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Stacy "Best RT in Football" Andrews signs with Philly


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PFT and various Eagles sites are reporting that the Eagles and Stacy have agreed to terms to the tune of 7 MILLION PER YEAR!!!!

These FA contracts are ridiculous so far.

http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2009/2/...n-stacy-andrews

Wow. How long can a guy continue to get paid for potential? He certainly has a lot of up-side, but he was average at best. Considering his injury, this does not make a lot of sense to me.

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I really thought he sucked. This is another example of why I don't understand the Bengals philosophy. They say they want to build through the draft and sign their own players. Except they really don't want to pay their good players. They do ok, signing their ok players. I don't ever get it, but you would think that they have a 100 million dollar QB and they would like to make him happy. You think that Manning didn't lobby for Saturday? Palmer should have pulled an ELI/Elway at the draft. He'll always regret that.

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Maybe I'm the only one that was happy to see Andrews sign somewhere else. I never cared for the guy and am sick of the Bengals paying for unrealized potential. Nothing would warm my heart more than to see something happen with the Bengals like you are seeing with teams like the Chiefs and Bucs. That is, hire a GM and have them come in and clean house. What's that ?? You just signed last season to a free agent deal ?? F*CK YOU, you suck, buh bye !!! Next...

Never happen here though...

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Maybe I'm the only one that was happy to see Andrews sign somewhere else. I never cared for the guy and am sick of the Bengals paying for unrealized potential. Nothing would warm my heart more than to see something happen with the Bengals like you are seeing with teams like the Chiefs and Bucs. That is, hire a GM and have them come in and clean house. What's that ?? You just signed last season to a free agent deal ?? F*CK YOU, you suck, buh bye !!! Next...

Never happen here though...

I am with you man, I really don't want another lineman with knee issues making big money on our team.

We can just resign him in two seasons when they cut him as a bust!

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Maybe I'm the only one that was happy to see Andrews sign somewhere else.

I'm neither happy or sad. The Bengals tried to sign the guy to a long-term deal for more than 2 years and never got a deal done due to their refusal to pay Andrews what he was demanding. To think their stance would soften after Andrews blew up his knee isn't realistic even if the team was satisfied he could come back completely this season.

Andrews made no secret about not wanting to remain in Cincy. In fact, he first started making noise about joining his brother in Philly about 5 minutes after he was drafted....so this one has been coming for quite some time. Thus, the only suprise I'm feeling right now is related to the money paid for an injured player. But that's something for an Eagle fan to kick around this morning, not me.

Rather, I'm thinking about 7 million per and the comp pick that's likely to follow.

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Maybe I'm the only one that was happy to see Andrews sign somewhere else.

I'm neither happy or sad. The Bengals tried to sign the guy to a long-term deal for more than 2 years and never got a deal done due to their refusal to pay Andrews what he was demanding. To think their stance would soften after Andrews blew up his knee isn't realistic even if the team was satisfied he could come back completely this season.

Andrews made no secret about not wanting to remain in Cincy. In fact, he first started making noise about joining his brother in Philly about 5 minutes after he was drafted....so this one has been coming for quite some time. Thus, the only suprise I'm feeling right now is related to the money paid for an injured player. But that's something for an Eagle fan to kick around this morning, not me.

Rather, I'm thinking about 7 million per and the comp pick that's likely to follow.

I'm thinking the same thing right about now. This guy will get cremated by the Philly media on a routine basis. I saw earlier that the Bengals offered him 15 million guaranteed and he balked at that. I guess that microfracture knee surgery isn't going so good for Jon Runyan.

Question about management and NFL history, though. Has any team ever lost players the last two players it used the Franchise tag on, in back to back seasons? Maybe they're gonna go for the 3-peat with Shayne.

Sheesh!

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I think part of this is to help Shawn Andrews, too. There have been reports that he has been suffering from serious depression, and I bet the Eagles are looking at this as a way to help him out while solidifying the O-line. I'm interested in seeing how Stacy will end up doing having to block Justin Tuck, Osi, Mathias Kiwanuka, Demarcus Ware, and Jason Taylor.

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I agree the contracts that are being given so far are ridiculous - but nothing new on the first day of FA for teams who know what they want, other than the Redskins who defy logic. I really don't care about Andrews, Collins and Whitworth can do just as good a job as he did ultimately, if it comes to that.

The bottom-line is guys don't want to play here and aren't going to take less to do so, even a minor bit. Players of any caliber are more than happy to get out of here.

How would you like being forced to practice all winter in the outdoors while other guys are getting it done in warm bubble or in a sunny warm climate, for one? :0)

Had to throw that in there...

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I agree the contracts that are being given so far are ridiculous - but nothing new on the first day of FA for teams who know what they want, other than the Redskins who defy logic. I really don't care about Andrews, Collins and Whitworth can do just as good a job as he did ultimately, if it comes to that.

The bottom-line is guys don't want to play here and aren't going to take less to do so, even a minor bit. Players of any caliber are more than happy to get out of here.

How would you like being forced to practice all winter in the outdoors while other guys are getting it done in warm bubble or in a sunny warm climate, for one? :0)

Had to throw that in there...

It's amazing that this team still doesn't have a bubble for it's players in the year 2009. They might as well revery back to Spinney Field, with no AC.

I know a guy on the Bengals from my hometown who says that the Bengals will not even get them proper practice equipment, like socks, and that he and a few other players have to routinely take trips every week to get something as simple as.....socks to practice in.

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I agree the contracts that are being given so far are ridiculous - but nothing new on the first day of FA for teams who know what they want, other than the Redskins who defy logic. I really don't care about Andrews, Collins and Whitworth can do just as good a job as he did ultimately, if it comes to that.

The bottom-line is guys don't want to play here and aren't going to take less to do so, even a minor bit. Players of any caliber are more than happy to get out of here.

How would you like being forced to practice all winter in the outdoors while other guys are getting it done in warm bubble or in a sunny warm climate, for one? :0)

Had to throw that in there...

I know this is off topic, but I was wondering about this maybe a week or so ago if praticing outside in the winter was a factor, about people wanting to stay/go or the come here as a FA...
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This is very, very good news for the Bengals

The high amount of the contract (comp picks are *primarily* awarded on the basis of avg dollars per year on the contract) is likely to earn us no worse than a 4th round comp pick, perhaps even a 3rd rounder

Plus - we're not paying a bum who never wanted to be here in the first place, frankly was not all that great, and probably won't be able to contribute this year anyway.

That, and this prevents the inevitable "redeemer" offer from Son of Genius. Thank God

All told, Bengals fans should be R E J O I C I N G about this one!

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He'll be next year's Derrick Dockery. I agree with T.Jax that he probably rewarded us for developing him with a comp pick, at a round higher than he was originally drafted, while saving us 7 million in the process.

Sometimes, it's the moves you DON'T make on players.

Hope those world-reknown Bengals medical staff and surgeons did you well on the ACL repair, Stacy.

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If he turns in to a Probowler for the Eagles,I wouldn't fault the Bengals in letting him...

Just Paul Alexander Failing to Develop him in 5 years :|

I just wish the Bengals would stop with the whole "project" player. They suck at it...

:| When it comes to Oline we need to draft NFL ready Linemen.....

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Chances are he was going to get PUP'ed anyway. It would piss me off to know we spent that kind of money on a player that was going to miss half the season right off the bat.

Indeed,Imo even without the injury at best he deserved a prove it deal,But hey if Eagles wanna pay him 7million a year more power to him because it means that we should be upgrading the position....

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