5 hours ago, NOTW said:

No. Just no.

Doubt it happens but what do you have against the guy? All he does is help them get to SBs. He was one of the only guys on defense playing well vs the Chiefs 3 years ago. I don't really want him back, but I wouldn't be against it.

4 hours ago, seengreen said:

As much of a mercurial personality he is, he creates turnovers. I am jivin' when I list him, he isn't coming back.

Now that I think more of it...........would he accept a cheap 2 year deal? If so, then maybe Reed comes back on a fairly cheap 3 year deal.

Possible Safety room - Reed, CJ, Epps, and Mukuba.

Not too shabby.

On 2/10/2026 at 11:29 PM, Rob331 said:

I've seem speculation that Parker wants to bring Blankenship to Dallas with him. No way a bidding war with Dallas ends at $7M.

Goedert made $10M this year after taking a haircut. Then he has a carreer best touchdown total. Do you really think he's going to take another $4M hit?

Dean's price might be reasonable, but how in the world do you keep 12t round pick Jahad Campbell on the shelf?

You're right about Phillips.

I think Fred is an interesting case. the Eagles running game was improved in the second half of the year. Guess what? Lane Johnson was hurt and Fred was the starter. When other teams realize this he's not going to be cheap.

I read it too with Blakenship. That said Cowboys are well over the cap. They will probably restructure a lot but they cannot allow themself to go in a bidding war too much. Then they have Pickens to resign and he will cost a lot.

On 2/18/2026 at 1:34 AM, brkmsn said:

We have a lot of cap space coming up after the 2026 season. It really won't be too difficult to keep some guys now and still get the other guys new contracts. The Eagles might prefer to extend Dean and then let Baun leave after his contract is up. Baun is only signed through 2027. Campbell will still be on a rookie contract at that point and Dean's average projected annual cost is lower than Baun's. Dean is 5 years younger than Baun.

But that essentially confines Campbell to the bench for the next couple of years unless he can become an edge.

I think they resign Phillips and perhaps Goedert.

6 minutes ago, ManchesterEagle said:

But that essentially confines Campbell to the bench for the next couple of years unless he can become an edge.

I think they resign Phillips and perhaps Goedert.

Assuming he fails miserably as an OLB, so what if he is confined to a backup role if Dean (if re-signed) and Baun play at the level they've been playing at?

Campbell is an exciting young talent that played well where we needed him last year. His potential versatility gives the Eagles flexibility to use him where he is needed as he grows. When the cowboys drafted Parsons, they drafted an off ball LB, but injuries on their defense put them in a situation where getting him on the field by using him at edge role was necessary. They never looked back.

The two most important leaders we have on defense are Dean and Blankenship. It would be much more cost effective to retain those two players over Phillips. Maybe they do all 3. IMO, Phillips is the least important of the 3.

4 hours ago, ManchesterEagle said:

But that essentially confines Campbell to the bench for the next couple of years unless he can become an edge.

I think they resign Phillips and perhaps Goedert.

Welcome back my friend. Looking forward to seeing your thought in the mock draft forum

On 2/19/2026 at 1:49 PM, brkmsn said:

Assuming he fails miserably as an OLB, so what if he is confined to a backup role if Dean (if re-signed) and Baun play at the level they've been playing at?

Campbell is an exciting young talent that played well where we needed him last year. His potential versatility gives the Eagles flexibility to use him where he is needed as he grows. When the cowboys drafted Parsons, they drafted an off ball LB, but injuries on their defense put them in a situation where getting him on the field by using him at edge role was necessary. They never looked back.

The two most important leaders we have on defense are Dean and Blankenship. It would be much more cost effective to retain those two players over Phillips. Maybe they do all 3. IMO, Phillips is the least important of the 3.

Parsons was always a pass rush freak and a priority. Bad example.

Fair enough if you don’t want to sign Phillips. He’s a high risk injury player. But so is Dean. He can’t stay healthy and we have a first round pick ready to replace him.

I’d love to keep Dean and I will willingly eat crow if he signs here for more than one year 6/7 million. But Eagles have more needs and I just don’t see it happening.

16 minutes ago, ManchesterEagle said:

Parsons was always a pass rush freak and a priority. Bad example.

Fair enough if you don’t want to sign Phillips. He’s a high risk injury player. But so is Dean. He can’t stay healthy and we have a first round pick ready to replace him.

I’d love to keep Dean and I will willingly eat crow if he signs here for more than one year 6/7 million. But Eagles have more needs and I just don’t see it happening.

Parsons played off ball for Penn State.

His physical abilities are amazing and he was a great blitzer, so there was potential there to play OLB as well. But most people considered him an inside LB and there were many respectable people on the EMB that argued (before the draft) pick #6 was way too high to draft an ILB --- even one as physically gifted as Parsons. You can go back and look, but every draft site or publication had Parsons ranked as the top ILB in that draft.

On 2/10/2026 at 5:55 PM, NOTW said:

"articles" meaning bloggers with opinions no different than fans on TATE just speculating.

Frankly it’s all speculation at this point regardless. No one knows what Howie will do except him. I mean Philly media (those idiots on WIP) are basically begging Howie to trade AJ even to the detriment of the Eagles. They’re supposed to be insiders and they sound insane to me. The morning guy host claims it’s a failure on Howie if he doesn’t trade him which just sounds ridiculous to me. I can’t help but wonder if some of these people (now I’m speculating) want to see the Eagles fail so they can trash Jalen, Nick, Howie, and Lurie. From how some of these people are acting you would think the Eagles won six games last year and not the division.

People need to shut up and let Howie do his thing.

On 2/18/2026 at 6:38 PM, LacesOut said:

Now that I think more of it...........would he accept a cheap 2 year deal? If so, then maybe Reed comes back on a fairly cheap 3 year deal.

Possible Safety room - Reed, CJ, Epps, and Mukuba.

Not too shabby.

If CJGJ is back then it’s a lock for the Super Bowl. Every time he’s here we go.

It is sad Eagles do not even try to bring back Blank. Texans get him for 8 millions. Good guy in the locker room. Not a great player but good enough

5 hours ago, chris9210 said:

It is sad Eagles do not even try to bring back Blank. Texans get him for 8 millions. Good guy in the locker room. Not a great player but good enough

I think it came down to salary and compensation picks. Unfortunately they can’t bring everyone back. A lot of young guys on that defense still need to get paid. Howie got Reed as an undrafted free agent so he probably thinks he can do it again while picking up a comp pick next season.

59 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

I think it came down to salary and compensation picks. Unfortunately they can’t bring everyone back. A lot of young guys on that defense still need to get paid. Howie got Reed as an undrafted free agent so he probably thinks he can do it again while picking up a comp pick next season.

We're super light at S right now. Only Mukuba (who will be coming off IR), Brown, and Sam at the position currently on the roster. Was hoping we draft a S and also bring back Epps (or dare I say ... CJGJ). Guess we'll see how this plays out ... offseason just getting started.

3 minutes ago, time2rock said:

We're super light at S right now. Only Mukuba (who will be coming off IR), Brown, and Sam at the position currently on the roster. Was hoping we draft a S and also bring back Epps (or dare I say ... CJGJ). Guess we'll see how this plays out ... offseason just getting started.

I think that's why they reworked Carter's contract. Bringing in Woolen makes it clear they won't be moving DeJean outside, which would make retaining Carter purely to be DeJean's backup a head scratching move. I believe Carter is going to get a shot to play safety this year.

15 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I think that's why they reworked Carter's contract. Bringing in Woolen makes it clear they won't be moving DeJean outside, which would make retaining Carter purely to be DeJean's backup a head scratching move. I believe Carter is going to get a shot to play safety this year.

That's a good thought.

10 hours ago, chris9210 said:

It is sad Eagles do not even try to bring back Blank. Texans get him for 8 millions. Good guy in the locker room. Not a great player but good enough

Yeah it’s sad they didn’t spend on such a highly rated player!!!

I like him as a person but his stats got worse each year.

8 hours ago, brkmsn said:

I think that's why they reworked Carter's contract. Bringing in Woolen makes it clear they won't be moving DeJean outside, which would make retaining Carter purely to be DeJean's backup a head scratching move. I believe Carter is going to get a shot to play safety this year.

Agreed. I think Carter gets the shot and they likely go to the draft and undrafted rookie FA route again.

On 3/12/2026 at 5:19 PM, EazyEaglez said:

Agreed. I think Carter gets the shot and they likely go to the draft and undrafted rookie FA route again.

Well that's just GREAT.

On 3/12/2026 at 5:19 PM, EazyEaglez said:

Agreed. I think Carter gets the shot and they likely go to the draft and undrafted rookie FA route again.

I think that would be a great idea to put a 27 year old nickel corner with zero full time starting experience at safety with a second year question mark player who has 10 NFL starts at safety. You know what makes it even better, the fact that they are both under 6'0 and 190 lbs and would easily be the smallest starting safety tandem in the league. Sign me up for this.

On 2/10/2026 at 1:28 PM, twilo73 said:

I keep reading articles that Blankenship (around $7M), Goedert (around $6M), and Dean (cheaper than we think because of injury history) that makes me think that moving on from them might not be necessary. I would hate to not resign any of these and then have to trade for someone or pay for lesser talent. Are you guys hearing the same thing?

J Philips will obviously be expensive.

Fred might fall into the same bucket. Would rather him $2M than pay a bad player $1.5M.

I wasn't that far off... Blakenshi and Goedert off by 1M. Do you guys think Dean at 12M was fair?

1 hour ago, twilo73 said:

I wasn't that far off... Blakenshi and Goedert off by 1M. Do you guys think Dean at 12M was fair?

If he’s healthy absolutely but I think teams were scared.

On 2/18/2026 at 6:38 PM, LacesOut said:

Possible Safety room - Reed, CJ, Epps, and Mukuba.

You are like the biggest IDIOT on this MB.