Cutting our losses...Brez is clairvoyant
Interesting how personnel decisions sometimes allow us to avoid a train wreck and throwing good money after bad.
First that comes to mind is letting Greenard go elsewhere, where he suffered a pec injury which kept him out of most of the Eagles Training Camp and the first two regular season games...furthermore, while he is now on the field, he suffered an ankle. Which allowed the opening for Dallas Turner to emerge.
Second is not resigning both Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave. As you know, Hargrave is out for the Packers the rest of the seaon with an Achilles injury. And Allen, has missed time so far this season with lesser injuries.
The younger talent replacing those high-priced players is just nothing but a head-shaker. Expensive free agency is simply exposing the fact that your team had sh*tty drafts.
Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.
Anyone still uncomfortable with the return we got for Greenard? If Hurts misses significant time, that 3 is going to look closer to a 2.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
Shakespeare
Brez is a rock. No one better in the league regarding contracts / financials IMO.
Lucky to have him.
It takes a village to win a Lombardi.
Brez has been a key player for a long while now...
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
JustInTime wrote:
Anyone still uncomfortable with the return we got for Greenard? If Hurts misses significant time, that 3 is going to look closer to a 2.
I can't see Philly winning many games with Hurts out indefinitely. Even if Barkley and Devonta come back this week, there are cracks all over that team...
Vanguard83 wrote:
Brez is a rock. No one better in the league regarding contracts / financials IMO.
Lucky to have him.
People keep saying that. What makes you say that? I look at Brez and he had the poison pill contract a billion years ago. I liked the frontloading of contracts. After that seems pretty average. Seems like he missed the more recent trends.
Montana Tom wrote:
Interesting how personnel decisions sometimes allow us to avoid a train wreck and throwing good money after bad.First that comes to mind is letting Greenard go elsewhere, where he suffered a pec injury which kept him out of most of the Eagles Training Camp and the first two regular season games...furthermore, while he is now on the field, he suffered an ankle. Which allowed the opening for Dallas Turner to emerge.Second is not resigning both Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave. As you know, Hargrave is out for the Packers the rest of the seaon with an Achilles injury. And Allen, has missed time so far this season with lesser injuries.The younger talent replacing those high-priced players is just nothing but a head-shaker. Expensive free agency is simply exposing the fact that your team had sh*tty drafts.
"Expensive free agency is simply exposing the fact that your team had sh*tty drafts."
Agree to a point.
But we also tend to sleep on the fact that Van Ginkel, Cashman, Eric Wilson, Greenard (very good for Vikes), Gilmore etc... were all hits in FA.
FA you are going to strike out likely 50% of the time.
That doesn't mean it's not a reasonable way to improve the team.
The bigger the contract the bigger the risk... which is why the Hargave/Allen contracts were smart in that Vikes could get out from under them without huge penalty.
Calculated risks.
Expensive Free Agency is how the Eagles and Rams won their SBs
Expensive doesn’t matter, because you can spend tomorrows money today. What you don’t want to be is expensive and mediocre. If you’re expensive, you should be pushing your chips in to win now.
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