Jeremiah Trotter, Philadelphia Eagle (Take Three)

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yes.

And going to Hawaii in the Pro Bowl!!!

[Zanshin]

wow...file that under the category of "overly optimistic."

[PhillyPhreak54]

Obviously I'm bullshteintin. 

I may be a Trotter homer, but I'm not stupid.

[Eaglez]

It's looking like a no brainer signing.  I wouldn't expect much but I also wouldn't be surprised if he makes some nice plays as well.  Can't doubt the guy loves to play and plays with a lot of passion so you know that if he doesn't produce it won't be for a lack of desire.

[ice grillin you]

Is Trotter an Eagles by the end of the season?

50/50 at best


explain one thing to me because i dont understand it...

He said he was told after his physical Monday that his knees looked better than they had 2 years earlier; Trotter said he feels he has "at least 3 years left."

"[The surgery] really helped me get my explosion back," he said. "I feel better now than when I came to Washington," in 2002.


if he had this miracle knee surgery that is allowing a 32 year old man to be healthier than he was seven years ago and allow him to go another three years then why hasnt any of the 32 teams picked him up before yesterday?

[General_Failure]

Because nobody believes adding more scar tissue will ever make someone more athletic.

[Eaglez]

I think Trotter is just naturally pumping up his knee because he's excited to play again and probably right now he feels better than he has ever felt in his professional career since he just took a year off from the grind.  I would imagine other teams didn't touch him because his role is limited now and maybe those teams expect more out of the MLB position or that those other teams run different schemes that he's not well suited for.

I'm sure teams work out players just to see if they have anything left, and only if that player blows the team away will they even consider giving him a job.  I would imagine many of the teams weren't too serious in giving him workouts in the past.  Plus it makes sense for the Eagles because presumably his learning curve will be practically non-existent, so he could be able to step in for running plays/3rd and short/goal line plays to provide a push up the middle and try to cause some disruption.  I would be pleasantly surprised if he contributed more than in situations where there is a very high probability a team is going to run. 

[ice grillin you]

from here on out when a football player goes to dr andrews your first thought will be "oh farg hes gonna need jeremiah trotter surgery"

[Sgt PSN]

from here on out when a football player goes to dr andrews your first thought will be "oh farg hes gonna need jeremiah trotter surgery"

for knees.  if it's a shoulder job, then its a chad pennington surgery. 

[smeags]

well he's 3rd on the depth chart at MLB behind two scrubs.

[reese125]

if he had this miracle knee surgery that is allowing a 32 year old man to be healthier than he was seven years ago and allow him to go another three years then why hasnt any of the 32 teams picked him up before yesterday?

trotter continuing to work out and getting in even better shape after his initial tryouts with teams was a big reason the eagles scooped him, but the other big reason...Eaglez got it right:

"Plus it makes sense for the Eagles because presumably his learning curve will be practically non-existent"

[ice grillin you]

that was a rhetorical question idiot...stop being a jerk off

[reese125]

no it wasnt..you really wanted to know and I told you

[Rome]

no it wasnt..you really wanted to know and I told you

I know I didn't.

[ice grillin you]

no it wasnt..you really wanted to know and I told you

yes it was....see gf for a non douchebag response from someone who 'gets it'

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