I have been super busy personally but I'll be finishing a piece for inside the pylon soon with extended thoughts but Damn this offseason got crazy.
Right now the Eagles have promoted chip, demoted Roseman and then chip seems set on lighting everything Roseman did on fire.
Roseman gave 2012 extensions to
Cole
Herremans
Mccoy
Oh yeah and desean Jackson.
All gone.
Gone too are Williams (meaning two new starting cb and probably a safety) and Cole and after the shocking Mccoy for alonso trade I assume Ryans is gone too.
All combined this leaves the Eagles with over 50million in cap space. More if Ryans is indeed released.
It's also a super young team.
If (and frankly regardless) the Eagles want to go after mariota, which is still very much rumoured as real, then they need to go huge in free agency. Huge.
They need starters, not depth but starters, at rb, wr (maclin not tagged and is a free agent), olb, both cb, and a safety. They may need a starter at Rg too, or may think they have a starter in Tobin.
They also need to figure out what to do at qb and plan for the future for an excellent but aging oline.
Basically the Eagles look set at defensive line and inside linebacker (and look really really good there).
If they are giving up a lot of future picks to get mariota they need to get long term starters at the majority of those holes in free agency.
I personally was underwhelmed by shady last year, and Pff destroyed him rating him as one of the worst rb adjusted for their offensive line. He's so talented but is one to cut a run outside and take losses vs out his head down. He's also 27 which is the peak in rb historically AND has had as many touches as anyone in the last few years. He refused to discuss a contact restructuring and was a 12million cap hit. Getting a young cheap stud would be a coup, but I think given the acl injury a coup is a bit strong.
Rb seems to be, as the likes of the Patriots show every year!, the most replaceable part of the team and not where you want to lock up your cap space.
Reportedly last year the Eagles looked to trade for cj spiller. So that could be an option.
But right now if you're a free agent the Eagles could be calling almost regardless of position!
Right now the Eagles have promoted chip, demoted Roseman and then chip seems set on lighting everything Roseman did on fire.
Roseman gave 2012 extensions to
Cole
Herremans
Mccoy
Oh yeah and desean Jackson.
All gone.
Gone too are Williams (meaning two new starting cb and probably a safety) and Cole and after the shocking Mccoy for alonso trade I assume Ryans is gone too.
All combined this leaves the Eagles with over 50million in cap space. More if Ryans is indeed released.
It's also a super young team.
If (and frankly regardless) the Eagles want to go after mariota, which is still very much rumoured as real, then they need to go huge in free agency. Huge.
They need starters, not depth but starters, at rb, wr (maclin not tagged and is a free agent), olb, both cb, and a safety. They may need a starter at Rg too, or may think they have a starter in Tobin.
They also need to figure out what to do at qb and plan for the future for an excellent but aging oline.
Basically the Eagles look set at defensive line and inside linebacker (and look really really good there).
If they are giving up a lot of future picks to get mariota they need to get long term starters at the majority of those holes in free agency.
I personally was underwhelmed by shady last year, and Pff destroyed him rating him as one of the worst rb adjusted for their offensive line. He's so talented but is one to cut a run outside and take losses vs out his head down. He's also 27 which is the peak in rb historically AND has had as many touches as anyone in the last few years. He refused to discuss a contact restructuring and was a 12million cap hit. Getting a young cheap stud would be a coup, but I think given the acl injury a coup is a bit strong.
Rb seems to be, as the likes of the Patriots show every year!, the most replaceable part of the team and not where you want to lock up your cap space.
Reportedly last year the Eagles looked to trade for cj spiller. So that could be an option.
But right now if you're a free agent the Eagles could be calling almost regardless of position!