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Okay So Last Night The Eagles Signed Like…Five Dudes

cbs – The Philadelphia Eagles opened up free agency on Tuesday with almost $40 million to spend and new coach Chip Kelly didn’t waste any time spending it. The Eagles signed five players, including former Texans tight end James Casey and former Patriots safety Patrick Chung. The Eagles also signed former Panthers linebacker Jason Phillips, former Rams cornerback Bradley Fletcher and former 49ers nose tackle Isaac Sopoaga. Sopoaga agreed to a three-year, $12 million deal that will guarantee him $5 million, according to Adam Caplan. Casey also agreed to a three-year deal that is set to pay him $14.5 million overall, according to the Houston Chronicle. Phillips and Fletcher agreed to two-year deals, however, the financial details of those deals weren’t available. Chung, who signed a three-year deal with the team, will be having a reunion of sorts with Kelly. Kelly was the offensive coordinator at Oregon during Chung’s final two years with the Ducks.

First off — VERY excited about Sopoaga. Not so much because I know anything about him as a player or because of the Birds’ glaring need for a nose tackle, no. More so because personally I’ve been dying for the Eagles to sign a giant Samoan guy for like a decade and now we have one.

What were our needs? Corner, safety, linebacker, defensive line, and offensive line? Well it looks to be like the team is equally aware of where they need to improve and took some steps towards adding competition at those spots. Sure, I’ve never heard of any of these guys outside of Patrick Chung before tonight, but that doesn’t mean they’re bad signings. It just means they’re mediocre. And mediocre Patrick Chung is better than bad Kurt Coleman.

Also, hey, did you notice that slick tight end signing flying under the radar? Get ready for a lot of that shit. There’s gonna be multiple TEs on the field a lot in this new Kelly offense, and I know that because Belichick stole the idea and brought it to the NFL two years ago. I ain’t mad at him. It was a smart move. And you can bet multiple receiving tight ends are in the game plan.

But seriously, go sign Goldson.

By maurice posted March 13th, 2013 at 9:38 AM

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by tr1d3nt on March 13, 2013 at 9:42 am
Eric Fisher is a lock at the four pick...I still say the Eagles don't win more than 4 games though.
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by wilburham on March 13, 2013 at 9:44 am
whats the old saying........ DREAM TEAM
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by imtoughrules on March 13, 2013 at 9:46 am
Chip Kelly steals from Belichick and Belichick steals from IMTOUGH
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by mdb20 on March 13, 2013 at 9:52 am
I'll be devastated if they don't get miliner or Star at 4 (assuming his heart checks out)
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by fireneil on March 13, 2013 at 9:54 am
anytime you're excited about signing someone out of our (partriots) secondary means your just trying to convince yourself you're not gonna suck this year. enjoy your irrelevance eagles fans.
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by dopedick on March 13, 2013 at 9:55 am
Soap is solid
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by TonyTwotoes on March 13, 2013 at 10:00 am
Pat Chung was basically the worst player on one of the worst secondaries of all time in 2011 and then lost his job last year. Not sure I'd call him mediocre.
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by digitalmonster on March 13, 2013 at 10:07 am
Get ready for the Chung missed tackle drill
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by boobze on March 13, 2013 at 10:09 am
I've never seen a safety whif on so many hits than Patrick Chung.
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by SoftAsSatinDavidPatten on March 13, 2013 at 10:13 am
Pat Chung laid more lumber on his own players than opponents. Just what philly needs
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by belichickyoself on March 13, 2013 at 10:25 am
I give it about a month into the season before Pat Chung is eating by himself in his car.
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by mulman70 on March 13, 2013 at 10:25 am
James Casey is actually VERY athletic. Houston used him in a TE/H-back role. He can really be used in a lot of interesting ways. You hope Kelly can use his creativity w/ this guy.
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by richgarces on March 13, 2013 at 10:28 am
Who called Pat Chung mediocre? He's fucking terrible and is always hurt too.
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by ewetz on March 13, 2013 at 11:28 am
Dream Team jokes are apparently still funny, even though it was the backup QB 2 years ago that said it. Meanwhile, bring up spygate and Pats fans shit themselves with rage.
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by eboe6666 on March 13, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Shut up, ewetz! Just shut up!
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by 5MinuteMajor on March 13, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Coach Belichick offered to drive Patrick Chung to the airport.
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by darklighter on March 13, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Chung isn't such a bad signing....'course he threw a hammy signing the contract and will miss pre-season but he should be right back to his dominant metza metza self by September.
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