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I think this is the answer:
If this is the message Kelly and Howie are trying to get accross is that they want team players then I'm sure this wont be that big of a shock to the locker room. Some will have a problem with it I'm sure but I dont see this as a situation that would be T.O. type of bad.
I agree but I think we can put 2 and 2 together. He said he outperformed his deal and I'm sure his agent contacted the Eagles about him outperforming his deal. To what extent is what we don't know.
Nice read
It's interesting though how much that last minute interception of Kitna changes the story though. Eagles won the NFC East in Chip's first year, poised atop the division, etc... It was a very close thing though, the Cowboys were very close to winning that game. Obviously, Eagles DID make the play - but I don't know that I'd put the Eagles as undisputed favorites just yet - only one year ago that the Redskins were the class of the division....
Winning a division one year vs. being the "class of the division" are 2 separate things, IMO. It wasn't hard to see the slow moving train crash once RG3 tore his knee up. It wasn't hard to see the Cowboys slowly choking themselves out with various salary cap blunders (restructures, bad contracts, penalties..etc). And its not hard to see the Giants suck when you know their D is shaky. Sure, it was close, but the NFL usually is. Undisputed favorites? Probably not. But I don't see anything that would not them off being odds-on favorites to win the NFCE.
It really is the most bizarre thing to me. Guy asks to discuss his contract and makes an offhand comment about it to a reporter who asked some kind of leading question and now we have a guy getting the fast track out of town? This is is even more bizarre than TO.babydemon90 said:
The problem with this logic is, all the decent free agent WRs have already signed elsewhere. Putting Jackson on the block now means leaving a big hole in this roster, thus forcing their hand on draft day.massraider said:
So Maclin and Sproles don't exist?
And if he doesn't quit? As he's made no indication that he's going to like when he was getting paid $400k in his 4th year after 2, 1000 yard seasons? What will the "Djax's a punk" crowd do?
We're banking on Maclin to be the deep threat when that's not his game and Sproles who is a RB with great skill in the past at working the underneath to replace what Desean does?
My thoughts exactly. Maclin and Sproles are nice additions to the offense, but neither can adequately replicate the dynamic threat that Jackson brings.
Pretty much. Scheme around whatever flaws they have just like Chip did for Desean. And add Jordan Matthews
As great as any of the WR's coming out may eventually be, they won't be as good as Desean is right now for this coming year.
I think you may have to resign to the fact that something messy went on behind the scenes.
I just don't like this Reid esque feel of getting rid of talented players because the "system makes anybody good." This is the first I've been leary of Chip. They better hope it works out.
It's only because of Andy that you have that feeling. I think Shah did a pretty good job of breaking down Desean's last few years and it seemed pretty evident that Chips offense had a lot to do with his success. Maybe not all, but a lot.
I'll believe it when I see it. To me trying to fit a bunch of role players to do what 1 star would because the system reigns supreme sounds a lot like Andy.
2015 or 2016 was probably the original plan for the window opening to win a superbowl. We all got shortsighted because the team ended up being competitive. Stick to the plan and be realistic while remaining competitive (I'm looking at you 76'ers). If your original evaluation was that DeSean was expendable, then now isn't the time to overvalue him after a career year. That's how you end up with Vick-like contracts on the books once the player regresses. The Eagles clearly showed that they have no interest in "all-in" type of moves like we're seeing from the Broncos or Patriots. It's time for us to be realistic about that. The team will be built around versatile players with size and intangibles.... and reasonable contracts.
Never said give him a new contract. Just don't understand why you get rid of him now when it doesn't make you any better this year. I was sticking to the plan of he was gone next year after they drafted his replacement this year. I'd feel more comfortable with a 2nd year guy that had an understanding of the system than I do throwing a rookie out there and relying on underneath stuff with injury prone veterans.Besides keeping Desean is hardly an all in move. It's a normal move especially when you already have $18mil under the cap with him here.
I would. I think he can play. Just got in a bad situation up there. He's a more natural backup for Foles than Vick was and some veteran prowess that Barkley doesn't have.
Yes. But what could be so egregious to cut a pro bowl player with no headlines of misconduct?
Pretty much since Howie has been the GM you simply don't see ANY headlines. Chip was off of the map when we looked for a coach. Even our FA signings seem to come out of nowhere. Hell, you don't even hear about FA visits here anymore. This doesn't shock me that we haven't heard anything from them because we haven't for almost 2 years now.
I'm going to be pretty disappointed if this is just a contract dispute. I want to hear he was banging players wives or coaches wives or secretly doing blow or something.
Its about money. "Cutting Jackson would save $6.5 million against the 2014 cap, and perhaps more importantly, shave roughly $11 million off Philly's 2015 salary cap commitments." -Rotoworld
Don't buy that at all. It can't just be about money, as Djax will be making LESS elsewhere next year if he's cut... and we have so much cap room. Something messed up happened or is going on, someone please find out!
I will be really annoyed if that is why they did it. What difference does $18mil or $24.5mil under the cap mean if free agency is done? They still would have got that $11mil next year if they cut him then after using him this year.
Agree 100%. It had to get messy and involve more money IMO.
