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*** 2013 Official Philadelphia Eagles - NFC EAST CHAMPS*** (1 Viewer)

@caplannfl: #Eagles have agreed to terms with H-Back James Casey, per source.

@RoobCSN: Eagles have inked Titans TE James Casey to a 3-year-deal. First reported by @caplannfl

@McClain_on_NFL: James Casey has agreed to a 3-year contract worth $14.5 million.

@McClain_on_NFL: James Casey can play fullback or tight end in Chip Kelly's new offense. That's a great deal for Casey, more than $4 mil per year.

@McClain_on_NFL: The Eagles targeted Casey early and didn't want him to make another visit. He's already in Philly.

 
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'Bigboy10182000 said:
@caplannfl: Bradley Fletcher to sign with the Eagles, source confirms.
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Not familiar with him at all. Sopoaga just signed. Fletcher had some really solid ratings at PFF, apparently he just needs to stay healthy. I like it. Not too sure about Sopoaga, but he'll be a fit as long as he can eat up the middle.
 
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@Jeff_McLane: #Eagles signings: CB Fletcher Bradley (2-yrs) TE James Casey (3-yr)

S Patrick Chung (3-yr) LB Jason Phillips (2-yr) DL Isaac Sopoaga (3-yr).

 
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I especially like the Fletcher and Casey signings the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
 
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Really feel like Casey is going to be a sleeper TE this year. Definitely going to try and roster him if I can get him cheap enough.

 
'Late225 said:
'Nucker101 said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I like the Fletcher signing the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
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Agree on all fronts except that my favorite pickup is Sopoaga.
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May be my favorite as well. This is a big run stuffers that allows us to get a NT later in the draft instead of at 4.
 
I think Philly will love this guy:

James Casey overcame tragedy and long odds to get to where he is today.Now in his fourth NFL season out of Rice University, Casey is coming into his own as the Texans’ starting fullback. He already has set career highs this season with 30 catches for 304 yards and three touchdowns. A fifth-round draft pick in 2009, the former tight end has become one of the keys to the Texans’ offensive versatility.“He lines up at fullback and blocks linebackers,” Texans quarterback Matt Schaub said. “We put him out wide at receiver. He’s in the slot for us. He lines up at tight end. We can just move him around so many different spots and he can run all those different routes that we do as an offense. He creates mismatches for other teams.”Said tight ends coach Brian Pariani: “He’s kind of a unique player, really. Very gifted athlete, very smart. You can put a lot of things on his plate, and that’s what makes him an asset to this offense. You can put him anywhere on the field, and the defense doesn’t know when we snap the ball where he’s going to line up.”How Casey got here from a tumultuous upbringing and circuitous path to the NFL is remarkable – almost beyond belief. He grew up in the small town of Azle, Texas, just outside of Fort Worth, living in trailer homes with his parents, Jerry and Susan.“I don’t like to talk about that much because there’s a lot of people that come from really bad situations, and it seems like some people when they talk, they want people to feel sorry for them or something,” Casey said. “I don’t want anybody to feel sorry for me. I was poor growing up, but there were a lot of people like that.”When Casey was 16 and a sophomore in high school, his mother died in a fire in their trailer while he was at school. It left him with nothing but the clothes on his back, shoes on his feet and backpack he took to school that day. “Some people say they come from nothing,” Casey said. “I literally came from nothing. I had nothing. It was obviously a tough time.”Jerry Casey, who passed away in 2011, moved into another trailer home after Susan’s death. James said it was essentially unlivable. He stayed there for a short period of time with his father, then bounced around several other temporary homes before the athletic trainer at Azle High School, Todd “Doc” Urbanek, took him in. Todd and his wife, Betsy, essentially became James’ adopted parents, and they now have Texans season tickets and come to every game.Early in his junior year, James started dating Kylie Henderson. They will celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary next week on Dec. 21, with a two-year-old son, Cannon James. James moved in with Kylie and her mother, Holly, toward the end of his junior year in high school. They took care of him and gave him a place to stay throughout his senior year and, later, his four-year minor league baseball career.James said the Urbaneks, his mother-in-law and, most of all, his wife, were instrumental in getting him through those tough times. “When I lost everything, I didn’t have money, I didn’t have ways to get clothes, but they started some kind of fund in the city,” he said. “They raised a bunch of money, and people got together clothes and stuff that I could use and then they sent me some money to buy clothes and football and baseball gear. The whole city of Azle helped me out. People bought me cleats for football season. Doc bought me baseball cleats and baseball gloves. When you have a tragedy like that, it’s great to see mankind, human nature, just people wanting to help out.”James didn’t go to school for about a week after his mother passed away. “Early on, I was just depressed,” he said. “I was just like, ‘Why did this happen to me? What’s the point of doing much of anything anymore?’ I didn’t do anything for a week. I didn’t want to see anybody. Then, I eventually came to the realization that she wouldn’t want me to just hang my head and feel sorry for myself and walk around complaining about everything and whining about how bad of a situation I’m in. I realized she would have wanted me to pick myself up and she would’ve wanted me to be successful and make something of myself. “After I realized that, I was like, ‘You know what, it’s alright to keep going and keep working hard and trying to be successful.’ That’s kind of been somewhat of my mindset this entire time, just trying to make her proud, trying to make my family proud, my wife. I just try to keep working and hope it all works out.”James was a talented baseball player and the quarterback on the Azle football team. He injured his knee playing football his junior year, requiring two surgeries and essentially ruling out any chance of earning a college scholarship, so he focused on baseball. With a fastball topping out at 95 mph, he was drafted in the seventh round by the Chicago White Sox in 2003 after his senior year.“I got a signing bonus out of high school when I was 18 years old of $120,000 and I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh,’” Casey said. “To me, that was like a million dollars.”Casey saved and invested most of his signing bonus. He went to Bristol, Va., for rookie ball, making $850 a month. He wound up living with two new teammates who had just graduated from college, living out of a sleeping bag on the floor because it was all he could afford. People from Azle sent him care packages with beef jerky and tennis shoes to help him get by. He lived a mile from his team’s baseball stadium and walked to practices and games. Eventually, he bought an old silver bicycle for $15 that became his mode of transportation. At night when he was hungry after games, Casey would go through the drive-thru at a local fast food restaurant. The bike wouldn’t register in the drive-thru, so he had to walk up to the window and knock to place his order.“It was a humbling experience,” Casey said, “but it was a lot of fun playing minor league baseball. I ended up playing three or four years, and it didn’t work out. I did well my first year but after that, I was working on my mechanics because I had some funky delivery, and it just didn’t work out. I ended up getting fired by the White Sox. It was two weeks after I got married.” Casey married Kylie at age 21. He found out he had been fired by a phone call from the Lincoln Salt Dogs, an independent baseball team, asking if he wanted to play for them. Confused, Casey hung up, checked his voicemail and discovered a message from the White Sox telling him they didn’t think he was going to be able to make the major leagues and that it wasn’t going to work out.Casey wound up signing with the Fort Worth Cats, an independent team that is unaffiliated with Major League Baseball. He made $1,000 a month and was the youngest player in the entire league. Luke Hochevar, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals, was on his team. But some of his teammates, Casey said, were 32 and 33 years old. “Once the season started off pretty rough and I wasn’t doing great, I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this; I don’t want to just try to keep the dream alive and just play in minor league baseball forever not making a lot of money,’” he said. “I knew I needed to go to school. I was like, ‘I’m going to try to play football.’”While still playing baseball in Fort Worth, Casey started taking a football with him everywhere he went. His baseball teammates would run routes for him before and after practice. He would go to his team facility early for extra workouts and running. “I was pretty good at in high school until I got hurt, and I saw guys from my high school go on to play in college,” Casey said. “I would watch college football all the time and I was like, ‘I know I’m better than some of those guys. I know I can play college football.’”After being released from the Cats, then the Laredo Broncos, Casey quit baseball and pursued the gridiron. He put himself through his own personal NFL Combine, working feverishly on his 40-yard dash and bench press. He sent packets of information to every college in Texas he could think of – UT, TCU, Houston, North Texas – with a letter, thoughtfully-filled-out questionnaires he found online, old film of high school games that weren’t his best but were all he could find, and, at the urging of his wife, an 8x10 shirtless picture of himself in tights. Kylie told him to do it because “that’s what they do at the Combine.” James thought coaches would laugh at him but decided to do it anyway.TCU invited Casey to come to campus, where he met with coach Gary Patterson, watched practice and talked to the recruiting coordinator. They told him he could try to walk on but did not offer a scholarship. He got the same response in a visit to North Texas, and even in visits to Division-II Tarleton State and Cisco Junior College. “No one was really interested,” Casey said. “I can’t blame them that bad. I mean, I didn’t play for four years and I didn’t go to school for four years, so it’d be tough for them to just say, ‘Hell yeah, just come here, we’ll give you a scholarship.’ That’s exactly what Rice did, though.”Casey had given his packet to a friend from high school, Dustin Hufsey, who was a walk-on at Rice. Hufsey gave the packet to Rice’s wide receivers coach, David Beaty. Beaty didn’t think much of Casey’s tape or letter, but he stopped when he got to the 8x10 picture in the back of the packet. “He looked at the picture and he was like, ‘Well, I might as well show this to the head coach (Todd Graham) just to show him what this guy looks like,’” Casey said, recalling what Beaty told him several years later. “The head coach was like, ‘Whoa, we don’t have a guy that looks like that. We’re gonna talk to this guy.’” Casey got a call out of the blue from Rice’s recruiting coordinator, inviting him to campus for an official visit. He was working at a gym in Azle at the time. Not only did he not know what an official visit was, he didn’t even know Rice was in Houston. He and his wife drove in for the visit and were put up at the Westin Hotel in the Galleria. Casey says it was the nicest hotel he had ever seen. In the minor leagues, he stayed at cheap motels that often didn’t have air conditioning. He was afraid to eat candy out of the mini-bar in his room at the Westin because he thought Rice might kick him out and end his visit. He also had no idea how scholarships worked. “I thought some people get five percent scholarships, some people get 50 percent, some people get 30 percent, just depending on how good you are,” Casey said. “So I’m going in thinking, ‘Maybe I can talk these guys into giving me like a 10 percent scholarship.’ Rice is expensive. I figured I’d get a big loan and pay for the rest. All I needed was them just to give me just a little bit of a percentage to at least show me that they wanted me to come there.”Graham ended up offering Casey a full scholarship – the only kind they have in football. It didn't hurt that Casey had graduated from high school with a 99.38 grade point average (GPA), 12th in a class of 300-plus. But there was a caveat's to Graham's offer. He wanted Casey to play linebacker or safety instead of quarterback, and Casey had never played defense. Reasoning that he couldn’t pass up a full college scholarship, Casey accepted the next day. He vowed to himself that he would play defense if the coaches wanted him to but eventually would talk them into letting him play offense. “When I got to Rice, it was like a second chance,” he said. “I was a different person compared to when I played minor league baseball when I was 18. Back then, I was worrying about what everybody else was doing, how good everybody else was. Now, I was like, ‘I’m not worried about what anybody else does. I’m gonna make sure I have no regrets regardless of what happens. I’m working out more than anybody in the country. I’m going to work out every single day, do as much as I possibly can, and I’m not going to have any regrets.’” Three days after Casey arrived on campus, Graham left to become the head coach at Tulsa. Casey met with Rice’s new coach, David Bailiff, and told him he thought he could help the team more at quarterback. He reminded Bailiff of that often, and he stayed on the field late after every practice to throw until it was dark. Casey also took it upon himself to field punts in practice because he thought he could do it and noticed Rice’s returners dropping balls.By fall training camp, Bailiff moved Casey from defensive end to quarterback. Casey then became a wide receiver because of injuries. Midway through the season, with Rice off to an 0-6 start and playing a nationally-televised game at Southern Miss, the coaches turned Casey loose to see what he could do. Casey played seven different positions in the game, including Wildcat quarterback, wide receiver, running back, holder, guard on the punt team, punt returner and defensive end. In just five snaps on defense, he had a sack and tackle for loss. From there, Casey earned freshman All-America and All-Conference USA honors. The next year, Casey, or “Thor” as he became known at Rice, set school records with 111 catches for 1,329 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also had five rushing touchdowns. Rice went 10-3 and won a bowl game for the first time since 1954.Off the field, Casey had a perfect 4.0 GPA in his first semester of school in more than four years. He graduated as a triple-major in economics, managerial studies and sport management with a minor in business in just six semesters with a 3.63 GPA. It was a 3.84 GPA while he was still playing at Rice, and Casey laments that it went down after he took his final two semesters in the spring after his first two seasons with the Texans. “I had so much stuff going on it kind of hurt my school a little bit, but 3.63, I mean, I’m happy with that,” he said, smiling. “But when I was in school, I was married. All I did was just football and school. I just worked out all day and did school work. Most college students are wondering about their parties or chasing girls around or something like that. I was like an adult going to school, basically.”Casey entered the NFL draft as a 24-year-old sophomore and was selected by the Texans to play tight end, a new position for him. After two seasons, he switched to fullback, another new position in which he is now in his second year as a starter. He still has the same work ethic that carried him to success in high school and college. Casey arrives at Reliant Stadium around 5:30 every morning, before just about everyone but Schaub. He doesn’t go home until several hours after practice when the locker room has long since been empty.“I try to take it seriously to be the first one here, the last one to leave,” Casey said. “I like to stay extra because I want to make sure I don’t have any regrets about football, so I want to watch film and work out. You can’t play football forever, so I’m going to make sure I do as much as I can now so when it ends, I know I did everything I could.”His mother would surely be proud.
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'Bigboy10182000 said:
'Late225 said:
'Nucker101 said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I like the Fletcher signing the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
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Agree on all fronts except that my favorite pickup is Sopoaga.
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May be my favorite as well. This is a big run stuffers that allows us to get a NT later in the draft instead of at 4.
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I'm not sold on Sopoaga but I guess time will tell and I hope it works out. Like today's signings for sure. Still leaves us with a lot of cap room, would love to grab a few more guys especially oline. Gotta think Milliner or Fisher at 4 now.
 
'Deamon said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
'Late225 said:
'Nucker101 said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I like the Fletcher signing the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
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Agree on all fronts except that my favorite pickup is Sopoaga.
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May be my favorite as well. This is a big run stuffers that allows us to get a NT later in the draft instead of at 4.
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I'm not sold on Sopoaga but I guess time will tell and I hope it works out. Like today's signings for sure. Still leaves us with a lot of cap room, would love to grab a few more guys especially oline. Gotta think Milliner or Fisher at 4 now.
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I'm going to wait and see about the rest of the FA's before getting into the draft. The deepest positions available are both OT & CB. I'm thinking we get (at least I hope) Francois tomorrow and maybe Cary Williams. If I'm being greedy I'd like to add Amendola and Volmer/Long or Baker as well.
 
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@EliotShorrParks: Great stat RT @eaglescentral Bradley Fletcher has missed six tackles in his career. 8 Eagles players missed at least six tackles in 2012.

 
'Deamon said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
'Late225 said:
'Nucker101 said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I like the Fletcher signing the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
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Agree on all fronts except that my favorite pickup is Sopoaga.
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May be my favorite as well. This is a big run stuffers that allows us to get a NT later in the draft instead of at 4.
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I'm not sold on Sopoaga but I guess time will tell and I hope it works out. Like today's signings for sure. Still leaves us with a lot of cap room, would love to grab a few more guys especially oline. Gotta think Milliner or Fisher at 4 now.
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FWIW- @GeoffMosherCSN: Isaac Sopoga's 3-year deal really just 1-year deal -- unless the Eagles intend to pay his $3.75M bases in '14 and '15. At 32 and 33 years.
 
I think they still should target a NT in the draft to rotate in with Sopoaga (keep spelling it wrong, the new Asomugha), but he's at the very least a solid one year fix. Really like the other signings. We need to get back to building through the draft and adding pieces when necessary through FA.

 
'Bigboy10182000 said:
Good read on Sopoaga:http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/Isaac-Sopoaga-Anchors-SF-Defense/6e02fb52-3edc-4899-9c0a-26cf4a55a433
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I'll admit I didn't know a ton about this guy before reading this article. Great read, makes me pretty pumped on him now actually. Just hoping that he can be productive in 2 years at age 33.
 
'Awful Waffle said:
I think they still should target a NT in the draft to rotate in with Sopoaga (keep spelling it wrong, the new Asomugha), but he's at the very least a solid one year fix. Really like the other signings. We need to get back to building through the draft and adding pieces when necessary through FA.
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IF they land Francois he also plays some NT and I'm sure they'd add one through the draft later on too but we needed stability there now and now we don't have to count on a rookie to start there.
 
Gotta remember NT is a part time player. He'll be the guy to come off the field when Boykin goes in for nickel packages, around half the time. He's the only older guy they've signed, if he can do a job for a year or two it's a win.

Really like the way this is going so far. Chung and Fletcher have potential to be good starters, Casey's versatility will be the key to running everything from the I formation to 3 wide or 2 tight looks out of a single personnel group in a no huddle.

Take a look at his highlights, there's some impressive plays in there.

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'Deamon said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
'Late225 said:
'Nucker101 said:
'Bigboy10182000 said:
So far I love the approach. Add Francois and Vollmer/Long/Baker tomorrow and it will be great.
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Yup, no big money signings but quality players to fill in the holes. I like the Fletcher signing the best so far, Chung is also solid. Both have had injuries so hopefully they can stay healthy.
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Agree on all fronts except that my favorite pickup is Sopoaga.
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May be my favorite as well. This is a big run stuffers that allows us to get a NT later in the draft instead of at 4.
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I'm not sold on Sopoaga but I guess time will tell and I hope it works out. Like today's signings for sure. Still leaves us with a lot of cap room, would love to grab a few more guys especially oline. Gotta think Milliner or Fisher at 4 now.
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I think it's setting us up for multiple additions on the OL through the draft, which we need to do to build both depth and youth behind our 30+yo core guys.
 
Love the Chung signing. Got a legit NT now and at least a 3rd Corner. Not a bad first day!

My gut tells me Kelly will try like heck to sign Welker or Amendola...

 
'zadok said:
Love the Chung signing. Got a legit NT now and at least a 3rd Corner. Not a bad first day!My gut tells me Kelly will try like heck to sign Welker or Amendola...
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I don't see Welker coming here. New England isn't going to let him go cheap, and WR is probably the LEAST of our worries right now. He'd cost quite a bit, and is aging. Pass catching mccoy, Casey, djax, avant, and maclin should be enough... maybe adding amendola I like, but the cost of welker wouldn't be worth it especially for a rebuilding team.
 
Far from an expert on all the Eagles new signing because really who watch what a nickel CB in St Louis did for more then a game or two even with the package. I went an looked up as much info as I can so here is my take.

1.Dennis Dixon- I actually liked what I saw from him in Pittsburgh and think he will make a good back up for a few games when Vick get hurt but nothing more then a number 2. He gets hurt a lot and isn't a great passer but he should be better in Chip offense

2.Isacc Sopoaga- Seems like a very good run defender and space eater who could fill the gap for a year or two till we bring in a younger guy. I don't think he is anything special but I do think he is a solid player who will help against the run.

3.Bradley Fletcher- Even though I don't know a ton about him I love what I have read on him he seems like a high potential guy if he can just cut down on penalties and stay healthy. I think at worst Eagles get a guy who will compete and who is very physical at the CB spot. Now his upside seems to be someone who could be a very good number 2 CB

4. Patrick Chung- Another high upside guy and a physical player which is what the Eagles need but he seems like another DRC a guy who has all the ability but never gets it done. Im not sure if its youth, laziness or intelligence but I don't like player who don't take advantage of their gifts. I also worry if Belicheck could teach him better angles in the passing game who can. Will help a lot in the run gun but IMO is just just a fast bigger Coleman

5. John Phillips- A pure special teams guy who they say is a real thumper and even though he might not make everyone real happy this team needs a guy who can lay the lumber on ST.

6. James Casey- Versatile guy who I think will excel in Chips offense and play a lot in the FB spot while playing some TE on pass plays. He is a horrible blocker but when is the last time a team had to worry about the FB catching 40 passes in the Eagles backfield.

The reports are bringing in Jean Francois- I would love this signing and it would go the top of my favorites I think he would be an excellent DE in the 3-4.

The Eagles should still have a ton of money I would like them to add a RT and another Safety anything after that is gravy to me

 
Really liked what they did.... got some guys that will fill some needs and could provide some Huge upside.... I think Casey will be a great fit in this offense.... Still some guys out there that would be some nice additions as well....

Think we need to get on the phone with Buffalo and package Foles for a 2nd or 3rd round pick.... Get some pieces in FA... BUILD through the draft...

 
'Nagle2998 said:
Far from an expert on all the Eagles new signing because really who watch what a nickel CB in St Louis did for more then a game or two even with the package. I went an looked up as much info as I can so here is my take.1.Dennis Dixon- I actually liked what I saw from him in Pittsburgh and think he will make a good back up for a few games when Vick get hurt but nothing more then a number 2. He gets hurt a lot and isn't a great passer but he should be better in Chip offense2.Isacc Sopoaga- Seems like a very good run defender and space eater who could fill the gap for a year or two till we bring in a younger guy. I don't think he is anything special but I do think he is a solid player who will help against the run.3.Bradley Fletcher- Even though I don't know a ton about him I love what I have read on him he seems like a high potential guy if he can just cut down on penalties and stay healthy. I think at worst Eagles get a guy who will compete and who is very physical at the CB spot. Now his upside seems to be someone who could be a very good number 2 CB4. Patrick Chung- Another high upside guy and a physical player which is what the Eagles need but he seems like another DRC a guy who has all the ability but never gets it done. Im not sure if its youth, laziness or intelligence but I don't like player who don't take advantage of their gifts. I also worry if Belicheck could teach him better angles in the passing game who can. Will help a lot in the run gun but IMO is just just a fast bigger Coleman5. John Phillips- A pure special teams guy who they say is a real thumper and even though he might not make everyone real happy this team needs a guy who can lay the lumber on ST. 6. James Casey- Versatile guy who I think will excel in Chips offense and play a lot in the FB spot while playing some TE on pass plays. He is a horrible blocker but when is the last time a team had to worry about the FB catching 40 passes in the Eagles backfield. The reports are bringing in Jean Francois- I would love this signing and it would go the top of my favorites I think he would be an excellent DE in the 3-4.The Eagles should still have a ton of money I would like them to add a RT and another Safety anything after that is gravy to me
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There was a LOT of versatility in all of the guys we signed as well. Casey (FB/TE/H-B), Phillips (LBer & ST), Chung (S and ST)and Sopoaga (DE and NT).....if they add Francois he also played DE and NT for SF as well.
 
@RoobCSN: That $6.25 million guaranteed in 2013 and 2014 tells you the Eagles expect Patrick Chung to come in and start immediately.

ETA

@GeoffMosherCSN: OK, clarification: Only ONE MILLION of Chung's 2014 is guaranateed, per league source. That changes everything.

 
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Hard not to like what's happened so far. They haven't broken the bank on any of these guys, nor have they committed to them long term. These are just solid, fairly priced veterans that can help transition to the new Chip Kelly environment while we build up some youth to take over in a season or two.

Fletcher, sadly, is materially better than DRC or ASO were last year.

 
'Jason Wood said:
Hard not to like what's happened so far. They haven't broken the bank on any of these guys, nor have they committed to them long term. These are just solid, fairly priced veterans that can help transition to the new Chip Kelly environment while we build up some youth to take over in a season or two.Fletcher, sadly, is materially better than DRC or ASO were last year.
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Agreed. The only thing I would like to see them spend big money on and commit to is either Andre Smith or Volmer...preferably Volmer.The CB's are all over the place out there and I'm hoping they can add a Cary Williams for a little less then the other who are out there.
 
Pollard was released by BAL. I think the Birds should at least kick the tires there to see if he'd fit. I think he's 29, which isn't too old.

 
'Deranged Hermit said:
Pollard was released by BAL. I think the Birds should at least kick the tires there to see if he'd fit. I think he's 29, which isn't too old.
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This release makes little sense, pollard is a baller. I would love to have him in Phily. Ask Stevan Ridley how his body feels after the hit pollard laid on him in the title game.
 
Would love to see Pollard, he would bring some much needed attitude to this defense. Im enjoying the Birds smart, thrifty shopping spree thus far as they seem to be filling holes with solid performers. But I also expect they'll have to ante up a bit more to get a RT and CB, two moves which I hope they're still plannng to make.

Anyone like DHB as a WR3? Could come cheap.

 
'Donny Loved Bowling said:
Would love to see Pollard, he would bring some much needed attitude to this defense. Im enjoying the Birds smart, thrifty shopping spree thus far as they seem to be filling holes with solid performers. But I also expect they'll have to ante up a bit more to get a RT and CB, two moves which I hope they're still plannng to make.Anyone like DHB as a WR3? Could come cheap.
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I would also like to see another solid corner or tackle added(depending on who they want to draft). I like the approach a lot so far, obviously Kelly values versatility like Belichick does since most of his additions so far are either players that can play multiple positions, special teams and/or be used in unique way. I'm okay with the WR group, but if there's a good value FA they can bring as an upgrade then I'm definitely all for it.
 
'Donny Loved Bowling said:
Would love to see Pollard, he would bring some much needed attitude to this defense. Im enjoying the Birds smart, thrifty shopping spree thus far as they seem to be filling holes with solid performers. But I also expect they'll have to ante up a bit more to get a RT and CB, two moves which I hope they're still plannng to make.Anyone like DHB as a WR3? Could come cheap.
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Whomever they spend big for (CB or OT) would probably tell us who they'll draft. If they spend big bucks for an OT like Eric Winston, they'll likely take Milliner or Jordan (hope it's not Jordan) in the draft at 1.4.
 
Interesting that they're talking to Barwin. While I realize you can never have enough pass rushers, I have to think Graham and Cole are locked in at OLB this year.

 
'Jason Wood said:
Interesting that they're talking to Barwin. While I realize you can never have enough pass rushers, I have to think Graham and Cole are locked in at OLB this year.
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I'm not sold on Cole being more than a situation/rotation guy in a 3-4, but I could be wrong. He seemed to have lost a bit of his pass rushing ability last season. Barwin definitely has the talent to be a very good pass rusher, and I believe that he actually has some experience playing LB in HOU unlike Graham and Cole.
 
'Jason Wood said:
Interesting that they're talking to Barwin. While I realize you can never have enough pass rushers, I have to think Graham and Cole are locked in at OLB this year.
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Cole and Graham both going from DE to OLB could be problematic...at least for one of them. His (Barwin) experiance helps if one of them cant make the transition.
 
I think Patrick Chung is probably the SS. He's a better tackler than he is in coverage. Pollard's just a scumbag who can't cover. If we add another safety, Kerry Rhodes was just released. He's a short term solution, but he's solid. There should be a safety available at the beginning of round two if we go that route.

And I think this might be Cole's last season. I kind of see this is as similar to Dwight Freeney's last year in Indy. Good 4-3 DE playing a new position for a year before he's let go. Colts had to keep Freeney because of his cap number, Eagles have to keep Cole for similar reasons.

 
I've been thinking that Cole might be a trade candidate, after the dust settles on free agency and teams that get shut out of the DE market start to re-evaluate their options. Could bring a 4th rounder or more.

 
This blows:

@Jeff_McLane: RT @mattbarrows: #49ers FA DL Ricky Jean Francois finished his trip in Philadelphia and is on his way to Indianapolis, agent said.

 
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