Terpman22
Footballguy
Yeah I'm kinda out on him. Disappointing but the myriad of issues or red flags re his health have just put me off.
With that said, f****** A Howie, I wish he would take the position a little more serious.
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2024 Philadelphia Eagles - Points scored thru 1 week: Saquon - 18, NYG - 6 (5 Viewers)
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With that said, f****** A Howie, I wish he would take the position a little more serious.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Yeah, he literally signed a guy (Devin White) who PFF had as one of the worst LBs last year. Upgrade. LOL!
Terpman22
Footballguy
Correct, although I am really really hoping it was more Vic Fangio going "I can make this guy play better" which I have to believe is true to a degree.
need2know
Footballguy
I have a feeling hurts is going to be awesome. The coaching hurt so much last year
need2know
Footballguy
You cant spend money everywhere
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Hurts didn't look right running the ball last year. He didn't look like he could outrun anyone.
renesauz
IBL Representative
what's wrong with Campbell at WR3? We could do worse
need2know
Footballguy
Nothing at all. I do like the rookie from texas AM to some.crazy things as well. They will run the ball.with him as well. Book it
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I mean, he definitely hurt his knee at a minimum fairly early in the season
The Noid
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Happy "We're probably losing a 5th round draft pick because James Franklin is a narc" week!
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Report: Resolution of Falcons, Eagles tampering cases is "likely to come this week"
Will there be transparency, consistency, fairness in the outcome of the two cases?
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need2know
Footballguy
Happy "We're probably losing a 5th round draft pick because James Franklin is a narc" week!
Report: Resolution of Falcons, Eagles tampering cases is "likely to come this week"
Will there be transparency, consistency, fairness in the outcome of the two cases?
i still dont get why franklin would do that. odd
Terpman22
Footballguy
I remember the good ole days when Aj Brown was the highest paid WR....Justin Jefferson just became the highest paid non-QB in history. Good thing the Eagles and Cowboys locked up their franchise WRs well before that contract reset the market!
Terpman22
Footballguy
I think they will give the ball to Saquon in these situations more than they would have given them to Gainwell or Swift last year. Quon is a different type of back and I'm sure at some point they are going to want Hurts to do this less. If not now, when.
With that said, I still feel Hurts gets an easy 8+ rushing touchdowns. Even with Kelce retired.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Eagles sign veteran OL Max Schlarping
DJackson10
Footballguy
He looked like he really regressed last year too. You can say it’s coaching but this year will tell us imho who Hurts truly is. This isn’t Hurts is too 5 qb or hurts sucks post but more he has to prove the SB year performance that year wasn’t a fluke.
DJackson10
Footballguy
I’m gonna say he hurt it in Training camp but the team was afraid to say anything which is why the 1st team Offebse barely saw the field till week 1 in NE. Injury I guess they thought he could play through but honestly he looked like he would’ve been better off missing a few weeks and get it corrected because I think his lack of threat of running really was detrimental to the offense.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Dude is a clown show. Can’t believe there were people who thought this guy would win a National title for PSU.Happy "We're probably losing a 5th round draft pick because James Franklin is a narc" week!
Report: Resolution of Falcons, Eagles tampering cases is "likely to come this week"
Will there be transparency, consistency, fairness in the outcome of the two cases?
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Tomorrow morning is the Eagles STH presale for tickets to the Brazil game. On Vivid seats, the tickets in the nosebleeds are going for $1100 each. I'm thinking about buying 4 at face and trying to resell.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
All set up for purchasing Brazil tickets. 10am, let's gooo!
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Worst experience ever. Got 2 tickets. Ticketmaster is awful.
Terpman22
Footballguy
At least the govt is trying to shut them down at this point. Monopolies aren't cool
How much were they?
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
I bought 2 more to sell. I got the first pair for $2300R which is $425. I bought a 2nd pair a little lower for $625 for the pair.
I was on Vivid seats yesterday and the available tickets were going for $1100 each in the nosebleeds. Green Legion sent out an email today that they're offering $400 a ticket so at the very least, I'll make some money on the these.
Terpman22
Footballguy
So they are trying Bradberry at safety. Seems like they will keep him around and not cut him at this point.
Also, was NOT a big fan of the Reddick trade, but I guess he is just not communicating with the Jets at this point. Maybe it wasn't so bad after all to trade him if he was gonna throw a fit until he gets a new contract...
Also, was NOT a big fan of the Reddick trade, but I guess he is just not communicating with the Jets at this point. Maybe it wasn't so bad after all to trade him if he was gonna throw a fit until he gets a new contract...
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
I've been saying they should have done that all along. Turn him into a Malcolm Jenkins.
Terpman22
Footballguy
Eh, he's already in and out of the medical tent helmet off day might be over already.
There was a look they had with Slay and Ringo outside and Dejean and Quinyon inside.
And Zack Baun is the starting LB today with Devin White.
Fangio seems to be having fun.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
Long-term I think Dejean projects as a safety. He'll eventually take Reed Blankenship's spot.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Terpman22
Footballguy
You can't tell me that the reason the Eagles are able to sign extension after extension to players at or below perceived market value has nothing to do with the culture they created there. Devonta said in an interview just this week "Its a family"
Every organization is run differently, and I'm sure I am biased, but man does it feel like players just REALLY enjoy playing here, for each other, everyone is sort of friendly and its contagious.
Love this team.
need2know
Footballguy
Its not all about the money for sure. Its cool to see some guys see this. Even at such a young age
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
don't shoot me, not trying to be a hater, and i love the Smith quote here and absolutely think he's got a good head on his shoulders. but just to get real, he's not exactly making chump change. Top 10 wr salaries from Sportrac as of JJ signing, does smith deserve more? not much more i think. I'd expect Ceedee to end up in the 30M/yr range, with whatever guarantees, and I'd say he shouldn't even bother taking the field at his current salary for 2024, which at this point I consider an insult and I'm far from a CD fan. But that's neither here nor there.
1 Justin Jefferson MIN, WR $35,000,000
2 A.J. Brown PHI, WR $32,000,000
3 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET, WR $30,002,500
4 Tyreek Hill MIA, WR $30,000,000
5 Jaylen Waddle MIA, WR $28,250,000
6 Davante Adams LV, WR $28,000,000
7 Cooper Kupp LAR, WR $26,700,000
8 DeVonta Smith PHI, WR $25,000,000
9 Nico Collins HOU, WR $24,250,000
10 D.K. Metcalf SEA, WR $24,000,000
1 Justin Jefferson MIN, WR $35,000,000
2 A.J. Brown PHI, WR $32,000,000
3 Amon-Ra St. Brown DET, WR $30,002,500
4 Tyreek Hill MIA, WR $30,000,000
5 Jaylen Waddle MIA, WR $28,250,000
6 Davante Adams LV, WR $28,000,000
7 Cooper Kupp LAR, WR $26,700,000
8 DeVonta Smith PHI, WR $25,000,000
9 Nico Collins HOU, WR $24,250,000
10 D.K. Metcalf SEA, WR $24,000,000
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I think the point is not that he is getting underpaid but that appreciates what he got and where he is, which is not that common among wide receivers and many other athletes (at least what we know publicly)
Also, they key is less the average salary and more the guaranteed money.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
yep, point taken. also your last part about the guarantee money certainly is the priority these days, which I didn't even look at.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
Top 10 guarantee WR money at inception. Smith is #18 at 33.9M. Those Ridley and Jeudy contracts... oh my.
1 Justin Jefferson 88.743M
2 Tyreek Hill 52.535M (2022)
3 AJ Brown 51M
4 Calvin Ridley 46.980M
5 DJ Moore 41.610M (2022)
T6 Deebo Samuel 41M (2022)
T6 Michael Pittman Jr. 41M
T6 Jerry Jeudy 41M
T9 Amari Cooper 40M (2020)
T9 Chris Godwin 40M (2022)
1 Justin Jefferson 88.743M
2 Tyreek Hill 52.535M (2022)
3 AJ Brown 51M
4 Calvin Ridley 46.980M
5 DJ Moore 41.610M (2022)
T6 Deebo Samuel 41M (2022)
T6 Michael Pittman Jr. 41M
T6 Jerry Jeudy 41M
T9 Amari Cooper 40M (2020)
T9 Chris Godwin 40M (2022)
DJackson10
Footballguy
I heard reddick was essentially dogging it final months of the year. Given his demands contract wise they weren’t thrilled giving him that
Terpman22
Footballguy
All good here. Right now, the salaries look like they are steals I guess is my point, maybe not so much AJ Brown. To me, the importance was to get this stuff done "First" before all the other WRs' like St Brown, CD, Jefferson etc got done b/c inevitably you're probably paying more as the salaries and contracts get signed and the value of the position increases. Keeps the guys happy and also focused primarily on winning vs perhaps trying to get "stats for the next contract"
And in 1-2 years these are going to look like absolute bargains.
Insein
Footballguy
That's always been Howie's MO. Everyone thought the Wentz deal was insane at the time but it really only took 2 seasons before it was mid level value.
Terpman22
Footballguy
I guess I'm just spoiled with it. I just don't get why other GM's/Teams don't operate this way. People like to argue with me about it in a "It takes 2 to tango/sometimes a player just won't sign early" style of rebuttal and I just don't buy it. Somehow the Eagles have one of the top 2/3 WR duos and also somehow they both got extensions done BEFORE the wave of all these other WRs signed theirs.
Another credit to Howie is he gets out of a bad contract quickly as well. And somehow gets value for it at the same time. From trading Byron Maxwell and his bad contract to the Dolphins to help move up to draft Wentz, to actually trading Wentz and the results of all the trades and players acquired in the aftermath of that trade (including acquiring AJ Brown)
Its just remarkable how good he is.
With that said, seems like the defense is really taking to the new system and the communication and liking their new coaches. I guess BG basically said today "Last year the coaches were not putting us in the best spots/communication wasn't great, but Howie fixed it like we knew he would" paraphrasing here, but it seems if you were on the "the coaches sucked last year" theme like me, you have been proven to be right.
So far.
Snotbubbles
Footballguy
We're in the phase of the season where every coach is the greatest thing since sliced bread, every rookie is going to be an All-Pro, and all the vets who underachieved are "in the best shape of their careers."
need2know
Footballguy
He must also be a great salesman to get all these players and agents to buy what hes selling. Dude is awesome
DJackson10
Footballguy
Because there’s a difference in money too. Some owners are rich but don’t have that type of money on hand. Where others have a take it or leave it approach. It helps when both the gm and owner are on the same page too
DJackson10
Footballguy
Eagles owner Jeff Lurie is interested in selling a minority stake in the Eagles looking for around $7.5 billion but he will maintain controlling interest in the team, according to Bloomberg. Jeff has his son Julian moving up the ranks in the Eagles organization to one day take over the team. 
unckeyherb
Footballguy
That number can’t be right. A minority stake isn’t going to cost
$7.5 billion. That’s pretty much what the entire franchise is worth.
Which is insane considering Lurie bought it from Braman for $185 million in ‘94
The Noid
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$7.5B is valuation, so for a 10% stake we need to set our Go Fund Me goal at $750 million.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Eagles have announced the following changes to the football operations, scouting, and sports medicine and performance departments:
TITLE CHANGES
Football Operations
Bryce Johnston – Senior Vice President/Tertiary Football Executive
Dom DiSandro – Senior Advisor to the General Manager/Chief Security Officer/Gameday Coaching Operations
Adam Berry – Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy
Jeff Scott – Vice President of Football Operations
Connor Barwin – Head of Football Development and Strategy
Katie David – Chief of Staff to the General Manager
Zach Drapkin – Senior Quantitative Analyst
Matt Leo – Player Development Assistant
Scouting
Charles Walls – Vice President of Player Personnel
Alan Wolking – Vice President of Player Personnel
Brandon Hunt – Senior Director of Scouting
Phil Bhaya – Director of Player Personnel
Ameena Soliman – Director of Football Operations/Pro Scout
Jeremy Gray – Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Cam Bradfield – Southwest Area Scout
Terrence Braxton – Player Personnel Coordinator
Sports Medicine & Performance
Fernando Noriega – Director of Player Performance and Sports Science/Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Ben Wagner – Associate Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Dustin Woods – Interpersonal Performance Director/Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach
NEW HIRES
Football Operations
Isabel Pantle – Quantitative Analyst
Scouting
Laurel McHale – Scouting Assistant
Duke Tobin – Scouting Assistant
TITLE CHANGES
Football Operations
Bryce Johnston – Senior Vice President/Tertiary Football Executive
Dom DiSandro – Senior Advisor to the General Manager/Chief Security Officer/Gameday Coaching Operations
Adam Berry – Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy
Jeff Scott – Vice President of Football Operations
Connor Barwin – Head of Football Development and Strategy
Katie David – Chief of Staff to the General Manager
Zach Drapkin – Senior Quantitative Analyst
Matt Leo – Player Development Assistant
Scouting
Charles Walls – Vice President of Player Personnel
Alan Wolking – Vice President of Player Personnel
Brandon Hunt – Senior Director of Scouting
Phil Bhaya – Director of Player Personnel
Ameena Soliman – Director of Football Operations/Pro Scout
Jeremy Gray – Assistant Director of Player Personnel
Cam Bradfield – Southwest Area Scout
Terrence Braxton – Player Personnel Coordinator
Sports Medicine & Performance
Fernando Noriega – Director of Player Performance and Sports Science/Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Ben Wagner – Associate Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Dustin Woods – Interpersonal Performance Director/Associate Strength and Conditioning Coach
NEW HIRES
Football Operations
Isabel Pantle – Quantitative Analyst
Scouting
Laurel McHale – Scouting Assistant
Duke Tobin – Scouting Assistant
DJackson10
Footballguy
I like the blatant pettiness being displayed toward the league here, by the team
The fact that he got a bigger discipline than Kinlaw was absurd.
The Noid
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Saw some interesting details regarding a few of these front office folks:
- Bryce Johnston: The new cap guy. Cool story: Local guy who used to run an Eagles-centric cap site, now has worked his way up the organizational ladder considerably
- Zach Drapkin: Another local guy, used to write for City of Basketball Love
- Ameena Soliman: Has worked her way up from an intern in 2018
The Noid
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Another front office move of note: Ted Rath, the Eagles VP of Player Performance who ran all of the strength and conditioning and sports science stuff (also Sirianni's "get back" guy that kind of looked like Jonathan Gannon), is no longer with the organization. No one is expected to take on his exact role as overseer of health and performance and those responsibilities will be distributed across the staff.
