Each day seems to bring more speculation about what the Cardinals will be willing to give up in exchange for the Eagles Kevin Kolb. ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio recently said the Eagles want to get a player who contribute immediately, not a draft pick, in exchange for Kolb. That makes sense because no team knows where it will be drafting in 2012. Will the Cardinals have the fifth overall pick again? Or the 31st? It’s tough to base a trade on future value. On the flip side, player-for-player trades in the NFL don’t happen oftn. I doubt if DRC is on the block. He’s been inconsistent in Arizona, and there’s no question coaches’ patience will run out if DRC doesn’t mature and put in the necessary
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Trade speculation: DRC for Kolb
A familiar face joined the Eagles for their voluntary workouts in the suburbs on Wednesday. Among the half-dozen or so Eagles practicing on the artificial turf field at the Memorial Sports Complex in Marlton, N.J. was Donovan McNabb. No. 5 is in town for a few days for the dedication of The McNabb Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Voorhees Replacement Hospital, to which McNabb has given a six-figure donation. So while in town, McNabb decided to work out with some of his former teammates with the trainers from Power Train in Cherry Hill, N.J. He spent the early morning at the Power Train facility and went to the Memorial Sports Complex in the late-morning hours with Jamaal Jackson,
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McNabb works out with former Eagles teammates
Most anticipate that, if the NFL and NFLPA agree to a new CBA with the courts playing no role in the outcome, the free-agency system will function similarly to how it did from 2006-2009, which means players with four or more accrued seasons would qualify. So as we hopefully get closer to a labor settlement between these sides, there’s no better time to evaluate this potential class of fourth-year free agents. They are obviously the youngest of the bunch, and their inclusion would add considerable depth to the overall free-agent class. The wide receiver position is particularly intriguing, and given the host of big-name older receivers also set to hit the market (Randy Moss, Terrell Owens),
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Fourth-year players would make free-agent class worthwhile
With the lockout clearly a drag for all of us by now and something called “June gloom” all the talk out here at our studios in Los Angeles, I figured this is as good a time as any to play a little game, shall we? I’m gonna call it, “Trade Or No Trade” (yeah, I know, real original, eh?). We’ll select a few of the more high-profile players who have been the subject of trade rumblings, rank the odds of a trade on a highly scientific scale (very likely/likely/not likely) and then give a snippet of what the compensation could look like on the other end. Seems easy enough, right? Kevin Kolb OK folks, our first fine contestant is none other than Kolb, one-time Eagles starting QB of the future,
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Expect Kolb, not McNabb, Palmer or Orton, to get dealt
With the lockout clearly a drag for all of us by now and something called “June gloom” all the talk out here at our studios in Los Angeles, I figured this is as good a time as any to play a little game, shall we? I’m gonna call it, “Trade Or No Trade” (yeah, I know, real original, eh?). We’ll select a few of the more high-profile players who have been the subject of trade rumblings, rank the odds of a trade on a highly scientific scale (very likely/likely/not likely) and then give a snippet of what the compensation could look like on the other end. Seems easy enough, right? Kevin Kolb OK folks, our first fine contestant is none other than Kolb, one-time Eagles starting QB of the future,
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Expect Kolb, not McNabb, Palmer or Orton, to get dealt
NFL owners emerged Tuesday after a day-long review of the broad concepts of a possible labor agreement with locked-out players ready to intensify talks with the goal of reaching an accord by early next month. Despite reported owner concerns, opposition to the plan hammered out in closed-door deliberations over the past few weeks apparently was modest and confined to certain aspects of the complex deal. The agreement would contain a salary-cap system that would give players slightly less than half the sport’s burgeoning revenues, according to people familiar with the deliberations. The players have received slightly more than half the sport’s revenues in the past. But, according to one
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NFL owners appear ready to make a deal that ends the lockout
The NFL will stage a crucial owners meeting near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday, with the lockout now well into its fourth month. Accordingly, a number of league executives, owners and members of the NFL’s legal team arrived for prep work on Monday afternoon. The league’s labor committee had a late afternoon meeting that lasted for two hours, with Tuesday’s general session set to kick off at 10 a.m. In attendance were NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, general counsel Jeff Pash, and outside counsel Bob Batterman, as well as labor committee co-chairmen Jerry Richardson and Pat Bowlen, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Giants owner John Mara, Bengals owner Mike Brown, Chiefs owner
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Meetings on Tuesday designed to update owners on status of negotiations
On Sunday, linebacker Akeem Jordan became the latest Eagle to get in trouble with the law this off-season. Jordan was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery in Harrisonburg, Va., following an altercation outside of a local bar and grill. Police spokeswoman Mary-Hope Vass said a verbal confrontation between Jordan and another man turned physical. No weapons were involved. Police were later notified of the incident and a warrant was issued for Jordan. The four-year veteran linebacker and native of Harrisonburg turned himself in to authorities.
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Eagles’ Jordan charged with assault and battery
Under the old rules, Cam Newton might’ve commanded a rookie contract including up to $60 million in guaranteed money before taking an NFL snap. And now? With the NFL pushing for a rookie wage scale as part of a new labor deal, the quarterback chosen No. 1 overall by the Carolina Panthers and other high draft picks are undoubtedly braced to feel the effects of a major landscape change. Last year’s top pick, Sam Bradford, signed a six-year deal with the St. Louis Rams that guaranteed a record $50 million. In 2009, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford got $41 million guaranteed as the No. 1 pick. Any chance that Newton sees those type of numbers? “I don’t know about that,” Panthers
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NFL owners push rookie wage scale in agreement
NFL owners will convene a meeting Tuesday that is the first of its kind: Called specifically to address a lockout that’s now in its fourth month. Previous summits in New Orleans and Indianapolis were labor heavy, to be sure, but were in concert with the normal league schedule. So this one — in addition to the monthly meetings set from now until the dispute with the players is resolved — is indeed different and reflective of the calendar. And the hope is that as the owners break new ground in Chicago this week, they’ll blaze a much more important path, paving the way to a new labor agreement sometime in the coming weeks. The owners and players are coming off three sets of talks that were,
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Tangle of hope, pessimism surrounds owners talks in Chicago
Ring the bell. One of the latest revelations from the antitrust case brought by a group of players against the NFL was that the New York Giants did not renegotiate standout defensive end Osi Umenyiora’s contract despite a supposed verbal promise from GM Jerry Reese. Apparently this proves the players have suffered “irreparable harm” as a result of the league’s labor strife, as one reason an extension did not occur was likely due to the many unknowns during the uncapped year. Yet another reason could be because he missed all of 2008 with an ACL tear, and was benched for part of ’09 as he struggled to recover his burst—but apparently that’s not relevant. Something about the information in
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The Eagles-Giants Rivalry Just Got a Little Nasty
Well, now we have a storyline for the week leading up to the Eagles’ first scheduled meeting with the Giants (Week 3, Sept. 25, Lincoln Financial Field). One day after LeSean McCoy trashed Osi Umenyiora over Twitter, calling Umenyiora soft and overrated and the third-best defensive lineman on the Giants, Umenyiora shot back in the New York Times. “That little Chihuahua or poodle in the backfield – he doesn’t have to block me,” Umenyiora told the newspaper, admitting that the Giants’ nickname for the Eagles’ fledgling running back is “Lady Gaga.” “If you have something to say, say it man to man – you can’t be a Twitter gangster. That’s easy to do, trying to be a tough guy. Say it to my
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Osi: LeSean and I hate each other
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