Eagles 2018 Offseason

[andyb]

Eagles @ Jaguars (In London) confirmed for Sunday 28th of October. Seeing as its only an hour away from me I think I'll be attending my first NFL game this year. I don't think we're gonna get Major League Baseball in this part of the world anytime soon unfortunately.

Don't speak so soon on MLB. It is not the Phillies but you might get a little Yankees-Red Sox:

Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Could Follow N.F.L. to London

[el-pietro]

I would definitely go to that and boo every single player.

[xogfog]

Eagles 2018-2019 Schedule

Week 1 - vs. Atlanta Falcons (Sept. 6, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Thursday Night Football - NFL Kickoff Game
Week 2 - at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sept. 16, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 3 - vs. Indianapolis Colts (Sept. 23, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 4 - at Tennessee Titans (Sept. 30, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 5 - vs. Minnesota Vikings (Oct. 7, 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Week 6 - at New York Giants (Oct. 11, 8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFLN) Thursday Night Football
Week 7 - vs. Carolina Panthers (Oct 21, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 8 - at Jacksonville Jaguars (Oct. 28, 9:30 AM ET, NFLN) London Game
Week 9 - BYE (Nov. 4)
Week 10 - vs. Dallas Cowboys (Nov. 11, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football
Week 11 - at New Orleans Saints (Nov. 11, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 12 - vs. New York Giants (Nov. 25, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)
Week 13 - vs. Washington Redskins (Dec. 3, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN) Monday Night Football
Week 14 - at Dallas Cowboys (Dec. 9, 4:25 PM ET, FOX)
Week 15 - at Los Angeles Rams (Dec. 16, 8:20 PM ET, NBC) Sunday Night Football
Week 16 - vs. Houston Texans (Dec. 23, 1:00 PM ET, CBS)
Week 17 - at Washington Redskins (Dec. 30, 1:00 PM ET, FOX)

[bkeich]

Honestly, how could a schedule be any better? Only 1 back to back away game (and of course only one back to back home game), week 9 Bye (middle of the season, just when the team needs it) and 2 Thursday night games (which gives you an advantage the next week of longer to prepare) and only 1 Monday night game (minor disadvantage). Our toughest games (@ Rams, Atl, Carolina, Jax, Minn, both Cowboys games) are pretty spread out with only a couple being in back to back weeks, no West coast trips at all and a game in London with a bye after. Not sure how many teams we face coming off the bye week, but this is about as good as you could make a schedule come out with the teams we were locked in to play. Even one of our away games against a very good Jax team isnt really a home game for them (it is in London) where we will really have a bigger fan base due to just winning the SB (and Jax has no fan base).

[el-pietro]

how many teams we face coming off the bye

Apparently its Zero.

[bkeich]

The schedule makers gave us a real, real gift with this schedule. It almost could not be better, 3 our of 4 on the road at the end of the season is really the only negative, and that isnt like other recent years where it was all 3 on the road to end the season.

[xogfog]

The schedule is nice for the Eagles, but by no means is it easy. I think the NFC east will be a little better, and face it, the division games are always tougher, but the rest of the schedule has 7 of the 12 playoff teams from last year (Rams, Vikings, Saints. Falcons, Panthers, Jaguars, Titans), plus a Texans team that is bound to finally have a healthy year and be good. I think If the Eagles get through this schedule 11-5 that would be good, but the NFC is stacked this coming season.

[EastFallowfield]

Of course, the Atlanta Falcons were the only NFC team in the playoffs last year that had a winning record the year before.

LA (4-12), Panthers (6-10), Saints/Iggles (7-9), Vikings (8-8) probably looked like easier games on the 2017 schedule than they turned out to be.

[Purduke]

Eagles renegotiated Foles' contract to extend it by a year. General outline is that he gets an extra $2M signing bonus this year and there is a mutual option for 2019.

[xogfog]

Brandon Brooks restructured his deal, his tweet (edited for content) was awesome "If your wondering about the restructure I get 4 mill now 4mill by sept 1 with a couple hundred thousand over the season. The reason I did it was bc the *^$%@# SB MVP DESERVED MORE MONEY."

[el-pietro]

John McMullen (JFMcMullen)

[xogfog]

So with Sproles back and the draft and undrafted free agents, it looks like the roster will have very few battles for open spots. The biggest question is if they will move Kendricks. At this point they don't have to for salary concerns for 2018.

If Kendricks is on the team, then here is where the position battles will be:

3rd TE - Rodgers, Brown and Zaruba
4th RB - Smallwood, Adams, Pumphrey
6th WR - Treggs, Davis, Williams, Ward, Wilson
9th OL - Pryor, Andrews, Gordon, Hart, Toth
10th DL - Means, Vaeao, Sweat
4th S - Reaves, Sullivan, Neal, Roberts
6th LB - Gerry, Walker, Grugier-Hill, Worrilow

Of course, they could still sign someone not currently on their roster.

[VoteForKalas]

So with Sproles back and the draft and undrafted free agents, it looks like the roster will have very few battles for open spots. The biggest question is if they will move Kendricks. At this point they don't have to for salary concerns for 2018.

If Kendricks is on the team, then here is where the position battles will be:

3rd TE - Rodgers, Brown and Zaruba
4th RB - Smallwood, Adams, Pumphrey
6th WR - Treggs, Davis, Williams, Ward, Wilson
9th OL - Pryor, Andrews, Gordon, Hart, Toth
10th DL - Means, Vaeao, Sweat
4th S - Reaves, Sullivan, Neal, Roberts
6th LB - Gerry, Walker, Grugier-Hill, Worrilow

Of course, they could still sign someone not currently on their roster.

Good summation, xogfog

The one area I see weakness is S

Jenkins is very good, but old. McLeod was inconsistent last season and needs to be challenged.

The idea of Maragos starting is truly scary and they have no other proven depth. They signed several UDFA S and hopefully they will perform well.

[xogfog]

Thanks VFK. Safety is indeed the most glaring need at this point, even so much so that it also affects the slot corner position. Maddox profiles as the slot corner but he is a rookie, and he is is small, so when they play bigger slot receivers, they might want to use Jenkins in the slot like they did last year, but they had Cprey Graham to then play safety, where he did a decent job.

I think Graham is still a free agent, so he might be able to be brought back. I'd also take a flier on Eric Reid, he probably doesn't want to be a backup, but he seems to be blackballed by the rest of the league, you might be able to get him cheap on a 1 year, make-good, contract. I wouldn't worry about his issues with the Eagles because of the presence of Jenkins and Long, just as they didn't with Bennett.

[Squire]

Given that he is likely behind Darby, Mills and Jones on the outside and Maddox on the inside, I think Rasul Douglas has a chance of getting some time at safety. Of course, camp injuries change everything.

[xogfog]

The guy I hear they might consider moving to S is actually Mills, I would have thought Butler too.

[LegoDoom]

I wanted Burton to be retained, but if you factor in the contract he got, the Goedert pick, and the fact that the Eagles are projected to get a 4th round comp pick for Burton next year..... I have to say that it seems like a good move for the franchise.

I guess I'm still surprised at the contract that Burton received.

[allentown]

A SB win puts a halo atop many a head. It the Eagles missed the playoffs, the demand for Burton is likely not so great. There was good reason to sign him, but he has never evidenced being that big a deal.

[LegoDoom]

I guess I was surprised he didn't have a bigger role last year. He seemed like a player that would have had a breakout year. Because of his low amount of chances I was shocked at the contract he got.

I really like what the Eagles did this offseason. Upgraded from Torrey Smith, Curry, and Celek/Burton and added a 2nd and 4th rounder (for Burton) next year in order to recoup some of the picks given up for Wentz. A solid, if unspectacular way to refresh some young talent while making the current team stronger.

[Lawman]

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