Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[Diomedes]

if so, I admire him for it

[rjs246]

What on earth makes you think that I ever stopped drinking?

[Diomedes]

well you do sleep

regarding Lito...with the addition of Jackson I'm sure Reid thinks the WR corps is fine.  Meanwhile, no movement has been made regarding safety.

I'm wondering if there is any possibility Lito will be traded for a safety after the draft?

He could be kept I suppose..and I would certainly like that for this year at least...but I don't think it's likely.

[Displaced]

well you do sleep

That's what I. V.s are for.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Andy talks about making nice with Lito

[Father Demon]

On whether he feels the need to talk to CB Lito Sheppard about his situation:
"Yeah, we'll work something out. Something will be worked out."

On whether he received any offers for Lito this weekend:
"Not significant ones."

On whether there's a chance that Lito may still be traded:
"No, as I sit here, right now, Lito is an Eagle. That's how it is, just like every other guy on this football team. It gives us one great opportunity for a nice secondary. The way to use him is just like we used (former Eagles CBs) Bobby Taylor, Al Harris and Troy Vincent. We just rotated all of them and they were all starters in our eyes. Just let them play, that's the way I look at this secondary."

On whether he will restructure Lito's contract or there will be other concessions:
"We'll talk about all that. I'll talk to Lito about that."

And one especially for IGY and his tinfoil hat:

On drafting QB Kevin Kolb last year:
"I thought we needed that last year. There was a player that I liked, at a position that we needed a backup at, at that particular time. I don't pick guys necessarily to be backups; I pick them to be future starters. I don't want guys who are just career backup guys. That's not what I'm shooting for. It might happen that way at times, but it's not what I'm shooting for. With that, that's a pretty important position, and we needed it, so I took it."

[ice grillin you]

please dont ever post andy reid quotes again...him talking about the eagles is about as believable as munsons high school football career

[mussa]

I'm glad Lito is still an Eagle and I hope he sticks around for another year. The fact is the guy can make plays and even if he's only on the field half the year, thats fine with me.

[SunMo]

IF they keep Lito, it will work if Sheldon can be a man not sulk when he goes from a starter to a nickel back.  It's never going to be a long term solution but it can work for this year if Sheldon doesn't cause problems with a new role.

It does give me some football boners thinking about a modified 3-4 front on 3rd and longs with exotic blitzes from different angles and the qb having to throw to receivers covered by Samuel, Lito, and Sheldon

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I would guess that all three of them would be on the field a lot regardless... especially with a Considine/Mikell tandem at SS.

[SunMo]

oh yeah...


considine...

[Rome]

someone somewhere mentioned moving dawk to ss and putting sheldon at fs.  i don't know enough to say whether it would work but it sounded good to me.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

oh yeah...


considine...

I would love to see him begging for work in the corn fields of Iowa, but Andy will probably start him instead.

[SD_Eagle5]

someone somewhere mentioned moving dawk to ss and putting sheldon at fs.  i don't know enough to say whether it would work but it sounded good to me.

In. That could lengthen Dawks career too.

Heckert just shot down Sheldon to safety on wip.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Again, you don't move someone to safety that's a good cover corner.  It's a waste of talent.  Depending on the defensive call, guys move around and fill different functions, but Sheldon Brown is a good farging cornerback, so he shouldn't be "moved" to safety.