Some people have compared the Eagles’ 2022 offseason to the ill-fated “Dream Team” of 2011. RoobNBCS of NBCSPhilly explains why it’s a bad comparison.
Babin was 31 and changing teams for the fifth time in six years.Jenkins was 30 and had played seven seasons in Green Bay without making a Pro Bowl.Smith was only 25 but out of four years with the Giants had only one good season.
And then there was the 31-year-old Mathis, who really wasn’t part of the Dream Team because he didn’t cost anything, and he hadn’t even been a full-time starter in five years. Of course he’s the one guy in the group who became a stud for the Eagles – an all-pro and a two-time Pro Bowler. And Jordan Davis, Cam Jurgens and Nakobe Dean are promising rookies who are just getting started. Davis and Jurgens are 22, Dean is 21.The Dream Team included six guys already in their 30s. The oldest guy in this group is Bradberry, who’s 28 and only signed for one year.Remember, there was no free agency in the spring of 2011. Players weren’t allowed to change teams during the lockout, and the Eagles’ signing spree didn’t start until July 28, when they acquired Rodgers-Cromartie.
Sign a bunch of aging, fading veterans, don’t give them an offseason, then start playing regular-season games 39 days after they arrive here? In retrospect, nobody should have been surprised it was a disaster.Maybe one of the veterans will be a big-money disappointment. Maybe one of the draft picks won’t adjust to the NFL game. That’s just the reality of the NFL, and that’s the nature of building a team. You’re not going to hit on everybody. Nobody does.
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