I get the injury history with Phillips but he was really good with Vic when healthy. Have to think Howie would have held on to that 3rd if they didn’t think he was completely healthy.

On second thought, I don't see Howie bringing in a player and giving him an extension without playing a snap here before giving out extensions the young guys who have been here. Could ruffle the feathers a bit.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Vintage deadline Howie.

3rd is really rich for a guy who did an Achilles and acl in 2 of his last 2 seasons and hasn’t ever been that good. Really rich.

2 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Phillips is a good move, imo. First round pedigree and a "Vic Fangio” guy - meaning he will likely play a large part in the defense much sooner than someone Vic isn’t as familiar with.

It’s also a low risk - high reward move - meaning that although it cost a 3rd round pick, if we were not to resign him - decent chance we get a 4th round (maybe even better) comp pick back.

Win - win scenario imo. One of Howie’s better FA moves of the year, imo.

There’s definite risk. He’s had season ending injuries the past two years and medically retired from football while in college. He could also simply not play well. The drop from a top 100 pick in 2026 to a comp 4 is a big one in terms of a talent cliff.

3 minutes ago, Ace Nova said:

Phillips is a good move, imo. First round pedigree and a "Vic Fangio” guy - meaning he will likely play a large part in the defense much sooner than someone Vic isn’t as familiar with.

It’s also a low risk - high reward move - meaning that although it cost a 3rd round pick, if we were not to resign him - decent chance we get a 4th round (maybe even better) comp pick back.

Win - win scenario imo. One of Howie’s better FA moves of the year, imo.

Xavier McKinney got 4 years $68m and netted the Giants a 4th round comp pick.

Jaelen Phillips isn’t even going to be on that order of magnitude. He’s going to be a 1 year prove it deal.

19 minutes ago, RLC said:

I do care about this, as we may have a high dead cap in 2026 with an AJ trade.

Chill Diana Russinni. AJ ain’t going anywhere

13 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Welp, you jinxed that.

13 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I disagree. 4th down passes don't matter. All that matters is that a pass is thrown in the field of play so the play has a chance. The offense should know in the back of their minds that it is basically a punt if it gets intercepted and they should be ready to become tacklers. Defenses in that situation should know to bat the ball down and take no chances. Let me explain what you saw happen there:

The WR realizes he steps out of the endzone and basically quits on the play. The DB makes the bonehead attempt to intercept the pass and actually bobbles it toward the WR who now has an opportunity to catch it because it touches the DB's hands first and the WR is reestablished in the field of play. Watch it again --- it was nearly a TD as much as it was nearly an INT. Doubs was back up to speed and would have made the tackle even if it was cleanly caught.

Horrible take. The Packers are essentially at the goal line. It is 1000X better to throw it out of bounds instead of gift wrapping a potential pick 6.

Your argument might apply if the Packers were at midfield in a totally different game scenario. But for the circumstance they were in, that pass is totally inexcusable.

"Boneheaded attempt to intercept the pass" it would have been a 105 yard pick six and it was thrown right at him. What are you talking about?

Eagles Edge vs the Giants:

Jalyx Hunt, Josh Uche, Patrick Johnson, Jihaad Campbell

Eales Edge vs the Packers:

Jalyx Hunt, Nolan Smith, BG, Jaelan Phillips

Does Josh Uche even dress?

Listening to some of you whine, makes me wonder if you are still waiting for your 2nd testicle to drop. And the sad thing is, you will never be happy. They could have traded for Garrett and you would whine that they gave up too much. They trade a 3rd for Phillips with Miami eating a good portion of the money, and they gave up too much. They take a flyer on Carter and Alexander for last day picks, they suck. Nolan Smith, will never be healthy and while he was on IR, he lost his kidney and liver! Jalen Hurts, if it wasn't for a great team around him, would be a High School equivalent QB.

The Eagles have the best record in the NFC and haven't even started rolling yet....which I think is coming. And guess f'ing what....say they lose every game the rest of the season, they have won 2 f'ing Super Bowls and been to 3 in 8 years. They are in the top 3 or 4 for wins since 2000, playoff appearances, playoff wins.

God, I wish some of you had to endure the 80's and 90's with this team, THEN you could have something to really **** about.

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Xavier McKinney got 4 years $68m and netted the Giants a 4th round comp pick.

Jaelen Phillips isn’t even going to be on that order of magnitude. He’s going to be a 1 year prove it deal.

I doubt that.

If he continues at his current pace he’ll end up with 7 sacks and a bunch of QB hits/pressures, a ton of tackles etc - meaning it would show he’s back to being - 6-8 sack guy who regularly pressures the QB, gets a ton of pressures, tackles etc (Aka Josh Sweat?)

Could be looking at a contract similar to what Josh Sweat got Imo

7 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Yea but there is no time axis. Drafted players can provide those for years.

Eagles are getting about 8 games of a meh starter or quality rotation guy for a 3rd.

It'll be interesting to see if Philips stays past the season and breaks the recent hoodoo of in season trades kind of sucking. A 3rd is a lot to pay for a rental.

Who gets cut?

Just now, Ace Nova said:

I doubt that.

If he continues at his current pace he’ll end up with 7 sacks and a bunch of QB hits/pressures, a ton of tackles etc - meaning it would show he’s back to being - 6-8 sack guy who regularly pressures the QB, gets a ton of pressures and sacks etc (Aka Josh Sweat?

Could be looking at a contract similar to what Josh Sweat got Imo

Josh Sweat cashed in on being the unofficial SB mvp. Phillips is not Sweat.

Just now, UK Eagle said:

It'll be interesting to see if Philips stays past the season and breaks the recent hoodoo of in season trades kind of sucking. A 3rd is a lot to pay for a rental.

Who gets cut?

If he plays well you would think they’d keep him around. He’s only 26 years old.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

Josh Sweat cashed in on being the unofficial SB mvp. Phillips is not Sweat.

Career stats would reflect he’s maybe slightly below Sweat in terms of performance but if he finishes this season with at least 7 sacks plus everything else -it may be closer than you think.

13 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

On second thought, I don't see Howie bringing in a player and giving him an extension without playing a snap here before giving out extensions the young guys who have been here. Could ruffle the feathers a bit.

Howie has said he no longer does in-season contracts

3 minutes ago, Mike31mt said:

Horrible take. The Packers are essentially at the goal line. It is 1000X better to throw it out of bounds instead of gift wrapping a potential pick 6.

Your argument might apply if the Packers were at midfield in a totally different game scenario. But for the circumstance they were in, that pass is totally inexcusable.

"Boneheaded attempt to intercept the pass" it would have been a 105 yard pick six and it was thrown right at him. What are you talking about?

Doubs was right there to make the tackle. He gave up on being the target because he wasn't eligible to touch the ball first, but he saw the DB and was closing in. There's no way in the world that would have been a pick 6. At best it would have been a touchback. If Doubs wouldn't have committed to tackling, he would have easily had the TD after the bobbled INT attempt.

You're making way more out of it than it deserves. If that was any other down, I'd agree with you 100%. But on 4th down, that's a hail mary play.

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Yea but there is no time axis. Drafted players can provide those for years.

Eagles are getting about 8 games of a meh starter or quality rotation guy for a 3rd.

and then will turn around and get a 4th round comp when he walks. It’ll be worth it if Jalen’s contributes to a deeper playoff run than Golden Tate did

8 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

And we lost to a Rookie in Dart. So what?

The point of the post was the underdogs upset the favorites at home with QB's coming off injuries.

4 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Josh Sweat cashed in on being the unofficial SB mvp. Phillips is not Sweat.

Just point out Josh sweat in his 1st 5 years in the league had 28.5 sacks, 38 TFL and 59 Qb hits in 71 games. Phillips in his 1st 5 seasons (currently in 5th) has 26 sacks, 28 TFL and 61 QB hits in 55 games

2 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

and then will turn around and get a 4th round comp when he walks. It’ll be worth it if Jalen’s contributes to a deeper playoff run than Golden Tate did

Golden Tate was worth it in the end as well 😀

2 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

and then will turn around and get a 4th round comp when he walks. It’ll be worth it if Jalen’s contributes to a deeper playoff run than Golden Tate did

They aren’t getting a 4th or 5th comp pick for Phillips. I

9 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Eagles Edge vs the Giants:

Jalyx Hunt, Josh Uche, Patrick Johnson, Jihaad Campbell

Eales Edge vs the Packers:

Jalyx Hunt, Nolan Smith, BG, Jaelan Phillips

Does Josh Uche even dress?

Not sure if BG dresses tbh. He might not be quite ready yet - being in shape is one thing - being in football shape, ready to take hits etc is another thing. The Eagles won’t risk BG getting injured by playing him too soon, imo.