As suitors for wide receiver Antonio Bryant began to gather Monday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took their first step toward replacing the dispatched playmaker. In their first move of the free-agency signing period, the Bucs traded a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 to the Philadelphia Eagles for former starting receiver Reggie Brown. Brown, 29, has 177 catches for 2,574 yards and 17 touchdowns in his career, but only nine of those catches came last season as Brown was edged out of the Eagles lineup by rookie Jeremy Maclin and second-year pro DeSean Jackson. A product of the University of Georgia, Brown was a second-round pick of the Eagles (35th overall) in 2005 who quickly stepped into the …
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Bucs acquire WR Reggie Brown from Eagles
Last September after the Eagles got rid of Hank Baskett, Reggie Brown admitted that he was torn about not being the wide receiver who was sent packing. In one season he had gone from a starting role to being inactive on game days. “Even a rose can grow out of a pound of bull [manure], so why can’t I?” Brown said then. The receiver will have the opportunity to grow elsewhere after the Eagles announced last night that they had traded Brown to Tampa Bay for an undisclosed draft pick in 2011. Several media outlets reported that it will be a sixth-round pick. Attempts to reach Brown and his agent, William Johnson, were unsuccessful. With Brown gone, the Eagles have four remaining veteran …
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Eagles unload receiver Brown to Bucs
Maybe someday we’ll know what derailed Reggie Brown’s career with the Eagles. For now, all we know is that Brown is out of roster purgatory, and on his way to Tampa. The Eagles announced last night they were trading Brown, a 2005 second-round draft choice, 35th overall in that draft, to the Bucs for an undisclosed 2011 pick, which the Tampa Tribune said would be a sixth-rounder. Brown, who seemed to be a rising star his first three seasons out of Georgia, went from a career-high 61 catches in 2007 to nine last season. He was carried on the 2009 roster only because the cap penalty for cutting him would have been so prohibitive - around $6 million - the Eagles couldn’t afford to do it. In …
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Eagles trade Reggie Brown to Buccaneers for 2011 pick
Last season, Reggie Brown went from dinged up to demoted to ultimately deactivated.By the end of it all, after he was benched for the NFC championship game, the Eagles wide receiver was disillusioned.”I guess they felt like they had a good thing going,” said Brown, who didn’t dress against the Cardinals in favor of Greg Lewis. “I really didn’t get any clear-cut answer about that. So I just pretty much let it go.”Saying it is nice, but judging from his effort this spring, Brown apparently has dropped any lingering discontent. During minicamp, the former second-round draft pick has caught most everything thrown his way. Whether he can remain with his only organization - uncharacteristically …
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Eagles’ Reggie Brown driven to rebound
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