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More troubles for Koren Robinson

Trouble just seems to find its way to former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson. This time thou he’s not directly implicated. His brother Tariq Robinson was recently arrested for trafficking ecstasy. How does this relate Koren thou? Other then the obvious of being brothers.

Well, Koren owns the house that Tariq stays in. At the moment, investigators say they have no evidence whatsoever that Koren is involved in any capacity. Only connection is that he owns the house. WRAL.com actually reports that the two have been estranged for over a year now.

When it comes to football thou, this can’t help Koren out. He’s currently a free agent after being released by the Packers, and that stint with the Pack came after a year long supension. No matter what he says, there will be some teams that will now question can he ever shake his past. The team that signs him now might be one that is truly desperate for a wide receiver. Profootballtalk.com said that teams that have shown interested in Koren are the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders. I’m sure the Raiders are interested no matter what.

We’ll have to wait and see on this. Hopefully this stays with just his brother and doesn’t effect Koren in anyway.

Eagles took a stab at Chiefs Allen

The DelcoTimes.com is reporting that the Philadelphia Eagles were one of the teams that has tried to acquire Kansas City Chiefs DE Jared Allen. No surprise there, who WOULDN’T want to acquire Allen. According to Delco, the offer was pretty much the same thing the Eagles have offered everyone in major deals, Lito Sheppard and a package of picks. It looks like the Eagles are REALLY looking for another play-maker on either side of the ball, and desperately looking to move Lito.

The Chiefs turned the Iggles down, as they are more interested in top draft picks instead of player/pick packages. Can’t really blame them for that as Allen is currently under the teams franchise tag, with the Minnesota Vikings considering signing him. If that happens the Vikings would forfeit over their next 2 first round draft picks. The only problem teams have in trading for Allen, is his contract demands as he will command a big payday and at the same time be a slight risk due to former substance abuse problems.

How insane would that defensive line have been with Jared Allen and Trent Cole? Definitely would of compared to divisional rival, the New York Giants, with their Michael Strahan / Osi Umenyiora combination. I am kind of surprised the Eagles are willing to spend so much money this off-season after being pretty fiscal the last few years. This year, it seems every big name who pops up they’re involved in somehow.

Now, how must Lito Sheppard feel? He’s got be feeling really unwanted right now. Every trade rumor out there has his name in it, even with the team constantly saying we have no problem keeping him, he’s got to be feeling like shit. Team general manager Tom Heckert didn’t really sound to convincing in his statement, “Anything can happen with Lito,” Heckert said. “He can be here and play for us or he might not be here. Right now he’s on our team and that’s really it.” Especially, when before that Heckert mentioned that Sheppard hasn’t participated in any off-season workout, something Andy Reid definitely doesn’t take to kindly too.

My guess here thou is Jared Allen (if moved or signed) will still wind up a Minnesota Viking. From what I’ve read it just sounds like he enjoyed his visit there to much, not to go there.

Here’s the link to the DelcoTimes.com article, its also got mention of the Eagles moving up in the NFL Draft.

Broncos add wideouts, but who sticks?

The Denver Broncos are busy bolstering their wide receiving corps this week, by signing Samie Parker and Darrell Jackson. The team inked Parker to a deal today and according to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, should sign Jackson sometime on Tuesday.

Parker, a former Kansas City Chiefs, provides some valuable depth should Brandon Marshall struggle in his recovery from his recent arm injury. Parker is still only 27 years old, but did miss almost of all of last season due to injury. Last year he played in 7 games catching 24 balls for 298 yards with 2 touchdowns. So if he stays healthy, he can still be a productive receiver.

Jackson was cut from the San Francisco 49ers, largely due to a huge roster bonus he was to receive. He was due to make a combined $4 million in salary and bonuses in 2008. He’s still a very productive receiver catching 46 balls for 500 yards in the very anemic Niners offense. If in fact he does sign tomorrow, he’ll compete with Parker for the fourth spot.

So which one sticks? Well, if Brandon Marshall isn’t ready to go full throttle in camp, you can expect both players to make the team. They’d need the depth to protect themselves, hence the reason they are signing multiple players. But if Marshall is fully healthy, who would get the leg up. I believe its Jackson, based purely on health and previous career stats. Jackson did have a huge drop off in numbers last season but look where he played. Who do you think may stick? Post a comment and let us know.

Eagles set to sign FB / TE Wilson

Former Kansas City Chiefs FB/TE Kris Wilson is visiting the Philadelphia Eagles today. The team has also set-up a 3pm est media appearance for Wilson. With the Eagles pattern this off-season one can only believe this means Wilson is in town for his physical and to sign the dotted line. So by 3:30pm, he should officially be an Eagle. Wilson should be able to help this team in multiple roles.

Most would believe that Wilson is solely a tight end, and will compete for the back-up job behind LJ Smith. Personally, I think he’ll be challenging Dan Klecko for the top fullback position. The reason being is I’m not completely sold yet on Klecko being a successful fullback. He should definitely help in short yardage situations, but what about coming out of the backfield on a FB screen? What about picking up a blitz? Guys enter the NFL who have played fullback their whole college career and still struggle with those. Klecko should be fine with experience, but Wilson should gain considerable time in the backfield as well as tutoring Klecko on the nuances of the position.

Wilson is a hybrid FB/TE/H-Back type player and in the right offense a player like that can really flourish, look at Chris Cooley in Washington. In Andy Reid’s west coast styled attack, Wilson should get the chance to have as much success. In his 3 seasons in Kansas City his production has gone up every season and should continue this year with the Eagles.

All in all thou, it’s a pretty good signing by the Eagles. Gives a secondary option at fullback and a pretty good back up should LJ Smith goes down again. I hate to say it, but good move Eagles.

Bills shopping Losman?

Buffalo Bills J.P. Losman is entering the last year of his initial rookie contract that he signed as a 1st round pick in the 2004 season. Well he has asked to be traded now, no surprise there since he has already made it known that he plans on leaving Buffalo when the deal expires and shoot for a starting job elsewhere. The Bills on the other hand would love to just keep him around one more year at a cheap salary.

So on to the trade possibilities, two teams have already inquired about his services. The Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins have all talked to the Bills during this weeks NFL Scouting Combine. It’s not really known what the Bills would be looking for but it might wind up being a MLB type trade where the team wants to just get something instead of letting a player walk in free agency.

For the Dolphins, well they need almost everything, so Losman could literally walk in and probably start right away. For the Chiefs, Losman would be in direct competition with Brodie Croyle, which might be what Croyle needs to light a fire under his ass and get him to finally perform.

But the wild card is always does coach Dick Jauron want to just keep J.P. around and have a back-up who is extremely cheap with game experience. Trent Edwards did do well last year but injuries can happen on any snap and take him out for the year. Personally, I don’t think a deal will happen before training camp. Late training camp, early in the season thou well thats a possibility.

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