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The Eagles confirmed reports that they have traded with Arizona again, this time getting 29-year-old guard-tackle Reggie Wells for an undisclosed pick, reportedly a sixth-rounder.
This would seem to be bad news for at least one sub o-lineman, possibly Max Jean-Gilles or Fenuki Topou. ESPN's
Adam Schefter, who reported the Wells trade, speculates that the Birds might be trying to move Stacy Andrews, who obviously would rather be playing tackle than guard.
Other sources subsequently said the Eagles are shopping Andrews.
Andrews said tonight he isn't sure what the trade means for him, but he does know that when the Eagles wanted him to rework his contract last offseason, including a pay cut, his preference was to go back into free agency. Andrews agreed to rework the deal, retaining his $4.1 million roster bonus, paid last spring, plus $900,000 in guaranteed salary for this season, with the understanding he would be the starting right guard, he said.
“Howie (Roseman, the general manager) reassured me I would be the guy at right guard,” he said. “I wouldn’t have signed (the reworked deal) to be the third guy.”
Roseman has not responded to a request for comment.
Wells, beaten out for a starting job in this Cardinals camp, has started every Arizona game the past four seasons. He arrived as a sixth-round rookie from Clarion in 2003.
“We’re adding a player that has started several seasons in the National Football League and has played at a very high level during the course of his career,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said in a statement released by the team. “He has experience at several different positions along the offensive line and he will be a welcome addition to that group. You can never have enough depth at that position as you go through an NFL season.”
Meanwhile, the Eagles got a head start on their cut from 75 to 53 by axing the following: CB Geoffrey Pope, DE Pannel Egboh, DT Boo Robinson, CB David Pender, WR Dobson Collins, OL Jerrail McCuller, TE Nate Lawrie, RB J.J. Arrington, S Anthony Scirrotto, and RB Martell Mallett.
The Birds traded for Arrington from Denver, giving the Broncos LB Joe Mays. But they get a sixth-round pick in 2012 from Denver if they cut Arrington, which they've now done.
The Eagles announced that as expected, DE Victor Abiamiri will open the season on the physically unable to perform lsit.This means he is sidelined at least six weeks, but won't count against the roster during that time.
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.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with 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 started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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