ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Philadelphia Eagles are one of six teams trying to trade up in the draft. I think they’re trying to trade up to get one of the top two cornerbacks.
The Eagles have two dire needs. One is on the offensive line and the other is at the cornerback position. General Manager Howie Roseman said last week that this year’s offensive line is deep, but it’s clear that the cornerback positiion isn’t deep. There’s a tremendous fall off from the two top cornerbacks, Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara.
Therefore I believe the Eagles are planning on moving up to get a cornerback.
The other five teams who are also trying to move up are the Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, and Tennessee Titans.
Oh momma
Ive learned that what we think the eagles will do and should do they will do the opposite. They will NOT draft a CB in the first round. If they do trade up I see them drafting a guy like Von Miller which I would be over joyed to have. If they can trade up a few spots I would love to see Pouncey taken by the birds
How much do you guys want to bet that the New England Patriots get the guy we want?
Remember that hard hitting Safety we wanted one year?
Guess who jumped in front of us?
Guess?
O K …I’ll give you a hint
They are the “PLATINUM STANDARD”
hows that hard hitting safety working out for them?
Songs calm down that year is coming full circle to actually give us the leverage to move up. hint hint Kolb
Move up please and get a couple quality players instead of a bunch of guys who won’t make the team.
Yeah that dude is a street thug and layed a ridiculously dirty hit on Todd Heap last year. Wouldnt even want that dude on my team.
I think Roseman is gonna make his mark this year. Whether we move up or stand pat and get a big boy for o-line and corner in second. I have a nice feeling about this draft based on what i’ve heard and last years picks.
They move up and get Peterson our D is nasty.Youth and speed gallor.
songs, you mean Brandon Meriweather?
Schill is correct,
It’s Brandon Merriweather who the Eagles were interested in but the Pats moved up to grab him, The Patirots other Saferty is Patrick Chung who was a 2nd Round Pick I believe and also a hard hitter..
My understanding was that Meriwether was not a hard hitter prospect, he was seen as a make a play on the ball kind of guy. And I’m not convinced the Eagles wanted him, we never know the truth behind reports like that…
The problem we have is that New England also need a top corner and our organization is no match for them on draft day or game day….That’s the reality.
We’ll probably trade down and get another fast ball like Jerome McDougal or Brandon Graham.
Love those fastballs
Merriweather looked real good getting sonned by Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards in theat Jet game huh?
He’s an o.k. player…Hoodie man can coach anyone up. He’s a knucklehead and will serve a suspension this year.
Brandon Graham will be fine. He showed more in one series then Mcdougle showed in those years. Im not ready to call him a bust.
NE also needs an o-lineman and edge rusher.So whats your point?
I wonder what value we can find in a player coming off of a couple ACL or MCL tears?
We can never have enough of those, and by the way I think we’ll sit pat with our corners….
Our blindspots usually last 2 Seasons before addressing which gives us enough time to let another important player go and develop a blindspot in a different area of the team.
Look for the organization to start talking up Lindley and how players usually make a leap in their 2nd or 3rd year…. He’ll be toast and off the roster next year.
Erock ..my point is that if New England needs a player of need in the same position as the Eagles, we can expect them to out maneuver us and get him every time as if they have spys in our war room.
Damn….They may have spys in our war room.
Another thing that might happen….
Castilllo personally worked with the DB’s so you know they’ll probably pick some guy none of us have heard of from a small school in the mid rounds and tell us Castillo graded him in comparison to the top 3 corners.
VALUE
Would that surprise anyone here?
Guys..just bringing levity today.
We get our hopes up every year for the draft only to sit back in our EZ chairs and ask……
Who in the hell is that?
Kevin Freakin Kolb?
When we need weapons?
Remember folks?
And I’m just scratching the surface here.
Don’t get your hopes up for the draft…The teams we envy will get the players we need.
Are teams even allowed to trade draft picks? We have no leverage with Kolb right now given the lockout. The Eagles would never draft Von Miller although I would LOVE him on this team. Don’t be surprised if the Eagles trade out of the 1st round again.
Songs, seriously, your ‘levity’ is probably apporpirate around this time – shit, I had the same reaction to the Kolb pick as everyone else…
But, here we are days before the draft again, and YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. Thats just silly.
morning btc24… im guessing you went to bed right after woppner or jepordy last night. Lockout has been lifted (although PFT says it might still be on until tomorrow)…. the eagles and every other team can trade anyone they want. Dont expect FA signings though…. the water is still muddy on new contracts PLUS… it would be odd to see a player at the podium upon signing when the owner is off stage flipping him the bird.
Songs- i love it. The birds have had some head scartchers…..
Dan Kleco is doing what this year?
Who the h*!! is Kevin Kolb??
Did we just trade picks with the cowboys?
McNabb went where?
Dont we already have 2 starting cb’s??
Sims? werent the lions going to cut him? The lions dont want him… we do?
Here’s a couple of players coming off of Injuries the Eagles may consider
DE – DeQuan Bowers (Clemson)
DT – Steven Paea (Oregon State)
OLB – Bruce Carter (UNC)
Yes, I saw last night that the lockout was lifted but they were talking about it on Sports Radio and acted like it was a huge step but still a ways to go. They didn’t seem to indicate that any trades could take place. All they talked about was how players could come to the facilities.
trades are the bigger deal. Kolb can say bye bye now.
stevo – that’s not what they’re saying. And a Kolb trade would involve a new deal for him – you think that’s a cakewalk right now? If the Kolb trade was a mile away yesterday morning, it moved 10 feet closer yesterday evening.
I know everyone is tired of me saying this, but no trades involving players or free-agency just yet.. Nothing will happen until the appeal process works it way thru the court system ) which is probably 1-2 weeks from now.
So until then, no player movment , You can trade draft picks for draft picks for now..
paul, that is NOT what the media is saying (although you know more then them, or thats at least what you always insinuate). They are saying that (and I know you can’t grasp this concept) – it is UNKNOWN when player trades and FA will happen, it may happen within the next few days if the judge rules that the ‘season’ starts immediately, or potentially it will have to wait until the appeals process is finnished.
All team GM’s and Coaches are going to follow the Owners orders and wishes and right now those wishes include no player movement and no free-agency..
All the Owners will have thier organizations follow their lead and that means no player movement no matter what the Courts/Media say…
Teams Front Office personnel may have to take a short-term hit on improving their teams, but they will follow their bosses (Owners orders)
paul knows everything about everything, all the time. Period
Paulman, adam shef is saying the judge is taking another day to consider if she should put her decision on hold, we will get word by 10am est time tmr morning.
We do know that this is going to be a wild next few days, free agency can begin on draft day, now wouldn’t that be insanity
Paulman might be wrong here, but may be right too. We will have to see what happens today or tomorrow regarding the appeal, but there is a chance there could be player movement.
Getting to this article, if the Eagles do move up, I hope its not for Amukamura. I think he is the 3rd best corner in the draft, and they could probably get a better corner, Jimmy Smith, later in the draft. I think Von Miller is a great player, but I don’t think for the Eagles. We would probably have him dropping into coverage and covering TE’s, etc. I think Peterson would be great, but might have to give up too much. Id say a great pick would be Pouncey, but I think we can all agree, it’ll be someone noone will think of.
Adam shef reports:The players have asked judge nelson to force the NFL OWNERS to start the league year. Judge ordered owners to respond by 5pm tomorrow
Anyone read and check on what’s happened today all over the various NFL Teams Headquarters.. The teams allowed players to come in, but there are no workouts,no video watching, or practices, no coaches around, no strength or conditioning people around.. The NFL Owners have their teams and employees falling in line and until they are forced to by the Courts, they will not move…Now once the appeal process runs it course, then they will have to but that could take week,10 days , 2 weeks, who knows.. The Teams and their Front Office personnel are in a hunker down mode and concentrating on the the Draft, all over activities pertaining to player actrivities are on the back burner as far as they are concerned and as they are bring instructed by Ownership..
Birds will move Kolb once the other judge slaps his gavel down.My word.
Who cares what Paul thinks he knows.
All i’ll say about Pauls statements and prophecies is…Braves…stop sweating the sucker Braves.
Bowers is a no deal…if they move up far enough they’ll take Kerrigan. If they move up I’ll be taken back if its not for Peterson or Prince.
of course its just a prediction, those are always hit or miss.
if it happens i think we all will be happy.
who knows who will sign asomugha?
this off-season is slow transaction wise and chaotic with this “lockout”
the nfl will go back to normal, this is an overblown tiff between rich people
the nfl generates too much revenue to go through any sort of a work stoppage
speaking in terms of the actual season, its way bigger than the nba
the nba locked out for half of the 2001 season, the same will not happen here
These owners are scumbags. Stop waiving to the camera everytime i see them walking out of court. liek i give a f about your greeting. We could have already signed Nmamda and been looking at adding a d-line to the mix with the Kolb pick.
No FA has been like going to your girlfriends fams place for a bbq and not being able too drink .The offseason is already unbearable.
vricchini – I am with you. I stayed away from everything eagles for the past couple of months because their foolishness was a waste of time.
From trading out of the 1st round to giving a rival your 1st round pick and another rival your probowl QB. Nothing would surprise me on draft day.
Crystal Ball Andy is just too smart for me. I’m just waiting for them to draft:
1. Undersized guy
2. Torn ACL guy
3. Out of position guy
I will embrace it this year, and lower my superbowl expectations to winning just enough to keep your job, and have everybody tell philadelphia fans how lucky we are to have a coach that has won as many superbowls as marv levy and bud grant combined.
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Some get it and some dont. Eagles are what Andy Reid wants them to be. I do think they will make a move to either go up or down but who we all think they will take they wont. We were all sure that Earl Thomas was ours and what did we get? Graham. Remember when we drafted Jeromy Maclin? who would have guessed? im not at all dissing the selections they have made im simply stating that while the media and fans think they truly know the birds they really have no clue.
But how can the eagles move up if there is no free agency for trades??? Can anyone explain that to me because im confused??? i Would love for them to be aggressive but im not sure what the deal is
Breaking down the draft the keys picks here for the birds are #9 and #10 both are division rivals (Cowboys, Redskins) I think the birds would like to move up to at least the #8 spot to have a jump on a player they really like before the cowboys make their selection. Cowboys are very predictable so I have them taking Prince or JJ Watt. If they can make a trade for in between the 5 or 7th pick I see them drafting Tyron Smith, Nick Fairly or JJ Watt.
Herremans,Mcglyn,Justice,Mccoy,Maclin,Jackson,Avant,Celek,Harbor,Cole,Mikkel,Chaney,Bradley,Laws,Bunk,Peterson,and so on.
These are guys we drafted and in case you missed it we gave the eventual Champs the best run in the p-offs(my opinion). So lower your expectations and look down instead of chin up and thinking things improve.
I know the guys failed in some ways in the draft. But its a crap shoot in many ways. No excuse for the out of position guys but thats overblown.
Dawk lets say you are the cardinals and you have the 5th pick. You just dont like whats out there in the first round and youre hopeful to land a Andrew Luck next year cause your just not big on these QB class this year. Eagles make you an offer. 23rd pick plus next years 1st pick. All the sudden your eyes light up saying if I land at least a 10th pick next year and the eagles pick too I have a chance to go up and get a player like luck. Just a scenario that could happen
We need another undersized defensive end with a high motor, and a pass rush specialist to convert and cover tight ends in the flat. “A Tweener”.
Let’s not address the corner position…Reid told us last season that
“Were fine there”.
remember?
Oh yeah guys…Don’t forget now
Our offensive line coach is now our defensive coordinator.
You seen our offensive line last year?
It’s like promoting a special teams coach who sucks to coach our defensive backs.
Damn….we did that already.
Segrest will soon have a couch buddy.
SHicller- sorry, i went to a meeting and lunch. They do NOT need to work out a new deal to trade the rights of Kevin Kolb. Work the deal out later (just like we are doing with vick). Kolb is under contract next year.
Dawk- and EVERYONE!!
Trades will happen. You dont need to talk to a player to trade him. Its that simple. FA wont happen because you would have to talk to players.
Think of it this way….. you are trading the rights to a player. Trades WILL happen. Its good for the teams and good for the players.
Paulman-“All team GM’s and Coaches are going to follow the Owners orders and wishes”
and what about the 5 teams that were fined for talking to players? i want a responce to this…. and none of your Gag jokes to try and get out of an answer.
i will say this again and again… Paulman is blind!!!!
To Dawkplex,
Let me give you an example of a move up trade that only involve Draft Picks and no players..
Let’s say the Eagles really want Buffalo BIlls 3rd Overall Selection in the 1st Round.
The Eagles would contact BIlls and Offer their 1st Round pick (#23 Overall)
The Eagles 3rd Round Pick (#85th Overall) and maybe a 5th Round Pick
(#153rd Overall)
To Recap
The Eagles send picks #23,#85 & #153 in the 2011 Draft to Buffalo
for the #3rd Overall pick… which is a steep price to play but if you want to move into the Top part of the 1st Round, it will cost you some picks in return
(personally, I don’t think it’s worth it, but that’s just me)
Trade Kolb to Vikings for the 12th pick in the draft and their 4th rounder. Select Mike pouncey, and Jimmy Smith at 23. Stephen Paea 2nd round. 3rd round, take Safety Tyler Sash. 4th Round, take DE Pernell McPhee, LB Casey Matthews, OT Joseph Barksdale. 5th Round take Alex Green RB, and Demarcus love OT. 7th Round, Brian Roellle LB, Pat Devlin QB, Chas Henry P.
Question? How thrilled will you be with this draft??!?!
Trades are open!!- FA will not happen yet because i think the owners wont allow it. Although…. it only takes a guy like Schnider to get that ball rolling. You people forget…. the owners are always looking for an edge. If you are under the impression that they are sitting at home doing nothing until a new CBA is done…. then your just being paulman.
Paulman sides with the owners and that is why he doesn’t want trades.
I side with the owners 80-20 but am rooting for this to move forward.