Free Agency '06 (Moulds isn't coming. 17.8 million in cap space.)

[SunMo]

and Andy pulled his pockets inside out and said, sorry, no money left in the linebacker budget

[The BIGSTUD]

Then Jim Johnson gets him in a headlock and says, don't talk back to me fatass.

Then Andy gets scared and gets to work.

[dis12]

we need to begin to prepare ourselves for something, we need to start right now.  the Philadelphia Eagles' linebackers next year will be Shawn Barber, Jeremiah Trotter, and Dhani Jones.

not necessarily a bad trio   they have a little age on them, but still play hard!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Age is the least of that trio's concerns.  They have two healthy knees between the 3 of them, and they both belong to the guy who has no business starting at SAM for a team that claims to want to get back to the Super Bowl.

[Feva]

Age is the least of that trio's concerns.  They have two healthy knees between the 3 of them, and they both belong to the guy who has no business starting at SAM for a team that claims to want to get back to the Super Bowl.

Yeah, but they're REALLY high on Matt McCoy.

[BigEd76]

thats fine and like i said if they take him i wouldnt complain...but the way people talk about him on the board youd think he was some freak like veedee or mario williams

im not asking for ted washington type but i want more of a run stopping dt...they have enough pattersons...walkers...bunkleys rayburns ect....

I'd almost prefer Rod Wright to Bunckley.

Honestly, if you are serious I dont know what to say other then you are crazy. Rod Wright has done nothing in my eyes to warrant a day 1 pick besides his sophomore year, which was over 2 years ago.

How about Gabe Watson?

[Rome]

Kill yourselves.  A lot.

[jeffreyjpa]

Age is the least of that trio's concerns.  They have two healthy knees between the 3 of them, and they both belong to the guy who has no business starting at SAM for a team that claims to want to get back to the Super Bowl.

The 2006 Philadelphia Eagles Linebacking Corps-- NOW, cartilage free!!

[The BIGSTUD]

 

[Drunkmasterflex]

It is absolutely disgusting that this is going to be the LB corp for next season as it stands today.  It seems they they intentially try to screw this position up, I just don't get it.  Long live Matt McCoy!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Age is the least of that trio's concerns.  They have two healthy knees between the 3 of them, and they both belong to the guy who has no business starting at SAM for a team that claims to want to get back to the Super Bowl.

The 2006 Philadelphia Eagles Linebacking Corps-- NOW, cartilage free!!

I shot Seagram's 7 out of my nose with that one.  Thanks, icehole.

[jeffreyjpa]

 

Should be drinking the Jameson's this week, anyway.

[hbionic]

I shot snot and boogers out of my nose.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Interesting Stuff from PFT.com regarding Moulds:

BILLS KEEPING MOULDS OFF OF THE MARKET

Surely frustrated as millions of dollars flow into the pockets of lesser players, Bills receiver Eric Moulds has asked to be traded or released.

"The Bills have put us in a position where we're at Option Z, and Option Z is to ask to be released," said Greg Johnson, according to The Associated Press. "It's a sad day. And we wish things could've worked out, but it's just not working out."

(Editor's note:  What the f--k is Option Z?)

Moulds is scheduled to earn $7.1 million in 2006.  He has refused multiple requests to restructure his deal.

So why haven't the Bills cut him?

Spite. Oh, they'll never admit it.  "Our intention remains to keep Eric as a part of our team," G.M. Marv Levy said on Monday.   

But we know what's happening, Marv.  We know.  The idea is to hang onto Moulds' rights for now, while all of the other guys eat at the March big money trough.  By the time the Bills cut him in July or August, and cut him they will, no one else will have enough cap space set aside to give him in 2006 what he could have gotten if on the open market right now

Maybe, just maybe, the Birds are keeping a wad for when Moulds is actually cut later in the season. farg, a guy's gotta have hope.

More:

PLAYERS NEED TO GET IT WHILE IT'S FLOWING

As to any free-agent players out there who currently are considering offers from NFL teams, we've got a few words of advice.

Get paid.  Now.

This year, like every other, the money is rolling out of the pockets of some owners in the early stages of free agency, and within the next couple of days the big money will be long gone.

Until next March.

As one league insider told us on Monday, "Get that f--king money and move because it will dry up as the hours go by."

Just take a gander at some of the big deals that already have been executed.  A $10 million signing bonus for Brian Williams?  Bonuses of $11.5 million for a No.3 wideout who returns kicks and periodically throws the ball?

Seven years and $49 million for an interior offensive lineman?

So why all of the money now?  There are various things at play here.  The Cardinals are opening a new stadium and trying desperately to sell tickets.  The Vikings are trying to get that new stadium, and Zygi Wilf 's Triangle of Authority definitely needs to break from the poor image created over the past few years by Red's Axis of iceholes.

With the games still months away, the only way for any team to energize the fan base is to spend the money.

As to the taterskins . . . well, they're just the taterskins.  They decide that they want a given player, and they'll overpay to get him.

But after landing defensive end Andre Carter, the 'Skins are now shutting off the faucet, and in other cities the free flow will soon be a trickle.

So get paid, guys.  The best offer you can get now might be less than you wanted, but it's more than you'll get if you wait much longer.

[jeffreyjpa]

That PFT.com is one bawdy news source.

I'm getting the feeling the Bills may hold Moulds for a while, in the hopes of a pre-draft trade. A trade the Eagles should make, but probably won't because they guard their draft picks like they're their children.