Vic Fangio among losers from the first day of free agency Eagles

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Question of the Day:How are you feeling about the Eagles after the first day of the NFL's negotiating window? Anxious? Patient? Head over to The Feed and weigh in with your answer and explanation!Let's get to the Philadelphia Eagles news and links NFL free agency winners and losers: Jesse Minter, Trent McDuffie up; Vic Fangio, Michael Penix down NFL.com2 Vic Fangio: The Eagles defensive coordinator has been lauded for his work with that unit over the past two job became much tougher with edge rusher Jaelan Phillips agreeing to a fouryear, $120 million deal to go to as with the situation that played out with Crosby in Dallas, there is a point where every franchise must weigh the longterm cost of any money Phillips received would've been tough for any general manager to stomach, even one as aggressive as Philadelphia's Howie problem is that Fangio is now back in the same difficult spot he found himself in last season, when he needed to find more juice for the pass Eagles executed a midseason trade to acquire Phillips, and he proved to be a valuable addition to one of the league's best 's desire to add the previously retired Brandon Graham to the roster also provides some indication of how badly Philadelphia wanted to improve its ability to get after the 's a long offseason, and there will be other opportunities for the Eagles to address this obvious right now, their most talented edge rusher is moving on to a brighter future free agency winners, losers from Day 1: Giants quickly pivot [url=https://www.texansfanapparel.com/collections/kayden-mcdonald-jersey]Kayden McDonald Jersey[/url], Eagles watch stars leave : Eagles expected to lose some players this free agency window much like last year and that certainly Phillips and Dean signing elsewhere, wide receiver Jahan Dotson signed with the Atlanta Falcons and safety Reed Blankenship signed with the Houston Phillips deal has the Eagles in line to receive a thirdround compensatory pick in 2027, according to Over The , Dean, Blankenship and Dotson are each currently projected to net a sixthround signed for far more than expected, forcing the Eagles to search for other edgerushing options to complement linebackers Nolan Smith and Jalyx veteran Brandon Graham may return for another season, the pass rush has thrived with a rotation of four or five edge offseason, the Eagles tried to address the position by giving oneyear deals to Josh Uche and Azeez Ojulari, but the two combined for just one manager Howie Roseman will need to find a solution quickly and may look to the trade , the Eagles may be forced to blitz frequently to generate losing Phillips, Blankenship and Dean, where do Eagles go now on defense? NBCSPHere's what the Eagles lost in the span of about six hours on Monday: 9 sacks, 10 interceptions, 29 tackles for loss, 33 pass deflections, 21 quarterback hits, eight fumble recoveries and seven forced Blankenship, Nakobe Dean and Jaelan Phillips, three starters from one of the NFL's best defenses, all left via free agency Monday on Day 1 of the legal tampering agreed to a threeyear, $120 million deal with the Panthers, Dean got $3million over three years from the Raiders and Blankenship got $ over three years with the 's 27 percent of the 2025 defense gone, just like Eagles do have other defensive free agents, but they aren't in the same class as the three they ' Jackson, who started 10 games at corner, is a free agent, as is Brandon Graham, who played 3 defensive snaps after coming out of retirement in comp picks: Eagles earn one more selection than previously expected BGNIt's possible the Eagles will add to this collection ifwhen they trade A. andor other Eagles could also use this ammo to make some trades in the near should also be noted that the Eagles are currently in line to receive two compensatory picks in the 2027 NFL Draft for their 202free agency losses thus equation might change, of course, but as of right now they're projected to get a thirdround pick for losing Jaelan Phillips and a sixthround pick for losing Jahan Fun So Far Iggles for Jaelan, bad for the was desperate for pass rush tried to sign Milton Williams a year ago but were outbid at the last decided not to let that happen blew the market wide open with this Eagles wanted to keep Phillips, but weren't going to overpay for have limited cap space and couldn't hand Phillips a blank one positive here is that the Eagles will get a third round comp pick for Phillips in 2027 as long as they don't sign anyone in his price Roseman will want that pick so the Eagles are going to be selective Smith and Jalyx Hunt return as the projected starting edge Eagles still need to add to the smart move would be to sign Bradley 's played for Vic Fangio and remains a productive Eagles are also linked to Jonathan Greenard, who the Vikings are got cut by Miami so he wouldn't count against the comp pick would be a trade and also not affect the comp 's worst free agent deals of 202so far SB NationEDGE Jaelan Phillips, Carolina Parsons, Aidan Hutchinson, T., Danielle Hunter, Myles Garrett, Maxx Crosby, Nick are the seven edge rushers who make at least $30 million per year Phillips is now the the time of writing, Phillips has signed the most expensive contract of any free agent in this class at $120 million in total had five sacks in if we're looking at the value, he practically got paid $million per 's never had doubledigit sacks in a season, and his career high of 8.5 sacks came back in his rookie season in is an outrageous agree to terms with edge Jaelan Phillips Cat Scratch ReaderThe 26year old pass rusher is one of the big gets of the offseason, a fact underscored by the 4year, $120M deal that he has reportedly agreed to with the Carolina was the 18th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Miami was traded last season near the trade deadline to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 202third round draft has 28 sacks in the last five season, despite only playing in 63 has also posted 205 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, and 68 quarterback immediately becomes the most productive edge defender at the Panthers disposal if he does actually sign this deal.202NFL free agency winners, losers: Tagovailoa, Walker, more ESPNHe was able to make it back for a full campaign in 2025, and although his five sacks don't hint at spectacular performance, advanced metrics and a closer look on tape suggest Phillips was generated quick pressures on 5.3% of his passrush snaps, the 12thhighest rate among rushers with 300 attempts or more last was seventh in total pressure rate, routinely able to bend around tackles and beat guards through gaps for problem was Phillips wasn't able to finish; he turned 7.9% of his pressures into sacks, one of the worst rates in the final step from pressure to sack can be fluky and fluctuate from year to between 2022 and 2024, Phillips' pressuretosack percentage was 12.9%, which was much closer to the league his typical sack ratio, Phillips would have produced eight sacks, which would have hinted closer to his actual level of production on a snapbysnap rate should improve toward 13% in make 3 big defensive additions Silver And Black PrideIn a wild sequence this afternoon, the Las Vegas Raiders secured three defensive agreed to terms with linebackers Nakobe Dean of the Philadelphia Eagles and Quay Walker of the Green Bay also resigned passrusher Malcolm in the day [url=https://www.texansfanapparel.com/collections/david-montgomery-jersey]David Montgomery Jersey[/url], they signed Colts' passrusher Kwity Paye also resigned cornerback Eric Stokes and traded for cornerback Taron and Walker, who were teammates at Georgia, finally give the Raiders some solid veteran linebackers as they move to a 34 free agency 2026: Houston signs Reed Blankenship, former Eagles safety Battle Red BlogMany of us here at Battle Red Blog have been hopingexpecting some Texans activity this offseason, and the Texans have been plenty active when it came to resigning veteran players from last year and recouping some cap space, they have not been busy in the external free agent changes now! Blankenship, 27, was an undrafted rookie signed by the Eagles in 2022, and quickly became a starting free safety for their championshipcaliber defense by the latter half of his first 's quick, athletic, capable of reading and reacting to the opposing team's scheme, and arrives at the point of attack with serious top of that, he earned a reputation in 2023 and 2024 of being one of those safeties that is somehow always in the right spot on a big play, either to save the Eagles with a tackle or turn an errant pass into an free agency 2026: Team set to sign WR Jahan Dotson The FalcoholicWhile the receiving numbers left little to be desired, the former first rounder did improve dramatically as a run blocker in 2025, grading out with a PFF score of 68.2 in that department up from 49.8, which was his previous figures to slot in as the WR3 in Atlanta with the WR2 currently TBD and he would be an upgrade from what the team had at that spot last season, especially if he can rediscover his rookie year 's unlikely that the team is finished rebuilding the wide receiver room just yet, but Dotson theoretically has some untapped upside the Falcons are likely hoping he'll realize in free agency: Day 1 NFC East recap PhillyVoiceS Jalen Thompson: The Cowboys signed Thompson to a threeyear deal worth up to $33 has been on my radar in the past as a possible Eagles target at trade deadlines, after he had a productive threeyear stretch from 2021 to 2023, when he had 8 INTs and averaged over 100 tackles per , in the last two seasons, Thompson has 0 INTs and 1 turns 28 in trade DL Rashan Gary to the Cowboys Blogging The BoysThe Dallas Cowboys have acquired muchneeded help on the defensive have landed defensive lineman Rashan Gary in a trade with the Green Bay Packers in exchange for a fourthround knew the Cowboys were going to be aggressive in getting some pass rush help after they participated in the Maxx Crosby trade are probably not done in this area after it was a major problem following the trade of Micah Commanders Free Agency: Odafe Oweh agrees to 4year, $100 million deal Hogs HavenThe NFL's legal tampering period started at noon today, and the Washington Commanders have reportedly agreed to terms on a 4year, $100 million deal$68 million guaranteed with Chargers DE Odafe was expected to make a big move to improve the defense in free agency, and now we know one of their top the pass rush was a top priority for GM Adam Peters, HC Dan Quinn, and new DC Daronte Giants free agency: takeaways after an interesting Day 1 for New York Big Blue View1 for 3 but they got the most important coach John Harbaugh said at the NFL Scouting Combine that the Giants wanted each member of their free agent Big 3 right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson, cornerback Cor'Dale Flott knew, though, getting that done was want the guys back, Harbaugh it's do we have the wherewithal to bring them back? 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