Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

ruben frank is on wip saying sheldon today after practice took rosenhaus behind the woodshed in a lockeroom interview....lito sitting at his locker right next to sheldons came over to defend rosenhaus and what he said about sheldon....saying that he needs to do 'whatever it takes" to get me out of here

So, they both hate Samuel because he has the massive contract, and now they hate each other too?

I kind of like this dynamic.  All we need now is for Dawkins to dawkplex all three of them and make it clear he owns their asses.

[ice grillin you]

well he didnt exactly say they hate each other and he actually said he thinks they will be ok since sheldon said he has no beef with lito and theyve been friends for a long time...but he also said its no question a tense situation in the locker room very uncomfortable and could change as the situation moves along

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yeah, well Florio's going to counter that rumor by reporting from his sources that the Eagles turned down an offer of Darwin Walker and a 6th for Lito.

[SD_Eagle5]

Li-to playing the "I'm a good soldier" role ain't flying no more. I never really bought it as it is, but if he wants to continue to speak through Drew then he needs to be prepared because he's looking like an ass. Somewhere the league needs to step in here and do something about Drew. You'd think they'd learn their lesson from when they had to step in with the TO fiasco.

[Seabiscuit36]

Why the farg did they not even attempt to use the dream team setup with Sheldon at FS, Lito and Samuel at CB, and Dawk at SS, thats right, they wanted to punish Lito. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Holy shtein!  Sheldon at safety!  That's naturally and definitely gotta work, right?!?  RIGHT?!?

[ice grillin you]

as ive said from the start if they were gonna try and make this work they should have had an open competition at the cb spot and the best two men win...not take lito out of the spot hes been in for five years without a ball being thrown...they knew from day one that lito was upset with his deal and whether lito deserves a new deal or not and i dont think he does the eagles did almost everything wrong from the beginning of this


more on this....sheldon absolutely murdered rosenhaus....

Sheldon to Drew: Shut Up About Me

One minute, it was a slightly boring, back-down-to-business, first day of real preparation for the season opener.

       Then, suddenly, it was 2005 again.

       Reporters wanted to know Wednesday how Sheldon Brown felt about Drew Rosenhaus, the agent of his friend and teammate, Lito Sheppard, saying that Sheppard should be starting ahead of Brown in a video Rosenhaus disseminated last week.  (link here.)

     Brown had several thoughts on the matter, starting with his view of Sheppard's idea that changing agents, from  Peter Schaffer to Rosenhaus, would somehow get the Eagles to trade him, which was the ultimate point of last week's video.

    "If you know (Rosenhaus') track record, it's more of a disappointment to me that he enticed the guy into signing with him," Brown said. "Thinking that he could get the deal done. Agents don't get the deals done. The player gets the deal done. That's what's disappointing.

    "I wouldn't say it bothered me, because I'm bigger than that, I'm a professional ... Drew hasn't been with Sheldon Brown for 7 years; I think he's been with Lito for 2 months. He hasn't followed by career. He hasn't broke down any film; he probably couldn't tell you what number (Brown wears). It's really irrelevant ... (from watching the video) you would think the guy has been scouting tape and know(ing) the statistics and following us our whole career.

   "A lot of times, people should just worry about their (own) jobs."

     Brown said he had not spoken to Sheppard, who dresses in the next stall, about what Rosenhaus said. It's a problem for Rosenhaus and Sheppard if Sheppard doesn't start this season, because whenever a trade occurs, Sheppard wants a state-of-the-art contract for an elite corner, which he is unlikely to get as the third guy.

      Brown and Sheppard have been the Birds' starters since the Super Bowl season of 2004. After Sheppard missed 14 games over the past three seasons and began seeking a contract revision, the Eagles signed Asante Samuel to a $57 million free agent deal and gave him Sheppard's spot at left corner. That left Brown and Sheppard to compete at Brown's right corner spot, a competition Brown seems to have won, for now.

       Sheppard saw the large group of reporters at Brown's stall and took a seat at Sean Considine's cublicle, several lockers away from his own. But the savvy newshounds eventually realized he was not Considine, and approached him for comment anyway.

    Sheppard said he hadn't seen the video. But under pointed questioning about how smart it was for Rosenhaus to get one of Sheppard's closest friends angry about being included in Sheppard's get-away bid, Sheppard adamantly defended his agent.

    "That's between him and Drew," Sheppard said at first. "I didn't say it. (Bleep). What did (Rosenhaus say)?"

    Given a quick synopsis, Sheppard said: "Ask Drew about that."

     When it was pointed out that Rosenhaus represents Sheppard, and thus said these things in Sheppard's name, Sheppard said: "He wasn't talking to ya'll, he wasn't talking to Sheldon, he was talking to the organization."

    Someone pointed out that a YouTube video is not a private conversation with Joe Banner.

   "You're right, he did put it out there, didn't he?" Sheppard agreed.

     "I have no control over how he forms his argument about my situation," Sheppard said. "Stats are stats. It is what it is. If it takes him to say stuff like that, then obviously, he feels like it's a point to be made. As far as me, I'm never going to talk bad about somebody else, especially on my team, to try to uplift myself. I'm not that kind of guy.

     "So ya'll tell me why I'm not starting. I mean, that's the question. (Signing Samuel) has nothing to do with me."

   (Insert photo of puzzled reporters scratching their heads. Huh? Of course it had something to do with you, Lito.)

     "I let him do his job and I do mine. I ain't got no problem with nothing he does. If that's what ya'll are asking, I don't have a problem with it."

   Ask if he worried this could become a distraction similar to the Terrell Owens follies of 2005 (also co-starring Rosenhaus), Sheppard said: "If it does, it does. If it don't, it don't. I'm just playing football and doing my best and letting everything else take care of itself."

      Asked if he felt the T.O. drama affected the team, Sheppard said: "Of course ... but it started with you guys ... the distractions start with you."

   (More head-scratching. Wasn't it Sheppard who two days earlier suggested we should all ask coaches why he wasn't starting?)

    "Right, but that's not down-talking anybody on this team," Sheppard said.

   "I back Drew, whatever he does and however he does it. Otherwise I wouldn't have hired him."

   Even if it upsets a close friend?

   "Hey, well, I'm upset. (Bleep).

    Bleep, indeed.     

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Wow. I haven't really been taking a side on this one, but after reading that article, Lito is really starting to look like a douche. His responses are ridiculous.

[SD_Eagle5]

Li-to playing the "I'm a good soldier" role ain't flying no more. I never really bought it as it is, but if he wants to continue to speak through Drew then he needs to be prepared because he's looking like an ass. Somewhere the league needs to step in here and do something about Drew. You'd think they'd learn their lesson from when they had to step in with the TO fiasco.

[Father Demon]

Lid'oh really impresses as a scholar and gentleman.

[rjs246]

Professional athletes are so articulate.

[ice grillin you]

Somewhere the league needs to step in here and do something about Drew. You'd think they'd learn their lesson from when they had to step in with the TO fiasco.

lol @ the league having to step in and do something...should they also step in and do something about banner or reid?

on what grounds would the league have any reason or validation to "step in" on rosenhaus...unless youre aware of some laws hes breaking...being slimy is not a reason or else banner would have been executed by the nfl

[SD_Eagle5]

Somewhere the league needs to step in here and do something about Drew. You'd think they'd learn their lesson from when they had to step in with the TO fiasco.

lol @ the league having to step in and do something...should they also step in and do something about banner or reid?

on what grounds would the league have any reason or validation to "step in" on rosenhaus...unless youre aware of some laws hes breaking...being slimy is not a reason or else banner would have been executed by the nfl

Agents are there to negotiate contracts, not be a nuissance and turn a player against his current team. The NFL partially agrees with me since an arbitrator already ruled in the Eagles favor in regards to TO being suspended without pay. Stare decisis. Why would they do something about Banner or Reid? Maybe if Banner and Reid showed up at Drew's office and started crap between his agents you'd have a leg to stand on.

[ice grillin you]

no agents are there to get their clients the most money possible...the player is the agents boss...if they dont like what drew does for them then they wouldnt hire him or theyd muzzle him...

the arbitrator ruled against TO...it had absolutely nothing to do with rosenhaus...so no it doesnt even come close to your ridiculous notion that the league should step in

[SD_Eagle5]

the arbitrator ruled against TO...it had absolutely nothing to do with rosenhaus...so no it doesnt even come close to your ridiculous notion that the league should step in

Are you blind? Drew is doing the exact same shtein with Li-to as he did with TO, only difference is TO is a nutjob. Drew kept telling him the Eagles were the enemy and how unfair it all was and it went to his head. Prior to hiring Rosenhaus both Li-to and TO just stated they wanted a new deal, enter the Drew and all hell suddenly breaks lose. Coincidence?