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As Training Camp nears, let's review the Safety position. With all the offseason focus on the secondary with the addition of Asante Samuel and the unknown status of Lito Sheppard, the Safety position is going to be intriguing if we come out of the preseason healthy and have to make some hard decisions on who [...]
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Lito Sheppard Needs To Come To Camp And When The Season Starts Make Some Plays And He Needs To EARN A New Contract And Stop Crying About Getting One When He Has Not Earned It Because Of Injuries But When He Is Health He Is One Of The Best Cornerbacks In The League. The Key For Him Is Staying Healthy And Making Some Plays For The Philadelphia Eagles Defense This Year
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This Is Very Bad News To Us Eagles Fans And You Know What Happen With T.O When Drew Rosenhause. I Hope Lito Sheppard Still Wants To Be An Eagle Because We Are Going To Need Him This Season. I Hope The Eagles Get Lito A New Contract This Season So We Would Not Have To Worry About These Kinds Of Things.
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