T.J. Duckett Conspiracy

Especially with Rock presenting to be a solid kick returner. I

I think Betts may be pretty good trade bait next year but we'll see. (does anyone know how many years he's got left on his contract?)



Betts is also a free agent come season's end.

Both Betts and Duckett are free agents after this season. If Duckett never sees the light of day and signs elsewhere, giving up a 3rd rounder will have to go down as one of our worst trades.

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like waiting a month and getting lloyd for free... "but we have a 3rd and a 4th, and uh, we don't really want to USE them, now do we?"I think we tendered him for a year, so you guys would have had to wait a year to get him if not for the trade.

Mistakes have been made, and right now releasing Walt Harris could be one of the biggest ones.
To my surprise Walt has been good at #2 Corner. I really didn't think the move was that great in the offseason but Harris has been the MVP of our mostly trash defense.

Both Betts and Duckett are free agents after this season. If Duckett never sees the light of day and signs elsewhere, giving up a 3rd rounder will have to go down as one of our worst trades.
Thanks, I knew Duckett was on the last leg of his contract but didn't know about betts.

It's going to be interesting to see who they sign once they're left with the choice of one or the other.

I am shocked that Duckets contract is over. I knew about Betts, this comes as a shock to me. This is exactly what I am talking about, what is the front office thinking?

I am shocked that Duckets contract is over. I knew about Betts, this comes as a shock to me. This is exactly what I am talking about, what is the front office thinking?
Which gets back to my original comment in the thread - our front office tosses draft choices like confetti. We probably have more guys who were selected in the first round than any team in the league. In a perverse way, this can be a bad thing, since every one of those guys has gotten at least on large signing bonus, and may not be as hungry as the 3rd and 4th rounders fighting to establish their careers so they can cash in. Antonio Pierce (an undrafted FA) is a great example of a guy who was hungry to improve while he was here. I'd take guys with that work ethic and desire over many of the overpaid former 1st rounders currently wearing burgundy and gold - Rumph, Archuleta, Carter, and Wynn are prime examples on our leaky defense.

Plus, keep in mind many in Philly did not consider McNabb a superior QB, as a matter of fact they didn't want the team to draft him, they wanted Ricky Williams instead. They took McNabb, drveloped him, and he has paid dividens for them, and again he was their player. We took Jason Campbell, and instead of developing him the way most teams would have, he's still at square one mainly because of our overwhelming desire to "win now". I could live with a loosing season if it meant we were attempting to develop a QB of the future. The QB is the heart and soul of every team from an offensive standpoint, it would serve us well to start thinking in that direction starting now.

It didn't hurt Palmer to sit for a year, and it doesn't appear to be hurting Rivers to sit out two years. Campbell is going to be a great QB, but I don't know that there's any definitive proof that he'd be better off long-term playing right now. Didn't Delhomme sit a few years as well?

What I would like is for Campbell to play in NFL Europe next spring

betts leaving could hurt...i think betts is great...when Portis runs good, he sees that and i think he is inspired to do better, and he does.....now duckett....jesus, it hurts to even talk about, so many missed oppurtunities to use him in the way we got him for, short yard 3rd/4th downs and goaline....
if duckett AND betts go, then we fucked up....period.

I am shocked that Duckets contract is over. I knew about Betts, this comes as a shock to me. This is exactly what I am talking about, what is the front office thinking?

All they had to do is re-sign one of them.

Should the team not trade for someone unless they're under a long-term deal or something? In that case we wouldn't have gotten Moss.