Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[PhillyPhreak54]

The Eagles valued Lito enough to give him that contract several years ago. Dude could not stay healthy so they bring in Samuel and Lito's vagina hurts.

And I like Lito as a player but this contract junk gets tiring to read all the time.

[Rome]

I'm sick of the contractual bellyaching.  You signed the deal, douchebag, so shut your face and just honor it.

[ice grillin you]

seems like by the day its becoming more and more personal...less about money and more about lito just wanting the hell out...not that he doesnt want more money

[reese125]

Oh his ego is beyond crushed

I'm sure he thought he would of been named starter or traded by now because why wait till now to start this hardcore bitching

I mean...nobody told Lito this was the way its going to be... or he was lied to

[phillymic2000]

But he said come sunday it will be all about him, so no worries

[ice grillin you]

im not to worried about his play...after all hes about to begin a 16 week audition...i also think if he was ever soft before as far as coming back from injuries hell be a lot tougher this year

[rjs246]

Just in time for a 10-6 season and an early exit from the playoffs. Sweet.

[QB Eagles]

Domo has the tally: Sheppard played in 28 of 40 defensive plays. 20 were part of nickel or dime packages, 8 were replacing Brown at right corner.

[PhillyPhreak54]

LITO SHEPPARD UNHAPPY WITH ROLE ON EAGLES
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 30, 2008, 9:54 a.m.

For much of the off-season, many fans assumed that the Eagles were going to trade cornerback Lito Sheppard, since they already had Sheldon Brown and spent big money to acquire Asante Samuel.

The trade never came, though, and all three cornerbacks are on the team, with Brown and Samuel starting and Sheppard coming in as the nickel back. Sheppard isn't happy about that.

In an appearance on Comcast's Monday Night Live, Sheppard wondered allowed why he doesn't get more playing time: "If you say you want to win and do this and do that, then why aren't all your best players on the field at the same time or when they need to be?"

Per the Philadelphia Daily News, when the host of the show told Sheppard it sounded like he might not be in Philadelphia all season, Sheppard agreed.

"Well I mean obviously the way things are going, it leads me to believe that," Sheppard said. "So until things change otherwise, I mean, I'm not naïve to the situation."

Sheppard said he won't do anything to be a distraction to his teammates, but he did express displeasure toward the Eagles' front office.

"They just want this year to go by and it does what it does and then we'll see how it goes at the end of the season but that's not satisfying to me," Sheppard said. "I need to be playing and I'm more than able."

Prior to this season Sheppard had started every game he'd been healthy for in the last four years. Sheppard has played all four games this year, but he hasn't started any, and he estimated he's only on the field for about 30 percent of the Eagles' defensive snaps.

[reese125]

man he is so lucky Hester didnt catch the pass

he wouldnt of said shtein yesterday

[ice grillin you]

so does that mean since hester DID catch the pass against samuel that assante should be benched in favor of lito?

[Tomahawk]

I said that during the game, right after that play. I would have said it during the play, but I was too busy booing from before the ball even left Orton's hands. Hester, who can barely be called a WR, made Samuel look like a chump.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Hester let an easy one drop through his hands against Sheppard, and he benefited from a perfect pass an an Asante Samuel later in the same.

Samuel has made very few big mistakes this year, despite being on the field for almost every defensive play and usually against the best WR on the field.  Sheppard has been doing a lot of chasing and usually against the slot receiver or TE.

I don't think anyone could honestly be trying to say Sheppard has done a better job than Samuel, could they?

[ice grillin you]

the point is reese trying to call out lito because a pass wasnt completed is laughable when assante was getting toasted on passes that were actually completed

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The point is Lito should quit bitching and make a couple of impact plays at some point.