Eagles ask Jason Peters to take pay cut

[TheSpecialJuan]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/02/07/report-eagles-ask-jason-peters-to-take-a-pay-cut/

There's our new LT

[PantherProfessor]

He has ties to the charlotte area. I went to high school with his wife and played sports with her family.  They are all from the concord / Salisbury area. Last time I ran into her she said how much she hated philly and couldn't wait to get back home someday. So who knows?

[Jay Roosevelt]

If we end up with Jason Peters at left tackle...

[TheSpecialJuan]

He's 34 but would still be a substantial upgrade over Mike Oher

[Nails]

Approve.  Can be had for a day 3 pick.

[Eazy-E]

I'd take him even with his current contract. Even at his age he was still very good last season. Maybe a 5th rounder?

[arieslibra1]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

He's 34 but would still be a substantial upgrade over Mike Oher

I'd rather draft a younger guy like Ryan Ramczyk. No more stop gap guys.

[89]

19 minutes ago, arieslibra1 said:

I'd rather draft a younger guy like Ryan Ramczyk. No more stop gap guys.

We need to do both. Get a quality stop gap and draft someone to mold behind them. Let's face it, there seem to be no Day 1 starters at LT in the draft. Need a solid vet and develop someone behind him. If we're going to get back to the playoffs, we can't have both Oher and Remmers as starting tackles.

[Soul Rebel]

I don't think we'd have to trade for Peters. I think if he fails to renegotiate, the feeling is that he will be released. I may be off on that, but I remember researching available OTs for us, and came across a few Philly papers/blogs that mentioned him being gone this offseason because of his contract. 

I would take a 34 year old Peters as a FA and then draft another OT later in the draft to groom behind him. I do wonder how much worse Riley Reiff would be though.... he's 6 years younger. Would we rather have 2 years of Peters or 4-5 of Reiff?

[KSpan]

3 hours ago, arieslibra1 said:

I'd rather draft a younger guy like Ryan Ramczyk. No more stop gap guys.

Wouldn't necessarily be mutually-exclusive moves, and Peters could (and probably does) have a few quality years left. Get the starter, develop the younger guy, add depth, gain draft and FA flexibility.

[Ivan The Awesome]

4 hours ago, arieslibra1 said:

I'd rather draft a younger guy like Ryan Ramczyk. No more stop gap guys.

Another Mike Remmers? No thanks. He has trouble with the speed guys.. 

[stirs]

Depends on his value.  What is is contract worth at the moment?  He has lost a step so just like Whitworth, he would have a value to the Panthers but not sure it would be in a trade.  Probably wait till he is released and hope the Charlotte area would help get a small discount

[ok2h8pep]

His contract doesn't seem that bad.  $12mm this year and about $11mm next year.  That actually seems low for a pro-bowl LT.  And that's the highest salary on the team.  Are the Eagles trying to pay everybody?  

[Rags]

I'd be down for it. Solid veteran, can keep the oline solid and would be better than anything we have + could possibly get in the draft.