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Eagles among the worst in a PFF three-year salary cap analysis for all 32 NFL teams

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Glenn Erby 
 
June 23, 2021 7:35 am ET
 

As the Eagles begin a massive rebuild of their roster, Howie Roseman has given the fans hope with several quality signings during the offseason free agency period.

Whether it’s Ryan Kerrigan, Eric Wilson or Anthony Harris, Philadelphia’s general manager has taken the steps to keep the roster competitive, while Nick Sirianni’s young staff develops along with his players.

Roseman’s penchant for pushing money back, restructuring, or manipulating the salary cap will continue to bite the Eagles heading into the future, and a Pro Football Focus breakdown of a three-year period puts things in perspective.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – RANK: 29
The Eagles are in a full-scale rebuild, but the good news is they’ve been as aggressive in their rebuild efforts as they were when they attempted to chase a second Super Bowl after 2017. Philadelphia has an extra 2022 first-round pick from the Miami Dolphins in the draft trade for wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and an extra 2022 conditional second-round pick from the Indianapolis Colts that could become a first-round pick for quarterback Carson Wentz.

Their cap is frankly a disaster, with more prorated bonus money through 2023 and more total money allocated to void years than any other club, but they’re doing all they can to get through to the other side quickly.

Only the Texans, Saints, and Bears currently own a worse cap situation going forward, but as the Eagles start to part ways with some well-known veterans, those money issues should start to even themselves out, starting with Wentz’s dead money dissolving in 2022.

https://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/2021/06/23/eagles-salary-cap-analysis-pff-ranking-carson-wentz-fletcher-cox/

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The wild card is the size of the cap.  It contracted in 2020 due to COVID - but if it increases as the economy begins to open up and as inflation kicks in, then this really will be a story about nothing.

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1 hour ago, Procus said:

The wild card is the size of the cap.  It contracted in 2020 due to COVID - but if it increases as the economy begins to open up and as inflation kicks in, then this really will be a story about nothing.

It is reporting a ranking (we are 29th).  Even if cap rises, we will still be 29th (as all other teams will see the same increase in cap $s).  

Having said that, I'm not all that concerned (a tad ... maybe).  We entered this season in either 31st or 32nd (dead last) in cap situation (depending on which site was reporting), yet Howie still managed to get under the cap and add some decent talent (albeit at the expense of future cap space with the dummy years). 

But, we already have a whopping 12 players (Graham, Brooks, Slay, Hargrave, Kelce, Seumalo, Elliott, McLeod, Wilson, Harris, Flacco, Kerrigan) with void years in 2025 that won't be under contract - that’s a lot.

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46 minutes ago, Procus said:

The wild card is the size of the cap.  It contracted in 2020 due to COVID - but if it increases as the economy begins to open up and as inflation kicks in, then this really will be a story about nothing.

It isn't nothing, we're league worst for cap borrowing from future years with void years, that's symptomatic of a poorly run front office that can't draft. 

Howie is neither a good football man or a good bean counter. It doesn't matter what the cap goes up to, the cap management needs to be more by turnover of roster and less by asking 30 + year olds to accept 5 void year extension to lessen their cap hit next year.

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I mean they aren't in a great position but they are in a position that will be constantly manipulated and altered. 

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That's what happens when you bet everything on a rising cap and it shrinks

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13 minutes ago, matchew88 said:

That's what happens when you bet everything on a rising cap and it shrinks

No, that is what happens when you give out bad extensions.

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The cap will only limit what we do in the near future. As far as cap positions go, other teams that are currently in better shape will do the same things  we have done  and be in the situation we are currently in at the time we're getting out of it. I mean ... why do you think there are big name FAs available every year? 

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