quote:IT’S OFFICIAL: EAGLES AGREE TO TERMS WITH PETERS
Posted by Aaron Wilson on April 17, 2009, 10:08 p.m.
The Philadelphia Eagles announced tonight that they have agreed to a new six-year contract with Pro Bowl offensive tackle Jason Peters after acquiring him via a trade earlier today from the Buffalo Bills.
Peters passed a physical earlier today at the Eagles’ training complex, and team officials worked rapidly to strike a deal with Peters’ agent, Eugene Parker.
Peters was under contract through 2010 under his previous Buffalo deal, but the Eagles have basically removed the final two years of his old deal. Contract terms weren’t immediately available on a agreement that has Peters under contract to Philadelphia through 2014.
The official terms of the trade sent a 2009 first-round draft pick (28th overall), a 2009 fourth-round draft pick and an undisclosed late-round 2010 pick from the Eagles to the Bills in exchange for Peters.
“Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said in a statement. “He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film.
“I have always believed that success in the National Football League is derived from the strong play of the offensive and defensive lines. This offseason we have added two young, top-flight offensive linemen in Jason and Stacy Andrews.”
Peters, 27, was named to the Pro Bowl in 2007 and 2008.
A press conference for Peters has been scheduled for Sunday morning at the Eagles’ headquarters.
UPDATE: ESPN is reporting that Peters’ extension is worth $53 million in new money with a total of $60 million over the next six seasons.
The Eagles announced that it was a new, six-year deal, but this report is characterizing it as a four-year extension of his old Bills deal.
quote:Packers safety Atari Bigby signed his free-agent tender of $1.545 million on Friday, NFL.com’s Steve Wyche reports.
Bigby, who was a restricted free agent, appeared in just seven games for Green Bay in 2008 and finished the season on injured reserve because of a shoulder ailment. He started all 16 games for the Packers in 2007 and had career highs in interceptions (five) and tackles (86).
Bigby went undrafted out of Central Florida in 2005, but he signed with the Dolphins as a free agent. He eventually landed with the Packers later in his rookie season and worked his way up from practice-squad player to eventual starter.
quote:Curry’s agents, Andy Ross and Mike Sullivan, were seen at a Lions minicamp practice today. The Detroit Free Press was on the scene and got a quote from Lions general manager Martin Mayhew:
As he walked off the field, general manager Martin Mayhew confirmed the agents were Andy Ross and Michael Sullivan. Asked what it meant, Mayhew said: “It means we’re talking to them, which we said we would do.”
NFL.com reached Ross by phone, and the agent said he had “no comment” on how the talk went. Sullivan didn’t return a phone message left by NFL.com.
quote:AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Michael Strahan has some advice for disgruntled Arizona receiver Anquan Boldin: Be quiet.
"I know he's not happy here but complaining about it in the press really doesn't help you," Strahan said.
och ik moet eerlijk zeggen dat als het mooi weer is zaterdag, zit ik 's avonds op het terras in de stad (en bij thuiskomst meteen slapen en zondag om 10.30 unspoiled de herhaling kijken op ESPNAquote:Op maandag 20 april 2009 16:16 schreef Sloppy het volgende:
Nog een klein weekje tot de draft.
Hebben jullie er ook zo'n zin in?
quote:The Shreveport Times is reporting that LSU WR and NFL draft prospect Demetrius Byrd is in intensive care at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after he was involved in a car accident on Sunday. LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette confirmed the report.
Byrd has been training for the NFL Draft this weekend. He was a key member on LSU’s 2007 national championship team and had 37 receptions for 513 yards and four touchdowns in 2008.
quote:The Jacksonville Jaguars made headway toward filling their void at wide receiver on Monday by signing veteran free-agent Torry Holt to a three-year deal that includes $4 million in guarantees and could be worth up to $20 million.
Ben geen fan van de Eagles, maar in dit geval moet ik ze een dikkequote:Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown has asked to be traded.
Brown has four years remaining on his contract, and the Eagles have indicated that they will not renegotiate his deal.
After dealing with a similar situation with Lito Sheppard, it is considered unlikely that the Eagles will deal Brown at this time.
"I feel like it has been a total lack of respect," Brown told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio on Monday.
Brown told Paolantonio he has been trying to get a new deal for more than a year, but the Eagles have said no.
Brown said his agent has now asked the Eagles for permission to seek a trade.
The Eagles released a statement expressing disappointment in Brown's decision to go public, explaining that Brown accepted an extension of his rookie contract early that provided his family financial security for the rest of his life. That extension removed any concerns about health or performance that all other players in his draft class had to worry about.
Brown has four years remaining on the contract, and the Eagles feel he is being paid fairly.
"Focusing only on a player's salary for a given year is not a valid analysis," the Eagles said in a statement.
"There have been league MVP's, Super Bowl champion quarterbacks, and perennial Pro Bowlers who have been in a similar situation. All of their teams have required them to wait until their contract expired or there was only one year remaining before any adjustment took place. It is only in the most extraordinary, in fact, less than a handful of circumstances in the last ten years that any players two new years into a contract with three years left have been adjusted. We don't think this qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance.
"Sheldon's comments under the circumstances actually serve to devalue him in a trade if we were willing to consider it; which we are not."
quote:Op dinsdag 21 april 2009 19:53 schreef zjroentje het volgende:
Heb ook wel zin in de Draft, mede vanwege de Jets fans.
Vorig jaar waren ze nog zo tevreden met Gholston.![]()
Geweldig filmpje idd. De reactie van die gast in het blauw op 0:54, priceless.quote:
quote:Wide receivers Percy Harvin and Brandon Tate tested positive for marijuana during February's NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, two sources told FOXSports.com.
The news could be potentially damaging to the wide receivers' stock during this weekend's NFL draft.
Harvin was considered a first-round pick after leaving the University of Florida following his junior season. Tate was considered a possible second- to fourth-round pick after a solid college career at North Carolina.
Joel Segal, the agent who represents both players, didn't return messages from FOXSports.com seeking comment.
NFL teams received the drug-test results earlier this week, according to FOXSports.com.
Sources told FOXSports.com Harvin and Tate were the only two high-profile players to flunk their combine drug tests, and one of the sources said that fewer than a dozen players tested positive for recreational drugs.
Players who failed the tests are subject to entry into the NFL's substance-abuse program.
Harvin finished his college career with 133 receptions for 1,929 yards and 13 touchdowns and 194 carries for 1,852 yards and 19 scores. He averaged 9.5 yards per carry and 11.6 yards every time he touched the ball. He also posted a strong 4.39 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the combine.
He was at his best in big games, earning MVP honors in the 2006 Southeastern Conference championship game and totaling 171 yards and a touchdown in a victory over Oklahoma in the Bowl Championship Series national title game in January.
He lined up at receiver, running back and quarterback for the Gators but expects to do even more at the next level because several teams have already talked to him about returning kickoffs and punts.
Tate finished his career with an NCAA-record 3,523 career combined kick-return yards. Before tearing two knee ligaments midway through his senior year, he averaged 23.5 yards on his 16 receptions.
Tate, still recovering from his injury, didn't work out at the combine.
Me to, ik zit achter de bank van de Bucs.quote:
quote:There was some debate about whether or not Tony Gonzalez really wanted out of Kansas City.
That debate is over.
The Chiefs announced Thursday that they have traded the 10-time Pro Bowl tight end to the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
quote:DELHOMME GETS EXTENSION
Posted by Mike Florio on April 23, 2009, 3:15 p.m.
For some reason, we’re suddenly reminded of the fact that people in certain cultures eat insects.
That thought sprang to mind because, apparently, certain NFL teams think it’s a good thing to generate six turnovers in a winnable home playoff game.
The Panthers have “rewarded” Jake Delhomme for his horrible playoff performance with a five-year contract extension.
The deal, according to Steve Reed of CarolinaGrowl.com, is worth $42.5 million, with $20 million guaranteed.
“He didn’t want to go into the season with this hanging over his head,” agent Rick Smith said. “It was a cordial negotiation throughout. We worked on it the last two weeks and it was finalized today.”
(Rick, shouldn’t you be shopping for bras with Andre Smith? Boom. Roasted.)
Anyway, Delhomme is 34. He missed most of the 2007 season with an elbow injury that required Billy Jack Tommy John surgery.
So he gets a five-year extension? With $20 million guaranteed? Really?
Of course, the deal is a steal in comparison to the likelihood that the Lions will invest $40 million guaranteed in a quarterback who might become Michigan’s version of Ryan Leaf. But it still seems like a lot of money for a guy whose career passer rating is in the mid-80s, and who has never really fulfilled the potential that he flashed when he led the Panthers to prominence in 2003.
Mooi, zolang Seattle maar voor een OT gaat vind ik het goed, een Safety in de 2e ronde. In de 4e, 5e, of 6e ronde kunnen ze nog steeds een QB pakken als ze die zo graag willen. En het belangrijkste is toch wel: DON'T DRAFT SANCHEZ, DON'T DRAFT SANCHEZ.quote:Op zaterdag 25 april 2009 09:54 schreef Guard het volgende:
with the first overall pick of the 2009 NFL draft the Detroit Lions select Matthew Stafford
Publiek geheim.quote:Op zaterdag 25 april 2009 09:54 schreef Guard het volgende:
with the first overall pick of the 2009 NFL draft the Detroit Lions select Matthew Stafford
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