Jaelan Phillips Miss Should Lead Eagles to Trey Hendrickson

"He's been in contact with a number of teams right now," Schefter said. "The issue I think is this: You see the Houston Texans go out and give Danielle Hunter a $40 million a year extension. You see yesterday, the Carolina Panthers shocked the NFL and give Jaelan Phillips $30 million a year. Trey Hendrickson sees himself in the company of those kinds of players. You would think that there would be a corresponding contract in that vicinity.

"But if there's not a team out there that's willing to give you $40 or $30 million dollars, sometimes it takes a player a little bit of time to understand how the market works like that and accept that just because Danielle Hunter may get $40 [million], you may not get $40 [million]. Just because Jaelan Phillips gets $30 [million] doesn't mean you get $30 [million]. Right now, he's talking to a bunch of teams, but nobody has met his price just yet. He's a very strong-minded, prideful person. He wants to get his price. Until he feels like he does, he's not willing to compromise on that."

It's unclear exactly what the Eagles offered Phillips, but ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported on Sunday that the Eagles were "attempting to re-sign Phillips" on a deal worth "well above $20 million per year."

So, clearly, the Eagles were budgeting for at least one expensive pass rusher. That idea should now translate to Hendrickson. He's only 31 years old and has 81 sacks in nine seasons. The idea of $40 million is arguably far too high coming off an injury. There's an argument that $30 million is too high as well, coming off an injury and also being five years older than the 26-year-old Phillips. But if the price tag drops down between the $20-30 million range, the Eagles should be all over him.