29 minutes ago, T-1000 said:

If nothing else I'm guessing the Eagles sign a TE today: Goedert, Njoku, Okonkwo

I'd bet we sign max Goedert or even none of them...but so fare we are only getting weaker

10 hours ago, devpool said:

Yea this isn't even a hindsight issue, it was crazy at the time and it just looks stupid now

Those of us who were against that Jurgens contract got ROASTED on these boards. I'd say 95% were for it.

19 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Dont agree on that take at all. A mid season add isnt core.

Was he a good culture fit? All signs would point to yes. Seemed like a good, fun dude.

But he was an obvious shot term bandaid from the jump and a comp pick play with too many higher priority deals ongoing and on deck

It doesn’t matter that you see him as a bandaid. Obviously the Eagles didn’t, which is why they were trying really hard to re-sign him until the Panthers made an outrageous offer that was unreasonable, even for a core piece.

9 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

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.

In some ways, he's still paying the price for the Bryce Huff signing. Wouldn't be chasing edges if he had gone with Greenard instead.

8 hours ago, Aerolithe_Lion said:

This type of reporting isn’t going to stop until he’s extended

It tells you something that all 3 eagles defensive starters are off the board day 1, even Blankenship, but Goedert is still available.

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

It tells you something that all 3 eagles defensive starters are off the board day 1, even Blankenship, but Goedert is still available.

What does it tell you?

39 minutes ago, Vlad67 said:

I'd bet we sign max Goedert or even none of them...but so fare we are only getting weaker

Trifecta - sign one, draft one, trade for one... and keep Latu, I guess.

1 hour ago, rrfierce said:

The signs were there so early in the season that patullo wasn't it and they did nothing to improve the situation. They've not got much wrong recently but that was a massive F up

Nick cared more about his buddy then winning.

31 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

It doesn’t matter that you see him as a bandaid. Obviously the Eagles didn’t, which is why they were trying really hard to re-sign him until the Panthers made an outrageous offer that was unreasonable, even for a core piece.

You have no idea how hard they were trying. Its peak misinformation season with both agents and teams putting PR spin on everything.

Its ok to be wrong about a player/plan. We are all prone to get emotionally attached to them. For example i think there is no good reason to trade AJ. Only time will tell.

13 minutes ago, eaglestime34 said:

Nick cared more about his buddy then winning.

My point is that after the debacle in '23, THE ORGANIZATION from Lurie to Howie should have NEVER let Patullo happen.

Is Howie golfing again today?

2 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

My point is that after the debacle in '23, THE ORGANIZATION from Lurie to Howie should have NEVER let Patullo happen.

Yeah you can't just blame Nick, was failure the entire organisation

9 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

You have no idea how hard they were trying. Its peak misinformation season with both agents and teams putting PR spin on everything.

It’s ok to be wrong about a player/plan. We are all prone to get emotionally attached to them. For example i think there is no good reason to trade AJ. Only time will tell.

What a weird response. I’m not emotionally attached to Phillips. I didn’t want him back and am happy we’re getting a 3. That’s well-documented. That doesn’t change the fact that the Eagles traded a 3 for him and by all accounts made an aggressive offer to retain him. You want to ignore the reports, so be it, but don’t pretend that makes you right.

Good point. And oh yeah last year was a failed off season

1 hour ago, Vlad67 said:

I'd bet we sign max Goedert or even none of them...but so fare we are only getting weaker

Continuing the trend from last year. Sliding back into mediocrity, lovely.

For me, this isn't all Howie, it's his damn boss. Mr yacht owner. It's his wallet, Howie can only go as far as that thing opens. If Lurie is setting very very tight parameters what is Howie supposed to do.

1 hour ago, Vlad67 said:

I'd bet we sign max Goedert or even none of them...but so fare we are only getting weaker

They aren't going to do nothing and go into the draft with EJ Jenkins as their only TE.

Thought maybe he could be an option. Oh well

I would've absolutely brought in AVT for 15 mil per year. That's not bad at all for a potential pro bowl guard who's 26

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

Thought maybe he could be an option. Oh well

Same.

It's looking like a potential pre June AJ trade is the plan which means we are sitting out free agency.

If this is the case, AJ deserves all the hate in the world for forcing his way out now and creating a failed offseason for us.

17 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

No Mafe for Eagles

16 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

Oh boy

Can't believe we didn't push for him. Mafe's me wanna hang myself.

4 minutes ago, greendestiny27 said:

I would've absolutely brought in AVT for 15 mil per year. That's not bad at all for a potential pro bowl guard who's 26

I think if we didn’t have an OL that has three injured players making big money it might have made sense.

6 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Thought maybe he could be an option. Oh well

The Eagles are now the only team who hasn't signed an outside FA yet.

17 hours ago, greendestiny27 said:

Oweh to the Commanders

Owehll 🤷‍♀️