G Cobb sticks his neck out, says "Asante Samuel is an Eagle"

by JasonB on Feb 28, 2008 11:05 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

On former Eagle and current radio/TV pundit Gary Cobb's website, one of his authors "Micah Warren" says Source: Asante Is An Eagle. Don't bother clicking the link, Cobb's site has crashed... The same author has posted the story at Blast Magazine. Don't ask me what Blast Magazine is, because I don't know.

I spoke to a source close to the situation who told me that Asante Samuel is in. It's done. Per the source, the cornerback and the Eagles have worked out a deal. Samuel is definitely one of the big-time names in free agency this year, and the Eagles were obviously intent on signing him even though this constitutes tampering. That said, everyone in the NFL tampers. It's a fact. You see free agency start at 12:01 a.m. one day, and they have major deals done by 12:05 a.m. These things just don't happen that quickly.

G is sticking his neck out on this one. He's been blogging, doing camp reports, doing video podcasts ect all from his site in an attempt to make it an Eagles/Philly sports hub. One way to do that would be scooping everyone on the biggest free agent signing of the offseason. One way not to do it, is to be wrong. They have a lot of credibility on the line here.

I must say I find it very hard to believe. John Clayton isn't reporting this, Adam Schefter doesn't have it... I just doubt that people who write for GCobb.com have better sources than those guys.

PFT has even picked up G Cobb's report.

Update [2008-2-29 0:1:38 by JasonB]: John Clayton on ESPN at midnight says the Asante Samuel calls will start coming, "expect the Philadelphia Eagles to call very quickly."

Update [2008-2-29 0:19:14 by JasonB]: The St Petersburgh Times says Samuel is "bound for Philadelphia"

Lastly, for those of you still wondering about Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel, I have it on good authority that he is bound for Philadelphia. Anything can happen because nothing's official yet, but that's the version that has been making the rounds among insiders since Wednesday evening.

Update [2008-2-29 0:47:8 by JasonB]:I'm heading to bed. There's reports that the Saints have traded for Jet's LB Jonathan Vilma.I'm also hearing the Raiders are close to signing Giants S Gibril Wilson, who was rumored to be a target of the Eagles. Otherwise, not much else to report. Let's see what we wake up to.

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I hope he's right

A playmaker in the defensive backfield sure would be nice. G. Cobb's site is down, wonder if someone huge linked to it.

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by depressedfan on Feb 28, 2008 11:57 PM EST reply actions

It was me!

LOL! Actually, I think it's all the links from the Eagles message board and PFT...

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by JasonB on Feb 29, 2008 12:06 AM EST up reply actions

Clayton said it

Watch the eagles to call samuel quick

by NickPampani on Feb 29, 2008 12:02 AM EST reply actions

I can just imagine...

Asante sitting by the phone with his manager at 11:59 pm rubbing his hands together waiting for the calls (money) to roll in.

by thwalls on Feb 29, 2008 12:21 AM EST reply actions

samuel to visit!

samuel to visit today, i'm expecting press conference

by crickles on Feb 29, 2008 1:13 AM EST reply actions

Huh

If Micah Warren is right, what will happen to Lito?

-- They may try and find a decent return for him in trade, even though the Eagles have lost some leverage now.
-- Move Brown to safety in "base" packages. In nickel and dime, Brown/Lito/Samuel is the best package in the league. Keep in mind, the Eagles safeties in Jim Johnson's scheme don't always play the traditional FS/SS roles. With the zone blitzes, they've got to be smart and good tacklers, and Sheldon Brown fits that role perfectly. It would be interesting, anyway.

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by BFH on Feb 29, 2008 8:15 AM EST reply actions

would be nice

thwalls - I see it more of a Mr. Burns from the Simpsons scene... sitting there with his hands together and his fingers going crazy saying, "Yessss..."

BFH - As soon as Philly got on the Samuel merry-go-round, the Brown/Sheppard/Samuel scenerio you mentioned popped into my head. Our D needs another starting caliber corner. I like Q playing safety, but this would be great. Not only would we be starting Dawkins/Brown/Sheppard/Samuel, but in nickel and dime, we move Brown down to the third corner and bring in Q to play safety.

Also, this would give us great security in the case of a Dawkins or Sheppard injury. If Sheppard is out, Brown moves to the other starting corner, Q in as safety, and Hanson is now the nickel/dime corner. If Dawkins is out, Q comes in and everything else stays the same.

There was also some talk about the Pats, or anyone else, being interested in Sheppard if we get Samuel. IMO, this would put us in the same situation we are currently in... still in need of a third, starting quality, corner.

I also think that Brown and Sheppard would be happy with this scenerio. Both retain staring roles and will understand that this will make the unit better overall.

by foos05 on Feb 29, 2008 8:48 AM EST reply actions