Moulds given permission to seek trade.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Agent: Moulds wants to play for Eagles

By PAUL DOMOWITCH
pdomo@aol.com

ORLANDO, Fla. - Eric Moulds has a wish list of five teams he'd like to play for, and guess who's at the tippy-top of it?

That's right. The Eagles.

"Every time I mention Philadelphia, Eric's ears perk up," said Greg Johnson, who represents the 32-year-old Bills wide receiver along with his partner, Harry Henderson. "He wants to go to Philadelphia. He really feels he could help them. He loves the idea of being an Eagle and playing with Donovan [McNabb]."

Moulds wants out of Buffalo, and the Bills, who will have to pay him $7.1 million in salary and bonuses this year if he's on the team, are only too happy to oblige him. They have put the word out that he can be had for a second-day pick in next month's draft.

But don't start visualizing him in an Eagles uniform quite yet.

Johnson said he talked to Eagles president Joe Banner last week. He said there is "some interest" in Moulds by the Eagles, which an organization source also acknowledged.

But as much as Moulds would love to catch passes from McNabb, he is not interested in doing it for free, or anything close to free.

According to a source from one of the five teams on Moulds' wish list, which also includes New Eng-land, Seattle, Kansas City and Denver, the wide receiver is looking for a contract similar to the one Isaac Bruce signed with the St. Louis Rams 2 weeks ago.

Bruce, who is a year older than Moulds, signed a 3-year, $15 million contract with the Rams on March 10. He had been released by the team a few days earlier, before the league agreed to a new labor extension with the players that significantly increased the salary cap.

Moulds has as much chance of getting a $5 million-a-year deal from the Eagles as Saddam Hussein does of getting an acquittal. Whether he'll get it from anyone else remains to be seen.

"Right now, the money aspect is out of whack," said one league general manager. "If he wants to get traded, he's going to have to come to grips that he's not going to get that. Or maybe he will. Maybe there's a team that's willing to pay him that."

One league source indicated that there may be - the Houston Texans. But the Texans won just two games last season, which isn't exactly a great place for a wideout with Super Bowl aspirations and a ticking biological clock to go.

Johnson confirmed that the Texans have expressed interest in Moulds. "They're very interested," he said. "There are other teams in the mix as well. We're going to play it by ear. We'll see what happens."

Since catching 100 passes for 1,292 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2002, Moulds' pass-catching production has dropped off significantly. He has just 10 touchdown catches and has averaged only 77.6 catches per year the last three seasons, though the poor offensive talent around him, particularly at quarterback, has had more than a little to do with that.

Johnson said Moulds has spoken recently with McNabb. He said the two have been friends for 5 or 6 years.

"Eric would like nothing better than to play with Donovan," he said. "He said he was looking forward to going out to Arizona and training with him [if he's traded to the Eagles]."

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And from PFT.com

TEXANS IN THE HUNT FOR MOULDS

John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports that the Texans are interested in swinging a trade with the Bills for disgruntled receiver Eric Moulds.

"We're exploring an opportunity for Eric to play for the Texans," said Greg Johnson, who works for Moulds but really isn't his agent. "If all sides can see eye to eye, we'll make it happen."

To make it happen, the Texans and Moulds need to work out a contract, and the Texans and the Bills likewise need to hammer out a trade.

The Bills reportedly want a fourth-round draft pick.

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[Rome]

No excuses.  Just get Moulds.

We'll see what you say about it when he goes elsewhere and you see what contract he signs.  My best guess is that you'll suckle at the teet of Banner and Reid once again.

I was wondering what that extra weight was on my nutsack all weekend.

Ffarging tick... 

[rjs246]

Dude. The Eagles have 17 4th rounders. Dumping one for Moulds would be a farging coup.

[Geowhizzer]

Dude. The Eagles have 17 4th rounders. Dumping one for Moulds would be a farging coup.

Only 17?  Have they traded some already?

Unless they're hard after Walker, a 4th (and a renegotiation) for Moulds seems perfectly logical to me.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Do it.

Get Moulds. Please fargin get him. They've got the money and they've got the draft picks.

Use your goddamn heads, Andy, Tom & Joe.

[rjs246]

Moulds, Brown and Gaffney. That's not a bad lineup right there.

[Zanshin]

The odds of the Eagles going out to get Moulds aren't great given their MO...but, man, I wish they'd do it.  If he want's to play here, maybe he'd settle for $4 mil a year for a couple of years.  I mean, why the hell not?  It's not like they're looking like they're going to do a whole hell of a lot better using cap room they have.

[dis12]

from Philly.com
Since catching 100 passes for 1,292 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2002, Moulds' pass-catching production has dropped off significantly. He has just 10 touchdown catches and has averaged only 77.6 catches per year the last three seasons, though the poor offensive talent around him, particularly at quarterback, has had more than a little to do with that.

how many teams have a receiver that has "dropped off" with only 77 catches per season?

GET MOULDS! 

[Rome]

No excuses.  Just get Moulds.

[Zanshin]

Moulds, Brown and Gaffney. That's not a bad lineup right there.

Assuming Brown doesn't have a sophmore slump, that's very solid.  Factor in Westbrook, LJ and Shoebel...and those are some legitimate receiving options. 

[MURP]

No excuses.  Just get Moulds.

im sure Banner and Reid have some lined up.

[Zanshin]

Sadly.  But I'm not sure why.

[rjs246]

Assuming Brown doesn't have a sophmore slump, that's very solid.  Factor in Westbrook, LJ and Shoebel...and those are some legitimate receiving options.

Now if they only had a single legitimate running option.

[Zanshin]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Settle down.  They have Tapeh and Buckhalter: two durable, healthy, pounding runners.  No worries.

[phattymatty]

a big reason moulds' numbers have dropped has also been his QBs.  The Bills will never have another big time WR with JP Losman taking snaps.