NFL: Richer Eagles?

It probably disgusts a lot of NFC East fans not on the Philly bandwagon that the Eagles, who were fortunate enough to play 3 full quarters in the Super Bowl in '05, have 5 draft picks in the first 3 rounds. Yikes.
Now, if you're a Giants, Cowboys or (God help you) Redskins fan, this is frightening. Those 3 teams are roughly on par with each other, and are going to have to claw it out for the wild-card spot again (not that this is particularly difficult these days in the NFC -- if you don't know what I mean, look up "St. Louis Rams" on Google). The G-Men only have 2 picks in the first 3 rounds after giving up their 1st rounder to San Diego for Eli Manning. This is only slightly better than the 'Boys, who don't even have a quarterback on their roster (unless you count Drew Bledsoe or Drew Henson-- more on him later). And then there's Joe Gibbs and the Redskins. Enough said.

Moving on, it must be tough to be Lee Suggs, or worse yet-- coach him. Here's a guy who was projected to be a top flight running back, and then he gets hurt in camp and has to split carries all year with Willie "My Grass Is" Green. Now the Browns are brining in one-year-wonder Reuben Droughns from Denver. How painful must it be to make that depth chart? That's like picking which one of your aunts you'd rather see naked-- just not something you want to do.

If the 49'ers were smarter, they'd trade their 1st rounder, along with the other 6 picks for cash, move the team to Mexico City and convince everybody that they were never the 49ers. This is the only option to turn this franchise around right now. Somewhere, Joe Montanta is crying in his Fruit of the Looms.

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