MiracleAtRich1393

Or trade them for vets!

If we would have just traded the Diggs (2025 #56 ultimately) to move up for BTJR, we would a.) be a significantly better team for significantly longer and b.) still have that 3rd rounder because the Cooper trade never would have happened as there would have been no need for height/weight/speed on the outside

bro. lol

Oliver, Cook, and #62?

These extensions free up 2025 cap space. Can't do any of the big moves we're hoping for without them

Yes. Extend now. Brings cap relief & solidifies a strength. No-brainer.

Sorry for confusion was not being a wise guy thought it was an interesting potential option! Full agreement. RB & safety as day 3, UDFA, or Poyer/Hyde/Rapp/Ty Johnson salary level FA acquisitions only IMO

Oh I thought you meant you could tag him now for 2026 as a negotiating tool or trade incentivizer, thought it was interesting if possible

PS only IMO. No juice

Interesting - can you tag someone for a future year?

Or Cook & #30 for Crosby and take an RB on day 3 😉

More than enough to fit Garrett or Crosby, LFG!

Hope to get a 2026 comp pick back when he signs elsewhere, chalk it up to a swing for a vertical threat and move on

Sure. Then please don't use a 1st rounder on another safety! Stick to day 3 for DBs, McD has a strong track record there

I'd be *okay* with it if they used Cole Bishop as a trade chip elsewhere and either of those guys are true difference makers

I am particularly interested in day 3 boundary CB's that have Christian Benford type traits (6'+, 200+lbs, 31"+ arms, excellent 10Y split, 15+ reps on bench, potentially small school/overlooked). I have high confidence in McD's ability to strike gold on day 3 with a guy like that. Take 2 if they exist please!

How would you comp his profile coming out to 1.) Xavier Worthy and 2.) John Brown

Day 3 CB's FTW

Vet minimum, non-guaranteed? Pick him up!!

Interesting, Bond way ahead of Golden. Don't personally know much about either but most lists I've seen have it the other way around. Anything in particular you'd call out that's different than most?

What are their playoff defenses ranked?

Totally with you on Grant, which is why when he was the pick to us at #30 in Field Yates' most recent mock I just got mad because it got my hopes up for even a millisecond 🤣 how does he last past 15 or MAYBE 20??

The reason I mentioned the rounds they were drafted is that the Eagles were clearly obsessed with adding top flight talent at the WR position (a.k.a. an obsession with one position) They ALSO hit on their premium DLine picks while none of ours have been true difference makers. Both are important . We should pursue both simultaneously. Instead we haven't added the top tier weapons, and have whiffed on the DLine. Beane has gotta do better in both departments.

Correct, our defense is what lost us the game not the offense. But I think even with the defense we had, we would have beaten them with that added element of a BTJR. He would have made a difference. In the super bowl against the Eagles, we would have needed a field stretching element to stand a chance as well. The Eagles also won because they surrounded a worse QB than Allen with a stud AJ Brown (who we passed over for Cody Ford 😭) and two other 1st round WR's in Smith & Dotson (who they stole from a rival). They COMPLTELELY whiffed on Reagor but that did not deter them. They added DeVonta Smith in the top 10 the following year, traded a first for AJ Brown the year after that, then added Dotson this past off-season and signed Saquan Barkley. You could say they were almost insatiable in their pursuit of adding top flight offensive weapons. They just did it alongside adding top flight defensive pieces (a.k.a. not whiffing on all of their premium DLine picks like Beane)

A WR like Brian Thomas Jr would have added an element to the offense that's completely missing, which is an actual vertical threat. And as a 1st rounder with a 5th year option, would have been extremely cap friendly for 5 years (in keeping with the theme of the thread). The further you get in the playoffs, the more you need to be unsolvable. As bad as the defense was against KC, I think we put up 40+ and advance to the super bowl with a guy like that in the mix. Then with a far superior OLine to KC's and a diverse set of weapons, who knows how we would have fared against the Eagles. We missed on it last year though, no one like that really exists in this year's draft. A bungle no doubt. I also want a killer DLine! The two are not mutually exclusive. Luckily this year's draft is loaded with them. Either make a big splash trade for Garrett or take a bunch of DLinemen high (or both) and punt on WR for another year.