March 9Mar 9 If anything happens with Aj, it will be after June 1st. As @vikas83 has explained thoroughly, the dead cap hit is prohibitive.As far as whether that happens, I'm fine with trading away AJ. His a damn good player when he wants to be and the second part is the problem. I dont care about the tweets but we have to have no tolerance for dogging it on the field. There will be opportunities to trade him after June 1st and, maybe, even better offers when teams dont come out of the draft/FA with what they want.
March 9Mar 9 3 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:They dont have them yet.Mostly likely they'll get someone
March 9Mar 9 39 minutes ago, NOTW said:Would using the 5th year option on Carter help the financial impact, same as they did with Davis?Yes, but in 2027, not now
March 9Mar 9 2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Yes, but in 2027, not nowPretty sure his 5th year option is 27 mil due to escalators he reached
March 9Mar 9 34 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Look at how Howie has addressed the position for his career. Signing Reddick at 3 years $45M was his biggest move.He drafted Nolan Smith and traded a 3 for Philips. He has tried for years to trade for Garrett, was in at some level on Crosby. If Philips was juat a free agent from another team then yeah I would say it would be a splash. But signing him is just Roseman retaining a player to a market competitive deal which he has done with players regardless of position.
March 9Mar 9 3 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:Pretty sure his 5th year option is 27 mil due to escalators he reachedCorrect. But there is no financial impact this year whether they pick up the option or extend him. They could do both and you still wouldn’t see any impact this year.
March 9Mar 9 5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:He drafted Nolan Smith and traded a 3 for Philips. He has tried for years to trade for Garrett, was in at some level on Crosby.If Philips was juat a free agent from another team then yeah I would say it would be a splash. But signing him is just Roseman retaining a player to a market competitive deal which he has done with players regardless of position.Yea, he drafted Edge players high. Just like Barnett. I was talking about paying them. In particular guys on the free agent market. Tried for Garrett or Crosby means nothing without context. No one knows what if anything was offered. If Howie signs him, it’s arguably the biggest investment he made at the position in his career.
March 9Mar 9 46 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.Certainly doesn't help to give injury prone starters big money
March 9Mar 9 I think people are reading a little much into Garafolo's comments there. If the Eagles were actively looking to get him off the team they would have just accepted the Patriots best offer and be done with it. As several people have outlined, the Eagles literally can't afford to trade him unless they get super creative. So Howie would need to have contingencies lined up in the event the Patriots or another team did meet their asking price.They can't be in a situation where the Patriots call and say "Fine, you win, we'll give you the 1st and a 2nd for AJ" and Howie is like "crap... how do I fit this all cap wise now???" Howie would need everything lined up so they can move on it quickly with the legal tampering fast approaching.
March 9Mar 9 6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Yea, he drafted Edge players high. Just like Barnett. I was talking about paying them. In particular guys on the free agent market.Tried for Garrett or Crosby means nothing without context. No one knows what if anything was offered.If Howie signs him, it’s arguably the biggest investment he made at the position in his career.I think the more relevant one is he tried to trade for Parsons, would have gotten him if Dallas was cool trading him within the division and would have given him that contract he wanted. Parsons is a special player, but I think the Eagles probably view Phillips as a young impactful Edge with upside, and as usual it'll come down to the guaranteed money. I don't think the Eagles are opposed to paying Edges high price tags, they just haven't found elite ones worth paying at an age young enough to do so.
March 9Mar 9 12 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:Yea, he drafted Edge players high. Just like Barnett. I was talking about paying them. In particular guys on the free agent market.Tried for Garrett or Crosby means nothing without context. No one knows what if anything was offered.If Howie signs him, it’s arguably the biggest investment he made at the position in his career.He gave Brandon Graham legitimate contracts his first two deals at least. The Eagles just haven't had a an edge worth re-signing to a market offer since BG outside of Josh Sweat who I think they were vetting against his knees holding up much longer and he was closer to 30 than Philips is.
March 9Mar 9 1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Maybe he’s going to use the proceeds to help pay for Carter, Mitchell and dejeanWhat an a-hole
March 9Mar 9 5 hours ago, T-1000 said:I see the AJ glazers are coming out in doves, shocker. Says a lot about "Eagles fans" who are more concerned with their favorite player than the fact that said favorite player blatantly quit on the team in a playoff game in addition to be a negative distraction that dragged the team down all season long. I'm surprised you could type while massaging AJ's balls, clown.He’s a great WR. The team is better with him on it. He was way down on the list of reasons the team underperformed last season.
March 9Mar 9 5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:Josina’s graphics are as convoluted as her tweets."As the big picture currently stand"Poetic.
March 9Mar 9 17 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:He gave Brandon Graham legitimate contracts his first two deals at least. The Eagles just haven't had a an edge worth re-signing to a market offer since BG outside of Josh Sweat who I think they were vetting against his knees holding up much longer and he was closer to 30 than Philips is.The biggest contract he gave Graham was 3 years $40M in 2019. It was good money but not a major commitment.
March 9Mar 9 1 hour 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.Maybe they’re trying to get a better comp pick by hyping the offer but there’s a lot of reports for it to be something they’re not pursuing.
March 9Mar 9 34 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:The biggest contract he gave Graham was 3 years $40M in 2019. It was good money but not a major commitment.Graham was never a star.
March 9Mar 9 3 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said:Hurts has a no trade clause and no reason for him to waive it.The offense is going to be a lot of rookie deals within thr next 2 years. The only players I could see making big money on offense in 1-2 years is Hurts, DeVonte and Mailata. I wouldn't be surprised if within 1-2 years Mailata ks the only starter along the offensive line that isn't on a rookie deal.I'd rather keep a great WR and trade an average qb
March 9Mar 9 1 hour ago, LeanMeanGM said:The biggest contract he gave Graham was 3 years $40M in 2019. It was good money but not a major commitment.In 2019 that was good enough for 9th largest contract for a DE at the time. Let's say Eagles get Philips for $22m per year, that would be tied for 13th highest per year average for an edge rusher as of today.
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