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Saturday, May 9, 2009
The Eagles, Bo Scaife and Wikipedia

The Eagles explored the possibility of acquiring Tennessee Titans tight end Bo Scaife during draft weekend, a league source has told the Nashville City Paper, but eventually nothing came of the discussions.

However, to quote the late great Paul Havey, here is the rest of the story ...

Someone -- perhaps even an overzealous Eagles fan -- changed Scaife's Wikipedia entry to reflect that he had been dealt to the Eagles for Reggie Brown and a third-round pick. (The page has since been fixed.)

"I heard something like that, and my phone was going off the hook. I knew that wasn’t true. I had to sign my deal first before anything like that could go down,” Scaife told Yahoo Sports this week.

The Titans had placed the franchise tag on Scaife in late February but he had not signed the tender until the day after the draft. He will make $4.46 million this season.

Of course, the Eagles, as you knew, selected Florida tight end Cornelius Ingram in the fifth round in what many experts already are calling among the biggest steals in the draft.

Oh, the dangers of the Internet ...

 

 

Posted by Daily News staff @ 11:17 AM  Permalink | 25 comments
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Posted 10:20 AM, 05/09/2009
friedmozzarella
I would still try to get Scaife if we could give Reggie Brown and maybe a fourth. We already have extra picks for next year and will probably get decent compensatory picks for loss of Dawk and Tra. Ingram seems like he could be a project and we don't need another year of Matt Schobel, please.
Posted 11:51 AM, 05/09/2009
awl
I don't know much about Scaife, but if the Titans put the franchise tag on him and are willing to pay him over $4 million this year, I don't think Reggie Brown and a 3rd or 4th round pick is going to get it done. He's a Titan this year.
Posted 11:51 AM, 05/09/2009
NickEeee
Yawn... the lazy DN staff continues to make news from non-news. I guess it is easier to create than to go out and find real news. I also guess that there are no more "Mr. Grant" types among the editors.
Posted 12:05 PM, 05/09/2009
PhillyTrue
Agreed. You can never have enough good football players and Scaife would make us better. Ingram has a large learning curve to over come but he still may be able to help us this year. Schobel hasn't done much since he arrived here so I don't count on him to get any better.
Posted 12:34 PM, 05/09/2009
joeb
i put a WHOLE lot of stock in other teams' franchised players. I wonder what fans of other teams thought it'd take to pry lj smith loose last summer.
Posted 01:07 PM, 05/09/2009
tommy_the_k
Face it fans, there is no real football news this time of year(Favre included). I appreciate any content to feed my Eagles addiction and to spur the thoughtful responses posted above.
Posted 02:24 PM, 05/09/2009
jayfril
seriously though, this is embarrassing for philly news. you think washington post, new york times, la times would publish such a nonsense story on their homepage?! stay classy philly.com.
Posted 02:32 PM, 05/09/2009
joeb
this is a blog, not a news article. when will people realize the difference?
Posted 02:43 PM, 05/09/2009
scars73
I agree with all of you, pretty sad they they wrote this story. If philly.com ever started charging to read their news, I would never even read this stuff.
Posted 04:53 PM, 05/09/2009
tacklinjoe
Sheldon Brown and Reggie Brown for Bo Scaife might be good for both teams.
Posted 05:42 PM, 05/09/2009
Tartan69
@joeb - it was the main article on the front page of Philly.com for quite awhile this morning, which implies that the web editors of Philly.com thought it deserved headline news status. *That* is why everyone is commenting.
Posted 10:01 PM, 05/09/2009
bjrflyeagles
Nice research Tartan! Remember that one time Les made up a story about the Eagles wanting to trade Donovan McNabb for a linebacker??? Les should team up with this kid - it would be magical.
Posted 10:09 PM, 05/09/2009
PhillyPhantastico
Franchise tag means nothing. We franchised LJ Smith last year.
Posted 10:35 PM, 05/09/2009
jbarts
Wikipedia is a good example of letting the inmates run the asylum. Sure anyone can edit anything and who gives a sh*t. Some entries can be informative but many are, shall we say, apocryphal or out and out b**sh*t.
Posted 06:06 AM, 05/10/2009
verve
Hey, I just read over at FancyPantsEaglesRants.com that there is an offer for Boldin for a case of cheesesteaks, plus a video of Reid breakdancing. I swear it's true!
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