Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[Sgt PSN]

obviously i didnt know you were from philly

but he's a cardinals and a blues fan.  sinner! sinner! chicken dinner! 

[ice grillin you]

obviously i didnt know you were from philly

but he's a cardinals and a blues fan.  sinner! sinner! chicken dinner! 

yeah thats unacceptable

gotta be a four for four guy

[Father Demon]

Blues fan, Cardinals tolerator. 

A sport needs actual violence in it for me to be a fan.

[rjs246]

A sport needs actual violence in it for me to be a fan.

A farging men

[MURP]

womens beach volleyball says hello

[Sgt PSN]

Blues fan, Cardinals tolerator. 

A sport needs actual violence in it for me to be a fan.

like giving homeless dudes 10k and then hunting them down for 24 hours?  

[rjs246]

Hard Target is one of the greatest movies ever made.

[rjs246]

womens beach volleyball says hello

I literally had no idea that staring at asses counted as a sport.

[RezRob]

womens beach volleyball says hello

I literally had no idea that staring at asses counted as a sport.

Womens doubles tennis?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Some new quotes from Sheldon since the Hobbs trade

The acquisition of Hobbs pleased Brown, but only because he hoped it could lead to his departure from Philadelphia.

"I think it's great," Brown told The Associated Press. "I look at it as great news in terms of me being traded."

Eagles head coach Andy Reid wasn't ready to accommodate Brown's wishes.

"This doesn't have anything to do with Sheldon," Reid said Sunday. "Sheldon is on this team. [Hobbs] gives us depth at cornerback. You can never have enough quality cornerbacks."

Super.

[SD_Eagle5]

Written by Garry Cobb
Monday, 27 April 2009
Sheldon Brown told Bob Brookover of Philly.com that he will be at this weekend's mini camp at the Nova Care complex.

Brown backpedaled on comments that the Eagles wouldn't want him in the locker room with other players. He told Brookover that he has no plans of being a distraction to the football team.

"I didn't become a villain all of a sudden," he said. "I'm a professional. I've been in contact with Troy (Vincent)."

Brown also said he isn't phased by team's acquistion of New England cornerback Ellis Hobbs.

"I've always competed for my job," he said. "That doesn't matter to me. I have respect for Ellis. He's a guy who has played through injuries like me. He tore up his groin and didn't miss any time. He's a hard worker and he's trying to establish himself."

Brown told Paul Domowitch of Philly.com this weekend that he welcomed Hobbs arrival because that might lead to him being traded.

"Over the next few months, if they got an offer, they would be in a position [now] to trade me," he said. "It's a good thing from that perspective. It gives me more hope."

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Wuss.

[MadMarchHare]

The whiny little funhole needs to shut up.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Phil spits the troof (with maybe the exception of Hobbs being better than Happy Scrappy):

Phil Sheridan: Time to cut Sheldon Brown loose

By Phil Sheridan

Inquirer Sports Columnist

The smart thing for the Eagles to do became the easy thing the moment Bill Belichick agreed to trade Ellis Hobbs: Bid farewell to Sheldon Brown now, if not sooner.

That would have been the smart move, anyway. Now that they have a better, younger player to replace the disgruntled cornerback, there should be no hesitation. The sooner Brown is out of town, the better. Trade him if possible, release him if necessary. If the Eagles can't work through that process before this weekend's full-squad minicamp, they should tell Brown not to come.

The absolute wrong thing for the Eagles to do - and the thing they've publicly indicated they will choose in spite of reason and several hard-learned lessons - is to hang on to Brown just to prove some kind of muddled point.

The only real consideration should be this: What course of action gives the Eagles the best chance to win the Super Bowl this season? A year after Lito Sheppard quit on them, poisoned the air in the locker room, and took up a valuable roster spot all season, the answer seems pretty obvious.

And remember, this is a team that moved on in recent months from foundation-of-success players such as Brian Dawkins and Tra Thomas. If the message there is that the team endures as players come and go, then there can be no straight-faced argument that this team needs Brown in order to contend again.

Brown has been a good player here, make no mistake. He has not been a great player. At age 30, he isn't likely to become one suddenly. He has been, as he points out, reliable - playing every week as higher-maintenance corners like Sheppard and Asante Samuel require occasional time in the shop.

And the issue here isn't that Brown grew unhappy with the long-term contract he signed in 2004. That happens all the time. The deal that looks good today looks less attractive as salaries escalate and that old signing bonus gets smaller in the rearview mirror.

As a side lesson, one hopes the Eagles have learned not to do these early, lock-'em-up-young extensions. Those deals were a good business idea when the salary cap was tighter. They were always better in theory, though, than in practice. This team has seen it time and again: The young guys grateful for financial security at age 26 become desperate for another payday as they approach 30 and the downside of their careers.

So that's that. Let players assume the risk that they'll remain productive and healthy until they get within a year of free agency. If you still want them, sign them to market deals. If not, let them walk knowing you got their most productive seasons out of them.

If players thought the other way was cold, let them try this way for a while.

Brown's unhappiness isn't the reason the Eagles should cut ties with him. His public mishandling of it is. He seems to have softened his rhetoric, telling The Inquirer's Bob Brookover yesterday that he'll report to camp and also doing some damage control on previous remarks. But the stage is set for Brown's contract gripes to be a distraction for him and his teammates for the rest of this year and beyond.

It should be very clear by now that nothing good comes from keeping players on the team when their heart is not in it. Sheppard proved it. Terrell Owens proved it. Brown placed himself firmly in that category when he raised the specter of going in the tank because of contract issues. Worse, he dragged teammates Trent Cole and Mike Patterson into the muck, asking why they should play hard if they saw that he, Brown, wasn't getting what he wanted.

This is the deal: You can't have a guy like that on your football team. Period. If keeping players sends a message, what did hanging on to Sheppard for a year teach anyone? What did nuclear meltdown with T.O. accomplish?

You'd like to believe that Brown has too much pride in himself and commitment to his teammates to deliver anything less than full effort. But do you want the rest of the Eagles, or the coaches, or the fans, wondering about that when he gets beat for a touchdown pass in Week 7? Do you really want to hear him griping every time the issue of his pittance of a salary is raised?

If the Eagles think Brown will have more trade value in the summer, fine. Tell him not to report and move him later. Just keep him away from the locker room until it's over.

Cut the cord. Move on. This has been an off-season of turning the page for the Eagles. There's no reason to start that fresh new page with a huge blemish on it.

[Seabiscuit36]

did Phil miss the interviews with sheldon yesterday?