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Hear that echo?
Its called apathy outside Phili bouncing off the walls.
Or am I the only one?
Hear that echo?
Its called apathy outside Phili bouncing off the walls.
I don't care if I'm the only Eagles fan here.
I'm a McNabb fan.
I think Alvarez is an eagles fan.
you guys pushing for Boldin up there?I don't care if I'm the only Eagles fan here.
I have Mcnabb on my fantasy team, does that count?
Another day, another rumor about a prominent wide receiver the Eagles probably won't be able to trade for this spring.
Yesterday, the NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported that Anquan Boldin has asked the Arizona Cardinals for a trade. Boldin, 27, got to 300 catches faster than any receiver in NFL history. He has 413 catches in only 68 games since being drafted in the second round in 2003 (yes, the Eagles could have drafted him instead of Jerome McDougle).
Boldin is unhappy with his contract in the wake of the 4-year, $40 million renegotiation the Cards reached last month with wideout Larry Fitzgerald. Boldin has 3 years left on a deal that averages around $4.5 million a year. But the Arizona Republic reports that the Cards told Boldin they will not trade him, which puts him in the same category as the other receivers Eagles fans would like to see the team acquire - Detroit's Roy Williams and Cincinnati's Chad Johnson. (And, of course, Fitzgerald, who earlier this offseason supposedly was going to be dealt because of his ruinous cap number, until Arizona just redid the contract.)
Obviously, the Eagles remain likely to send disgruntled corner Lito Sheppard somewhere this week, for something. There were multiple reports yesterday (in the wake of a Delaware County Daily Times report) that they had asked the Kansas City Chiefs about defensive end Jared Allen, who apparently will be dealt instead of playing under the franchise tender. The Chiefs probably could use Sheppard, though they play a Cover 2 defense in which corners are at least a little less important than they are in the Eagles' system. A source close to the situation said Allen won't be coming to the Eagles. *
Man if the Eagles get him the NFC East will be such chaos this year. Even if McNabb misses his standard handful of games.
But I just can't see a team trading mad player for mad player.
Alvarez is. There is also that other person who made the bet with Melmart, lost it and then welched on it and disappeared. Can't remember his name though.
icecoldbrewski is.
Forgot about Ice.
He and Alvarez are pretty cool though.
doesnt Jared Allen play for Minnesota?
How old is that info?
Did you hear that Favre might come out of retirement?
THERE'S A LOT better chance of Lorenzo Booker being the guy who helps fill Kevin Curtis' role than of Anquan Boldin doing it.
Despite the great wailing and gnashing of teeth from across Eagles Nation in the wake of Curtis' sports-hernia surgery, which took place as scheduled yesterday, the Arizona Cardinals still seem to persist in thinking they need Boldin on their team. They would seem to have him under contract for 3 more years.
I could be wrong about this, but I really don't think we can just, like, force them to hand the guy over, because we haven't seen a championship parade since 1983, and we are more PASSIONATE than their fans. Although, it's probably time to start the countdown until WIP buses a charter full of people with painted faces out to Tempe, to lay siege to the Cardinals' offices. (With signs reading: "CARDS HOLDIN OUR BOLDIN," and "OUR DON NEEDS ANQUAN!")
I would think the Eagles almost certainly have made a call, despite the Cards' stated and restated position that they aren't trading Boldin, a Drew Rosenhaus client who wants a new deal (imagine that?). But if Arizona wanted to trade Boldin for another disgruntled Rosenhaus client, Lito Sheppard, that would have happened long before now. If the Cards were interested in trading Boldin for Sheppard and a first-round draft pick, that would have happened by now, as well.
I think, for the time being, we have to assume Boldin isn't coming, although it does add e to the situation when you consider that former Eagles personnel VP Jason Licht now has a similar job with the Cards. There probably are guys on the Birds' roster who Licht covets. That would mean more if Licht were actually the general manager.
I think we also have to assume that though the Eagles probably will be checking in with Detroit and Cincinnati to make really, really sure Roy Williams and Chad Johnson remain unavailable, there is no hint that anything has changed there. The Birds might pick up some sort of body from somewhere - a guy who has played in a West Coast offense, and isn't terrible - but this will be mainly to stop the spotlight from shining too brightly on DeSean Jackson before he's ready.
I've seen on message boards that some fans just assume the Eagles will be able to scare up a Dontè Stallworth-level wideout, because they did it 2 years ago. That was a unique situation - Marques Colston came out of nowhere (or Hofstra, same thing) and suddenly made Stallworth expendable to the Saints. I'm not aware of a similar situation unfolding anywhere this year.
I think I might have an old number for Freddie Mitc , if anyone needs it. The stage could be set for the dramatic return of Bill Sampy. I'm pretty sure Todd Pinkston is available. You know, Reno Mahe was a wideout in college.
An external move that will have a big impact is unlikely. What is likely is that the Eagles will reshuffle their deck a little. Ever since running back Booker arrived in a draft-day deal with Miami, the intent has been to flank him out wide some, often with Brian Westbrook in the backfield. I think you could see Booker turn into a quasi-wideout, especially until Reggie Brown's hamstring is 100 percent again. Obviously, Westbrook remains a prime target - he caught more passes than Curtis last season, 90 to 77, albeit for fewer yards. And we might actually see if Hank Baskett can do something besides block, starting tonight with the preseason game at New England.
No question, being without Curtis, probably well into October, makes the Eagles thinner at one of their thinnest spots. Even so, fan reaction has been over the top; the only way to explain it is that wide receiver was a longstanding sore point with the fan base anyway, and Curtis going down was like somebody pressing on that sore point, really hard. With a rock.
But really. You look on some message boards, the way exclamation points and tears are flowing, you'd think preteen girls were texting one another about an injury to Hannah Montana. Curiously, some of the same people who previously thought the Eagles HAD TO MAKE A MOVE FOR A WIDEOUT!!!!! because Curtis was no good now think the Eagles HAVE TO MAKE A MOVE FOR A WIDEOUT!!!!! because he's injured. Think about that for a while.
Yeah, Curtis being hurt very well could make a difference, especially if, like many sports-hernia victims, he never really gets right all season long. But it's hard to say the playoff quest ended when he went under the knife, or anything. The way I see it, there are two potential injuries that would change everything. Westbrook gets hurt seriously, and the season really is over. Donovan McNabb gets hurt seriously, the season is over, and so is an era.
Anything short of that, well, as Andy Reid likes to say, we'll see. Yeah, you could probably rank serious injuries to Trent Cole or Tra Thomas right behind something happening to McNabb or Westbrook. But a wideout going down, on a team that everybody knows doesn't have a superstar wideout? Probably not time yet to tear up your tickets and join a monastery.
It's a long season that hasn't even started yet. Injuries are part of it, for everybody. Out in San Diego, where the team absolutely has Super Bowl talent, a lot is hanging on linebacker Shawne Merriman's trip to get his sore knee looked at by Dr. James Andrews.
Meanwhile, on the Eagles' main message board, the Anquan Boldin thread was 76 pages long by late afternoon yesterday.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/spor...es_Nation.html
I hope he goes to the Cowboys just to make those fans mad.
was it pixelpusher?
found it....nickbroken.
Much like many "internet warriors", he talks then when he is wrong, he disappears for awhile. Dallas and Philly will play early this season so I imagine he will be back spewing his usual oral diarrhea.
"1Parker1 is from Philly
Honest no troll questions from a Die hard Cowboy fan. I swear I am not a talker so no you won't be walking into a troll trap here. ATRAIN who is a die hard Texans fan will vouch for me.
I f*cking hate sh*t talking besides friendly jabs so I will give my opinion here to each question...
1. What do you guys think of McNabb?
I think he is a badass who is on the other side of his peak and is breaking down. I think Phili is in a tough situation with him as he is still incredible but unreliable and the clock is ticking.
2. Now that the dust is settled what do you think about the TO situation?
I think everyone involved from TO, McNabb and the Eagles front office handled it bad so everyone is to blame. I think TO could still be on your team killing the NFC. As a Cowboy fan I am so thankful he is here.
I do like Philly, but There are 3-5 teams I like Better, like my favorite, the team you will face and lose to on opening day...the St. Louis Rams!
I'm a diehard Eagles fan but even I know when it's time for McNabb to put up or shut up or just retire.We had our chance at the SB against the Patriots. Cheaters!
I'm very sure the Eagles were trying as well.I'm a diehard Eagles fan but even I know when it's time for McNabb to put up or shut up or just retire.
Oh yeah, its on LadySpur...Rams all day haha
There we go....fixed.
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