THINKS THE EAGLES STOLE ONE
Springs is here! No, not spring. My frozen second-floor cold water pipe knows better than that. It's really, really cold for March, or any other darned time. But Shawn Springs, the corner the Redskins released because they always have to release a bunch of Dan Snyder's old favorite free agent toys to make room for his new free agent toys every year, is visiting the NovaCare complex.
The visit started today and will continue tomorrow, with a media availability scheduled for the afternoon. That probably means a signing.
What does this mean? Good question. The Eagles have a roster spot, with Lito Sheppard finally traded, but they just paid Joselio Hanson handsomely to be their nickel corner; hard to see Springs being happy with Lito's old role. Can he play safety? That would be good. He did have six sacks in 2004, so he has to be able to play inside a little, right?
Springs, 33, spent the last five seasons with the Redskins after beginning his career with the Seattle Seahawks (third overall pick in the 1997 draft). Springs has 32 interceptions and has been selected to the Pro Bowl once.
BTW, in case you hadn't noticed, Tra Thomas has not signed with the Jags. That doesn't mean he's coming back here, though.
Les Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News since 2002. Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 27 years at the paper covering the Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually wa s boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad and very dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 29 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 26, a lawyer and graduate of Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 23, who graduated from Clemson and works in marketing and sales for a professional baseball team.
