Donte' Stallworth

[Munson]

Again, there's still a set amount that gets set asidde for the rookie pool....Even if they do have the cash to get him....are you ready to sit through another year of piss poor defense??

[SunMo]

the cap is not an issue, the team's GM even said it

[ice grillin you]

Even if they do have the cash to get him

theres no IF about it...they have plenty of money to sign stallworth...as for the defense you act like if they dont sign stallworth they are going to go out and sign a big time defender...not gonna happen dunny

[Munson]

the cap is not an issue, the team's GM even said it

That was before Ro$enhau$ threw out the demand for an 18 million dollar signing bonus.

IGY, you're probably right...but breaking the bank on Stallworth this year means not even a hope of improving the defense, maybe not even for the next two years.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

breaking the bank on Stallworth this year means not even a hope of improving the defense, maybe not even for the next two years.

Again, you're simply wrong.

[Munson]

Really? Breaking the bank on Stallworth = no help on defense this year. That means two years from now, we'll be depending on 1. Whatever rookies drafted in the '08 draft to contribute (Didn't we just do that this year?) 2. The slight possibility that they bring in a semi-big/big FA, and hoping that he can learn the defense in one year and not turn into a Kearse or a Howard, getting paid more then what he's coontributing.

In a perfect world the Eagles could get Stallworth for a much more reasonable price then what he's asking for, and still have money left over to concentrate the draft and FA on improving the defense. In the real world....Stallworth is gone, the Eagles will draft a bust DE in the first round, Kearse will re-injure himself, leaving Trent Cole and Darren Howard alone to wear down all year.

Belive it or not, Juqua Thomas and Q. Mikell are very important signigns to this defense....why? Because right now they have two healthy DE's who wore down playing so much last year, another DE who depends on his speed coming back froom an ACL tear, and Jerome Mcbust. Thomas' services will be needed next year. I dojn't think I gotta talk about Considine starting at SS.

[SD_Eagle5]

Really? Breaking the bank on Stallworth = no help on defense this year.

Realistically who's out there defensively that we'd sign?
That cap space is going to go to waste, we're in fine shape next season, a lot of the bonuses were paid using this years cap. Caps also going up significantly next season. I'd rather have to not worry about the Offense whatsoever and concentrate our resources solely on the draft for our Defense.

[Sgt PSN]

Can we get some sort of character limit imposed on Munson's posts?  He spends a lot of time saying things that either don't make sense or are simply not true.  Let's try and limit that.    

[rjs246]

I already suggested that. Biter.

[Sgt PSN]

Oh.  I do appreciate you correcting and insulting me in a time efficient manner though.  Kudos to you, sir.  You're a true pro. 

[Munson]

Really? Breaking the bank on Stallworth = no help on defense this year.

Realistically who's out there defensively that we'd sign?

Three guys already on the roster who will help next year if they're here. Three guys that, if the resign Stallworth, won't be here next year, and we'll have exactly 2 healthy DE's, 2 safety's (one of them being Sean Considine), and your #3 CB will be named Joselio.

[SD_Eagle5]

What 3 guys? Mikell, Thomas, and James? The Eagles have the available cap space to sign all 3 and re-sign Stallworth. You're focusing to hard on the cap dollars available, there's flexibility if they want to use it.

[The BIGSTUD]

I agree that they will sign a RB and either a veteran LB or veteran DE. They won't go after a LB like Thomas, but I think they'll go after one. At least that LB will be better than Dhani. I think they'll go after Ahman Green at RB. He isn't a bruising back, but he knows the system, can receive, and run between the tackles.

The rest gets addressed in the draft. They hate drafting LBs so my guess is they sign a veteran LB, not DE and take whatever the better player of DE and safety is left on the board when they pick.

[Munson]

What 3 guys? Mikell, Thomas, and James? The Eagles have the available cap space to sign all 3 and re-sign Stallworth. You're focusing to hard on the cap dollars available, there's flexibility if they want to use it.

Again, Heckert said all this before the demands of an 18 million signing bonus came out. How much of that is Stallworth going to want up front? How much of the available cap is set aside for the rookie pool?

Signing Stallworth would most likely mean bye bye to those three. It would give them free range to draft all defense....but depending on rookies to get the job done on defense is old. Real old.

[The BIGSTUD]

The 18 million signing bonus is a ploy. The only team that would pay it is the taterskins.