eagles franchise LJ

[ice grillin you]

some real live offseason news

[Seabiscuit36]

holy shtein, didnt see that coming. 

[PhillyGirl]

He can't possibly be pissed. After that pathetic showing last year, he;s going to have another chance to show he can play...and make bank while doing it.

[fansince61]

surprising   I thought with his injuries he was going.   I guess they're not worried about his back. 

[SunMo]

if they keep it on him...i agree, they're doing him a favor

[mussa]

hmm, well i didn't see that coming either. not a bad move at all by the Birds.

[pinoyboy2pt0]

this probably only reinforces his own beliefs that he's all-universe.

i wonder what the chances are of him sitting out bc he doesn't feel like it/healthy enough to do camp, celek emerges, then they remove the tag.

[Father Demon]

Agree to what many have said.. this is a move that seems to serve LJ more than the eagles.  Now, knowing the Eagles as we all do, there has to be more to it than that.  Either a) LJ's injuries are healing nicely, and the FO believes he will return to the LJ of old, or b) they are not confident in the TE's they would have remaining if LJ were not to play.

You also gotta wonder if this tag sticks...  wonder how LJ will respond, considering the mouth he has had lately.

[PhillyGirl]

He's a moron if he acts up. Take the money, show you're WORTH a shtein, and then go if you want.

[ice grillin you]

if they keep it on him

i think they will definitely keep it on him and one of two things will happen

at a little over four million for only one year thats perfect for them to either groom celek more or draft another te to learn this year

or they wanna use this tag as a negotiating tactic to put pressure on LJ to take a below market long term deal from the eagles


basically i think hes on the eagles in 08 no matter what...the question is is it on a one year deal or a four or five year deal

[SunMo]

i'm surprised that people didn't see this coming...it was always a real possibility i thought

[ice grillin you]

the top ufa on every team always has a good chance of getting tagged

plus hes at a position where the avg salary is not that big

it basically was a no brainer

[SD_Eagle5]

i'm surprised that people didn't see this coming...it was always a real possibility i thought

I did and I'm pretty sure I posted it a few times on this board. There was a 0% chance they were getting Dallas Clark and the next best option in free agency would have been LJ. He would have gotten a lucrative deal elsewhere especially consdiring almost every team has a ton of cap space to spend. When he's healthy he's good so I have no problem whatsoever with this move.

[reese125]

Per PE.com and under the rule he can listen to offers from other teams when free agency begins Feb. 29. If Smith signs an offer sheet from another team, the Eagles can either match that offer or allow Smith to join the new team and receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.

hmmm..are they looking toward the future with the picks?

[SunMo]

did you really just tell us the Franchise Player rule like it was new news?