4 hours ago, NOTW said:

 

 

 

One year on the team and you can tell he had the time of his life.

This dude didnt want to leave. Unfortunately, cant have five lineman all making (or soon to be making) 8 figures. 

8 hours ago, EaglesAddict said:

That said, one FA that is suspiciously still available is Azeez Ojulari.  Many thought he'd be an Eagles target...if Howie is interested, wonder if he's waiting for his price to come down enough to not mess with a comp pick...or...there's a handshake deal that they'll sign him for more money once we get past the date when signings no longer impact comp picks (I think that is after the draft...?).  Of course, having such a handshake deal would mean Ojulari and the Eagles have strong mutual interest and will just wait.  Just something to keep an eye on.

 

9 minutes ago, time2rock said:

 

4 hours ago, time2rock said:

 

this signing may mean Huff's future will be with a new team.

2 hours ago, Penn7980 said:

this signing may mean Huff's future will be with a new team.

or not - Huff's contract makes moving him a tricky proposition.  Who knows, maybe he'll surprise everybody and have a good year

16 hours ago, time2rock said:

Correct ... that is usually the first week of May.  Not 100% sure of the date but believe it may be Tues, May 6th (4pm).  

Kind of moot now, at least with respect to Ojulari, but the deadline for a free agent signing to count against the compensation picks is noon on the Monday immediately after the NFL draft.  For 2025, that means April 28.

3 hours ago, BayAreaLennie said:

Kind of moot now, at least with respect to Ojulari, but the deadline for a free agent signing to count against the compensation picks is noon on the Monday immediately after the NFL draft.  For 2025, that means April 28.

This article from 2023 references a Tuesday in early May.

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/chiefs/2023/05/02/kansas-city-chiefs-2023-nfl-free-agency-compensatory-pick-period-expiration/79456143007/

The draft that year was held April 27-29 so it would be the week immediately following the draft but it references a Tuesday.

6 hours ago, Procus said:

or not - Huff's contract makes moving him a tricky proposition.  Who knows, maybe he'll surprise everybody and have a good year

Obviously they're trying to trade him.  But yeah, I'm sure his contract is an impediment. That said, a trade could still happen at any time but we'll likely have to wait until after the draft to see.  If some team misses out on Edge rushers, I could see a late round pick offered for him.

Other than that, we will have to hope he turns it around.

2 hours ago, time2rock said:

This article from 2023 references a Tuesday in early May.

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/chiefs/2023/05/02/kansas-city-chiefs-2023-nfl-free-agency-compensatory-pick-period-expiration/79456143007/

The draft that year was held April 27-29 so it would be the week immediately following the draft but it references a Tuesday.

According to OverTheCap comp pick explanation, excerpted below, it is 4 pm East Coast time on the Monday following the NFL draft (I had the time wrong, but not the date).  See below, excerpted.  As you can see, it used to be the second Tuesday after the draft, but that ended 6 years ago.  That Chiefs article you cite got a bit loose with the date -- the first full day when you can sign them without it counting against you is the first Tuesday, but you actually get the 8 hours before that on Monday as well (or 11 hours on the West coast).  So the deadline for 2025 is 4pm East Coast time on April 28th.

 

"Appendix V of the 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement contains the binding bylaws of the compensatory pick system. App. V, §1 explains the basics as follows:

[A] Compensatory Free Agent (“CFA”) shall be defined as an Unrestricted Free Agent (“UFA”) who: (i) signed with a new Club during the prior free agency signing period […] prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Monday following the NFL Draft for that League Year¹ […]; and (ii) ranked within the top 35%² of all League players […]. Clubs that lose to other Clubs a greater number of CFAs than they sign or acquire from other Clubs shall be eligible to receive a Compensatory Draft Selection in the College Draft to be held in the following League Year subject to the provisions set forth below.

¹ Prior to 2015, this date was June 1, and from 2015-2019 this date was the second Tuesday after the NFL Draft."

 

P.S.  You can also see the 2025 date in this article from Colts.com.  (That article is also a bit loose with the date, since it is only after 4 pm on that date (the 28th) when you can sign them without any comp pick effects.)

13 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Just like with Burks and Rodgers, especially Burks as he signed a paltry contract, I would have liked to have had Johnson back.  Have more confidence in him than Kinnard and Johnson's contract must have been very small.  I have more confidence in Johnson hahn Driscoll, and Driscoll isn't even signed and coming off an injury.

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Dammit! 

I really hate how this has looked for us so far. But I keep thinking we have to give Howie the benefit of the doubt 

I would have loved to keep Johnson and Burk. They were low key guys that were great for depth and stepped up when called upon. 

9 hours ago, Portyansky said:

Dammit! 

I really hate how this has looked for us so far. But I keep thinking we have to give Howie the benefit of the doubt 

The good news is that most of these guys have gone to teams that we don't have as high on the hate-list. The last thing you want to see is a division rival getting an upgrade from us. It's cool that some guys that would have continued to be backups for us are potentially getting a shot to start on their new teams. Some may not work out and find their way back here in time --- kind of like Driscoll last year. 

1 hour ago, brkmsn said:

The last thing you want to see is a division rival getting an upgrade from ...

Thankfully, the Gnats didn't learn that until it was too late... lol

Yeesh. Gotta revamp the Defense. 

3 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Yeesh. Gotta revamp the Defense. 

We thought we were young before now we're doing a complete Benjamin Button

23 hours ago, Portyansky said:

We thought we were young before now we're doing a complete Benjamin Button

As long as the streak of finding great young talent continues, I'm 100% good with that.

3 minutes ago, PoconoDon said:

As long as the streak of finding great young talent continues, I'm 100% good with that.

That is why I expect Howie to continue (and even expand) his accumulation of future year picks every year.  Looking for trading partners for soon to be cut players in August, offering a future pick, no matter how low, will be a regular part of Howie’s arsenal as well.

5 hours ago, mattwill said:

That is why I expect Howie to continue (and even expand) his accumulation of future year picks every year.  Looking for trading partners for soon to be cut players in August, offering a future pick, no matter how low, will be a regular part of Howie’s arsenal as well.

Howie said as much.  He warned everybody that there would be some moves that seemed to be head scratchers, but that assembling the roster doesn't end with free agency and the draft. 

21 hours ago, Procus said:

Howie said as much.  He warned everybody that there would be some moves that seemed to be head scratchers, but that assembling the roster doesn't end with free agency and the draft. 

Almost certainly what Howie was warning about was that the Eagles had decided to go into "allow free agents to leave and accumulate compensatory picks" mode, meaning they were content to allow most of their own big name free agents (Williams, Sweat, Rodgers, Becton and others) sign with other teams, while not adding any significant free agents, in order to accumulate compensatory picks.  Consequently, he knew there would almost certainly be no splash acquisitions during the period between the new league year starting and the end of the draft, other than perhaps re-signing one or two of their own free agents.

Howie understands that if, for instance, you expect to lose, say, four significant free agents each of the next two years, it is much better to sign 8 free agents one year and 0 the next than 4 both years, because you accumulate 4 compensatory picks in the former case and 0 in the latter.  Howie looks at the free agent landscape and decides which mode the Eagles want to be in (i.e., sign a lot or sign very few) and acts accordingly.  (Typically when you have had a bad draft four years prior, you will be in sign a lot mode, while four years after a good draft you will be in sign very few mode).