4 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

I think keeping him prevents a 20 million cap hit as well.

2 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

I think that's a tough one really. In my mind you need to keep DG for two reasons.

1. The guy scores TDs

2. They can resign him and push money out that will allow that money to be spent on other needs (I want to say that would create 18m in cap space for PHI). If he walks so does a lot of FA money (20m?) that could be used on important replacements/signings.

That's just an opinion, maybe I am not seeing to entire picture. I get you need a better blocking TE, but you still need DGs points in the red zone, and you need cap space, that's the easiest way to get it.

Well the question is what they are going to do with that 18m right now.  It's a question of when, how, and where to push the money around.  I support anything that moves money from offense to defense.  If that 18m right now is used to extend Carter right now...then sure.

If it delays and ruins their necessary impending purge of contracts on offense that should probably happen after the 2026 or 2027 season, then not preventing that 20m hit now is a small price to pay.  Take the hit now to keep the money off the books in the future so we can get the defensive nucleus extended.

3 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

We are accepting a lot of risk by putting an unknown at safety. $8M seems like a fair price to avoid that.

Based on the price I think it's pretty obvious the Eagles don't like Reed Blankenship the player as much as maybe thought they did and I get it. I would have been comfortable with that deal but if they can bring back Epps for 2-3 million I am perfectly fine with that. I think Epps is a downgrade, but not all that much of one.

The Eagles have got to pivot to something else legitimate and options are drying up fast, that being said, not giving Phillips that contract was a dang good thing. Had they even re-signed him for 25 million a year that would have been a huge risk. I don't want a repeat of last season where they lost Sweat, signed two clearance rack guys, and ultimately had to go out and trade a 3rd for Phillips. Had Howie doubled down though and given him the contract Carolina did it would have been far worse than the fact that they did nothing today.

With Blankenship, this is where we can trust Vic and Howie.

Blankenship is not great in coverage. He's instinctive but you never really feel comfortable when he's directly matched up on anyone. He's a very good tackler. And we know he's a respected leader on the defense.

If Vic thinks they need that glue from him, they'll keep him and I'll be happy for it. If he walks, we'll know not to worry too much.

That said, I'm sure Mukuba will be OK, but I think that's all he'll ever be. I'm not seeing anything special there and I personally think Epps was actually a somewhat stabilizing upgrade after Mukuba got hurt.

1 minute ago, eagle45 said:

With Blankenship, this is where we can trust Vic and Howie.

Blankenship is not great in coverage. He's instinctive but you never really feel comfortable when he's directly matched up on anyone. He's a very good tackler. And we know he's a respected leader on the defense.

If Vic thinks they need that glue from him, they'll keep him and I'll be happy for it. If he walks, we'll know not to worry too much.

That said, I'm sure Mukuba will be OK, but I think that's all he'll ever be. I'm not seeing anything special there and I personally think Epps was actually a somewhat stabilizing upgrade after Mukuba got hurt.

Mukuba is CJGJ without the drama, a playmaker who has a nose for the ball and creating turnovers but is a bit inconsistent otherwise. To be fair he isn't close to being a finished product so maybe there is more there.

Epps was/is more than adequate and I just don't see him as being that big of a downgrade from Reed.

7 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Based on the price I think it's pretty obvious the Eagles don't like Reed Blankenship the player as much as maybe thought they did and I get it. I would have been comfortable with that deal but if they can bring back Epps for 2-3 million I am perfectly fine with that. I think Epps is a downgrade, but not all that much of one.

I like Epps, but he played a handful of snaps and got hurt twice - that’s my reservation about him. He’s dependable but not available.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

With Blankenship, this is where we can trust Vic and Howie.

Blankenship is not great in coverage. He's instinctive but you never really feel comfortable when he's directly matched up on anyone. He's a very good tackler. And we know he's a respected leader on the defense.

If Vic thinks they need that glue from him, they'll keep him and I'll be happy for it. If he walks, we'll know not to worry too much.

That said, I'm sure Mukuba will be OK, but I think that's all he'll ever be. I'm not seeing anything special there and I personally think Epps was actually a somewhat stabilizing upgrade after Mukuba got hurt.

Epps is a veteran safety of course he looked more stabilizing then a rookie that was still going through growing pains. Mukuba did improve as the year went on and Vic said so as well, that he was finally starting to get it before he went down.

1 minute ago, Waiting4Someday said:

I like Epps, but he played a handful of snaps and got hurt twice - that’s my reservation about him. He’s dependable but not available.

He was coming off of a torn ACL and it isn't uncommon for athletes to miss time with other various injuries the year after a major injury like that. The three seasons before he played in 17, 17, and 16 games. Also, I wouldn't be putting all of my eggs in his basket if I were the Eagles anyway. Brown has zero future here and they need depth at the position in addition to another starter. I would like to see them sign two veteran FA's with Epps being one of them, and/or draft a S in the 3rd-5th round range.

5 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

The Eagles have got to pivot to something else legitimate and options are drying up fast, that being said, not giving Phillips that contract was a dang good thing. Had they even re-signed him for 25 million a year that would have been a huge risk. I don't want a repeat of last season where they lost Sweat, signed two clearance rack guys, and ultimately had to go out and trade a 3rd for Phillips. Had Howie doubled down though and given him the contract Carolina did it would have been far worse than the fact that they did nothing today.

I kind of like the strategy we use... sign some budget guys with upside and hope one works out. If not, then trade a third for a stop gap and then you get that third round pick back a year later as a comp pick. It gives us a lot of optionality when we have cap space constraints.

The thing is, we can't have everything. So we try to pick our spots and keep core players, let good but not core player level free agents walk, and get comp picks in return.

Just now, TEW said:

I kind of like the strategy we use... sign some budget guys with upside and hope one works out. If not, then trade a third for a stop gap and then you get that third round pick back a year later as a comp pick. It gives us a lot of optionality when we have cap space constraints.

The thing is, we can't have everything. So we try to pick our spots and keep core players, let good but not core player level free agents walk, and get comp picks in return.

Edge Rusher is too important of a position to be constantly playing this game with.

5 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Mukuba is CJGJ without the drama, a playmaker who has a nose for the ball and creating turnovers but is a bit inconsistent otherwise. To be fair he isn't close to being a finished product so maybe there is more there.

Epps was/is more than adequate and I just don't see him as being that big of a downgrade from Reed.

Agree plus Makuba was a rookie thrust into a starting role. Plenty of time to get better.

3 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

With Blankenship, this is where we can trust Vic and Howie.

Blankenship is not great in coverage. He's instinctive but you never really feel comfortable when he's directly matched up on anyone. He's a very good tackler. And we know he's a respected leader on the defense.

If Vic thinks they need that glue from him, they'll keep him and I'll be happy for it. If he walks, we'll know not to worry too much.

That said, I'm sure Mukuba will be OK, but I think that's all he'll ever be. I'm not seeing anything special there and I personally think Epps was actually a somewhat stabilizing upgrade after Mukuba got hurt.

I don't think Blankenship is some elite player either, but unless they take a safety in the first 4 rounds, the odds that they have a better player than him in that spot next season are pretty slim IMO let's be real about it. He's a very solid dependable player at a position they've struggled mightily to evaluate over the years and right now they don't have a single proven safety on the entire roster. People are just penciling in Mukuba as a starter next season and yes he'll be one, but he was pretty average as a rookie and is coming off a serious injury. Sydney Brown is hot garbage. Mukuba may not be any good. So it's possible we don't have a single safety right now worth their salt and we let a guy go we know could at least play.

I'm less frustrated with Howie and more just generally frustrated that the Eagles have a ton of needs and I just don't know how they can adequately address them all with their picks and limited cap space.

They have a massive need at Edge. Nolan and Hunt are not a starting Edge duo on a contending team.

They have a massive need at safety. Need at least one, maybe two if Mukuba isn't any good.

They have no TEs at all on the roster except Jenkins.

If they trade AJ they have a massive and desperate need at WR.

Badly need OT and OG depth.

Need a CB2.

Do I think it's bad on Howie for not signing Phillips and Blankenship? No. But that doesn't change the reality that you just added two massive needs to the already-existing list of needs with limited cap space to address it all in addition to the picks you have. He's got a tough road ahead of him and I'd feel a little better about it if I didn't put my faith in him last offseason and his strategy was dumpster dive for a bunch of dudes and pray some of them worked out. Btw maybe if he did a better job last offseason he wouldn't have needed to blow valuable picks for Phillips, Fred, Bigsby and we'd have even more picks right now to address our needs.

Perhaps notable?

6 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

Edge Rusher is too important of a position to be constantly playing this game with.

We have our starters. We are looking for quality rotational pieces. I also think we could see Campbell on the outside more with Trotter or, more interestingly Mondon, coming on the field.

Got the NM GREEN chile enchiladas going tonight. We need the luck!! Lets get it Howie!!

There is a middle ground between the worst of Eagles fans and the "smart” fans like this self-righteous blowhard.

7 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Perhaps notable?

What angle is this kick? I’m more Fing flexible than this

it’s hard to believe Jeff Okudah turned out to be a guy no one mentions when we are desperate for a passable cheap CB2

Same deal as Blank

2 hours ago, SinCityEaglesFan2 said:

One safety we should look into is Colts safety Nick Cross

24 years old

6-0 212 lbs

Agreed he’s a real playmaker.

Last 2 years.

266 TT, 3.5 Sacks, 4 int 2 FF 11 tfl 7 qbh. More of a box safety but still

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

Given that injury prone LBs are cursed in Dallas… Nakobe chose wisely.

7 minutes ago, MrFadedGlory said:

Agreed he’s a real playmaker.

Last 2 years.

266 TT, 3.5 Sacks, 4 int 2 FF 11 tfl 7 qbh. More of a box safety but still

dumb*** colts paying Danny Dimes $37M off an achilles and letting good players walk… oof, I think the daughter is on drugs too.

Lmao