Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[shorebird]

yeah, farg those players...go billionaires!

Yeah, let's all hate the front office because Lurie is a billionaire who won't throw money at players that are already under contract. He should be more like Dan Snyder, then we would all luv him.

[ice grillin you]

throwing huge money at old zesty free agents is not exactly the same thing as giving your own very good underpaid cornerback a few extra bucks

no one is saying lurie should have thrown the bank at torry holt...just that he should do right by sheldon

i suspect lurie has very little to do with any of this anyway...hell he admitted he should have talked to dawk before he left...so i doubt hes had anything to do with sheldon

[bukowski]

Who are the 40 other cornerbacks that signed at least a 6 year 30 million dollar contract?

And in reality...where did his level of play exceed that level of salary? He's a nice steady player, and from what I can tell he's being paid like one. If he's broke he should ask Asante for a loan.

[ice grillin you]

he signed for 9 years at about 25 mil...over ten mil of which he has not even seen yet and theres a good chance he wont...so figure hes played at a very high level for five years and made about 12 mil


people who know the cb position put him in the top 10 best cb's in the league...if thats not outplaying that contract i dont know what is

[bukowski]

You can make a top ten argument, sure.

Sheldon has every right to ask for a raise, we all do. But the employer has a right to refuse too.

I am going to sit here and wait for the list of 40 NFL corners that have an average yearly income higher than Sheldon Brown.

[ice grillin you]

oh definitely the team has a right to refuse him and go with a half assed sheldon or an iggywanoo...hopefully it doesnt come to that and either sheldon comes around on his stance or the team cakes him off...because their depth at corner is brutal

i dont know where on the intenet is a list but its been cited ad nauseum since this all happened...for example joselio makes more than him

[PhillyGirl]

Derrick Gunn is going to be interviewing Joe Banner at 6pm on CSN.

Thrills, I'm sure.

I need to Banner-proof my TV.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What exactly has Sheldon Brown done to deserve a revised contract? 

Your dinner will likely be poisoned tonight.

[reese125]

I said earlier that he has 3 years left, but he has 4 years left which makes his stance even more ridiculous. Sheldon admits hes a middle of the pack corner that deserves a raise 2 years in? Ha...that definitely gives him a leg to stand on huh?

Sheldon forgot to check his birth certificate that explains clearly to him that hes 30 years old and there is no market for him if he wanted to get traded and get a new deal. You want to bitch to the world dont do it against the FO, bitch to your dumbass agent that didnt negotiate for any escalator clauses in your new shiny contract because the market only changes what...every friggin year. Nobody forced him to sign that "under paid" extension.

You want find many football guys around the league that agree Sheldon is a stud corner except Brian Baldinger and IGY

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

IGY doesn't even think he's a stud.

Bottom lines:
The FO should have respected his request more than they apparently did, even if they eventually decline anyway.
Sheldon should not have gone public like he did.  Borderline retarded.

[SunMo]

would anybody have known if they would've guaranteed a few years at the end or thrown him some of their mountain of cash back in January?

[SD_Eagle5]

I am going to sit here and wait for the list of 40 NFL corners that have an average yearly income higher than Sheldon Brown.

I can't supply you with a list nor do I have the time or patience to look it up, but Missanelli had Moose Johnston and Vai Sikahema on his show and it was mentioned that he's the 34th highest paid CB in the league.
Vai had some good points about them signing a backup (Hanson) to a larger deal and the stupidity of thinking Sheldon Brown would just sit there in silence. He also spoke out about the end of Banners idiotic statement that Brown is just hurting himself. (Germany 1933-1945)

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

What do you mean, "Would anybody have known...?"

Freak.

[reese125]

IGY doesn't even think he's a stud.

Bottom lines:
The FO should have respected his request more than they apparently did, even if they eventually decline anyway.
Sheldon should not have gone public like he did.  Borderline retarded.

respect what? that the eagles tried to capitalize on a player just like sheldons agent tried to capitalize on an extension?

you think a business wants to hear every player 2 years in come out to the public like that..of course they were pissed.

listen, Im not a fan of the eagles way of business majority of the time...but in this case I agre with you sheldon was a jackass after just seeing his fellow teammate piss and moan, play sparingly and leaving for a cool $1 million dollar more. Is that worth the fight, especially when you will be 31 yrs old next year and youre a middle of the pack corner...good luck

[SD_Eagle5]

What do you mean, "Would anybody have known...?"

Freak.

It's like when you cup your hand over your ass, fart and smell it. Would anybody have known...?