4 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

The lack of options at safety doesn’t feel great. Kenny Moore who almost never played safety doesn’t seem like a strong plan right now

39 minutes ago, MR-CYN said:

This team so far is winning with smoke and mirrors. A lot like in 23, when the consensus was it was unsustainable. Hopefully this changes.

I don't think it's like that at all. It feels like the team can be very good if they can run the ball effectively. The passing game looks better and progressed from week 1. Vic's defenses usually improve as the season continues. In 2023, they had no answer to the blitz for the entire season. The defense was a shambles in the secondary the entire season. 2025 was just a bland offense that could not run the ball to the same level it had the season before.

19 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Agreed. The team won't have much chance to do anything beyond snagging a last wild card spot unless we can get something going with the run game. Just a nice solid mediocre level would be enough behind this D assuming the D comes on as we all expect it to as the year progresses.

We'll almost win the division by default - NY and Washington lost QB1, and Dallas' defense remains horrible.

44 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I don’t think it’s smoke and mirrors. The O scored a legit 24 in each game and the D gave up less. Nothing was really a fluke. Now those weren’t good teams so that’s a concern. We’ll find out more each week

I wouldn't say smoke and mirrors or flukey necessarily, but I feel like the offense has been a bit too reliant on big plays, especially on 3rd down. It can work against bad teams but they certainly need to improve on better first and second downs as the season goes on against better teams and in the playoffs.

Shaun Wade. With D. Wade in town. We got this. It's the Lebron effect.

14 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

We'll almost win the division by default - NY and Washington lost QB1, and Dallas' defense remains horrible.

Either way it’s an early exit without some level of success running the ball.

1 minute ago, DrPhilly said:

Either way it’s an early exit without some level of success running the ball.

Sounds like another team i know…..

The Ravens will score 40.

FWIW Jesse Bates salary is super high. You’d be absorbing a lot of cap to trade for him. That would impact your ability to re-sign other guys in offseason

LOL

I studied this safety position for possible trades this offseason out of the known names (Delpit, Baker, Bates and Reid). The most appealing one was acquiring Justin Reid. Tolerable cap hit and had interest coming to Eagles. Said it himself. But got outbid by Saints. Saints are starting out better than most thought, so probably unlikely. But who knows.

If an NFL team trades for safety Justin Reid from the New Orleans Saints during the 2026 season, they would only incur a maximum base cap hit of $1,309,180.

Because the Saints restructured his contract ahead of the 2026 league year, converting $7.95 million of his base salary into a signing bonus, New Orleans remains responsible for all prorated signing and restructure bonuses.

The acquiring team's financial responsibility is broken down below:

2026 Trade Cap Hit Breakdown

• Base Salary: $1,300,000

• Workout Bonus: $9,180

• Total Maximum Hit: $1,309,180 (This number prorates downward based on the exact week of the season the trade occurs).

Future Years on the Deal

Justin Reid's contract runs through the 2027 season. A team trading for him would inherit the following final year on his contract:

• 2027 Cap Hit: $9,370,000 (consisting of his scheduled $9.25 million base salary and a $120,000 roster/workout bonus

14 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

FWIW Jesse Bates salary is super high. You’d be absorbing a lot of cap to trade for him. That would impact your ability to re-sign other guys in offseason

Yeah - looked at that after I posted the tweet. You could get Atlanta to eat that by paying an option bonus before the trade, but then you'd have to give more draft compensation.

4 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

I would disagree very much

And I would disagree with your disagreement.

You know who was great at pass protection and blitz pickup? Brian Westbrook.

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

Sounds like another team i know…..

Love the team but I'd love to see them miss vs a quick exit. Talent off the charts and frustrating to no end.

5 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

I studied this safety position for possible trades this offseason out of the known names (Delpit, Baker, Bates and Reid). The most appealing one was acquiring Justin Reid. Tolerable cap hit and had interest coming to Eagles. Said it himself. But got outbid by Saints. Saints are starting out better than most thought, so probably unlikely. But who knows.

If an NFL team trades for safety Justin Reid from the New Orleans Saints during the 2026 season, they would only incur a maximum base cap hit of $1,309,180.

Because the Saints restructured his contract ahead of the 2026 league year, converting $7.95 million of his base salary into a signing bonus, New Orleans remains responsible for all prorated signing and restructure bonuses.

The acquiring team's financial responsibility is broken down below:

2026 Trade Cap Hit Breakdown

• Base Salary: $1,300,000

• Workout Bonus: $9,180

• Total Maximum Hit: $1,309,180 (This number prorates downward based on the exact week of the season the trade occurs).

Future Years on the Deal

Justin Reid's contract runs through the 2027 season. A team trading for him would inherit the following final year on his contract:

• 2027 Cap Hit: $9,370,000 (consisting of his scheduled $9.25 million base salary and a $120,000 roster/workout bonus

Agreed. They won’t make a trade for a month anyway probably so we’ll see where Saints are

Think a lot on here were on the take Xavier Watts over Andrew Mukuba train in last years draft. Watts has looked pretty good.

1 hour ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

He looks chubby

Find it funny that the league loves to acquire our safeties. Sydney Brown, Gush and Pulley. Probably no world beaters there, but did like Gush. He may be better in the slot though. And ironically we got nothing on the field or pipeline to brag about. Still feel like this gets sorted out with Makuba and Moore in the end as your starters. Or someone acquired at the trade deadline. Moore isn't that old. Just turned 31 and had a solid season last year. Between all these guys and Cooper they should figure it out. But, Howie needs to revisit this position in offseason unfortunately. Could have sworn he would draft EMW, with Q here. Surprising, as he fell right in our laps.

1 hour ago, Sack that QB said:

If monangai doesnt play that's yuge

28 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

Think a lot on here were on the take Xavier Watts over Andrew Mukuba train in last years draft. Watts has looked pretty good.

They could have even had both guys. Watts was on the board when the Eagles third round pick came up. They traded down with Atlanta. They took Watts. We ended up with Ty Robinson, who has looked pretty scrubby since he's been here.

27 minutes ago, garingovt2000 said:

Think a lot on here were on the take Xavier Watts over Andrew Mukuba train in last years draft. Watts has looked pretty good.

Maybe it’s just that time of year…

Was curious on what our 2027 opponents were looking like and turns out we get the return of AJ Brown in Philly.