But I want the upside. If he needs to be developed. Like the track guy. Maybe nothing comes of any of it. But that kid has the work ethic and some elite potential qualities. 

But can’t even get serious about any of that until we have coordinators, right?

45 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Pretty much see most all that as Day Three talent.

Yeah the end of day 3

Was 72 here today now down to 32,so firing up my stove fan LOL. I had a space heater last year. GOt the fan thing and a little plug in guy and it cut my usage in 1/2 year over year in Jan over last year. I'm happy

 

https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Juice-Scruggs-OL-PennState  Round 7 RG

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

For some unknown owners…. in an unknown situation….with an unknown Howell at QB. You would think this would be one of the least attractive opportunities. Getting fired by whomever comes in from new ownership would be much worse you’d think. I mean….he must really believe Howell has got ‘it!’ Weird situation with Rivera there. I don’t want anybody taking it wrong for me to think Rivera was given the job over the whole situation going down to begin with.

He can just go back to KC.

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

But you lose the whole fifth year option. Moves up your big money extension by a year. Pretty strong value in the difference from last pick of the first too….first pick if the second round because of that option. A whole another year under team control. It’s actually a significant move. 

Which is why teams would usually trade a decent package for that pick 

2 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Fifth year option and a tag clearly gives teams control. Come out at 22. That gets you to 28. Full team control over it. Still could even tag twice also. So team gets control over these first round guys for their careers in many ways. Many kids get drafted after 22. Everybody knows the 30 year bar is crucial for huge contract signing purposes. You let a player know you’ll tag him twice if need be…very strong incentive to sign that extension.

Stop with the tag...the tag is bad business.   It's Dallas style.  You tag the runners in baseball,  not your good football players. 

https://thedraftnetwork.com/sr-prospect/elijah-higgins-74403f6f-3942-4b55-a9eb-3e405aac4f4a/ Round 7 WR/TE combo player-nice developmental. Kinda like Pitts without all the talent LOL

Trevon Diggs is reportedly being sued for $250,000 by a landlord over unpaid rent and property damage.

Hehehe

 

OK first stab at a mock. Still alot to wait on yet,but I'll take a shot  1-10(if we need to move a little we should IMO) Tyree Wilson--edge-Texas Tech  1-30-Darnell Wright-RT-Tennessee(he is a true RT and not a LT we'd need to convert)   2-62- Mazi Smith-DT- Michigan   3-94- Deonte Banks-CB-Maryland  Round 7(pick 2)- Chris Brooks-RB-BYU ,Malik Cunningham-QB-Louisville, Juice Scruggs-G-Penn, Elijah Higgins-WR/TE-Stanford  However, I believe my RB will rise up the boards and become unreachable unless we can snag a mid round pick somehow. Brooks is my new DITR "boy" LOL. I was also high on Ika at 30,so I had to choose the best path(in my view)

https://insidetheiggles.com/2023/02/18/every-time-eagles-used-franchise-tag/

7 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Stop with the tag...the tag is bad business.   It's Dallas style.  You tag the runners in baseball,  not your good football players. 

It’s a tool for the franchise. Is what it is. Players have to want to do something else also. 

Lamar holding out for Watson guaranteed money or something? All indications are Baltimore wants to pay him.

What choice do they have really? Got tag. Or you are at least definitely threatening the tag.

7 hours ago, joemas6 said:

Stop with the tag...the tag is bad business.   It's Dallas style.  You tag the runners in baseball,  not your good football players. 

9 teams utilized the tag this past season. So it’s a bit more than just Dallas.

So nine GMs disagreed with you just this past season.

4 hours ago, mjkline1958 said:

https://insidetheiggles.com/2023/02/18/every-time-eagles-used-franchise-tag/

4 times using the tag,last time 2012.    Not since Andy left.  I don't see it happening.  But the one way I could see it is if they have negotiations started and use it in a way to keep the player off the market during negotiations.  I can't see them actually paying a tag price.

Really using it takes away the cap space ASAP....so unless they  renegotiate a few deals first to get more cap space they won't have room

 

6 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

So nine GMs disagreed with you just this past season.

Yes... 9 GMs that don't work for the Eagles.  The Eagles won't use the tag and they won't draft a RB first.   We can move on from those 2 ideas.

I'll explain how the tag works for the novice ...    

A team must be under the salary cap by day 1 of the new league year.

Placing a franchise tag on a player results in that FULL AMOUNT counting vs the cap.  That amount goes onto the cap prior to the new league year starting.

The Eagles have avoided that the last decade for that reason, so they can sign free agents at the start of the league year.  Otherwise they miss out on the initial wave of free agents.

If you look at the Eagles current cap situation, do you see where they could have the desire to tag a player?

Not rocket science here.  They could tag a player ....AFTER creating more space prior to the league year starting.  But it defeats the purpose.  Why do that just to tag a player for one year?   There are 2 answers.   

1.  To tag and trade that player, in which case that player won't play here.

2.  To prevent the player from negotiating with other teams.   Not a good look.

All this to consider... I don't see a tag being used by the Eagles.  That's Dallas type cap management.  Bad business. 

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10065956-nfl-rumors-vance-joseph-to-be-let-out-of-cardinals-contract-broncos-eagles-linked

There are seven compensatory picks projected at the end of the third round of this mock. The first two were awarded to the Cardinals and Commanders as compensation for losing 2022 free agents, as projected by Over the Cap in January. The final five reflect the projected compensation gained from teams hiring minority candidates away from the Browns, 49ers and Chiefs for head coach/general manager openings.             Someone tell me how you solve racism by being racist????? SO now you get picks simply based on hiring someone by skin color. Welp, then I demand parity on every team, so we need more white guys,hispanics,asians etc on rosters. I'm so sick of racism I could scream.I also took a knee when the "black" anthem was played,not because I am racist,because there is one anthem for all. Now if everyone wants to change that anthem by a vote of the people, so be it, but this separation by race needs to STOP NOW. I was quite PISSED to see they followed through with this.If players become rostered,it's be cause they are good players,but I guess we can't have that same criteria for coaches. PATHETIC!!!!

Nothing should stop within the NFL until my Eagles get their comp picks for losing coaches and front office people just like these other teams are getting.

I'm not in love with all the rules, but if they are there,  I want to use them to help my team.

They’ve had meetings and meetings. Noticed and declared there is a clear problem racially with these jobs. Just staying it didn’t change anything. So they then forced interviewing processes to include a minority. None of that worked. So they are trying to incentivize grooming guys into the positions. Seems fairly wise way to go about it.

38 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

They’ve had meetings and meetings. Noticed and declared there is a clear problem racially with these jobs. Just staying it didn’t change anything. So they then forced interviewing processes to include a minority. None of that worked. So they are trying to incentivize grooming guys into the positions. Seems fairly wise way to go about it.

When it comes to equity be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.