9 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

Click bait is Josina Anderson just recycling old news acting as if its new reporting.

Someone needs to tell her to scroll up and comment before just reposting everyone else's work 🤣

23 minutes ago, eaglestime34 said:

Do you think last years free agency sucked? I don't know if the board understood it the first 40 times you have said it.

15 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I never said it was the main goal. All I said was their free agency last year sucked. And it did. It's not nitpicking a failure or missing a bigger picture it's just acknowledging the reality of the situation and analyzing all aspects of their offseason for the sake of discussion. They would have been somewhat better off if their free agent signings worked out better. They didn't. And it cost them picks and money. And their draft wasn't anything to write home about either honestly. Overall just not a great offseason by Howie. You can accomplish your main goal by keeping your own guys and still not a have a great offseason. Both things can be reality. It's not just on Howie either Patullo was part of the offseason and Sirianni gets blame for that. They can lock up all the guys they want and that's great, but that's not gonna help em win ball games in 2026. If we're sitting here in late November and they're a .500 team no one's gonna be saying "Who cares, they locked up their own players!" They need to have a better offseason. They need to have a better offseason than last year or expect more regression in 2026.

To me, a FA sucks if the player is on a long term big money deal and it's clear they're not a good fit for the team. Last offseason didn't suck because they kept the most important piece they could on defense by re-signing Baun. Maybe it would have been better if they had kept Josh Sweat but it's not like they were negatively impacted by not keeping him in terms of defensive performance. Maybe signing Adoree Jackson wasn't ideal but he was functional and did a reasonable job. I also don't think there was some FA TE they could have gotten that would have been a fix for Calcaterra. I am not sure what you think could have happened differently. Howie doesn't set out to build the roster through Free Agency. He wants to fill holes on the roster. He rarely signs players to top of the market deals coming in as free agents. The problem with the team wasn't the talent. It was the health of the o-line. It was the coaching. I don't think either of those 2 problems could have been addressed in free agency.

3 hours ago, paco said:

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1 hour ago, Joe Ball said:

omg...I thought that was Bill Burr photoshopped into a PIT uniform...

My first thougt was a poor AI image of Sean McDermott.

Brian Thomas Jr., yay or ney as a trade target post-AJ?

11 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

To me, a FA sucks if the player is on a long term big money deal and it's clear they're not a good fit for the team. Last offseason didn't suck because they kept the most important piece they could on defense by re-signing Baun. Maybe it would have been better if they had kept Josh Sweat but it's not like they were negatively impacted by not keeping him in terms of defensive performance. Maybe signing Adoree Jackson wasn't ideal but he was functional and did a reasonable job. I also don't think there was some FA TE they could have gotten that would have been a fix for Calcaterra. I am not sure what you think could have happened differently. Howie doesn't set out to build the roster through Free Agency. He wants to fill holes on the roster. He rarely signs players to top of the market deals coming in as free agents. The problem with the team wasn't the talent. It was the health of the o-line. It was the coaching. I don't think either of those 2 problems could have been addressed in free agency.

I judge an offseason by how it impacts the following season. I think Howie Roseman is the biggest reason the Eagles had a down 2025. Directly or indirectly it all goes back to him. He's the architect. He should have done more to address OL and known that two guys coming off injuries might be questionable. He should've had more of an influence on the OC hire, and if he already did and wanted Patullo then same premise. Their FA signings failed, it cost them 2026 picks that could help them this offseason, their pass rush wasn't good enough for half the season so they had to go out and get Phillips. Any way you slice it, it goes back to the GM. But I'm consistent with this. Barring a season where you get absolutely ravaged by injuries, I believe like 95% of down seasons have the GM as the biggest culprit in all sports. I always look at the top man as most responsible and the person making the key decisions and constructing the rosters.

And the thing about Howie is he's accountable so I think he'd agree that he didn't do a good enough job in 2025. Recent Eagles history shows their seasons usually directly reflect their offseasons. When they have great offseasons they usually have a big season. When they have a meh or worse offseason they usually have a disappointing season. In 2025 the coaching wasn't good enough, the depth wasn't good enough, the talent wasn't good enough. And honestly without Fangio working miracles, this is probably an 8 or 9 win team. One area where I disagree with a lot of people is that the Eagles blew the season because of all their talent and it was ruined purely by Kevin Patullo. No it wasn't. Go back and watch that team and try to tell me with a straight face they were more talented than other teams. They weren't. Some guys regressed, that has to be factored into the talent. Plus the guys battling health stuff. They were not good enough and that falls on the GM like it does with any team. He's most responsible. I think the people who put 2025 all on Patullo are so Fing silly and have thought that all year.

Woolen and Chubb wouldn't be a bad offseason. They could then go into the draft and focus entirely on offense(except safety)

Woolen seems like an odd fit. Hopefully Vic gave him a strong vote of confidence and this wasn’t a Howie special of name chasing like with Devin White.

Hasn’t been the same guy from his rookie year since but the upside at CB#2 is certainly there. Like that it’s a 1 year contract so not committed to him

Need Woolen to ball out so we get a 2028 comp 4.

Taylor would have stunned me.

"Up to 15m" so I want to see how much of that is the "up to"

5 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Howie is not asleep! Super Bowlzzz!

Just now, Sack that QB said:

"Up to 15m" so I want to see how much of that is the "up to"

Yeah, I think that "up to” is doing a lot of work.

Interesting signing. Taylor would have been amazing but Woolen is nice.

6 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I judge an offseason by how it impacts the following season. I think Howie Roseman is the biggest reason the Eagles had a down 2025. Directly or indirectly it all goes back to him. He's the architect. He should have done more to address OL and known that two guys coming off injuries might be questionable. He should've had more of an influence on the OC hire, and if he already did and wanted Patullo then same premise. Their FA signings failed, it cost them 2026 picks that could help them this offseason, their pass rush wasn't good enough for half the season so they had to go out and get Phillips. Any way you slice it, it goes back to the GM. But I'm consistent with this. Barring a season where you get absolutely ravaged by injuries, I believe like 95% of down seasons have the GM as the biggest culprit in all sports. I always look at the top man as most responsible and the person making the key decisions and constructing the rosters.

And the thing about Howie is he's accountable so I think he'd agree that he didn't do a good enough job in 2025. Recent Eagles history shows their seasons usually directly reflect their offseasons. When they have great offseasons they usually have a big season. When they have a meh or worse offseason they usually have a disappointing season. In 2025 the coaching wasn't good enough, the depth wasn't good enough, the talent wasn't good enough. And honestly without Fangio working miracles, this is probably an 8 or 9 win team. One area where I disagree with a lot of people is that the Eagles blew the season because of all their talent and it was ruined purely by Kevin Patullo. No it wasn't. Go back and watch that team and try to tell me with a straight face they were more talented than other teams. They weren't. Some guys regressed, that has to be factored into the talent. Plus the guys battling health stuff. They were not good enough and that falls on the GM like it does with any team. He's most responsible. I think the people who put 2025 all on Patullo are so Fing silly and have thought that all year.

It’s easy to say they should have done more but when you look at specific moves it gets harder. I just don’t think there were many good alternatives to what they did.

6 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Woolen and Chubb wouldn't be a bad offseason. They could then go into the draft and focus entirely on offense(except safety)

Need the Dolphins to release him already

Just now, ManuManu said:

Guessing Chubb and Goedert or Njoku. Possibly a trade for Greenard, but I think that may be a bit too costly. Would be surprised by Hendrickson but you can never rule anything out with Howie.

7 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Methinks the eagles may have tried to deal for him at the deadline too.

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

Methinks the eagles may have tried to deal for him at the deadline too.

Me thinks so too