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Originally Posted by South Beach Luv
I'm a fellow Eagles fan, grew up my first 28 years in PA - what do you think of the way Sheldon Brown is acting? His most recent comment:
He was going to be my fav player this year on D with Dawk gone, not anymore
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I say, let him prove it this year that he's worth more coin. I think I read somewhere that he was the 33rd highest paid corner in the league. Sounds about right for a 2nd-3rd corner. He would be committing contractual suicide if he were to let this interfere with his play and develop as a locker room cancer. No team would want a player like that, esp. one asking for more bread.
He says he got the idea of complaining from the Eagles website or something to that effect. He says that he never even thought about it until it was brought to his attention. The fact is that he has 4, yes 4, more years on his current deal and already wants it re-worked. Good luck to him trying to pry more money from this franchise.
He's lucky to have been in this scheme for this long. If he were to go to a team that is lackadaisical with the blitz, he'd be getting toasted left and right. He simply isnt a cover corner. He can lay down some huge hits here and there and is a sure tackler, but he thrives on our front 7 getting bigtime pressure and forcing the QB to get rid of the ball quickly. FFS, there was discussion of moving him to safety so that he doesnt have to cover as much and can just roam around and lay people out, ala Dawkins.
I applaud the Eagles for standing ground and denouncing his request. They keep saying that he isn't being shopped, which may or may not be true, but I'm sure they'll be listening to every offer. (See Boldin as an example of a team losing trade value on a player once it's known that he's on the market) If its more money he seeks, he'll come out to play this year and showcase to other teams that he's worth the restructured deal. If not, he pulls a Lito and is an unhappy camper this year until we ship him. I can see packaging him and Reggie Brown up in a move, but this team has NO needs, so Im not sure what they'd ask for in return.
Great move by the FO in grabbing insurance in the way of Ellis Hobbs for two 5th round picks. There was a good chance that the guys we drafted with those picks wouldnt even have made this team, so to get a top notch return man and an adequate starting corner is a steal. Can't have too many good players at camp and am already foaming at the mouth getting ready for the training camp battles. This team is in PHENOMENAL position both on and off the field.