Donte' Stallworth

[Diomedes]

Also, he drops the ball like there's gonna be a bonus for it.

[Eaglez]

Great probably is pushing it...

He's no Gari Scott.

[ice grillin you]

So when you're big, slow and drop the ball you suck.

but when you run fast and drop the ball you're fine.

Got it.

no

when you cant get open are a possesion wr just generally suck  AND drop the ball youre done

when you scores lots of td's and make big plays and have some drops its fine

[rjs246]

Chad. Johnson.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Chad. Johnson.

Werd life. We'll end the debate for sure next year when Reggie is the #1 and Stallworth is playing for the Skins.

Cheggie Brownson bitches.

[Sgt PSN]

Kevin. Johnson.

[Wingspan]

Fox. Johnson.

[Phanatic]

Howard. Johnson.

[PhillyFan]

With the cap projected to be $116 by 2008, I don't think the Eagles will have an excuse not to sign Stallworth long term, unless they just don't want him.

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What does the projected cap have anything to do with it?  The cap goes up the same for every team.  It's not the generic cap number that matters, but the relative amount of space that each team has under it that matters. 

Today there was an article by Domowitch that the Eagles are 25th in cap room next year, meaning other teams will have more to spend and could outbid the Eagles.  Of course, that stat is also unhelpful without knowing how many players each team has signed.

Teams that have more cap space relative to other teams are in the best position to sign players.  If teams with WR needs are in better cap shape than the Eagles, they may have trouble keeping him.

[ice grillin you]

the point is tho that the eagles have more than enough money to have signed him already....so there IS NO EXCUSE to not have done so....we all know when and if he hits the open market hes gone regardless of cap space

[mussa]

Stallworth is the best/most exciting WR other than you know who in a long, long time. He's not a headcase, he's not selfish, hes a straight shooter. Other than his injury issue, the guy performs when he's in the game. No reason to let him go.  He should be signed long-term before the end of this season.

I don't think we are safe at WR though. Reggie Brown has been inconsistent, but has made some great plays. Baskett is worthless. LJ is worthless. Avant I'd like to see on the field in the slot more than Baskett. No one else is worth mentioning.

I'd like to see more Westbrook at WR and Buck at RB formations. Look how the Saints are utilizing Duce and Bush? They got them both on the field alot. No reason not to be doing the same with our guys. The RB situation is another topic...

I think we need another WR/TE via trade/free agency/draft nxt year. 

[methdeez]

Baskett, in his rookie season, is already deemed worthless?
Gimme a break dude. What do you want, ocho-cinqo?

[Eaglez]

Yeah, obviously relative cap space is what matters the most. I guess my assumptions are that (1) The Eagles are always good at managing the cap and (2) the increase in the overall cap space ($116 Million in 2008) will outpace the Eagles increase in total payroll, hence creating more relative cap space for the Eagles than compared to other teams.

However, I wasn't aware that the Eagles relative cap space was somewhat limited for next year, but that doesn't matter all too much.

If 5 million is devoted to rookies next year, and assuming that Darwin and Dhani are gone, the Eagles will roughly have 10 million cap space (12 - 5 + 3 = 10) but probably more like 8-9 factoring in all the odds and ends.

That should be plenty to tie up Stallworth. Also, depending on how their cap situation is in 2008, they could easily work around the 'minimal' cap space they are projected to have in 2007 and devote salary and bonuses to subsequent years.

Again, money shouldn't be a problem. The only problem is whether (1) Donte wants to say in Philly; which he indicated that he does, and (2) whether the FO wants to keep him around; which is seemingly what they plan to do. However, the ball is probably more in the court of the FO and whether they are going to get into a bidding war with other teams.

Looking at the WR FA class, if Stallworth continues having great games down the stretch, he is going to demand a lot of greenbacks -- recurring hamstring problems or not.

[ice grillin you]

forget all that....they could have used the patterson money to tie up stallworth

[SunMo]

no way...he's strong as bleep