No, they have been putting it off the last few years with problems for the next GM.
I have, you just don't like them. You have lost key defensive guys this year and it's going to get much worse next year and 2027.
Wait a second. You said the eagles would be in cap hell in 2024. Now it's 2029??
The eagles have always been a couple years away from cap hell according to Ford.
No I didn't, I said it would start in 2025. if you think it was 2024 then post the link.
I've not changed my tune. Y'all had to get rid of a lot on defense and now hoping rookies are able to step in. It gets worse next year, you already have over 30m in dead cap space for the 2026 year and we haven't even started games in 2025. For 2026 you have two players making over the minimum so you have zero room to reduce cap hits in 2026 short of cutting someone and stretching their remaining money over two years.
Funny you don't think that Sweat, Huff, and Williams weren't key defensive players. Add in Graham to retirement and that's 18.5 sacks off the DL you lost from last season. From the secondary you lost Slay, Rogers, and CJGJ. You also weren't able to keep your starting OT Becton.
Exactly. In 2023 it was 2025. In 2022 it was 2024.
Then post the link of me saying that. I don't remember that, i've been pointing to 2025 for as long as I can remember. I posted proof of me saying 2025 back in 2023.
It was after Hurts signed his extension (in 2022). You said his contract is really going to be a mess for the team in the 2024 season, which was hilarious in hindsight.
Then post the proof.
You are right, I have been saying 2025 for years. here are a few more times of me saying it prior to this year
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Oh man, sounds like I was saying this same thing last year. Nothing has changed, except a lot of losses on the defensive side of the ball. All in on offense, and it's only going to get worse the rest of the decade.
More of me pointing to 2025, no references to 2024 though.
Here is every post that I talk about Hurts contract and a year:
Not talking about contract hell, but I did say the contract would start to stink in 2024. Not quite, the cap hit was only 13m but it's sure getting smelly now. Cap hits 2025=$22m, 2026=32m, 2027=42m, 2028= 47m, 2029=97.5m and the kicker is he isn't under contract in 2029. But it's still guaranteed to hit, so I think starting to stink in 2024 is somewhat accurate.
Didn't discuss a calendar year but I do give a timeline of when the problem with his contract starts. 2023 + 4 years would be 2027, when his cap hit gets up to 47m. As I have said all along, because of how these are built you can't just restructure his number down like Dallas does with our players. Dallas uses signing bonuses, Eagles use option bonuses. Dallas can convert base salary to signing bonus to lower cap numbers each year. Eagles already put players on minimum salary and an option bonus to change when the cap hit applies. There is no flexibility later in the contract, and Howie has made it worse by putting those hits in void years. Buys him more room now, but the piper has to be paid at some point. And PHL big contracts have that payment on void years. That means either you have to resign them to delay the balloon payment or deal with dead cap issues.
Nope, not calling for 2024 there either. Looks like, yeah I double checked, I see a 2025 there once again.
Do you not realize Huff was a healthy scratch during the Super Bowl??
18.5 sacks lost plus three from the secondary. you can belittle that all you want, but my point still remains and is still true. A few of those players Howie would like to have kept but couldn't. Only going to get worse.Huff? Huff?!?
I like Josh Sweat. He had a great Suoer Bowl and I'll always be a fan as a result. But the Eagles have already seen the beat of of Jpsh Sweat and his knee is a ticking time bomb. In that Super Bowl and late in the season we already started to see the emergence od his replacement, Jalyx Hunt.
Williams honestly isn't much of a loss. I wpuld have been upset if we pais him to bring him back. He got a massive deal from the Patriots despite never facing souvle teams. Any DT that plays next to Jalen Carter will be setup to feast. Ojomo who will likely replace Williams has as good, if not better pass rush win rates than Williams had. Jordan Davis had two huge sacks in the NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl and Ty Robinson is also looking like a great pick. Williams signing that massive deal is a benefit to the Eagles since they will get a 3rd round comp and they can easily replace him.
The best players in our secondary last year qere Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean and they should only get better in year 2. Slay was good for us but was constantly try leaving the field for long stretches. Rodgers filled in for him nicely but was always heavily targeted the moment he would come in for Slay. I'm excited to see Ringo get his chances. Slay is somwthing like 34 at this point. DeJean is the best pickle corner in the league and I think Quinyon will have a strong chance at defensive player of the year this season. Reed Blankenship has been great at safety and I expect him to be locked up in a new deal before the season. CJGJ is the only potential impact loss for the Eagles this year. As said, we have Justin Simmons lined up wanting to play for the Eagles if we need help st Safety.
There are players in that list you would have kept if you could, but you couldn't. Only hope was to try to replace them because you spent so much on the offense and on players no longer on the roster.