Eagles Sign 2nd Round Pick Nate Allen

27 07 2010

Dave Spadaro has broken the news on www.twitter.com/EaglesInsider that Philadelphia Eagles 2010 second-round draft selection Nate Allen has inked a four-year deal and will report to the team tomorrow, missing only one day of training camp.
The Allen signing leaves only first-rounder Brandon Graham unsigned for the Birds. Only one first-round pick from the entire 2010 NFL draft class, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, has been signed.

The 37th overall pick, Allen is expected to start at free safety opposite Quintin Mikell, though he will compete with Quintin Demps and fellow rookie, seventh-rounder, Kurt Coleman. Macho Harris is believed to be moving back to cornerback.

Allen is a 6-foot-1, 210-pound South Florida product. He finished his collegiate career having started 39 straight games and accumulated 224 tackles and nine interceptions. He is a big play guy with great instincts. Head coach Andy Reid had this to say about Allen, “He’s a smart kid. He’s got a nice football mind. He’s a fast learner.”


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Eagles To Miss Postseason?

19 06 2010

According to Mike Florio in a recent column for thesportingnews.com, the Philadelphia Eagles are one of six teams that reached the playoffs last season but will not return during the 2010 campaign. Florio believes that the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints will also fall short.

Florio sites the fact that it will be Kevin Kolb’s first year, question marks on the offensive line, a defense that regressed under new defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, and a tough division as reasons he believes the Birds will have a tough time making into the final field of 12.


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Eagles Sign Te’o-Neisham

16 06 2010

The Philadelphia Eagles have signed their third round selection, defensive end Daniel Te’o-Neisham to a four year contract. Te’o-Neisham played college football at the University of Washington and is the 10th Eagles draft pick to sign, leaving only Brandon Graham, Nate Allen and Riley Cooper.


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PFT Report: Three-way trade sends Ernie Sims to Philly

19 04 2010

Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on April 19, 2010 11:41 AM ET
An offseason full of big-name trades has added another significant deal to the mix.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports on a three-way trade between the Eagles, Broncos, and Lions. Linebacker Ernie Sims will land in Philadelphia, while tight end Tony Scheffler goes to the Lions.

PFT’s Mike Florio reports that the Broncos will get a fifth-round pick from the Eagles. Denver will send a seventh-round pick to the Lions.

It’s not a great deal for the Broncos, who wanted a third-round pick for their promising young tight end. Instead, they essentially dumped Scheffler to move up two rounds on the draft’s third day.

The move also shows how down the Lions were on Sims’ long-term prospects.

UPDATE: Here’s a look at what we learned from this trade.


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Birds Trade Two Starters

2 04 2010

Earlier this week, we mentioned that a Chris Gocong trade might be upcoming. We didn’t know Sheldon Brown would be packaged along with him. The Philadelphia Eagles have officially announced that both men have been traded to the Cleveland Browns for LB Alex Hall and a 4th (#105 overall) and 5th (137th overall) in the upcoming 2010 NFL draft.

Their official release states…

“Sheldon Brown has been a very good football player for the Eagles over the last eight years,”" said head coach Andy Reid. “He’s a good person, a legitimate tough guy and he’ll do a good job helping the Browns. Chris did a good job converting from defensive end to linebacker and helped us win a lot of football games. We wish both of them all of the best.”

Added general manager Howie Roseman, “Sheldon and Chris have been nothing but professionals on and off the field during their tenure in Philadelphia and we wish them all the best as they continue their careers in Cleveland. Alex Hall is a big, athletic linebacker who we’ve had our eyes on over the last couple of years and he’ll have a chance to compete at the SAM linebacker spot.”

The 6-5, 250-pound Hall played in 30 games (2 starts) for the Cleveland Browns and recorded 30 tackles and three sacks, while adding 18 stops on special teams. His sacks came in three consecutive games during the early portion of his rookie campaign of 2008. Hall was a 7th round draft choice of the Browns.

A native of Springdale, MD, Hall finished as the all-time leader in sacks at St. Augustine’s College with 26. He also posted 156 total tackles, including 51 for a loss, four fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble.

With the acquisition of Cleveland’s two picks, the Eagles now have 10 total selections in this year’s draft: 1st round (24th overall), 2nd round (55), 3rd round (70, from Seattle), 3rd round (87), 4th round (105, from Cleveland), 4th round (121), 5th round (137, from Cleveland), 6th round (200, from Indianapolis), 7th round (243, compensatory pick), and 7th round (244, compensatory pick).”

PCPTAKE: Couldn’t care less about Gocong but The Birds should have been able to fetch more for Brown.


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Gocong On The Move?

31 03 2010

According to The National Football Post, the Eagles and Browns have reportedly held “preliminary” trade talks involving outside linebacker Chris Gocong. Gocong, a former third round selection of the Birds, was a restricted free agent who signed his $1.176 million one-year tender. Gocong lost playing time last year to rookie Moise Fokou as a result of his poor pass coverage skills. Browns new GM Tom Heckert is familiar with Gocong from his time in Philly and likely believes that his skills would translate better in the Browns 3-4 scheme as an edge pass rusher.


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McNabb To Rams Deal Is Close

25 03 2010

Donovan McNabbPhiladelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid confirmed yesterday that the team is entertaining offers for quarterback Donovan McNabb.

The latest rumor has McNabb headed to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for the #33 overall pick in the draft and FS OJ Atogwe according to beat writer Jeff McLane.  According to McLane’s sources, McNabb is willing to go St. Louis if he can reach a contract extension with the team.

Adding credence to the report are recent comments from Andy Reid regarding the new draft format in which only the first round occurs on day one.  ”I’d love to have that first pick of the second day,” Reid said, referring to the 33d overall pick. “Where you can sleep on it, regather your thoughts, which you normally don’t get to do.”

A league source said that it was “not yet completed,” in reference to whether or not a deal was in fact on the table between the Rams and Eagles.  The comment leads one to believe that not only is a deal on the table but that it is close to being consummated.  Rams G.M. Billy Devaney, however, went on record and called the report “utterly false” and “absolutely ridiculousl!”

If this transaction were to go down, McNabb would be reunited with Rams offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, his former quarterbacks coach with the Eagles and St. Louis head coach Steve Spagnuolo who was a defensive coach (secondary, linebackers) for the Birds.

PCPTAKE:  In my opinion, late first round and early second round picks are the most valuable selections in the draft, considering the obscene amount of money that goes to the unproven players at the top of round 1.  As Reid intimated, the 33rd pick holds even more value, since you’re essentially on the clock overnight.  This gives you the ability to not only consider your own pick but evaluate trade offers to move out of the pick for a much longer period of time.  Throw in OJ Atogwe, one of the leagues top free safeties (and a need position for the Eagles) and this deal makes a lot of sense.

UPDATE:  In a recent segment of PFTV, Mike Florio made two very strong statements regarding the McNabb situation.

#1  He know believes that it is inevitable that McNabb will be traded.

#2  He believes that the Eagles fabricated the Rams trade scenario in order to drum up some trade offers from other clubs.


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Philadelphia Eagles Persiflage

9 03 2010
  • Former Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback AJ Feeley signed a deal with the St. Louis Rams for $6 million over two years, a nice haul for a journeyman backup who struggled mightily in Miami when given a chance to be a starter.  The Rams offensive coordinator is Pat Shurmur, who coached Feeley in Philadelphia.  The Rams have also been the team linked to most actively pursuing Donovan McNabb.
  • The team released Wil Witherspoon, acquired just five months ago in a trade with the St. Louis Rams for Brandon Gibson and a fifth round selection.  Witherspoon’s base salary for 2010 was $5 million dollars and certainly played no small role in the Eagles decision. Nonetheless, the trade has to be considered a failure.
  • As Andy Reid continues to insist that “Donovan’s our quarterback,” there are rumblings that there is some major infighting going on in the Eagles front office and that both GM Howie Roseman and team President Joe Banner would like to see what Kevin Kolb can do.
  • Despite the fact that the Eagles have a glaring need for a defensive end to play opposite superstar Trent Cole, the team allowed both Julius Peppers and Aaron Kampman, the top two defensive ends on the free agent market, to sign elsewhere.  Peppers signed with Chicago, while Kampman went to Jacksonville.  Kampman was scheduled to visit with the Eagles but canceled his visit and signed with the Jags later that same day.
  • Michael Vick is due to earn a $1.5 million roster bonus at 4:00 p.m. ET today and the Eagles, unhappy with all trade offers currently on the table, are set to pay it.
  • Former Philadelphia Eagle Lito Sheppard is looking for a job.  Lito was due a $10 million dollar roster bonus.  That coupled with the fact that the team has just acquired Antonio Cromartie from the San Diego Chargers, spelled the end for Sheppard’s days in The Big Apple.  The Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears are, according to Mike Florio of profootballtalk.com, interested in his services.
  • Jason Avant signed a five-year, $18 million deal with the team, $8 million of which is guaranteed.  Even more amazing is the fact that Avant will pocket $7 million of that money in 2010.  Avant caught 41 passes for 587 yards and three touchdowns last year as the Eagles primary slot receiver.  He’s a solid route runner with good hands and is a guy that QB Donovan McNabb looks to often on 3rd and short (before bouncing the ball at his feet and grinning like an idiot on his way back to the sidelines).
  • The Philadelphia Eagles have traded receiver Reggie Brown to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 6th round pick in the 2010 NFL draft.  Finally.

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Vick Wants To Be A Panther

2 03 2010

Philadelphia Eagles Backup Quarterback Michael VickPhiladelphia Eagles backup quarterback Michael Vick said  on an appearance on the Gangsta Grillz radio show on Atlanta’s Hot 107.9 that if give his choice of any team in the NFL to play for, he would select the Carolina Panthers.  The statement was in response to a call in question regarding Vick’s desired landing spot for the 2010-2011 NFL season.

“Well, you know, it’s close to  home. I like the uniforms. You get to play against Atlanta twice a year. Ain’t nothing better than playing against your former team, right? So, yeah, that would be a good look, it would be a good look.”

Vick is still a member of the Philadelphia Eagles roster and is due a 1.5 million dollar bonus.  The team is said to be unhappy with the trade offers they have received for Vick and are likely to pay his bonus and wait until a better offer comes along.

Carolina is currently heading towards next season with an open competition between Jake Delhomme and Matt Moore for the starting QB role.  In other words, yes they could use help at the position.


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Westbrook Surprised Eagles Wouldn’t Renegotiate

26 02 2010

Brian WestbrookI a recent interview with Dan Patrick, former Eagles star running back Brian Westbrook said “I was a little bit surprised. thinking they maybe would give me an opportunity to renegotiate things.”  ”For [the Eagles], it’s always business, it’s always money,” Westbrook went on to say, also adding that he doesn’t know if winning or money is the biggest priority for the Eagles.  He does feel he left the team on good terms however.

Dan also asked if Michael Vick would be with another team next season. “Definitely,” Westbrook said. And when Patrick asked if Vick would be cut or traded. “Probably traded,” Westbrook said.

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