Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[ice grillin you]

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.

this is correct

you move to safety as you get older and cant play corner anymore...sheldon is not even close to that point yet...hes a #1 corner on a lot of teams

[methdeez]

They should play 3 corners covering with Dawk as a close to the line 'safety'.
Basically an (excellent) three man back field and 4 LB's, with at least one of those LB's having man pass coverage responsibilities.

[Feva]

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.

Agreed... and with so many 3WR sets they'll see... they're all going to be on the field damn near the whole game anyway with plenty of chances to make plays.  Calling someone the "starter" will be little more than semantics.

[hunt]

nickle package is on the field approximately 40% of the time.  i heard that somewhere.

[rjs246]

Keeping Lito would be great but in essence they would be asking a top flight player to take a back seat and these prima donas aren't likely to sit still for it. If they can't get anything for him then sure it makes sense to hold on to him, but this could escalate into a Trotter-like situation very easily so let's not get all excited just yet.

[hbionic]

So...hold off on the Lito Boners for everyone?

[Rome]

lito crying about his contract is farging absurd.  he hasn't lived up to the one he has now so why give him another one?  make him play it out.  he can always sit out and get a real job if he's that upset.

the post office is always hiring.

[hunt]

in today's nfl, it's ridiculous to expect a borderline all-pro player in the prime of his career (who also feels he is underpaid) to accept a backup role.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The good news is that neither Lito nor his agent have been outspoken about this, so it's not beyond repair yet.

[Rome]

in today's nfl, it's ridiculous to expect a borderline all-pro player in the prime of his career (who also feels he is underpaid) to accept a backup role.

it might be ridiculous to expect him to accept a bench role, but no more ridiculous than him expecting a renegotiated deal after being hurt on and off for the last three years.

[hunt]

in today's nfl, it's ridiculous to expect a borderline all-pro player in the prime of his career (who also feels he is underpaid) to accept a backup role.

it might be ridiculous to expect him to accept a bench role, but no more ridiculous than him expecting a renegotiated deal after being hurt on and off for the last three years.

i agree but you know how players are....all ego.

[Rome]

right - they're all douchebags too but if they weren't they probably wouldn't be professional athletes either.  if the eagles can't get anything for him i might think about restructuring the deal and write in some reasonably reachable incentives for him.  but i wouldn't do much more than that because he's been injury prone as hell.

he has to know, though, that his bellyaching ain't gonna work with reid & banner.  if he seriously expects them to renegotiate a deal, he's as stupid as the bullet in his cousin's carcas.

[Sgt PSN]

I think the bullet was actually smarter than the carcas. 

[Rome]

Monday, April 28, 2008
Jacksonville interested in Lito

   There's still a good possibility that Eagles cornerback Lito Sheppard will be traded before this weekend, when the Eagles will hold their post-draft minicamp.

   According to league sources, Sheppard's agent, Lamont Smith, has had extensive conversations with the Jacksonville Jaguars about a possible offer for his client. The Jags, who are trying to make their defense as Peyton Manning-proof as possible, were interested in Sheppard before the draft. But their first-round trade-up with Baltimore to get defensive end Derrick Harvey cost them two third-round picks and a fourth-round selection, leaving them with just two picks in the first four rounds.

   Because of that, they weren't willing to part with their second-round pick, which they spent on another defensive end, Auburn's Quentin Groves, in a deal for Sheppard.

   But Smith is trying to broker a deal that would have the Jags giving the Eagles a package of '09 draft picks for Sheppard.

   Asked Sunday night whether he expects Sheppard to play for the Eagles in '08, coach Andy Reid said: ``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 Eagle cornerbacks) Bobby Taylor, Al Harris and Troy Vincent. We just rotated all of them and they were all starters in our eyes.''   

here we go again with this shtein.

[Zanshin]

Unless they know for a fact that they can package those future picks for a difference-making receiver, I'd rather keep him for the year.