They say hindsight is always seen in 20-20 vision. They would be right. Call it ‘backseat driving’ or doing the same from the passenger seat. Watch the Philadelphia Eagles long enough, and you become an expert on everything this team is doing (in our minds and after the fact at least).

The most recent Birds season was, at times, frustrating, but it started off well enough. It’s hard to beat a 10-1 start regardless of how much adversity was witnessed. All anyone wants to talk about is the collapse though. That’s the biggest story that came out of the campaign, and truthfully, that’s understandable.

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Last season’s ending can’t plague this team offseason. Now, it’s about getting better, and trudt us on this one. The Birds will play good football again.

Adjustments are underway. Some make sense. Some don’t. Some won’t, but whether you’re waving your pom poms or biting those fingernails, we assure you that allowing your stress levels to rise won’t fix anything. Here’s some encouragement about some of the offseason storylines that have you worried.

Well, James Bradberry’s extension looks awful now, doesn’t it?

Okay, this is bad. There’s regression, and there’s falling off the proverbial cliff. James Bradberry unfortunately did the latter.

Though it may not seem like it, this can be fixed. There’s a new DC. He can design something to James’ strengths. There’s the post-June 1st idea if Philly is interested in moving on and splitting the dead cap hit that will follow. There’s also the possibility of a restructure. Philly looked out for James when no one else did. Maybe the 2022 All-Pro will return the favor.

Put a pin in that. We’ll revisit later. In the meantime, here are a few other silver linings.

How did Philly ever allow Haason Reddick’s contract negotiations to reach THIS level?

When the Philadelphia Eagles signed Haason Reddick to a three-year, $45 million deal on March 16th of 2022, most felt they were getting him at a discounted price tag. They were, so, to make long stories shorter, it wasn’t long before he overdelivered on his end.

That’s how we ended up with Haason wanting more money, questions about whether or not Philly wanted to pay him, and the current scenario, the Eagles organization allowing him to field offers from other partners. We subscribe to the theory it would be unwise to let him walk though.

Fear not! This will work out. We have no data to base that on. We’re working strictly off of a hunch. We’re cool with that though because of things we have seen recently.

Now, that doesn’t mean that we’re guaranteed that Haason will be an Eagles past this season. Still, even though the chances are high that he’ll find a suitor, at least things are peaceful.

And, you know what? Like Darius Slay last season and Fletcher Cox before him, we believe Reddick will stay in the Midnight Green as the two sides find some common ground. This one, we feel, will have a very happy ending.

Maybe the Eagles shouldn’t have drafted all of those Georgia Bulldogs.

Okay, don’t act like you haven’t already thought about this. We know Jalen Carter is going to be a stud. He’s the real deal. We were worried about Kelee Ringo until he was forced into action, but we don’t know how the Jordan Davis, Nakobe Dean, and Nolan Smith selections will turn out.

Cross your fingers. Hope for the best we guess. Okay, we’re kidding about that last part. Here’s where we are in all seriousness. This group is going to be fine.

We’re worried about Smith’s shoulder, but there were mock drafts that had the Birds taking him as a top-ten choice. There were a lot of draft pundits and scouts that would have been satisfied with that selection.

Now, that was primarily because he is so freakish athletically, but remember, he was also compared to Haason Reddick. That’s very high priase. Expect big things is year two.

Jordan Davis improved from year one to year two. Nakobe Dean, despite being indestructible in Athens, dealt with injury in his sophomore Eagles season. The organization still believes in him, and so do we. He’s gotten off to a slow start, but with proper coaching, he will be fine.