And the reality is that the Eagles don’t have the wiggle room within the salary cap that most of the NFL holds. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and it certainly can change as the Eagles make some hard decisions on the current roster, but the truth right now is that the Eagles just don’t have a huge amount of dollars to spend under the salary cap.
By signing a large group of players in 2016 – both in the spring before the season and then late in the year – the Eagles locked up some key players who, had they not inked deals, would be weighing the pros and cons of signing elsewhere right now.