1 minute ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

This is what I found on Over The Cap ...

Whats going on at Candelas Place?

6 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Unfortunately, I think he's going back to school - big story yesterday.

Sad. Didn't someone else have a good kicker coming out this year?

1 minute ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

This is what I found on Over The Cap ...

So 45 mil dead money and a 21 mil cap hit?

If the return is good enough, I wouldn't put it out of the picture, tbh.

17 minutes ago, devpool said:

I'd say hurts is painfully average, flirting the line with below average when he doesn't run. Yesterday his pocket presence was atrocious, there were a couple plays on the last drive where he bailed on a perfect pocket and Brady called him out on it.

There are probably some average QBs Id feel much happier having. Statistically this year, all of his miniscule passing yardage games, not even average statistically either.

Hurts has a VERY tradable contract.

He does not have a cuttable contract.

So, I just can't do a really lengthy recap of that debacle, but here are some high level thoughts and then an idea on what's next. I watched the game at COSM in LA, which was pretty cool. And at least we helped our draft pick.

OFFENSE

• I'll skip my thoughts on Patullo for later, but just want to say of all the stupid things, to blow a timeout before the 4th and 11, and then call 4 verts...speechless.

• Hurts -- honestly, I'm not sure how to even evaluate him, or really most of the offense, when the coaching is so bad. All in all, I would call Hurts "fine" yesterday. Tough conditions, and if AJ could catch, we'd have looked much better. But seriously, who the hell was he supposed to throw to half the time? The is it Hurts of Patullo debate better be over after the last 2 weeks, because I have seen one of them succeed. I do feel like the lack of confidence in the OC was evident. Oh, and Shady, you have no sources - that's why you got fired from the dumbest channel on television.

• AJ, I mean, you're here next year because we are stuck with you, but you're never getting another big contract putting that crap on tape.

• Lane not suiting up seemed to be an emotional let down, but we were able to run in the first half. Then Saleh adjusted and KP cried.

DEFENSE

• They forced 2 turnovers, took away the running game, but got gashed by some big plays. Hard to really fault them or Vic. Not their best performance, but they did enough to win the game (kinda like Jalen, it was "fine).

• I'm just going to assume that Jalen Carter has slept with the daughters of every referee and umpire in the NFL, and therefore he will never draw a holding flag. Oh, and then Nolan Smith was brutally held on the last TD.

OK, now, Kevin Patullo -- get the eff off my team. I just can't comprehend how we kept doing the same thing over and over again. And for those who claim this is the Hurts offense -- it never looked this ridiculous from 2021-2024. Yes, Jalen has limitations and preferences, but good coaching maximizes strengths and challenges weaknesses. Jalen doesn't like throwing over the middle? Well, he did it last year for big plays when Kellen called it (mesh route to Goedert in New Orleans as an example). Steichen and Moore found ways to maximize Jalen, KP found ways to limit the whole offense. Losing a game where we won the turnover battle 2-0 hopefully is a wakeup call for Sirianni that this conservative BS can't keep happenning.

As for going forward, here's my dream wish list:

• Todd Monken or Brian Daboll as OC -- Monken's experience in Baltimore would be great, but I fear he'll end up going with Harbaugh. Daboll coached Jalen so that makes sense. Mike McDaniel and Jalen aren't really a great fit, IMO. Kingsbury could work as well.

• AJ stays because we can't take the cap hit. It is what it is.

• Extend JD, JC, and bring back Phillips and Blankenship.

• Exercise 5th year option on Nolan.

• Use the remaining ~$15mm to round out the roster (TE, CB2, Edge depth).

• Draft Lane's replacement.

Assumed extensions:

• 4 years, $100mm in new money for JD, makes it a 5 year, ~$113mm deal with the 5th year option.

• 3 years, $100mm in new money for JC, basically a 5 year, ~$129mm deal with his remaining year and 5th year option.

• 4 years, $100mm for JP

• 2 years, $18mm for Reed

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

that has baffled me for years. It seems like early on the WRs were taught to block for Hurts. These days he runs a lot less and it often seems like they arent sure if they should block, or break off their routes and just get open.

I always wished we could run the russell wilson offense when Hurts is on the run and we could just have someone break open deep on the scramble drill all the time like Wilson always got.

Hurts didnt used to keep his eyes down field when he scrambled though. And now, we still just dont have our WRs running an effective scramble drill.

They drafted Hurts thinking he was their version of Wilson, and they never actually copied the thing about Wilson's game that made him so good. Scramble drills were how he made his living in the NFL.

Yes he keeps his eyes downfield right before he throws the ball out of bounds.

Whens the last time hurts made a play down field running to his right.

He either runs for half a yard or throws the ball out of bounds, I guess at least he stopped running out of bounds behind the LOS🤷‍♂️

I fudged up guys - that was CUT post June 1... this is the TRADE post June 1 like he said.

Just now, RLC said:

Hurts has a VERY tradable contract.

He does not have a cuttable contract.

If some team offered 2 firsts for hurts i would do it in a heartbeat. The Eagles wouldn't, but i would. Bring the cost of this offense down a bit

1 minute ago, RLC said:

Hurts has a VERY tradable contract.

He does not have a cuttable contract.

Who would want him? The league sees the same thing we do. You can win with him IF every other aspect of your team is very good/elite. That's about it.

12 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

This is what I want if I’m being honest. There’s no easy way around it. There’s too much bloat on offense. I’m using some expiring contracts on defense as trade bait while trying to retain the key players.

It won’t be easy, but it’s needed.

Cant do it until after next season due to cap math

We will change the OC and try again, which is logical Given the talent we have

Hopefully Goederts cost is reasonable but if not cya

6 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

What happens if they decide to trade AJ post June 1st? What does it look like and could a restructure of AJ's contract help?

It would delay the cap hit until 2027 - you'd save ~$7mm in 2026 cap space, then have a ~$27mm cap hit in 2027. But, the issue is then you don't get a 2026 pick for him. So you create a roster hole and don't get anything to replace him this year.

Just now, devpool said:

If some team offered 2 firsts for hurts i would do it in a heartbeat. The Eagles wouldn't, but i would. Bring the cost of this offense down a bit

2 1sts? LOL!!!!

Just now, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

I fudged up guys - that was CUT post June 1... this is the TRADE June 1 like he said.

Wow - he's easily tradeable post June 1st.

Send Mailata to Australia and tell him to just walk around until he can find someone to replace Jake.

3 minutes ago, RLC said:

Hurts has a VERY tradable contract.

He does not have a cuttable contract.

Can you explain further why it’s tradeable?

Remember: there were players on the 2023 defense that looked really bad and like they had given up effort. That was coaching.

Fangio took over and those guys all performed once they had proper coaching and accountability.

The players on offense have complained and been vocal, and you can see in their body language and facial expressions they don't trust the coaching.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

It would delay the cap hit until 2027 - you'd save ~$7mm in 2026 cap space, then have a ~$27mm cap hit in 2027. But, the issue is then you don't get a 2026 pick for him. So you create a roster hole and don't get anything to replace him this year.

Nevermind trading a tier 1 wr would be stupid

Just now, vikas83 said:

It would delay the cap hit until 2027 - you'd save ~$7mm in 2026 cap space, then have a ~$27mm cap hit in 2027. But, the issue is then you don't get a 2026 pick for him. So you create a roster hole and don't get anything to replace him this year.

Yeah - I don't think that would hold the Eagles back - especially if Brown wants out.

WIP has been saying "Brown is as good as gone" from what they hear. So take it for what it is.

1 minute ago, Mike31mt said:

Send Mailata to Australia and tell him to just walk around until he can find someone to replace Jake.

What if he comes back with Ben Simmons?

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Siri didn't have much experience calling plays. In Indy, Reich called the plays and they had Andrew Luck at QB. In San Diego, he didn't call plays except some preseason practice and he had Philip Rivers who was already an established passer. Rivers numbers were consistent most of his career, and Siri being with him didn't change that.

Everyone criticized Siri as play caller to start 2021 especially not running the ball. Steichen took over and the offense went better.

People have said the offense looked different from Steichen to Johnson to Moore and Patullo. If Siri had an offense, it would be similar.

What has Siri done since Steichen left to contribute to the offense? To fix and address the issues? This was the worst OC in his tenure, what did he do this whole season? At some point the Head Coach CEO has to make changes, make CEO decisions. Bring in a consultant, fire/demote the OC, take over play calling, insist on changes.

You can't blame Hurts, that's silly. The Head Coach for 5 years has allowed the team to be held back because of the QB??? He was MVP runner up in 2022. In 2023 he had higher passing numbers in several stats, but the INTs were killer. If the 2023 offense had the 2024 or 2025 defense they would not have collapsed.

The pass game struggled last year but they had a dominant run game and Siri was scared to death of turnovers. He made turnovers his top priority. Hurts and other players have complained about the coaching too conservative.

I do not buy that Nick Sirianni has this magical, successful offensive scheme that he has been sitting on and despite the collapse in 2023, the pass struggles in 2024 and the total epic failure this season he's just like nah, I can't pull out my genius offense because the QB can't run it.

That makes no logical sense. The reality is Nick had Rivers and Luck and didn't call plays. Now he has Hurts and needs an OC who coaches to his strengths, and Hurts has regressed as a runner which takes away his dual threat. They're stuck with Hurts at least another year so they need an OC who will coach to the roster's strengths until they're able to change the QB.

I don't think you can blame Hurts for yesterday, but you can't give him a free pass either. I don't know why he didn't run more yesterday, and when he did, why he didn't commit. When he ran, it felt more like we could see him thinking about it, hesitating, then starting to run when it was too late. A good example was on the 2nd down of the last drive. He had a lane, he took a step, paused, then tried to run and got tackled. If he had just said "bleep it" and run without processing it, he would probably have picked up the first. We kept hearing that playoff Hurts would come through, and he had chances like that play and didn't deliver. It's like Spaceballs stop preparing/being cerebral and just go. Passing I thought he was fine. Few bad throws but in the wind that happens. I could have done without him rolling out of a clean pocket, though, and it was obviously driving Brady nuts as well.

2 hours ago, NCiggles said:

When is @Connecticut Eagle starting the offseason blog?

I usually give 48 hours of venting.

Didn't have to last season.

Probably tomorrow.

5 minutes ago, RLC said:

Hurts has a VERY tradable contract.

He does not have a cuttable contract.

FFS, no he doesn't. Trading Jalen before June 1, 2026, would create a ~$65mm dead cap hit, costing $33mm in cap space above his 2026 cap number of $31.8 million. After cutting Michael Carter, we would have less than $33mm in cap space. You can only trade him after June 1, which would be tanking the season basically and not getting anything back until the 2027 draft.

3 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Yeah - I don't think that would hold the Eagles back - especially if Brown wants out.

WIP has been saying "Brown is as good as gone" from what they hear. So take it for what it is.

If WIP is saying it, I'd bet good money on the opposite.

Just now, vikas83 said:

FFS, no he doesn't. Trading Jalen before June 1, 2026, would create a ~$65mm dead cap hit, costing $33mm in cap space above his 2026 cap number of $31.8 million. After cutting Michael Carter, we would have less than $33mm in cap space. You can only trade him after June 1, which would be tanking the season basically and not getting anything back until the 2027 draft.

I mean they were willing to take a 200 million cap hit with an inept OC 😂 Seems like a deal to me (kidding)