Can someone please explain to me how Goedert costs $20m against the cap if he doesn't re-sign? What would be the purpose of structuring a 1-year contract like this? It's only 1 year - wtf am I missing? There are no restructures to create this dead cap by kicking the can down the road like we always do with Lane and did with Kelce, Fletcher Cox, etc. @vikas83 , will you please get your cute little tush in here and crunch some numbers and decipher what kind of contract for a 1-year deal involves dead cap? I look forward to being educated by the hardest working Financial Analyst I've ever known.

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

So if Hurts were to win another ring?

He still needs weapons around him and Eli was still a better passing QB than him.

6 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Those teams has QBs. Hurts needs all the help he can get.

This is a tired argument. Dak and Lamar have had amazing players around them and not won. The Lions had a great roster and lost in the playoffs. Burrow is a great QB but the team isn't winning and people say he needs help with O line.

Great QBs in history had great coaches and players around them too. Yet no one dismisses them for having great receivers, coaches, line, etc.

1 minute ago, jojodancer said:

Did Devanta look like crap? You can still parse out who is playing well and who isn't. The case could be made that he isn't motivated to play. But that's unprofessional and a terrible trait. I think we sell high here before you get nothing like Bengals with Hendrickson. He could literally hijack this season if he doesn't get what he wants. After Reddick I don't think Eagles mess around with that idea. If you're not happy they will ship you out.

You used the right word in motivated. He was frustrated with the offense and he was right. That doesn't mean he isn't elite or won't be motivated in a new offense

I wonder if the Eagles will visit some other players who haven't played up to their contracts and ask them to rework their deals.

Just now, NOTW said:

This is a tired argument. Dak and Lamar have had amazing players around them and not won. The Lions had a great roster and lost in the playoffs. Burrow is a great QB but the team isn't winning and people say he needs help with O line.

Great QBs in history had great coaches and players around them too. Yet no one dismisses them for having great receivers, coaches, line, etc.

If you think Hurts is a good enough of a passing QB when he isn't using his legs as much to not need really good weapons around him to succeed then this conversation can end here. Same with if you think teams being able to just focus on Smith won't be an issue.

With a Dickerson re-structure and a Goedert extension is Howie going to have some room to go wild?

Just now, Sack that QB said:

I wonder if the Eagles will visit some other players who haven't played up to their contracts and ask them to rework their deals.

That's Ravens energy.

Dickerson mulled retirement this offseason already. He likely was honest with them about his future and agreed to rework a deal to help them because he's a good dude.

21 minutes ago, NOTW said:

So the Eagles didn't want to pay Sweat, but they'd trade picks to get him and take on the contract AZ paid him? That doesn't make sense.

But it would be a $20M discount

Just now, Diehardfan said:

If you think Hurts is a good enough of a passing QB when he isn't using his legs as much to not need really good weapons around him to succeed then this conversation can end here.

I've always said he's not a great passer. But to say that Hurts needs good players around him and ignore that other championship QBs have good players around them is stupid.

Just now, Diehardfan said:

You used the right word in motivated. He was frustrated with the offense and he was right. That doesn't mean he isn't elite or won't be motivated in a new offense

I think he wants to get paid and be the true number 1 somewhere. Essentially hard to get that role here. And isn't willing to play team football. He always needs to get his or he mouths off. Lot of playmakers in this offense and hard to feed everyone. We went that route last year where he was a focal point. And what happened?!

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

But it would be a $20M discount

Gotcha. So paying what's remaining plus AZ paid the signing bonus so we'd be taking on what's left.

My arse is still chapped about how AJ performed on the field this year.

I'm still 100% on board with trading him to the Jets for a bag of peanuts if he wants to act like a child again.

If it's going to hurt us financially at least send a message.

7 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Can someone please explain to me how Goedert costs $20m against the cap if he doesn't re-sign? What would be the purpose of structuring a 1-year contract like this? It's only 1 year - wtf am I missing? There are no restructures to create this dead cap by kicking the can down the road like we always do with Lane and did with Kelce, Fletcher Cox, etc. @vikas83 , will you please get your cute little tush in here and crunch some numbers and decipher what kind of contract for a 1-year deal involves dead cap? I look forward to being educated by the hardest working Financial Analyst I've ever known.

1 minute ago, Mike31mt said:

My arse is still chapped about how AJ performed on the field this year.

I'm still 100% on board with trading him to the Jets for a bag of peanuts if he wants to act like a child again.

If it's going to hurt us financially at least send a message.

Everyone:

All of this Howie maneuvering could be precursor for the large dead cap hit coming in June for AJ trade. 

8 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Can someone please explain to me how Goedert costs $20m against the cap if he doesn't re-sign? What would be the purpose of structuring a 1-year contract like this? It's only 1 year - wtf am I missing? There are no restructures to create this dead cap by kicking the can down the road like we always do with Lane and did with Kelce, Fletcher Cox, etc. @vikas83 , will you please get your cute little tush in here and crunch some numbers and decipher what kind of contract for a 1-year deal involves dead cap? I look forward to being educated by the hardest working Financial Analyst I've ever known.

His contract voids and all the prorated bonuses roll up

Most of what you see there was from previous contracts. His last year was $10 million which was fully guaranteed via (mostly) bonus and spread over 5 years (current year plus 4 void years). That's why the last void year is only 1.749 mil.

30 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I will reiterate that the Eagles cannot reasonably expect to compete in the 2026 season by subtracting AJ Brown from the offense.

To remove hope of competing for a SB from an otherwise good team is worth more than a second round pick. AJ Brown, however, is probably not worth much more than a second around pick.

This is why it makes no sense to trade him. I don't care; let him TO himself.

Unpopular take: The team with play better without him on the roster.

10 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Can someone please explain to me how Goedert costs $20m against the cap if he doesn't re-sign? What would be the purpose of structuring a 1-year contract like this? It's only 1 year - wtf am I missing? There are no restructures to create this dead cap by kicking the can down the road like we always do with Lane and did with Kelce, Fletcher Cox, etc. @vikas83 , will you please get your cute little tush in here and crunch some numbers and decipher what kind of contract for a 1-year deal involves dead cap? I look forward to being educated by the hardest working Financial Analyst I've ever known.

It wasn't a true one year deal. He took a pay cut last year so it was structured like a one year deal but you had all the money not accounted for from his previous years

2 minutes ago, paco said:

His contract voids and all the prorated bonuses roll up

Why are there pro-rated bonuses from 2026-2029 on a 1-year deal? Is there not a better way to structure this contract? I don't get it.

We don't know what to expect exactly from the new offensive coaching staff. Mannion had plans for AJ Brown in his interview. The reports are they believe Smitty has even more potential as well. We know they want to get the run game successful again. If Howie doesn't get an offer he likes, he should tell AJ to ball out and stop the social media and interview stuff, put all that in the past, and after the season his value will be higher - for a trade package to the Eagles, and a new contract for him with a new team. Win win for both.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It wasn't a true one year deal. He took a pay cut last year so it was structured like a one year deal but you had all the money not accounted for from his previous years

Ok, that makes sense. I didn't realize he had a ton of money not accounted for from his previous contract. I know he hit free agency last year - my thought was that means he was clean, and this was a fresh contract. Does this also mean he would have had this cap hit last year if he had signed elsewhere? I don't remember it being talked about.

6 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

All if this Howie maneuvering could be precursor for the large dead cap hit coming in June for AJ trade. 

No. They save cap space if they trade him in June

6 minutes ago, NOTW said:

I've always said he's not a great passer. But to say that Hurts needs good players around him and ignore that other championship QBs have good players around them is stupid.

We agree he isn't a great passer, so what's stupid is to ignore the fact that he does need as much talent around him as possible. He needs a good run game and he needs good WRs because the other QBs that were mentioned didn't have to use their legs and he is slowing down. Smith may be a good 1, but will he look as good when teams don't have to focus on them both? Hurts would be going from two elite WRs who can go deep on any play to one. When a QBs isn't as strong at spreading it around and progressing that's an issue. Bottom line is that isn't a shot at Hurts but just the facts. That offense will not be better off without Brown. I don't see better options at QB, so support the guy and give him the best chance possible to succeed.

3 minutes ago, hputenis said:

Why are there pro-rated bonuses from 2026-2029 on a 1-year deal? Is there not a better way to structure this contract? I don't get it.

26-28 included prorated bonuses from previous contracts, not the one year deal. The one year deal just added 1.7 mil on top of each of those old prorated bonuses.