Gardner-Johnson to Lions

[Smith22]

Love to see it. Should be a very interesting season.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Lions are the early favorites to win the North and haven’t used their two first round picks yet.

Yeah something will happen. The NFL never goes how it should go. Lions should through…..Bears might be a sleeper depending on how Fields plays.

 

[AsthmaField]

Davis did put the NFL on notice with his dominant year!!!!. Philly has good D-line, but the rotation is old. Dean is coming in off an injury and no one has any idea on how he will play.

Last year, Davis was a part time run stopper. When he wasn’t hurt, his conditioning unsurprisingly wasn’t where it needed to be… which is historically how he was at Georgia. If the guy hadn’t ran a fast 40 at Indy, he wouldn’t have been drafted anywhere near as highly as he was.

He has never in his career been a guy that sacks the QB, so this year, just like last year, he will be pulled on passing downs. That is terrible value for a first round pick.

 

[viman96]

Birds so far have lost 7 starters and their backup QB. It probably would have been 8 starters if Howie did not backpedal and extend Slay. Fire sale!

 

[Longboysfan]

Is that 6 starters lost?

I just counted 9 players lost on Spotrac.

They will get a few comp picks back.

 

[viman96]

I just counted 9 players lost on Spotrac.

They will get a few comp picks back.

IIRC max comp is 4 picks

 

[Flamma]

So he would rather go to an inferior team for less money?

I think me and you both know he doesn't care about a winning team. That's not what any of this is about. It's only about money. He'd play for the Edmonton Eskimos if they paid him 13M a year.

This is the only logical conclusion I can come up with. He wanted his market value and the Eagles offer fell severely short. He took that as an insult, and as a result ended up not getting what he wanted anyway. But he burned those bridges and couldn't go back. My guess is that he didn't want to be locked in to a longer term deal paying him less. He prefers the 1 year deal in hopes of being paid more afterwards. He's basically over valuing himself.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Birds so far have lost 7 starters and their backup QB. It probably would have been 8 starters if Howie did not backpedal and extend Slay. Fire sale!

They also lost both their OC & DC

 

[BoyzBlaster]

That's a big loss. I really thought Howie would find a way to bring him back. Things are looking good my backup team #1 (Lions)!

 

[Silverz1972]

Haha. He turned down $24 million over 3 years with eagles over $8 million one year with detroit.

 

[dsudawg06]

Eagles fans are now starting to drum up the idea of bringing in Kevin Byard, clamoring for AJ Brown to reach out to his old teammate, should the Titans part ways with him if he doesn’t take a pay cut. He was actually born in Philly. That would suck as he is actually quite an upgrade to CJGJ.

 

[SuperBowlz]

Last year, Davis was a part time run stopper. When he wasn’t hurt, his conditioning unsurprisingly wasn’t where it needed to be… which is historically how he was at Georgia. If the guy hadn’t ran a fast 40 at Indy, he wouldn’t have been drafted anywhere near as highly as he was.

He has never in his career been a guy that sacks the QB, so this year, just like last year, he will be pulled on passing downs. That is terrible value for a first round pick.

I really disagree and if I could have any Eagle on our team now it might be him. Philly drafted their replacements for DT, G and LBer already. They just need a penetrating DT to go with him but I'd love a 6'5 360 pound athletic pure run stopper on our DLine. Being an east coast guy I know they are sky high on him and he had a big impact on their run D. When he got hurt they went out and got two veteran DTs. He isn't a DT that will get sacks but they have the luxury to bring him along in a once loaded DLine.

 

[CWR]

Naw this year is different for some reason. Last season they were on his knob at all times.

Hanging all over them, their eagle fan was showing. No one cares about 2nd place. It's cool to advance when you're building something, but if your just gonna blow it all up who cares.

 

[AsthmaField]

Hanging all over them, their eagle fan was showing. No one cares about 2nd place. It's cool to advance when you're building something, but if your just gonna blow it all up who cares.

There really are quite a few Eagles fans here who pretend like they’re Cowboys fans. They’re just here to stir up trouble.

They’re easy to spot too. Among other things, they always defend the Eagles and Howie at all costs.

 

[VACowboy]

Absolutely agree here.

They have Bradberry and Maddox already. A guy like Witherspoon/Gonzales with their first pick is a plug and play legit corner.

Without a doubt but they are going to MISS Hargrave. Those outside guys will be nowhere near as effective without him pushing the pocket, and Davis doesn't replace that. Cox had a great season but he gets the double teams now, and they've lost two starting players from a secondary that isn't gonna have the benefit of last year's four+ sacks every game. They were not good at stopping the run. I have a hard time seeing that getting better without JH.

 

[VACowboy]

I really disagree and if I could have any Eagle on our team now it might be him. Philly drafted their replacements for DT, G and LBer already. They just need a penetrating DT to go with him but I'd love a 6'5 360 pound athletic pure run stopper on our DLine. Being an east coast guy I know they are sky high on him and he had a big impact on their run D. When he got hurt they went out and got two veteran DTs. He isn't a DT that will get sacks but they have the luxury to bring him along in a once loaded DLine.

Rushing the passer is what makes Hargrave special and without him I'm betting the Philadelphia pass rush won't be quite so special. Every team wants a "penetrating DT" but it's not like they can just draft one or reach out and pluck one off the free agent tree. I think it's possible that Carter falls to them, though not likely, and I'm sure that some underrated mid-round guy is going to explode into the NFL, but I think the chances of Roseman replacing what Hargrave brought to the Eagles D this off-season are slim and none. Any GM looks great when he's signing guys instead of saving cap, but losing players to free agency is inevitable when your guys play well, and then when you whiff on the SB and you lose a bunch of starters, things don't look quite as good. I'm not saying I have loved the Cowboys conservative approach to free-agency but I'm not sure I like the "all-in" strategy any better. The Joneses get a ton of flack for shopping the bargain bin in FA and "liking their guys," and they deserve the crap they get for Zeke's contract and the Amari Cooper debacle, but I really appreciate the moves they've made so far this off-season without mortgaging the future.

If I can have any Eagle my choice is either Brown or Dixon.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Hanging all over them, their eagle fan was showing. No one cares about 2nd place. It's cool to advance when you're building something, but if your just gonna blow it all up who cares.

Now they disappear and are quiet I been called them out on their crap. Then they say “oh you just call us Eagles fans because we are realist”…..please lol.

 

[DFWJC]

Lions seem to be putting it together.
If their draft goes well, this could be an interesting season for them.

 

[SuperBowlz]

Rushing the passer is what makes Hargrave special and without him I'm betting the Philadelphia pass rush won't be quite so special. Every team wants a "penetrating DT" but it's not like they can just draft one or reach out and pluck one off the free agent tree. I think it's possible that Carter falls to them, though not likely, and I'm sure that some underrated mid-round guy is going to explode into the NFL, but I think the chances of Roseman replacing what Hargrave brought to the Eagles D this off-season are slim and none. Any GM looks great when he's signing guys instead of saving cap, but losing players to free agency is inevitable when your guys play well, and then when you whiff on the SB and you lose a bunch of starters, things don't look quite as good. I'm not saying I have loved the Cowboys conservative approach to free-agency but I'm not sure I like the "all-in" strategy any better. The Joneses get a ton of flack for shopping the bargain bin in FA and "liking their guys," and they deserve the crap they get for Zeke's contract and the Amari Cooper debacle, but I really appreciate the moves they've made so far this off-season without mortgaging the future.

If I can have any Eagle my choice is either Brown or Dixon.

I totally agree their pass rush is gonna take a big hit. Not too many 10+ sack DTs out there.
Don't agree with the all in strategy. Eagles went all in twice recently and it netted them a SB and almost a 2nd one. I'd take that over a 5 year stretch. Tampa went all in 3 years ago and won and the Rams definitely were all in last year.

 

[JustChip]

Mind boggling…..

I guess the Cowboys aren’t the only team that favors their home-grown talent iver mercenaries.