Eagles Swap Mays for Arrington, Sign WR Washington
by Bob_Q on Jul 31, 2010 9:57 AM EDT
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PrintLate last night, the Eagles announced that they had traded backup middle linebacker Joe Mays to the Denver Broncos for running back J.J. Arrington. Per PhiladelphiaEagles.com:
Arrington is a 5-9, 212-pound back who was a second-round pick of the Cardinals in 2005. He rushed for 654 yards and scored three touchdowns in his first four seasons. Arrington has also caught 91 passes for 693 yards and two touchdowns in his career. He spent last season recovering from microfracture surgery in his knee. Arrington also has tremendous experience as a kickoff returner with a career average of 23.6 yards per return and two touchdowns.
The deal also included a condition that if Arrington did not make the final roster, the Broncos would award the Eagles a sixth-round pick in the 2011 draft. This was a great move by the Eagles front office to turn a player on the roster bubble into either our new third-down back or a draft pick. By all accounts, Arrington has shown a fair amount of skill in blocking during passing plays and can use his speed to be an effective kick returner. He provides the Eagles with more versatility and NFL experience than Martell Mallett or Charles Scott currently do. Will that be enough for him to crack the final roster, though? We'll see.
The Eagles also announced this morning that they had signed wide receiver Kelley Washington, who worked out for the team on Thursday:
Washington is an eight-year veteran, originally drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft. He had his most productive year as a wide receiver last season for the Baltimore Ravens, when he caught 34 passes for 431 yards. He's also considered a high-quality special teams player.
A veteran WR who is great at special teams? Looks like Hank Baskett is going to have a harder time making this roster than initially anticipated. No word yet on who is going to be released to make room for Washington, but with the recent influx of new receivers, chances are practice squad holdovers Jordan Norwood or Dobson Collins will be shown the door.
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I'm really hoping they brought in Arrington specifically for KR duties
I really wanted to see Scott excel and be the 3rd RB.
"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
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Agreed.
This makes it very likely that Eldra will be cut.
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by McNabb2Maclin4Philly on Jul 31, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions
a 6th round pick won't make it to the practice squad? really?
we have a pretty high view of scott that just isn’t necessarily born out by things like “facts”
scott’s a pretty good runner with a solid chance to be a solid #2 back.
know who else has that potential?
basically every RB drafted. every team has their own charles scott, i doubt other teams want ours since 199 players were drafted before him.
that came off harsh
i didn’t mean for it to. i agree scott is good, and i believe you have a good point that he might not make it to the practice squad, i just think it’s more likely that he will make it to the squad than that he won’t
What's with all the WRs?
Is this just because they need that many guys to stop the WRs from getting gassed running routes?
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Kind of surprising...
yet maybe the Eagles don’t have too much confidence on their RB corps yet
eff you we winning anyway
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Microfracture surgery last year means that. . . .
Arrington will not make the team. The guy can probably barely walk without a limp. It takes 2 years AT LEAST for NBA players to come back from that. And there’s no tackling people by the legs in the NBA.
2 years ago this would have been an awesome trade. But now it’s basically just a way for us to get that 6th round pick.
Huh.
I guess it’s a good move in that they got something for a player who wasn’t likely to make the roster. But it seems like a CB who could return kicks would have been better value than yet another player coming off an ACL injury. They might as well rename the joint the NovaCare Center and Philadelphia Knee Recovery Clinic.
by Tracer Bullet on Jul 31, 2010 10:31 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
an ACL injury wouldn’t be too bad. but this was microfracture surgery – one of the worst sports injuries in the world today (besides spinal/paraylsis).
i’d love ot be wrong, and JJ makes a valuable contribution this year. but the prospect of that is highly dubious.
Which is why
Abiamiri is in so much trouble. Didn’t he have microfracture shit done?
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I think this signing may take Baskett off the team since Andy has said he wants really good ST units and he wants size in his 4-5 WRs, he gets both in Washington.
Didn't Washington play this role for the Patriots
a few years ago?
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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome
come on
JJ is a average back at best…. and we traded depth at linebacker the one position where questions marks are glaring at us… Mays wasn’t a bonfide stud but after a solid year under his belt and now knowing the defense I would like to see what he could do now that he’s playing down hill…. he wasn’t nick name head busta for nothing last year at camp….
He had 2 years already
He looked really promising in his first preseason, seemed like he was always right where he needed to be.
I’m just not so sure this was a good move.
true….but he knew the defense…and if something happens to Big B now we got rookies and potential to hold down the middle of out defense… puts in the same position last year without a great secondary to carry us…
Thats not saying too much though
If Stew were to go down again, Omar would step right back into the starting spot. While he showed potential, Mays just wasn’t suited for the 4-3 MIKE linebacker spot. Simply the fact that he knew the defense isn’t really enough to keep him around. Quite frankly, if Omar wouldn’t have gone down last year he would have been the starter at MLB throughout the rest of the season which I think is the primary reason he was tendered. He is the only LB that knows all 3 spots. Mays possibly would have made the 53 man roster by default, but not by much else.
yeah went down… there goes that injury thing again… Omar isn’t big enough to play the middle… got to love is play and his heart but just don’t have the size… hopefully it won’t be a problem this year…
Well your preaching to the choir
Remember this is the Eagles. Linebacker isn’t exactly a focal position of care among the coaches here. But like you said hopefully it won’t be a problem this year……hopefully.
Reid only had 1 third-and-long back in mccoy. Being our primary back, we need game-day depth, and he recognizes it. I think this pretty much means we’ll be developing scott after a phantom injury appears
2010-11 Predictions:
Kevin Kolb will go to the probowl and complete >65% of passes.
Jeremy Maclyn will have more receptions than Miles Austin & Steve Smith
Graham will have the starting LDE spot tied up by week 5, win ROTY, and have >10 Sacks
11-5 finish.
by corn on the kolb on Jul 31, 2010 11:26 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
If Reid wants a backfield full of guys like JJ
then he should damn well draft guys that fit that bill. When you draft RBs like Tony Hunt and Charles Scott, you have to realize that they will never be developed into Westbrook-esque skill sets. These guys need to be fed the ball between the tackles over the course of the game (some more than others), and occaisionally catcing a few balls.
If they’re looking for Scott to be like McCoy, they may as well trade him to the Bronks as well
by DLawrence55 on Jul 31, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
At the end of the day...
There’s 80 players on the team right now… A if we stack some positions to keep our best players fresh it makes sense… When do we have first cuts and by how many?
by Johnny G on Jul 31, 2010 11:34 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Another Reciever in the backfield....
I think Andy just creamed his pants……
Bobby April probably pushed for Washington, heck of a special teams guy.. Hank’s chances of making the team are dwindling.
That makes sense ...
… if these are Bobby April guys.
If Arrington can truly KOR, it could be him and Demps and Maclin/Hobbs wouldn’t have to risk injury back there.
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WTF was this trade?
So i Bradley gets hurt again what do we do? We traded depth at MLB for a busted RB when he have 4 on the roster right now? WHY???
....When does football season start again???
by SpursEaglesFanSanAntonio on Jul 31, 2010 12:45 PM EDT reply actions
Uh, we have Gaither(who started a full season at MIKE before and did well) and Jamar Chaney(who is >>> Joe Mays).
I agree about Gaither, but I don’t know that Chaney is >>>>> Mays. I don’t know how anyone would know that a seventh rounder we just drafted is better than Mays.
I will say though that I thought out coaching staff was done with Mays before this trade happened, he was given a chance, and didn’t prove himself. Time to move on. They are patient with some positions here, I haven’t seen that patients with linebacker in the past.
This is simple
Mays for a 6th round pick. Mays has almost no shot of making this roster with Bradley and Gaither healthy. Not like he showed much either in limited time.
Still always better to have a draft pick than not. Won’t get a starter with a pick like this but it is a useful bargaining trip for a trade and possibly to get a depth/special teams contributor.
by MG77 on Jul 31, 2010 4:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Mays is one of several guys on here that I never understood why got some strong support. He was a nice story in camp 2 years ago. That’s about it.
by MG77 on Jul 31, 2010 4:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
yea they do
they over rate dumb players .. like mays .. todd herremans .. macho harris .. jason avant .. bradley .. not saying they arent talented .. but all of them are extremly over rated by eagles fans
by jack is better than asante on Aug 2, 2010 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats Andy
He turned a guy that was going to get cut into a 6th round pick at the least, and a great returner best case scenario. Well played.
As a Denver fan
I think this worked well for both teams, we were deep at RB in the first place, but I had been excited since Arrington joined the team, hopefully he plays well for you guys.
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