The edge rotation with Nolan, JP, and BG now in the mix got me excited. Also, Joe Banner loves to take credit for how Howie and the Eagles front office operates.
I think Howie felt comfortable trading the 3rd rounder because he knows we can recoup a comp pick. Other GMs might not know what their roster will need in the offseason with the same certainty we do.
Yes can we just not talk about this on the internet k thanks
This guy needs to pipe down!
Stop telling our secrets. I loved this interview. (Also, no mention of comp pick is surprising.)
Howie is a GM GOAT. He knows Football, draft picks and salary cap like no one else. Does he always hit? No, like Reagor, but he recognizes when he makes mistakes and hits where he needs to. Got Smitty and AJ Brown the next years and become Superbowl favorites. He just has it down to a science.
Can we…. Delete this video from the internet?
Banner is the one who let Brian Dawkins play in another uniform. Fuck that guy
🤫🤫
I haven’t seen any “FIRE HOWIE” posts in a *long* time.
HowieDoDat
He BLEEDS FOR THIS CITY.
Younger Eagles fans may not know this, but Howie Roseman is Joe Banner’s protege, though Roseman brought a lot to the table independent of working for and learning from Banner.
Banner was actually a lot like Roseman when he was the Eagles GM – always looking for ways to maximize the value of contracts and draft picks and properly manage the salary cap. The primary difference between the two is Banner didn’t have a good human touch when it came to negotiating with players; he came across more hardball than Roseman does. But speaking as an Eagles fan who was already a young adult when Jeff Lurie bought the Eagles (i.e., I clearly remember all of Lurie’s ownership tenure) and had longtime friend Joe Banner as his right hand man very early on, the line from Banner to Howie Roseman isn’t hard to see; they think and operate in a similar manner in many ways.
Ever heard of omerta?
Dude needs to be swimming with the fishes after explaining this
Howie will always be one step ahead
Try and copy Howie and Howie will just move on to the next Howie thing
Joe Banner just big mad that, after all these years, he’s actually Howie’s son.
Banner always acts like everyone else is an idiot and every Eagles player is a generational talent. Thanks for your service, the interviews are kind of old at this point.
STFU Joe! You’re going to give the rest of the league a clue.
God damnit, Joe! Let the man keep a few trade secrets. Its not magic, its an illusion!
joe banner loves howie and the eagles and im here for it.
Shut UP banner come on man
I think that eventually there will be a Howie statue in South Philly. He’s built 3 Super Bowl rosters, two of which have won Rings! Anyone else agree?
The way he says no one else in the league would look at this roster and say we need DL help is stupid. We’re middle-bottom of the league in sacks, especially off the edge.
He gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s built 2 entirely different championships rosters and managed to turn a bottom ranked defence into a top defence over the span of 1 offseason
A lot of what happens in NFL front offices, and frankly on the field, makes more sense when you realize that many coaches and GMs are more worried about keeping their jobs than just about anything else.
Risk taking or big/flashy moves of any kind can put a target on your back if they don’t go your way. Because of this, GMs and coaches tend to avoid that stuff if at all possible. They’d rather be conservative, make the safe bets, or do nothing at all.
You could see this on the field with going for it on 4th down. For years the analytics clearly showed going for it on 4th and short on the opponent’s side of the field was the statistically right choice, but most coaches were still kicking until Dougie P had the Super Bowl run where he was going for it on 4th more than anyone, including the best trick play in Super Bowl history. Now suddenly it became “safe” and everything is going for it on 4th and 5 past the 50. If it dint work out? Oh well, Dougie P did it and won a Super Bowl, I was just trying to win like them.
Howie does not operate under this paradigm. You can argue if it was the chicken (Howie earning trust through decisions working out) or the egg (Lurie trusting him to take risks and sticking with him if they missed) but it doesn’t really matter. Howie is free to think as Banner describes. Of course other GMs are free to do this as well, but they risk their boss not being John Mara should things go sideways on a decision or two.
Much of the league is run by idiots or cheap owners. “Football guys,” nepotism, etc.
Howie is the best in the business, but if we’re asking why other teams aren’t run anywhere close to the Eagles team building and philosophy-wise, it’s because most of them are fucking idiots lol.
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Great analysis and hope no other GMs see this
The edge rotation with Nolan, JP, and BG now in the mix got me excited. Also, Joe Banner loves to take credit for how Howie and the Eagles front office operates.
I think Howie felt comfortable trading the 3rd rounder because he knows we can recoup a comp pick. Other GMs might not know what their roster will need in the offseason with the same certainty we do.
Yes can we just not talk about this on the internet k thanks
This guy needs to pipe down!
Stop telling our secrets. I loved this interview. (Also, no mention of comp pick is surprising.)
Howie is a GM GOAT. He knows Football, draft picks and salary cap like no one else. Does he always hit? No, like Reagor, but he recognizes when he makes mistakes and hits where he needs to. Got Smitty and AJ Brown the next years and become Superbowl favorites. He just has it down to a science.
Can we…. Delete this video from the internet?
Banner is the one who let Brian Dawkins play in another uniform. Fuck that guy
🤫🤫
I haven’t seen any “FIRE HOWIE” posts in a *long* time.
HowieDoDat
He BLEEDS FOR THIS CITY.
Younger Eagles fans may not know this, but Howie Roseman is Joe Banner’s protege, though Roseman brought a lot to the table independent of working for and learning from Banner.
Banner was actually a lot like Roseman when he was the Eagles GM – always looking for ways to maximize the value of contracts and draft picks and properly manage the salary cap. The primary difference between the two is Banner didn’t have a good human touch when it came to negotiating with players; he came across more hardball than Roseman does. But speaking as an Eagles fan who was already a young adult when Jeff Lurie bought the Eagles (i.e., I clearly remember all of Lurie’s ownership tenure) and had longtime friend Joe Banner as his right hand man very early on, the line from Banner to Howie Roseman isn’t hard to see; they think and operate in a similar manner in many ways.
Ever heard of omerta?
Dude needs to be swimming with the fishes after explaining this
Howie will always be one step ahead
Try and copy Howie and Howie will just move on to the next Howie thing
Joe Banner just big mad that, after all these years, he’s actually Howie’s son.
Banner always acts like everyone else is an idiot and every Eagles player is a generational talent. Thanks for your service, the interviews are kind of old at this point.
STFU Joe! You’re going to give the rest of the league a clue.
God damnit, Joe! Let the man keep a few trade secrets. Its not magic, its an illusion!
joe banner loves howie and the eagles and im here for it.
Shut UP banner come on man
I think that eventually there will be a Howie statue in South Philly. He’s built 3 Super Bowl rosters, two of which have won Rings! Anyone else agree?
The way he says no one else in the league would look at this roster and say we need DL help is stupid. We’re middle-bottom of the league in sacks, especially off the edge.
He gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s built 2 entirely different championships rosters and managed to turn a bottom ranked defence into a top defence over the span of 1 offseason
A lot of what happens in NFL front offices, and frankly on the field, makes more sense when you realize that many coaches and GMs are more worried about keeping their jobs than just about anything else.
Risk taking or big/flashy moves of any kind can put a target on your back if they don’t go your way. Because of this, GMs and coaches tend to avoid that stuff if at all possible. They’d rather be conservative, make the safe bets, or do nothing at all.
You could see this on the field with going for it on 4th down. For years the analytics clearly showed going for it on 4th and short on the opponent’s side of the field was the statistically right choice, but most coaches were still kicking until Dougie P had the Super Bowl run where he was going for it on 4th more than anyone, including the best trick play in Super Bowl history. Now suddenly it became “safe” and everything is going for it on 4th and 5 past the 50. If it dint work out? Oh well, Dougie P did it and won a Super Bowl, I was just trying to win like them.
Howie does not operate under this paradigm. You can argue if it was the chicken (Howie earning trust through decisions working out) or the egg (Lurie trusting him to take risks and sticking with him if they missed) but it doesn’t really matter. Howie is free to think as Banner describes. Of course other GMs are free to do this as well, but they risk their boss not being John Mara should things go sideways on a decision or two.
Much of the league is run by idiots or cheap owners. “Football guys,” nepotism, etc.
Howie is the best in the business, but if we’re asking why other teams aren’t run anywhere close to the Eagles team building and philosophy-wise, it’s because most of them are fucking idiots lol.