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Per Eskin, Eagles never offered Brown for Boldin, Rather it was vice versa!

Yes, Howard said that no one should believe the hype we are reading in all of the blogs. He said on Friday that the Eagles never offered Brown. And that those reports are not accurate. He said, per a source close to the team that the story is partially correct. Philadelphia offered picks only to Arizona for WR Anquan Boldin, but he said that Arizona was not interested. Rather they inquired on Sheldon Brown, and the Eagles refused the trade.

That means that we could have gotten Boldin for Brown, and kept our pick. Wow, we kept a disgruntled CB while having an opportunity to get a stud WR. I think Sheldon has a legitimate change of getting his deal redone, if he shuts his mouth and plays well next year. He may be our most solid CB and he's a heck of a leader. Why would we keep him unless we knew we could make him happy. Imagine, they turned down Boldin for him.

That speaks volumes as to how the Eagles feel about Brown. I think that the Eagles don't like to get bullied publicly about contracts. As that opens up a Pandora's Box of problems with other players asking for new deals. But in this case, we had a chance to upgrade our team and move Brown in the same move. I think the Eagles can still save face by rewarding Brown with a slightly better deal at the end of the year. They will come off as a more personable team that looks out for their players. After all, Westbrook was public about his beef, and still got his deal done. You have to be able to produce, and be a good person, and the Eagles will meet you half way if you shut your pie hole.

I think Sheldon is getting a new deal eventually with the Eagles.

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great

thanks for clearing the air on this issue

hopefully phillythakid will shut his retarted mouth

To me the Eagles are like that girlfriend that pisses u off, then u hate her, but the next morning you wake up and remember that thing u love so much about her

by XxBleedGreen5xX on May 18, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

What did I miss. There is a guy named Phillythekid on BGN now. Thats a great name, what did he post? I missed it.

I had now idea that this topic was even brought up. I guess I missed a bunch of fun. My question is, if true. Why would Arizona want a 30 yr old CB, and why would we not trade for him? I guess he really wants 10 mil, as Andy said? Maybe because they cut Hood, I guess the offer was made before the draft. And I guess that means if we were to trade Sheldon, they want a first rounder. I mean think about it Arizona wanted a first and a 3rd. When they were not offered that, they asked the Eagles about Brown and a 3rd. To Arizona, Brown was worth exchanging their first round demands for Brown. That means his value is a first rounder. That is crazay.

But who know, somethimg must be wrong with this story, maybe someone will jump in and clarify.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gd info, I’m tired of hearing about this crap . Hopefully this will close the door shut on any more Boldin speculations.

"If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice".

Allen Iverson #3

by Ewizzy21 on May 18, 2009 10:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I also wanted to make a speculation about the Hobbs trade.

I think that the Eagles made the trade, not for Sheldon, but for Asante.

Asante has a history of having that Hammy problem, and if he is gimpy again, you got depth to fill in for him for a minute.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 10:49 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i don't know...

you should never trade for another player because you expect an injury down the road. i think the eagles got him because you can never have enough depth in the secondary and they don’t know what to expect with sheldon’s contract situation. look at lito’s play and behavior last year.

by awd777 on May 18, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

yup

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by NorthPhillyKid on May 18, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dont believe this at all!

Sheldon Brown is probably worth only a third round pick. There is no way i believe the Cards were willing to trade Boldin just for Brown and a third. The Cards wanted a deal with at least a 1st or 2nd rounder in it. Enough with all this garbage Boldin talk.

Taking Route 36 will bring you to Touchdown,PHI

by Route36 on May 18, 2009 11:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't think this post was intended to support a potential Boldin trade,

Rather its purpose was to illustrate how wrong the other stories were. I think Howard knows more than most of us. He is an Andy Reid hand puppet.

I don’t know why they would want Sheldon, but the big story is our unwillingness to move him.

Like I said, this story was not intended to support a Boldin trade, rather the fact that Eagles and Arizona may have highly valued Brown. Rumors were that Arizona asked the Eagles the same thing last year, and we said no. But we all totally forgot about those rumors.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This Boldin issue is like a gaper delay...

I keep wondering when people will move along already. Sheesh.

by andyreidswaistline on May 18, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

did you read the post, its not another Boldin story, and was definately worth posting, because it

sheds true light on what actually happened.

You should really read the post before you slam it. It was how we refused to trade for Boldin, not how we almost got him. Common Andy, I expected more from you brother.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It wasn’t really a slam on the post, but I’m having trouble seeing how you were able to make this jump to a conclusion:

That means that we could have gotten Boldin for Brown, and kept our pick.

If Boldin was a free agent he’d be an Eagle. If he wasn’t demanding a new contract, he’d also probably be an Eagle. The combination of dealing picks and/or players for the rights to a guy you have to pay $10M a year to is a steep price. It goes against everything this FO does.

Outside of Gonzalez, I don’t think there was a more ideal weapon “out there” for the Eagles this offseason. That being said I’m more than satisfied where our team sits on this May 18th, with our draft and offseason moves.

by andyreidswaistline on May 18, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed, I wouldn't have liked the deal anyway. Maclin may be better in the long run anyway.

I don’t think this team needs a big receiver. Boldin, for as good as he is, can get shut down by a good CB. If you recall, we shut him down 2 x. He is talented, but I think speed kills in the NFL. And we don’t have to worry about killing our Cap with Maclin.

I just wanted to illustrate that those other post are off basis. I guess we see eye to eye afterall.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just because they inquired about Brown, doesn’t mean the Cardinals offered Boldin for Brown straight up. I’m calling BS on that assumption.

by andyreidswaistline on May 18, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that was just Eskin playing damage control

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They just got a lid on the Sheldon situation, of course Howard is gonna come out and say that the Cards wanted him and we wouldn’t let him go. They can play he said she said all day long, it didn’t happen so it doesn’t matter.


"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid

by BroadStBullies on May 18, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ugh… i can’t stand eskin. after listening to the skip bayless bashing the other day, i might consider switching over to miket mizz.

by awd777 on May 18, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

or mikey mizz

by awd777 on May 18, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I live down the shore now

So I listen to whatever comes in clearer 950 or 610. But in reality, Eskin and Mizz are pretty much the same thing, shock jocks. I prefer Mickey Mizz as a personality, but Howard gets all the good interviews. Plus I agree, I’m old school WIP as well, sometimes I just have no choice.


"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid

by BroadStBullies on May 18, 2009 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

some one should pull up the link with the King running a fade pattern against the Vikings.

That commercial is funny as hell, I loved those NFL BK commercials. Classic.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just find it hard to believe that Arizona would trade boldin straight up for brown…. It would never happen.. Im sure Arizona wanted the picks plus sheldon.. I think this sheds no light as to what actually happened on draft day.

by nickrd1786 on May 18, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Brown plus 3rd, from what I understand. They asked for that last year and we turned that down.

Remember when everyone was saying we were trying to trade Sheppard and a pick for Boldin. Arizona said no, and requested Brown, they Eagles declined that last year. I can beleive that this happened. Arizona really likes Brown.

We all forget soo soon what happened last year when AZ asked for Brown.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah...

this story will pop back up about 80 more times before september. i just wish it was here already.

by awd777 on May 18, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i saw this post and had to comment...

I didnt even read any of this…but can we PLEASE stop talking or making posts about Boldin? Please… Thats old news. Lets focus on our WRs we HAVE!

by ssean2266 on May 18, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

don't get it, Its not old news. Did you know that Eagles never offered Brown. Arizona was jonesing for him. Not us.

Don’t comment on a post you don’t read. Some of us have enough sense to post stories in an attempt to fill the rest of us in on what goes on. Just becuase the name Boldin and Brown doesn’t qualify it as a duplicate post. It just another side of the story.

I find it offensive that you would post something so stupid, being that you didn’t read the post. I guess no one should post on an Eagles blog because the word Eagles are on it? We already talked about that.

Next time read the post before trashing it. Or just don’t comment at all on it!!!

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i wasnt trashing this post, i was just stating that i am personally tired of hearing about boldin. after reading the article now that im not busy i still think thats old news. who cares what really happened…and who knows if this is even the correct story behind the deal. it seems like there is a new story every week about this and brown is now getting mixed in.

by ssean2266 on May 19, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I understand your hatred to the story. I personally am sick of it.

I just thought it was interesting that we were the ones turning down the trade not AZ.

But who knows, Howard is usually full of it.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 19, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If its true about us not dealing brown then i will be a little pissed. We would be fine without him i believe plus with boldin it would be SICK. Our WRs would close to the best in the league

by ssean2266 on May 19, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just putting out what Howard said, some of us didn't hear the remarks. It goes against what most

blogs are putting out there. Either you believe Howard or you don’t. I didn’t just pull the story out my but.

Bleed green, or don't bleed at all!

by yophillybro on May 18, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

READ THE POST TO KNOW Y

HE WROTE IT NUMB NUTS.

"If I can't practice, I can't practice. It is as simple as that. It ain't about that at all. It's easy to sum it up if you're just talking about practice. We're sitting here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we're talking about practice".

Allen Iverson #3

by Ewizzy21 on May 18, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

The Howard Eskin show

has long been the PR laundry room for the Eagles. Eskin will give fluff interviews to Joe Banner and Andy Reid on a regular basis. Just look at Reid’s response to the Dawkins situation a few weeks ago. I ABSOLUTELY believe BDawk. But it was Howard Eskin’s platform that allowed Andy to spin the situation to make it look like BDawk turned down some ridiculous contract. I think he worded it all tricky like, “Dawkins would have been the highest paid safety his age in the NFL”

That was what it was, and this is what it is. Really the in’s and out’s of any possible trade for Boldin don’t matter because it didn’t happen. These talks were only put out to appease Sheldon and keep a lid on his situation.


"I want to maintain my flexibility."
-Andy Reid

by BroadStBullies on May 18, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i don't know if anyone listen to the great debate the other week...

but angelo cataldi totally called out eskin for being a brown noser to eagles higher ups like banner and big red. he was making kissing noises to eskin in reference to eskin’s dealings with those guys. it was classic.

by awd777 on May 18, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

as much as i hate to say it

Dont get me wrong i love sheldon brown and im glad he didnt get traded. While this trade may look a lil ignorent in all honesty this trade may have helped gueranteed a eagles-cards nfc championship rematch jus look a lil closer

SS-adrian wilson
FS-antrel rolle
CB-Rogers-cromartie, bryant mcfadden

if you add sheldon brown to that and put bryant at the nickel and we’re looking at arguebly the best secondary in the league(a regular season problem for the cards). While they may lose boldin to us steve breaston showed that he is a capable number 2 reciever while they can groom early doucet or spend the 3rd rounder on a reciever. So im kinda glad this trade didnt go down but sometimes i think of the possibilities if it did bc a healthy boldin and possibly gettin pettigrew sounds jus as appeasing. But im happy with maclin if he gets the best of boldin in a few years and i would rather not the cards with that type of secondary.

by birdsflyinhigh2590 on May 18, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I remember everybody saying we were trying to trade a pick and sheppard for fitzgerald last offseason not boldin…

From Micheal Lombardi Who I actually think is very credible

1. The Eagles made an effort to acquire Anquan Boldin from the Cards. Now, it wasn’t a great offer, but they did try. Agent Drew Rosenhaus said his asking price for Boldin was under $10 million — but barely. To trade Boldin, the Cardinals are going to need more than Sheldon Brown and a third-round pick. That trade is very lopsided in favor of the Eagles, and it’s no wonder they were turned down. If a player is asking for slightly less than $10 million per year, he should command more than what the Birds offered. Why would the Cards make that trade?

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/11757441/rss

by nickrd1786 on May 18, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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