eddie mac
03-26-2007, 09:02 PM
Takeo Spikes and Kelly Holcomb have just been traded to Philadelphia for Darwin Walker DT and undisclosed draft picks.
More to follow.
Kaylore
03-26-2007, 09:02 PM
I wonder what picks they got.
eddie mac
03-26-2007, 09:07 PM
Looks like it's only the one now and it's a 2008 late rd pick. If that's the case the Bills got hosed.
backup qb
03-26-2007, 09:18 PM
I would have gladly taken that for Al.
Pendejo
03-26-2007, 09:27 PM
Looks like it's only the one now and it's a 2008 late rd pick. If that's the case the Bills got hosed.
I don't know about that. Spikes isn't getting any younger and has been hurt...while Holcomb simply is what he is...a la...a dime a dozen backup change of pace quarterback. On the Donks I'd take Ramsey starting over Holcomb a million times out of a million. And Holcomb never had to deal with a Steve Spurrier offense at the professional level.
Looks like a solid trade for the bills to me.
Ok so the Eagles got their backer and the Giants signed Kawika Mitchell. That leaves the Lions as the only possible suitors for AW........and they are rumor to have zero interest in him....................
BigPlayShay
03-27-2007, 12:20 AM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2813818
PHOENIX -- In a deal that addresses Philadelphia's offseason priority for adding a playmaking linebacker, the Eagles acquired veteran Takeo Spikes from the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.
The Eagles also acquired veteran backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb as part of the trade package. In exchange, Buffalo received seven-year veteran defensive tackle Darwin Walker, who had become extraneous in Philadelphia because of the team's depth, and an undisclosed draft choice, believed to be a late-round pick.
The trade was first reported by ESPN.com.
"This is something that has been brewing," Bills general manager Marv Levy told The Associated Press. "Takeo is a good person, but we wanted to strengthen our defensive tackle. They've been looking for a linebacker and I think they wanted an experienced backup quarterback."
Officials from both teams, here for the annual NFL meetings, spent much of Monday hammering out the details of the trade. The basic parameters were agreed to earlier in the day, but it took into the evening to come to an accord on what Buffalo would receive.
The Bills had discussed Spikes trade scenarios with other clubs as well, but none of those had progressed on Monday as far as the talks with the Eagles. Contrary to reports, the New York Giants were not suitors for Spikes' services.
Spikes, 30, has quietly been seeking a change of scenery and the Bills, who feel that he is in the early stages of decline and prefer to go with younger players at the position, were ready to accommodate those wishes.
The Eagles have been trying to upgrade at linebacker for much of the offseason. Spikes probably will replace Dhani Jones as the starter at strongside linebacker. The Bills are expected to elevate second-year veteran Keith Ellison, who started seven games as a rookie in 2006, into Spikes' spot in the lineup.
"Takeo Spikes is a proven playmaker in the National Football League," Eagles general manager Tom Heckert told the AP. "He has the ability to play all three linebacking positions and were happy to add him to our defense."
A nine-year veteran, Spikes has played in 126 games. He has 878 tackles, 21½ sacks, 12 interceptions, 33 passes defensed, 12 forced fumbles and 14 recoveries. In 2005, Spikes ruptured his right Achilles tendon and appeared in just three games. He returned from the injury in 2006, and played in 12 games, but missed time with a hamstring injury.
The former Auburn star was the first-round choice of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 1998 draft, then signed with the Bills as a transition free agent in 2003. He has one season left on his contract, at a base salary of $4.5 million, and then an option year in 2008, at a base salary of $5 million. The contract has not been altered.
Holcomb, 33, is an 11-year veteran who has played in Indianapolis (1996-2000), Cleveland (2001-2004) and Buffalo (2005-2006). He has appeared in 34 games, with 21 starts, and has completed 523 of 810 pass attempts for 5,401 yards, with 37 touchdown passes and 37 interceptions, for a passer rating of 79.9.
The former Middle Tennessee State standout joins A.J. Feeley on the depth chart as a backup to starter Donovan McNabb.
That the Eagles would part with Walker, even though he has been a starter at a premium position, was not surprising. Philadelphia used first-round choices in consecutives years to add young defensive tackles, taking Mike Patterson in 2005 and Brodrick Bunkley in '07. Philadelphia is very deep at tackle and last week added another veteran interior defender in free agent Montae Reagor, a move that prompted rumors Walker might be traded.
In seven NFL seasons, Walker, 29, has 170 tackles, 27½ sacks, five forced fumbles, five recoveries and 11 passes defensed. The former University of Tennessee star has played in 88 games.
Killericon
03-27-2007, 12:44 AM
The Eagles got away like Bandits.
400HZ
03-27-2007, 11:29 AM
The Eagles got away like Bandits.
A 3rd string quarterback and a LB who's gonna play maybe 6 games this year? They didn't get away with that much.
Ok so the Eagles got their backer and the Giants signed Kawika Mitchell. That leaves the Lions as the only possible suitors for AW........and they are rumor to have zero interest in him....................
Just further reducing the league wide need for Al's services. Hopefully the Briggs to Washington deal goes down soon, then Al and his agent will see that his only chance to make good money at all is reducing his base and staying with us.
I think the FO and Wilson's agent can bridge the gap pretty easily once Wilson's side of the negotiations accepts that there will be a reduction in pay. The sooner he does that the less money he'll likely be forced to lose. If he never does he'll lose a ton by getting cut and likely settling for a one year, performance based contract somewhere else.