Mike Mulhern

BREAKING: Plot twist! The #Bengals and #Eagles deal for DE Arnold Ebiketie has fallen through and will not happen, per sources. The trade falling through is not physical or performance related, per sources.

Arnold Ebiketie was signed as a compensatory free agent by the Eagles. The Bengals lost 3 CFAs and signed 2 (Cordell Volson not qualifying), thus while they gain a 2027 6th rounder, they lose a 2027 3rd round comp pick that was via Trey Hendrickson going to Baltimore.

Feel like James Gladstone has ruined the deadline by paying absolutely exorbitant prices. No one else gonna get moved now.

The Eagles are doing exactly what a bad team should do and stockpile as many assets as possible. Why won't the Commanders do the same?

INSANE STORY 👇 John Harbaugh was reportedly FURIOUS after the Titans shut the Giants out of trade discussions for star DT Jeffery Simmons, per Michael Silver of The Athletic. Titans GM Mike Borgonzi and Bears GM Ryan Poles, who are longtime friends and former roommates, reportedly worked out a deal behind the scenes without allowing other interested teams to negotiate. Silver reports: “What bothered Harbaugh, along with several current and former GMs I’ve spoken to, is that the Simmons deal appeared to be an off-the-grid transaction, the product of a private pact between two friends.” After Giants GM Joe Schoen was unable to get anywhere with Tennessee, Harbaugh reportedly took matters into his own hands. “When Schoen got nowhere with Borgonzi and Harbaugh began hearing chatter that a Simmons trade might be in the works, he essentially said, ‘To hell with this,’ and reached out to Borgonzi’s boss.” Harbaugh personally contacted Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk in an attempt to open trade discussions. That move reportedly upset some NFL executives, with one GM accusing Harbaugh of violating an unwritten “code” that primary decision-makers should only deal with one another. Silver described Harbaugh’s reaction: “Harbaugh’s reaction to that (and mine, for that matter): disdainful laughter.” However, Silver clarified that the Giants likely weren’t going to beat Chicago’s offer anyway: “The point wasn’t that the Giants would have outbid the Bears — in this case, they wouldn’t have — but that shutting them out of the process was absurd.” Harbaugh wasn’t necessarily upset about losing out on Simmons. He was upset that the Giants were never given a chance to compete for him. Harbaugh clearly isn’t afraid to step on some toes to improve his roster. 👀

Per @AlbertBreer, Eagles GM Howie Roseman is telling teams that he isn’t trading IDL Moro Ojomo and is trying to sign him to a contract extension. In the past, Roseman has talked publicly about how he’s against signing players to contract extensions during the season. We’ll see!

The #Eagles unusually kept four QBs on the 53-man roster to start the season. Nine weeks into the season, their starter at the position isn't one of the four, but someone they plucked from the practice squad of an NFC rival just a little over two weeks ago. The handling of the No. 2 QB role -- and beyond -- has been objectively poor, perhaps even worse.

The #Colts and DL Adetomiwa Adebawore have agreed to terms on a two-year, $35 million extension that includes a $13 million signing bonus and $22.5 million in new money through 2027. Adebawore, 25, cashes in on a breakout season in a deal negotiated by @kenny_zuckerman of @PrioritySports that gives him a chance to hit the market again in his mid-20s.