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I think it's Goff signed a 5 year $240 million fully guaranteed contract.

Not sure I approve of Buggs being coy with us. I want to know what he knows. Chark perhaps?

Goff's current contract is not guaranteed so you commit to Goff for at least three years at about $10 million more per season. That seems reasonable for Goff to do.

What if Hurts is Wentz? Should the Eagles really commit 20% of their cap to Hurts?

I figured they would reminisce about the Super Bowl they actually won where Wentz would have been the MVP if he didn't get injured. Why don't they draft a QB now instead of spending 20% of their cap on Hurts?

Jalen Hurts is exactly what people are suggesting the Lions do. The Eagles drafted Hurts when they had Carson Wentz signed to a big extension. He sat on the bench as a rookie backup. They replaced Wentz in year two with Hurts. He turned out to be good. He's now going into the final year of his contract. He will cost 20% of your cap. What do you do? The Eagles got at most three years of cap relief with Hurts (not even that since they had to carry Wentz's dead cap). For the people who want to draft a QB for cap reasons. What do the Eagles than do with Hurts?

No I think it's strange that people think Hurts is worth 20% of your cap and not Goff. A QB who has only had one great year (which from a passing numbers perspective wasn't any better than Goff) and is a mobile QB who comes at a higher injury risk and typically who don't age well.

I thought it was about the supporting cast even though part of the reason why we want to replace Goff is because he needs a good supporting cast.

He runs really fast and can throw the ball really far in a controlled environment. Never mind his 53% completion percentage.

Maybe on to something. The Lions can carry three QBs on the roster. They can draft three this year with one being Hooker who they can stash on the IR and then have a rookie backup and a rookie third string.

That's why I brought up Hurts. He's entering the last year of his contract. He's going to be due a massive contract. Shouldn't the Eagles be drafting a QB instead of giving 20% of their cap to Hurts?

I was talking about the money saving aspect of drafting a QB. That's just ridiculous. You have a good QB you sign him. You don't keep drafting QBs for this we can only win with a QB on a rookie contract silliness.

I would sign Goff to an extension now. Similar to what Carr got, but maybe up the annual amount. Carr's contract is only guaranteed for two years. It's structured in a way that the Saints have cap relief now. You can do the same with Goff but maybe give him three guaranteed years and a 5 year contract. He puts up another good season and gets closer to free agency and the cost will go up. We know what Goff's floor is. He still won with the Rams, made the playoffs, and won a playoff game. We also know his ceiling is starting QB for a Super Bowl team. You give him a Carr like contract and you aren't really anchored to him and it still allows you to get a QB in a year or two.

LOL don't come at me with misrepresentation.

Drafting Hooker with a 2nd round pick is the worst idea yet. You're wasting a high draft pick on a QB that may not even be ready to play at the start of the season. You will still need to get a backup QB.

The better philosophy is to draft a replacement QB as soon as your QB gets good because you are too cheap to pay him.

No I suggested signing Mason Rudolph to be the backup or another QB some team wasted a mid to late round draft pick on.

I've seen more talk about a backup QB, on this forum and other social media, than I ever did when Stafford was here. The difference between drafting Anderson and drafting a QB is that Hutchinson and Anderson would play on the field together. A defensive line has two ends. You don't play two QBs at the same time. I don't care about Taysom Hill either.

I remember just two years ago Goff's contract was so bad that the Rams had to give a 1st round pick to unload it. Now it's considered a good contract. Same thing will happen if he signs an extension. People will lose their minds but the cap will go up, other QBs will sign bigger deals, and the contract won't look that bad. It was done with Stafford's contract. The Rams won a Super Bowl with more cap space being taken up by Goff than Stafford. QB is not the position to get cheap.

The Eagles have probably the best offensive line in football. Hurts has had many a clean pocket and his passing numbers are similar to Goff's. He's only had one season of great play but sure break the bank for him.

If they do, I hope ESPN at least has a highlight package of the ILB.