2 hours ago, greend said:

At the end of the day why would they care what the fans think?

As shown on this very board, we don't agree on anything. We're pretty much nittwitts. Most fans can't even agree on which players are good or bad.

We think we know more than we do and we are mostly irrational.

I include myself in this description.

Thank god you left me out of it.

8 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

I wonder if in the offseason they're gonna ask DeJean to drop some weight and muscle if they think it has affected his movement ability.

I don't think the problem is his size.

Man I thought the Colts were gonna induce a cooling period after selling their guys at a discount. Let’s keep these prices sky high

44 minutes ago, Frankfurteagle89 said:

Jalen Carter‘s comments are not good look IMO. It’s not really the part of not caring what the fans think, but more the statement that Fangio made about his mindset. Losing doesn’t seem to worry him much either and that’s just a terrible view. He might have all the talent in the world, but with his headcase attitude, he could very well be our Albert Haynesworth of the future. Idk, but this could end ugly.

I don’t think he’s haynesworth level but the guy is clearly very immature. He’ll never stop doing/saying dumb $h!t. You’d think that incident in college would have straightened him out.

That being said, I do think he loves football and wants to do well. Haynesworth just wanted his payday

7 minutes ago, Saltpeter said:

Man I thought the Colts were gonna induce a cooling period after selling their guys at a discount. Let’s keep these prices sky high

The Simmons deal is like the trade for Parsons. I am not surprised at the value .

1 minute ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I don’t think he’s haynesworth level but the guy is clearly very immature. He’ll never stop doing/saying dumb $h!t. You’d think that incident in college would have straightened him out.

That being said, I do think he loves football and wants to do well. Haynesworth just wanted his payday

It’s always been the book on him. If he wasn’t an idiot in college, he would have been the first overall pick that year. The Eagles were able to extract exactly what they needed from him and win a Super Bowl. I get why they extended him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they saw diminishing returns on that investment.

The Bears know they have something going. Caleb is playing a lot better. If he turns out to be a gamer in the playoffs, like he has been in the regular season, they are a real contender. But that remains to be seen.

Howie's comments about College Football not making good DTs rings true. Holy cow, that's a massive haul for Tennessee

Bears giving up two firsts. Buyers are going for it.

3 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Howie's comments about College Football not making good DTs rings true. Holy cow, that's a massive haul for Tennessee

Tennessee loves trading away their talent.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Nolan Smith's current concussion is a great example of the needless shots players still take, and how it is potentially a contributing factor into this issue. The NFL need to do so much more to protect players from themselves - make players wrap up when tackling, punishing needless head shots, forcing tackles to be made under the chest, etc.

They'll never stop concussions, but they can do a lot more to prevent it.

Just now, EaglePhan1986 said:

Tennessee loves trading away their talent.

Yeah. They don't seem to be a franchise that likes winning

For those of you who want to be big time sellers…

The Titans were the #1 seed in 2021 then got rid of AJ, Henry, now Simmons. I’m sure a few other good players. They’ve continually gotten worse each year. This is actually the 5th season in a row that they’re even worse…

20 hours ago, vikas83 said:

So, per Spotrac, Hurts contract was insured for $85 million for the years 2023-2026. Assuming that was evenly spread out at $21.25 million per year, and we were able to claim 12/17ths (for the games on IR missed), we should be entitled to ~70.5% or ~$15 million. Now, I want to be clear that this is based on a couple assumptions that I can't verify: (i) the insurance is evenly spread over all 4 years, and (ii) it would apply in this case. If that is correct, my understanding is the Eagles would get a cap credit of $15mm which would hit in 2027.

This doesn't reduce the dead cap from trading or cutting a player, it simply adds more cap space for the team the following year. Obviously would be there to help absorb the dead money, but could also be used to add other players.

The other large swing factor for 2027 cap space is do they get any money back from Lane - Lane was paid a $21.7 million option bonus that vested before week 1. If the Eagles asked for 14/17th of that back, that would be almost ~$18 million. But it's unclear what the Eagles will ask for - the Lions, as an example, were publicly dragged for making CJ repay part of his signing bonus. It will likely be some kind of a negotiation.

Here's a very high level look at 2027 cap for now. Lots of moving pieces. And bear in mind, only 36 players under contract and no extension for Q here.

So if we trade Hurts next year, that reduces the cap space by $43,102,000, leaving us with $38,757,020

I'm not throwing chum in the water

10 minutes ago, EaglePhan1986 said:

I don’t think he’s haynesworth level but the guy is clearly very immature. He’ll never stop doing/saying dumb $h!t. You’d think that incident in college would have straightened him out.

That being said, I do think he loves football and wants to do well. Haynesworth just wanted his payday

True, he still has a ways to go to reach that level. He’s definitely still very immature for a guy who’s 25. I just think he has a bunch of baggage and it seems his attitude hasn’t changed that much, as he adds on more each year. You find out a lot about players and their character when there is losing.

He should take lessons from S. Barkley from a character standpoint.

The top of the draft is strong. Teams are tanking harder to get better positioning.

36 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I don't think the problem is his size.

What makes you think that?

I think there are a few issues and that's probably a contributor.

16 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

At Ellies school, today was Haloween costume dress up day for the kids and teachers. The gym teacher opened the door for the kids to enter and was decked out in head to toe eagles gear.

Me (a sarcastic a-hole): Oh, I get it. The walking dead!

The Eagles are running out of NFC teams with high draft picks to trade. Right now it looks like the Lions. Eagles may want to try the AFC now.

1 hour ago, Frankfurteagle89 said:

Jalen Carter‘s comments are not good look IMO. It’s not really the part of not caring what the fans think, but more the statement that Fangio made about his mindset. Losing doesn’t seem to worry him much either and that’s just a terrible view. He might have all the talent in the world, but with his headcase attitude, he could very well be our Albert Haynesworth of the future. Idk, but this could end ugly.

His attitude and professionalism is terrible. It's showing up on the field and most likely in the locker room by those statements. In theory, this is your franchise defensive tackle who should be leading this group. Awful example. Figured in year 4, he would have matured by now and learned from his mistakes. Easily should be concerned about these latest developments here considering the spitting incident and his tantrums and outbursts he has had in his career. Right now this guy is a loose cannon and needs to be reigned in. The vet leaders are all gone. Graham must have really had an effect, which is why they always talked about him coming back. For that aspect alone. Professionalism and attitude.

4 minutes ago, Eagles1960 said:

The Eagles are running out of NFC teams with high draft picks to trade. Right now it looks like the Lions. Eagles may want to try the AFC now.

Feels like Minnesota may be a logical spot for Ojomo

Howie is sleeping. Trade some of these bums.

2 hours ago, Waiting4Someday said:

Milton has one sack through 7 games, CHI just put 30 on the patriots - he’s streaky. We just played CAR and I didn’t notice JP at all.

Yeah. Giving Davis $26M is better than giving MW that money. 🤣

Was trying to think of times that someone trading multiple 1sts actually worked, and the 2 I can think of are both the Rams: getting Stafford and getting Ramsey. Helped them win the Super Bowl. The other examples have been pretty sketchy: Mack, Russ, Deshuan, Gardner, Adams, Tunsil, Parsons.