OFFICIAL 2026 NFL News: Trades, cuts, free agency, and more
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Well if it ever WAS an unwritten rule, I guess it's an unwritten rule no more, now that, ya know, precedent has been set for it. Wonder what teams will be doing going forward. All I know is if I loved Willie Lampkin so much, and he was on track to make the 2025 team I would have treated him as such.
Rams screwed up if you rate Lampkin so high. Not the Eagles fault we cut someone, players get claimed all the time like this hell one just got claimed this week that was an injury cut.
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Not at all.
The Eagles screwed them and that is that. The Rams still operate with class, as they should
All right. Dead Issue. My fault for stirring up a hornet's nest and beating a dead horse. Let's not give the mods any problems. I apologize to Tano and Memento. Eagles are a scumbag organization. I just wish the Rams took it out on them on the field Week 3 last year.
Lets drop it, please.
Lets drop it, please.
I believe the unwritten rule only is in place right after the last cut deadline.
I didn't have any problem with what you said other than maybe calling my statement bullshit.
But even then - I didn't take it that you were specifically calling my statement bullshit but that you were calling the scenario bullshit which is fine in my book. I disagreed with it but I was okay with it even if I did call it bullshit lol.
I hope I am making sense because this feels like this is a bunch of bullshit.
Yes, for the record i was attacking the scenario not the statement by you. Think I was bored. Oh well, whatever, never mind.
I ask Gemini about unwritten rule as I had never heard of it. It hardly ever happens. The Eagles were also the last team to have a chance to claim him as the SB winners. All the other teams respected the unwritten rule. This is messed up by the Eagles.
AI Overview
In the NFL, an unwritten "gentleman's agreement" dictates that teams do not claim young players placed on the "waived/injured" list. This courtesy allows the original team to slide an injured rookie or young player through waivers and safely stash them on their own Injured Reserve (IR) list. When a team breaks this code, it causes a stir. [1, 2]
A prominent recent example involves offensive lineman Willie Lampkin. [1]
The Willie Lampkin Incident
- The Team & Move: Center/guard Willie Lampkin was placed on "waived/injured" by the Los Angeles Rams in August 2025. [1]
- The Violation: Standard practice dictates that other front offices pass on injured players so the Rams can retain him. However, the Philadelphia Eagles and General Manager Howie Roseman put in a waiver claim and picked him up, despite holding the 32nd (last) spot in the waiver priority order after winning the previous Super Bowl. [1]
- The Reaction: Media analysts like ESPN's Field Yates highlighted how rare it is to see a waived/injured player claimed, leading to chatter that Philadelphia bypassed the unwritten code just to secure the young lineman. [1]
Historical Precedents
While rare in recent seasons, this move mirrors past controversial claims that drew similar light from around the league: [1]
Tyler Gaffney (2014): The Carolina Panthers waived rookie running back Tyler Gaffney with an injury designation, expecting him to clear. The New England Patriots claimed him off waivers, sparking debate about violating the unwritten rule of respecting injured youngsters.
Jake Ballard (2012): The New York Giants tried to place recovering tight end Jake Ballard on IR via waivers, but New England stepped in and claimed him. [1, 2]
They used a very sketchy bullshit rule that took Lampkin while he was on IR/Waived. Normally, there's a code that you just don't do that, but the fucking Eagles broke that code.
I fucking hate Howie Roseman for using that fucking chickenshit rule. If he wanted to just claim Lampkin, that would've been fine, but using that rule is total fucking horseshit.
Yes, I used three animal shits to describe the rule, but I'll use a different one for Roseman and the Eagles: all of them are fucking ELEPHANTshit.
EDIT: Yeah, others have said it before me, and I'll say no more about this. I just fucking hate the Eagles entire organization, and even though they'll never equal the Cheatriots as far as non-divisional hatred, they're honestly some of the scummiest fuckers in football. Don't believe me? Giving someone like Jalen Carter a multi-year, multi-millions dollar deal after every shit thing he did proves it.
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If the Rams wanted him they shouldn't have cut him it's not hard to figure out IMO. Unwritten rules are bullshit people get signed every year and multiples of them after cut downs. The simple fact is ROD liked him more than the Rams or they would have either not cut him or talked to him and said they want him but they have to get him on the PS first.
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Having to ask that question already shows you don't understand. Oh well, fuck the Eagles anyways
"Unwritten garbage" that literally every team but the Eagles followed. Only fucking Belicheat, who broke rules as easy as breathing, did anything like that. It's a fucking code that no team in all of the years of potential players that it could've happened to broke until the Eagles broke it.
That's why we were all upset at the time: we lost a good young player with potential because of some petty shit done by another team that had not been done in years, and only by the scummiest cheater of a coach/GM (because let's be honest: Belicheat was the Cheatriots GM in all but name) in football history.
If this happened all the time, I wouldn't bitch about it. It has not happened in more than a fucking decade, and only two other times has it happened before that - by a known cheat of a coach/GM - because there's a code that Roseman decided he wouldn't follow. But given how much he goes for problem players and is sketchy about contracts as well, I guess it shouldn't have surprised me that he'd pull this shit.
Am I allowed to call bullshit on the bullshitters calling bullshit?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
So basically it is only New England and Philadelphia that broke this code.
Figures.
Two organizations that are pile of shit.
