Now hold on, Eagle fans. Im getting kinda tired of reading the 'lets trade lito for a WR' posts on this site. LITO STAYS. A) i havnt heard anything from Lito that he is upset and wants out of Philly. Himself, his agent AND the Eagles all denied rumors that he had the option to seek trades.
What it comes down to, is im tired of eagle fans just throwing players under the bus. YES, we have a reputation, but how many of you called for trading McNabb last year? How many of you wanted to give him the AXE just cause he had a bad year... Which, by the way, was RIGHT AFTER A TOURN ACL. tear the ACL of a RUNNING/SCRAMBLING QB and FORCE him to stay in the pocket, and you expect him to be good the following year? IT TAKES TIME TO HEAL!!!!..
anyway, McNabb doesnt deserve getting the boot, and niether does Lito. I mean, would you dump your Girl Friend just cause some hot chick walked into the bar? Im not saying Asante isnt welcomed, because believe me, he is a VERY welcomed aspect to our defense. But there is enough room in the CB position for 2 AMAZING CBs, unlike other positions.
I dont see any need to trade lito... there are other ways to acquire a WR. I personally believe defense is more important than offense, so if you KEEP lito, and have asante and brown and dawkins and mikell... HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG. Jim Johnson loves rotating players... remember a few years ago we constantly rotated our D-Line? and remember how well that worked? i know the DBs are a little different, but sheldon has the ability to HIT HARD.. know who else HITS HARD? DAWKINS... know whose retiring shortly? DAWKINS. why not start getting sheldon to shadow dawkins...
Im not saying i dont want a WR.. im just saying i dont want one at the cost of
Lito Sheppard... in an ideal world, i wouldnt have to choose between Lito and a #1 WR.... but if i do have to choose, i choose Lito... our defense will be all powerful, the amount of points we have to score to keep up will be minimal, LJ smith is back to help in the redzone, we have speed and hands at the WR as it is, McNabb will be 100% again, Westbrook is still reaching his prime...
I think we are in a GREAT position where we are. a #1 WR wouldnt hurt, but its not 100% necessary. keeping Lito on our defense, i believe, is what is necessary. all this 'if hes healthy' talk is pointless now, because if he gets injured, you can just move sheldon back up and we still have a great defense. we have a talented depth in the DBs, and we should keep it. if the other team cant score, than we dont have much preasure on us to score as well..
sooo i say LITO stays in green next year, and our defense makes Romo, and every other QB, quiver in fear on saturday nights, and lose sleep trying to figure out how to beat us... just my $0.02