Samuel apparently IS at the Novacare complex...aka Free Agent thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Nice.  Dustin Fox should be ready to take over by then.

[Feva]

I don't give a F anymore

Ed be GANGSTA!!!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm not willing to accept that as truth until IGY weighs in.

[ice grillin you]

I'm not willing to accept that as truth until IGY weighs in.

its true...it was posted a couple days ago

[BigEd76]

Yep, its been updated now.

So the fury about Spikes, by PFT and the EMB, can be put to rest now.

Good, because releasing him would be dumb.

[PhillyGirl]

ha

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

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PP54 0

[Feva]

BigEd 1
PP54 0

Ed be GANGSTA!

[PhillyPhreak54]

 

FURY! FURIOUS!

Releasing Spikes was dumb.

[ice grillin you]

FURY! FURIOUS!

haha

[ice grillin you]

interesting take from domo in todays daily news...

Note to Eagles: Sheppard should remain with the flock
By Paul Domowitch
Philadelphia Daily News

JOE BANNER says the trade offers for Lito Sheppard have been pouring in since the Eagles signed Asante Samuel last week, and I have no reason to doubt him.

He says some of those trade offers have been "very significant" and I have no reason to doubt that, either.

That said, my unsolicited advice to Banner, coach Andy Reid and general manager Tom Heckert right now is this: Just say no.

Unless somebody with one of the first seven picks in the draft is offering to swap first-round spots with you in exchange for Sheppard, which is highly unlikely, tell everybody thanks but no thanks. Tell them you're going to hang on to Lito for now.

Yeah, I know Lito gets hurt a lot. And yeah, I know he's not happy with his contract. But I also know that when he's healthy, he's still one of the better cover guys in the league, not far behind Samuel.

He proved that once again last December when defensive coordinator Jim Johnson assigned him to shadow Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens. Sheppard held Owens to two catches for 37 yards and had an interception in the Eagles' 10-6 win.

I don't see the logic in adding Samuel and subtracting Sheppard. With both of them in midnight green, along with Sheldon Brown and underrated Joselio Hanson, the Eagles have as good a cornerback quartet as there is in the league.

Trade Sheppard and you've negated a significant portion of the impact of bringing in Samuel. Yeah, you've added a slightly bigger, slightly better, much more durable playmaking corner on the left side. But that still leaves you with Brown on the right side instead of in the slot, where he's always been more effective.

Brown is a tough, hard-working overachiever who hasn't missed a game in his career. But he hasn't played particularly well the last two seasons, particularly on the outside.

If they keep Sheppard, they can move him over to the right side and put Brown in the slot against three-wide-receiver sets. They also could use Brown as a quasi-safety in their base defense.

Some think Sheppard would be a distraction because of his unhappiness with his contract. They think he'd boycott the spring minicamps and hold out of training camp.

I don't think so. Why? Because of Brian Dawkins, that's why. The 2008 season probably is going to be Dawkins' NFL swan song. His last chance for a Super Bowl ring. Sheppard wouldn't dare do anything to jeopardize that for a man he respects as much as he does Dawkins.

Plus, after being hurt as much as Sheppard has been the last 3years, his best chance of getting a hefty new contract is to stay healthy in '08 and have another Pro Bowl season.

[Wingspan]

That was more interesting when it was my take last weekend.

The difference from what I said, I didn't put the Dawkins angle on it, but he would resolve the PR issue as well.

[ice grillin you]

well its not like everyone hasnt thought of that possibility but domo is king and makes a much more eloquent case for it than any of us could

[SunMo]

it's less eloquent when you figure he probably had a cheese fry in his beard when he typed it

[ice grillin you]

is that like a dorito shard in rollie fingers mustache