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For 2025? No. For 2026? Probably.

Did you call Beane to tell him to draft a generational talent? HE NEEDS TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!

Will Barry Sanders ever put on enough muscle to be more powerful than Jerome Bettis?? Will Jerry Rice ever be fast enough to be faster than Tyreek Hill?? Will Tom Brady ever build up his arm strength to be able to go 80 yards in the air like Josh Allen?? Will he EVER learn to stiff arm defenders and run them into the ground?? Will they? WILL THEY????

A couple years ago they didn't have to pay those players... what?? Also, where did it get them last year?

I'm not sure if you're following what's happening to the Eagles this offseason, but they're losing the majority of their good trench players because of the contracts you mentioned to skill position players. 2025 will be the season we find out how those contracts work for them.

For a guy named "Einstein" you sure miss the point a lot! Nobody is saying he's not a good GM. I specifically said he's a good GM multiple times. The problem is using him as an example of an infallible GM who doesn't miss. That's not true. Also, yes, he's probably the best GM and he isn't that far off from Brandon Beane. That's the point.

40/yr for Chase 29/yr for Higgins 50/yr for Burrow A master class in paying WR instead of your premiere trench players. Ya love to see it.

He has been GM of the eagles for 14 years. Yes, he has had some success and yes he is very good, but people use him as a benchmark like every other GM is garbage and they forget HOWIE ROSEMAN MISSES A LOT. I wonder if Beane can hit some early first round picks the way Roseman has if he’s afforded 14 years. #2 overall pick - BUST QB #20 overall pick - BUST WR #21 overall pick - BUST WR #22 overall pick - BUST TACKLE That’s just the past couple of years. Did he hit on #4 overall Lane Johnson? Yes. #12 overall Fletcher Cox? Yes. #14 overall Derrick Barnett? Yes. He has also had a ridiculous amount of time and high picks to work with and my only issue is everyone comparing their GM to him and saying “see? He’s perfect, why can’t our guy be?” and Eagles fans literally wanted him GONE after the first couple of years. It’s fools gold.

It’s incredible how little people know about Howie Roseman. Look up his first 7 seasons with the Eagles. He was awful in the draft, including taking Jalen Reagor over Justin Jefferson. Then, he nailed a bunch of picks that frankly fell to him in the draft and everyone is fawning over him as a “savant.” No GM is perfect and even though we don’t like to admit it, there’s a lot of luck involved. Beane is a good GM. He has proven that over and over in every category other than getting a little more lucky in the draft.

I think we have a younger version of Cooper on the roster in Josh Palmer. No, I'm not saying Josh Palmer is elite. However, he has a very similar skill set to Cooper, as a route technician who isn't particularly fast. Coleman and Palmer are the boundary WRs, with Shakir working in the slot alongside Kincaid/Knox. Curtis Samuel works in occasionally as well. What is that WR group missing? Pure speed and explosiveness. Signing Cooper doesn't give us that. Perhaps a rookie WR can.

For a 1st round pick plus more? That's what Bengals are rumored to be wanting now. That's a bad deal for a 30 year old DE who wants a new $30M/yr contract. If was the rumored 2nd round pick, sure. 1st plus more? Nah.

https://boltbeat.com/asante-samuel-jr-finally-reveals-reason-for-strange-chargers-absence-in-2024 This was news to me and makes me a little cautious about the Bills giving him a huge contract. I wonder if Beane feels the same. Didn't see it posted anywhere else: -- Cornerback Asante Samuel Jr., who landed on injured reserve in Week 6 and missed the remainder of the season, said he has been dealing with “stinger symptoms.” According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, stingers “are injuries that occur when nerves in the neck and shoulder are stretched or compressed after an impact” and can feel like “an electric shock or lightning bolt down the arm.” “Just wanted to make sure for the long run I’ll be good, make sure my health overall is good,” Samuel said. “I wish I could have been out there with the team. It was killing me not to be out there with those guys. But I had to make sure my health was good.” Samuel said he was “born with” this ailment. This season, the symptoms first flared up during practice in Week 1. He played four games after that first instance. The symptoms flared up again after a collision in practice before a Week 6 game at the Denver Broncos, according to Samuel. He said he has felt symptoms in both shoulders, but the left shoulder has been worse than the right one. Samuel said he expects to be ready for the start of the offseason program. He is a pending unrestricted free agent. He said he wants to return to the Chargers. “I love this team,” he said. “I love this city. And I love everybody around here.” --

Agreed, with one caveat. I don't think he pays big money for a 1-tech. We have DaQuan and Ogunjobi (kind of) as valuable depth. There isn't a glaring need. However, it's clearly our biggest long term need alongside Defensive End. I think Beane would be comfortable going into the draft with long term needs on the D-Line in a deep D-Line class and a ton of ammo.

I see what you're going for here, but I don't agree. AJ Epenesa had a ton of production in college, but they figured he had a few extra pounds and if they could shred him, he'd potentially be the best of both worlds - powerful and fast. The problem is he lost all his power. He's still a relatively capable player though, so wouldn't qualify as a bust. Elam is a flat out bust, but blaming it on draft day shenanigans isn't accurate. The "Big Board" is created waaaaay before draft day and Elam wouldn't magically jump up their board 50-100 spots because of something that happened in the 20 picks before him. It was obviously just bad scouting and bad evaluation to figure a guy with elite physical talents and (allegedly) really good study habits can't figure out how to play zone.