Their defence overall seems to be pretty close to the 2022 level.
I would say the Eagles are better this year on the defensive line. I would take Carter over Hargrave any day of the week… but I’m a Georgia guy,… yeah, they lost those two grizzled veteran DTs, But I wouldn’t be surprised if they pick them up again. At DE everyone’s coming back… Including Barnett.
At linebacker I like Dean in year two over either of the guys last year. ... Nolan Smith across from Hassan Reddick is scary…I wanted the cowboys to draft Nolan Smith… It was hard watching the end of the first round ..So yeah I’ll take their 23 linebackers over 22 as well.
At corner, it’s the same guys.. hopefully slay loses a step.. but again I wouldn’t count on it. I guess you could say that their corners couldn’t possibly play any better than they did last year… so that’s something.
At safety, yeah, they lost CJG, but at this point last year he was with the Saints. It would not surprise me at all, if they trade for Budda in the next few days. They’re currently 19 million under the cap l, and are 40 million under the cap for 24… So they can afford it. I’m not sure how friendly the Eagles and Cardinals are right now though lol.
Maybe one or all of those four older guys you mentioned go off a cliff…who knows… they were all elite last year..
I think we can forget about the Eagles taking a step back… Anything is possible I guess though. It’s up to us to raise our game. I didn’t love Mazi Smith, where we took him at least… But I love the fact that we finally took a DT in the first round.