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The Rams signed Scott Wells.

Arizona can barely afford a waterboy.

Denver and Cincy...damn, spend some money.

As for Philly's cap room, sign RB Shady McCoy to an extension, G Evan Mathis, and Plax.
If they cannot secure the services of LB Tulloch, as he is a 3 down LB and my preference of the FA's, then I would aggressively pursue MLB Kuechly in the draft.

Listened to Tim and Pat yesterday on Sirius NFL, they were exercising their 2nd mock draft, and had Philly jump from 15 to 11...giving the Chiefs a 2012 3rd, and swapping 1st's.
Selecting MLB Luke Kuechly, as a need, good value for the swap, and Seattle may be very interested in Kuechly...and he may not be there at 15. I like that idea.

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Originally posted 09:58 AM ET  03.17 by Phillyfan1

Denver and Cincy...damn, spend some money.As for Philly's cap room, sign RB Shady McCoy to an extension, G Evan Mathis, and Plax.If they cannot secure the services of LB Tulloch, as he is a 3 down LB and my preference of the FA's, then I would aggressively pursue MLB Kuechly in the draft.Listened to Tim and Pat yesterday on Sirius NFL, they were exercising their 2nd mock draft, and had Philly jump from 15 to 11...giving the Chiefs a 2012 3rd, and swapping 1st's.Selecting MLB Luke Kuechly, as a need, good value for the swap, and Seattle may be very interested in Kuechly...and he may not be there at 15. I like that idea.

The draft is the place where a team improves itself. The Eagles learned that the hard way last season.

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Originally posted 09:58 AM ET  03.17 by Phillyfan1

Denver and Cincy...damn, spend some money.As for Philly's cap room, sign RB Shady McCoy to an extension, G Evan Mathis, and Plax.If they cannot secure the services of LB Tulloch, as he is a 3 down LB and my preference of the FA's, then I would aggressively pursue MLB Kuechly in the draft.Listened to Tim and Pat yesterday on Sirius NFL, they were exercising their 2nd mock draft, and had Philly jump from 15 to 11...giving the Chiefs a 2012 3rd, and swapping 1st's.Selecting MLB Luke Kuechly, as a need, good value for the swap, and Seattle may be very interested in Kuechly...and he may not be there at 15. I like that idea.

The Eagles have over $22 million in cap space. Kind of amazing isn't it? Especially after last year's off-season. When it comes down to pure number crunching I don't think anyone in the NFL does it better than Joe Banner.

I'd love to see Philadelphia draft Kuechly. I just don't believe it will actually happen. Andy Reid drafts linemen, offensive or defensive, in the first round almost every year... regardless of team needs at other positions. And linebacker has been a need for years.

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Originally posted 10:09 AM ET  03.17 by drip drop

The draft is the place where a team improves itself. The Eagles learned that the hard way last season.

The Eagles usually rely heavily on the draft to build their roster, last year was unique for the Eagles in that they were well below the cap, which is standard procedure for them, and the amount of available talent in FA, at positions of need for them to fill out the roster.

They made the big splash in 2011 yes, but to their credit, along with having a new D coordinator(Castillo), a new o-line coach(Mudd), a new d-line coach(Washburn) implement new schemes, they had new starters at DE(Babin), DT(Jenkins), CB(Asomougha), a rookie C(Kelce), a rookie RG(Watkins), a new LG(Mathis), and LG Herremans moved to RT. A rookie MLB (Matthews) start the season, then musical chairs at LB, a rookie K(Henery), a rookie FA P(Henry) and WR Jackson pouting the whole season about his contract.

These are not excuses for their 8-8 record, as I was very disappointed as well with it, but there were many changes going on and could have been much worse. The silver lining is all those new coaches/players will have been immersed in the new schemes for a full season + off season heading into 2012.

As you can see this year, they are wisely locking up valued players with extensions to clear cap space and retain high value players for the long term, instead of a FA frenzy.

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Originally posted 10:10 AM ET  03.17 by (Un)mautre

The Eagles have over $22 million in cap space. Kind of amazing isn't it? Especially after last year's off-season. When it comes down to pure number crunching I don't think anyone in the NFL does it better than Joe Banner.I'd love to see Philadelphia draft Kuechly. I just don't believe it will actually happen. Andy Reid drafts linemen, offensive or defensive, in the first round almost every year... regardless of team needs at other positions. And linebacker has been a need for years.

You said it, it is amazing. If you look up and down the roster, the talent is top tier at many positions, and the cap wizardry by Joe Banner is one of the best assets this organization has.

The Eagles reportedly made G Mathis a better offer than the Ravens, hope they can retain him, if so the line will be better than last year...which was good.

I love the moves the Eagles made this year by locking up key players to extensions (Cole, Herremans, Jackson and tendered DT Dixon) and not only rewarding the hard work, but avoiding a nightmare when their contracts expire. With the additions last year in FA, and keeping the core players here with new contracts this year...the draft can't come soon enough.

I echo the Kuechly sentiment, and hope we are pleasantly surprised by hearing his name at 15, or slightly higher if they make a move to get him. I love Kuechly at MLB here...it just makes sense when all the other positions have been fortified, to have a blue chip player at MLB for the foreseeable future. While they tendered our biggest run stuffing DT (Dixon) 6'3 326lbs who was playing well till he tore his triceps...I would love to see a name like Worthy, Still, Brockers, or Reyes added with the 46th pick to add more talent to the front line and eventually be the successor to Patterson or Jenkins. I think Poe, and Cox will be long gone by the 46th pick. They certainly have options to move back into the 1st, or top of the 2nd to grab a blue chip DT/DE which would be welcomed.

G Evan Mathis locked up,

5 year, $25 million deal which includes $7 million guaranteed.
Oh-Yeah!
Line continuity is huge, and a 2nd yr in Mudd's system....;)

Does almost $6mil include the $3mil Big Snack just gave up?

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Originally posted 02:36 PM ET  03.19 by IRONMAN

Does almost $6mil include the $3mil Big Snack just gave up?

Yes...and You have to sign all of your draft picks, to get to a 53 man roster, then a seven player practice squad...That is why the signings are so slow..a lot of teams still have more cuts to make.

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Originally posted 04:49 PM ET  03.17 by Phillyfan1

You said it, it is amazing. If you look up and down the roster, the talent is top tier at many positions, and the cap wizardry by Joe Banner is one of the best assets this organization has. The Eagles reportedly made G Mathis a better offer than the Ravens, hope they can retain him, if so the line will be better than last year...which was good.I love the moves the Eagles made this year by locking up key players to extensions (Cole, Herremans, Jackson and tendered DT Dixon) and not only rewarding the hard work, but avoiding a nightmare when their contracts expire. With the additions last year in FA, and keeping the core players here with new contracts this year...the draft can't come soon enough.I echo the Kuechly sentiment, and hope we are pleasantly surprised by hearing his name at 15, or slightly higher if they make a move to get him. I love Kuechly at MLB here...it just makes sense when all the other positions have been fortified, to have a blue chip player at MLB for the foreseeable future. While they tendered our biggest run stuffing DT (Dixon) 6'3 326lbs who was playing well till he tore his triceps...I would love to see a name like Worthy, Still, Brockers, or Reyes added with the 46th pick to add more talent to the front line and eventually be the successor to Patterson or Jenkins. I think Poe, and Cox will be long gone by the 46th pick. They certainly have options to move back into the 1st, or top of the 2nd to grab a blue chip DT/DE which would be welcomed.

This is Shady's McCoy's year to get a new contract....that is why the Eagles have been so quite...after the get him done, they need to go get some LB's and Safeties...and they could have a very good year.

Heard somewhere that Mendenhall looks like hes as good as gone...ACL wont be ready til 2013 & thats when his contracts up.....

I just read that Jeff Saturday will visit Green Bay to talk contract with the Packers.