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One thing the Eagles Offseason means


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yea... the final 8 rule is more then likely coming back, the parity in the NFL has been considered what has helped it builds it's popularity so quickly over the past few years, and rodger says he believes it's the parity that keeps it interesting for everyone.

So what did the Eagles just do, pretty much killed the parity this year.

The Final 8 rule is more then likely coming back, I highly doubt the NFLCC will sit their and let the best teams exploit the cap and make insane super teams.

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What did the Eagles really do?

They've added three players. DRC doesn't really count as a big acquisition because his salary is under one million.

They will have problems resigning some guys for sure, though. Vick won't be a problem long term because he'll make less than his franchise tag shows him making once a deal is agreed to. Desean Jackson, Lesean McCoy, DRC and two of their starting offensive linemen are all under one million in salary and will be difficult to resign.

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The eagles have been able to do this because they are generally one of the more fiscally responsible teams, meaning that they had significasnt amount of cap room. They also draft well.

As for affording their signings, it's not that diffiult. The cap is flexible enough to allow teams to minimise the immediate cap hits by backloading the salaries and paying large bonuses that are pro-rated for cap purposes. However, they will have to pay the piper eventually. The real test for the eageles, will be whether they can afford to resign their best young player over the next few years. Guys like Desean Jackson, Lesean McCoy and DRC will all require very sizeable contracts to remain.

It makes sense for the eagle to have a big push right now, becasuse YKW is 31 and at an age where his best asset - his speed - is likely to decline sooner rather than later. In contrast, we have a 26 year old starting QB who is likely to remain at the top for a decade. Our priorty is to build something sustainable to remain at or near the top for as long as possible. It makes no sense for us to have a big push now and then have to tear everything up and rebuild in 2-3 years.

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why are you people talking more about the eagles then the falcons all its been past couple days is eagles this and eages that cmon now im getting sick of it who cares im a falcons fan and thats the only team i care about

Thanks thats all Im screaming.......All eagles fans go the the eagles website......please or post in rival central.

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why are you people talking more about the eagles then the falcons all its been past couple days is eagles this and eages that cmon now im getting sick of it who cares im a falcons fan and thats the only team i care about

Because the moderators are supposed to be moving these threads to Around the NFL - but they are not. As long as they can post them here - they will.

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yea... the final 8 rule is more then likely coming back, the parity in the NFL has been considered what has helped it builds it's popularity so quickly over the past few years, and rodger says he believes it's the parity that keeps it interesting for everyone.

So what did the Eagles just do, pretty much killed the parity this year.

The Final 8 rule is more then likely coming back, I highly doubt the NFLCC will sit their and let the best teams exploit the cap and make insane super teams.

Not necessarily my friend. Team chemistry is a huge component to a team's success and just because Philly is loaded on paper doesn't mean they don't have a weakness to exploit.

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