I would take him as the Eagles number 3 on a one year prove it kind of deal at about 4-5 million. Somebody else will likely offer more.
Yep....Slay was always a two year deal.
and...it appears Slay would love to stay in philly but he wants to be paid too.
Not a surprise. They were possibly interested in him before they knew Tommy Boy was coming back last offseason
I see $8.611M that the Eagles have to account for this season with another $13.798M to account for in 2024 if he stays. If they wanted him to stay they'd be offering him an extension. If nothing else an extension would allow them to convert some of his salary into a pro-rata signing bonus to reduce the cap hit. My reading of the situation is the Eagles aren't too fussed if he stays or where he goes. They could cut him resulting in an acceleration of the 2024 dead money whilst getting rid of the salary and work-out bonus. Alternatively they could designate him as a Post June 1 cut which would give them cap space after June 1 but they'd have to keep him on the books for cap purposes until then. It's pretty marginal. I think Slay wants to be paid and get an extension. If another team is prepared to take him and presumably give him an extension the Eagles are prepared to trade him for a nominal pick and accelerate the dead money. Given that the contract extends into 2024 but voids they wouldn't be eligible for a compensatory pick in 2025 if he played out 2023 at $17.5M and then left as a FA. I could be wrong.
I don’t think you can trade Slay for more than a 4th or 5th. He’s only going if the new team wants to redo him. The Slay trade talk is Howie Roseman calling the agents bluff on Slay’s monetary value around the league. Rosenhaus has been granted permission to go and negotiate potential value after a trade. The Eagles intent isn’t actually trading Slay in my estimation. The goal is another restructure to give him more years in Philly while also helping them free up cap and kick the can down the road again.
Yikes. His vision of his value is out of whack by nearly 10-12 million dollars. He’s at best a 3rd option for a good team and a 2nd option for a non contender.
I thought Ramsey had #56 pick trade value. Long has negligible value so this doesn't upgrade the #77 pick to much more than #73. It's a bit less than I expected but it is what it is. I wish Ramsey well going forward. Rams fans on other forums will likely be going nuts since many of them thought he had mid 1st round+ pick value. lol.
I learned a lot about the value of draft picks vs players almost 20 years ago with T.O. to the Eagles. I think the average fans don’t weigh cap position, age, length of remaining contract, etc…when they assess a player’s worth. This says to me that the Rams are looking at a reset anyway. At that point, keeping a Ramsey around is a luxury. Better to get compensation now considering by the time they’re ready to swing for the stars again Ramsey value is gone as he gets more expensive and older at the same time.
Not disagreeing. Teams trade for contracts. A great player with a terrible contract probably has little or no trade value. The Rams would have been fielding 4 X jags in the secondary with him in 2023. If your house has 5 doors it doesn't make sense to pay $17M for a 1 really secure door when you've got beaded curtains on the other 4 doors. Even without compensation moving on from Ramsey would have made financial sense. The Rams beat reporters also thought he had more than mid 3rd value. The Rams have tried to move players where they want to go, (EG: Woods to Titans in 2022), so there might have been a slightly better offer out there. Losing maybe 100 or so Draft chart point isn't a big deal. I'm over it already and moving on. Good luck to Ramsey and the Dolphins are a good fit.
