Sal Pal: Eagles To Pursue Samuel?

[reese125]

Free agent Asante Samuel is rumored to be in search of a ten-year, $100 million contract, including $30 million up front.

Feb. 23 - 3:50 pm et.
Source: Boston Herald

[Munson]

Free agent Asante Samuel is rumored to never be a Philadelphia Eagle. Ever.

[shorebird]

^^ Same thing I thought when I read that.

[Geowhizzer]

I can't see anyone paying that to him.  So he'll probably be a taterskin.

[PhillyGirl]

A few thoughts on that article.

It was a complete waste of my time to read. I've never seen so much speculation and no fact crammed into one article in my life.

He stopped being factual after writing "By Bob Brookover"

[ice grillin you]

i just dont understand why the eagles would pay big bucks for a cb when they have two perfectly fine cb's that are super cheap....i can see upgradng the nickel slot but other than that leave it alone and address the more pressing needs on the team...the only possible explanation would be that lito is much more upset about his contract than anyone knows and is threatening to sit out

[Seabiscuit36]

because Lito aint happy with his contract is the only reason i can think of

[BigEd76]

Peter King:

Asante Samuel could be headed for Philadelphia. I hear the all-pro New England cornerback could get five years and $55 million from the Eagles, but I think once Philly finds out no other team out there is willing to give $10 million a year to a finesse corner who doesn't like contact -- unlike the franchised Marcus Trufant of the Seahawks and Nnamdi Asomugha of the Raiders -- the price tag could slither down a bit.

This is a dangerous, dangerous move if the Eagles do it. I've been a Samuel guy for the last couple of years, because he's a fearless competitor, but his play late last season, particularly when the Patriots couldn't generate a consistent pass-rush on Eli Manning, was poor.

He let David Tyree beat him for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, then let a catchable interception slip through his hands on the decisive Giant drive (though it would have been a tough catch), and didn't clobber Tyree when he was fighting for the catch heard 'round the world, though Samuel was only steps away.

[SunMo]

i just dont understand why the eagles would pay big bucks for a cb when they have two perfectly fine cb's that are super cheap....i can see upgradng the nickel slot but other than that leave it alone and address the more pressing needs on the team...the only possible explanation would be that lito is much more upset about his contract than anyone knows and is threatening to sit out

that's the thing, they might think it's easier to grab a true #1 corner, and bump everyone down, and if sheldon is now your nickel, his contract is cheap enough that he isn't overpriced as a nickel back.  teams play so much 3 wr now that having 3 really good corners isn't a terrible thing to have.

[ice grillin you]

except they can get a good nickel corner on the cheap and have three good corners....then spend 55 million on DE/S/WR/ ect...

and i could be wrong but i dont so any way they get samuel and keep lito...if they get samuel lito is bye bye


im also of the opinion that samuel is overrated and while id take him he isnt worth 10 million a year and even less so when you look at what they already have at his position...id even rather restructure lito and give him a little more to make him happy than to give 55 mil to samuel

[Rome]

They need a safety, a cornerback and a defensive end.  Signing Samuel accomplishes two things... first, it allows Sheldon to move to safety which presumably fills that need and it allows the Eagles to go get a defensive end in the first round of the draft.  Justin Smith is all that is left in terms of free agent defensive ends and the Eagles could definitely get a better one in the draft even if they sit tight at 19.

And while Samuel might be overrated, he's a free agent, and as such, will command idiotic dollars from someone.  If the Eagles choose to pay it, that's fine.  It's not my money they're spending plus adding him will make the defensive backfield a lot better and it's already pretty good with Lito, Sheldon & Dawkins back there.

[ice grillin you]

well youre assuming that sheldon can play safety at all much less at a high level...if he can that makes dump trucking money on samuel much more attractive

as for de's did antwon odom get resigned or tagged?...cause he would be a very nice not overly expensive DE option in free agency

i think the de's in the draft this year are pretty terrible so i wouldnt not count on getting a player there

[Rome]

Last I heard Odom was still trying to re-sign with the Titans.  You never know, though.  Again, he's a nice all-around player but is he the type of guy you'd like to invest tens of millions on?

I think Samuel is a better bet and I further think the Eagles could do better in getting a DE in the draft.

[phattymatty]

i'm not sure why everyone just assumes sheldon can play safety.  has he played it in the past?

[Rome]

He was an all-pro safety for 10 years, matty.  How could you forget that?