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I am surprised at how much drama this USA - Canada game is actually producing. Good game. It's got me in the baseball season mood much more than I was. He finished it off, but after he gave up a run. Tough to be great in March but there was some very real pressure in that 9th.

David Wright didn't look to good either. :brooding:

You like that Yahoo sports dont you

My work sponsors Yahoo, lol. I'm actually allowed to go on it during work hours

Mets' Santana faces live hitters

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets ace Johan Santana doesn't see any reason why he won't be ready for opening day.Santana, hindered last week by elbow tightness, threw 36 pitches in live batting practice Saturday before the Mets played an exhibition game against the Washington Nationals. It was the first time he'd faced hitters since knee surgery in October, and said everything went well.

 

"I pitched today with no problems in my elbow or my arm or anything, so I am fine, and at the same time I was working on my pitches and I was able to command it, so that's what you want to see," Santana said.

 

The left-hander threw mostly fastballs, but also worked in some off-speed pitches and made it difficult for hitters to get a bat on the ball. Only three pitches were put into play.

 

Santana took a break after the first 20 pitches to simulate the change in innings.

 

"For being my first time facing hitters, I think it was pretty good," Santana said. "Everything was there -- breaking ball was there, my changeup was there, my arm speed, my legs are there. That's what you are looking for. You look for your legs to be there and to feel comfortable, and that's how I felt."

 

Pitching coach Dan Warthen liked what he saw, including the energy Santana showed while on the mound. Santana smiled throughout the session, even cracking jokes at times.

 

"I thought he pitched well," Warthen said. "He's showing progress. Every pitch came out of his hand really well. I thought he located the ball extremely well for the first time seeing hitters."

 

Warthen said last weekend that Santana might not throw batting practice until March 13, but the two-time Cy Young winner insisted his elbow was fine. Now, the club has moved up his ever-changing schedule and he could pitch in a game next week.

 

Warthen said last weekend that Santana might not throw batting practice until March 13, but the two-time Cy Young winner insisted his elbow was fine. Now, the club has moved up his ever-changing schedule and he could pitch in a game next week.

 

"We have been working out, getting everything in the right way, the right track, and I don't think there will be any problems," Santana said.

 

Santana had complained of tightness in his left elbow and was scratched from a start last Friday when he was supposed to pitch in a scrimmage against the Italian national team. After a three-day break, his condition improved enough for a return to work Sunday and he made further progress Wednesday, when he threw a strong 46-pitch side session.

 

"We'll go one step at a time," Santana said. "We will see how it is tomorrow and see what my next step will be. I felt pretty good, and we'll go from there."

 

Warthen did not detail future plans for Santana beyond a side session Monday.

 

"We'll find out each day," he said. "We will see how he feels tomorrow, check it out and see where we go from there."

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don't mind him, it's peyote season.

:lol:

NFL draft: Value chart II

By National Football Post

 

When draft boards are constructed, NFL teams take one of two approaches. The first is to rank the draft’s top 32 players and give each a first-round grade, followed by the draft’s next 32 prospects, who garner second-round grades, and so on.

 

The second approach is to use a value chart, in which each prospect, based on film study, earns a grade depending on his play. If only 25 prospects grade out as first-round talent, only 25 receive first-round grades. This allows NFL teams to see the full value of the draft and not force first-round grades on prospects who aren’t worthy.

 

Here is the National Football Post’s second value chart of the draft season,

 

Tier 1 (elite prospects)

 

WR Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech (6-3, 214)

 

OT Eugene Monroe, Virginia (6-5, 315)

 

OT Jason Smith, Baylor (6-5, 300)

 

DT B.J. Raji, Boston College (6-1, 325)

 

OLB Aaron Curry, Wake Forest (6-2, 246)

 

Tier 2 (high first-round caliber)

 

QB Mark Sanchez, USC (6-3, 225)

 

QB Matthew Stafford, Georgia (6-3, 236)

 

DE Brian Orakpo, Texas (6-4, 260)

 

OLB/DE Everette Brown, Florida State (6-4, 252)

 

ILB Rey Maualuga, USC (6-2, 260)

 

DT Peria Jerry, Ole Miss (6-3, 295)

 

Tier 3 (first-round caliber)

 

RB Knowshon Moreno, Georgia (5-11, 208)

 

RB Chris Wells, Ohio State (6-1, 237)

 

WR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri (6-1, 200)

 

WR Percy Harvin, Florida (5-11,195)

 

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, Maryland (6-2, 206)

 

OT Michael Oher, Ole Miss (6-5, 320)

 

OT Andre Smith, Alabama (6-4, 340)

 

OT Eben Britton, Arizona (6-6, 310)

 

OT William Beatty, Connecticut (6-6, 310)

 

DE Robert Ayers, Tennessee (6-3, 273)

 

DE Aaron Maybin, Penn State (6-4, 248)

 

OLB Clay Matthews, USC (6-3, 246)

 

CB/FS Malcolm Jenkins, Ohio State (6-0, 200)

 

CB Alphonso Smith, Wake Forest (5-9. 190)

 

FS/CB Sean Smith, Utah (6-3, 215)

 

Tier 4 (late first-round/early second-round caliber)

 

WR Hakeem Nicks, North Carolina (6-1, 210)

 

WR Kenny Britt, Rutgers (6-4, 215)

 

TE Shawn Nelson, Southern Miss (6-5, 242)

 

TE Brandon Pettigrew, Oklahoma State (6-6, 260)

 

C Alex Mack, California (6-4, 314)

 

DE Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech (6-7, 260)

 

DE Jarron Gilbert, San Jose State (6-5, 287)

 

DE Tyson Jackson, LSU (6-4, 295)

 

DT Evander Hood, Missouri (6-3, 295)

 

DT Sen’Derrick Marks, Auburn (6-1, 295)

 

OLB Connor Barwin, Cincinnati (6-4, 255)

 

OLB Brian Cushing, USC (6-4, 243)

 

ILB James Laurinaitis, Ohio State (6-2, 240)

 

CB Darius Butler, Connecticut (5-11, 187)

 

CB Vontae Davis, Illinois (6-0, 205)

 

CB D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt (5-10, 184)

 

Tier 5 (second-round caliber)

 

QB Josh Freeman, Kansas State (6-6, 248)

 

RB Shonn Greene, Iowa (5-11, 235)

 

RB LeSean McCoy, Pittsburgh (5-11, 210)

 

WR Derrick Williams, Penn State (6-0, 200)

 

WR Juaquin Iglesias, Oklahoma (6-0 204)

 

TE Jared Cook, South Carolina (6-5, 242)

 

TE James Casey, Rice (6-4, 235)

 

OG Duke Robinson, Oklahoma (6-5, 335)

 

C Max Unger, Oregon (6-5, 305)

 

DE David Veikune, Hawaii (6-2, 255)

 

DT Ron Brace, Boston College (6-3, 326)

 

OLB Larry English, Northern Illinois (6-2, 254)

 

CB Asher Allen, Georgia (5-10, 198)

 

CB Coye Francies, San Jose State (6-0 179)

 

FS Louis Delmas, Western Michigan (6-0, 196)

 

SS William Moore, Missouri (6-1, 226)

 

SS Patrick Chung, Oregon (5-11, 210)

 

Tier 6 (second-round/third-round caliber)

 

RB Donald Brown, Connecticut (5-10, 210)

 

WR Brian Robiskie, Ohio State (6-2, 200)

 

TE Chase Coffman, Missouri (6-6, 252)

 

OT Fenuki Tupou, Oregon (6-5, 332)

 

OT/OG Jamon Meredith, South Carolina (6-5, 304)

 

OG Herman Johnson, LSU (6-7, 382)

 

OG Andy Levitre, Oregon State (6-2, 318)

 

C Eric Wood, Louisville (6-5, 308)

 

C Antoine Caldwell, Alabama (6-5, 305)

 

DE Lawrence Sidbury Jr., Richmond (6-3, 267)

 

DE Paul Kruger, Utah (6-5, 265)

 

DT Mitch King, Iowa (6-2, 275)

 

DT Fili Moala, USC (6-5, 305)

 

OLB Clint Sintim, Virginia (6-3, 249)

 

CB Jairus Byrd, Oregon (6-0 200)

 

FS Sherrod Martin, Troy (6-1, 193)

 

SS Chip Vaughn, Wake Forest (6-2, 214)

 

Tier 7 (third-round caliber)

 

QB Pat White, West Virginia (6-0, 192)

 

QB Nate Davis, Ball State (6-2, 218)

 

RB Rashad Jennings, Liberty (6-1, 232)

 

WR Brandon Tate, North Carolina (6-1, 195)

 

TE Cornelius Ingram, Florida (6-4, 245)

 

TE Travis Beckum, Wisconsin (6-3, 237)

 

OT Phil Loadholt, Oklahoma (6-8, 332)

 

OG Trevor Canfield, Cincinnati (6-5, 305)

 

OG Tyronne Green, Auburn (6-2, 309)

 

DT Dorell Scott, Clemson (6-3, 310)

 

DT Alex Magee, Purdue (6-3, 295)

 

DT Ricky Jean-Francois, LSU (6-3, 290)

 

OLB Tyrone McKenzie, South Florida (6-2, 235)

 

OLB Marcus Freeman, Ohio State (6-1, 238)

 

ILB Scott McKillop, Pittsburgh (6-1, 240)

 

CB Victor Harris, Virginia Tech (5-11, 195)

 

CB Kevin Barnes, Maryland (6-0, 189)

 

FS Rashad Johnson, Alabama (6-0, 190)

 

Tier 8 (third-round/fourth-round caliber)

 

RB Jeremiah Johnson, Oregon (5-9, 208)

 

RB Andre Brown, N.C. State (6-0 224)

 

RB Glen Coffee, Alabama (6-0, 209)

 

WR Mike Thomas, Arizona (5-8 187)

 

OG Cornelius Lewis, Tennessee State (6-4, 324)

 

OG Kraig Urbik, Wisconsin (6-6, 323)

 

C Cecil Newton, Tennessee State (6-2, 295)

 

DT Corvey Irvin, Georgia (6-3, 289)

 

OLB Zack Follett, California (6-2, 238)

 

ILB Frantz Joseph, Florida Atlantic (6-2, 243)

 

ILB Darry Beckwith, LSU (6-1, 235)

 

CB Christopher Owens, San Jose State (5-10, 181)

 

CB Mike Mickens, Cincinnati (5-11, 184)

 

FS Derek Pegues, Mississippi State (5-10, 195)

 

FS Darcel McBath, Texas Tech (6-1, 198)

 

Tier 9 (fourth-round caliber)

 

QB Graham Harrell, Texas Tech (6-2, 205)

 

QB Stephen McGee, Texas A&M (6-3, 216)

 

QB Rhett Bomar, Sam Houston State (6-2, 216)

 

RB Javon Ringer, Michigan State (5-9, 205)

 

WR Louis Murphy, Florida (6-3, 203)

 

WR Mike Wallace, Ole Miss (6-1, 199)

 

WR Kenny McKinley, South Carolina (6-1, 189)

 

OT Joel Bell, Furman (6-7, 315)

 

OG T.J. Lang, Eastern Michigan (6-4, 312)

 

OG Seth Olsen, Iowa (6-5, 304)

 

C Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas (6-5, 314)

 

DE Everette Pedescleaux, Northern Iowa (6-6, 305)

 

DE Kyle Moore, USC (6-5, 272)

 

DT Sammie Lee Hill, Stillman (6-4, 331)

 

DT Vance Walker, Georgia Tech (6-2, 295)

 

OLB Nic Harris, Oklahoma (6-3, 233)

 

OLB Victor Butler, Oregon State (6-2 241)

 

OLB Cody Brown, Connecticut (6-2, 242)

 

ILB Jasper Brinkley, South Carolina (6-2, 265)

 

ILB Gerald McRath, Southern Miss (6-3, 220)

 

CB Keenan Lewis, Oregon State (6-1, 208)

 

CB Joe Burnett, Central Florida (5-10, 192)

 

CB Cary Harris, USC (6-0, 187)

 

FS Brandon Underwood, Cincinnati (6-1, 192)

 

FS David Bruton, Notre Dame (6-2, 210)

 

SS Emanuel Cook, South Carolina (5-10, 205)

 

Tier 10 (impact late-round caliber)

 

RB Kory Sheets, Purdue (5-11, 203)

 

RB Devin Moore, Wyoming (5-9, 191)

 

FB Quinn Johnson, LSU (6-1, 260)

 

FB Conredge Collins, Pittsburgh (5-11, 232)

 

FB Tony Fiammetta, Syracuse (6-0, 238)

 

WR Deon Butler, Penn State (5-11, 168)

 

WR Quan Cosby, Texas (5-9, 191)

 

TE Davon Drew, East Carolina (6-4, 258)

 

C A.Q. Shipley, Penn State (6-1, 297)

 

C Alex Fletcher, Stanford (6-3, 302)

 

DE Phillip Hunt, Houston (6-1, 261)

 

DE Zach Potter, Nebraska (6-7, 279)

 

DT Myron Pryor, Kentucky (6-0, 310)

 

DT Roy Miller, Texas (6-1, 310)

 

OLB Lee Robinson, Alcorn State (6-2, 249)

 

SS Courtney Greene, Rutgers, (6-1, 211)

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I'd go with Tory Holt and draft someone with our 2nd pick

 

I want to use the 1st pick for a MLBer

 

Someone made the point that Holt's declining performance was more a function of a real bad offense than Holt himself

I agree with you completely. I would rather get a LB in the 1st pick. Then pick up Britt in the 2nd.

look a few posts up

I still plan on getting more people in here. I want people to be as active in here as they are in the Giants section.. I think if I could get Nem to make a Mets skin, and have it be the default skin for unregistered members and new members. Something cool like Santana pitching on the left and David Wright. I think that would be sick!!

Looks like one of those things where they morph one persons pic into anothers.....that to me looks like TC morphing into Pete Carrol.

We'll see what happens. Things can get ugly very quickly. It's not the same since you were around. No one fights with each other, well everyone gang ups on AllStarJim but things tend to get negative with everyone in agreement.

When did I cause people to fight? I brought traffic, not bashing.

Hopefully when the season starts, my Met brothers will be more active here. If not, I'm going to try to recruit some people from the Met boards like I used to.... I want this section to be bumping like it used to.. I'm going to ask Nem. to make us another Mets skin, since the other one doesn't exist anymore. Maybe a skin with Santana pitching to Wright, or something cool like that. Nem. made a pretty bad ass one before. I'll see if he's down.

not bad-i'll give you a 8/10 for that one.

Looks like Tom Coughlin and Bill Parcell's had a kid together. :lol:

Yes, I would like the link. That would really surprise me because Mort said that they would not be interested especially considering they drafted Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly with relatively high picks last year, plus they still have Randle-El and Santana Moss.

Sorry it took so long Jim.

IRVING, Texas (AP)—Terrell Owens’ agent predicts the well-traveled receiver will find a new team by the end of next week.

 

Owens is back on the market after being released by the Dallas Cowboys.

 

“There are several teams that are interested in signing Terrell,” agent Drew Rosenhaus wrote in a text message Friday to The Associated Press. “I have been in negotiations with these teams. I will not identify these teams at this time. Terrell and I expect to have a deal in place by the end of next week if not sooner.”

 

Owens is among the NFL’s career leaders in catches, yards and touchdowns. But the Cowboys are the third team to get rid of him because of his divisiveness. He left after eight seasons with the 49ers and two with the Eagles. There’s speculation the Raiders or Redskins, among other teams, might be interested in him.

 

The Cowboys cut him Thursday after three seasons. While his on-field performances were quite good, his behavior off the field—and sometimes on the sideline and in the huddle—made Owens too much of a distraction for team owner Jerry Jones.

“In the aftermath of the season, we talked about change,” Jones said in a statement. “Some of what is changing involves the process and some of it involves people. This is a decision that was made based upon consideration for an entire team.

 

“We will move on now with a new team—a new attitude—and into a new stadium. The evaluation process and the prospect for change will continue at every level of the organization.”

 

So Owens won’t get a chance to thrill crowds in the Cowboys’ new home this year. Nor will he get a chance to turn off his teammates with his histrionics.

 

Owens released a statement on his Web site thanking Jones, coach Wade Phillips and the organization for “the opportunity to be a member of the team for the past three years.”

 

“A big thanks to the fans—you’ve been awesome! I look forward to the upcoming season and continuing to play in the NFL,” Owens added.

 

Where that will be is anyone’s guess. Because many of the headlines T.O. creates are about ego and attitude. Jones wants the focus on winning, something the Cowboys haven’t done in the playoffs since 1996.

 

Owens caught more touchdown passes than any NFL receiver over the last three years and was a big part of Tony Romo’s emergence from an unknown backup to a starlet-dating Pro Bowl quarterback with a $67 million contract.

 

Yet the Cowboys went 0-for-2 in the playoffs with Owens, and didn’t even make it this past season. Dallas’ late-season collapse—capped by a lackluster effort in a win-and-you’re-in finale in Philadelphia—emphasized that a new approach was needed.

 

Jones was slow to go along. Just a few weeks ago, he indicated Owens wasn’t going anywhere and firmly said the idea of locker-room problems were “a figment of the result. You didn’t hear about those things when we were winning.”

 

Dallas also released safety Roy Williams on Thursday.

 

Cutting Owens and Williams will cost the Cowboys about $14 million against the salary cap. There’s no telling how much more Dallas will lose in jersey sales and other publicity Owens generated. Then again, the $1.1 billion stadium that’s opening next season should generate plenty of interest and souvenir sales.

 

Owens learned he was being cut Wednesday night and sent text messages to his friends. Cowboys receiver Sam Hurd said Owens’ reaction was “more shock than anger.”

“He didn’t give me an explanation. He just said, `Wow,”’ Hurd said Thursday. “I really didn’t believe that he seen that coming. … He said it’s tough, but it’s a business.”

 

What’s next for T.O.?

 

It remains to be seen what kind of market there is for a 35-year-old with a proven track record—good and bad.

 

Al Davis and the Raiders might be interested. Or maybe Daniel Snyder will want to add another big-name star to the Washington Redskins, especially to take advantage of the animosity T.O. might bring to his two games a year against the Cowboys and the Eagles.

 

“I don’t think (being released) is going to stop him from playing football,” Hurd said. “He’s going to be back on somebody’s team.”

 

Don’t look for him to replace Laveranues Coles on the Jets. The team has no interest in Owens because of the distractions he’d bring, a person familiar with the team’s thinking told The Associated Press on Thursday.

 

The Cowboys signed Owens in March 2006, despite the bitterness some fans had for him having celebrated on the team’s midfield star logo while playing for the 49ers. At his introductory news conference, Owens declared, “Getcha popcorn ready” and he certainly kept things interesting.

His first season included an accidental overdose that police initially called a possible suicide attempt and an obviously strained relationship with coach Bill Parcells. Yet it also included the most TD catches in the NFL and the birth of Romo’s stardom.

 

With a new coach and coordinator in 2007, Owens set a club record with 15 TD catches and Dallas tied the best record in franchise history at 13-3, only to lose its first playoff game. He tearfully supported Romo afterward, then a few months later received a $34 million contract extension at a news conference that featured a humongous bowl of popcorn.

 

The Romo-Owens relationship appeared to fray late this past season, with Owens upset about everything from game plans to pass distribution. He had 213 yards in one game, but cracked 100 yards in only one other game, the otherwise forgettable finale.

 

Dallas already has a replacement as the top receiver in another Roy Williams, who led the NFC in yards receiving in 2006. The Cowboys gave up a first-, third- and sixth-round pick in the upcoming draft to get him from Detroit midway through last season.

 

In addition to Williams and Hurd, the Cowboys also have receivers Patrick Crayton and Miles Austin, plus Jason Witten, among the best receiving tight ends in the NFL.

 

What Romo and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett no longer have are any concerns about is whether No. 81 is happy.

 

“I know it takes a lot of pressure off Romo,” Hurd said. “A guy like him demands the ball and you want to get him the ball. Now he can look at all of us and see which one is open on any given play. … I don’t think that was a problem. That’s just what could and might start happening.”

 

AP Sports Writers Steven Wine in Miami and Dennis Waszak Jr. in New York contributed to this report.

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There was another link that isn't on the page anymore that was a little more specific about it. sorry

good one- or this guy:

 

or this guy

This is our new wide reciever. Watch.

There is speculation that the Skins might want him after all. If you guys want the link let me know

I think he has a lot of ability, yeah. Whereas Torry Holt reportedly has a degenarative knee condition. I'd rather have the young player on the rise than the declining player with the inflated price tag.

The thing I have with Hixon, is he goes threw phases where he catches everything for a whole game, and then has a game like he did versus the Eagles where he couldn't catch a cold. I don't know if he's consistant enough to be a #1 at this point

he's a free agent also and as far as I know they have now made him an offer, but then again he hasn't said whether or not he still wants to play

I think they'll keep Runyon though.

I'm higher on him now than I was going into last season. He pulled back on the stupid penalties and straight-out beats.

Yeah, I guess ur right. Well I hope he goes to anyone out of the NFC East, cause Tra wasn't that bad.

We don't need an LT but I'd sure like to see some dis-unity on the Eagles' OLine.

Could he move to RT? I'm not so high on Kareem anymore.

Would you guys to want this ex-eagle on our team?

i wonder who's gonna be the first person to throw the dumb idea of TO coming to the Giants idea

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I am waiting for JackStroud to start a T.O. has our QB thread.

hahahahahahhahahahahhah

If you extrapoloate Hixon's '08 numbers over an entire season, he outperformed Torry Holt last year by a substantial margin.

Yeah, but look at the Rams offensive line. The QB never had the oppertunity to get the ball to him, and Marc Bulger was hurt most the season if I can remember correctly. Thier o-line had two solid games that year that I could remember. Dallas and Washington.

But he wasn't a Giant when he did it

lol, do u remember the Rams only TD versus us in week 2 or 3? I was so upset that he caught that over the shoulder catch and held on to it. He was covered pretty good too. He's had some killer games against us.

Disappointed Thomas ready to leave Eagles

By Bob Brookover

 

Inquirer Staff Writer

 

Tra Thomas said he doesn't believe the Eagles want him back, and there is reason to believe he is correct.

 

"They haven't shown any interest in bringing me back, so as hard as it is, I have to move forward," Thomas said via a text message yesterday after returning from a visit with the Jacksonville Jaguars. "The Eagles have always been the team I wanted to play for, but now I have to go to the team that wants me."

 

A source with knowledge of the situation said the Eagles' offer to Thomas before the start of free agency was "way too low."

 

Eagles president Joe Banner declined to comment.

 

The Eagles, meanwhile, brought in veteran cornerback Shawn Springs for a visit last night. Springs, 33, was released by the Redskins on Saturday as part of a salary-cap purge. Two team sources indicated the Eagles weren't in any hurry to sign Springs.

 

If Thomas' assessment of the Eagles' interest proves correct, the team will have a new left tackle at the start of the 2009 season. The last time Thomas wasn't the Eagles' primary left tackle was 1997 when Jermane Mayberry was the starter.

 

Before Thomas joined the team as a No. 1 pick in 1998, the Eagles had five different left tackles in six seasons, so replacing him is every bit as important as replacing the leadership of recently departed safety Brian Dawkins.

 

Current offensive linemen Todd Herremans, King Dunlap and Shawn Andrews are candidates to replace Thomas, but it's just as likely the team will draft or trade for a new left tackle.

 

One trade possibility might be Jason Peters, the Buffalo Bills' left tackle who sat out training camp last year in a contract dispute. Peters has two years remaining on his current deal and is scheduled to make $3.8 million in 2009 and $3.4 million in 2010. The Bills, according to the Buffalo News, discussed Peters' contract with him recently.

 

As for Thomas, he said he returned to his South Jersey home yesterday because one of his three sons is going to celebrate his birthday today. While there were some reports Monday that his visit with the Jaguars went well, a source with knowledge of the negotiations described the two sides as being "far apart on the numbers."

 

It's unknown if Thomas has any more visits scheduled right now.

 

Springs is only the second free agent to visit the Eagles since the market opened Friday, but he's a few years beyond creating any needle movement on the excitement meter. He missed seven games last season with a strained calf.

 

The Eagles traded cornerback Lito Sheppard to the New York Jets over the weekend, but they still have four cornerbacks on the roster, all of whom are expected to play a role next season. Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown are the starters with Joselio Hanson likely to be the third cornerback. Jack Ikegwuonu, a fourth-round pick who sat out his rookie season while recovering from knee surgery, is also expected to have a role next season.

 

At 6-foot and 207 pounds, Springs does have the size to play safety, a roster spot in which the Eagles are currently shorthanded. With Dawkins and Sean Considine departing via free agency, Quintin Mikell and Quintin Demps are the only remaining safeties on the roster.

 

Smith visits Lions. The Sporting News reported yesterday that tight end L.J. Smith has a visit scheduled with the Detroit Lions. Smith visited with the Atlanta Falcons over the weekend. The Eagles have made it clear they have no interest in re-signing the tight end.

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Torry would work for a year or two. Not sure he's much of an upgrade over Hixon though.

Better hands, lol. Plus Torry is pretty short.