I know that Trot and Hugh came back but signing/trading the likes of Reagor and Spikes most of all shows a clear change in the modus operandi of the front office.
While we have signed/traded for many a player coming off injury in the past - they have usually been younger (see Barber the first go round, Stallworth).
While they have signed/traded for seasoned players, they are still usually under 30 years old and/or were "re-signs" of our current free agents (Trott was 28 when he signed long term, Freak was 27 at his signing, only OD was over 30 at the time of acquiring).
The defensive line has always been either top draft picks, undrafted free agents or guys picked off the scrap heap. Reagor has a pedigree and was signed to a long term deal (although technically he's still 29).
And then there is Mr. Spikes. The man with a pedigree and swagger coming to a franchise that has always undervalued the position and never paid top $ for players in the LB corps.
I'm known as a FO apologist (or at least I play one on an Eagles message board), so I ask the question - have they changed their line of thinking? Are they admitting the error of their ways? Or has the league changed and they are changing with it?
Being SO active in free agency and the off-season is refreshing to me but at the same time, the FO has always campaigned at how this isn't the part of the year where you win championships. You don't jump into free agency like this. Turnover in the roster is not a good thing and you build with youth and the draft.
Does anyone else see mixed signals? If so/not - is all of this good in your opinion?
While we have signed/traded for many a player coming off injury in the past - they have usually been younger (see Barber the first go round, Stallworth).
While they have signed/traded for seasoned players, they are still usually under 30 years old and/or were "re-signs" of our current free agents (Trott was 28 when he signed long term, Freak was 27 at his signing, only OD was over 30 at the time of acquiring).
The defensive line has always been either top draft picks, undrafted free agents or guys picked off the scrap heap. Reagor has a pedigree and was signed to a long term deal (although technically he's still 29).
And then there is Mr. Spikes. The man with a pedigree and swagger coming to a franchise that has always undervalued the position and never paid top $ for players in the LB corps.
I'm known as a FO apologist (or at least I play one on an Eagles message board), so I ask the question - have they changed their line of thinking? Are they admitting the error of their ways? Or has the league changed and they are changing with it?
Being SO active in free agency and the off-season is refreshing to me but at the same time, the FO has always campaigned at how this isn't the part of the year where you win championships. You don't jump into free agency like this. Turnover in the roster is not a good thing and you build with youth and the draft.
Does anyone else see mixed signals? If so/not - is all of this good in your opinion?
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