While I am not fan of their team I wonder what they are doing.
They have lots of $$ and Mcnabb has asked for a few more weapons on offense. I have not heard of them signing anybody to improve them. They must be going to draft whatever they need.
Sometimes I don't understand how they guys think.
Its so nice our front office makes moves to improve our team every year. I guess their fans deserve it.
It's not that they're "sitting out" of FA, but they're letting a few of their key guys, albeit big leadership voices, walk. Dawkins, the heart and soul of this team, is gone. Their long-time LT Tra Thomas is all but gone...you know how HUGE that QB's blind-sided bodyguard is. Sure-Jon Runyan was getting old, but he was the leadership voice on the offensive ball like Dawkins was on defense. Correll Buckhalter, a hugely underrated player on their O, left on day 1...and he was a great backup to Westbrook to boot.
To their credit, they got Runyan's replacement in Stacey Andrews, who happens to be Shawn's brother, and they'll both be lined up on the right side of the OL. However-the Ravens' Jason Brown would have been ALOT better. Stacey is coming off knee surgury of 2 torn ligaments, and it seems like Reid made this signing b/c Shawn has been struggling with depression, and Reid probably felt bringing in his brother would help him keep his head straight. IOW-Stacey will likely be a babysitter more than anything else. Yes-he's a very talented OL, but they could have done better.
It looks like Shawn Springs will be signed tomorrow. However-the bad news is that Sheldon Brown, who's unhappy with his current contract, will likely go on the trading block...and early word is that they want to trade him to Zona for Boldin. Boldin will be a huge upgrade to Philly's O, but losing Brown will be a HUGE loss for Philly's D.
All in all-so far, they've had some good, but more bad. As for the lack of signing FAs, the FA market is overrated anyways.