Ricky Sapp Denies Quitting Eagles
by JasonB on Aug 4, 2011 4:17 PM EDT
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Print[Note by JasonB, 08/04/11 8:38 PM EDT ] The Eagles have confirmed that Ricky Sapp has indeed been placed on the "Reserve/Left Squad List."
Cody of Bleed-Green.com spoke with Eagles DE Ricky Sapp this afternoon amid reports that the second year man had quit the team. Sapp denies doing so and claims that frustration with a knee injury that he's battled since his senior year of college led to him "not practicing."
"I would never in my life just quit." He said "I’ve just been dealing with this knee for a long time and I bust my behind to get it back right and it just gives me more problems."
While Sapp says that he was not practicing, reporters noted that he was not at Lehigh. Injured players are usually off to the side working on conditioning. Geoff Mosher of the News Journal reported from Eagles camp "Source tells me Sapp left the team days ago on his own volition and was placed on Reserved/Left Squad list. Sapp did same thing last year."
Now, as far as I know teams don't publish their "Reserved/Left Squad" list, so I guess we can't check whether he is on the list for sure. But if he is, it would indicate that however Sapp wants to characterize his absence, he has left the team without their permission. Further, if was an excused injury absence, it would be news to Sapp's teammates. Mosher asked an unnamed defensive lineman if he thought Sapp would be back and his response was "if he ain't come back by now ...."
This is a very curious situation to be sure. Hopefully we'll hear something from the Eagles eventually. Check out the article and see what Sapp had to say.
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Of all the guys on our d-line who I thought would benefit the most from Coach Washburn, I thought Ricky Sapp was the one who’d really stand out and make a big splash. Too bad he has no work ethic and has a sandy vag. Mike Patterson’s about to face BRAIN SURGERY and is dying to come back to play, Sapp’s pouting in the corner with a sore knee. Some much wasted potential….
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It’s hard to say what is up. From reading his comments, it just doesn’t seem like he and the team are on the same page.
I certainly wouldn’t criticize a guy for having an injury, especially something serious like a knee, but obviously it has to be handled correctly.
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I hear what your saying, but I’d think that having an entire year off would be enough time to heal an injury if it was going to heal, but then again I’m no doctor or NFL player.
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You’ve provided my zen statement for the day! My original statement was made in the heat of passion of Sapp quitting. He’s a player I really want to be a star and it’s tough to see someone you admire bite the dust like that. I think he can be a stud pass rusher for a team and I’d love for it to be our team under coach Wash.
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OT but..
Lol @Antonio Pierce for saying the Cowboys are going to win the NFC East over the Eagles. Sooo what you think that Dallas is going to go 11-5 or 12-4 and hold the tiebreaker against the birds? bahhhhhhahahahahahaha
The Jruth shall be told.
PLEASE
I want more people predicting us to lose or not be very good. I hope no one predicts us to go to the superbowl and I hope no one gives us respect. The last thing we need is for us to be handed the trophy before week 1. We suck and we arent winning the superbowl. There, I did my part. Now….GO EAGLES BABY
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Aug 4, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
After years of watching Andy Reid coached teams in action
I agree – the Eagles have been the best when underdogs or counted out. When you expect the Eagles to do well, they tend to disappoint. Low expectations are always the best as an Eagles fan. I suspect if my thirty plus year wait for the Eagles to win the Super Bowl ever ends it will be a year when the Eagles barely make the playoffs as a wild card and shock the world.
my thought process is the exact same
I thought it would’ve been 08 when we eked into the playoffs. It was the year right after the giants won as a wild card and won every game on the road. Low expectations….get hot at the right time
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 6:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cowherd was CONFIDENT of the same thing...Cowboys win it at 11-5
Schlereth just sat there, laughed in his face and kept saying “8 and 8…8 and 8”!
yes
good to know that he aint walk out on us and i hear dat taylor mays is looking top be traded. could he be philly bound?
I doubt it after we just spent a high pick of Jarrett, if we hadn’t though I’d hope so. He’s bigger and faster then Jarret and played in in tougher conference. I know Jarrett can lay the wood but I’m not sold on him yet, but I know that the F.O. knows what they’re doing and I’ll trust that.
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A big knock on Taylor Mays is that he has poor instincts. From what I’ve seen attending Temple Jarret’s instincts are superior on the football field.
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That’s reassuring. The only film I’ve seen of him is highlight clips on youtube from a few games and the senior bowl. He didn’t do much in the clips I saw of the senior bowl and his youtube clips are just hits, nothing where he covers receivers over the top. Youtube’s hardly the place to look for legit film on a guy so I’m glad to hear from someone who saw him in person that the cat can ball.
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im cool with ether M.J or J.J. starting
but both are SLOW as crap, if he’s cheap then we need to get him. even if we move him to LB but i think i would but him and J.J. on the same level
by SouthernEagle on Aug 4, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
DO NOT WANT
I am a huge fan of everyone from USC considering I go there but Taylor Mays is and will always be a below average to poor NFL safety.
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so he's basically just a workout warrior?
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Yeah he can make the huge hits but
he is awful in coverage and has ridiculously bad instincts. His senior year at SC he was shit, he lived off his rep from his jr year.
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his own coach passed on him
P.C.
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 6:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i know, when a coach does that, you know he bad,
any chance he can play lb? or will he just a bigger version of ernie simms
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i think were going into the season
With this group as our LB core. at first it scared me but, the more I see Mathews pan out, the more im warming up to it. We’ll just have to have them grow up quickly Haha….wonder why we didn’t get the best lb coach in the league
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 7:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
he probably wanted to stay with the packers i guess
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haha! touche my good man....touche
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 7:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
you heard about the steelers voting against the ratification?
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no, im watching nfl live. they didnt mention anything like that. said the ratification went smoothly
although with the amount of animosity towards goodell on that team I can see why. Unless it was ownership then I am stunned
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 7:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I hate this argument
Every single mock draft and talent evaulator had Thomas above Mays and I’d bet 31 teams (not the Raiders) would have made the same choice.
The Pete Carroll passing him up thing is so overblown.
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by sctrojan13 on Aug 4, 2011 9:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He is the Ghost of Ernie Sims.
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A: They are equally ineffective in the red zone.
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They are the same person.
Fast, strong and dumb as hell.
Q: What do a leaky tampon and Sean McDermott's defense have in common?
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he sounded real sad
he sounds real sad & frustrated in that article. Maybe he needs treatment for more than his knee… Seems like a good guy, hopefully he can contribute at some point.
Update
Slight update made to article. Asked about if he’s still on the team and his role, etc., he says “as far as I know, they’re still using.” Hasn’t been told otherwise.
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Without the correction I thought my worst fears about the Reid boys had been confirmed.
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by Rogue Nine on Aug 4, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve confirmed with the Eagles that he has indeed been placed on the left squad list.
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To be honest
I dont care if he quit or not. I just want Jackson and Maclin back. Im starting to get worried. No news is usually bad news.
No news is usually bad news.
You don’t hear that every day.
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by BWestFactor on Aug 4, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Sapp leaving really is meaningless. But i’ve also said from day one that I never thought Sapp would play in the NFL. He never impressed me at Clemson. Just tryed to be a better athlete then everyone and thats it. Those kind of guys never translate to NFL unless your a freak. Sapp is no freak. To me this is really a non-story, but I understand how other people may think he had potential.
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Aug 4, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you Cody and Jason
I had complained that the headline of a previous post was too negative, so I now thank you both for presenting the other side to the story.
ITS NOT QUITTING IF YOUR NOT WANTED- REMEMBER THAT!
10 points if you know whose quote this is
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Aug 4, 2011 4:55 PM EDT reply actions
LOL
Well done…thats where my tag came from. Mike Will is double down
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Aug 4, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
And all this time I thought it was because you liked these...
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Aug 4, 2011 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohhhh
and comes with a free heart attack!
by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Aug 4, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
wanna know what state has the highest obesity rate?
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Those are delicious.
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by McNabb2Maclin4Philly on Aug 4, 2011 5:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
PE Facebook page...
Andy Reid confirmed that Eagles DE Victor Abiamiri suffered a torn Achilles tendon and will likely miss the 2011 season.
Hmmmmm...
Sandy Vagina detected…
SOURCE: Ricky Sapp shown to have unusually high amounts of sand in his vagina.
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blow your knee out
and run 2 practices a day in the NFL. you people are so fuckin disrespectful. I’ve blew my knee out 8 years ago, and I’m a roofer, and too this day my knee still bothers me every damn day of the week. So why don’t you learn what the fuck you talking about before you start bashing people with knee injuries.
by phillyfan330 on Aug 4, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Seriously guys. Show at least a little respect…at least until we know the full story.
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by kingmcnabb5 on Aug 4, 2011 6:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I blew my knee out playing hockey as a kid, hurt it again in basic, hurt it again in college, hurt it again on deployment. And I’m still doing the job 14 years later.
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Eagles say otherwise, sorta
https://twitter.com/eagles/status/99242700347416577
Eagles: Also Ricky Sapp placed on Reserve/Left Squad list and officially announce signings of Anthony Hargrove and Derek Landri
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Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee tweets that Floyd is weighing his options, and that the Philadelphia Eagles are in the mix. It’s unclear what level of interest the Eagles have, but remarkably they do still have some space under the salary cap, according to numbers published by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
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by McNabb2Maclin4Philly on Aug 4, 2011 7:02 PM EDT reply actions
This helps Arizona in their hunt for Andrew Luck
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A: They are equally ineffective in the red zone.
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Randy Moss is supposedly in the Capitol Grill in Philly….hmmm
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hmmmmmmmmmm this is interesting
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media is just out to get us hahahaha! i like it.
They like comparing us to the redskins as far as our FA this year. We did nothing of the sort. I love how we handled it. Now jackson needs to come back….
by sandiegoeaglesfan on Aug 4, 2011 8:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
If VA got hurt on the job...
…can he be cut without paying him?
Q: What do a leaky tampon and Sean McDermott's defense have in common?
A: They are equally ineffective in the red zone.
"If Roger Goodell was on fire and I had to piss on him to put him out, I wouldn't do it...I hate him and will never respect him."
--The often wrong (but right in this instance) James Harrison.
He’d probably get an injury settlement from the team.
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Yeah...
…but can he be “cut” for less than full season pay in the new CBA? I’m not sure what the workers comp pay stuff is for the NFL.
Q: What do a leaky tampon and Sean McDermott's defense have in common?
A: They are equally ineffective in the red zone.
"If Roger Goodell was on fire and I had to piss on him to put him out, I wouldn't do it...I hate him and will never respect him."
--The often wrong (but right in this instance) James Harrison.
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