28 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Wowza - Q and Coop going to be rich

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I'd love to see someone break down player contracts, over the last 30 years, as a percentage of the salary cap. The numbers look increasingly eye-popping, but that needs to be grounded against the increasing cap.

Curious to see if rookie deals are a larger or smaller % of the cap than they used to be.

Much smaller. Rookie contracts were out of control when there were no limits which is why they put in the rookie wage scale to begin with. Ever since they did, it rises in correlation to the salary cap increasing so it’s more stable than it used to be.

59 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Payton likes him I think he traded the saints for him.. was a darkhorse tightend signing I was hoping the eagles looked into depending on what they do. Solid blocker

Just now, kiwieagle said:

Wowza - Q and Coop going to be rich

You can't pay all these guys top dollar, that's why I wonder about a Carter trade. Someone might need to be traded to capitalize on their value, a comp pick is nothing.

1 hour ago, RLC said:

Howie holding firm on the AJ price is great.

The only way we can afford all these defensive players is trading Jalen Hurts.

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

I don’t think the market will dry up after June 1 and I think Howie’s prepared to carry the number. The Eagles didn’t figure to be huge buyers in free agency and are likely willing to accept Dean and Blankenship moving on if they have a market

I just don’t see Jaelen Phillips being re-signed. Howie never makes splash moves at the position but he’s going to do it now with Fangio probably retiring in a year? He’s not a $20M + guy when you just signed Davis to that and have Carter, Mitchell, DeJean, Hunt all going to be in the same range plus more for most.

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I just don’t see Jaelen Phillips being re-signed. Howie never makes splash moves at the position but he’s going to do it now with Fangio probably retiring in a year? He’s not a $20M + guy when you just signed Davis to that and have Carter, Mitchell, DeJean, Hunt all going to be in the same range plus more for most.

I sure hope not at this price. Id like 12-15M a year. Hes a mid range guy. If you cant get him in that range, get a mid-range guy who will sign in that range.

2 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

"The price got too high” before they’re allowed to even negotiate yet.

Just now, Sack that QB said:

"The price got too high” before they’re allowed to even negotiate yet.

Negotiating starts in Indy

Would using the 5th year option on Carter help the financial impact, same as they did with Davis?

Yo, she really does! 🤣

This is what I was saying the other day. There is listening to offers and then there is setting prices and trying to figure out creative ways to make it happen. You can say they don’t want to trade him only so much but if it’s true Howie is pitching creative ideas, he’s going to be moved

12 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I just don’t see Jaelen Phillips being re-signed. Howie never makes splash moves at the position but he’s going to do it now with Fangio probably retiring in a year? He’s not a $20M + guy when you just signed Davis to that and have Carter, Mitchell, DeJean, Hunt all going to be in the same range plus more for most.

It isn't a splash move at the position. Trading a 3rd for him was. Re-signing him is just making sure not to waste that investment because he is young and fit very well within our defense.

1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

It isn't a splash move at the position. Trading a 3rd for him was. Re-signing him is just making sure not to waste that investment because he is young and fit very well within our defense.

Look at how Howie has addressed the position for his career. Signing Reddick at 3 years $45M was his biggest move.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is what I was saying the other day. There is listening to offers and then there is setting prices and trying to figure out creative ways to make it happen. You can say they don’t want to trade him only so much but if it’s true Howie is pitching creative ideas, he’s going to be moved

My assumption has always been they talked after the season and Brown doesn’t want to be in Philly any longer. His play against SF showed a guy with one foot out the door

NFL teams obviously like Phillips a lot more than we do. He was the top pass rusher on the market by teams at the deadline and is considered the top pass rusher or close to it on free agency. I think Greenard and Hendrickson are better players but Greenard will cost a day 2 pick in a trade and will be 29 and Hendrickson will be 31 and had an injury plagued 2025. Eagles want youth and upside and I think they probably see untapped upside in Phillips.

The real issue isn't paying Davis, Carter, Coop, and Mitchell. It's paying them while paying the entire starting offense top dollar to be below average...8 of 11 starters on expensive 2nd or 3rd contracts.

If Howie has any cap magic left in him, the way to do it is to suck money out of the offense. I'd trade any player on offense, Hurts included, get those guys down to performance-aligned contracts.

9 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

My assumption has always been they talked after the season and Brown doesn’t want to be in Philly any longer. His play against SF showed a guy with one foot out the door

Exactly… these fools are in DENIAL.

AJ GOOONNNEEEE!!!

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

The real issue isn't paying Davis, Carter, Coop, and Mitchell. It's paying them while paying the entire starting offense top dollar to be below average...8 of 11 starters on expensive 2nd or 3rd contracts.

If Howie has any cap magic left in him, the way to do it is to suck money out of the offense. I'd trade any player on offense, Hurts included, get those guys down to performance-aligned contracts.

Of course itd still take this season to get the brunt of the dead cap hit out of the way from Brown, but bringing back Dotson and Metchie for a Smith/Metchie/Dotson/Cooper WR corps is very solid and should be good enough for any offense with a competent OC and QB.

Trading Brown to reallocate some of that WR money elsewhere always made some sense. I was never really fully on board with trading him, but his performance in the playoff game was a tipping point.

28 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

That's some list of players. Giants getting better

5 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

That's some list of players. Giants getting better

They dont have them yet.

somewhere @vikas83 is smiling