Are the Eagles the No. 1 'destination' team in the NFL now?

The NFL's biggest names are drawn to places where it's clear that success leads to guaranteed money. The Eagles aren't playing games when it comes to that. They won Super Bowl LIX, and are now rewarding the players who played a crucial role in helping them achieve that feat.

In the past two days, they secured Saquon Barkley and Zack Baun for the foreseeable future. Barkley, who won Offensive Player of the Year in 2024, became the highest-paid running back of all time when he signed a two-year, $41.2 million extension on Tuesday. Baun, an All-Pro who led the team in total tackles, received a three-year deal worth $51 million, including $34 million guaranteed.

When fellow stars see their peers receiving this treatment, it's attractive. 

"They've made themselves — if they weren't already — the No. 1 chosen destination of every single player in the league," Craig Carton said on FS1's "Breakfast Ball" on Wednesday. "Why? Because, unlike a lot of teams, they take care of their own."

Both Barkley and Baun, who signed with Philadelphia as free agents last offseason, stood out on a loaded Eagles roster. They were even highlighted as two of Tom Brady's LFG Players of the Year, with Barkley taking home LFG Player of the Year honors and Baun named the LFG Defensive Player of the Year.

Neither Barkley nor Baun had been publicly outspoken about their contract situations. The Eagles, though, made sure it wouldn't get to that point, which doesn't happen everywhere in the NFL. 

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been vocal about the team keeping its key players in Cincinnati, telling "Breakfast Ball" last month, "I know we all want to stay together and make it happen." But so far, the Bengals have assigned the franchise tag to wide