Eagles thoughts

As requested by the gnome, here are my thoughts on the Eagles moves so far this offseason:

Duce going to Pittsburgh – a loss for sure, personally I would take Duce over Buckhalter but I think we will be ok here

Carlos Emmons to Giants – not a big deal

Acquisition of Dhani Jones – good move, will replace Emmons and will be as good if not better

Acquisition of Jevon Kearse – could be either incredibly good or incredibly disappointing depending on his ability to stay healthy. He has been hurt more than not the past 2 years, it makes me nervous. However if he is healthy he will be a HUGE plus for the defense.

Then there is the big TO question mark. A sportscaster down here thinks that Owens will be such a huge pain in the ass for the Ravens that they will submit to his wishes and trade him. As long as they get back equal or more than they gave up they will do it. I am skeptical it will happen and hate to even get my hopes up. However having TO would give us our first top notch receiver since the Mike Quick days IMHO. We’ve had decent receivers here and there but nobody that was considered eilte. TO is an elite receiver. It would be great to see him and Donovan work some magic.

If the Eagles lose Bobby Taylor and Troy Vincent in FA I am not confident that Lito Shepard and Sheldon Brown are good enough to replace them. Hopefully an improved defensive line that gets more consistent pressure on the QB will take some of the pressure off the DB’s so they won’t have to be that good.

So far I give the Eagles offseason moves a solid B+.