Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Sheldon asking is not the problem.  Sheldon asking and getting the stinkfist from Joe Banner is a problem.  Sheldon getting the stinkfist and going public about it is a problem.

But as others have said, he hasn't outplayed anything.  The cap has gone up higher than he expected when he signed his last deal, and guys are getting some serious money (including Samuel, Andrews, and Peters from the Eagles).

Obviously, there are some on here who choose to accentuate one side's faults here over the other.  In the end, Sheldon is paid relatively fairly and is under contract.  He's played all his cards except for sitting out, and the Eagles will not be as good a team if he does.  But, will they suck?  Will they beg him to come back and throw a bunch of money at him?  Nope.  His best hope would be to get Lito'd.

[PhillyGirl]

Sheldon asking is not the problem.  Sheldon asking and getting the stinkfist from Joe Banner is a problem. 

This is ALWAYS the problem though. Always.

Every year.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

But still, the end result is that no matter how nice they played with Sheldon, they wouldn't have paid him.

Then, you're back to arguing that he "deserves" a raise, and that's a tough sell.  Hell, you can't even convince MURP.   

[ice grillin you]

to my knowledge he hasnt asked for a raise...has he?

all they had to do was guarantee the last three years of his current deal and it would be over...but nooooooo banner inc. has to always take a fleshpopish stand against even the best most popular players on the team

[Feva]

It's going to be special 4-5 years down the line when Pimp gets the stiffarm from Banner.

[reese125]

not just Pimp... you'll be seeing many more slightly above average players coming out 2 years into their contract bitching because for some strange odd reason their not getting paid like others around the league

[Magical_Retard]

Its also comforting to know that if they do not sign one of those special deal early in their careers they will be either on the bench, shown limited playing time, or released with the quickness.

[ice grillin you]

i think its funny as all this is going on the eagles also wrote a letter to the philadelphia inquirer today bitching about the city wanting their money that the eagles owe them

its not just football players that the eagles farg with its major american cities as well

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Well, I guess the Eagles will have to only sign superstuds and bums.  Middle-of-the-road guys are a pain in the ass.

[SD_Eagle5]

[Feva]

My. God.

[ice grillin you]

ahahaha

[PhillyPhreak54]

 

"I saw that Sheldon said this wasn't about the money, but I think it has always been about the money," Banner said.  "We've asked the agent if there was anything else we could do for Sheldon and we were always told it was about the money.  I'd love to hear what it is about if it's not about that."

Point for Banner on this one...

[PhillyPhreak54]

Paul Domowitch: Sheldon Brown's situation with Eagles isn't clear-cut

By Paul Domowitch
Philadelphia Daily News

Daily News Sports Columnist

SHELDON BROWN has been the ultimate team player during his seven seasons with the Eagles. Whatever they've asked the cornerback to do, he's done without complaint, and done it well.

Left side or right? Didn't matter to him. Inside or outside? Whatever defensive coordinator Jim Johnson wanted.

When the Eagles signed Asante Samuel last March and inserted him at left cornerback ahead of Brown's pal, Lito Sheppard, Brown made the incredible offer to give up his starting job and move to nickel so that Sheppard could stay on the field.

When Johnson took Brown out of the Eagles' nickel package for a couple of games last year so that he could get Sheppard and Joselio Hanson on the field, Brown never second-guessed the decision. When there was talk about the possibility of moving Brown to safety to make room for both Samuel and Sheppard, he played the good soldier and said he'd do whatever Johnson wanted.

While he's never been the most talented of Johnson's chess pieces, he's definitely been the most dependable. And, as he pointed out to the Inquirer last month, "sometimes dependability is better than ability."

Sheppard, who was selected 33 spots ahead of Brown in the 2002 draft, had more ability, but squandered much of it and was about as durable as a hothouse orchid. He forever seemed to be battling one injury or another. His inability or unwillingness to play hurt frustrated Johnson to no end.

But Brown has answered the bell every single week of his career. Hasn't missed a game since the Eagles drafted him. Has started 88 straight games. Played the entire '03 season with a sports hernia, which tells you a little something about the guy's pain threshold.

He's an overachiever who has maximized every drop of talent in his body through hard work and dedication and toughness. And now, he just wants the Eagles to show a little appreciation for all he's done and upgrade the contract extension he signed 5 years ago. The one that came with a $7.5 million signing bonus. The one that will pay him just $2 million this season. The one that still has 4 years left to run.

I understand his frustration. His current contract looks like chump change today compared to a lot of the sweet deals that have been handed out to players at his position the last 2 to 3 years, including the 6-year, $57 million deal the Eagles gave Samuel last year.

But Samuel had two things going for him that Brown does not. The first was that he was a free agent. The second was his age. He was 27 when he signed with the Eagles.

Brown turned 30 in March. While he had a solid season last year, his biological clock clearly is ticking.

According to my research, the average age of the league's 64 projected '09 starting corners is 27.1. Right now, Brown is the 13th oldest starting corner on that list. There are just five starting corners in the league older than 32 - the Packers' Al Harris, the Patriots' Shawn Springs, the 49ers' Walt Harris, the Buccaneers' Ronde Barber and the Titans' Nick Harper - all of whom are 34.

They don't give out gold watches in the NFL. And as cold as this may sound, they don't pay for past performance. The whole idea of free agency is that if you can play, somebody out there will pay you. Brown's problem is he forfeited his shot at the gold of free agency 5 years ago when he signed his ridiculously long extension with the Eagles.

The easy thing right now is to rip the Eagles for being coldhearted. But the bottom line is, they really have no incentive to sweeten the pot for Brown, who probably has a year, maybe two, left as a starting-caliber corner.

And if Brown thinks somebody else out there is going to jump up, trade for him and give a 30-year-old cover guy the new deal that the Eagles won't, well, I think he's sorely mistaken. *

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

IGY seems to think that if they "simply" guarantee the rest of his existing deal, he'd be happy!  Sunshine and puppies!