Eagles Deny Report Permission Given to Sheppard to Seek Trade

I doubt Lito ends up on any team in the NFC East via trade. I heard the Eagles are interested in Larry Fitzgerald. They would have to throw in a a pick or two to make that happen, but a tandem of Sheppard and Rolle would be very solid, and Arizona would save a lot of money on the deal. Fitzgerald's cap hits are HUGE the next two seasons. About $16M I think. Also, Anquan Boldin, Bryan Johnson, and Leonard Pope are still very good weapons even without Fitzgerald.

I heard on a local sports talk show that the cardinals are going to move Rolle to safety. They haven't been happy with him.

I doubt Lito ends up on any team in the NFC East via trade. I heard the Eagles are interested in Larry Fitzgerald. They would have to throw in a a pick or two to make that happen, but a tandem of Sheppard and Rolle would be very solid, and Arizona would save a lot of money on the deal. Fitzgerald's cap hits are HUGE the next two seasons. About $16M I think. Also, Anquan Boldin, Bryan Johnson, and Leonard Pope are still very good weapons even without Fitzgerald.

Sheppard to the Cardinals certainly makes sense. Especially since they plan on moving Rolle to Free Safety anyway

I heard on a local sports talk show that the cardinals are going to move Rolle to safety. They haven't been happy with him.

You just beat me to it

Just to be clear, I didn't start this thread with the intention of saying let's trade for him, or even that the Redskins were interested. Just thought I'd point out some pretty relevant news about a division rival.

Thanks for clearing that up... from that POV I must say that if and/or when he is traded, unless its to us, it will not affect the Redskins very much. Sheppard is not a proven DB by any means. Does the name Jason David ring any bells for anyone? He played for the super bowl Colts and for some reason was regarded as a solid CB. Well, he ended up getting burnt bad in New Orleans so much he rode the pine most of the season. As far as us trading for/signing a DB I think we should go after Marcus Trufant or Asante Samuel. But thats a topic for another thread, right Smooty?

Thanks for clearing that up... from that POV I must say that if and/or when he is traded, unless its to us, it will not affect the Redskins very much. Sheppard is not a proven DB by any means. Does the name Jason David ring any bells for anyone? He played for the super bowl Colts and for some reason was regarded as a solid CB. Well, he ended up getting burnt bad in New Orleans so much he rode the pine most of the season. As far as us trading for/signing a DB I think we should go after Marcus Trufant or Asante Samuel. But thats a topic for another thread, right Smooty?

Right :)

You don't trade with a team in your own division.

Aint that the truth. That's even MAdden 101 for franchise mode....ahaha

Just to be clear, I didn't start this thread with the intention of saying let's trade for him, or even that the Redskins were interested. Just thought I'd point out some pretty relevant news about a division rival.

While I don't think Lito will be traded within the division, it's interesting to note all the NFC East teams have some question marks at corner. Will Lito be traded? Will the Cowboys find anyone worth a damn other than Terrance Newman? The Giants and Redskins battled injury all season at CB and each team has an aging starter in Springs and Madison.

I didn't know that Az was planning on moving Rolle to safety. That makes a trade for Lito make even more sense.

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maybe they didn't grant permission, I'll update thread title

he's got a crazy cheap long term contract, it'd be beyond stupid for the eagles to even consider it.

3mill a year for a #1 (injury prone) CB is still a value. we're paying ours 6mill for slightly better production and he's still missing a bunch of games.

i mean, 2, 3, 4, 4mill for the next 4 years. i'd trade for that contract for sure. it's the same level of cheap as sean taylor's contract.