Decision time for Eagles: Keep picks or trade?

April 23, 2009|By Bob Brookover, Inquirer Staff Writer
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"I love Anquan Boldin," Billick said on an NFL Network conference call. "I think he's a game-changing type receiver. He's a tough professional. You've never had a receiver like him in Baltimore, so what's the equitable price? They're sitting at 26, and if you could pick a player as good as Anquan Boldin, that's a successful draft."

So far, nobody seems to think that Ocho Cinco is worth a first-round pick.

"I don't think Chad Johnson is worth a first-round pick," Casserly said. "There are questions about his health, and he's coming off a bad year. He's a devalued guy."

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Of course, that's what everyone was saying about Moss two years ago, and he became property of the Patriots at a bargain-basement price. Casserly insists that doesn't mean the other teams were wrong about Moss.

"You have to look at what happened at the time of the deal," Casserly said. "He had physical questions and multiple attitude questions. Maybe New England was the only place, with Tom Brady and Wes Welker, that he could have had that success. His production fell off last year without Brady, and he started to give up on routes. There were a lot of those negatives that showed up last season. You could see the lack of hustle on tape."

 


Contact staff writer Bob Brookover at 215-854-2577 or bbrookover@phillynews.com.

 

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