Comments on: Eagles willing to take whatever they can get for Asante Samuel http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zonedogz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1735273 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:48:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1735273 Cut.

]]> By: mathsimillion http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734602 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:22:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734602 Sounds like the Eagles are getting desperate to get out from under his contract.

Smart teams will just wait because the Eagles will most likely release him.

]]> By: lolb23 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734599 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:19:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734599 BREAKING NEWS: Eagles have traded Samuel to Buffalo for 350 lbs. of wings and a moustache comb for Andy Reid.

]]> By: gbatap http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734557 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:40:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734557 ch8878 says:
Apr 21, 2012 4:00 PM
canetic says: Apr 21, 2012 8:33 AM

Raiders.

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I doubt the Raiders want a guy that’s 33 or 34 and is on the decline of his career there is a reason the Eagles are trying to dump him for hardly nothing and the fact his cap number is so high.

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I think the more likely reason why the Raiders won’t want him is because they only have $29,000 of cap space and that’s not even enough to sign you or me.

]]> By: ch8878 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734509 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:00:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734509 canetic says: Apr 21, 2012 8:33 AM

Raiders.

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I doubt the Raiders want a guy that’s 33 or 34 and is on the decline of his career there is a reason the Eagles are trying to dump him for hardly nothing and the fact his cap number is so high.

]]> By: phillybirds http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734494 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:49:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734494 Asante Samuel busts his ass for this franchise… He shouldn’t have to deal w/ this kinda stuff.

]]> By: bleedgreen33 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734491 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:48:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734491 Asante’s good but he’s not that good. we can slide the faster rogers-cromartie right in there and be fine. let him go. and his mouth.

]]> By: staffordsyear http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734431 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:53:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734431 Lions.

]]> By: joshmelder http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734423 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:44:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734423 But honestly, I think this would help the aging Woodson problem the packers have. We are still in an incredible success window where we could win multiple superbowls. If we can get Samuel to cut his pay and only trade a 5th or 6th I would consider this worth it for two years.

This would allow the packers to focus solely on pass rushers in the early rounds. (something they’ll do anyway)

]]> By: joshmelder http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734419 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:41:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734419 Teddy T. Let’s go!

]]> By: lov2smile http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734394 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:14:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734394 Samual is no stud!!! He takes a lot of chances and makes interceptions. But when he misses…he misses big time and the other team scores.

I can still see the 2007/08 Superbowl where Samual was out of position on the Giants final drive and could have ended the game.

The guy is a head case. If he was so good he would have been traded by now. NFL personnel know he’s not that good.

]]> By: phillynac http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734349 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:37:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734349 Buyer beware… He is not the player he once was. He guesses a lot and gets beat often.

]]> By: CKL http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734342 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:31:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734342 To the people saying he will (or should) be back in NE, there’s no less likely scenario in NFL history to happen than that one. He shot his way out of town and there’s no love lost on either side from what I’ve gathered.

Trying to trade a guy for the same round of pick (4th)he was drafted at in 03…9 years later and with that salary is a pipe dream anyway.

]]> By: dirtierwater http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734303 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:00:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734303 This is not solely about the money. It’s more about “Whatever team he goes to..be prepared for alot of gambling on coverages, his forte…and absolutely zero run support”

Well said.

A top 5 talent who refuses to play within scheme is not as valuable as his stats suggest he is. Samuel is the posterboy for Parcell’s quote “stats are for losers”.

]]> By: piratefreedom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734300 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:57:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734300 “This is a straight salary dump, not a move to improve the team. ”

If you believe this you don’t understand the salary cap.
If you allocate excessive resources to the CB position you must short change other positions

Teams like the Steelers and Pats that have had consistent success this century are also teams that are very disciplined when it comes to understanding value and being willing to let good veterans go rather than overpay them.

A “salary dump” is an investment in other players and a move to improve the team.

]]> By: eaglebranded http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734269 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:38:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734269 Ps. I thought Juan said he was still going to play zone. At the end of the season he was still playing zone . Just not as much as he did the first half of the season. Everytime Nhamdi was beat he was playing zone . Him and Cromartie looked bad because they were playing zone . When they played man defense they excelled. Juan was the reason that defense didn’t click. Man corners play man not zone . If he wanted or wants to play zone get the corners to play zone. People draft man corners to play man, not to play man in the beginning of the game and zone at the end of the game . Even with the linebackers we had we lost because in the forth we had man corners playing out of position and the Qbs were picking us apart. They would score and win the game not because of the corner play but because of the dumb a.. defensive calls made by Juan . Any other coordinator would have played to his team strengths not Juan he wanted guys to fit his system that were not made for that type of system. Here’s an idea draft or get free agents that fit the system you are trying to run . If a person is good at one thing and not good at another, and the other is what you want don’t take him. If they play zone most of the game this year than what is the purpose of getting rid of Asante. This guy better not play zone most of the game this year. I want to see man coverage most of every game period.

]]> By: rexismybff http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734243 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:21:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734243 Exhibit #1 as to why Andy Reid will never win a Super Bowl

]]> By: jluns275 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734224 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:09:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734224 Come to the Chiefs!
Together with Flowers, Berry, & Routt, you’ll be part of one of the best defensive backfields in the league-playing behind an above average front 7 featuring 2 pro bowl LBs.
Then you’ll get 2 chances every year to relive your glory days of pick-6ing Peyton Manning!

]]> By: eaglebranded http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734210 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:00:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734210 Why to people keep hating on Asante? Check the stats he won’t beat as Much as you thinking. He actually was one of the tops in that category. To say he played better than Nhamdi, and Cromartie was true. Considering Juan had them trying to play zone like s dumb a… They can use but don’t really need the money to handle what they got left to handle. Their egos is what has gotten in the way. They didn’t appreciate the fantasy football remark or how he’s handled the trade speculations. He is still a top notch corner but for anyone to say Eli and Romo will have their way with our defense is crazy. We are still deep at the corner position . Curtis Marsh is up and coming and it helps a lot to have had Asante,Nhamdi, and Cromartie to mentor him . Remember he is fairly new to the position. I just think it would be personal to get rid of him for next to nothing.

]]> By: klink6224 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734206 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:58:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734206 I hope Asante keeps nixing every trade and gets his money this year, hits free agency over the summer and plays his heart out this year. I will hate to see him leave Philly, he’s had some frustrating moments but he is very valuable to this team and think they will need him this year, more than they want to admit.

]]> By: chuckxx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734201 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:52:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734201 If Branden Carr (who by the way was only the 2nd best corner on the Chiefs) can get 10 million a year why can’t this guy???????

]]> By: chadinkc30 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734196 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:49:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734196 If Philly was concerned about not paying an aging corner 10 mil a yr , then why did they sign an older Nhamdi more money for more years??????? Doesn’t make much sense if that’s their logic with trading him for nothing

]]> By: ponder7vikings http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734183 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:41:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734183 Come to Minnesota we have a great pass rush and that causes INT
Easy 7-10 INTs.

]]> By: We'reFineThere http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734123 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:09:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734123 All the Eagles fans who hate Asante are brainwashed by Andy and Co. As an Eagles fan myself I actually like Asante and wanted to keep him but at this point I realize they are moving on. IMO he is worth the 10 million and 6th-7th rounder or whatever he is going to cost.

Fans of other teams on this site often joke about where are Eagles getting the cap room to sign X player… well this is the first casualty we are taking. Like everyone else I think this is a move to extend LeSean and have a little extra money to sign someone like Yeremiah Bell for 1-2 year contract. I see a situation where the Eagles draft someone like Dre Kirkpatrick now instead of all the DT’s we are mocked at. (DRC is on his last year).

]]> By: bucwild05 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734113 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:40 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734113 Tampa Bay…. why on earth would you not go for this proven talent. You need CB help desparately, see if T. Richardson is there at 5 when you pick, if not…. Trade out of that spot and pick up more draft picks instead of Claiborne.

Samuel > Claiborne

]]> By: galvestontexans http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734103 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:55:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734103 I wish the Texans had the cap room

]]> By: EJ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734100 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:54:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734100 He can come to Buffalo, how’s 6 million a year?
Thats about the best he would do, especially at his age.

]]> By: jpb12 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734092 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:45:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734092 Hope this guy doesn’t get injured in OTA’s.

Eagles will need to cut his ass. Why would he negotiate with the Broncos when – as a Free Agent he can choose his team.

All they did was give his agent the ‘intel’ on what the Broncos (and the market) is willing to pay him.

]]> By: dirtybird2020 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734090 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:44:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734090 Would be a good pickup for the bears, and He might take a paycut to play on a good team, broncos arent a good team untill manning proves his self and still other players will have to stepup! Broncos d would be rediculous!

]]> By: jeziyo247 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/21/eagles-willing-to-take-whatever-they-can-get-for-asante-samuel/#comment-1734089 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:44:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=588861#comment-1734089 Im glad the broncos didn’t get the deal done, don’t need him, DT, DT, DT, is what they need. Trade up to grab one in the first

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