have reminded you of Carlos Emmons?

10 minutes ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

The thing with that is, pretty much all around the world people's entertainment dollar is being stretched thin, it could be that the NFL is about to move to a subscription deal just as the carousel stops. The current TV deals are rock solid, free to air will always have the money to spend or be able to raise it. 

If you're trying to sell a subscription to people who used to get their sport for free, and they're paying more for food, energy, housing and everything else, you may find the market you thought was there just isn't. and even for a company the size of Amazon an high 11 figure annual TV deal will hit pretty hard pretty quick if your customers can't or won't pony up in the numbers you expect.

Whoever ends up selling packages of specific teams is going to make a lot of money

People will shell out money to watch their teams entire schedule

44 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

For sure. How much can it keep going up to keep pace, though?

With the next network rights coming up in the next couple of years, the NFL revenues should jump substantially.

27 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

I think if we keep hitting so well on picks the strategy will have to be to make trades for future picks as it just won't be possible to pay so many guys top end contracts as they increase so dramatically year over year.  Draft pick accumulation is going to have to be the strategy moving forward.

Howie needs to get moving then.  Next year we only have 12 picks with only 5 likely in the top 100

1 hour ago, Cochis_Calhoun said:

Nah, no way a GM like Howie trades away a player without having the contract inked in his pocket ready to announce, it just wouldn't happen, it would be a dereliction if that was the plan.

I wonder how close it was, I appreciate Reid is from Louisiana but other than that, what earthly reason would a pro footballer pick the 2025 Saints ahead of the 2025 Eagles? By the time the Saints are ready to compete he'll be negotiating his one year ring chase retirement deal.

He doesn't really need to be ring chasing anymore 

Look test passed

5 minutes ago, paco said:

Howie needs to get moving then.  Next year we only have 12 picks with only 5 likely in the top 100

I know, he is slacking little beotch.

3 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Look test passed

Was Jake getting snaps outside of the strike zone last season? Is there a fan theory supporting the switch at LS?

11 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

If you didn’t know Hunt played safety in college, what about his playoff performance would suggest limited pass rush upside and ‘jack of all trades master of none’? What would have reminded you of Carlos Emmons?

How do those hypotheticals yield "pre-draft bias”?  Or said another way, what is pre-draft bias in the case of a player who was drafted eleven months in the past?

FWIW, we do know Hunt played Safety at Cornell, but had transitioned to the front seven at Houston Baptist.  That was known pre-draft 2024. His performance in the second half of the season and the Playoffs is a matter of record and is post-draft.  The Carlos Edmond reference was by another poster, so you will have to ask that poster.  I am not familiar enough with Emmons’ play to make any informed comparison with Hunt, although I am personally having a hard time wrapping my head around how a 4-3 OLB can be directly compared to a 3-4 OLB.

Thanks for responding.

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

Alright…let’s put down some individual predictions here.  

- Nolan Smith.  Will he recover from injury and settle in as the guy he was down the stretch last year?  Was that a mirage or is that who he is now?

- Jordan Davis.  He was really good in the playoffs.  More effective per snap than even Milton Williams with sacks and pressures.  Of course, it’s easier to be more effective per snap when you have a light load.  Ojomo will give them good rotational snaps, but he’s just not going to be explosive or disruptive enough to replace Milton Williams.  Davis can.  Will he?  Will he play to that immense potential?

- Jalyx Hunt.  He actually has a lot in common with Josh Sweat.  Can he replace him?

- Bryce Huff.  Forget what he was signed to be…can he be an effective, disruptive rotational, situational pass rusher?

- Steen.  We know he can be a good RG.  But how will this power running offense be affected by not having a Becton level run blocker at RG?

- Cine/Ringo/Brown.  These 3 represent vast, enormous explosive athleticism.  Aside from Travis Hunter, there are no DBs in this entire draft that have a favorable athletic profile to Ringo…and Cine and Brown aren’t far off themselves.  Can these 3 combine for one CB2 and one deep safety?

 

The number of questions is alarming…but I really like the talent we have lined up for each of them.  The problem is that, just statistically, some of these guys are going to fall flat on their faces.

The other question…can the Eagles pass with just a little bit more volume in 2025 to offset Barkley being a little less sensational and having a RG that may be a little better in pass pro and a lot more ordinary in blowing open holes on the ground…
 

The Eagles' starters played 20 games last season.  The question I have is whether the team can remain healthy.  I also think we assume that Jurgens and Dickerson are going to recover in the offseason and be good at the start of the year.  I don't know if that will be the case.  Dickerson has had significant prior knee issues.  Jurgens is having lumbar surgery.  It's not reasonable to assume that we will have 5 healthy starters on the o-line during most of the year.  

I agree about Smith but I think the question I have about him is regarding his health. I think his skillset flashed enough where I am not worried about his ability to produce. I do wonder if he can endure as a starter with an expanded role.  

I think Hunt has potential but whether he can replace Sweat's production is uncertain.  

I think Huff is gone.  

Steen will have an expanded role.  I think the bigger question is what the other depth looks like along the line.  

I am not worried about CB.  Safety will be a concern.  My guess is that there may be a rookie in the mix.  The good news is that the rest of the secondary is experienced and that should help.

1 hour ago, Waiting4Someday said:

429? 

???

Just now, mattwill said:

???

There was 5 minutes where every Twitter post was replaced with a "429” error message along with some slow page loading. Probably need my internet upgraded…

10 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

There was 5 minutes where every Twitter post was replaced with a "429” error message along with some slow page loading. Probably need my internet upgraded…

Board has been acting up lately. I think we're waiting to do the update but I'm starting to think we should just do the one now and the next when it comes out

For reference, Lovato last year was 1 year, $1.26M. $100k gtd, $50k singing bonus

So this definitely had nothing to do about saving money and more about Lovato's performance (unless he quietly decided to retire).

24 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Was Jake getting snaps outside of the strike zone last season? Is there a fan theory supporting the switch at LS?

Yes, he was. Mann made some nice snags and placements. It was pretty obvious.

Lovato said he's not retiring so it was probably they blamed him partly for Elliott's struggles.

21 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

There was 5 minutes where every Twitter post was replaced with a "429” error message along with some slow page loading. Probably need my internet upgraded…

Thanks

 

 

 

That is all

2 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

 

Really makes me wonder if they traded CJGJ thinking they had Reid

I get along really well with the DB coach, I love the Fangio defense and I've played well in it in the past, but they couldn't pay me enough. I get that he's a Louisiana guy, but there's no way he believes that just by bringing Louisiana's "best" to the Saints that they are an all-star team and will be anywhere near competing for a SB. 

This is why the Josh Allen comments on having enough money were refreshing. Justin Reid has made $37 million so far in his career. He has enough money then he will ever need in life and so do his kids and their kids if he's not stupid with it. He easily could have signed with the Eagles to keep winning if he wanted to. 

 

 

47 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Was Jake getting snaps outside of the strike zone last season? Is there a fan theory supporting the switch at LS?

Lovato's snaps were a little erratic at times this year.  Mann did a great job holding.

7 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I get along really well with the DB coach, I love the Fangio defense and I've played well in it in the past, but they couldn't pay me enough. I get that he's a Louisiana guy, but there's no way he believes that just by bringing Louisiana's "best" to the Saints that they are an all-star team and will be anywhere near competing for a SB. 

This is why the Josh Allen comments on having enough money were refreshing. Justin Reid has made $37 million so far in his career. He has enough money then he will ever need in life and so do his kids and their kids if he's not stupid with it. He easily could have signed with the Eagles to keep winning if he wanted to. 

And yet, many of these guys end up bankrupt, because they don't know how to plan for the future and just blow it all very quickly rather than planning and putting their futures in a secure position.

 

(BTW... after taxes and agent fees, these guys are really ending up with about half of the gross totals.).