We say good-bye to Sheldon Brown and he had a good career here and was a solid player but he also was torched last year in the biggest games of the season, namely the three losses to Dallas.
You won’t hear or read about that because Brown had a great relationship with a number of media members.
He made it a point to talk to everybody and give good quotes, but I think it caused too many guys in the media to refuse to criticize him when he didn’t play well.
I’ve noticed that it’s better to be a “good guy” around here than a great player.¬† Meaning a guy who has a good relationship with the media will get better treatment than a great player who isn’t nice to the media.
I don’t think it should be like that because these guys are football players first and P.R. guys second.
I would much rather have a team full of great players who didn’t like the media than a team full¬† of average to good players who love the media.
Football isn’t a PR sport.
Who will forget all the lobbying by local sports media members to get him in the Pro Bowl a year ago?
Sheldon was a good solid player, not a great one.  I remember him getting beat in a lot of big games.  Do you remember how Plaxico Burress would always take him apart.
Last year was one of the best seasons of his career interception-wise as he picked off five passes.
Still let’t not get it twisted.¬† Look back at all of the three Dallas games and you see Brown on the burners.¬† He got beat on the touchdown that cost them the first Cowboys game.
He got caught holding on a key third down in the second Dallas game.  He was beaten a number of times in that second Dallas game.
In the third game they beat him every which way but loose.  Miles Austin, Roy Willams, and Patrick Crayton took turns beating him.
They threw quick screens to force Asante Samuel to tackle and they threw slants and curls to beat Brown.
You’ll read and hear about how the secondary will be lost without the leadership of Brian Dawkins and Sheldon Brown, but you won’t hear that both of the guys were on the field when the Cardinals marched the length of the field to score with both Dawkins and Brown in the defensive backfield.
As good as our secondary was throughout the time Brown was here, they never made any interceptions in the championship games and Super Bowl which always made these guys Bridesmaids and never the Bride.
The Eagles obviously thought he was losing a step, so they traded him.   I wish him well in Cleveland.
I don’t know what the local media is going to do without him.
