CheesesteakNBeer Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Who is now active on game day? Assuming Bonehead Barnett on one side, Sweat on another. Ryan Kerrigan rotate and who else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, brkmsn said: ... and the point I tried to make earlier today was that veterans aren't looking for team-friendly deals. They want the security of longer term deals. Ideally we'd offer Lane a 1-year deal at the vet minimum and he'd say, "Yeah, sure! I love it here!" Wake me up when that happens. Yeah they've done shorter terms with guys before. The "cap genius" handcuffs them to these guys instead of letting them become free agents and get younger. At least on the lines they have some guys they can replace. You roll with Sweat & Barnett, you've got the best O line coach to develop replacements. Or sign younger free agents as stop gaps. You don't need this many guys getting paid on IR with cap hits that you can't cut them for 2-3 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfather Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 At his age with a injury like this at his position. I think it's all but over. I know achilles injuries don't seem that big anymore but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBW Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Procus said: Well, the good news is that he's vaccinated Don’t bring that in here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazletonEagle Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 3 hours ago, NOTW said: Howie "the cap guru" extended Graham, but also extended Barnett and Sweat. Now stuck with Graham's contract. man.... he should have seen this injury coming. what an idiot Howie is to extend a player before a season ending injury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 13 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said: man.... he should have seen this injury coming. what an idiot Howie is to extend a player before a season ending injury. Well, we have older players and have been nothing but injured the last two years, so, yeah, should have seen it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said: man.... he should have seen this injury coming. what an idiot Howie is to extend a player before a season ending injury. Yeah that's totally what I said. No, he shouldn't have signed so many older guys to such long term contracts when they are on the decline or injured like BG, Brooks, Johnson, Cox, previously Jeffrey, Jackson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonblood Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 That's some sad news. This guy is the heart and soul of that D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20dawk4life Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Achilles injury? Gonna have to ol yeller his arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 13 hours ago, HazletonEagle said: man.... he should have seen this injury coming. what an idiot Howie is to extend a player before a season ending injury. It was not an extension, it was a restructure that Howie was forced to do due to his own cap mismanagement. Now the Eagles are stuck with a 33 year old defensive end coming off an Achilles injury at a minimum through his age 35 season, and even then, there is zero cap savings and a 10.1 million dead cap hit to get rid of him in 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolg Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I knew this was going to be bad news. Graham was nowhere near the play when he got hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyEaglez Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sucks that BG got hurt. It’s a tough way for him to go out, but honestly they should’ve never resigned him to begin with or traded him last season to a contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said: Sucks that BG got hurt. It’s a tough way for him to go out, but honestly they should’ve never resigned him to begin with or traded him last season to a contender. And the Eagles are now stuck with him through 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyEaglez Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 minute ago, downundermike said: And the Eagles are now stuck with him through 2023 Howie be like… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTANK Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 gonna miss seeing you out there brother. get well soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglegenius Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 7 hours ago, downundermike said: And the Eagles are now stuck with him through 2023 We were "stuck" with him for every game of the past 8 years. And "stuck" with him in the SB when he slapped that ball outta the GOAT's hand. I for one will be happy to be "stuck" with him through 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EazyEaglez Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 8:23 PM, NOTW said: Yeah they've done shorter terms with guys before. The "cap genius" handcuffs them to these guys instead of letting them become free agents and get younger. At least on the lines they have some guys they can replace. You roll with Sweat & Barnett, you've got the best O line coach to develop replacements. Or sign younger free agents as stop gaps. You don't need this many guys getting paid on IR with cap hits that you can't cut them for 2-3 years. You know if he actually drafted better this would be less of an issue. Just consider if Dillard turned out to be decent and Mialata as well then they don’t need to restructure and extend Johnson again, but it didn’t turn out that way. Howie’s poor drafts selections year after year are making them keep older and more injury prone veterans longer. Of course he doesn’t help the situation by constantly drafting young college players who drop in the draft due to injuries too. It’s like this dude is obsessed with keeping guys who or more likely to be injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said: You know if he actually drafted better this would be less of an issue. Just consider if Dillard turned out to be decent and Mialata as well then they don’t need to restructure and extend Johnson again, but it didn’t turn out that way. Howie’s poor drafts selections year after year are making them keep older and more injury prone veterans longer. Of course he doesn’t help the situation by constantly drafting young college players who drop in the draft due to injuries too. It’s like this dude is obsessed with keeping guys who or more likely to be injured. Yep, we've been saying for years he has to extend these older guys beyond when he should to make up for his bad drafting. At some point a GM has to be held accountable for the primary method of building a team which is the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 On 9/19/2021 at 6:06 PM, NOTW said: A GM has to think future, and have drafted a replacement so you don't have to pay older guys to sit on IR. Which is why you try to accumulate draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Procus said: Which is why you try to accumulate draft picks. Well he does, then he either trades them to move up, acquire a proven player (because he can't draft) or he just flat out drafts poorly. That's why with the two 1sts next year and the Colts 2nd I wish he would just use them. The higher the pick, the more likely he won't screw it up. I believe that in the later rounds the reason they get some decent guys is because at that point he doesn't know the players and isn't trying to make a big splash, he just goes by the board, the scouts and the coaches. Stoutland says he likes an O lineman, Howie takes him and Stoutland develops him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 2 hours ago, NOTW said: Well he does, then he either trades them to move up, acquire a proven player (because he can't draft) or he just flat out drafts poorly. That's why with the two 1sts next year and the Colts 2nd I wish he would just use them. The higher the pick, the more likely he won't screw it up. I believe that in the later rounds the reason they get some decent guys is because at that point he doesn't know the players and isn't trying to make a big splash, he just goes by the board, the scouts and the coaches. Stoutland says he likes an O lineman, Howie takes him and Stoutland develops him. Don't you get tired of saying the same sheet over and over again with the same people every year over and over again? Lol. Howie drafts like sheet turn the effing page already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesfanfromND Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 BG is my favorite player. This absolutely sucks. Get well soon BG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said: Don't you get tired of saying the same sheet over and over again with the same people every year over and over again? Lol. Howie drafts like sheet turn the effing page already. There's always someone new to educate. I'm here to help. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procus Posted September 21, 2021 Author Share Posted September 21, 2021 What I am really curious about - with all the Howie bashing over draft management - is some sort of comparison which correlates a team's success with how well it manages the cap. I would think that if the cap continues to rise (notwithstanding 2020 which was an aberration), then much of this conversation is academic. If not, and if the cap shrinks, then yes, this is problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleJoe8 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 3 hours ago, NOTW said: There's always someone new to educate. I'm here to help. Amazing. It's like you're...not of this world, or something like that... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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