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

[Rome]

Here's a reason to beat the other one...

[SD_Eagle5]

PFT sucks. I'm waiting for a link but someone on the other board said Fitz would cost Lito plus the Eagles 1st.

[Sgt PSN]

just so you know...one of my kids is catching a beating because you posted that

Don't do it.  He paid the Cutters for protection. 

[TexasEagle]

PFT sucks. I'm waiting for a link but someone on the other board said Fitz would cost Lito plus the Eagles 1st.

That'd be a no-brainer IF they got Samuel.

[Rome]

It would be a no-brainer period.  Fitzgerald is that good.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It would be a no-brainer period.  Fitzgerald is that good.

They'd have to score a lot if they had Brown and Hanson starting at corner.  Who would the nickel back be?  A random rookie?  Dustin Fox?

[Rome]

They could get a starter in the draft or in free agency.  A good cornerback is easy to get.  A franchise wide receiver is not.  Obviously.

[PhillyGirl]

If they don't do that....they're as dumb as I know they are.

A first round pick will not come in and help McNabb get back to his former self and immediately make the Eagles contenders again.

Fitzgerald and Samuel = Eagles contenders in 2008 (yes, I know there are other things to address, but those things can be fixed with smaller name players).

[QB Eagles]

I still think the chances of the Eagles obtaining the services of ANY elite WR (i.e. Fitzgerald, Williams, Johnson, or Moss) are very small. If the Eagles could swing any of them it would be a huge coup. That's true even if they don't blow a lot of money on Samuel.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They could get a starter in the draft or in free agency.  A good cornerback is easy to get.  A franchise wide receiver is not.  Obviously.

I think you're thinking that just because the Eagles have not had problems getting them, except for the William James Peterson experiment.

A stud WR is much harder to find than a solid CB, but a difference-maker at the CB position is equally hard to find... you know, a guy that intercepts passes and such?

Lito is one of those guys when healthy.  But he's not healthy enough to rely on.

That said, if they trade Lito and sign Samuel, who wants to bet Lito stays healthy for his new team all season, but Samuel goes on IR for the Eagles?

[Rome]

They're getting both Sammy & Fitzy so it's moot.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It would be sweet if they also drafted DeSeanny.

[Rome]

Banny?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

New on the PE.com homepage:

Free agent cornerback Asante Samuel is visiting the Eagles today. He will be available to the media at the NovaCare Complex at 4:30 p.m. Samuel has spent the last five seasons with the Patriots, recording 22 interceptions in 75 career regular season games, and five more interceptions in 14 career postseason games.

4:30pm?  Plenty of time to get the deal signed.

[SD_Eagle5]

gcobb live

says birds are only team samuel has avisit with today