The Free Agency Thread

Started by PhillyPhreak54, January 20, 2009, 01:33:14 PM

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Rome

124 more of them and you'll be able to rent a limo for an hour.

BigEd76

Wyche on NFL.com says the Eagles contacted Angelo Crowell's agent to express interest but no offers were made or anything...

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Quote from: SD_Eagle on March 11, 2009, 03:02:08 PM
Quote from: reese125 on March 11, 2009, 02:30:49 PM
Eagles signed former Oaklnad Raiders S Rashad Baker to a one-year contract.

he had 3 int's last year....looks like a replacement for Considine

Super Bowl

HE DOESN'T GET HIS OWN THREAD?

reese125

depends...do you want him dead already because thats the only reason why Considine got one

PhillyPhanInDC

Quote from: reese125 on March 11, 2009, 02:30:49 PM
Eagles signed former Oaklnad Raiders S Rashad Baker to a one-year contract.

he had 3 int's last year....looks like a replacement for Considine

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009
BAKER TRIGGERED EAGLES PLAYOFF RUN

Rashad Baker has already played a major role in getting the Eagles to the playoffs and he just signed with the team today.

Some people may recall that it was Baker, a Camden native, who came up with a game-clinching interception on the final day of the 2008 regular season that made the Eagles' finale against the Dallas Cowboys meaningful.

Baker, a product of Woodrow Wilson High School and the University of Tennessee, intercepted a Jeff Garcia pass to seal Oakland's upset victory over the Buccaneers down in Tampa Bay. That play eliminated the Bucs from playoff contention and, combined with a Chicago loss in Houston, gave the Eagles a chance to earn an unlikely postseason berth. The Eagles, of course, trounced the Cowboys and went on to win two playoff games before losing to Arizona in the NFC championship game.

"I didn't know the impact it had at the time," Baker said after signing a one-year contract with the Eagles. "After the game, I saw that Philly had won and I started getting a lot of phone calls and texts telling me I helped the Eagles get into the playoffs."

Baker, 27, thinks it might have helped him get a job with his new team, too.

"It was definitely a good feeling," Baker said. "I never thought as a result of that play that Philadelphia would be interested, but I'm grateful for the opportunity."

Troy Archie, the Camden-based agent for Baker, said his client also had been in talks with Oakland, Cleveland and New Orleans. Archie said Baker wanted a chance to play near home and he felt this was a good opportunity after Brian Dawkins signed with Denver.

"He's a Philly fan and this was a great opportunity for him to play for a team that he followed since he was a kid," Archie said. "He wanted to get closer to home and his family and the Eagles were that opportunity. I think he'll make a contribution."

After losing Dawkins and Sean Considine via free agency, the Eagles were down to two Quintins -- Mikell and Demps -- at the safety position, but with the addition of Baker and Sean Jones, who signed a one-year deal last week, the team again has safeties in numbers.

Baker, who had a career-high three interceptions with Oakland last season after having a total of two in his first four NFL seasons, is hoping to compete with Jones for time at safety. Like Jones, Baker, 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, said he is capable of playing either free safety or strong safety.

"Through my years of playing, I always had to learn to be interchangeable," Baker said. "Whatever best fits the opportunity for me, whether its strong safety or free safety, I want to take advantage of it. Watching this team on TV, I've seen Brian Dawkins blitz and I've seen him back in coverage. I like the versatility of this defense."

Baker, who now lives in Williamstown, N.J., started his NFL career with Buffalo as an undrafted free agent in 2004 and has since played with Minnesota, New England and Raiders. That's a lot of moving in a little bit of time, but now Baker is hoping to find a home in the place he calls home.

Thanks for not sparing us the heartbreak asshat. Oh, and lol at his agent basically saying to a Philly paper, "Now that the Dawkins guy is gone, my guy has a shot".
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Quote from: BigEd76 on March 11, 2009, 06:28:59 PM
Wyche on NFL.com says the Eagles contacted Angelo Crowell's agent to express interest but no offers were made or anything...

A guy who spent all of 2008 on IR... why on earth would Andy Reid be interested in that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!



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I like what I've read today...

1. Weaver is a good player. I hope they bring him in.

2. Baker is a good depth guy; I like that too

3. Crowell would be nice...where is he gonna play? WIL?

4. Not holdin' my breath for Boldin.

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So that means they will probably sign Crowell to a 1 yr deal.  That Boldin thing is laughable, King basically goes off of intuition on that, seriously?
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If Arizona ever decides they want to deal Boldin then he will be an Eagle by the end of that very week. The issue is Arizona doesn't want to deal him right now.

If they put him on the block, he's as good as an Eagle. Guaranteed.
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So much for Lurie being strapped for cash

QuotePhiladelphia Eagles owner joins billionaire club

By Suzette Parmley

Inquirer Staff Writer

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wasn't able to raise a Super Bowl trophy last season, but he did find a different kind of pay dirt: Forbes' 2009 list of the world's billionaires.

The magazine's much-awaited roster was released yesterday, and Lurie was on it for the first time. He managed that despite a terrible economy that sent some moguls to the ranks of "former billionaires."

Lurie joined 20 other first-timers on the list.

The total number of billionaires fell to 793 from 1,125 - the first time since 2003 that the number of billionaires worldwide has dropped. The total worth of the billionaires was down $1.4 trillion from the previous year.

This year's billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23 percent in 12 months.

Even those who have managed to stay billionaires, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive officer Warren Buffett, suffered huge losses.

"When the stock market falls as much as it has this year, and so many of the billionaires have their wealth tied up in the stock of their company or the markets in general, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the number of billionaires has fallen," said TD Bank N.A. chief economist Joel L. Naroff.

Lurie, the Boston-born heir to a publishing and movie-theater fortune, was regarded as an undistinguished Hollywood producer when he bought the Eagles in 1994 from Norman Braman for $185 million - then a record for any sports franchise.

In September 2008, Forbes estimated the franchise's value at $1.116 billion, seventh-highest in the National Football League.

Lurie's net worth tied him at 701st on this year's list at $1.0 billion.

But advances such as Lurie's were rare in a year of global economic distress.

Ten fortunes dwindled by a combined $238 billion last year - more than the gross domestic product of Ireland, according to Forbes.

The world's richest man, Microsoft's Gates, lost $18 billion in the last year, leaving his net worth at $40 billion.

Buffett, last year's No. 1 billionaire, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50 percent in 12 months. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helu maintained his spot in the top three but lost $25 billion, according to the magazine.

In all, 656 moguls lost money last year.

Among them was gambling titan Sheldon Adelson, 75, considered Las Vegas' richest man, who was ranked No. 178 on this year's list - plummeting from No. 12 last year.

Adelson's fortune dropped $22 billion in the last 12 months to $3.4 billion, as the weakened global economy tanked, and with it, consumers' appetites to gamble in his palaces in Las Vegas and Macau.

Shares of Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. have fallen more than 95 percent in a year. He injected $1 billion of his own cash into the company to help make a debt payment last fall. Construction of billion-dollar casinos in Macau has been suspended, and nearly 11,000 workers were laid off last November in China.

Still, the college dropout and son of a Boston cabdriver is not shrinking from taking chances. His next project - the $743 million Sands Bethlehem Casino near Allentown - debuts in May.

Other people with ties to the Philadelphia region on this year's list: Leonore Annenberg; Blackstone Group's cofounder Stephen Schwarzman, a native of Montgomery County; and Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, of Coatesville, whose grandfather founded Campbell Soup Co.

Annenberg and Malone moved up in this year's rankings, to No. 430 and No. 318, respectively, while Schwarzman dropped to 261 from 145 last year.




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Quote from: SD_Eagle on March 12, 2009, 05:42:11 AM
So much for Lurie being strapped for cash

QuotePhiladelphia Eagles owner joins billionaire club

By Suzette Parmley

Inquirer Staff Writer

Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wasn't able to raise a Super Bowl trophy last season, but he did find a different kind of pay dirt: Forbes' 2009 list of the world's billionaires.

The magazine's much-awaited roster was released yesterday, and Lurie was on it for the first time. He managed that despite a terrible economy that sent some moguls to the ranks of "former billionaires."

Lurie joined 20 other first-timers on the list.

The total number of billionaires fell to 793 from 1,125 - the first time since 2003 that the number of billionaires worldwide has dropped. The total worth of the billionaires was down $1.4 trillion from the previous year.

This year's billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23 percent in 12 months.

Even those who have managed to stay billionaires, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway chief executive officer Warren Buffett, suffered huge losses.

"When the stock market falls as much as it has this year, and so many of the billionaires have their wealth tied up in the stock of their company or the markets in general, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the number of billionaires has fallen," said TD Bank N.A. chief economist Joel L. Naroff.

Lurie, the Boston-born heir to a publishing and movie-theater fortune, was regarded as an undistinguished Hollywood producer when he bought the Eagles in 1994 from Norman Braman for $185 million - then a record for any sports franchise.

In September 2008, Forbes estimated the franchise's value at $1.116 billion, seventh-highest in the National Football League.

Lurie's net worth tied him at 701st on this year's list at $1.0 billion.

But advances such as Lurie's were rare in a year of global economic distress.

Ten fortunes dwindled by a combined $238 billion last year - more than the gross domestic product of Ireland, according to Forbes.

The world's richest man, Microsoft's Gates, lost $18 billion in the last year, leaving his net worth at $40 billion.

Buffett, last year's No. 1 billionaire, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50 percent in 12 months. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helu maintained his spot in the top three but lost $25 billion, according to the magazine.

In all, 656 moguls lost money last year.

Among them was gambling titan Sheldon Adelson, 75, considered Las Vegas' richest man, who was ranked No. 178 on this year's list - plummeting from No. 12 last year.

Adelson's fortune dropped $22 billion in the last 12 months to $3.4 billion, as the weakened global economy tanked, and with it, consumers' appetites to gamble in his palaces in Las Vegas and Macau.

Shares of Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. have fallen more than 95 percent in a year. He injected $1 billion of his own cash into the company to help make a debt payment last fall. Construction of billion-dollar casinos in Macau has been suspended, and nearly 11,000 workers were laid off last November in China.

Still, the college dropout and son of a Boston cabdriver is not shrinking from taking chances. His next project - the $743 million Sands Bethlehem Casino near Allentown - debuts in May.

Other people with ties to the Philadelphia region on this year's list: Leonore Annenberg; Blackstone Group's cofounder Stephen Schwarzman, a native of Montgomery County; and Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, of Coatesville, whose grandfather founded Campbell Soup Co.

Annenberg and Malone moved up in this year's rankings, to No. 430 and No. 318, respectively, while Schwarzman dropped to 261 from 145 last year.




And in other news, she died today after the shock of seeing Lurie was a billionaire and didn't pay extra to re-sign Dawkins.
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From: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090312_Seahawks_fullback_draws_Eagles__interest.html

Quote"He's an excellent receiver, runner, and blocker. The fullback pay scale doesn't reflect his talents. We're just trying to find the right situation and the right contract. We can always go back to Seattle, because they'd like to have him back."

Well, that doesn't bode well.