5 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

McLane says Eagles demanding a 1st and 2nd. For me it would have to be that and in 2027 to consider it. Given the potential of those picks are not yet set. For example if you trade him to the Patriots and they have a regression year those picks could be mid rounds or higher. But this draft isn't very good and even a 2026 1st does nothing for me. Plus the cap ramifications and also how do you replace him? Use a 1st on a WR? Using a pick to fill a need instead of going OL?

a 1st AND a 2nd?

If we get that, run in the trade card.

Just now, bpac55 said:

I need a 2026 1st. If they are trading WR1, they need to be able to replace WR1 immediately

Doing the trade prior to june 1st is supposed to be catastrophic to our cap this year. So IF we trade him it should be done after June 1st which means we wouldnt be getting picks this year because the draft would be long over by then.

If Howie makes this trade prior to this draft, then he knows things about the cap that our best capologists on the EMB cant even begin to imagine.

2 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I need a 2026 1st. If they are trading WR1, they need to be able to replace WR1 immediately

I'd just trade a lesser pick for Brian Thomas Jr in that scenario, but I want the potentially better pick in a definitely better draft.

8 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

McLane says Eagles demanding a 1st and 2nd. For me it would have to be that and in 2027 to consider it. Given the potential of those picks are not yet set. For example if you trade him to the Patriots and they have a regression year those picks could be mid rounds or higher. But this draft isn't very good and even a 2026 1st does nothing for me. Plus the cap ramifications and also how do you replace him? Use a 1st on a WR? Using a pick to fill a need instead of going OL?

Also would the cap issues impact their ability to re-sign players?

If Howie could get a 2027 1st and 2nd I couldn't call that a bad trade, but I doubt any team does that. I think they get offered a late 2026 1st at most and that wouldn't be enough for me.

My initial reaction when all this started was "Howie wants wha he paid for AJ or he’s hanging up the phone.” Doesn’t seem that was far off

There’s also probably some way Howie can get AJ’s agent to modify the contract to slash the cap hit. He has a plan for everything

1st and a 2nd is probably the starting price, there's no chance they get that.

I'd take NE's #31 and a conditional 2027 4th and still feel that's good value.

6 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

I need a 2026 1st. If they are trading WR1, they need to be able to replace WR1 immediately

To be fair, Smitty would be WR1 and they would need to add another receiver to be WR2 in that case.

I also am curious what happens at TE. If they draft a TE that can add production as a rookie that can be another receiving option. Even if they re-sign Goedert they should draft a TE if they have the chance to get a guy they like.

If they were to trade AJ Brown the new receiving options would be: Smitty, Goedert, rookie TE, rookie WR...do they re-sign Dotson then? Plus if the run game improves drastically that helps too.

That would be a bad trade because they are under no obligation to move him. In a vacuum that's not bad value--a 1st+. If the Eagles were a bad team rebuilding that isn't bad value and would be a perfectly acceptable trade. But for where the Eagles are, trading away arguably your best offensive player that carries cap impacts pre June 1st, in that light it would be a bad trade. This isn't TO where they have no choice but to move on. This is a "We'll only do it if it makes us an objectively better team now or in future" and to me a late first in the weakest draft in years doesn't do that. They need to get back a pick that they can either trade for a future star or parlay into a future star... either via draft directly or trade that pick for more picks.

I'd be adamant about a pick in 2027. You never root for it, but maybe Maye goes down week 1 and that pick ends up top 10 and if Hurts sucks in 2026 that could be where you take your next QB of the future. I'm obviously going very far down the road at this point...

4 minutes ago, NOTW said:

To be fair, Smitty would be WR1 and they would need to add another receiver to be WR2 in that case.

I also am curious what happens at TE. If they draft a TE that can add production as a rookie that can be another receiving option. Even if they re-sign Goedert they should draft a TE if they have the chance to get a guy they like.

If they were to trade AJ Brown the new receiving options would be: Smitty, Goedert, rookie TE, rookie WR...do they re-sign Dotson then? Plus if the run game improves drastically that helps too.

They will be able to field a nice WR corps no doubt. You cant likely replace AJ like for like. But Im not worried about the overall talent of our pass catchers in that scenario.

10 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Hes smooth.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

  On 1/26/2026 at 8:55 PM, HazletonEagle said:

  3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Legit

  1 hour ago, time2rock said:

Eagles met with Lawrence at the Combine.

Symone Stanley would probably test very well at the Combine.

So we know Howie will listen to any offer just to see what it is. Potentially, could he be listening to offers now to gauge the market and then say no, but now he has an idea of the market for post June 1st and later down the road?

2 hours ago, ManuManu said:

At the time, Sweat was an easy decision as well. His knee is a ticking time bomb and he was fairly inconsistent. Just a year prior he had to take a pay cut after failing to find a trade partner that wanted him at his (at the time) salary. Credit him for a helluva 2025 season, but I have no regrets letting him go.

Each offseason is a gamble. The Eagles made the right decision keeping Baun. He was their priority. In retrospect, keeping Sweat would have been a better solution than trading for Phillips.

On 2/26/2026 at 10:34 AM, Sack that QB said:

Would be stunned if safety is the first pick. Frankly, it would be idiotic.

Agreed. It would be totally idiotic to invest a first round pick in a player whose value would likely line up with the 23rd pick at a position of major need.

On 2/26/2026 at 10:59 AM, RememberTheKoy said:

Fake news, all made up by the media.

Pats writer said there is internal interest in trading for Brown and potentially pairing him with Diggs.

Patriots will supposedly be pursuing Phillips

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Pats writer said there is internal interest in trading for Brown and potentially pairing him with Diggs.

I think there's better than a 50/50 chance the Eagles trade AJ Brown -- AFTER June 1 -- I would be gobsmacked if he were dealt before then.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see the Eagles use one of their first two picks on a WR at the draft.

1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Jeff McLane said agents of Eagles with uncertain futures have gotten the sense a decision on Brown will be made sooner rather than later based on conversations with the team. Mentioned by March 10th, the start of FA.

14 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

If Brière knew how to draft I’d be saying losses are a very positive thing at this point. They’re eight points out of the playoffs and lots of teams to climb over. Not gonna happen.

Sadly, their draft last June was a D- grade for me. Martone is a player, but he was followed by lots of bad picks.

Martone alone makes it at least a B draft. There is no way he should have made it to their pick and instead of getting cute and drafting for need they took the clear BPA. He is completely dominating college hockey as a freshman.

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

Sorry didn’t see this mentioned before. But i’ve always felt Howie was at least gonna get a first round pick. And that he probably would be good with something like a first and a fourth that could become a third based off his production in 2027.

I don't understand this narrative around Anthony Richardson; there was a headline "the Colts and Anthony Richardson have mutually agreed to seek a trade", then Florio saying "the Vikings and Anthony Richardson reportedly have mutual interest".

Richardson's wishes or interests are irrelevant. He's not been nearly good enough or durable enough to be on the field as an NFL player. He will wash out of IND and resurface somewhere else. He doesn't have any hand on the steering wheel.

13 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

Berman thinks Eagles re-sign Phillips for 4 years 100m before free agency begins and lets everyone else go, including Mann.

I would be perfectly fine with that. He is the only true impact free agent they have.

3 hours ago, ManuManu said:

At the time, Sweat was an easy decision as well. His knee is a ticking time bomb and he was fairly inconsistent. Just a year prior he had to take a pay cut after failing to find a trade partner that wanted him at his (at the time) salary. Credit him for a helluva 2025 season, but I have no regrets letting him go.

Yep, it's revisionist history around here with both him and Williams. Everyone wanted them back last off-season, but was perfectly fine to let them walk for the contracts they got. One year later everyone is whining about letting them go and saying they should have kept them.