Philly Front Office

It's not like it's hard to rank the guys who call the shots for out teams. Howie Roseman is in a class by himself as maybe the best decision maker in sports. Like a pitcher with 5 elite offerings, there is nothing he doesn't do well. Danny Briere was the patient one until put his balls on the table for Leo Carlsson. All of a sudden he is looking much better Mike Gansey just came out with a haymake...

Famous last words, right? I don't care. The Sixers traded for Jaylen Brown in one of the most shocking bits of sports news I can remember. How shocking? Well, I go through some of my personal favorites of the last 20 or so years when the 24/7 media schedule and star reporters make rumors regular and surprise more and more endangered. Plus, the rest of the news... FLYERS Extension season for Foerst...

After a month of life getting in the way, the PFO Podcast is back to catch up on all the Philly wheelings and dealings of June so you can be properly informed for the offseasons to come and a summer of baseball. Here's what I talked about: NEWS Eagles Only DeVonta could get Jalen Hurts line dancing in a Canadian Tuxedo Extension Season: Jalen Carter, DeVonta Smith, and Jordan Mailata Flyers Joseph...

I recorded this originally on Friday, but then it disappeared. That worked out nicely though considering so much happened in the last few days including the Myles Garrett to the Rams trade just a few minutes before I went live. While I get into the Post June 1 of it all, this week's feature is the labor negotiations in Major League Baseball as well as lottery reform in the NBA. I'm very bullish on...

There are two distinct sides to the relationship between Joel Embiid and the Sixers. On one side, there are the ones who will stick this through forever through sickness and in health, 'til death do we part. On the other side, the relationship is fractured beyond repair because Embiid has not been pulling his weight in this marriage. Both sides are proclaimed idiots by the other side, one holding...

I'm on a vacation with my wife, so instead of shirking either my husbandly or Podcastelry duties, I have combined them into a feature on the Philadelphia vs Miami sports environment. She just so happens to be a Miamian born and raised. While they have college football, we have the Eagles. About the only thing they have the advantage in is professional basketball. While she has Wade County, we have...

No, the Flyers and Sixers aren't dead yet. I'm even still decently bullish on the Sixers chances. Why are we eulogizing these teams now? Because anything else past right now is gravy. Both teams were toss ups to make the playoffs, had up and down seasons, and vanquished hated rivals in the first rounds of the playoffs. Think of it like the 2022 Phillies where just making the dance was good enough....

It's May 1 and we are shockingly feeling good about all four of our teams right now.  Why shockingly? Because we were not feeling that way in April. As of a week ago we were worried about holes with the Eagles roster, the Flyers were in jeopardy of blowing a 3-0 lead to our archrivals, the Sixers were about to get blitzed in a gentleman's sweep to one of our other archrivals, and the Phillies were...

This week on the Philly Front Office Podcast I cover the NFL Draft then bitch about why Dave Dombrowski can't be more like Howie Roseman. Of course, the Sixers and Flyers exist too. How do their front offices rate? I go into all of it. NEWS Phillies Taijuan Gone! Zack Back! Flyers Up 3-1 Missed Draft opportunity not to troll Pittsburgh by sending Brian Westbrook Sixers Joel Embiid back from append...

As we are bombarded with Mock Drafts and Big Boards leading up to Draft Day this Thursday, what the Eagles need, have, and believe sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. In the latest episode of the Philly Front Office Podcast, I do my best to take stock of the Eagles as an organization to see what they are thinking.  This means looking at the Best Player Available strategy and mixing it with the pos...

The best time to be a is not when you would think.  Journey back to this past season for the Eagles fresh off a Super Bowl... did you have fun? Even the year before, was it fun at any point other than by the 2nd half of the Super Bowl? Yeah, somewhat, but there is too much to lose when you are good and only one way to win. In fact, it's mostly agony.  Let's rank them: Team is good but doesn't know...

After ESPN dropped their "bombshell" story on Jalen Hurts being a selfish, anti-team player in need of a new contract, the festering wound of negative Hurts opinions spewed upon the internet with far too many hardly waiting to get their shots in.  Haven't you heard that the Super Bowl MVP with the sterling record on and off the field is actually terrible and you are an idiot for thinking otherwise...

Last week, all I wanted to do was talk about the Eagles and this week the Phillies, so naturally, I reversed them Last week was the MLB preview while this week is all about how the Eagles moves so far has made them impervious to desperation for the rest of the spring and summer. Remember when the Eagles traded Sam Bradford to the Vikings for a 1st round pick all those years ago? Howie Roseman will...

Finally, our winter of discontent has ended and I can't believe I feel pretty good about the Phillies. The lineup has its issues, but that pitching staff??? Oh baby!!! Opening Day is set for Thursday, March 26 at 4:10pm against the Texas Rangers and I can't wait. Let's get you all ready for the season by previewing out division rivals, the Phillies, and the final boss, the Dodgers. News: Flyers Ge...

NFL Free Agency may have started, but that didn't stop the Phillies from getting in on the contract action by giving Jesus Luzardo a big ol' extension. I talk about that plus Jordan Davis, Jaelan Phillips, Reed Blankenship, and damnit I'm just realizing as I write this that I completely forgot about Landon Dickerson altering his contract! I knew I was missing something. Well, I guess I get you cau...

News: Flyers at the trade deadline send Bobby Brink to the Wild Sixers will [cue sinister music] RE-EVALUATE Joel Embiid next week after he already missed 3 games plus how realistic is it for Josh Harris to sell the team? Phillies lose Johan Rojas for half the season, but maybe forever too, why not? What does that mean for the final spot on the roster? Plus, the pitching is still nasty Eagles are...

It's February which means there is simply not a lot of news out there. Sure, the NHL Trade Deadline is near, but nothing has really happened yet; it's Spring Training but we are still a month from real games; the NFL has the Combine but free agency isn't until next month; and then there's the Sixers... Anyway, all of those things have me thinking about the lifecycle of a prospect. The Flyers need...

Philly media has been focused on the Eagles offensive coordinator search, the defensive coordinator possibly retiring, Landon Dickerson and Lane Johnson following their O-Line coach out the door, AJ Brown being traded, and always ALWAYS Jalen Hurts. Well, it was all bullshit. As their talking points slip away, I want to bring up the Eagles topics they SHOULD be focused on like Tight End succession...

I had so much fun applying the Known-Knowns, Known-Unknowns, and Unknown-Unknowns to the Phillies this week I decided to keep doing it with the rest of our teams: The Phillies with performance uncertainty The Eagles with Jalen Hurts hot take artists like Emmanuel Acho The Sixers with their unwillingness to exceed the luxury tax I completely forgot about the Flyers and have no idea how to edit, but...

Everyone is panicking. Eagles fans think the sky is falling because Stoutland quit. Phillies fans think the team is going to fall apart. Sixers fans think their owner doesn't care (that one's true). The Flyers have lost 12 of 16. Let's talk about it in this week's feature. News Phillies do nothing Flyers take 3 needed weeks off Eagles might see some retirements Sixers sell Jared McCain History 7 y...

The Sixers NBA Trade Deadline Preview Spectacular (me talking for 15 minutes) News Eagles: Sean Mannion is the new OC , Josh Grizzard is the new Passing Game Coordinator. What does this mean? Flyers: Lots and lots of losing. Remember when this team was fun and made us feel good? Me neither. Phillies: Despite getting name dropped by journalists as suiters for the remaining free agents, the Phillies...

There is no joy in Philly-ville, the mighty Phillies have struck out. Things aren't actually as bad as they seem, but with the Flyers falling, the Phillies failing, and the Eagles wounds still raw, the health of Joel Embiid is the only thing between us and insanity. YIKES News: - Eagles: Christian Parker to the Cowboys might mean... - Flyers: lose 7 of 8 - Sixers: Healthy and happy? - Phillies: Ev...

The News: Phillies pursuit of Bo Bichette, MLB International Signing Day, and the Eagles fire OC Kevin Patullo. Feature: Tracing the Eagles' offensive issues back to 2021 and the Nick Sirianni hiring. Not blaming Nick here, but there are certain issues that come with the CEO Coach. Those issues now came to a head again with no adult in the room for 2025. This Week in History: Finally, Wilt Chamber...

Fear not, your long nightmare is over. The Philly Front Office Podcast is BACK. I've tweaked the format a bit so it is hopefully more listenable. We are going to start with the news, move on to a detailed feature, then stick the landing with the upcoming calendar. The News: Flyers sign Dvorak Sixers...are a basketball team Eagles head to the playoffs Phillies sign Donny Baseball and come to deals...

Our boys are in the middle of handling the Mets, Cowboys, and Chiefs all in the same sports week (that's less than 2 weeks but more than a week...everyone knows that). So far so good: Phillies The good guys are pouring it on the Mets both now and since the Trade Deadline 16 games left in the season including at home against the Royals, on the road for the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, then back home f...