Rumor: Houshmandzadeh to visit after all?

by JasonB on Feb 28, 2009 8:59 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

ESPN's Michael Smith is reporting that free agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who is in Minnesota tonight, will be visiting both Tampa Bay and the Eagles in the coming days.

Adam Schefter reported on NFL Network's Total Access that Housh plans to visit the Bucs Sunday. ESPN's Michael Smith, in a report scrolling across ESPN's bottom line, says that Houshmandzadeh will visit the Bucs and Eagles.

However, the ESPN report contradicts the NFL Network report which said that he will only visit the Bucs. This afternoon Dave Spadaro said the Eagles had no more visits scheduled.

Earlier reports said the Eagles ended any interest in Houshmandzadeh when they discovered his agent was lying about offering them a discount.

All that considered, I really doubt this one... So this gets the big old RUMOR tag slapped on it.

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NOW we’re cooking with gas. :)

(I’m not terribly optimistic, but I think Housh needs to exhaust all his options, and this would definitely be a wise place to stop)

by D3Keith on Feb 28, 2009 9:12 PM EST reply actions

RUMOR

we are going after someone via trade. i think we end up with edwards. they are looking to deal him and he is a young talented reciever

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:14 PM EST reply actions

i was saying that this was a rumor and what i said is my own thoughts

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions

my thought is that we don’t really need a WR. we have more pressing needs…we addressed the line, but now we have to address safety (in case demps doesn’t pan out/we can’t replace…him…from within), RB (westy isn’t the most durable) and TE (backup for celek). i think those are more important at this point than a top flight WR. even the line situation isn’t perfect…thomas and runyan are both FA (as of now) and we only replaced one of them…i realize we can do some rearranging, but the point is that I believe there are more pressing issues than WR

by eagleyosh on Feb 28, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions

for the most part i agree

but i still think we are looking at some sort of trade

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:20 PM EST up reply actions

why would they trade edwards ? is there a link to this ?hes there best reciever doesnt make sense lol

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by EAGLE_MAN71 on Mar 1, 2009 2:21 AM EST up reply actions

As much as it'd be nice to have Housh...

I think I’d rather the Birds go out and bring in some more defense, considering the fact that we just gave away basically our entire secondary.

Yes, we need offensive weapons, I know that’s our biggest concern, but now we’re going to get passed all over. We might as well sure up the gap in the secondary while there are still big names out in the free agency playing field.

I’d like Boldin more than Housh, too.

Let's go Flyers!

by OrangeAndBlackk on Feb 28, 2009 9:22 PM EST reply actions

huh?

considering the fact that we just gave away basically our entire secondary.

weapon x is the only starter in the secondary we lost, and sheppard hasn’t wanted to be here for a while(not to mention we got 2 picks one possibly being a second rounder for him)

"Howard, he know me" Rudy

by phillyduck23 on Feb 28, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

and signed henson

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:30 PM EST up reply actions

Hanson

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Feb 28, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions

thanks

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:33 PM EST up reply actions

your welcome

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Feb 28, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions

do you have any idea what the escalator is to get a 2nd rounder? is it something easy like Lito has to play in 75% of the snaps on defense, or something hard, like he needs to make the pro bowl.

by Clyde Simmons on Mar 1, 2009 12:30 AM EST up reply actions

Call me old school

but if him and his agent were playing games with us I say screw him.

by MRPH on Feb 28, 2009 9:29 PM EST reply actions

thats what really happend

hes not coming

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

i don't know what to think

He would be a good addition and have thought this would be a good move but now with that cheap ass crap with lying I don’t care what they do with him. they still need to get a top WR whether or not it is TJ

by Gabecm21 on Mar 1, 2009 12:59 AM EST up reply actions

I don't see why everyone wants him so bad

He’s going to cost a bit, and he’s old. He might only have 1-2 good years left in him. Couple that with the fact Curtis and Jackson are good WRs the signing does not make sense at all.

Let’s get some good players, but let’s get some players we need first.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Feb 28, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions

old school

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Feb 28, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions

Heh

I did ask for that, didn’t I?

by MRPH on Mar 1, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

he’s not a spring chicken and he also had chad drawing mega attention ..not sure how he’d do as the primary. i wouldn’t give much for him. screw Dawkins..and he’s not even going to a sure fire playoff team.

by raven on Feb 28, 2009 9:42 PM EST reply actions

Hmm

Just because Spadaro said they didn’t have visits lined up doesn’t mean anything. He rarely seems to have any good inside information. That being said, I still doubt this one.

by ajay on Feb 28, 2009 9:49 PM EST reply actions

what?

michael smith is so reliable, what are you racist? he calls everything.

by eagles4321 on Feb 28, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions

who is racist?

by eagleyosh on Feb 28, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions

Doubtful

The Tampa Bay Tribune says there is no trip to Tampa planned, so I can only assume there is no trip to Philadelphia planned either.

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/tampa-visit-not-on-houshmandzadehs-itinerary/

by pjramos61 on Feb 28, 2009 10:30 PM EST reply actions

entire secondary

we lost a lito, a player that didn’t even play down the stretch & b-dawk (the greatest eagle ever by the way) but our 2nd best safety last year, and you consider that our entire secondary. we’re gonna be fine on the defensive side of the ball. but we do need to make a trade to upgrade the offense. braylon would be pretty nice, i think we can work on his hands. he has all the other tools. boldin would be ideal! i hope the F/O makes it happen

by j13hamptja on Feb 28, 2009 11:16 PM EST reply actions

the last thing I want is Breylon, he has stone hands.

by Clyde Simmons on Mar 1, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions

i'm sorry

didn’t lose lito got a 5th and hopefully a 2nd for him

by j13hamptja on Feb 28, 2009 11:19 PM EST reply actions

Lito "Could've-been-Geico" Sheppard

Yeah but Lito is a pro-bowl-caliber player. We basically gave him up for nothing. CBs get injured and when they do, they are very hard to replace (ask the Ravens this past year). We could have kept Lito around as an insurance policy against Samuels or Brown getting injured.

by cybourgeoisie on Feb 28, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA!

Lito didnt want to be here and he proved it last year when he went from being the 2nd best Corner behind asante to being our forth. he WAS a pro bowl caliber player but in the end he couldnt play an entire season and gave up huge plays last year.
Judging by your statement im assuming you forgot to watch the first half of the season

by NickPampani on Feb 28, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions

Coulda been Geico

FTW!

There will never be another!
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by 700 Level on Mar 1, 2009 7:28 AM EST up reply actions

Lito totally gave up when the situation demanded he step up.

He needed to go.

by Freak on Mar 1, 2009 12:03 AM EST up reply actions

I think we got good value for Lito as long as we get a 3rd and 5th. If we get a 2nd and a 5th, I think we definitely made out. If we get a 4th and a 5th, though, I’m not too thrilled.

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by yomjoseki on Mar 1, 2009 12:18 AM EST reply actions

MCNABB

Wonder what he thinks about whats going on it cant be good thoughts anyone ??

by EAGLE_MAN71 on Mar 1, 2009 2:26 AM EST reply actions

Housh

Forget Housh, we don’t need him!

Paul

by GreenHeadedMonster on Mar 1, 2009 9:06 AM EST reply actions

How would you use TJ?

For those who think that TJ would be a benefit for the Birds, how do you think he fits in? I mean, tactically, how would you use him?

Let’s face it, the addition of a strong receiver would be exciting but I’m having trouble thinking about how TJ would fit in.

by itdrew on Mar 1, 2009 10:13 AM EST reply actions

This is a bad idea

not that good and too old

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by exitfare on Mar 1, 2009 11:16 AM EST reply actions

I agree...

…100%

by AshburnAlley on Mar 1, 2009 11:19 AM EST up reply actions

the point is that I believe there are more pressing issues than WR

By far.

The people who think we need a WR are the people who believe that McNabb can go into the front office and demand “more weapons.”

I’m not saying I wouldn’t be thrilled to get a game-breaker like Braylon Edwards, or guy like TJ or Boldin … but I’m not obsessing over it.

For everyone who’s waiting for the front office to make a make-up move for losing Dawk … might be a mighty long wait. These guys are not much into appeasing a needy fan base, can’t you tell?

by D3Keith on Mar 1, 2009 6:11 PM EST reply actions