Skins concerned with Litos health

April 8, 2008 · Paul Raymond · Jump to comments

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The Washington Redskins have begun to sour on the idea of trading for Philadelphia Eagles CB Lito Sheppard. The Redskins are in the market for a solid corner, that much is given. The reason why the team won’t be dealing with the Eagles, Lito’s health and the price tag on him.

The Redskins are looking to deal a pick in the 3rd round range and something else (player or later pick) for that dependable corner. If they consider trading their #21 pick in the 1st round, it would be a trade down on draft and pretty much “”re-acquire” the picks they dealt for that corner. To me this doesn’t make to much sense, if you’re willing to trade late picks for a corner, but then deal a 1st rounder to get those picks, why not just deal the first to the Birds for Lito? The answer again is health, and probably to an extent money the Skins have been giving a lot of big contracts over the past few years.

The combination of the two will probably be to much for any team to want to make a deal for Lito. Personally, I don’t think any team will deal for Lito till the Eagles come down from the 1st round price tag, especially if there are health concerns still. Now the Skins they’ll probably do something soon to address their corner situation.

Here’s the link to the Washington Post.