Question: Is lito the CB that we should be trying to trade?

This weekend on the NFL network they had two of the eagles games on, as I watched them I started to see something. Sheldon Brown and not Lito was consistently getting burnt through the air. I mean lets take some time to think about this for a minute, everytime we play the G-men, what does Plaxico do to sheldon? And against the hated cowboys, what does lito do? Not just those games, but it seems to me that Sheldon, ( who hits like nobody's buisness) is sort of a liability at corner and maybe might be more suited for the SS position. At the start of last season there were rumors going around that if he didn't play better then he could lose his spot to William James. ( Not to even say that would be possible) but that was a topic they talked about on CSN. Don't get me wrong I would like to keep both of them on the team but it leaves me to my question, Who is really the better CB? LETS TALK ABOUT IT...........
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I agree man. I've said that from the beginning. I would like to keep both. But I watched both of those games this weekend, and I saw brown get burnt a lot. He would dominate in the slot, but up against a #1 WR, he blows. T.O. had like three catches, and I think two came against Brown. Lito dominates top receivers. Look at him against guys like T.O. and Randy Moss. He shut them down. And he's always picking off the cowboys. Plus, Brown was talking crap about about McNabb wanting playmakers. I say, if we can't keep both, trade Brown and pay Lito.

Hey Guys um I tottally agree with you guys i dont take away any ability that they both possess on the Field i dont think we will let go of either an i think Sheldon might be used on occassions as a Strong Safety when needed but at the end of the Season I swore that S. Brown Had some kind of Beef with DMAC an than i got confused cuz the attention shot all the way to Lito i didnt know anything was wrong with Lito til they pointed it out... If we trade him it wont make sense to trade for Round Picks We dont usually use our First round anyways... Lets See What Happens.... But Brown is More of a nickel CB slash Safety Ltio Can Cover as can Asante the Number one WR but Asante Is more of Making the INTS big PLays while Like Lito That can do the Same is more of a Disrupting CB which is better because he is more of a Contact player... i like all these CBs we have an the backups so i hope a 3 headed CB tandem is what we see on Sept. 7

Good point guys!! I just thought I had to point these facts out. Some fans get caught up in the hype, when lito was never a problem before he was injured last year and now everyone is calling for him to be traded. I much rather have assante on the left and lito on the right, and sheldon at SS. Thanks for the comment guys.

who's down with 3 top cornerbacks?

But Brown never gets hurt so if we trade him and keep Lito, Jansons going to be playing half the season if Lito gets hurt again. Brown does get burnt but is better than Janson...and hes not asking for more money.....yet

Your not going to trade a good corner who doesn't get hurt. Lito always gets injured. Also, Sheldon is the more physical one of the 2 so its good to have that balance at that spot. Yes he does get beat more than Lito, but then again he's on the field more often than Lito so he has more chances to get burnt lol. I mean if your number 1 CB is out and your #2 is covering #1 wideouts, then he is going to get burnt because your best cover corner is out (as usual).

I" much rather have assante on the left and lito on the right, and sheldon at SS."

You can't just plug a guy anywhere and expect him to perform well. Just because he's played the position before doesn't mean he can do it well in the NFL. With the way the NFL is now, there will be a lot of Nickel packages especially with TEs becoming a bigger part of the passing game so I think this works out better for all 3 especially Lito. Now he has less opportunities to get injured.

Lastly, you don't trade the guy who plays every week and doesn't have a problem with his contract!

But Dont Most Number ones WR stick on the Left there will be no way lito sticks them on the Right cuz asante will be sticking them as so i seen it all depends on there Rotation an where the place there Number one but u guys can correct me if im wrong just wondering but if they use lito as a nickel that means double coverage closing any certain holes for number ones an allowing the safetys an sheldon to keep the field short an closed so no WR or RB or TE will get the yards needed an or can be the cause of an incomplete play or INTs deflections

Just curious guys. Does anyone know how many games lito missed due to injury before last year?

if we were to trade a CB id say give up brown im pretty sure hanson and graham could cover browns ground that said if there was some miracle of a way we could get colston id say trade brown and make Reggie Bush happy. the only time hed be hit by brown would be during practice LOL

I think the only option is to trade Lito because of the contract issues. But your right, if we could trade one i would want it to be Brown.

They said He has missed 14 games in the Last 2 Seasons

Thanks for the info:

I Live in Vineland NJ (cumberland County) i dont think i recieve WIP610 with Howard Eskin but is there any truth to him actually stating about Colston.... I mean i dnt want to believe the hype unless it is going to occur but If u figure they need such help in the Secondary why did they pick up Randall Gay from NE of course Randall in my personal opinion isnt better than Sheppard an they do have another pretty good CB along with him so thats why i cant really go with this Rumor or story cuz if they were in need of it why would the trade Colston i understand maybe henderson or what not but not colston.. if it does happen i would be happy but if not than We have the best CB trio

Hey your not to far from me I am from Trenton NJ.

Sheldon has been a stand out player for the Eagles. I remember seeing Lito get burnt quite a bit the past two years.

Sheldon ranked 3rd on the team in tackles (94) and his 3 sacks in 2004 set a club record for sacks by a CB.

Last season he started and recorded 59 tackles, 5 KDs, a hurry, and an INT, which he returned 70 yds. for a TD

The year before had an INT TD and fumble TD and led the Eagles with 4 INTs.

Do you folks watch any Eagles games?

Actually Lito had 6 INT's in 2006, to lead the eagles cb's. So what games were you watching?

we didn't have any defensive TD's last season...

I must have been thinking of 2005 when he led the team.

i say keep them all and have the best secondary

I agree if they are willing to do it.

i would like better to move him to S but i don't know maybe it works he's still a very good player i hope we keep all our CB maybe we get a WR for a pick a our 1st and 2nd or some thing

brown really needs to go i have said this for a year,but everybody made fun of me if you watch game tape of him he is more of a liability than he is good at least lito will stay with his guy and he was still injured.totally agree.

Brown got burnt a few times last season, but he was playing with Will James and Joselio Hanson for most of the year, making him line up against the best. He isn't a dominant #1 corner. Now that he can mostly play the slot he will be even better.

Yeah, too true. But he still has skills.
Maybe he's the heir apparent to B-Dawk. Slash & hit!
But he definitely gets burned too often.

sheldon does get burnt alot but lito stays hurt. lito can't tackle as well as sheldon but sheldon doesn't have lito's speed. sheldon is better in zone coverage and lito man coverage. sheldon is better at corner blitzing and lito is better at dropping back. it depends on what kinda corner you want and both have different strengths and weaknesses. i say if we can keep both!!!!

Bottom line....we made it to the superbowl with Brown playing the right side.

I just like the way Brown plays - he's not the guy I am screaming at on the TV for screwing up. He's a quiet player who gets the job done.

So your saying that you didn't scream when he got burnt by plaxico in that OT touchdown to win the game?

plaxico pushed him off as usual!!! the refs didn t call it!! sheldon is just short!!

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