time2rock Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 Changes Posted: May 7th, 2022 | Author: Tommy Lawlor The Eagles had some interesting changes taking place this past week, on and off the field. Let’s take a look at what happened. We’ll start with the roster. The #Eagles agreed to release OL Nate Herbig, his agent Ken Sarnoff confirmed. Team had trade talks with a few teams during the draft but nothing materialized. Herbig, 23, signed his RFA tender last week, now hits the market as an unrestricted FA. Had 17 starts last two years. — Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) May 2, 2022 Herbig is a strange player. He was never great, but played relatively well. Something must have gone on behind the scenes because the Eagles never seemed to be happy with him. They originally wanted him to play C, but Herbig had major issues with bad snaps. He was solid when playing OG. The Eagles weren’t going to make a long term commitment to Herbig, so 2022 was going to be his final season here. The team tried to trade him, but either asked for too much or teams decided to wait, knowing the Eagles very well might release him. The drafting of Cam Jurgens gave the Eagles another body on the interior line and may have expedited Herbig’s departure. The Eagles gain cap space from the move, which can be used if they decide to pursue a free agent in the next couple of months. There is a lot of speculation right now about the Giants releasing CB James Bradberry. The Eagles might have interest in him. There is still good depth on the inside of the OL. LG Landon Dickerson ….. Sua Opeta OC Jason Kelce ……………. Cam Jurgens ……. Jack Anderson RG Isaac Seumalo ……….. Kayode Awosika Opeta has flashed when he got on the field. Nick Sirianni was singing his praises recently. Awosika played well last summer and could be a good backup OG. I like his potential quite a bit. The Eagles added a pair of UDFA OL in Bill Dunkle and Josh Sills. Both remind me of Herbig, in terms of size and ability. Obviously he showed he could play in the NFL and they are complete unknowns, but Herbig isn’t some unreplaceable commodity. Dunkle is the better prospect. Sills is more athletic and more versatile. We’ll see how they play. ***** Eagles have signed twelve undrafted free agents.@novacare | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/Emdu2pzLiM — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) May 6, 2022 This is the official list of UDFAs. There are a couple of changes from the group I covered the other day. QB EJ Perry is out. Apparently the Eagles didn’t think they would get Carson Strong so they went after Perry. Once they did get Strong, Perry decided to go elsewhere, which is smart. He’ll be down in Jacksonville, working with Doug Pederson. The Eagles added pass rusher Ali Fayad. Ali Fayad. Helicopter. SACK. His bag is overflowing and I love it. pic.twitter.com/VZqcArRfw5 — Matt Alkire (@mattalkire) January 31, 2022 Fayad is 6-2, 248. He had a great season for Western Michigan, with 13 sacks and 2 FF. Fayad went undrafted due to a lack of idea size and athleticism. He’s got short arms, which can hurt pass rushers. And he’s more football player than athlete. The Eagles are listing him at LB. He will be a backup at SAM. The Eagles are committing to that position. Haason Reddick Kyron Johnson Patrick Johnson Ali Fayad Joe Ostman If the Eagles go to more 3-4 looks, these guys could rush from both OLB spots. ***** The changes off the field are in the scouting department. Lots of stuff is going on. We don’t know why the changes are taking place. Contracts for scouts/personnel people expire in early May so some of this could simply be that. Brandon Brown – left for promotion with Cleveland Browns Ian Cunningham – left for promotion with NY Giants Catherine Raiche – expected to leave for promotion with Browns Tom Donahoe – contract expired, might be retiring since he’s 75 The changes didn’t all come at the senior level. Casey Weidl, TJ McCreight and Shawn Heinlen are all gone. Weidl is the most interesting name. He is the brother of VP of Player Personnel Andy Weidl. Would the Eagles let Casey go if Andy is staying? Andy is a candidate for the Steelers GM job, but it doesn’t feel like he’ll get that. The Eagles have been interviewing people to add to the personnel department. One of the people they’ve talked to is Brandon Hunt of the Steelers. He’s up for their GM job, but is also talking to the Eagles. The team also met with Jim Nagy, who runs the Senior Bowl. Nagy has worked as a scout for a few teams until the past few years. He would be a good addition. Nagy has connections all over the league and all over the college football world after his time running the Senior Bowl. Howie Roseman has done a good job of hiring people when you look at the way other teams have hired from the Eagles staff. Joe Douglas and Andrew Berry left in the past couple of years and then Brown, Cunningham and Raiche were hired away this year. Come work for the Eagles. If you do a good job, you’ll either get promoted or hired away by another team. It will be interesting to see who the Eagles do bring in, but the most important move may be keeping Andy Weidl around. The past few drafts have gone well. The Eagles seem to be making better choices. The new coaching staff embraced the draft picks and tried to get them on the field. The Eagles still have good scouts in place. They still have Weidl. They need to bring in some more pieces to fill out the front office and keep the personnel department performing at a high level. http://igglesblitz.com/2022/05/changes-4/
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 I think the move is strange but I think it was a cap move and that's all. They have a lot of OL options. They have young guys they like and probably want to give a real chance to. The only concern I have is who starts at RG? And if Driscoll goes down (again) then this move may bite us a little. Herbig was at least a solid back up. A pretty good back up really.
Rob331 Posted May 8, 2022 Posted May 8, 2022 Regarding Herbig, I simply think that with Dickerson and Seumalo starting and a bench of Driscoll, Opeta, Awisoka, Anderson, Clark, Toth, and the two new guys Dunkle and Sills, Herbig and his $2+M salary was unnecessary. The front office changes are inevitable for every team. Most teams, however, fire people. The Eagles do that also, but more people leave due to being hired and promoted by other teams. That's a very good thing. If Hunt doesn't get the Steelers GM job he'll be a great addition. Hopefully, Weidl doesn't get it either and we get to have a Weidl/Hunt team which should rival the Colbert/Hunt team Pittsburgh had. I think Raiche was more of an administrator and not a scout of a decision maker related to personnel or on field matters. T The only worry I have is that the new GM's around the league are in place and have hired or otherwise found their staff's That potentially leaves the Eagles with slim pickings.
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