5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

This would leave us with ~$27.7mm to fill out the roster -- need CB2, TE and depth on the edge for sure. Dean walks so Campbell can play. But this all can be accomplished.

Top draft pick is on the OL with Howie moving up. From there, he takes either a TE or CB2 depending on what he can find in the 2nd round. Edge depth comes from a FA or maybe a guy in the middle rounds.

The only thing I don't like with this plan is Dean. I'd love to have 1 or even 2 more years of the Georgia group in tact plus Dean is really the only verbal leader on D right now outside of BG. Maybe Phillips or Campbell can grow into that role but the other guys don't have the demeanor.

Just now, Alphagrand said:

I'm always surprised how many posts I read on here that the Eagles can't keep Carter and Davis. Not only can they, but I've always assumed they will. The debate to me is a Dean vs Blankenship -- personally, I think Blankenship is a little better than 'meh' and I'd happily move on, but I understand the money considerations.

People focus on the AAV of the extensions and not the way the contracts are structured. Howie's contracts all have minimum base salaries and bonuses that can be amortized over 5 years -- keeps the cap hit early in the contract very low. The "downside" is having a bunch of dead money for guys not on the roster -- DG is $20mm in 2026 to play somewhere else, and Jalen would be over $90mm in 2029 if he just played out his contract. But since the cap rises every year, those hits are a smaller percentage of the cap in future years. It's like taking a loan with a negative interest rate -- it's being paid to borrow from the future.

Never have I ever seen a penalty like that... Iowa vs Vanderbilt. Punter kicked the ball beyond the LOS.

Just now, DrPhilly said:

Top draft pick is on the OL with Howie moving up. From there, he takes either a TE or CB2 depending on what he can find in the 2nd round. Edge depth comes from a FA or maybe a guy in the middle rounds.

The only thing I don't like with this plan is Dean. I'd love to have 1 or even 2 more years of the Georgia group in tact plus Dean is really the only verbal leader on D right now outside of BG. Maybe Phillips or Campbell can grow into that role but the other guys don't have the demeanor.

I just don't see any chance they pay Dean and block Campbell. Unless Dean has no market out there due to injury concerns.

1 minute ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Never have I ever seen a penalty like that... Iowa vs Vanderbilt. Punter kicked the ball beyond the LOS.

yeah that was weird

Solid point here:

14 minutes ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

Oh damn.

It was a real mess when they tried Sydney Berserker Brown as a replacement.

They were able to get Epps back and he has been steady and solid.

The long-term plan on the defense, if I were running things:

2026 - extend Davis and Carter. Resign Phillips and Reed. Let Dean and the vet edges walk (Ojulari, Uche, etc.). BG gets to do whatever he wants. Exercise Nolan's 5th year option.

2027 - extend Q and Coop. Assuming we pay Phillips, extend one of Hunt or Smith, let the other go into the last year of his contract. Let Ojomo walk. Maybe move on from Baun depending on production.

I think a lot of the reason they let so many guys go in March was they were preparing to keep a lot of current guys.

7 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

The long-term plan on the defense, if I were running things:

2026 - extend Davis and Carter. Resign Phillips and Reed. Let Dean and the vet edges walk (Ojulari, Uche, etc.). BG gets to do whatever he wants. Exercise Nolan's 5th year option.

2027 - extend Q and Coop. Assuming we pay Phillips, extend one of Hunt or Smith, let the other go into the last year of his contract. Let Ojomo walk. Maybe move on from Baun depending on production.

G9tta go with Hunt over Smith. Nolan just can't stay healthy. He couldn't in college and ir has carried over to the NFL.

A modest proposal: hire a hypnotist and have him hypnotize Patullo and Sirianni into always believing we are down by 14 points. Then they will call the game that way.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Damn I would hate to see Nakobe leave. He's injured a lot, but he can play some football.

I'd probably keep him over Blankenship. As I value an LB over a S. Nakobe is a heat seeking missile out there. Reed is .....good.

42 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

It all looks great until you get punched in the mouth a couple of times after the D coordinator has had a week to prepare for you. This is just 101 level NFL knowledge. You need to see the QB perform in real live meaningful games before you really know one way or the other.

Again, the telling thing is not as much about the performance as much as how different the passing game will look. Schematically different. Smooth and effective. Not forced, and making you hold your breath.

Its not as much about the individual stats. So much as how illuminating it is when you see what these coaches are capable of when they know they have a QB on the field.

1 minute ago, LacesOut said:

Damn I would hate to see Nakobe leave. He's injured a lot, but he can play some football.

I'd probably keep him over Blankenship.

With Campbell, we have depth behind Dean. We have virtually nothing behind Blankenship. Dean is the better player... but roster construction wise, Blankenship may be the more crucial piece. (Hard to believe we have LB depth... 😲 )

5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

A modest proposal: hire a hypnotist and have him hypnotize Patullo and Sirianni into always believing we are down by 14 points. Then they will call the game that way.

CHAMPIONSHIP

I still love the Money Ball idea at TE

1 hour ago, vikas83 said:

Vrabel running a tight ship up there...

Patriots forgot their season isn’t over this weekend

23 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I just don't see any chance they pay Dean and block Campbell. Unless Dean has no market out there due to injury concerns.

I get the challenge

32 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

So, decided to take a look at how we can manage this offseason with our cap situation. Starting with ~$20.4mm in cap space per Sptotrac, cutting Michael Carter gets us to $29.3mm. Then I do 4 things which net out to a cap hit of around $1.6mm.

• First - extend Jordan Davis with $100mm of new money for 4 years, making his total contract 5 years, ~$113mm. This reduces his 2026 cap number to $5.7mm, adding $7.2mm in space.

• Second - extend Jalen Carter with $100 million over 3 years, on top of exercising his 5th year option for $25.6mm. Total contract is 5 years, $132.5mm by rolling in the last year of his rookie deal at $6.9mm and his 5th year option. He still gets $33.3mm per year in new money. Makes his 2026 cap number $6.5mm, saving $400k.

• Third - resign Phillips for 4 years, $100mm. $6.2mm 2026 cap hit.

• Fourth - resign Reed for 2 years, $18mm. $3mm cap hit

This would leave us with ~$27.7mm to fill out the roster -- need CB2, TE and depth on the edge for sure. Dean walks so Campbell can play. But this all can be accomplished.

With that amount of money, Id re-sign Dean as well.

Retain Jackson as he should be cheap.

Youll still have enough cap left over for some band-aid free agent depth signings and draft picks. Team will be in very good shape heading in to next year without relying much on the draft at all.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Patriots forgot their season isn’t over this weekend

WTH? All decide to beat their women this month?

5 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Again, the telling thing is not as much about the performance as much as how different the passing game will look. Schematically different. Smooth and effective. Not forced, and making you hold your breath.

Its not as much about the individual stats. So much as how illuminating it is when you see what these coaches are capable of when they know they have a QB on the field.

Sure but you keep missing the point that there are many QBs that look the part in practice, preseason, etc and then can’t do it when it gets real. We have no evidence one way or the other as to how McKee will react.

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

With that amount of money, Id re-sign Dean as well.

Retain Jackson as he should be cheap.

Youll still have enough cap left over for some band-aid free agent depth signings and draft picks. Team will be in very good shape heading in to next year without relying much on the draft at all.

I think the bigger thing is you want Campbell on the field. Now, if Dean has basically no market, and you can do a 1 year deal for little money, sure. The injury issues are a major concern. But you want Campbell to start either way - we need to continue to have contributors on rookie deals. I'd be fine bringing Adoree back on another 1 year, vet min type deal. He's been more than adequate lately.

The big cap uses will be draft picks, TE and veteran depth. Plus, I'm guessing we want to roll something to 2027 when dead cap hits on offense (AJ, maybe Saquon) start hitting as we move on.

4 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I still love the Money Ball idea at TE

I'm really not kidding - I'd cut him to force Patullo's hand. We are carrying 4 TEs for no reason. Unless Howie thinks Grant is the starting TE next year when DG walks, which is less than ideal.

4 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

WTH? All decide to beat their women this month?

It’s the Holiday season

My two cents as much as I would hate to do this, is that I would let Dean leave in favor of playing Campbell. we need to play our younger guys.

The other thing I'd say on the debate regarding resigning Nakobe -- Campbell looked very good against the run this week against one of the best running teams in the league. With more experience and another offseason, I want to see what Campbell can become.