The Eagles are signing their left tackle to an extension. The team has agreed to a four-year, $64MM extension with offensive lineman Jordan Mailata, reports Adam Caplan SiriusXM (via Twitter).
The contract could be worth up to $80MM and includes $40.85MM in guaranteed money. The extension was signed right before Mailata and his teammates flew to Atlanta for their season opener (per ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Twitter).
Mailata has one of the better NFL stories, as the 6-foot-8, 380-pound lineman didn’t start playing football until just three years ago. The former rugby player was a 2018 seventh-round pick by the Eagles, and he effectively red shirted his first two years in the NFL. Mailata became Jason Peters‘ primary replacement last season, and the lineman ultimately started 10 games.
The 24-year-old was set to make $850K in the final year of his rookie contract. While this is a big-money extension for a player with only 10 career starts, it could end up being a steal if Mailata hits his potential. Pro Football Focus graded him as a middle-of-the-pack tackle last year, but he was ranked as a top-seven offensive tackle from Weeks 12 to 16 (per Brad Spielberger of PFF on Twitter). The Eagles are clearly banking on Mailata carrying that momentum into 2021.
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Wow….. I mean not even a full season of snaps and making him of the top paid tackles… yikes, hope this works out for Mailata, good dude and great story but if not there is a reason Eagles are always jn tough cap situations, this as evidence.
This is a move that could have waited a bit..
Howie just playing more 6D underwater chess…..
Great story . Hope it works out for both parties
Dude is a 6’8, 380 lb, 23 year old, pending Free agent. He plays a position that has a 22 million dollar Franchise tag. He was already rated by PFF as a solid LT. If he repeats just what he did last year, he’d get anywhere from 80-88 million on the open market. This 64m was a fair deal for both sides.
Happy for him, happy the team locked him up, but very shocked at the price tag.
Great deal for Jordan, Philly is kinda the laughing stick of the NFL atm with some of its bad moves and stuff but I think give it a year or two they could be really solid.
Really young offence with Hurts, Minshew, Sanders, Gainwell, Smith, Reagor, Watkins, Goedert, Maitala, Herbig, Dickerson and Dillard.
Now all those players might not be the long term future but it’s a start. The defence is the bigger concern but it’ll have to do. It’s going to be a rebuild but I think they will manage. I expect bigger salary veterans to leave, which opens up some money in the next couple seasons. Add a couple good drafts and we will be fine.
Would’ve loved to have seen a Zach Ertz for Jordan Hicks trade. That’ll be an upgrade to our defence and helped the locker room.
Also wouldn’t mind seeing the team trade Andre Dillard and JJAA for James Washington and a 6th round pick.
Steelers would jump at the deal as they have WRers, Washington has requested out and Dillard would provide some young o line protection they desperately need. For the Eagles after the Ertz trade, Washington would provide another catching target for the Eagles who would have plenty of catches.
With the opened roster spot, you’d need to get a back up for the o line. With Awosika and Clark on the practice squad likely promotions.