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

[PhillyPhanInDC]

If Gerbil goes to Raiders, they better swing a deal for Huff. Raiders are obviously retarded after the deal they gave Kelly. Rape them for a developing top 10 pick.

[Magical_Retard]

5 yrs 55? is that the same or more than what clements was paid?

i doubt samuels settles for less. if he was to settle he would settle with the pats no?

and if the eagles do end up acquiring him i really really hope lito is traded for something of value.

[ice grillin you]

good call on huff if they get the gerbel...huff would be a much better get than samuel...i really hope they dont get samuel...

[reese125]

Eckel's not sure if Samuel will sign with the Eagles or the Aints. ha.

Boy sounds just like Danny Bodaducci on the radio

[pinoyboy2pt0]

I'm not saying w/asante we are uber bad asses.  i kind of think of it as a healthy version of lito.  our d played well (and zesty) at times, but when lito was out or we had will farging james in for him, we rotted.  so if we had a "healthy" version of lito now in asante playing in those games were lito was out, we win a couple more games.  not that he's so much better than lito, but he's better than hanson/james who took his place when he was hurt and we all noticed it.

try to follow that linear thinking.

i'd still rather...why just they don't farging draft a cb to be a 3rd, groom him then trade lito in a year?  it's a deep draft in db too.  it's the one farging draft position they can draft well at. and then use the loot to pay westbrook and throw some at our new stud WR to pry him away from lions/cards.

but yeah, we need a great de too...i'm not sure how much more they (odoms/smith) bring to the table then juqua.  i don't know too much about him though, so voila. 

[BigEd76]

MR -- those numbers are all fluff anyway but Clements was "$80M"

Supposedly Clayton is now reporting the 5/$55M too

[PhillyGirl]

POSTED 10:29 p.m. EST, February 28, 2008

ASANTE TO PHILLY?

Two years ago, there were reports that center LeCharles Bentley would sign with the Eagles on the first day of free agency.

He didn't.

The rumor was that Bentley had reneged on a verbal deal that had been brokered in advance of the start of free agency, and signed instead with the Browns.

This time around, there are Internet reports from the generally plugged-in gcobb.com that Pats cornerback Asante Samuel has a deal in place to sign with Philly.If true, Samuel can renege without consequence, just like Bentley did.  And the Eagles would have no recourse, just as in the Bentley situation.

An unwritten player contract negotiated at a time when there should be negotiations at all is, obviously, not enforceable.

Other teams thought to be interested in Samuel are the Saints, Jets, and possible the Bucs.  Samuel is believed to want a contract worth at least $10 million per year.

[SD_Eagle5]

good call on huff if they get the gerbel...huff would be a much better get than samuel...i really hope they dont get samuel...

How bout if they ship Lito for Williams or Fitzgerald after?

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I can see how this is going to play out. Samuel is the biggest name in this year's FA period (I still think Briggs is the best available player overall), and if the Eagles get him, the vast majority will hail it as a coup for the FO. The FO will look at it as a major overall improvement, and do miminal stuff between now and the draft. No significant upgrade at DE, no significant upgrade at WR. If they pimped Chris Cocong to be the second coming at strong-side, a position he never played prior to last year, selling Abiamiri as a guy that should "step-up" and be as good as Kearse in his prime shouldn't be a harder sell.


I don't want Samuel. They would need  to be able to unload Lito to make it all work, and that is a big damn if.

Grab Odom, Cartwright, and then try to work a WR upgrade. Draft a DB/S, and maybe grab a second tier FA DB for nickel. That won't be as flashy, but it would sit fine with me.

[BigEd76]

Action News says they're definitely going after him.  Gee thanks.

[PhillyGirl]

FWIW (not much , I know)...Ike Reese said today that they wouldn't go out and sign Samuel if they didn't already have a deal in "place" for Lito....and he mentioned both Roy Williams and Fitzgerald.

[pinoyboy2pt0]

if signing samuel and trading lito gets us roy williams, then i'm cool with that.

[Magical_Retard]

I can see how this is going to play out. Samuel is the biggest name in this year's FA period (I still think Briggs is the best available player overall), and if the Eagles get him, the vast majority will hail it as a coup for the FO. The FO will look at it as a major overall improvement, and do miminal stuff between now and the draft. No significant upgrade at DE, no significant upgrade at WR. If they pimped Chris Cocong to be the second coming at strong-side, a position he never played prior to last year, selling Abiamiri as a guy that should "step-up" and be as good as Kearse in his prime shouldn't be a harder sell.


I don't want Samuel. They would need  to be able to unload Lito to make it all work, and that is a big damn if.

Grab Odom, Cartwright, and then try to work a WR upgrade. Draft a DB/S, and maybe grab a second tier FA DB for nickel. That won't be as flashy, but it would sit fine with me.

agreed.

as weird as it sounds i want the eagles to sign wilson or trade for huff more so than signing samuels.

signing wilson and huff would be cheaper and allow them to draft a CB maybe in the first or second who can double as a PR.

unless of course the magical far fetched plan is in play and will pan out : get samuels and trade lito for roy williams or fitz. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Huff or Samuel, either would be great.

Samuel will be a good signing; there is no negative in bringing him in.

Assuming they do.

[Seabiscuit36]

GET Samuel, trade for Huff, Move Lito for Fitz...super boners....

But i expect we'll just end up with DJ Hackett