Birds Trade Fokou, Lloyd to Indy, Get Corner
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Birds Trade Fokou, Lloyd to Indy, Get Corner
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
BETHLEHEM -- The Eagles didn't really need another corner, Howie Roseman acknowledged when asked how he came to trade for Kevin Thomas from Indianapolis Thursday. But Roseman liked Thomas coming out of USC in 2010, before the Colts drafted him in the third round, and corner is one of those positions where you always look for more real players, and maybe most important, former Eagles personnel chief Ryan Grigson is the GM in Indianapolis now, and Grigson needed linebackers.
Roseman had a couple of those, former seventh-round draft picks Moise Fokou (2009) and Greg Lloyd (2011), who did not fit into the Eagles' plans. So Fokou and Lloyd now are Colts, and Thomas is now an Eagle. The Birds also got a conditional 2013 seventh-round pick.
Thomas, 6-0, 192, missed his rookie season with a knee injury. Last season he started five games for the worst team in the league. Obviously, he was drafted by a previous regime; Grigson and co. have no investment in him.
Which doesn't begin to suggest that Thomas will make the Eagles. He faces an uphill fight against guys who have been working in Juan Castillo's defense.
'He's a big corner who can run," Roseman said. "He's played a lot of Cover 2, but we think he can go press. He's instinctive."
Lloyd spent much of last season on the practice squad and never actually played a game for the Eagles. Fokou started 22 games in three years, appearing in 43. He initially made an impact as a special teams performer.
Can never collect too much talent.— Zeru- Instinctive. Time will Tell. Is Brandon Hughes in trouble?— dmanphilly
- Thomas, 6-0, 192, missed his rookie season with a knee injury - of course he did! lol - Still need a QB!
— osi is hurt boohoo - I'll raise a glass to never again having to hear the words "Moise Fokou" and "starting linebacker" in the same sentence again. I don't know what's more laughable: that the Eagles LBs have been so brutal that this guy actually started 22 games, or that he was traded (in a package!) for a guy who will probably be cut by next Friday
- lol, I agree almost 100%. Even better, the guy they acquired for him missed his rookie year with a torn ACL.
- Good luck to the LBs in Indy...this Thomas kid is going to have to show something to stick here, but that's what camp is for, right?— Paul SoTX
- Best last name since "He hate me".— 2ndNlong
- It was a good trade if only for the pick. Both those guys were goners, at least they got something in return. Gee, and the the Jets were just about to give the Eagles Darrelle Revis for them...[sarcasm intended]...what would you expect to get for them?— tpizza
- The 7th round conditional pick was a steal! Thomas is just another camp body. The fact that he is a year removed from an ACL injury is a bonus for Reid, who seems to like guys that are damaged goods.— cooperhawk
- osi is hurt boohoo, still needs a brain.— realtruth
- Just finished watching Brian Dawkins and Sheldon Brown highlights, our new safeties and CB's need to watch and study a lot of film on these guys.— realtruth
- actually no, fouku was a STARTER for this team for parts of 2 or 3 years. If they didnt trade him he would have still been on the team as a backup alongside Casey Mathews and Akeem Jordan, and with injuries would have been starting games AGAIN for this team. He was by no means a "goner" and is actually a decent back-up that Grigson was willing to give up a 7th round pick for. Horrible starter though.
- LOL...was a starter and stunk...and a goner.
And it's Fokou! I mean it's right in front of you! DYSLEXICS UNTIE!— tpizza - Dyslexics are thanking DOG he is gone.
— NewMick314
