The Eagles tried to acquire Branden Albert.
 

Petro talking about it now.

Apparently when Chris Williams went off the board to Chicago, everybody knew the Chiefs were looking at Albert. The Eagles called the Cardinals in an effort to get Albert and the Cardinals not only said no but turned around and informed the Chiefs, allowing them to trade up and make sure they got him.

Interesting stuff.

We traded up to get Albert? I didn't remember that. What did we trade?

I love this kind of stuff. Interesting to see the alliances and rivalries between sports franchises and how they play out off the field. Gotta also believe it happens with regard to free agent negotiations, player agent interactions, trades, etc. Games within the game. Would love to see books written on this subject.

so that's why we hired Haley...Q!

Damn cardinals are assholes. Thanks.

makes ya wonder how much back stabbing or ratting there is from teams calling other teams saying such n such is looking to draft player XYZ...etc.

a 3rd, i think

we had two from the allen trade

Think we traded one of our 3rds from the Jared Allen trade.

It's a conspiracy :D

i'm confident that reid knows albert's talent and value...

I think the Chiefs traded up 2 spots to grab Albert.

Albert will remain a Chief.

ya, I'm sure they will keep him too. He's just going to keep getting better.

That would be great if it happens.

Also worth noting that Philly was high on McCluster on draft day which is reportedly why we pounced on him where we did, so take that for what it is worth.

Also Adam Caplan said on twitter a week ago that the Eagles tried to trade up to get Russell Wilson last year, and when that failed they ended up taking Foles obviously...

So all the teams were anti-Eagles or anti-Reid?

now that is interesting...

3rd +the 5th from the Fins for Trent Green.

Makes me love the Reid hire even more.

Petro wants to trade the #1 over all for Josh Freeman and needs to be shot in the gnads in front of a sell out Arrowhead crowd.

I was hoping this was a more recent inquiry when I read the thread title.

Sorry.

Still interesting nonetheless.

We sent the Lions 17th overall, third and fifth round picks for the 15th overall and their third rounder:

+1 for the Arizona Cardinals

They really haven't been the same since Don Felder left, so it's worth a shot, but I'm not sure Albert is skilled enough at guitar.

Well hopefully this quiets the Jerkoff talks

I gotta believe Geno is atleast as good as Freeman.

I doubt it.

Like Petro said, one crowd will say "see, Reid loves Albert. No way he takes Joeckel."

The other crowd will say "he absolutely will take Joeckel, look how much he values tackles."

Talking about the draft is becoming like talking about politics.

Albert will be signed or tagged for sure. You just don't draft and hit on a 1st round LT only to let him go 5 years later and try your luck with another LT for 5 years again??

Draft Joeckel.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/d..._an_Eagle.html

I'm sure there's a good amount of bs being purposely floated about as well to force a team's hand.

shut your whore mouth

Thanks for posting.

I heard him reading it on the air but couldn't find it in print.

It's gonna be an interesting offseason for receivers and OTs.

Jake Long
Ryan Clady
Brandon Albert

Dwayne Bowe
Greg Jennings
Wes Welker

It will be interesting to see which domino tips first and how the remaining ones fall into place.