Milhouse
Contributor
Philadelphia Eagles Newsletter
We elected to not resign Quarterback Sam Bradford, mainly due to a general lack of football knowledge, and a furter lack of football skill. His asking price was far too much based on his injury history, as well as his awful...awful play.
We did resign Left Defensive End Cedric Thorton's contract, for 4 years worth 9.2 Million, with a 3.8 Million signing bonus. We feel that Cedric is a key part of our defense, and we felt it was necessary to lock him up while we had the chance.
Next lets talk about our Free Agency aquisitions. We had a lot of spots to fill, and we did just that with a lot of young talent. We did have a few big signings that i want to mention.
We signed what we hope is the future of our franchise in Quarterback Bryce Petty to a 1 year deal worth 3.2 Million, with a 390K signing bonus. We hope that we can reach an extention with Petty to lock him up long term.
We also signed Running back Corey Grant to a 1 year deal worth 570K. Grant is a player that we feel has a lot of up-side. You will see a lot of him out of the backfield, as well as in the return game. He has game-changing speed, and we look for him to make some big plays for us this season.
We were pretty happy with our draft class. We drafted a lot of good talent that will grow quickly in to stars in this league. Our first round pick was Nate Henrix, MLB out of Clemson. We expect Nate to be a day 1 starter for our defense. Our third round pick, Anton Donaldson, is a big body receiver with great speed and a nice set of hands. He will most likely get into a starting role at some point this season, for now he's our #4 receiver. Our 5th round pick was Shakiel Reed DE/LB out of Ohio State. Reed will be a role player for us, we'd like to see him take a year and learn what he can from some of the big named guys we have right now. Patrick Clart, our 6th round pick has been a big surprise so far, he's going to get a shot to start for us at strong safety.
Coming in to this season, there was a lot of question as to who would be back next season, and who wouldn't with a lot of expiring contracts coming at the end of the season. We resigned a few guys so far, most notably Lane Johnson, Fletcher Cox, Bennie Logan, and Zack Ertz. These guys will be Eagles for a long time to come.
There are a few moves we are trying to make, with the strong draft class we are looking to get more playing time for some of our rookies. WIth that said, we are placing a few of our guys on the trade block, in hopes they can continue their careers elsewhere
- MLB Kiko Alonso 26 yrs old 86ovr
- WR Brandon LaFell 29yrs old 81ovr
- WR Riley Cooper 28yrs old 73ovr
- WR Jordan Matthews 24yrs old 80ovr
- RB Darron Sproles 33yrs old 82ovr
- ROLB Brandon Graham 28yrs old 81ovr