[Jamie Lynch] “The Eagles went back & forth on Jalen Carter leading up to draft day but it was Jalen Carter who called the Eagles Thursday & did his best sales pitch & wanted to be here” – @AdamSchefter

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1. This seals it for me that he will give his best effort here

   Also doubt that the Eagles were truly “back and forth”

2. After Bijan went to the Falcons, Carter was the only pick worth making at 9/10.

3. I think people just need to be realistic. There were real off the field concerns. There’s way too much horseshit in this sub dismissing the off field stuff like it doesn’t exist. This is a true high risk high reward type pick. Still like it and hope it works out.

4. He got his guys.

5. Yeah I think our fanbase is in a little bit of denial. Carter is a massive risk. The red flags are real and there is a reason why every other team in the top 10 passed on him and all the GMs gave very strong pushback when questioned about it afterwards.

   With that said, we have the ideal situation to bring the best out of him and coming off a SB appearance our coach and GM can afford to take a risk like this. It can be a big payoff if it works out.

6. And Howie Roseman said “we’ll draft you at 9 but in return I receive $1 royalty per tackle in perpetuity until I’ve recouped my investment.”

7. I gotta admit, what he did was still on my mind draft day and kept me from being properly excited when his name was called. If you read the whole report about his regrettable, disasterous, deadly night last month, he did so many ridiculously stupid things in the span of one night, from racing drunk and getting people killed to lying to cops about it. This is the best place he could have landed, and it’s true we have the type of culture that can handle a “character concern” player, but this is definitely our locker room’s biggest test since Michael Vick. I hope Carter is able to redeem himself in Philly like Vick did.

8. So what did he do that makes people so hesitant

9. I watched the Roseman and Sirianni interview after they drafted Carter. Howie kept playing a little of both sides like how the Eagles have a good support system but also not really admitting how Carter had red flags. So finally a reporter asked why would Carter need a support system? I thought it was a good question that cut through Howie’s dancing.

10. This is a genuine question that I don’t know the answer to: are there resources, either provided by the team the league or the player’s association, to help players like Jalen Carter kinda get his life squared away and stay on a good path?

11. After he called the 9 other teams before us…lol

    I’m sure he is happy he is coming to this team…but I’m sure some of this was just him trying to play nice with teams.