Happy trails Darren Howard
by JasonB on Mar 18, 2010 5:08 PM EDT
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The Philadelphia Eagles announced today that they've released veteran DE Darren Howard. Andy Reid had this to say.
"Darren Howard has been one of our most productive and versatile members of our defense in the last couple of years," said head coach Andy Reid. "He is nothing but a solid player, leader and person on and off the field."
This is one of those moves that surprising in some ways but not in others... Howard signed to be a productive DE opposite Trent Cole, a role in which he ended up being a bust in. However, he was able to find a usable role for himself as a situational pass rushing DT, where he collected most of his 15.5 sacks the past two seasons. That was, however, his only useful role and considering Howard was scheduled to make over $5 million next year the Eagles obviously felt that wasn't enough. The addition of Daryl Tapp, who can also shift inside, likely helped Howard out the door. In addition, the Eagles probably still hope to see Victor Abiamiri stay healthy as he has shown flashes of being a good inside rusher as well.
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i dont know jb
i think tapp starts over victor
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Sure. I’m just saying that I imagine the Eagles think either guy could fill that inside pass rusher role that Howard had.
yea, now get on a curtis article ! lol
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by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 18, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions
the most exciting cut this offseason !
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by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 18, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Must be spring cleaning
Kevin Curtis is gone as well
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins
I still don't see it
How many of you guys have faith in Abiramiri anymore?
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins
Curtis and Howard...
That should conclude the cuts this offseason. And the FO’s focus turns toward the QB situation. Buckle up, everyone.
by JimmyK on Mar 18, 2010 5:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
right on schedule...
And I’m being serious when I see I predicted almost all of this. (I didn’t think we would get ANY value on Reggie Brown or bring back Kendra.)
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
i liked howard he led the team in sacks 2 years ago
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Eh?
I don’t see why we don’t keep him around for depth.
Those rookie DE’s have so much impact. So we’ll be all set when we draft the next Bryan Smith in the 3rd round.
The road to victory!
Because....
he’s owed like 5 mil this year.
I don't know what it is about your face,
[holds up fist]
but I just wanna deliver one of these right in your suck hole.
It's 3.5....
and I still say who else have we got.
Maybe I’d feel better if we’d seen Abiamiri stay healthy and contribute… but he is highly questionable at this point.
The road to victory!
I said like 5 mil....
Give or take 1.5 mil.
I don't know what it is about your face,
[holds up fist]
but I just wanna deliver one of these right in your suck hole.
If you give me the 1.5 mil I’ll take it.
We’re so tight against the cap this year I guess we had to do it. Plus we have Darryl Tapp now…. highly proven sack machine. We’re all set.
Championship!
The road to victory!
Yay.
I don't know what it is about your face,
[holds up fist]
but I just wanna deliver one of these right in your suck hole.
Thumbs down on this move
Howard did have a failoff in his numbers last year (18 hurries/7 sacks) and was less effective overall in seemed in short-yardage situations/goal line situations.
Still, he was a valuable contributor on 3rd downs who came in to replace Patterson and gave them a veteran passing rushing threat from the interior the past 2 seasons.
Now they are relying upon Abiamiri to take over this role next season. Abiamiri finally did seem like he found a niche with a role as a 3rd down pass rusher from the inside but not exactly a guy that he has proven he can stay on the field either. I would be stunned if Abiamiri is healthy & semi-effective over a full 16 G.
This was really a move to save a couple of bucks but probably downgraded the quality of the DL too.
Seriously we are looking to save big money in an uncapped year. WTF?
I’m really starting to think McNabb might actually get traded.
Certainly doesn’t seem like we are going for it this year.
The road to victory!
Pretty hard to argue this was anything but a move to save some cash and go with a much cheaper (yet not necessarily better) replacement in Abiamiri.
Howard was generally a disappointment his first 2 years and was almost a complete nonfactor in 2007 but he had reinvented himself a bit the past 2 seasons as a valuable contributor as an inside pass rusher and short-yardage situational guy.
They are ditching all their bad contracts
with no cap penalty
You can complain about loosing depth, but our starters are still in place and the team will probably in good shape.
Honestly seems like we’re taking advantage of a unique chance to rebuild quickly (We weren’t that good last season…) and get young and talented with cap space.
Agreed on that front
Howard is in the same general bucket that ’Spoon was in. Both guys who contributed last year but are clearly on the downside of their careers with a hefty price tag to boot.
Eagles are likely going to be awfully young though and counting on a guy in this regards (Abiamiri) who has not shown them in 3 seasons now that he can be counted on over the course of an entire year.
next
i think the eagles could make one more cut .. that being parker
by jack is better than asante on Mar 18, 2010 9:39 PM EDT reply actions
Not going to happen this year. That would completely gut our DE depth. No reason to pitch him aside.
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i wouldn't put it past them.
i could see them throwing parker out too.
The Eagles WILL redeem themselves in the '10-'11 season, with a win at SuperBowl 45 in Dallas!
Nah
Parker isn’t making nearly the kind of money Howard was and Parker was still a part-time starter at LDE. Howard was just a situational guy at this point who hadn’t been a full-time starter the past couple of years.
ehh
parker sucks .. hes old .. eagles dont like old .. if they draft a few DEs and espcially one high he could be gone
by jack is better than asante on Mar 18, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
i’d say parker’s gone
The Eagles WILL redeem themselves in the '10-'11 season, with a win at SuperBowl 45 in Dallas!
Parker is owed 3 mil this year and 4 mil next year. He’s fairly cheap, and we really don’t have a lot of veteran depth at DE suddenly. I would expect to see him back.
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