According to Philadelphia's 610 WIP radio, the Philadelphia Eagles have recently turned down a trade for Lito Sheppard.
ProFootballTalk.com has supposedly confirmed that a team (unknown as of now) did offer a trade for Lito Sheppard, and the Eagles turned it down.
The Eagles have been supposedly looking to trade Sheppard ever since they signed Asante Samuel. They reportedly were trying to trade him and a draft pick for Larry Fitzgerald a while back, but nothing ever came of it.
So if this is true, I am waiting until I see the offer and the team to decide if they should have rejected it or not.
Lito Sheppard is their third corner back behind Samuel and Sheldon Brown, and Sheppard has only played in fourteen games over the past three seasons. But in his time on the field, he has been a very good corner.
With that said, his value is pretty questionable. It all depends on who is going after him. If a team likes him, his value is obviously higher to them, and if they don't like him that much, his value is obviously lower to them. All depends on the team.
The Eagles reportedly want another offensive weapon (mainly WR), and are willing to part with draft picks as well, shown in their attempts for Larry Fitzgerald.
What would I do if I were the Eagles?
Well your corner backs would be weaker without Sheppard, but your wide receiver situation is brutal right now, so I would do exactly what he Eagles are doing right now; Lito and a draft pick for a wide receiver.
That's all for now. Updates will come when that are released.
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Well lookey here, I have an update!
Philadelphia's Comcast SportsNet has reportedly also looked into the matter, and they say no offer was even offered to the Eagles.
Interesting...
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Another update!
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Sheppard's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, claims the Eagles received an offer from a team and expects Sheppard to be traded in a few weeks.
From rotoworld.com:
Agent Drew Rosenhaus said in an e-mail to the Philadelphia Daily News Tuesday that "at least one team has made a recent trade proposal" for Lito Sheppard and the Eagles would not accept. "The Eagles didn't like the compensation and turned it down," said Rosenhaus. "I will not identify the team at this time. I think there is a very good chance Lito gets traded in the next few weeks." Sheppard has voiced his frustration with the organization during much of training camp. He feels unwanted with the addition of Asante Samuel.
Interesting...
3 comments Last one added 9 months ago — Leave a Comment
Jameson Fleming 10 months ago
WIP really picked up on a story reported by profootballtalk? Profootballtalk is one of the biggest jokes for a website. They are wrong on so many things.
I'm really surprised WIP would run with it.
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Christian Karcole 10 months ago
Well no...As I said, WIP came out with the story. ProFootballTalk heard about it, and they say they confirmed it as well (that's why I put "supposedly confirmed it".)
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Patrick Wall 9 months ago
He isn't starting now, which is a shame. My only guess is that the Eagles want to keep him from being hurt, but want him to play a little so he isn't rusty if/when they do trade him.
My only thing is that we would need to have a good corner come with the trade. I'm not okay with our backups at the CB position.
Besides, at this point, what do we really need? A stud WR would be nice, but I don't really want to hinder Jackson's progression.
I'll be interested to see what comes of this. Thanks for the article!
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