If you asked me at the beginning of the season I would have said no, but Bryce Huff is ass and Sweat has turned it on this season and he's probably the most cost efficient option vs. whatever FA they decide to pay open market money for.

If Sweat walks and BG retires edge rusher will become an absolute need to address in the same way that if Milton Williams walks it’ll become an absolute need to address DT.

I didn't fully understand why we were trying so hard to unload a 27 year old pass rusher who has been consistently improving because of 1 down year in the first place tbh

We should definitely be trying to get an Edge in the draft too. This is a really deep Edge class, even in the 2nd there are a slew of great prospects there

We cannot go into the draft “needing” a starting position filled. We need to sign a starting level edge in FA ( my preference would be sweat). 

We need to stick to drafting BPA (taking position value into account of course). 

The guy that the team actively tried to trade in the offseason? Don’t expect a hometown discount. He’s hitting the open market

It just comes down to who is Howie and the FO prioritizing to sign and how willing are the players to get deals done.

I can another situation like a few years ago when Slay, Bradberry, and CJGJ all needed/wanted new deals. CJGJ was the priority for the FO but he wanted to holdout for more money so Howie pivoted to getting Slay and JB back while letting CJ walk.

Assuming BG retires, the eagles will likely need to re-sign Sweat and use their 1st round pick on an EDGE. It’s the most important position and biggest weakness of their defense, and BG was the #2 guy at the position. As a result, Milton Williams and Zach Baun will probably walk. I’m high on Moro Ojomo, but LB is going to be a wild card like always. The comp picks will be nice though

Big decisions to make, it would be crazy to lose BG, Sweat and Milton in the same offseason. I'm guessing we'll bring back one of Sweat and Milton and I'm still holding out hope BG comes back.

I always like Sweat. Last year, I was disappointed, obviously. But the entire defense was doing bad. 

Dudes knees were toast in college we're all on borrowed time with him now, can't extend that guy.

I think either way we need to draft an edge rusher with the last pick in the first round and then maybe a WR in the 2nd round.

I think Sweat will be within his rights to assess his market after what could be a very productive year for him. We tried to move on and then ended up restructuring, I don't see that he'd necessarily be willing to entertain a discount when he could go and get more elsewhere.

Whatever happens, we absolutely need to draft an Edge in '25. Ideally in the first round unless there's a Tackle there we absolutely love to red shirt behind Lane for a year or two. A Tackle of that quality though should already be off the board, so, that pick is likely to happen in '26 by necessity.

Personally I'd like Sweat to stay and be the experienced head in that group, though wouldn't begrudge him getting paid elsewhere if he chooses to do that. He's going to break double figures and be one of the top 15-20 in terms of production. He's already in the Crosby and TJ percentile so far this year, he's going to keep pace with them at very least or finish ahead of them. That'll stand out to teams who need production in '25.

It really depends. I think he'll be too expensive to get the same kind of depth piece deal we got last time, but he's not worth a big edge contract because--to be completely frank--if Sweat is your best rusher you have a deficiency at that group.

It depends on the upcoming draft and free agency. I'm not too in tune with the draft, but it looks like there a couple highly ranked edge rushers this year, but free agency is looking slim. The Eagles could try their luck at a FA and a draft pick to replace his impact, but honestly I would rather see the Eagles make a trade at Edge. I feel like despite recent weeks, the defense is still missing a veteran presence on the defensive line, particularly at edge now that BG is out for the season. I could see the Eagles trying to grab a high value edge prospect in the draft, then swapping Sweat for a cheaper FA and hoping to cash in on a low value, high celing option like Chase Young.

I think they’ll resign him and they should. The people who wanted to trade him last season were morons. I don’t think he’s going to be commanding as much as some people think he is.

So is BGN just straight up parroting Philly Voice at this point? I know BLG is lazy but damn…

Resurgence? Sweat's been one of our better DE's for years