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Analyzing the Eagles' Strategy in Recent Player Deals
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3/6/2025
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Let's talk about your Eagles, Saquon Steele.
00:03
Did you like it or not?
00:05
I don't think you'll ever put up those numbers again.
00:08
This was more of a reward for winning the Super Bowl and getting them another ring,
00:12
to me.
00:13
Part of it, you're absolutely right, is a reward because, Scott, quite frankly, if you
00:19
look at the landscape of running back, Christian McCaffrey had been the highest paid running
00:24
back since 2020.
00:25
No one had come close to getting what he was making.
00:28
And McCaffrey, a couple years ago, got an adjustment, a pay raise from the Niners.
00:34
And Saquon was only making $12.5 million on the three-year deal he signed with the Eagles.
00:39
He was vastly underpaid.
00:42
Very light money in terms of guaranteed money in year three, and the Eagles, on your point,
00:46
that's what they were doing.
00:47
They were giving him peace of mind, giving him more guaranteed money up front.
00:51
And look, you know it, Scott.
00:52
He put the team on his back.
00:53
I know their defense was great.
00:55
He did.
00:56
They were not sniffing anything in the playoffs without Saquon Parker.
01:01
He was absolutely incredible.
01:03
Super high-character guy.
01:04
And also, Zach Vaughn, Scott, do you realize Zach Vaughn had never played inside linebacker
01:08
in his life?
01:09
Do you realize that?
01:10
He was unbelievable.
01:11
I thought he was incredible.
01:14
Best inside backer in football this past season.
01:16
Better than Fred Warner.
01:17
I didn't say he's better than Fred Warner overall, but he's better than Fred Warner
01:20
last season.
01:21
He played better than Fred Warner did this year.
01:23
He sure did.
01:24
That play in the Super Bowl was sickening.
01:27
That pick was incredible.
01:28
But, here's a couple things here, Scott, which people should realize.
01:32
Franchise starts at 12 p.m. Eastern on Monday.
01:35
Milt Williams, number 93, he's the best defensive player most fans have never heard of.
01:40
He's going to make $21 million a season or more.
01:42
You watch.
01:43
There's a realistic chance he does not resign with the Eagles because, Scott, Jalen Carter,
01:49
after the season, most likely will get an extension.
01:51
In a couple years, Quinion Mitchell and Cooper Dejean.
01:54
Nolan Smith, after the season, potentially can get an extension.
01:57
Can't pay everybody.
01:58
And Josh Swett, number 19, who had two and a half sacks in the Super Bowl, Scott, another
02:02
guy likely will walk.
02:04
You can't pay everybody.
02:05
The Eagles will still get it done.
02:07
Howie Roseman, the last four years in the draft, nobody drafting better, nobody better
02:10
right now.
02:11
He's turned his career around.
02:12
It's the 2020 season.
02:14
You got to trust Roseman with what he does.
02:16
But again, folks, if you're an Eagles fan listening to us or watching us, you can't
02:21
keep everybody.
02:22
It's impossible in the salary cap era, in the cash era.
02:27
But the Eagles will do whatever they can to keep this thing together.
02:30
I mean, they're already dangerous as they are.
02:34
And the deals that they're doing are smart.
02:36
And Roseman's the best in the business.
02:39
I think they'll be in a good position again to go for another run.
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