Giants free agent edge. 6 sacks in 11 games last year, 8 in his rookie year. Not great against the run but a needed pass rusher and great value at 1 year 4 million!

Not a bad pickup at all 

Giants will be relieved when we rest him in week 18, only 1 away from breaking Strahan’s sack record. 

$4M? Howie has worked some magic there! That is a really good contract on the face of it. 

You were always meant to be a Philly Dawg.

 

 Nice pick up.  Love the prove it one year deal. 

 

I love the move. This off-season is mostly going as I mostly expected except the trade for CJGJ. 

I like this signing as well.  Our edge rusher rotation now looks to be Smith, Hunt, Ojulari and Uche with Huff as a wildcard.  I guess Uche and Ojulari are wildcards too but they each have upside and this could be a decent rotation overall.

That said, they're all undersized.  Eagles don't really have a stout "edge setter" like BG right now.  Maybe Hunt and/or Smith can develop in that way, they'll need it.

I think we will all feel better post draft. 

A place of need is filled by a very reasonable, upcoming free agent. What is there not to like??? Good move. I hope he finds a winning team fever and outperforms his contract.

Does the signing of Ojulari affect the compensatory picks?

Just now, BayAreaLennie said:

Does the signing of Ojulari affect the compensatory picks?

I think we may lose the sixth rounder that was expected for the Isaiah Rodgers signing.

Just now, BayAreaLennie said:

Does the signing of Ojulari affect the compensatory picks?

Worst case it cancels out the 6th round pick from Rodgers but I think anything under 5 million does NOT count towards comp pick formula. 

I did a little more research to see if I could answer my own question.

Ojulari at $4M APY (and 40% snap percentage last season) would appear to qualify as a 7th round CFA.  (For comparison, Roy Lopez signed with the Panthers at $3.5M APY with 42% snap percentage and easily qualifies as a 7th round CFA.  The lowest compensated 6th round CFA appears to be Laken Tomlinson at $4.25M and 99% snap percentage, so Ojulari would not appear to qualify any higher than 7th round.  See OTC's current 2026 compensatory pick list.)

So if I understand correctly, Ojulari as a 7th round CFA has to be cancelled out by somebody, and that will be Rodgers as the lowest qualifying CFA lost by the Eagles (assuming no other Eagles signings), which would mean the Eagles would not get that 6th rounder.

I am reasonably confident in my analysis, but if someone is more intimately acquainted with how the system works, I am prepared (and hopeful) to be otherwise educated.

52 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

[MUNCH] but I think anything under 5 million does NOT count towards comp pick formula. 

Based on OTC's current list -- see the link in my post immediately before this one -- that does not appear to be correct.

15 hours ago, T-1000 said:

Worst case it cancels out the 6th round pick from Rodgers but I think anything under 5 million does NOT count towards comp pick formula. 

Kempski reporting signing Ojulari would qualify at the 7th rd level and would indeed cancel out the 6th we would have gotten for Rodgers.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-2026-compensatory-draft-pick-tracker/

1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Kempski reporting signing Ojulari would qualify at the 7th rd level and would indeed cancel out the 6th we would have gotten for Rodgers.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/eagles-2026-compensatory-draft-pick-tracker/

Not concerned about that at all. It’s the 3rd and 4th round comp picks that are valuable. 

Dang, good low risk signing, with a potential high reward. Cheap too. 
 

Hopefully he doesn't pull a "Huff". 

3 hours ago, ManchesterEagle said:

Not concerned about that at all. It’s the 3rd and 4th round comp picks that are valuable. 

Who’s concerned?

31 minutes ago, time2rock said:

Who’s concerned?

You know how people love their comp picks on this board 😂 

I am not terribly concerned, but still it does seem a little bit odd for Howie.  Assuming that $4M figure is accurate, it is like trading away a 6th round pick to acquire Ojulari.  That seems like more than you would typically want to give up for just a one year $4M contract player.

An alternative would have been to reach a handshake agreement with Ojulari to sign the contract after April 28, the deadline for free agent signings to count against the compensation formula.  That way, they could have had Ojulari and kept the 6th rounder.  Of course, because such a handshake agreement is not enforceable, you risk another team coming along during the intervening six weeks and convincing Ojulari to sign with them instead.  That seems like a risk Howie would take for a one year $4M contract player though.

So either the $4M figure is not accurate -- perhaps it is actually, say, $3M with another $1M in incentives that are considered not likely to be earned under the compensation formula (which would mean Ojulari's contract would not qualify for a 7th round pick under the compensatory system) -- or Howie really really really likes Ojulari and did not want to risk losing him to another team during the next six weeks.

44 minutes ago, BayAreaLennie said:

I am not terribly concerned, but still it does seem a little bit odd for Howie.  Assuming that $4M figure is accurate, it is like trading away a 6th round pick to acquire Ojulari.  That seems like more than you would typically want to give up for just a one year $4M contract player.

An alternative would have been to reach a handshake agreement with Ojulari to sign the contract after April 28, the deadline for free agent signings to count against the compensation formula.  That way, they could have had Ojulari and kept the 6th rounder.  Of course, because such a handshake agreement is not enforceable, you risk another team coming along during the intervening six weeks and convincing Ojulari to sign with them instead.  That seems like a risk Howie would take for a one year $4M contract player though.

So either the $4M figure is not accurate -- perhaps it is actually, say, $3M with another $1M in incentives that are considered not likely to be earned under the compensation formula (which would mean Ojulari's contract would not qualify for a 7th round pick under the compensatory system) -- or Howie really really really likes Ojulari and did not want to risk losing him to another team during the next six weeks.

Remember we are talking about a compensatory 6th which will be right at the end of that round. I know the Eagles have had some luck recently in later rounds, but generally they don’t amount to anything and are easy enough to pick up. I fully expect the Eagles to use at least one of their 5th this year to pick up another pick or two in 2026.

And Ojulari was sort after. There is no way he would wait around for the Eagles until after the draft.

A compensatory 6th for a useful DE rotation piece with pass rushing upside is not a high price at all in any event. 

1 hour ago, BayAreaLennie said:

I am not terribly concerned, but still it does seem a little bit odd for Howie.  Assuming that $4M figure is accurate, it is like trading away a 6th round pick to acquire Ojulari.  That seems like more than you would typically want to give up for just a one year $4M contract player.

An alternative would have been to reach a handshake agreement with Ojulari to sign the contract after April 28, the deadline for free agent signings to count against the compensation formula.  That way, they could have had Ojulari and kept the 6th rounder.  Of course, because such a handshake agreement is not enforceable, you risk another team coming along during the intervening six weeks and convincing Ojulari to sign with them instead.  That seems like a risk Howie would take for a one year $4M contract player though.

So either the $4M figure is not accurate -- perhaps it is actually, say, $3M with another $1M in incentives that are considered not likely to be earned under the compensation formula (which would mean Ojulari's contract would not qualify for a 7th round pick under the compensatory system) -- or Howie really really really likes Ojulari and did not want to risk losing him to another team during the next six weeks.

While one of the main factors is the contract there is a few other factors like playing time, and awards so things could still change some. Also that month between now and a handshake agreement could be very beneficial to learn the playbook and a few other things.

hopefully he has a great season and we let him walk next offseason for a 2027 comp pick lol

I don't give a crap about a bottom of the sixth round comp pick for signing Ojulari who fills a need and will replace Sweat with little to no dropoff in production.