So the first day of free agency is wrapping up, and we’ve seen a few interesting things happen. If I were you I’d read KSK’s round-up first, but here are a few interesting nuggets to think about:
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The Rams signed A.J. Feeley to a one year, $6 million deal. Too bad for the Eagles, he would have been a nice veteran back-up option to Kolb. But good for Feeley. I imagine he’ll get a chance to start for a year in front of Sam Bradford. (By the way, all the Vick to St. Louis talk just never really made sense to me. Why would you do that when you can draft the best quarterback and start over?)
Maybe the bigger take away for the Eagles though, is that Michael Vick is a great value at only $5 million in 2010. And if a lucky team can get him after the Eagles pay Vick’s bonus in a few days, he will be a ridiculous steal at about $3.5 million.
Maybe I was too much of a downer on likely returns for Vick…
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Remember only a year ago when everyone wanted Anquan Boldin to be an Eagle? Yeah… neither do I. But John Harbaugh apparently does.
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So both Julius Peppers and Chester Taylor bolted to the Windy City?
Do you hear that sound? That’s the air letting out of Philly fan hopes for this free agency.
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If, as reported, Todd Collins and David Carr are attracting interest, teams are really scratching the bottom of the barrel on quarterback talent. I assume the Eagles front office has recieved many, many calls about their QBs.
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Leonard Weaver deserves mad money for his work last season. Maybe he’s even convinced the front office that the fullback position is important? Count me unconvinced.
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Didn’t notice Lawlor’s post yesterday, when he said:
I’m hearing that at least one team is having talks with the Eagles about Michael Vick. I don’t know if this is a deal that will get done soon or not. The other team is trying to figure out how Vick will handle joining a team with a starter already in place. Can’t be specific with this for now.
“With a starter already in place”? Weird. I can’t imagine Vick would be all that happy with that. But where would that put him? It would have to be a team with a starter and no real back up. In other words, it could be a lot of teams.
Guesses off the top of my head? Jets, Ravens, Chargers, Lions, Bucs.
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Will Witherspoon, we hardly knew you.
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Oh, almost forgot. Breaking news: Reid goes on the radio says McNabb is the Eagles QB for 2010.