Kinda funny Howell was traded to the current Super Bowl winning team only for his former team to win the Super Bowl. Bad timing for ole Chicken Tendies.

4 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Kinda funny Howell was traded to the current Super Bowl winning team only for his former team to win the Super Bowl. Bad timing for ole Chicken Tendies.

Really a pointless trade. I know they did it when McKee was hurt, but couldn't they just sign a street FA for a few weeks?

46 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Kinda funny Howell was traded to the current Super Bowl winning team only for his former team to win the Super Bowl. Bad timing for ole Chicken Tendies.

Was traded from the Vikings.

10 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

There's no offensive lineman worth trading into the top 10 for. That would be terrible.

Reported by ESPN:

The Cowboys have offered a deal for Aubrey that is more than the league-best $6.4 million average per season of Kansas City's Harrison Butker, sources told ESPN. However, Aubrey's agent, Todd France, has asked for a deal closer to $10 million per season, according to sources.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

Yes it is. Size is. That's why I said he was great in that era. Watching his highlights though, some of it is plain ugly. Doesn't help that some of the tape is against Deacon Jones.

The OL rules were completely different back then and greatly favored the DL. You couldn't extend your arms to pass block and grabbing the jersey inside the pads was an automatic holding call which was 15 yards back then. The DL could pretty much do whatever they wanted such as the Deacon Jones head slap. Nobody would have gotten by Bob Brown under todays rules. If he was allowed to extend his arms and lock on your jersey it was over. His technique looks lousy compared to today because the rules mandated it.

37 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Based on my expertise with Howieisms, AJ was added to the offseason trade block months ago

But Howie also has a reputation of not trading a dude until he gets what he asks for: Haason Reddick, Bryce Huff, Dallas Goedert, Sam Bradford… all of them had weird, drawn out trade sagas. And Dallas ended up not getting traded at all; Howie just said "Well F you too, I’m keeping him then.”

So Howie fully intends to move him I believe, but if we don’t get a big package then he’ll be here week 1

28 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Would be tempting but going into the season with just one QB seems a bit risky to me.

42 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

There's no way Howie said those specific, definitive things. So that's just speculation on a podcast and another twitter post recapping those opinions, framing them as facts.

This might be one of the coolest gifts I've ever gotten for my birthday from a buddy of mine.

He called me yesterday and asked if I liked Jordan Mailata and apparently when he bid on a bunch of cards the guy threw a signed jersey in.

6 minutes ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

Based on my expertise with Howieisms, AJ was added to the offseason trade block months ago

But Howie also has a reputation of not trading a dude until he gets what he asks for: Haason Reddick, Bryce Huff, Dallas Goedert, Sam Bradford… all of them had weird, drawn out trade sagas. And Dallas ended up not getting traded at all; Howie just said "Well F you too, I’m keeping him then.”

So Howie fully intends to move him I believe, but if we don’t get a big package then he’ll be here week 1

Agreed for the most part except Huff. He was traded June 2nd and clearly was a trade for the best they could get. It was only drawn out because of the dead cap.

41 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

There's no offensive lineman worth trading into the top 10 for. That would be terrible.

Yep weak OL draft. One of my bigger concerns of the offseason is the draft doesn’t really align with their needs. This is a good Edge and safety draft. Not great at TE or OL. Probably should have addressed OL last year instead.

I know in recent years the Eagles have not reached for needs, but I just have a feeling Howie is going to be keyed in on OL in this draft and that’s gonna be a problem,, especially with no Stout to develop them.

51 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Was traded from the Vikings.

Yea. I forgot about the few months Seattle traded him just for the Vikings to trade him and sign Wentz.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

#2 isn’t how Howie has done business as of late. He’s not going to go into the draft with a need so glaring it would necessitate such a bad trade.

Besides, just draft Lomu with a very small trade up if that was the plan in Round 1.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

Yes it is. Size is. That's why I said he was great in that era. Watching his highlights though, some of it is plain ugly. Doesn't help that some of the tape is against Deacon Jones.

No one looked good against Deacon Jones. That head slap was vicious. But that is part of its. Sure, the game is different now, but that doesn’t downplay the play at the time. And further, when Brown played, NFL players worked regular jobs in the offseason, so some comparisons over time don’t work. Hence recency bias.

28 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

#2 isn’t how Howie has done business as of late. He’s not going to go into the draft with a need so glaring it would necessitate such a bad trade.

Besides, just draft Lomu with a very small trade up if that was the plan in Round 1.

I’m 50/50 on this. I agree it’s not how he does business and I don’t think assuming he would do a bad trade to assess the need is logical. But with the limited resources in Free Agency and the important need of an OT succession plan, I don’t see how it can be anything but the draft at this point.

Interesting what Howie said about Tight End. Seems his fascination with receiving TEs may be responsible for the impact on the running game. BTW, Stoll, a Vet minimum signing like Granson, is an UFA. Could see that as a signing that won’t impact comp picks.

"I would say that the tight end position starts with me in evolving,” Roseman said. "You know, I think that from my perspective I’ve always had an affinity for kind of the receiving tight ends. I think that that’s shown in my work. You know, unfortunately for me, I can’t hide behind anything other than the product we put out there, which I’m proud of. I think that that’s also something that as as you evolve as a GM, as an evaluator, and you watch what’s out there, you got to be cognizant of the fact that at some levels, the game has changed, you know, and so there’s certainly room for both of those spots. I think when you look at our room this year, probably needed more of a diverse skill set at that position. All good players that we had there. But probably could have used that.”

7 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

I was in favor of completely revamping the TE position until I found out that they can actually lower Goedert's cap hit by bringing him back. To me it's a no brainer to bring him back, and either sign a vet blocking TE and draft a young guy, or draft two guys. The position still needs some work especially with the new offense coming in but bringing back Goedert makes too much sense at this point.

31 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Interesting what Howie said about Tight End. Seems his fascination with receiving TEs may be responsible for the impact on the running game. BTW, Stoll, a Vet minimum signing like Granson, is an UFA. Could see that as a signing that won’t impact comp picks.

"I would say that the tight end position starts with me in evolving,” Roseman said. "You know, I think that from my perspective I’ve always had an affinity for kind of the receiving tight ends. I think that that’s shown in my work. You know, unfortunately for me, I can’t hide behind anything other than the product we put out there, which I’m proud of. I think that that’s also something that as as you evolve as a GM, as an evaluator, and you watch what’s out there, you got to be cognizant of the fact that at some levels, the game has changed, you know, and so there’s certainly room for both of those spots. I think when you look at our room this year, probably needed more of a diverse skill set at that position. All good players that we had there. But probably could have used that.”

This is infuriating to read

8 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

I'd be happy with a 4th, maybe get creative and throw them a pick on top for a better pick. Say our 2nd and Tanner for their 2nd? That's probably not enough however...

McKee is worth way more to the Eagles for one more year as a cheap backup than a 4th round pick. I seriously doubt they would trade him for anything less than a 3rd and would probably be trying to get a 2nd. QB play in the league is horrible and McKee has real potential to be an above average starter.

5 hours ago, Saltpeter said:

Ok come on, we gotta remember that before the drag racing scandal Jalen Carter was the #1 overall prospect ahead of Will Anderson. With 2 working shoulders, he’s easily the best player on a defense with 3 other All Pro caliber guys, including arguably the best CB in football (certainly top 5). And this is him playing at, what, 60-70% of his potential.

Quibble all you want about what "generational” means to you, but Carter is a truly elite TALENT. And a class above Cox was, and that’s no disrespect.

Yep. Saying he isn't Fletcher Cox is laughable. Most DT's take several years to hit their stride. Carter took a step back in year three but it's amazing how quickly people forget how good he was in his second year. Cox was NEVER as dominant as Carter was during his second season. There is no guarantee that Carter ever consistently hits his ceiling but with the key word being "talent" he is most definitely a generational talent at DT and has the upside to be on a different planet than Cox was.

45 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Interesting what Howie said about Tight End. Seems his fascination with receiving TEs may be responsible for the impact on the running game. BTW, Stoll, a Vet minimum signing like Granson, is an UFA. Could see that as a signing that won’t impact comp picks.

"I would say that the tight end position starts with me in evolving,” Roseman said. "You know, I think that from my perspective I’ve always had an affinity for kind of the receiving tight ends. I think that that’s shown in my work. You know, unfortunately for me, I can’t hide behind anything other than the product we put out there, which I’m proud of. I think that that’s also something that as as you evolve as a GM, as an evaluator, and you watch what’s out there, you got to be cognizant of the fact that at some levels, the game has changed, you know, and so there’s certainly room for both of those spots. I think when you look at our room this year, probably needed more of a diverse skill set at that position. All good players that we had there. But probably could have used that.”

AKA having a guy like GC who isn't an impact receiver and can't block at all is a waste of a roster spot. I'm glad he learned that lesson.

2 hours ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I’m 50/50 on this. I agree it’s not how he does business and I don’t think assuming he would do a bad trade to assess the need is logical. But with the limited resources in Free Agency and the important need of an OT succession plan, I don’t see how it can be anything but the draft at this point.

This is where Kuper earns his paycheck. I believe just over half of the starting NFL offensive tackles have been drafted outside the first round; find one that fits his prototype that he can develop. I’d rather they try that than force the draft board.

I can’t remember the last time an NFL team traded up from the twenties into the top 10 to draft an OL. I’m sure it’s happened, but I can’t imagine it happens often.

In 2000, WAS traded #12, 24, 119 and 154 to move up to #3 to draft Chris Samuels — I suppose that’s an example of a huge trade-up.

14 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:

That was a very avoidable situation by the Eagles though. They should have extended Milton when he was available. Could have gotten him for much less than he signed with the Patriots for qfter his breakout year

Why should they have? Ojomo was playing at the same level as him in the 2nd half of the 2024 season. IMO, Ojomo out-played him in 2025. Williams now has 15 career sacks in 5 NFL seasons.

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