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Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

Found April 20, 2009 on Hot Stove Philly: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Sheldon Brown
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles

According to an ESPN report, Eagles’ cornerback Sheldon Brown is fed up that the team refuses to renegotiate his contract and has requested a trade.

Brown signed a contract extension in 2004 that would keep him in Philadelphia until 2012, but that was two years before the collective bargaining agreement opened up the salary cap to previously unprecedented levels....


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