Philly Sports Today

Normally, the changes that have been made to the Eagles’ roster this off-season would be characterized as “rebuilding.” However, rebuilding normally means replacing the players that leave. So far, the Eagles haven’t done much to fill the holes left by the numerous departures. I know there’s still players out there in free agency and the NFL Draft is coming up at the end of April, but if the Eagles are going to rely mainly on the draft and players already on the roster to play prominent roles next season, are they honestly going to be a Super Bowl contender? The wild card would be making a trade for a stud playmaker, someone like Anquan Boldin. However, as of now, there aren’t a lot of rumors that the Eagles have a big time trade in the works.

Apparently, the Eagles know what they’re doing since they have a case full of Lombardi Trophies in their front office. Oh wait, no they don’t. They actually just think that they’re smarter than everyone else, yet have nothing to show for it, unless you count coming up short in big games every single year.

Left tackle Tra Thomas became the latest Bird to leave the nest. After the Eagles seemingly showed no interest in bringing Tra back, the former first round pick and three-time Pro Bowler signed a three-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars. A few weeks ago, safety Sean Considine became the first of Philly’s unrestricted free agents to sign a deal with the Jags. In addition, safety Brian Dawkins and running back Correll Buckhalter both flew off to Denver, and L.J. Smith seems poised to sign with either Atlanta or Detroit. Jon Runyan also remains unsigned, but after undergoing microfracture surgery on his knee, it’s unlikely that he’ll return.

On top of that, the Birds also dealt Lito Sheppard to the Jets and Greg Lewis to the Patriots. They’ll receive draft picks in return for both players.

The only unrestricted free agent that the Eagles re-signed was Joselio Hanson, who will be the nickel cornerback. The signings of tackle Stacy Andrews and safety Sean Jones should be very beneficial, but both are coming off of knee injuries. On paper, they look like good signings, but who knows? Only time will tell. The rest of this off-season should be very interesting.

E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!