Don’t bet that on. That’s incredibly rare in the league and pretty much will only happen for a QB. There’s next to no chance he gets franchised and then traded.

I personally doubt they’d franchise him and then extend him to a long term deal. Eagles don’t have a history of doing that. Who was the last Eagle to reach the end of his rookie deal and then be resigned to a big deal? I think they’ll be too stubborn to overpay.

As well they should be.

Who says they would need to “overpay?”

Well if they franchise him, that doesn’t mean that he;s necessarily in any long term plans.

There probably should have been a flag on Omar Gaither. He blocked a guy in the back and took out two other guys in the process.

Good story too, btw

I was at work with a couple of higher-ranking Giants fans, and when the 1 p.m. games end it gets busy, so I went to grab some food when it was 31-10 and DeSean fumbled at midfield. When I got back, Celek had scored and they had the ball again. Then I crazily watched the rest of the comeback, and when DeSean scored, inside I was going nuts … on the outside, I just have the Fresh Prince shoulder shrug, almost apologetic as the boss (Giants fan) glared at me on his way out the door.

Good times.

We can just sub yours in for mine.

On one hand, 9.5 for a year is overpaying. And they’re not obligated to overpay just because they got good value for their $455,000 or $695,000 or whatever it was the past few years. But if they can afford it without significantly weakening the team elsewhere (and I’m thinking they can, especially after they jettison Asante, let VY walk, etc.), now might be an okay time to overpay given that having him back in the fold and at the top of his game certainly helps.

I’m of the opinion that Vick and the defense hold the cards in terms of how far we go, but it can’t hurt to have DeSean. Especially on punt returns. Assuming — and this is a major assumption — that franchise tag = DeSean playing at his highest level for 19 games, then none of us will look back and give two craps how much he made this year.

We should definately draft a LB no matter what.

but put in a lowsy effort that he even acknowledged.

but I’m willing to bet there’s someone out there that could help this offense more than DeSean returning could

Especially in a Vick ran offense……

We’re “Miracle in the Meadowlands 2” blinded lol. We don’t need him, we want him.

In like the one post ever where Morton has very thoroughly made a convincing case (here, starting three posts down), this was discussed. Very intelligently.

It might actually be a good thing to not have DeSean and to give more touches to some of our other players. In that case, we’d be asking for trouble with injuries, we’d need at least one WR and a RS from FA and the draft, and we’d have some upheaval/adjustment period on offense.

So while it probably makes sense, I could also see why we wouldn’t want to take a chance drafting or free-agenting when we can just keep the known commodity we have and try to get the best out of him.

But I would also be happy the other way, the more you really examine it. I don’t think Jabar Gaffney compares to DeSean even if their numbers do, but there are a lot of guys who could do something special in our offense (i.e. Pierre Garcon, Stevie Johnson, etc.) even if they aren’t quite the talents DeSean is.

Will be interesting. Read up on that thread if you haven’t already.

Dude doesn’t have Avant hands, but his dropsies aren’t that terrible either. A much more major issue IMO, is the fact that good teams can completely take him out of games. The Red-Zone production is right up there too.

I’m with you, I don’t see him playing at his top level for eight more years or anything, but out of football? Wow. And I don’t think you can let fear of an unpredictable injury like an ACL tear hamstring you. Shady could tear one too … you get a good backup or sign short deals but you can’t predict ACL tears.

Ultimately though, that’s why a franchise tag makes sense. We can let him walk next year, but we get one more year of the DeSean show.

if DeSean only wanted 8 or 8.5 the deal would be done. they aren’t gonna franchise him at 9.5 if he wants less than that.

I think he’s trying to bargain for as much as possible for as long as possible before he puts all his cards on the table.

But it’s also the first rule of negotiations. Ask for more than you’ll settle for.

While that is true, part of me just gets the feeling that DeSean really thinks he is worth that kind of money… and won’t settle for much less. Just a feeling though, maybe I’m wrong.

He gets franchised- he will gladly play for 9mil. Would you take a chance and play for one year and work out a contract next year?

who’s gonna pay him and who’s gonna give us a high pick for him, that’s the question. I want him here.. with him we’re alot better team even if he doesn’t make a catch

Won’t we don’t know if if the Eagles made a firm offer to him and what the details were. I find it hard to believe that he didn’t get an offer from them already. It probably just wasn’t Top 10 WR money and/or had enough up front signing bonus money so he balked.

On deep routes? Colston absolutely doesn’t have the ability to flat out beat the double team like Jackson routinely does. He is a much more complete WR than Jackson though especially on the intermediate routes.

I don’t watch the Saints nearly enough though to know if Colston is a great route-runner and physical WR or he is more a product of Bree’s uncanny accurate throws.

Not on the deep routes. Bowe simply doesn’t have nearly the speed or acceleration to take advantage of Vick’s arm. One guy I absolutely don’t want to see here. Nice player but he’s overrated at this point.

If they are going to sign a WR, V. Jackson would be a better fit for several reasons to replace DeSean’s role in this offense and a real upgrade they need at WR in the end zone. Issue is he is 29. Hate to see the Eagles invest large dollars in a guy turning 30 next year.