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Eagles/Garcia agree in principle to deal. (1 Viewer)

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Garcia, Eagles have agreement in principle

While a few details still need to be addressed, the Philadelphia Eagles have reached a contract agreement in principle with unrestricted free agent quarterback Jeff Garcia, who arrived Wednesday for an official visit with coaches and team officials.

Jeff Garcia

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2005 SEASON STATISTICS

Att Comp Yds TD Int Rat

173 102 903 3 6 65.1

Details of the contract, which Garcia is expected to sign in the next day or two, were not available.

The Eagles, who are seeking to upgrade the depth chart behind starter Donovan McNabb, will become the fourth different team in four seasons for Garcia, a seven-year veteran and three-time Pro Bowl performer. That stretch of itinerancy aside, Garcia, if healthy, appears to be a very good fit in Philadelphia, given his familiarity with the West Coast-style offense and desire to sign with a winning franchise.

Notable as well is that Garcia enjoyed past success under Eagles assistant head coach Marty Mornhinweg, when the two were together with the 49ers.

Garcia, 36, played for the Detroit Lions in 2005, starting in five of his six appearances and completing 102 of 173 passes for 937 yards, with three touchdown passes and six interceptions. His play was affected by the fact he sustained a broken ankle in the preseason, and then hurried into the lineup when Detroit benched starter Joey Harrington.

The former San Jose State star began his professional career in the CFL, then signed with San Francisco in 1999, and posted five straight seasons of 2,500 yards or more before his release after the 2003 campaign for salary cap reasons. The stretch included three seasons of 3,300 yards or more. Between 2000 and 2001, Garcia threw for 7,816 yards and 63 touchdowns. From 2000 to 2003, he averaged 3,466 yards and 25.5 touchdowns.

It isn't likely that Garcia will ever reach those numbers again. But if he is healthy, Garcia is a far better player than his performances in 2004 and 2005 indicated. With the Cleveland Browns in 2004 and then the Lions in 2005, he started in 15 games and played inconsistently.

For his career, Garcia has completed 1,695 of 2,785 passes for 19,076 yards, with 126 touchdown passes and 71 interceptions.

The Philadelphia depth chart was challenged in 2005 when McNabb was forced out of the lineup by the sports hernia injury that eventually required surgery. Mike McMahon started the final seven games of the season, and Philadelphia was 2-5 with him in the lineup. McMahon and fellow backup Koy Detmer remain under contract, but the addition of Garcia could affect their status.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.
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It's a good pick up for the Eagles IMO.
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I am happy to have him as a backup, after that debacle with Detmer and McMahon last year...but it's still not enough. Hopefully they have 1 more big move about to happen that we don't know about yet. :unsure:
 
Decent pickup.

McCown / Collins / Brooks were other choices, but Garcia may be the most accepting of a backup role.

Now, how about Keyshawn or Moulds?

 
Good to see the Eagles not throwing their hard earned cap money around like the Browns, Redskins, and Vikings. Garcia should of come cheap, now they should be done signing FA's

 
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