The Free Agency Thread

ice grillin you · April 03, 2009, 11:00:43 AM

all the opinions that force you to one side

jump on my back and we can run the swamp eat space candy bars and ill teach you how not to stare in banners swirly lolipop

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 03, 2009, 11:35:45 AM

Stop toying with me. I'm way too sober for that.

rjs246 · April 08, 2009, 09:47:47 AM

ESPN Insider is jocking a rumor that the Eagles are pursuing Chad Johnson. I don't have Insider so I don't have any more information than that, but if anyone does have Insider and wants to post something about it I'm sure we'd all be interested. Dicks.

ice grillin you · April 08, 2009, 09:58:21 AM

its not really insider....michael smith reported it on espn radio yesterday....basically said if the bengals move him the eagles are interested

phattymatty · April 08, 2009, 10:02:23 AM

makes perfect sense now. they passed on ocho cinco last year when he was probably the best WR there was a chance of getting. now that he's probably 4th on the list the eagles will have much more bargaining power.

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 08, 2009, 10:03:54 AM

GET.

Beermonkey · April 08, 2009, 10:07:44 AM

Quote from: rjs246 on April 08, 2009, 09:47:47 AM
ESPN Insider is jocking a rumor that the Eagles are pursuing Chad Johnson. I don't have Insider so I don't have any more information than that, but if anyone does have Insider and wants to post something about it I'm sure we'd all be interested. Dicks.

Knowing how they work, they're probably just building it into a story, since the Eagles are perceived as WR-needy, even though there may be now truth to the interest. The media is tricky like that, just like transexual prostitutes.

rjs246 · April 08, 2009, 10:10:39 AM

I find transexual prostitutes to be very straightforward, actually. They want you to plug them in the pooper. No great mystery or confusion there.

Beermonkey · April 08, 2009, 10:24:07 AM

Quote from: rjs246 on April 08, 2009, 10:10:39 AM
I find transexual prostitutes to be very straightforward, actually. They want you to plug them in the pooper. No great mystery or confusion there.

The tricky ones are the ones that let you finish giving them oral before they tell you they are a guy.

rjs246 · April 08, 2009, 10:25:21 AM

You should probably stop going down on hookers. Male or female. Bad policy.

ice grillin you · April 08, 2009, 10:45:40 AM

heres the actual insider - 'rumor central' - piece

Eagles in on Ocho Cinco derby?
Interested: Jaguars? Raiders? Eagles? Jets? Giants?

It's become a tradition this offseason, given the Philadelphia Eagles' wealth of draft picks, that any time any trade-worthy asset is brought up, the Eagles are listed as an interested party.

The tradition continued last night on NFL Live, when ESPN's Michael Smith indicated that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco could be catching passes from Donovan McNabb in 2009. Smith said, "I am hearing there is interest in Chad Johnson. Now there's been some back and forth as to whether or not he is officially on the market. I think everybody in Cincinnati has signed off on moving Chad Johnson except for owner Mike Brown. The Eagles could be in the picture. They have two first-round picks. They need a receiver."

The Eagles have made some key additions to the team via free agency so far - a sturdy offensive tackle in Stacy Andrews, a surly free safety in Sean Jones, and a versatile fullback in Leonard Weaver - but Ocho Cinco would provide the team with a glamorous offensive weapon both on- and off-field such as the fanbase has not enjoyed since the roller-coaster days of Terrell Owens. In addition, pairing Ocho Cinco with DeSean Jackson and Kevin Curtis would provoke nightmares for secondary coaches around the NFC East.

Nonetheless, there has been some discussion that instead of trading for an established veteran, the team will use some of their many picks to trade up and make a play for Michael Crabtree, Jeremy Maclin or one of the offensive tackles at the top of the draft. This is clearly a more conservative play, especially considering that Ocho Cinco, now tres uno years old, would want a lucrative contract from his new team.

reese125 · April 08, 2009, 10:49:46 AM

since none of those other teams really need a WR, I can definitely see the Eagles out-bidding all of them

I cant wait.

PoopyfaceMcGee · April 08, 2009, 10:54:07 AM

Quote from: Michael Smith
Ocho Cinco, now tres uno years old

This is why Michael Smith is big-time. Genius!

Eagaholic · April 08, 2009, 01:20:38 PM

it would be funny seeing the FO and rosenhaus working out a contract for 85. it would probably be 666 pages long.

ice grillin you · April 08, 2009, 01:26:54 PM

what makes you think the front office would even entertain such a negotiation...hes signed for two more years with a team option for a third

also does he even want a new contract...i havent heard that...if he does i would assume the eagles would want no part of him