Just now, UK Eagle said:

Someone on X isn't happy about the void years. Cry harder

Obviously Howie has crushed drafts since 2021, but Lurie's willingness to spend real cash upfront is our secret advantage. Guys like Jerry aren't willing to do it.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

Obviously Howie has crushed drafts since 2021, but Lurie's willingness to spend real cash upfront is our secret advantage. Guys like Jerry aren't willing to do it.

Yep. Managing the Eagles actual cash flow must be a tough job because of the lots of cash up front deals the team does.

I wonder how they actually phase the payments to players because I don't assume there are hundreds of millions of dollars just sat in a bank account ready to go.

13 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Very possible injuries or something else take out Texans and the whiners before we get to them

We could easily start 2-3 and then get to 9-4 before facing Seattle at home.

6 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Yep. Managing the Eagles actual cash flow must be a tough job because of the lots of cash up front deals the team does.

I wonder how they actually phase the payments to players because I don't assume there are hundreds of millions of dollars just sat in a bank account ready to go.

I might be a few pool drinks in, but this team on paper wins 14 games.

2 hours ago, ManuManu said:

This is such an indictment on not just Patullo and other OCs, but Nick too. How is this not the standard operation?

100%. Steichen brought enough wrinkles to the table to cement the team as a contender. Everyone else after that IMO had some pretty big warts. However coming in to a contending team vs building from the ground up is IMO a lot harder. Johnson wasn’t nearly as bad as some paint him. The O, before the collapse of the D was capable of carrying the team. Moore came in and did nothing too fancy, and then scaled back when they were ineffective, then 2k Barkley and a D that hit it’s stride after the bye carried the team till late in the season. After that Moore earned his HC gig…especially with the SB. We had almost 10 weeks of the D standing on their head waiting till Saquon broke one. Patullo…well he sucked mainly at playcalling. I’m not even sure we got to see the true offense because he got maybe 1 out of 10 play calls in in time to set up, motion, audible, hot route, etc.

Nick is the constant, he seems to have been in favor of a conservative and methodical approach. Grind games out with conservative playcalling, while being aggressive and swinging games with decision making. The success of the tush push really ruined the team, to the point where they openly admitted they played to get to 3rd and short/4th and 1.

10 minutes ago, Iggles25 said:

I might be a few pool drinks in, but this team on paper wins 14 games.

I’ll buy you 24 drinks if they win 14. 🤪

10 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Yep. Managing the Eagles actual cash flow must be a tough job because of the lots of cash up front deals the team does.

I wonder how they actually phase the payments to players because I don't assume there are hundreds of millions of dollars just sat in a bank account ready to go.

Option bonuses - paid before week 1. So instead of a salary paid over 18 weeks, they get basically all of it upfront. Every contract has a league minimum salary. By paying an option bonus lump sum, the Eagles can spread the cap hit over 5 years. As an example - Hurts gets a $50.285mm option bonus this year before week 1, and his salary is the league minimum $1.215mm. So 20% of that bonus hits this year's cap (~$10mm) + his salary ($1.215mm) + hits from his prior bonuses (~$20mm). So while he gets $51.5mm in cash, his cap hit is only ~$32mm. The cap hits are so low in the first couple years since there's only a singing bonus and maybe one option bonus. Now, you have Jalen's 2023 singing bonus ($23.3mm total) putting $4.7mm on this year's cap (spreads over 5 years from 2023-2027), 2024 option bonus ($38.875 total, $7.8 each year from 2024-2028) and 2025 option bonus ($41.33 total, ~$8.3mm per year from 2025-2029). That's $20.7mm + 1.215mm salary + $10mm for this year's bonus = just under $32mm cap number.

Using void years allows us to spread bonuses for 5 years even though there aren't 5 years left. This is why it all accelerates when the contract voids.

This amortization game allows us to spend a LOT more cash than the cap since we defer charges. Since the cap goes up every year, it's like borrowing money at a negative interest rate - the deferred amounts are a smaller % of the cap in future years.

Pat mcafee is talking about how all the nfl teams are blowing their loads , and coming , coming hard , he can’t stop saying come. Adam Schefter struggles to keep a straight face. Is this what the Pat McaFee show is? What has ESPN done ? It’s like barstool level professionalism LOL …whatever.

Just now, St0nedsk8er said:

Pat mcafee is talking about how all the nfl teams are blowing their loads , and coming , coming hard , he can’t stop saying come. Adam Schefter struggles to keep a straight face. Is this what the Pat McaFee show is? What has ESPN done ? It’s like barstool level professionalism LOL …whatever.

It's sports talk for people who stream other people playing video games in their spare time. Embarrassing.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dak-prescott-cowboys-nickname-offense-010416880.html

Dak Prescott, Cowboys nickname their offense "Greatest Offense There Is"

The Cowboys are talking the talk. Can they back it up?

Dak Prescott showed up to training camp wearing a Super Bowl XXX championship T-shirt. That's the last Super Bowl the franchise won, which came more than 30 years ago.

"It's just a manifesting thing," Prescott said Thursday, via Fox 4. "Going into year 11, I'm not going to shy away from it. When you don't have it, it sucks.

"Why shy away from that now? Why shy away from asking people to hold me to the same standard that I believe I can accomplish and that this team can accomplish?"

Prescott also revealed the nickname for the team's offense this season: GOTI. It stands for: Greatest Offense There Is.

The linked article doesn't say much, just recaps injuries and says it's encouraging they're healthy.

11 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

It's sports talk for people who stream other people playing video games in their spare time. Embarrassing.

Haha accurate as hell. Remember at one point in time on nfl network we had mariucci , rich eisen and Deion sanders together discussing football? Good times !

2 hours ago, BigEFly said:

Because they aren’t on islands with this blocking scheme. They were primarily isolated in the years with Stout. They get more help in this scheme.

Yes, I know.

22 minutes ago, St0nedsk8er said:

Pat mcafee is talking about how all the nfl teams are blowing their loads , and coming , coming hard , he can’t stop saying come. Adam Schefter struggles to keep a straight face. Is this what the Pat McaFee show is? What has ESPN done ? It’s like barstool level professionalism LOL …whatever.

For better or worse, this message board is my only source of NFL/Eagles news/media. The only fool I have to suffer is myself.

10 minutes ago, Freshmilk said:

For better or worse, this message board is my only source of NFL/Eagles news/media. The only fool I have to suffer is myself.

And Hazelton Eagle. Don't forget him.

1 hour ago, St0nedsk8er said:

Pat mcafee is talking about how all the nfl teams are blowing their loads , and coming , coming hard , he can’t stop saying come. Adam Schefter struggles to keep a straight face. Is this what the Pat McaFee show is? What has ESPN done ? It’s like barstool level professionalism LOL …whatever.

Pat Make a fee is a C in punter's clothing.

F that piece of sheet.

How do you say jawn in ASL

PhillyVoice

How deaf Philadelphians developed their own sign language...

Penn researchers say they want to preserve the well-documented cultural phenomenon that is fading from popular use.

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Hopefully he gets the help he needs…thankfully nobody was hurt either. Dudes clearly had an issue for a while, the fact that he was allowed on air completely hammered every week the past 2-3 years is actually crazy.

52 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

And Hazelton Eagle. Don't forget him.

I’m actually on the HE distro list…so I get PM’s with all breaking news on the Eagles and new Taco Bell menu items.

23 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

How do you say jawn in ASL

PhillyVoice

How deaf Philadelphians developed their own sign language...

Penn researchers say they want to preserve the well-documented cultural phenomenon that is fading from popular use.

Really disappointed the article doesn’t tell you.

2 hours ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

2 hours ago, vikas83 said:

Option bonuses - paid before week 1. So instead of a salary paid over 18 weeks, they get basically all of it upfront. Every contract has a league minimum salary. By paying an option bonus lump sum, the Eagles can spread the cap hit over 5 years. As an example - Hurts gets a $50.285mm option bonus this year before week 1, and his salary is the league minimum $1.215mm. So 20% of that bonus hits this year's cap (~$10mm) + his salary ($1.215mm) + hits from his prior bonuses (~$20mm). So while he gets $51.5mm in cash, his cap hit is only ~$32mm. The cap hits are so low in the first couple years since there's only a singing bonus and maybe one option bonus. Now, you have Jalen's 2023 singing bonus ($23.3mm total) putting $4.7mm on this year's cap (spreads over 5 years from 2023-2027), 2024 option bonus ($38.875 total, $7.8 each year from 2024-2028) and 2025 option bonus ($41.33 total, ~$8.3mm per year from 2025-2029). That's $20.7mm + 1.215mm salary + $10mm for this year's bonus = just under $32mm cap number.

Using void years allows us to spread bonuses for 5 years even though there aren't 5 years left. This is why it all accelerates when the contract voids.

This amortization game allows us to spend a LOT more cash than the cap since we defer charges. Since the cap goes up every year, it's like borrowing money at a negative interest rate - the deferred amounts are a smaller % of the cap in future years.

So the cash at bank position is something they would need would need to manage carefully through the year with how contracts are paid out on specific dates - some lump sum payments, some weekly, etc. Especially if there is delta between inward NFL cash payments and the outward player payments

They can manage the cash and cap on the spreadsheet to move money around, but real world must be a heck of thing to keep track of. I guess why things like concerts etc at the Linc are a nice thing to having coming into the team to balance things.