Well, the season is over and time to focus on the off season and the draft. Things aren't that great there.... we have no 2nd rounder AND our 1st pick is number 32.
We have great depth, and FA's are gonna want to come here. If you were a FA right now, and if it wasn't all about the $$ - how is Philly not a top choice? Super Bowl aside, you know this team is special, serious chemistry, they take care of their own.
Tight against the cap though - some hard decisions will have to be made.
Easy decisions:
Torrey Smith is gone - will save 5 mil, with no dead cap money. No brainer, as much as I like him as a human being, he's not worth it, and Mack Hollins is waiting.
Brent Celek - 4 mil cap hit if cut. Love the guy, but we need the cap space. He got his ring, no hard feelings imo. I'm glad we got him a ring though, will make this easier.
Hard Decisions:
Jason Peters - coming off an injury, with Vaitai playing decent - worth it? 8 mil cap savings if cut. Tough call though. Dude is an Eagles HOF, possible NFL HOF. I'm hoping for some kind of restructure to help out and let him retire an Eagle.
Brandon Graham: 1 mil dead cap if cut/traded.Last year of deal, and we have promising Barnett in the wings, with Long as a backup too. Don't think he'll want to hang around without a new deal. Gut says he gets traded, although that being that one play in the Super Bowl might change things up!
Vinny Curry: 6 mil dead cap, 5 mil savings if cut. This tied to the Brandon Graham decision, imo. We keep one and cut/trade the other. Not sure which. If I had to bet, I say we trade Graham - might get more compensation, he needs a new deal. Could go either way though. I don't see us keeping both though....
Michael Kendricks: 3 mil dead cap, 4 mil cap savings. I think we move on, but we need to get some LB help then - we cannot count on Hicks to stay healthy!
Not many other places to save money, unfortunately...
Looking close at the numbers on Foles - it doesn't look likely we trade him this offseason. Next year, yeah. This year, almost no cap savings. We'd be eating a lot of his salary...