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EAGLES Offseason Report
« on: Feb 21st, 2003, 11:42am » |
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Well, the big news of the day is that Hugh Douglas did not get tagged. Sources close to the situation indicate that the Eagles want Douglas, and Douglas wants to return to the Eagles, so the Eagles chose not to upset their star DE with a tag. My guess is that it is about 50/50 that he will return. The Eagles will be making more of an effort to bring him back now that DE Derrick Burgess underwent yet another surgery on his foot. If Douglas leaves via FA, look for the Eagles to address the position in the draft (first or second round) or possibly by pursuing Vonnie Holliday.
The other FA who the Eagles are targeting is Shawn Barber. The Eagles signed him to a one-year contract in last year's FA period (due to a serious injury in 2001). He showed no ill effects from the injury and is looking to cash in this year. The Eagles are likely to re-sign him to a longer deal.
FA Brian Mitchell (who I feel may have been the team MVP last year) wants to return to the Eagles. Mitchell played last year for the veteran minimum. It now seems likely that the Eagles will turn the return duties over to 2nd year players Brian Westbrook and Lito Sheppard. Unfortunately Brian Mitchell appears to be gone.
FA punter Sean Landeta had a tremendous year until he suffered an injury late in the year. He recovered quickly enough to be ready for the playoffs, but was placed on IR, eliminating his chance of coming back in 02. The Eagles recently signed FA punter Dirk Johnson to a 3-year tender. Johnson, a former college safety, is unproven in the NFL, but the length of the deal indicates that Landeta is gone.
The Eagles did sign FA long-snapper, back-up TE Mike Bartrum to a 5-year deal. Bartrum is widely recognized as the best long-snapper in the league.
I'll bring you more when it comes available. 
Edited to change topic name and put a Turkey as the message icon. This offseason has certainly been a turkey for the Eagles fans.
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Re: EAGLES Free Agent News
« Reply #2 on: Feb 21st, 2003, 10:49pm » |
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I kept looking at the Eagles website, KFFL, and other locations to see if they were gonna tag Douglas. As an Eagles fan, I am very concerned they didn't. I know that they wanted to keep relations amicable, but now he can fuck them up the ass. I can see Hugh saying now..."Oh yea, I want to be an Eagle as long as I get 8 mil a year, wear a Chiefs uniform, and never have to play in the Vet again." (sarcasim intended)
The Eagles are in deep poopoo if they don't make some good defensive signings this offseason. Losing Barber and Douglas will hurt. I guess they know what their doing. However this is the second year in a row they let their star defensive player get away because they were afraid to strain relations by using their tag.
Ok, enough bitterness for now.....
On a positive note, maybe they will bring the Ex-Raven/Texan Lewis in to replace Mitchell.
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Re: EAGLES Free Agent News
« Reply #11 on: Mar 1st, 2003, 1:25pm » |
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Alright.....this is probably the wrong place for this, but it is killing me to watch the Redskins getting so many free agents and Trung Canidate in one day while the Eagles are apparently doing nothing. When I say nothing, they are not tagging free agents, they are not signing anyone(Detmer does not count as someone), and appear to not be interested in having any of the top free agents even visiting.
And the thing that set me off was seeing this quote:
With Thomas and ex-San Francisco guard Fiore, the Redskins addressed a position that has been a liability for several years. The team has started 14 guards over the last three seasons.
The Redskins now will have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL in Steve Spurrier's second year as coach. They already have two top-notch tackles, Chris Samuels and Jon Jansen.
To see the whole article goto:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2003/03/01/redskins_signi ngs_ap/
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Re: EAGLES Free Agent News
« Reply #20 on: Mar 4th, 2003, 6:18pm » |
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on Mar 4th, 2003, 6:07pm, BarnabyWilde wrote:| Douglas is due to vist the Giants tomorrow as well. |
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The local guy and the Phiily gal both agreed that the Giants have almost no shot.  Hardly an authoritive source, but that's what was said.
He's far from a lock in KC, but if judging by Barbers words and entusiasm, gotta think the Chiefs have the inside edge. Has much of, if any of Barber's interview seen air time outside the KC market?
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, the Chiefs are I'm not sure, but word here is that Vermeil is heade to Philly immediately after the combine to talk to Hugh. Come on, you can spare him. 
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According to a report from Shawn Barber's agent, talks have broken down between the Eagles and Barber. The agent feels there is no chance that Barber will return now. 
