Winston Justice traded to Colts
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Winston Justice traded to Colts
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The Eagles have traded right tackle Winston Justice along with a sixth-round pick to the Indianapolis Colts for a sixth-round pick.
The deal is the first for Eagles general manager Howie Roseman with new Colts GM Ryan Grigson, who formerly worked for Roseman in the Eagles' front office.
The move pushes the Eagles from the 17th pick in Round 6 to the second pick in the round.
More importantly, it saves the Eagles about $2.3 million in salary cap space this year.
Justice's departure seemed likely since last offseason when he was coming off knee surgery, and lost his starting job to Todd Herremans, who signed a long-term extension yesterday with the team.
Also, defensive tackle Antonio Dixon has signed his second-round tender for $1.927 million.
Other teams can attempt to sign him, but the Eagles would have seven days after April 20 to match offer or receive a second-round pick as compensation for losing him. And that isn't happening.
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Saving Money = Priority One. Good job by Howie, Banner's right hand man and Valet! I can't believe Andy allowed a 2nd round bust of his to be traded. Hopefully Laws is next, or is it too soon?— younged
Comment removed.- So Winston "Revolving Door" Justice is gone. Nice to get the cap space back. Hope that means something is brewing.— gdibig
- Another wasted draft choice gets shown the way out of town. Brandon Graham has one more year and then he will be shown the door as well.— blaqjaq
- Luck will now be killed during a preseason game— blueye7
- @386,I'm amazed you didn't say he (dunlap)isn't part of the eagles great o-tackle "rotation" like you do about every other line position Def or Off.Justice is another wasted pick by the loser AR.Pathetic!— sewell guy
- Just another in a long line of great Eagles high draft picks. Justice, Jarrett, Graham.— Drew777
- Nice Guy...good luck in your new home....but not a big loss....BUT the REAL STORY is HR, fabled NFL guru and Ace draft selector conning a former co-worker into a trade....he did it all with 6ht rounders, his favorite playground and he endeared himself to his meal ticket Joe Banner by saving money.....Now that is wheeling and dealing HR...Your experience in the mail room is finally paying off— nuggett
- Winston was a pretty good guest columnist. I enjoyed reading his stuff. As a right tackle? So so. Remember how excited everyone was on draft day when we got Justice and Bunkley in the draft - considered the number one d-tackle and top two o-line prospect?— dragoon6
- Do these guys proofread their work before they post it? I don't send a freaking email out without reading thru it once. The mistakes I see these "professional writers" make is ridiculous. How does one apply to be an Eagles beat writer? Do you just walk in somewhere and ask for an application? Pathetic.— bpgavin1
- He will go 2 Indy and make the pro bowl....We have real Bad coaches here....The bottom of the lot!— daydreamer09
- I agree. That's why the Eagles depend so much on free-agents, players developed by OTHER teams' coaching staffs. Up until this point, the Eagles coaching staff has been miserable at developing (coaching/teaching) players and cultivating their natural athleticism into full productivity. I'm hoping with the addition of Todd Bowles,Secondary Coach; Howard Mudd, Offensive Line Coach; Jim Washburn, Defensive Line Coach; as well as Keith Gray, Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach there will be a significant improvement given a full season in which to prepare. — essell
- I'm adjusting my prediction of a 7-9 season to a 5-11 with the loss of a future HOF'er like Justice.— jimmymack
Since Detroit gave a boatload of money to Johnson and lost a corner to Tampa, does that mean Eagles do a sign and trade deal with Detroit for Tulloch with Ashante? I doubt that Detroit can afford to give Tulloch the kind of money he wants after Johnson's new contract and they need a corner. Interesting stuff. Redskins improved, Bears improved, Tampa improved, San Fran made some moves... NFC is gonna be even tougher. Peyton, go somewhere in the AFC except for AFC North, if you sign with a NFC team or AFC North team you won't make it through the season lol.
