15 biggest salary cap hits for the Eagles in 2024 after first wave of NFL free agency

We’re looking at the 15 biggest cap hits for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024 after the first wave of NFL free agency

Change is always good for the soul, and after losing six of their final seven games, including a wild-card loss to the Buccaneers, Philadelphia has undergone a dramatic reconstruction that could pay off with championship dividends.

Offensive coordinators Brian Johnson (Commanders) and Sean Desai (Rams) have left, replaced by Vic Fangio (DC) and Kellen Moore (OC).

The Eagles have retooled their roster on both sides of the football after inking DE Bryce Huff, RB Saquon Barkley, OLB Zach Baun, OL Matt Hennessy, WR DeVante Parker, S/CB C.J. Gardner-Johnson, LB Devin White, LB Oren Burks, DT PJ Mustipher, WR Parris Campbell, and CB Tyler Hall to deals during the first wave.

Philadelphia then traded for quarterback Kenny Pickett while extending Landon Dickerson and Jake Elliott. 

Philadelphia currently has about  $33,657,986 in cap space per Over The Cap, and they’re spending about $100+ million plus on both sides of the football.

The Eagles also have a Haason Reddick dilemma that’ll be resolved in the next week or more.

The biggest salary cap hits have changed, with Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox counting until they’re officially released on June 1.

With the first wave of free agency completed, we’re taking an updated look at the 15 biggest salary cap hits for the Eagles, according to Over The Cap.

Eagles agree to terms with ex-Giants WR Parris Campbell

The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to terms with former New York Giants wide receiver Parris Campbell.

Saquon Barkley will see a familiar face in the Philadelphia Eagles locker room when they report for organized team activities later this year.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Eagles have agreed to terms with former New York Giants wide receiver Parris Campbell.

The Giants signed Campbell to a one-year, $4.7 million contract last offseason in hopes that he’d increase the production of their wide receiver group but that did not pan out.

Campbell appeared in just 12 games (three starts), hauling in 20 receptions for 104 yards. He also returned eight kickoffs for 191 yards.

As the season wore on, Campbell was phased out of the game plan and ultimately ended up as a healthy scratch over the final five games of the season.

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Eagles agree to a 1-year deal with WR Parris Campbell

The Philadelphia Eagles are signing wide receiver Parris Campbell to a one-year deal

The Eagles are adding another wide receiver to the roster after agreeing with Parris Campbell on a 1-year deal.

Campbell, a 2019 second-round pick out of Ohio State, is coming off a disappointing season with the Giants in which he caught 20 of 27 targets for just 104 yards while adding 191 yards as a kick returner.

Campbell’s most productive season came in 2022 with Colts, as he logged 63 catches for 623 yards, and 3 receiving touchdowns. Campbell now gets a chance to compete for depth work behind A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and DeVante Parker.

Giants’ 9 biggest disappointments of 2023

The New York Giants regressed significantly in 2023 and these nine players were among the most disappointing.

The 2023 season was a major downer for the New York Giants. There were a few surprises and glimmers of hope on the defensive side of the ball, but it wasn’t enough to extend the season.

The front office issues plagued the team and resulted in more upheaval with the “parting of ways” with Wink Martindale.

In the wake of the blinders being ripped off around the whole Wink/Brian Daboll fiasco, let’s take a look at nine players (in no particular order) who disappointed the most in 2023.

8 pending free agents the Giants should not re-sign

The New York Giants will have 30 free agents to deal with come March and at least eight of them should be allowed to walk.

The New York Giants have a lot of decisions and work to do this offseason after a disappointing 6-11 season.

They have a slew of players headed for free agency and will have to make decisions on whether to bring them back next season.

Here’s a quick list of players they should let walk.

7 Giants who could be playing their last game in blue vs. Eagles

The Giants wrap up the 2023 regular season on Sunday against the Eagles and these 7 players could be wearing blue for the final time.

This Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles will be the New York Giants’ 2023 season finale.

It will also be the final time many of the players on the current roster will wear the vaunted red, white, and blue of the Giants.

Here are seven players who could be playing their last game for the Giants this Sunday.

Parris Campbell on vanishing Giants role: ‘It’s not easy’

Parris Campbell signed with the New York Giants because there was an opportunity to play but now he’s nothing more than a healthy scratch.

The New York Giants signed wide receiver Parris Campbell to a one-year, $4.7 million this offseason with hopes that he’d help stabilize the position.

Over the first four games of the season, Campbell was targeted 24 times before seeing a sudden reduction in snaps. The team moved him to kick returner and then, suddenly and without warning, the veteran had his role eliminated entirely.

Campbell has been a healthy scratch over the past two weeks, something that has left him perplexed.

“It’s not easy, but it’s the nature of the business,” Campbell told the New York Post. “The cliché thing to say is, ‘You know what you’re getting when you sign up,’ which is true. But there’s always things you never thought you’d be doing — and being inactive and not playing is definitely something I never thought would be happening.”

After battling injuries over the early part of his career, Campbell strung together a healthy campaign in 2022. That helped get him signed as a free agent and he assumed that health in 2023 would mean a notable offensive role but it hasn’t.

“I know I have a lot of football ahead of me,” he said. “This is basically two healthy years back-to-back underneath my belt.”

The Giants have gone with the youth movement at wide receiver, leaving behind guys like Campbell and Sterling Shepard, who could be headed toward retirement.

Despite that, offensive coordinator Mike Kafka continues to insist that Campbell is a viable weapon — just one that the team, which struggles mightily on offenses, chooses to leave docked at the marina.

“Parris is a pro,” Kafka told reporters this week. “He works his butt off, he studies, he preps, he is great for the room. It was just other guys are playing right now. I think when his time is called, he’ll step up.”

Campbell remains optimistic because he recognizes that many athletes dream of being in his position. Still, he has more to offer and that’s the frustrating part for him.

“When I came here, did I think things would be different? Of course,” he said, acknowledging that he will be a free agent again in a few months. “But this is a team sport. I would love to be the one getting the ball — I’m a competitor — but that’s not the situation that I’m in right now. Who would I be not to help these young guys out? I’m still having fun with the guys and then when we hit the field, if I see something they can do differently, I’m going to say it. That’s the role I’ve had to take on.

“Everything happens for a reason. I’m big on that. That’s always going to be the answer for me, whether things are going good or going bad.”

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Giants are sticking with the youth movement at wide receiver

New York Giants coach Brian Daboll says the team will continue to play their young wide receivers over the veterans as the season winds down.

The New York Giants are going through several transitions on both sides of the ball, but none more evident than at the wide receiver position.

The team started out with a mix of veterans and young players at wide receivers and as the season has gone on, it’s apparent they want to go with the youngsters.

That means playing rookie Jalin Hyatt and second-year wideout Wan’Dale Robinson more and players such as Isaiah Hodgins, Parris Campbell and Sterling Shepard less.

In last Sunday’s 24-6 loss to the Saints in New Orleans, Darius Slayton led the way by playing on 95 percent of the snaps followed by Robinson (85 percent) and Hyatt (71 percent).

Hodgins played on just 29 percent of the offensive snaps followed by Shepard (5 percent) and Gunner Olszewski (2 percent). Campbell didn’t even make the game day cut as he was a healthy scratch for the second straight week.

“Hyatt and Wan’Dale are playing more,” head coach Brian Daboll told reporters on Wednesday when asked about the distribution of playing time at wideout.

Asked how the veterans were dealing with the reduced workload, Daboll didn’t add much depth to his decision.

“They’re pros,” he said. “I mean, they’re competitive, I’m sure they’d like to play, but we’re playing Wan’Dale and Hyatt.”

The Giants are more invested in Hyatt and Robinson than the others. They are players that current general manager Joe Schoen scouted and drafted as opposed to the others.

They used a second-round pick on Robinson last year and a third- and fourth-round pick in a trade this year to select Hyatt. That is why they are out on the field.

The Giants inked Slayton to a two-year, $12 million deal last March, so he was always going to fit prominently in their plans. Shepard and Campbell are playing this season on one-year deals.

Hodgins is due to become an exclusive rights free agent come next offseason.

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Giants injury report: Darren Waller designated to return from IR

The New York Giants have designated TE Darren Waller to return from injured reserve (IR) and he could play on Sunday vs. New Orleans.

The New York Giants returned to practice on Thursday — their first full practice of the week — and the first order of business was a significant one.

Just prior to taking the field, the team announced that tight end Darren Waller (hamstring) had been designated to return from injured reserve (IR). If all goes well, he could see a few snaps on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.

Waller indicated on Wednesday that he was close to a return but was just awaiting the green light from trainers.

In other positive news, every single player on the active roster participated on at least a limited basis for the second straight day. All have a chance to play in Week 15 — right tackle Evan Neal included.

The Giants’ full Thursday injury report can be found below:

Did not participate: N/A

Limited participant: OL Evan Neal (ankle), CB Cor’Dale Flott (shoulder), NT Dexter Lawrence (hamstring), DL A’Shawn Robinson (hamstring/finger), LB Isaiah Simmons (ankle), TE Darren Waller (hamstring)

Full participant: WR Parris Campbell (knee), LB Azeez Ojulari (shoulder)

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Giants’ Parris Campbell hurt, shocked after being a healthy scratch

New York Giants WR Parris Campbell says he was “hurt” and “shocked” to be a healthy scratch in Week 14 against the Green Bay Packers.

When the New York Giants signed former Indianapolis Colts and Ohio State star wide receiver Parris Campbell in free agency last March, they felt they had a bit of a steal.

Campbell was coming off the best season of his injury-laden four-year career, grabbing 63 passes for 623 yards and three touchdowns on a Colts team that had a world of uncertainty at quarterback.

The Giants were coming off a season in which they had qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2017 and quarterback Daniel Jones was on the precipice of becoming one of the best in the league.

That did not happen. Jones had several injuries, including a torn ACL that ended his season, and the Giants’ offense sunk to the bottom of the NFL rankings.

The Giants’ wide receiver unit took a big hit production-wise, but none more than Campbell, however, who never seemed to fit and get untracked. As of this writing, he has just 20 receptions for 104 yards and no touchdowns in 12 games.

In Week 14, Campbell became more of an afterthought when he was a healthy scratch in the Giants’ 24-22 thrilling victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night.

The benching was both shocking and hurtful to the fifth-year veteran, who many were projecting to be a key figure in the Giants’ offense this season.

“Yeah, I definitely was shocked,” Campbell told the New York Daily News. “Shoot, I was more so just hurt, more than anything… hurt that I know what I put into it each and every week. And to be inactive for the first time in my career was definitely hurtful, was definitely shocking. A lot of different emotions [are] going on, for sure.”

Campbell said that the team handled it the right way, telling him 24 hours in advance of their decision, which helped ease the blow, but not enough.

“I was grateful for that, because they respected me enough to tell me early enough, and it wasn’t a blindside shock right before the game,” he said. “So I 100 percent respected that. That doesn’t take any hurt away or any pain or frustration away from it, but I definitely respected that.”

It is no shock to us here at Giants Wire that Campbell has been bumped from their future plans. He was one of the five players we identified as one of the five players most likely to not be asked back in 2024.

Campbell was inked to a one-year, $4.7 million ‘prove-it’ deal, so he’ll be a free agent. The Giants have apparently moved on from him earlier than expected.

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