Analyzing the Eagles' Strategy in Recent Player Deals

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00:00Let's talk about your Eagles, Saquon Steele.

00:03Did you like it or not?

00:05I don't think you'll ever put up those numbers again.

00:08This was more of a reward for winning the Super Bowl and getting them another ring,

00:12to me.

00:13Part of it, you're absolutely right, is a reward because, Scott, quite frankly, if you

00:19look at the landscape of running back, Christian McCaffrey had been the highest paid running

00:24back since 2020.

00:25No one had come close to getting what he was making.

00:28And McCaffrey, a couple years ago, got an adjustment, a pay raise from the Niners.

00:34And Saquon was only making $12.5 million on the three-year deal he signed with the Eagles.

00:39He was vastly underpaid.

00:42Very light money in terms of guaranteed money in year three, and the Eagles, on your point,

00:46that's what they were doing.

00:47They were giving him peace of mind, giving him more guaranteed money up front.

00:51And look, you know it, Scott.

00:52He put the team on his back.

00:53I know their defense was great.

00:55He did.

00:56They were not sniffing anything in the playoffs without Saquon Parker.

01:01He was absolutely incredible.

01:03Super high-character guy.

01:04And also, Zach Vaughn, Scott, do you realize Zach Vaughn had never played inside linebacker

01:08in his life?

01:09Do you realize that?

01:10He was unbelievable.

01:11I thought he was incredible.

01:14Best inside backer in football this past season.

01:16Better than Fred Warner.

01:17I didn't say he's better than Fred Warner overall, but he's better than Fred Warner

01:20last season.

01:21He played better than Fred Warner did this year.

01:23He sure did.

01:24That play in the Super Bowl was sickening.

01:27That pick was incredible.

01:28But, here's a couple things here, Scott, which people should realize.

01:32Franchise starts at 12 p.m. Eastern on Monday.

01:35Milt Williams, number 93, he's the best defensive player most fans have never heard of.

01:40He's going to make $21 million a season or more.

01:42You watch.

01:43There's a realistic chance he does not resign with the Eagles because, Scott, Jalen Carter,

01:49after the season, most likely will get an extension.

01:51In a couple years, Quinion Mitchell and Cooper Dejean.

01:54Nolan Smith, after the season, potentially can get an extension.

01:57Can't pay everybody.

01:58And Josh Swett, number 19, who had two and a half sacks in the Super Bowl, Scott, another

02:02guy likely will walk.

02:04You can't pay everybody.

02:05The Eagles will still get it done.

02:07Howie Roseman, the last four years in the draft, nobody drafting better, nobody better

02:10right now.

02:11He's turned his career around.

02:12It's the 2020 season.

02:14You got to trust Roseman with what he does.

02:16But again, folks, if you're an Eagles fan listening to us or watching us, you can't

02:21keep everybody.

02:22It's impossible in the salary cap era, in the cash era.

02:27But the Eagles will do whatever they can to keep this thing together.

02:30I mean, they're already dangerous as they are.

02:34And the deals that they're doing are smart.

02:36And Roseman's the best in the business.

02:39I think they'll be in a good position again to go for another run.

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