Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[QB Eagles]

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[PhillyPhreak54]

Sheldon: Birds Take Me for Granted

Sheldon Brown feels taken for granted, the steady Eagles corner told your Eagletarian Monday evening.

"I've always been treated like the redheaded stepchild, ever since I was drafted," Brown said. He was explaining how he came to tell ESPN that he wanted to be traded, a move that provoked a strong, lengthy statement from the team Monday afternoon, denying his request and asserting that the contract extension Brown signed in 2004 does not make him underpaid in 2009.

"I've always been the nice guy, never said anything. I think they took that for granted," Brown said.

Brown said he reached the boiling point when, after a year of trying to get the Eagles to address his deal, he heard that team president Joe Banner had gone on WIP and said Brown's dissatisfaction had not been brought to his attention. Subsequently, Brown said, agent Jason Chayut's attempts to negotiate were shuffled off to recently hired Eagles consultant Andrew Brandt, who kept postponing planned meetings.

"My agent has been trying to do it in a respectful fashion," he said.

Brown said he made the public trade request in the spirit of "how do we get people to understand that this has been brought to your attention?"

Asked if he would skip the upcoming mandatory minicamp or hold out from training camp -- steps that most agents would consider financially counterproductive -- Brown said: "Who knows?"

Asked if the dispute might affect his play, should the Eagles stick to their vow not to trade him, Brown said: "It might. You never know. It's certainly something I'm going to be answering questions about all season long."

Here is the text of the Eagles' statement:

"It's very unfortunate and counterproductive that Sheldon has chosen to go public with his feelings about his situation. After thorough evaluation by himself and discussions with his family and agents, he chose to accept an extension of his rookie contract early that provided his family financial security for the rest of his life. It removed any concerns about health or performance that all other players in his draft class had to worry about. He has four years remaining on that contract and, after taking the signing bonus and his first two years of salary into account, we feel that Sheldon is being paid fairly. Focusing only on a player's salary for a given year is not a valid analysis.

"There have been league MVP's, Super Bowl champion quarterbacks, and perennial Pro Bowlers who have been in a similar situation. All of their teams have required them to wait until their contract expired or there was only one year remaining before any adjustment took place. It is only in the most extraordinary, in fact, less than a handful of circumstances in the last ten years that any players two new years into a contract with four years left have been adjusted. We don't think this qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance.

"Sheldon's comments under the circumstances actually serve to devalue him in a trade if we were willing to consider it; which we are not."

Brown attempted to rebut several of those points.

First, he told the Daily News his reasoning when he signed the contract extension in 2004 was "they came to me early to do a deal" and if he continued to play well, that would happen again. As to other 2002 drafted corners' "concerns about health or performance," Brown said: "Most of the corners drafted in 2002 are out of the league now." As for diminishing his trade value by speaking out, Brown said the Eagles just traded for Buffalo tackle Jason Peters, who held out last summer, with three years left on a contract. "They just traded for a guy who diminished his trade value last year," Brown said.

But as incongruous as it might sound, Brown also said he wanted to stress that to him, "this is business, it's not personal. I appreciate (owner) Jeffrey Lurie; I love him to death."

Brown said the trade of fellow disgruntled corner Lito Sheppard to the Jets made him think the team might be open to dealing him.

"If you traded your Pro Bowl player for a fifth-round pick, well, I'm pretty sure I can go out and get you that right now," he said.

[QB Eagles]

Brown said: "Most of the corners drafted in 2002 are out of the league now."

Not really helping his own case with that one.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'm not shocked that Joey B tries to play stupid and say that they have not heard o his displeasure when his agent has been trying to get something done.

Drama, so much drama.

[Rome]

Sheldon is 100% right in this.

Banner is a penny-pinching nerd who deserves to die screaming.  I'm sick of him, Lurie and the rest of the clowns who make it damn near impossible to cheer for this team anymore.

Brown getting treated like a busboy is the last straw.

[Seabiscuit36]

I agree with Romey, If sheldon is making that less than Joselio, and he is, its a joke.  Just goes to show you the eagles dont learn

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Brown getting treated like a busboy is the last straw.

Shut up Rome. You'll keep following them and hanging on every game and headline from now until who knows. Come to terms with it. They are fargbags, but you'll still be a fan long after they are gone. I'm with Dio. farg it. Who cares. Wake me up for opening kickoff.

[Rome]

Pretty sure I never said I'd stop watching them.

[Geowhizzer]

Sorry, I don't really feel sorry for a guy that's made "only" 12 million dollars.

Putting up with crap?  Feeling disrespected?  Get a real job, one that's facing imminent unemployment or, in the best case scenario, "only" a paycut of 10%.

To hell with Sheldon.  To hell with the FO.  They can all kiss my middle-class hind end.

[rjs246]

Less than 12 hours later I'm already sick of this conversation. farg Sheldon. farg Banner. farg Reid.

I'll echo Dio's sentiment with a 'Go Laundry!'

[Rome]

I'm tired of your face.

[phillymic2000]

[quote]"I've always been treated like the redheaded stepchild, ever since I was drafted," Brown said. He was explaining how he came to tell ESPN that he wanted to be traded, a move that provoked a strong, lengthy statement from the team Monday afternoon, denying his request and asserting that the contract extension Brown signed in 2004 does not make him underpaid in 2009.[/quote]

For him to say he's felt like a red headed stepchild since he's been here?   why the farg did you sign the extension idiot. The more I learn about this the more he ain't helpin his cause. what a schmuck.

[ice grillin you]

i wonder is sheldon had been izell jenkins from say 2004 to 2007 if the eagles would have honored the contract and not cut him

also sheldons cap hit becomes zero starting next year...while his yearly salary shoots up...what are the chances the eagles allow him to finish out the entire deal?


lololol @ cole

[ice grillin you]

why the farg did you sign the extension idiot.

because the eagles said to him if you do us one by signing early we will do you one if you play up to or past the level of the extension...little did sheldon know they mean do him up the ass

[phillymic2000]

why the farg did you sign the extension idiot.

because the eagles said to him if you do us one by signing early we will do you one if you play up to or past the level of the extension...little did sheldon know they mean do him up the ass

yeah I'm sure if they said that he wouldn't mention it