I'm not doubting that Larry is a classy guy, an incredible football player, but what has he proven on the football field. I'm sorry but if I compare the early part of Randy's career to Larry's career...Randy is hands down the better receiver. Larry is worth a ton, but not his current contract value and his agent is already looking at 2 yrs from now. The Cardinals are stuck with the contract that they offered, but do we have to be held hostage by there mistake. It's not as easy as opening a checkbook and writing the big check. What are we willing to give up for him. Contracts escalate and next year someone will be on the block just to keep him around. Look at what is happening to the Cards right now. They lost there big young defensive free agents because of Larry's contract...do you really want that? Are you aware of how many of our young kids are up for new contracts in 2010? Call me a long range thinker, but I'm not willing to give up the franchise for one player.
Original Story:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footba...
Original Story:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footba...
RollOutRite520 said March 04, 2008
phillyfan841 said March 04, 2008
If i knew if we traded for Fitz and it would end in a super bowl victory, but we wouldnt have a few young players i'd say do it, but either way this team is going to be a whole lot better than last season
DTRIK19 said March 04, 2008
ck0712 replied March 04, 2008
Keep5Alive said March 04, 2008
ck0712 replied March 04, 2008
sandlansd said March 04, 2008
BOTTOM LINE: Throw whatever it takes Arizona's way to get Fitz. If he has 1400 yds in a BALANCED offense with a mediocre at best QB throwing to him, just think of what he would do w/ a top 5 Pro Bowl QB and a Pass oriented offense... can you say superbowl? Forget Lito, forget our draft picks... what have we gotten w/ them the last few yrs anyway? Pretty much nothing but disappointment. Freddie Mitchell ring a bell? Having the Eagles attempt to draft a wide receiver wouldnt work out too well. Depth at CB isnt something that is necessary for success, a legit #1 wide out is. Giants w/ Burress, Colts w/ Wayne and Harrison, u dnt win a superbowl w/o a #1 WR. The only acception being the Pats, who had a great all around WR core, and a defense which has been unrivaled in the past decade, not to mention an extremely accurate QB (something Donovan is not).
ck0712 replied March 04, 2008
mmmmmmmmm point made, sandlansd
Keep5Alive replied March 04, 2008
Hey at the end of the day anything to make Jerry Jones and company look like last years loss to the Giants, I'm game for I won't be unhappy with him here thats for sure
mom2a2 replied March 05, 2008
trotter830 said March 04, 2008
trotter830 said March 04, 2008
Keep5Alive replied March 04, 2008
trotter830 said March 04, 2008
sandlansd said March 04, 2008
And also, to Keep5Alive, in your comparison of Moss and Fitz, you have forgotten the fact that Moss consistantly had a better QB (Culpepper?) throwing to him then Fitz(Warner and Leinart). Also, the Vikings had an extremely good running game which made double teaming Moss less frequent (Robert Smith, 1000+ yds every season). The Vikings offense was also much more pass oriented, and often they broke out in 4 and 5 wide receivers sets, making double teams next to impossible, whereas the cardinals use more of the basic 2-3 wide receiver sets. U are also ignoring the fact that Randy Moss was the only premier WR in Minnesota and thus got most of the balls thrown his way(only other person was Chris Carter, who was in the later stages of his career), fitz had to share the ball w/ Boldin, one season they both put up 1400 yds, imagine what fitz's yardage wouldve been like if boldin wasnt there. One last point, if u notice is that the Vikings threw a lot more deep routes than the Cardinals, as Moss has more yards per catch, and overall yards, but less catches. If fitz comes to philly, donovan loves to throw the deep ball, and those yards and ypc would greatly increase, and if his # of catches stayed at 100, ud be looking at a 1600-1700 yd season... and a superbowl.
Even if getting Fitz would cost us in the future (although I'm relatively certain it would have no impact other than as positive one as I've already said), I would gladly trade one Super Bowl victory, and one 2-3 year period of being one of the best teams in football for 10 years of mediocrity following it. We have been planning for the future for over 40 years now, 42+ yrs without a superbowl, 42 YEARS we have been knocking at the door, but have been too worried about the future and have never gotten over the hurdle. 42 YEARS!!!!! That is long enough, one victory parade down broad street would last most philly fans a lifetime, just 1 championship. Forget the future, throw caution to the wind, go balls out for McNabbs final few seasons as an Eagle and go for that championship. Cause once McNabb is gone as QB, the eagles shot at a superbowl will be gone for at least 3-4 years, and wingbowl will be the only bowl we pay attention to in Feb. TRADE FOR FITZ NOW!!!
Keep5Alive replied March 05, 2008
samthefan said March 05, 2008
brown, lewis and lito do it!!!
xclutch87x said March 05, 2008
Eagles2007 said March 07, 2008
GCobb is trying to create some traffic for his new and awful web site. He's not a journalist. He has absolutely zero credibility.
The Eagles will not trade for Fitzgerald. He's scheduled to make $14.5925 million this year and $17.355 million next season. The Eagles are paying Samuel a little over $9 Million this season. The Eagles have to sign their draft picks, which will also take away some cash from their salary cap number.
Westbrook ($5.7 million) is underpaid, as are Andrews ($2.8 million) and Trent Cole ($3.1 million). The Eagles will likely give at least two of these players a new contract before the 2009 season.
Remember that the Eagles have always kept roughly $5 -$8 million in salary cap space available every year in case they want to restructure the contracts of players who they want to sign to a long term deal (LJ Smith, Omar Gaither) or restrucure the contracts of those players who are underpaid, like Westbrook..
Does anyone really think that the Eagles will pay Fitzgerald more money than McNabb ($9.6 million) or Westbrook? Don't you think that would create some animosity among the Eagles best players who would make less money than Fitzgerald?
If you want reliable information, try profootballtalk.com. Try any sports information website other than the weak website created by a guy who just wants some publicity.
Have you noticed that the people creating these articles all signed up to YardBarker in the last few days? Have you noticed that these people keep creating new articles about the same topic? How many new articles about Fitzgerald have been posted in the last week? Seven or eight?
"But the way we hear it, if there isn't any substantial progress toward a new deal in the next week or so, the Cardinals might have no choice but to consider trading Fitzgerald"
"But there's no way the Cardinals will go for that deal," one team insider told PFW. "I would think they would demand a considerable haul in draft choices (rather than) just Lito Sheppard and a No. 2. If Fitzgerald is going anywhere, the Cardinals will ask for the moon."
The two quotes above hardly sound like a guarantee that the Eagles will trade for Fitzgerald. The "Cardinals might have no choice" and "If Fitzgerald is going anywhere, the Cardinals will ask for the moon" indicate that this trade will never happen.
Why would the Eagles pay so much money to a player who isn't as good as Westbrook, who will make $5.7 million this season?
kevin1 has made numerous outlandish comments regarding Fitzgerald. He wants the Eagles to make this deal. Unfortunatley, it's just a dream of his. I wouldn't be surprised if kevin1 is a friend of GCobb, or a big GCobb fan. This is just another fake rumor, created by someone who can't think objectively.
Last week, the Eagles reportedly were going to trade for Torry Holt. How did that work out?
The Eagles won't get Fitzgerald, Roy Williams, or Chad Johnson. Just accept reality
jason20536 said March 07, 2008