Boutte available for trade?

[Wozzy]

Compared with what everybody says it will cost us for brown, a 4th is dirt cheap. From your keyboard to God’s monitor.

4th and a player.

As for suitors for Diggs, they all know when he was born. It’s not like blazing speed is his super power, route running is. That got him to 1000 yards at 32. If he gets no suitors, might he be game to take reduced money and a reduced role? Nobody’s first choice, but maybe it’s everybody’s “good enough” at the end of the day.
No, it doesn’t fit “younger cheaper faster” but it enables that approach. And yes, it’s unlikely.

How cheap?

Our difference might be you’re loving the stUDFAs. To me they’re unknowns. If you’re at a lesser program, why? Yes, yes, many reasons. Yes, yes, you could be good at an unknown program. It just really less likely.

Every rookie is an unknown.

I realize that this team expecially loves the non powerhouse picks.

Every team brings in UDFA’s. They make up roughly 25% of active rosters in the NFL.

 

[Wozzy]

delete

 

[Thelonious]

I am not ****ting on anything.

Fiber, my good man: Fiber.

 

[Thelonious]

I have just read this entire thread. We kinda have nothing to talk about at this point, it seems. I mean, I just talked bout how we have nothing to talk about. Not good.

 

[JoeSixPat]

I see that most fans here are assuming that we are getting AJ Brown for draft pick(s) only

They don't seem to think that the Eagles will want a cheaper, younger WR as part of the deal.

I've been assuming they WILL want a WR even though they drafted Lemon in the 1st round, and that the cost of getting AJ Brown is giving up one of our WRs (Boutte I'd guess)

It's probably not a coincidence that neither Boutte or Brown are participating in voluntary workouts as both teams wouldn't want to risk an injury if they are part of the same trade, no?

Hey, I'd love to keep Boutte and have Brown - but I think the price for Brown is a draft pick and a player

Is there a reason why everyone seems convinced that he's not a part of the trade, especially if we are haggling Philly down from a 1st round draft pick?

 

[Real fan 02]

I'm just saying you're not going to see numbers like that with any upgrade. It's rare in the NFL.

And by the way, for everyone saying Boutte disappeared in the playoffs, you guys haven't looked at the actual stats. Against Seattle he did little (only a 21 yd catch) but against the Jags and Texans he was stellar: 9 targets, 7 catches, 136 yards. Now, if we didn't have a crumbling OL against seattle, you might have seen the same thing.

Understand. The entire offensive production took a major hit in the postseason.. largely in part becuase we had our Left tackle playing on one leg and teams we saw with some ferocious fronts had 17 weeks of film. I like Boutte if you go back to my post on him last year I was supporting him whe many posters had him being cut! I'd like him here! But we just don't know if it's him wanting out or the team?

 

[mgteich]

did Williams show enough last season, to warrant trading a 24 years old WR that played like Boutte did last season?
lets look to next season and the season after. Pop and Hollins are gone. Williams may have not shown to be able to operate in this offense. Brown will be 2 years older on questionable knees.
Doubs and Boutte still make a very nice WR foundation

OK. What you are really suggesting is that we extend Boutte because he would be a major contributor in 2027 and 2028.

Barring extension, what matters is his contributions to the team ion 2026. And I agree that he is a fine value at the price that he is being paid.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

If you have AJ Brown, Doubs and want to get Kyle Williams more snaps and targets… what do you do with Boutte? Bench him, or play him over better players?

Which is fine with me. How many training camps did multiple WR’s go down. If we are just getting a 5th or 6th and his salary hit is low, then I want him here for camp. If he’s going to be a Problem child pretty quickly then he may have to go

 

[rkarp1]

remind me again why the Eagles have to trade him on June 1? I get whey they cant trade him before June 1, but why on June 1?
whats to say they don't wait for their price until August?

 

[40yrpatsfan]

remind me again why the Eagles have to trade him on June 1? I get whey they cant trade him before June 1, but why on June 1?
whats to say they don't wait for their price until August?

They can move him anytime after 6/1. I’ve come to believe that the whole deal has already been negotiated between NE & Philly. No proof but it just feels like it. So in that case it’ll happen on June 1.