Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[hbionic]

Great.

All we need is a "Dear Jerks" letter from rjs on this topic and we can move forward.

[ice grillin you]

king on right now saying how he talked to sheldon a couple hours ago and it does not sound good at all...said he is incredibly bitter at the front office

sheldon said "re do the contract or trade me and i am adamant about wanting to be traded"

and

"you do not want me in that locker room"


iggywanoo era starts NOW

[Father Demon]

He's a punk bitch that can go farg himself.

[ice grillin you]

im sure iggywanoo is a much better player and more importantly a much better person

[MURP]

king on right now saying how he talked to sheldon a couple hours ago and it does not sound good at all...said he is incredibly bitter at the front office

sheldon said "re do the contract or trade me and i am adamant about wanting to be traded"

and

"you do not want me in that locker room"


iggywanoo era starts NOW

something aint right with our boy Sheldon.   He is the "model citizen" for years and then goes wild.   This whole thing seems like one of the kids who gets picked on forever and then goes nuts.    

You know Reid and company dont take threats well.   If Sheldon is threatening to create problems in the locker room does that become "conduct detrimental to the team"  ala TO ?

[ice grillin you]

i think you can probably threaten anything you want...but to take money away it has to be proven at a hearing that you did something...i think sheldon is much more level headed and smarter than TO and wont go over the top

he also might be saying that they dont want him there because his play is going to suffer like litos did...hes well aware lito got what he wanted and it seems like he is angleing for that...

really the eagles are between a rock and a hard place because they need to know that they are gonna have him there 100% otherwise they dont want him there at all and they will need to move on and try and find a non iggywanoo replacement

[PhillyPhreak54]

king on right now saying how he talked to sheldon a couple hours ago and it does not sound good at all...said he is incredibly bitter at the front office

sheldon said "re do the contract or trade me and i am adamant about wanting to be traded"

and

"you do not want me in that locker room"


iggywanoo era starts NOW

Yeah, good job Sheldon. Be just like TO...

[Rome]

So much for my Sheldon Brown jersey.  I really need to stop buying those things.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I've said all along that the team will be worse off without him, but farg him if he's angling to create problems to get back at the FO.  Then, he's not just hurting them, but me as a fan.  So, farg him farg him farg him.

[Rome]

He cares about the fans as much as Banner does.  To them we're nothing but parasitic losers to be mocked and laughed at.  Seriously.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

At least Banner is incented to keep the team competitive so that the almighty dollar fountain keeps flowing.

Brown's just a boob.

[General_Failure]

something aint right with our boy Sheldon.   He is the "model citizen" for years and then goes wild.   This whole thing seems like one of the kids who gets picked on forever and then goes nuts.

He wants out. He wanted a new contract, got brushed off, did a little reminiscing, and decided he's better off out of town than dealing with these schmucks any longer.

[Rome]

That's roughly how I feel about the Eagles right now.  I don't think I've ever felt this way before either.   I've been disgusted and furious at them losing but the way they conduct their business is downright embarrassing to me as a fan.  The arrogance they display is sickening and depressing to me.

[PhillyGirl]

That's roughly how I feel about the Eagles right now.  I don't think I've ever felt this way before either.   I've been disgusted and furious at them losing but the way they conduct their business is downright embarrassing to me as a fan.  The arrogance they display is sickening and depressing to me.

That's where I am as well. ANd I used to be a complete FO defender. I mean, to the death defender.

[ice grillin you]

meant to post this earlier...but for those who havent peeped it its a really good piece by domo arguing for both sides


for sheldon:

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.

against sheldon:

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. *