Did we get hoodwinked on Miles Sanders

[Gerry Green]

19 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

Panthers got who they wanted. Sanders is happy for 4 years.  Win. Win.

 

You can't please everyone. I mean these guys have pretty much done business this way since they started. They wanted someone, so they got em. I'm good with that.

 

Edit to add; I know Myles may have gotten more that some may have wanted. But it wasn't so much to be getting upset over. Especially before the actual games start.

Edited July 23, 2023 by Gerry Green

[JawnyBlaze]

Uh no. 5 dookie RBs doesn’t equal a good one. They don’t get 15 players on offense because they got cheap RBs. 

[Adb6368]

Don’t forget the dead money we owe our old running back. We appear to be the only ones in the league that are too stubborn to learn from past mistakes 

[Adb6368]

Just now, JawnyBlaze said:

Uh no. 5 dookie RBs doesn’t equal a good one. They don’t get 15 players on offense because they got cheap RBs. 

Swift and penny are proven good RBs with health issues. Low risk low reward for the eagles. We are high risk with same reward 

[JawnyBlaze]

1 minute ago, Adb6368 said:

Swift and penny are proven good RBs with health issues. Low risk low reward for the eagles. We are high risk with same reward 

Swift’s best year he got half as many yards as Sanders last year. Penny’s best year he got barely more than half. Neither is that good. They’re not RB1s for a reason. 

[countryboi]

2 hours ago, Tbe said:

Sanders was the highest paid FA RB this year. 
 

We over paid.

running backs are so under valued that even the highest paid running back is a fuging steal. A WR with the same number of scrimmage yards as Sanders last season would cost like 20 million a year. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Swift’s best year was as good as Hubbard last year. Let that sink in. 

[ladypanther]

7 minutes ago, Adb6368 said:

Don’t forget the dead money we owe our old running back. We appear to be the only ones in the league that are too stubborn to learn from past mistakes 

No comparison

 

[therealmjl]

30 minutes ago, Adb6368 said:

Swift and penny are proven good RBs with health issues. Low risk low reward for the eagles. We are high risk with same reward 

Good? In what league? Swift was good in college. He’s a below average starter in the NFL.

and penny? Lol

[Mills]

No. Veteran voice, protection and safety blanket for a rookie first overall qb is worth 7mil a year.

No one else on that list is gonna provide all of those

[Peon Awesome]

I'm not going to lose one minute of sleep over paying a slight premium to help ensure Bryce's success, especially considering we're near the top of the NFL in cap space even with that contract and the "overpayment" is maybe $2 million, barely enough to pay a couple minimum salaried veterans. Even if Sanders is an average starting rb (basically worst case scenario), you could find a lot worse ways to spend $7 million.

[frankw]

If the convo is about the position having become increasingly devalued as a whole there will be no disagreement from me. If the convo is about us giving Sanders a decent contract and that being at all comparable to that albatross extension we signed McCaffrey to without a starting QB then I will have to say this is a silly thread. The highest his cap hit will go within the next 4 years is 8.1 million. Let's see the guy play and go from there. I think we'll like him.

[t96]

Lol those Eagles RBs suck

[NAS]

I am glad we didn’t lowball him. He is being paid fairly and will validate his contract. How hard do you think a $2M running back will play making less than a kicker. It’s a shame what the NFL has done to the RB position