Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[SunMo]

yeah, that's the main reason he fired Fletcher...he didn't know that would screw up their attempts at a restructure down the road

[PhillyPhreak54]

Really? So Fletcher took the deal without knowing it would effect the new deal?

[SunMo]

supposedly

[ice grillin you]

according to romey its not possible that fletcher smith could have made a mistake

[SD_Eagle5]

Lito vs. Lurie and a YPA breakdown

It's a fan site but the info is pretty good

[ice grillin you]

im not gonna even attempt to get into ypa as it makes my head hurt but the guy who wrote the piece for bg is completely wrong on one matter

Rick-Lowell, MA: I've always said Asante Samuel was a good corner who had a couple "better than good" years. How were his metrics? Is he truly an elite corner or did Philly overpay? How were Fernando Bryant's numbers in comparison? Certainly he's not as much of a ballhawk, but I imagine he'll play better in the Pats system than previous systems. Do you agree?

KC Joyner: Samuel is a ballhawk so his YPA totals tend to be higher than a coverage CB like Bryant. That was the case last year, as Bryant had a 6.5 YPA versus Samuel's 7.2. He'll be more than an ample replacement for Samuel on the coverage standpoint.

So Samuel is a ballhawk who makes plays, which means occasionally he'll give up yardage... Remind you of anyone? That's basically Lito's game. Roto world explains why that's a problem.

thats not what joyner is saying at all...hes saying samuels game is actually very different than litos...ive pointed this out before as to why i think paying 30 mil for samuel is risky...

lito is a man up lock down corner in the mold of a michael haynes or deion sanders...he take his man out and then trys to make a play...samuel in ne's defense played like a saftey at the cb position...he was a ball hawk and a very good one but he didnt lock down wr's...he mostly dropped back and played the ball the whole way...now this isnt to say 100% that samuel cant play the style that jim johnsons defense requires of its corners but up till now hes never been that kind of guy

[Phanatic]

Lito vs. Lurie and a YPA breakdown

It's a fan site but the info is pretty good

Funny... in the comments section...

Concretefield can suck it

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Lurie's mention of YPA in regards to Lito and the fact he signed Asante Samuel does illustrate one thing about the Eagles philosophy. Either don't get beat and always limit the opposition to a minimal or no gain, or go ahead and gamble as long as you take the ball away. Lito did neither in 07. So while Jeff spoke in some rather ambigous statistical terms, what reall was saying to Lito was...

Put up, or shut up.

Oh, and he also missed some games.


Again, Lito doesn't even come close to deserving more money.  What he SHOULD get is an opportunity to start so that he can earn more money, and it seems he will end up getting that this year due to the Eagles pitting him against Brown and not Samuel on the depth chart.

If he stays healthy and plays well this year, he'll get a pay increase and all will be well, or he'll get traded and all will be well.  The worst-case scenario is that he's underwhelming again for a variety of reasons and yet still expects to get caked off.

[Seabiscuit36]

Lito vs. Lurie and a YPA breakdown

It's a fan site but the info is pretty good

Funny... in the comments section...

Concretefield can suck it

ha, that was a 700 level fag who probably got scared away from here

[ice grillin you]

i went on the emb about six months ago and some people were talking about cf and one guy said he doesnt come here anymore because its to negative towards the eagles

[rjs246]

ha, that was a 700 level fag who probably got scared away from here

Understandable. We are rather terrifying.

[Seabiscuit36]

ha, that was a 700 level fag who probably got scared away from here

Understandable. We are rather awesome, and will be prepared for a zombie rising

[rjs246]

i went on the emb about six months ago and some people were talking about cf and one guy said he doesnt come here anymore because its to negative towards the eagles

The super secret Premium TATE board over there expresses this very same notion constantly. Clowns.

[ice grillin you]

ive heard horror stories about that place from sun but never actually been in it...the conversation i witnessed actually took place on the non sports board

[rjs246]

PTATE is (was) an endless run of douchebaggery and ballsucking of the Eagles. They can do no wrong, every player is a potential pro-bowler, every draft pick is justified... my first impression was that it couldn't possibly be real, that they all had to be kidding. But no. They're serious.