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JASON Peters was signed to a 4 year extension today, which was a very smart move on the Eagles behalf. Not only do we get stability at the LT spot, but he’s locked in at an almost static 10 million a year for next five years.

This means that as the salary cap expands over time, Peters will actually represent less of the cap figure. In a real sense, he gets cheaper the longer we keep him.

Full disclosure; let me say up front, I didn’t see this extension coming this soon. In fact I wasn’t certain it would happen. (Same with many fans speculating a 2015 move for Lane Johnson to LT.)  I thought if it did happen, it would come in October/November. I’m as surprised as anyone that it happened now. That said, this changes…just about nothing.

I put together a chart breaking down where the biggest needs were (using roster information from the Eagles salary cap page), so I can get a better-than-the-average-fan’s handle, on what the Draft will look like once Free Agency is over. Here’s what I have:

Under Contracts Expiring, we now only have 1 OT with an expiring deal, but I put this together on the 23^rd, so of course that parts outdated now.

Otherwise, if we’re building for the future, all the Peters signing did was make that chart up there more feasible.