8 minutes ago, kiwinavega said:

Fair enough, and you would deserve it for all you do for us. Thank you, most sincerely.

Thanks, but I also want to make sure that everyone knows that I keep nothing that we earn for myself. 100% of it is for the boards bills. If not for the current years bills, then for the next years bills.

Winning the Super Bowl brought us at least an extra $600 this year. Whatever we don't use of that this year, it'll go toward next year. 

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Thinking more about this, and it really feels like they basically guaranteed Barkley's existing deal and all the incentives (he had ~8.25mm in incentives in the deal). He was already owed $29mm for 2025 and 2026 with the kicked in 2025 incentives, so they basically guaranteed the rest to get to $36mm in guaranteed money. Makes his original deal a 3 year year, $49.75mm deal fully gteed effectively. The 2 year extension at $42mm is pure fluff. What they really did was guarantee his existing deal and all escalators basically.

 

3 minutes ago, D-Shiznit said:

Well deserved, but unnecessary.

Could they have waited a year, sure but this does help with the vibes and culture in the locker room...Saquon was the final piece that got this team over the hump. Team is showing they will reward performance.

Does come with some added risk if he gets injured next year but the man deserves it. He got us the Lombardi so I am OK with it. 

14 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

Thanks, but I also want to make sure that everyone knows that I keep nothing that we earn for myself. 100% of it is for the boards bills. If not for the current years bills, then for the next years bills.

Winning the Super Bowl brought us at least an extra $600 this year. Whatever we don't use of that this year, it'll go toward next year. 

56 minutes ago, VaBeach_Eagle said:

With the recent players cut/released and now this, maybe we're freeing up cap space for a blockbuster trade?

Let's see, any blockbuster names out there that might want to be traded? 

Could be ... or maybe to try to retain more of our own (like Baun and Williams) and still have enough to sign some of our others that we want to lock up long term like Carter and Jurgens.  Or maybe it is both (what I just said plus a blockbuster trade!) lol.  

15 minutes ago, kiwinavega said:

Hmmm... if that's gold, I could sell it on eBay and keep the board online for 25 more years!

Very savvy move by Howie. I don’t know what he’s planning to do, but he’s gearing up the cash to do it.

2K SA is here to stay!  

1 hour ago, nipples said:

Quite the opposite. When they do these extensions it’s to open up more cap space. Guarantee they’re saving money on the cap next year with this move. 

Exactly.

Excellent move.

Keep him here in his prime. Open up some cap. Reward a team leader showing players and agents on and off the team that the Eagles do things different. 

And it is talked about. Parsons, Burrow.. players do see what's happening here.

The players that really play elite get big new extentions. How it should be. And without hold out and drama, but proactive.

He deserves it. Side note about his importance- the Chiefs had to focus on HIM during the Super Bowl, and that freed up Hurts to have a great game and get MVP. The Chiefs were keying in on Barkley, and did a pretty good job, but look at the results. One thing Hurts said- "We can beat you in many different ways" rang true.

Howie do it.

 

 

3 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Howie do it.

 

THE WIZARD is at it again.....

4 hours ago, time2rock said:

2K SA is here to stay!  

That's a whole bar 😂😂

 

 

That 3rd point below is huge. Great move ... genius timing!  

On 3/4/2025 at 2:27 PM, DieselEagle said:

well there goes becton. and maybe goeddert

I never felt like they were committed to extend dallas. This will be his final season as an Eagle and i believe theyll draft a TE this upcoming draft.

3 hours ago, EagleMatt said:

I never felt like they were committed to extend dallas. This will be his final season as an Eagle and i believe theyll draft a TE this upcoming draft.

Kind of how they handled the Ertz situation right? I think at this point it’s fair to say Goedert is a really good player and a really good weapon but his health unreliability is an issue.

4 hours ago, EagleMatt said:

I never felt like they were committed to extend dallas. This will be his final season as an Eagle and i believe theyll draft a TE this upcoming draft.

The cycle continues. 

They drafted Goedert in 2018 when Ertz was 28 (he was at that time 2 years into a 5 year extension he signed in 2016).  He was traded to AZ just before his 31st birthday in 2021.

They drafted Ertz in 2013 when Celek was 28.  He was released in 2018 (when he was 33) just before the draft (and subsequently retired).  

Both of them were drafted in round 2 - Goedert after trading down from pick 32 (SB LII ).  Could we see a repeat of that this year?

 

Reports on the contract over the last day indicate that the Eagles saving significant cap space this year is fake news.

However it’s good news other than that. By the sound of it we are just paying 6 million more over the next 2 years and guaranteeing both years. There is an out in 2027 if he declines. 

On 3/6/2025 at 5:15 AM, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Kind of how they handled the Ertz situation right? I think at this point it’s fair to say Goedert is a really good player and a really good weapon but his health unreliability is an issue.

When I look at Goedert's injury history, there are two instances I would describe as unpreventable freak injuries: The uncalled facemask vs the commanders where he was unable to control how he landed on his shoulder and the broken arm vs dallas where it was basically a hip drop tackle on his arm. There's a reason why facemask and hip-drop tackles are illegal. So I don't really feel like these two injuries prove a lack of durability as the same injury likely would have occurred no matter who the player with the ball was. He has had a few other minor injuries along the way, but those on their own would seem about normal for a starting player. One thing that goes unappreciated about Goedert is he actually has demonstrated a very quick recovery time. 

So if the argument is that he has been unreliable or less durable than normal, I would disagree. I simply don't think anybody avoids injury in those two freak tackles I mentioned. The only other non-soft-tissue injury he had was the fractured ankle in 2020 that he only missed 4 games from. Goedert also was placed on the covid list a couple times back when they did that crap.