Lito Sheppard - He Once Was An Eagle

[hunt]

no chance lito is an eagle this season.

[SD_Eagle5]

Pay him.

why when he's already under contract? He's not like Westbrook who's clearly outperformed his deal. I'm all for keeping Lito but farg paying him a cent more when he hasn't earned a raise.

[The BIGSTUD]

Andy said they had deals on the table, but not what they wanted so they kept him. They weren't going to give him away.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Keeping him is good. Obviously trading him for a stud WR would have been the best thing to do unless they play on sweetening his contract a bit.

I go back to the quote that the source said in an article SD posted about him not wanting to be paid like a FA, just a little more and I agree with that.

He has two years left, right? That is about the time when they look to extend guys long term. I know he got his big deal already, but its time to hook him up and keep him. They dont have to give him crazy money, just enough to keep it right and make him happy and productive.

They need to win soon. Having Lito, Sheldon and Asante as the CBs on this team, with the WRS in this division is the way to do it.

[Magical_Retard]

i am just really confused about this situation right now.

as a fan of course if there is no way to land a elite WR or to get true value back in return (whatever that may be) i want them to keep him and have a sick secondary with dawkins, brown, samuel, and lito. but as a realist i know it is not possible. rumors of his unhappiness with his contract from before the eagles signed samuel.

i really doubt they make all CBs work and be happy with each others posistions both on the field and financially.

move sheldon to nickel? safety? upgrade lito's contract?

if i had to predict today i say they keep him for now till around june/july to see if they can pull off a better deal. i still do not see them keeping him on the roster come week1.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Nalbone on NJ.com;

There now is speculation the Eagles may use Sheppard and next year's first-round pick they received from Carolina in a trade for a proven wide receiver.

[The BIGSTUD]

Man, how sick would this team be with Jackson and a stud veteran WR?

If that happened I couldn't complain for one second about this draft.

[PhillyandBCEagles]

Man, how sick would this team be with Jackson and a stud veteran WR?

If that happened I couldn't complain for one second about this draft.

Stud vet/Brown/Jackson/Avant/Curtis or Baskett = 

[PhillyPhreak54]

You have Curtis listed as an "or" option with Hank Baskett?

[QB Eagles]

Nalbone on NJ.com;

There now is speculation the Eagles may use Sheppard and next year's first-round pick they received from Carolina in a trade for a proven wide receiver.

Yeah, that struck my mind as soon as they announced the terms of that trade. I wonder though if any team is willing to give up an elite WR this season and not reap the reward for it until next season. Also, we know of teams with stud WRs turning down #1 offers this year.

[SunMo]

mortensen just said on sportscenter that Detroit, Arizona, and Cincinnati are all still telling teams no for their wideouts...

at this point just keep lito

[SD_Eagle5]

Nalbone on NJ.com;

There now is speculation the Eagles may use Sheppard and next year's first-round pick they received from Carolina in a trade for a proven wide receiver.

no way on gods green earth do they trade Lito and a 1st for a WR...and if they did I'd hope they'd package their own and not the Panthers pick because I think the Eagles will be better than Carolina next season.

[rjs246]

There's just way Lito is still on the team this year. They didn't get a second rounder for him, and they might not deal him until after the draft but it just isn't going to happen unless they do something drastic like re-work his contract or convince Sheldon to move to safety. Neither of those things are going to happen. At all. So he's gone. It's just a matter of whether they can get anything of value for him or whether they'll be forced to just release him.

[SunMo]

there is less than zero chance they flat out release him

[Sgt PSN]

Rusty must be hitting the sauce early.