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2:01And it is reportedly up to $78 million with $65 million guaranteed. The new money in the deal is going to be $26 million annually, which if you want to look at it that way, puts him as the highest paid nose tackle in the NFL. So a really significant contract for Jordan Davis that rewards him for his play in the 2025 season. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the deal, guys. But yeah, to me, the thing that jumps out, I really two things. The first thing is the number here is higher than I would have expected. And then secondly, this is the first mega contract to this coalition of Georgia players that the Eagles have collected over the years. But I'm not sure it's going to be the last. So yeah, a big move to start this, like I said, this lead up into free agency for the Eagles. OK, let's talk Jordan Davis first and where the contract ranks and all of that stuff. And then we'll get into what could be coming next. And if this is clearing the way for anything else, but Fran, you have all the work on where this contract ranks

3:02among other defensive tackles for a player who was awesome this season in Jordan Davis and took a huge leap forward, rewarded the Eagles for their bet on him and picking up their fifth year extension. But still was not an impact pass rusher and is barely even on the field on third and long situations. This is a hefty payout. There's no question. Honestly, guys, for me, my initial take, my initial thought was we used to make fun of the Woody Johnson from Hard Knocks. Like, that's a lot of money, like when they paid Quinted Williams. This is a lot of money for Jordan Davis. And to me, you don't give him this contract unless you think there's even more meat on the bone for him to rip into. Right? Unless you think there's another level he is able to take his game to. And honestly, like, this was his best year from the jump you saw it. Like week one, Dallas, at home, like a financial field, you saw it. Like the late burst and what that wasn't always there and it showed up throughout the entire season.

4:03And he maintained that level of play. But to your point, when you look at the other guy, like, that's more than Derek Brown. That's more than Milton. A.M. Milton plays a different, you know, a different spot along defensive line. But Milton Williams got 20, he got 26 last year from New England. Yeah. You know, it's more than Nombie out of Matabeeke. It's more than a lead McNeil. It's more than Doron Paine. It's more than DeFarris Buckner. Like, more than Jeffrey Simmons. Like the, the, the, the elites of the elites at the position. He's got more than them now. I know, obviously, that's how, that's how this works. But if you asked me a month ago and, honestly, like EJ and I, we, we hashed out on the show about to go, um, like, all right, talking, kind of talking through numbers. I did not think he was going to crack this. I didn't think he was going to be a ceiling pusher at the position. So, uh, they clearly have a lot of faith in Jordan Davis, not just off the field, but that on the field, he is going to reach that ceiling. Now that 26 million number, I think the Eagles would, would push back to you, he's doing a lot of work here. Well, and I think also it's important to note that he has the fifth year option as a part of the framework of the overall, you know, the overall picture of the contract, right?

5:06So, uh, you know, he's, he's due 12 million next season. Again, the Eagles picked up his fifth year option last year. So if you, if you bake that into this contract, he's at 22.5 million. And that puts him right in line with Dexter Lawrence and Doron Payton, which my rebuttal is that's still really good company for Jordan Davis. I think, friend, you, you said it right where I think you're, you're expecting, you know, him to be a player that continues to ascend. Uh, at this position, and you know, I think he's kind of earned the benefit of the doubt based off the way last year went, um, you know, he's a high character guy. He's a leader in that, in that locker room at this point. Um, so yeah, I think that there is an expectation that his best football is ahead of him. And I think the Eagles are getting ahead of what that might cost if he does take another leap here. Yeah, I mean, like, Viva is at 17.8. Like, you know, I mean, like, oh, well, you think of like the best of the best, uh, like he is above that in the franchise tag number at defensive tackle is 27. Yeah, right now. And so I do, I do think we probably have to not focus so much on the exact

6:06number, but even if 26 is not right, I mean, it can't be realistically that far off with 23, right? Like, even that is, is very expensive for a player who is, has been awesome on first and second down. He's just not on the field on third down. Now, as you say, EJ, he is still, he, I mean, he just turned 26. This is a player who does still have potentially more to come as a player. And it needs to be said is the guy in the locker room who like, they, they want to keep around and is sort of the one grabbing the baton from Brandon Graham as the energy giver in that locker room. The guy who keeps everybody up all season long. And when you play through the grind of a 17 game plus NFL season, you need guys like that. Yeah. So I think that, I think that is a big part of this, but it is, it is also fair to be like, what was the, what was the rush to get this done now? If this is the number, yeah, I think, I think maybe the expectation that

7:07the number would rise and, you know, like Jalen Carter's potential extension looms here as well. You know, I'm not sure what that number is going to look like. Chris Jones is at the top of the defensive tackle market at 31. So maybe, maybe there's some, you know, calculation with that. It's not the strongest free agency class at defensive tackle, but Fran, maybe there are guys that are extension eligible that we're not thinking of that might impact that number. Yeah. The guys that are extension out, I'm not looking at the top defensive tackles that are on the rookie deals. Obviously, Jalen Carter would be at the top of that heap, but then you're also looking at Byron Murphy from Seattle, Kobe Turner with the Rams, who is also eligible with with Jalen. I would imagine that gets done relatively quickly here. Brian Brzee from New Orleans, Braden Fisk out the Rams as well. Those are those are the big ones though guys. I mean, it's and that's why it's interesting. But I do think that the timing is probably relative to Jalen, because if you're going to pay Jalen Carter is going to be up near Chris Jones or past Chris Jones, then maybe it makes sense to do Jalen Carter second.

8:10So that he, all right, he sets the market. It's not like, oh, Jalen was here in Jordan. You know, it didn't quite reach that. I don't know if the timing really makes that much of a difference if we're talking about, you know, days or weeks and, you know, in separation, but that would be the thing to Narragus. Yeah, yeah, I think that there may be part of the like roster arithmetic that you're going, trying to, trying to achieve here. I'm going to steal my headphones. Get your own. It's been fun watching you now. We get that. I really enjoy that. And honestly, it's a good feel for an emergency pod. So yeah, I think we need some of this. Yeah. But no, I think this makes, do you think this move and prioritizing it in this being the cost makes it more or less likely that a Jalen Carter extension is to come? I'm not sure how much Jordan Davis's extension really impacted the Jalen Carter extension, you know, I'm not sure that the two are quite as linked. Maybe, I mean, I guess if I had to pick one, I'd say it probably means it's a

9:11little less likely just because they've invested money at the position. But I think you were always going to extend those guys as a package deal. And, you know, I think Jordan Davis had earned an extension. I think it was a type of thing. The Eagles were going to prioritize. When we talked about this, you know, earlier in the offseason, I said, I think it's a no brainer that you, you sign Jordan Davis to an extension based off the way he played and based off, again, the belief that he might take another leap here and that this is the time that you want to get this deal done. I wouldn't have guessed the number was this high. You know, I think, you know, again, Fred and I talked about Travis Jones as a, as a cop and he's at 13.5 million. Now, it seems like Travis Jones may be signed a team friendly deal. The timing might suggest that he didn't really maximize what his market could be. But yeah, I think you're, you're kind of betting on the upside here. If you're Jordan Davis and you honestly, even if you're the Eagles, you're betting on the upside, making this deal look a lot better in a couple of years. And, you know, I guess the bottom line here is that they have been able to secure Jordan Davis for a long time. You know, I think we spent a lot of time talking about the number, but the years

10:12here, you know, securing the fact that you will get Jordan Davis for a few more years. Yeah, I do think that that is still the bottom line here in the head. Fran, do you want to talk to just the actual leap in play that Jordan Davis made this season? Yeah, I think what we saw with Jordan Davis pre 2025 was a guy who had flashes of dominance in the run game and fewer flashes of like real disruptive ability in the past game, right? Like he would every once in a while, you'd see, oh, man, like there's that one rush where he just dominates the center, flies in the backfield and is able to get on the quarterback. We saw the big pursuit plays. Remember him chasing down Josh Allen along the sidelines back in 2023. Like you would see those level of plays, but they were relatively like few and far between. And it was more consistent in the run game in the past game. What you saw this year was obviously the level of dominance was still more prevalent in the run game than the past game, but it was more consistently dominant. Like he was one of the best pure run defenders in football this past year. You could not always say that in years prior, which was fine.

11:15Like it was always kind of like, you know, betting on the upside with Jordan Davis. But this was the year where I was like, all right, like yeah, if you are getting this, then I think you could argue like he was worth taking at that point in the first round. Now you would still say, would you rather have Hamilton? Like yeah, you still probably have those conversations, but you are paying him again, if he gives you what you saw last year off this contract, I don't think it's worth it. Personally, like frankly, I don't think it is. So I think that you're giving him this money because you think that he's got another level that he can get to with Clint Hurts. And I also think to be fair, the Eagles have consistently been higher on Jordan Davis' value than we have on the outside. You know, I asked Howie at the combine about, you know, Jordan Davis' season and him rewarding you for the faith that you had in giving him the fifth year extent, the fifth year option. And he was like, oh, that was easy, you know, we, you know, we've been on Jordan Davis every time. But yeah, it's not like you're getting a hometown discount here based on the numbers that are important.

12:15And Fran, I feel like another thing here, because when we talked about this earlier, Aleem McNeil was a player that I pointed to as maybe like the aspirational number for it. No. Yeah. I think it's up. I love that. Aleem McNeil was like the player that we talked about. And I remember when we looked at it, like Aleem McNeil plays more than Jordan Davis, especially in past rushing situations. So to me, another ripple effect here is like Vitt Fangio and Howie Rosen must have had a conversation at some point about he will be on the field more, you know, based off the way that he looked in 2025. But if that's the case, though, does that mean Morrow's walking next year? Right. Probably. If you're going to pay Jaylin, like you can't, you get all three play on past downs. So that's what it, it's a lot of balls in the air. I think there, I think, I think there, and somebody said it in the comments and I think it's fair. I think, I think there are teams in the league who now think that Jalen Carter could be available. I don't think that it's not, it's not an obvious one to one.

13:15But I think it's, I think it's possible. I think there's still every chance that they extend both of them. I think the Morrow point is a good one. You don't sign Jordan Davis to the steel. If you're sizing up a Morrow, Joe Mo contract extension next off season, I think you're planning on Jordan Davis and potentially Jalen Carter being the guys you build the room around. I don't know. I'm not, I'm not quite ready to say that this is like a reflection on Jalen Carter's, you know, likelihood to sign an extension. I think it is just a, you know, a bet on Jordan Davis wanting to have him in the building for several more years. Does this make you move the projection a little bit higher on Jalen Phillips? I'm probably a little maybe lower on Phillips than I would be higher based off of this, you know, different positions they can invest in both of them. I don't know. I don't think that this makes me think they're, they're going to sign, I don't think it makes me more likely. I'm not putting more turkeys on Phillips. Okay. Yeah. No idea. I, the thing that makes it, I'm trying to like do the, the calculus of my head because

14:16this is not my area of expertise would be just because of the fifth year, all right. So you have the fifth year. So really this money, this, this extension doesn't kick in until 2028, right? Yeah. As I told you so, yeah, I'm thinking that through. I also think we should say, I mean, it is okay to, as an Eagles fan, it's not your money. No question. It's not, it's is not, there's a, there's a good chance this is not going to constrict their decisions a ton. And so Jordan Davis is a really fun player, a really fun personality, a great guy to root for. Great guy to legal fans. This is great. Yeah. I think the headline is Jordan Davis is under contracts for another three years for four years now. And that's a win if you are an Eagles fan who loves Jordan Davis. So what's the law? There's like, there's the aspect of it being like only a three year extension, and obviously it's with the fourth year, or the fifth year tag dog. So it's, you know, cementing it for four years, but it only being a three year extension, like, it's good for Jordan because he's going to hit, he hits the market again before he's 30. And also, like, it gives the team a little bit of flexibility if it looks like it's not

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16:20It's a big fan of the move. Yeah, but the same. What is it? What does Leah think about the move? Is Leah in favor or against? Well, you know, she wasn't sleeping on it. She's wired. She's fired up. She's got me to know what these guys think. It's about this deal. All right. I think our time may be coming to an end all for all of us here. Do you expect that we will be doing this again before Monday show at noon, by the way? Make sure that you check out our three hour extravaganza. Monday's free agency. Tampering window opening. Yeah, I think we'll probably be seeing each other. Hopefully all four of us will be seeing each other again in the next 48 hours before the show. Yeah, I think so. Well, I do appreciate the fact. You know, I think we're going to be seeing each other. You're like, yeah, you know, like I thought there would be a different now. As if there's not a chance that it might happen again before the end of today. No, yeah, it could. We could. I might not leave my office. You know, this is. I mean, it's it's an exciting time of year.

17:22A lot of movement. I mean, Max Crosby got traded last night. Yeah, lots of lots of stuff happening. It's been fun. All right. Well, that'll do it for the Jordan Davis emergency podcast. EJ and friend. I'm Bob. Make sure that if we don't see it before Monday that you check us out then. Jordan Davis extended. Enjoy it. Everybody for all of us here. I can't you lie. As always. We love you. Prime one day deliveries fast. How fast we talking? We're talking yoga mats and fitness trackers delivered so fast. You can kick off your routine tomorrow fast. We're talking awaits that your door without really waiting fast. Water bottles and hydration backpacks fast and fast. Resistance fans faster than you could say feel the burn fast. More jump ropes. Just a hopstip and a jump away. Faking fast. Whoo. That was actually a good workout fast. Fast one day delivery for all things fitness. It's on prime. Soccer fans get ready.

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