6 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Fields makes a ton of sense for them.  

Honestly I can see the Pats moving up for a QB... try to give Bellichick a young QB to mold while he still has it. But then again, the pats usually stand pat in the early rounds

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

Also doesn’t include goedert who needs a new deal. Mailata who needs a new deal (I’m betting he gets close to vaitai if he plays the way he did last year since he’s younger, higher upside than vaitai did when he got to free agency and could have played just well by that point). Sanders is also up for an extension. And that doesn’t include Barnett extension if he finally emerges 

Then you add the cap hits of the draft picks for 2022 if they all stick, take 26.7 million and deduct 16.5 million, now you have 10.2 million in cap space with 48 players under contract.

 

14 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Quote this for him to see.

3 weeks ago we had 73.3 million in cap room for 2022, today we have 26.7 million.  We only have 37 players under contract.

I mean the only way this isn't a problem is if Reagor, Hurts, Taylor and Wallace turn into above average starters and the team hits on very good players in the next 2 drafts. 

 

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

Right? We had people when foles struggled against the niners in 2014 calling for Sanchez lol. 

I mean people wanted Sudfield to start over Foles in the playoffs in 2017. 

15 minutes ago, QBhunter58 said:

Yes. Howie has his accounting tricks and sometimes it works out, but the root problem is the moves he makes. It seems counterintuitive to give the guy credit when he preforms accounting magic... which is needed to fix moves he NEVER should have made in the first place.

Nothing magical about kicking the can down the road.   

 

 

Level-headed money manager:  "You are going to max out your credit cards."
Shopaholic:  "Not true, whenever I get too close to the max, I roll it over to another account and one with a higher credit limit.  Sure, I pay 3% interest every time, but its worth it.  Look at these new shoes I got." 
LHMM: "They are last seasons."
Shopaholic: "I know, but now I can just get new ones and donate these and get a tax write-off." 
LHMM: "They cost $200, and the tax deduction is $20."
Shopaholic: "I know, I'm so smart!"

 

Howie does the same thing.  He's cutting players (Alshon and Malik Jackson) after they never should have been signed to the deals they were... and it will only cost $14M next year, and a mere $4M this year!  But, Howie 'saved' money in 2021 with this genius move.  

 

But, the cap is going up by $30M next year... so Howie can afford to throw $30M in dead money there and its all good.  Granted, other teams will actually have that extra $30M to pay players that are actually on the roster, rather than paying players that are one or two years removed from contributing, but its all good, Howie is a genius.  

 

Dead money for 2022 already...
Brandon Graham: $10.4M
Malik Jackson: $9M
Alshon Jeffery: $5.4M
Anthony Harris: $2.4M
Joe Flacco: $1.9M

 

That's $29M already committed to DEAD space for 2022.  $29M for next season already committed for zero production.  Just for the sake of being truthful about this... that's roughly 15% of what the total cap, if the cap figure is $200M.  15% for 5 players who will produce ZERO for 2022... and 2 of them are already guaranteed to produce ZERO for 2021... and Alshon produced just barely over ZERO for 2020.   15% of the cap in 2022 is already dedicated to ZERO production.   Good thing they dumped Carson Wentz' contract... they need to have a QB on a rookie deal to be able to mismanage things like this.   (And remember, trading Wentz carries a $34M dead cap hit, but it actually 'saved' nearly $1M on the cap for 2021 by trading him.)  So, its not like Howie had to do all this cap juggling because of the Wentz trade and money being accelerated to this year.  The cap hit for trading him or keeping him was basically a wash.
 

24 minutes ago, downundermike said:

Quote this for him to see.

3 weeks ago we had 73.3 million in cap room for 2022, today we have 26.7 million.  We only have 37 players under contract.

Between this draft and next draft we will have 19 draft picks with 2-3 1st round, 2-3 2nd round, and 3 3rd round picks. 56 players with a bunch of young talent. The cap isn’t the problem. It’s the drafting. We have to hit on these picks and develop the picks from the last few drafts.

Just now, MillerTime said:

Between this draft and next draft we will have 19 draft picks with 2-3 1st round, 2-3 2nd round, and 3 3rd round picks. 56 players with a bunch of young talent. The cap isn’t the problem. It’s the drafting. We have to hit on these picks and develop the picks from the last few drafts.

The problem is the drafting has been putrid, forcing them to find players via free agency and trades... and those moves have been equally bad.  It isn't a case of one or the other, it's a case of one exacerbating the other.

1 hour ago, Alphagrand said:

Guys, I have great news — Eagles fans don’t need to worry about Jalen Hurts.  Desmond Howard says so; he actually said on national TV that Trevor Lawrence is the only draft-eligible QB in this year’s class who’s better than Hurts.  Eagles fans are so lucky!

I thought Josina Anderson said some really stupid things on ESPN .....

I said much the same thing a while back. Guess I’m stupid too.

22 minutes ago, EricAllenPick6 said:

I would be tempted to get Sewell if he somehow dropped to #6.  Franchise OTs don't grow on trees.  

Yep.

5 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Yep.

Triple stamp yup 

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

They'll be going back and forth between QBs just like last season, with neither having much to work with.  The Bears put themselves into purgatory with those late-season wins against bad teams.

15 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Nothing magical about kicking the can down the road.   

 

 

Level-headed money manager:  "You are going to max out your credit cards."
Shopaholic:  "Not true, whenever I get too close to the max, I roll it over to another account and one with a higher credit limit.  Sure, I pay 3% interest every time, but its worth it.  Look at these new shoes I got." 
LHMM: "They are last seasons."
Shopaholic: "I know, but now I can just get new ones and donate these and get a tax write-off." 
LHMM: "They cost $200, and the tax deduction is $20."
Shopaholic: "I know, I'm so smart!"

 

Howie does the same thing.  He's cutting players (Alshon and Malik Jackson) after they never should have been signed to the deals they were... and it will only cost $14M next year, and a mere $4M this year!  But, Howie 'saved' money in 2021 with this genius move.  

 

But, the cap is going up by $30M next year... so Howie can afford to throw $30M in dead money there and its all good.  Granted, other teams will actually have that extra $30M to pay players that are actually on the roster, rather than paying players that are one or two years removed from contributing, but its all good, Howie is a genius.  

 

Dead money for 2022 already...
Brandon Graham: $10.4M
Malik Jackson: $9M
Alshon Jeffery: $5.4M
Anthony Harris: $2.4M
Joe Flacco: $1.9M

 

That's $29M already committed to DEAD space for 2022.  $29M for next season already committed for zero production.  Just for the sake of being truthful about this... that's roughly 15% of what the total cap, if the cap figure is $200M.  15% for 5 players who will produce ZERO for 2022... and 2 of them are already guaranteed to produce ZERO for 2021... and Alshon produced just barely over ZERO for 2020.   15% of the cap in 2022 is already dedicated to ZERO production.   Good thing they dumped Carson Wentz' contract... they need to have a QB on a rookie deal to be able to mismanage things like this.   (And remember, trading Wentz carries a $34M dead cap hit, but it actually 'saved' nearly $1M on the cap for 2021 by trading him.)  So, its not like Howie had to do all this cap juggling because of the Wentz trade and money being accelerated to this year.  The cap hit for trading him or keeping him was basically a wash.
 

Great points, i like the analogy. However, I clearly said his accounting tricks sometimes work. The kicking the can down the road crap seems to be his go-to trick as of late, and it SUCKS. But he has made some savvy cap moves in the past... the problem is, they are often moves made out of necessity (because he sucks at evaluating talent and has almost zero foresight).

His money management is god AWFUL... but it is not his greatest weakness.

Why would Bengals pick Slater over Sewell?

 

Lol didn't see Jets picking Sewell. Well that changes a lot of things

4 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

Why would Bengals pick Slater over Sewell?

 

Lol didn't see Jets picking Sewell. Well that changes a lot of things

They could conceivably pick Slater irrespective of Sewell depending on what they wish to do with Jonah Williams at LT; they just used the #11 pick on him a couple of years ago.  Slater is viewed as extremely versatile and could slide to OG very easily.

Flacco had neck surgery last year, so wasn't cleared for contact until September, so missed all "OTAs" and Training Camp. A significant contributing factor to his cap number with the Jets.

3.5m for a Super Bowl winning QB whose team made the playoffs 5 years in a row with him at QB?  Take a breath and realise it's the least of the Eagles problems

3 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

They could conceivably pick Slater irrespective of Sewell depending on what they wish to do with Jonah Williams at LT; they just used the #11 pick on him a couple of years ago.  Slater is viewed as extremely versatile and could slide to OG very easily.

Sewell is also versatile. He was a guard in high school and one of the best in the country before Oregon moved him to tackle. 

1 hour ago, ManuManu said:

 

Ok...?

Always liked Breida 

Whoa. 

Just now, ManuManu said:

Whoa. 

Just watch him play all 16 or 17 fn games ..... 

Just now, ManuManu said:

Whoa. 

So based off his average games played the last two years being 4 games that equates to roughly 1.13 mil per game for the rams. 

Just now, Alphagrand said:

Just watch him play all 16 or 17 fn games ..... 

Oh, its gonna happen I have no doubt.

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

No chance.  I’d be willing to bet on it.  

I was making a general commentary on how things seem to go around here... If I really had to wager I would say he plays 9+ games. 

2 minutes ago, QBhunter58 said:

I was making a general commentary on how things seem to go around here... If I really had to wager I would say he plays 9+ games. 

I would say he starts in 6 and finishes 3 of them.

Just now, Khani1 said:

I would say he starts in 6 and finishes 3 of them.

That's about where I am at 8-10 appearances

 

Disappointing speed for St. Brown, but so wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up like Tyler Boyd, who ran a 4.58.