Friday, March 14, 2008

Some Eagles Notes

Earlier this week, Larry Fitzgerald signed a pretty hefty extension with Arizona, obviously ending any trade speculation. The fact is I don't think it was very likely Fitz got traded in the first place. Sure, he was going to have a gigantic cap hit for the next two seasons, but he's a great player. The Cardinals spend the 4th overall pick on him. Why would they just give him away? He wasn't holding out or demanding a trade. Why would he? It was a situation where if they were blown away by an offer, they would take it. Lito Sheppard and some picks isn't worth one of the best receivers in football.

Adam Schein (who is he? He doesn't have a Wikipedia page, so I'm not really sure.) says the Eagles were one of the teams LB Danny Clark was considering signing with. He ended up with the Giants because he has a better chance of playing there than he does here. It looks like they want a veteran Linebacker, which probably isn't a bad idea. Our three starters have a combined five years of experience, and Gocong was injured for one of those years.

Finally, the Eagles signed DT/LB/utility guy Dan Klecko... to play Fullback. This is an interesting move. He's a pretty big dude, so hopefully he can improve the Eagles' short yardage game. If he doesn't work out at FB, he'll provide depth on defense, and he can probably play special teams.

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