Seth Vigdor
The Eagles have been very active as of late locking up some key players to their team with contract extensions. So far they’ve taken care of Vinny Curry, Brent Celek, Zach Ertz and Lane Johnson. There are conflicting reports on how close or far off they’re from giving Fletcher Cox a new deal. However, one would have to imagine that somehow, some way, they’ll get the deal done soon enough.
If they do lock up Cox as well, that leaves us with the question of just how much money will the Eagles have left to spend on other contracts and free-agents. As of right now, at least according to Howie Roseman, the Eagles still have money left to spend.
And that’s when Howie seems at his best. He might not be the best talent evaluator, but he sure as hell knows how to work around the salary cap and get the players what they want. Here’s how Roseman explained it, courtesy of CSN Philly’s Reuben Frank:
According to the Eagles’ resident capologist, the team has plenty of room under the 2016 salary cap to address all its needs. Even if they want to sign Bradford to a long-term contract that could be worth in excess of $20 million per year and ink Cox to an extension worth in the ballpark of $14 million or $15 million?
“Yes,” Roseman said. “Yes, we have the flexibility to sign other players. Obviously, there’s a limitation to how much you can do, the totality of it, but we do have room and we do still have flexibility.”
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“We’ll have the flexibility to make decisions on players here,” Roseman said. “Can we (sign) five or six guys? Those are high numbers. Historically, teams can pay somewhere between 10 or 11 guys (a ton of money). And it depends how much they’re paying those guys, so you have to take that into account and you have to also take into account where you’re going to be next year, where you’re going to be three years from now.
The flip side of that too is you also want to have some guys, when you look three years from now that are under contract, that you’re paying. I think that all comes into the equation.”
Besides the lingering questions about a potential Cox deal (which would be huge money spent), there’s also the question of if Sam Bradford will be back. Plus, let’s face it, the Eagles have plenty of holes to fill to make a run into the Playoffs. It’ll be interesting to see how things shake out.
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