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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
EAGLES SIGN LINEBACKER, RELEASE HUNT

Tony Hunt had to see the writing on the depth chart.

In one week, he went from the Eagles' starting fullback to fourth-string tailback who couldn't get on the field Sunday at San Francisco even in the absence of Brian Westbrook.

And now he's the latest third-round pick to be released by the team.

The Eagles announced this afternoon that they had released the former Penn State star to make room on the roster for linebacker Tracy White, who had been released by the Green Bay Packers a week ago.

White, a six-year veteran originally signed by Seattle as an undrafted rookie out of Howard University, has been a reserve special teams player most of his career. He played in 21 games in his first two seasons with Seattle, 15 games with Jacksonville in 2005 and 32 games the last three seasons with Green Bay.

Hunt, drafted in 2007 as a tailback, carried the ball just 10 times for 16 yards and a touchdown as a rookie. The Eagles tried to move him to fullback two weeks before the start of this season, but the experiment was not working and the team decided last week to move Dan Klecko from defensive tackle to fullback. Since 2003, the Eagles have had seven third-round picks and four of them -- Billy McMullen, Matt Ware, Ryan Moats and Hunt -- are no longer with the team. None of the four ever made a significant contribution.

The three remaining third-round picks from that time period are linebackers Stewart Bradley and Chris Gocong and rookie defensive end Bryan Smith.

In other news from the NFC East, the Dallas Cowboys traded for Detroit Lions star receiver Roy Williams on the same day they learned that cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones had been suspended by the NFL indefinitely for an altercation with his bodyguard.

Kansas City tight end Tony Gonzalez remained with the Chiefs after the team had contacted a number of teams, including the Eagles, about trading him.

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 4:37 PM  Permalink | 46 comments
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Posted by Lemur 04:49 PM, 10/14/2008
So dumb and pointless. With Curtis coming back they shoud have cut Greg Lewis instead. Or just not cut a 3rd round pick for a special teams player who couldn't even stick with the Packers.
Posted by bobbyacro 05:05 PM, 10/14/2008
I hate this front office. Thanks for the non-factor white
Posted by tampaPhillyfan 05:10 PM, 10/14/2008
Right with you Lemur. Hunt just needed a little time. Now we just play with Klecko? Whats even more dumb is that we allowed the boys to sign Roy Williams.
Posted by FurlongKid 05:14 PM, 10/14/2008
We traded McMullen straight up to the Vikes for Baskett -- Baskett would be a worthy third rounder. So McMullen made a "significant contribution" by convincing Brad Childress that he was something worth trading for.
Posted by FurlongKid 05:18 PM, 10/14/2008
We traded McMullen straight up for Hank Baskett. That's a significant contribution -- McMullen hoodwinked Brad Childress into believing he was worth trading for.
Posted by Lemur 05:22 PM, 10/14/2008
When Klecko is on the field the defense knows the ball is not going to him. At least with Hunt in there the defense has to worry about him a little. Is Klecko going to be that much better than hunt at FB? He was moved to D-Line in the preseason for a reason. If you are going to cut Hunt at least pick up a FB. Andy loves nice guys who hustle like Klecko and G-Lew but that doesn't always cut it at the NFL level.
Posted by Lemur 05:25 PM, 10/14/2008
The fact that they cut another 3rd round pick is a perfect example of why they should stop trading their 1st round picks so they can aquire more 3rd round picks that they value so much.
Posted by Dierte 05:49 PM, 10/14/2008
Hunt can't block and not that great at running the ball, and certainly can't catch it...chances are that all you people crying over this decision are bandwagon PSU fans. Get over it, this is the NFL...
Posted by JimCollins 05:52 PM, 10/14/2008
The Front Office should start trading their third round picks away, since they don't know how to use them.
Posted by Shabba Rommel 06:04 PM, 10/14/2008
Dallas just signed Roy Williams. Go figure. That is the difference between a team that wins Superbowls and a team that talks about it. Eagles management and coaching missed another oppty.
Posted by gordy 06:22 PM, 10/14/2008
Tony Hunt is 10 times the running back then Booker could ever hope to be, why didn't they cut him, oh that's right fat boy pulled the trigger on him and will NEVER admitt to a mistake. This organization is more smug and arrogant then the Bush admistration! Don't worry Fat boy will trade our first round to Dallas because they just traded theirs away. I HATE THIS FRONT OFFICE!
Posted by echosmyron 06:23 PM, 10/14/2008
Amen, Shabba. I don't understand why teams don't trade more. Getting a proven talent like Williams for draft picks is a great deal. Jerry knows how to make things happen although I will say that Jerry is also trying to keep momentum going into next season so people will fork over ridiculous amounts of money for seats to his new stadium next year.
Posted by justatc1 06:25 PM, 10/14/2008
let's play devil's advocate- who would you guys rather have, booker or reno mahe?
Posted by samafja 06:48 PM, 10/14/2008
I can't believe we let another proven wide receiver go and not only go but go to the cowgirls. Who in the heck is Tracy white, just another great move by the front office. We will never get to the big game by making bad moves before and during the season. However that is Philly for ya!!!!!!
Posted by SteveS11 06:59 PM, 10/14/2008
Thomas Tapeh also hookwinked Childress into signing him. Its starting to look like Brad Childress is not a very good judge of player talent.
About The Inquirer's Eagles blog

Bob Brookover, left, is in his seventh year of covering the Philadelphia Eagles after spending 15 years covering the Philadelphia Phillies for the Inquirer and two other newspapers. The 45-year-old Brookover lives in Delran with his wife Francine and roots for Notre Dame and Michigan State, the two schools attended by his children, Justine and Ryan. When Notre Dame plays Michigan State, he cheers for the school of the child he likes more at that particular moment.

Jeff McLane, right, joined the Eagles beat in April 2009 after two years of covering colleges, namely Penn State football. Before that he covered high school sports for The Inquirer. Before that he worked in the mailroom (not quite). Informed that his father is no longer covering the Lions, McLane's eldest, three-year-old son said, "You mean Simba, Scar and Mufasa, Daddy?" His two-year-old son -- excited about the move to the Eagles -- said, "Go, Deigo, Go!" or something like that. His wife of five-plus years, however, had a different take on the new job. "Another five years is in question," she said. Check out McLane on Twitter and Facebook for instant updates on the Eagles.
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