Upcoming Off-Season Thread

[General_Failure]

I'll bet teams are offering first round picks for Matthews.

[SD]

Not gonna be upset if they sign one of the top 5 backs in the league. Matthews is not making much like $4 million per year. Could give two shteins about shadys feelings or if Chip lied.

[PhillyPhreak54]

[hbionic]

farg it. I'm all in with Chip. It's not going to end up any better or worse. This is totally different in the way things have been run before. The previous results have all sucked. farg it. This off-season has been entertaining so far. The worse I think the moves are, the more hope I have, only because, there's nothing left to lose at this point. So, like I said, farg it, I'm all-in.

The best thing to happen so far? We won't have to see Cary Williams and Bradley Fletcher in OUR secondary anymore.

I'm not a blind homer, but I can't control this shtein anyway, and I'm going to watch regardless, so, farg it. Enjoy the ride.

[Rome]

God help me but I agree with the smoothie rapist.

[smeags]

God help me but I agree with the smoothie rapist.

allah answered, he said farg off infidel.

[SD]

@AdamSchefter  2m2 minutes ago



Adam Schefter

5 mins ·


Pro-Bowl RB DeMarco Murray is flying to Philadelphia this morning with the expectation he will be an Eagle, per a league source.

Dallas has had numerous chances to resign Murray throughout the year and now.

Aside from the contract, the Eagles are most appealing to Murray because of his belief in their chance to win.

Murray would consider a final, last minute offer from the cowboys, per source, but he's going to Philadelphia with the intent to sign.

[phattymatty]

wasn't murray the dude boning one of his teammate's wives? doesn't sound like chipper material.

[SD]

wasn't murray the dude boning one of his teammate's wives? doesn't sound like chipper material.

Yeah, he's engaged now. He's bringing his wife with him and Chip canceled his Oregon pro day. Looks like it's on.

[SD]

And there's this:

Sheil Kapadia@SheilKapadia  ·  5m 5 minutes ago

He adds important note: Ryan Mathews contract has not been signed. Nothing official. Could change.

[General_Failure]

This team is farging clown shoes anymore. Bring back Banner.

[ice grillin you]

Shelters post can be summed up like this....Demarco Murray to sign with Eagles unless Cowboys offer more money

[SD]

By Mike Fisher | @fishsports

PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM) – DeMarco Murray's family members are spreading the word, according to 105.3 The Fan: "He's going to be an Eagle."

Murray's closest friends on the Cowboys have expressed their wish that he remain with Dallas. But they have also been made aware that the free-agent running back will fly to Philadelphia on Thursday for his first — and maybe only — outside-of-Dallas visit. And those closest to Murray think that's exactly what will happen.

Much is being made of Murray having placed a call to Philadelphia coach Chip Kelly to express interest. But there's no way to know that they conversation is any more significant than Murray's impromptu and private Tuesday night meeting at the AAC following the Mavs-Cavs game, reported exclusively by 105.3 The Fan.

Murray, who led the NFL in rushing and set a single-season franchise record with 1,845 yards in 2014, has an asking price of $9 million annually. The Cowboys have never intended to pay that for Murray –who they view as a good player coming off a great season at a position not worthy of big money. Amid reports that Murray now has "leverage," Cowboys sources indicate to me that whether it was the Raiders, the Jaguars or the NFC East Eagles, their mindset was to not only to avoid bidding against themselves, but to also step back from an all-out bidding war. That remains the case, regardless of who the other bidders might be, with Dallas holding at what I'm told is a threshold of $6 million annually.

[SD]

Trip down memory lane:

Eagles add star-caliber center Bentley
Saturday, March 11, 2006
By MARK ECKEL
Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA -- By the time you read this, Pro Bowl center LeCharles Bentley already will be an Eagle.
Bentley, who went to the Pro Bowl last season as a member of the New Orleans Saints, agreed to a mega-deal with the Eagles before free agency began at 12:01 a.m., according to a source close to the situation.

A key member of another team, which also was interested in Bentley, said the Eagles had a deal in place with the center for close to a week, and waited through the several delays to the start of free agency.

The league and the players union agreed to put off the start of free agency for a total of eight days as a new collective bargaining agreement was finalized.

All the terms of Bentley's deal are not known, but according to the source he will earn a guaranteed $17.5 million over the first three years of the contract. More than half of that money will come in either a signing bonus, a roster bonus or a combination of both.

Bentley, a 2002 second-round pick (No. 44 overall) of New Orleans, just completed a four-year deal with the Saints that paid him a total of just around $3 million and included a $1.55 million signing bonus.

The 6-foot-2, 313-pound Cleveland native out of Ohio State played in -- and started -- 14 games as a rookie, missed three games his second year with a knee injury, and two games last year with a leg injury.

He was named to the Pro Bowl as a guard after the 2003 season, but did not go because of the knee injury and was replaced on the NFC roster by Steve Hutchinson of Seattle. Last year he was named to the Pro Bowl as a center.

The Eagles are expected to play Bentley at center, letting veteran Hank Fraley and Jamaal Jackson compete for the backup job. Jackson, who played well late last season, could be moved to guard or tackle, where he played at Delaware State.

[phattymatty]

huh, he had twice as many catches and yards as shady last year too. would not have guessed that.