Has Asante Samuel Played His Last Game As An Eagle?

without a doubt… dont know how i would rank them yet though

I will miss Asante if he is, in fact, on his way out. Was never a consistent tackler, but his picks were always momentum-changing.

The only Eagles jersey I own is 22. He was our best CB this year no question and it sucks that he’s the odd man out, but that’s the NFL for you. Good luck in Detroit/Carolina.

23 interceptions in 3 years? I’ll remember him fondly.

He did what he was brought here to do.

Great guy, lots of fun at training camp. He will be missed. For all of his tackling faults, he sure as hell could pick off the ball.

Will always remember #22 as being a great Eagle. Game changer with his tenacity, heart breaker when he missed those picks…but overall will go down as one of my favorite Eagles to watch and support…definitely will miss Asante if he’s gone

Great personality — fun but not (until this year) disruptive. Great player.

If this is it for #22 in philly, you fold your arms across your chest, tilt your head, and salute.
“Heart Damnit, all that was, was Heart” A.Samuel
On another note, wonder who the giants will sign as their new WR for manning?

And not just for the great play. I agree with mcnabb that his picks were game changing. another thing I liked was that whenever the o was on the field, he was right on the sideline, totally into the game. Remember the owen schmitt hurdle from earlier this year? Asante MADE that play! Happy trails bud.

Started the trend of CBs whose names Eagles’ fans can’t spell.
Great player. And the smack he laid on AR’s belly after Shady socked will be one of my favorite memories for a long time to come. Sorry, I couldn’t find a gif that didn’t cut off before Asante got there.

The only problem was the lackluster tackling, but he seemed to put in more effort once the fans got on him which is a credit to his character. Something like that will endear you to Philly fans. There wasn’t really a time when fans were calling for him to hit the bench cuz he sucks. A shame we never got him a ring here in Philly. He also had the balls to call out the front office for playing fantasy football (which turned out to be partly true in terms of the end results from this season.)

At least we can trade him for a 2/3 round pick plus another and then we can trade back and draft more linebackers in the 6/7 round the next couple years.

Or does Reid go all in and trade up with those picks to grab an NFL ready player that we could use at certain positions?? I like Chaney and Rolle, maybe we can get someone to plug in next to them.

I think he is worth the money. Has not shown signs of slowing down, is a veteran leader on this defense that is in dire need of a leader, wins games with the turnovers he creates. One of the best to play the position and I WANT HIM TO STAY.

where do they find these Columnist ! Last it was Sheldon Brown who couldn’t Cover, complain, complain

But business is business in the end. But he made major contributions to the team and I can’t forget a lot of his patented game changing INTs during games. Especially the one against the Vikings in the playoffs. If it is true (which it likely is) thank you Asante for all you’ve done.

…And DRC will tear his ACL

He got a huge paycheck but he’s been the Eagles’ best cover corner every year he has been here including this year despite Nnamdi and DRC’s presence.

He’s done here but the Eagles will definitely miss him and his ability to produce INTs.

In every game that Asante got an interception, the Eagles won. Sadly, the game they pointed out that stat, it was broken.

Samuel was a half-hearted tackler at times and other times a dirty tackler leading with his helmet. Still, his tackling issues were generally overblown here. Probably reached a height in 2009 after that long Miller TD helped to clinch the Raiders’ game. McDermott publicly threw Samuel under the bus after that game. Samuel to his credit generally didn’t on a tirade against McDermott.

Samuel had a very up-and-down year tackling in 2009 but it turned out he was playing with a bum shoulder most of the year too. One of the reasons he should have gotten a bit more leeway. He played hurt & still played at a very high caliber including an NFL-leading 9 INTs.

Has become overrated among most fans it seems since he left here. He was a very solid player here but he wasn’t the player people made him out to be either.

Taylor was a more physical corner & a better overall player than Brown during his tenure as an Eagle. Sheppard for all of the crap he took here it seemed towards the later part of his stay here was also a better player at his peak (2004-6) than Brown was too. Hell, you could argue that Al Harris has had a better overall career than Brown.

Vincent was the best CB the Eagles’ have had the past 20 years. Samuel is probably 2nd and that after that you can argue about Taylor/Brown/Sheppard. Eagles though have been lucky to have had very good CB generally the past 15 years.

Always loved small corners who were athletic though as hell and gave everything they had.

That this didn’t work out differently.Asante was a very dedicated player IMO .Always keeping his focus on the game , and gave alot of good moral boosting to his teammates.While he had his moments tackling, he did try to improve on that when it was pointed out to him , instead of making lame excuses he made the effort to improve.
If he is traded I wish him the best , and only hope we get equal or better value in return.
Of course………this is only the begining of trade rumors and should be taken lightly until the ink has dried.Ditto with the Spags rumor , and any other rumor to follow in the next few months.I am sure there will be plenty of them coming.

Ok… so Nnamdi is guaranteed too much money to let go, but if he wasnt…

Comparing him to Sheppard and Brown Vince? Give me a break! I agree with the top 5 comment at least in my time as an Eagles fan which I’ve been for around 30+ years.

He’s become an Eagles icon. Just wish we can find a way to keep him but if the player himself is no longer content with the organization it’s pointless for him to remain if his heart is no longer here.

As a guy who get’s a lot of picks and “doesn’t get paid to tackle.”

of #22. Played with a chip on his shoulder and showed it with game-changing plays. Always remember that strut after he laid out Derek Hagan of the Giants, total boss haha.

dropping the game-winning pick in the SB =)