March 20, 20232 yr Regardless of what happened and who is to blame, it is very concerning that that the team has now lost both its safety with no replacements that could be called inspiring (Blankenship is arguably a third safety). And most of the money for free agency is settled and Howie simply does not have the draft capital to make a trade for an already established player like he did last year, considering that we do not have any picks in rounds 4-6.
March 20, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Philthy Jawn said: Regardless of what happened and who is to blame, it is very concerning that that the team has now lost both its safety with no replacements that could be called inspiring (Blankenship is arguably a third safety). And most of the money for free agency is settled and Howie simply does not have the draft capital to make a trade for an already established player like he did last year, considering that we do not have any picks in rounds 4-6. Plenty of time to get suitable replacements. He will have plenty of capital in 2024 and can trade down if he wants picks this year (or trade up even) The cupboard is more full than you think.
March 20, 20232 yr Yes things can change but as of now this might be one of the worst defenses in the league next year
March 20, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, Uscg-green said: Time to bring back Mills. Mills and Blankenship. I'd be fine with that. Definitely hope not!
March 20, 20232 yr Well with that $ CJ left on the table, hurry up and make an offer to Bobby Wagner. We got gashed by the run in the SB and Wagner can help fix that issue.
March 20, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, Portyansky said: Definitely hope not! Mills is at least better than what they have on their roster.
March 20, 20232 yr Yeah CGJ has played himself, and his agents are clowns, how the hell you take 15% off a man after you cost him actual cash money? Now we need to find someone to make a few pop up interceptions and some hits for the twitter feed.
March 20, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said: Yes things can change but as of now this might be one of the worst defenses in the league next year Won't be as good as last year but come on. Do you wet the bed regularly?
March 20, 20232 yr 52 minutes ago, rrfierce said: Won't be as good as last year but come on. Do you wet the bed regularly? Coaching may be better.
March 20, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Philthy Jawn said: Regardless of what happened and who is to blame, it is very concerning that that the team has now lost both its safety with no replacements that could be called inspiring (Blankenship is arguably a third safety). And most of the money for free agency is settled and Howie simply does not have the draft capital to make a trade for an already established player like he did last year, considering that we do not have any picks in rounds 4-6. Blankenship played 291 defensive snaps last season. He played very well and graded very high. He was the 3rd safety last season, much like Dean was the 3rd LB. Both players will be expected to assume starting positions this year and they are both reasons why we didn't keep the higher priced starters that were in front of them. We will have to figure out the other starter at safety, though since both left. Overall, Wallace has not lived up to his potential, but it did look like his play was better toward the end of the season. I expect he'll get a look there. Greedy will probably get reps there during TC/preseason. Clearly the Eagles need to bring in competition and add depth. I expect we'll have a few opportunities to bring in an experienced stop-gap player for cheap (maybe Mills) and we'll have to see what happens in this year's draft. It's too early to panic and I guess I disagree with you about Blankenship.
March 20, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, Philthy Jawn said: Regardless of what happened and who is to blame, it is very concerning that that the team has now lost both its safety with no replacements that could be called inspiring (Blankenship is arguably a third safety). And most of the money for free agency is settled and Howie simply does not have the draft capital to make a trade for an already established player like he did last year, considering that we do not have any picks in rounds 4-6. Last year everyone said they had no money for anyone and then: draft day trade for AJ Brown and signed him to a big extension, in May signed Bradberry and in August traded for CJG. So let's see what happens. Eagles offered a 3 year deal to CJG and he declined. They moved on to retain their other 2 starters in the secondary to secure Slay and Bradberry as a smart plan B. Now they'll look at available safeties still on the market and there's also the draft.
March 20, 20232 yr I'm optimistic about Blankenship in that I think he will be a solid but not spectacular safety. CJGJ, I think, had garnered more fan loyalty than he earned. We might sign Mills cheap, but that won't preclude drafting a safety or signing another FA who shakes out in August.
March 20, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Erie said: I'm optimistic about Blankenship in that I think he will be a solid but not spectacular safety. CJGJ, I think, had garnered more fan loyalty than he earned. We might sign Mills cheap, but that won't preclude drafting a safety or signing another FA who shakes out in August. Leading the league in ints before getting injured would tend to do that. That being said... he got injured and that tanked his off-season value. He was expecting magic for some reason. On to the next. Let's see what magic Howie can do because no one around here was thinking CJGJ this time of year last year.
March 20, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Cochis_Calhoun said: Yeah CGJ has played himself, and his agents are clowns, how the hell you take 15% off a man after you cost him actual cash money? Now we need to find someone to make a few pop up interceptions and some hits for the twitter feed. Per the NFLPA, the maximum commission an agent can draw is 2%. And the Eagles deal wasn't a good one for him. $24 million over 3 years BUT $17 million of that was backloaded in year 3, meaning he was going to average $3.5 million in years 1 and 2. Nonstarter.
March 20, 20232 yr 46 minutes ago, Hawkeye said: Per the NFLPA, the maximum commission an agent can draw is 2%. And the Eagles deal wasn't a good one for him. $24 million over 3 years BUT $17 million of that was backloaded in year 3, meaning he was going to average $3.5 million in years 1 and 2. Nonstarter. Off topic but is it seriously just 2%?? Lamar is doing all of this because of 2%? That's insane
March 20, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, NOTW said: His agency This whole post was insanity. But really the cherry on top is the mic drop. Just wow. Starting to think CJGJs immaturity wasn‘t even the biggest problem here. How do you haggle with these clowns for a contract? Maybe we are better off now.
March 20, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, Mike030270 said: Off topic but is it seriously just 2%?? Lamar is doing all of this because of 2%? That's insane It's insane. The standard NFLPA contract says 1.5% commission and agents can negotiate up to 3% max but the average is around 2%. And agents find deals that players would never find on their own - endorsements, marketing verticals and so on.
March 20, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Hawkeye said: It's insane. The standard NFLPA contract says 1.5% commission and agents can negotiate up to 3% max but the average is around 2%. And agents find deals that players would never find on their own - endorsements, marketing verticals and so on. I had no idea. I thought they received something like 15-20% or maybe even higher. That makes the Lamar situation mind boggling
March 20, 20232 yr It's too bad we couldn't sign him. Maybe sign Jalen Mills to play safety and select a safety in the draft. Howie will get it done.
March 20, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Mike030270 said: I had no idea. I thought they received something like 15-20% or maybe even higher. That makes the Lamar situation mind boggling I thought it was more, too. I looked it up, and apparently, Agents for the NFL are forbidden from getting more than 3%, 4% for NBA agents. That's of their playing contract. From what I read, they can apparently get up to 20% of endorsement contracts.
March 20, 20232 yr Between Slay, Bradberry and CJG we knew they couldn't keep all 3. Having the 2 experienced corners returning with the promising Blankenship taking over for Epps (who sucked) is fine if they add a safety like Mills or another free agent. Greedy Williams gives them some depth. They could still draft a corner with their high 1st rounder, that gives you depth and development to take over as a starter in a couple years.
March 20, 20232 yr Is this true? Do you think the Eagles blackballed CJGJ? I think the Eagles figured once he balked at their multi-year offer, he was good as gone. What's the use of one-year prove-it deal if he's just going to leave and sign somewhere else anyway?
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