Pretty crazy off-season. I ever remember a three team trade in the NFL.

This draft is going to be nuts.

j/c

That is a massive steal for the Eagles and a good deal for the Broncos since Scheffler was a problem in the locker room.

Don't know what the Lions are doing, though. They were having such a good offseason too...

They are rare. The Ashley Lelie/Duckett deal a few years ago between Atlanta, Washington and Denver.

Rumor has Philly is giving up a 5th round pick. The one received from us for the Brown/Gocong trade.

If this is so, they still have enough ammo to trade up with us (if you believe that rumor) to #7.

What are the Lions doing here?

Losing Sims, and getting a TE who will likely be the #2 TE behind Brandon Pettigrew?

Seems like a good deal for everyone. Sims didn't fit the Lions' scheme well, and Pettigrew is coming off a torn ACL. They also love to run a two tight end offense. Pettigrew and Scheffler compliment each other perfectly.

Great deal for the Eagles.

I always thought Ernie Sims was a pretty darn good LB.

He has been really bad the past few years. Like Wimbley, he had a good rookie year. That is it.

He has been around a ton of crappy players. The year he had Big Baby in front of him was his best.

Coincidence?

Man...and we couldn't have shipped a 6th (or 5th-7th swap, which is the same in value) to DEN for Sheffler? instead of overpaying an underachiever like Watson?

Great deal for Philly...

DET is funny...they draft Pettigrew over Oher last year and now they dump a top 10 pick for a receiving-TE...meanwhile Stafford still has no protection...that's the logic of losing franchises folks, take note...and we did some of the same in case you noticed

i like ernie sims, but the guy was injury-prone in college and has been injury prone in the NFL. add in that he doesn't really fit Schwartz's model for WLB (and definitely not ILB) and he just was a poor fit for Detroit.

not sure why they thought he was worth a backup TE, but I understand why they were shopping him.


who exactly is the great Kyle Orton going to throw the ball to next year? Eddie Royal is going to be triple-teamed at the rate they are going (would they really take Dez and his issues right after getting rid of Marshall?)

He meant Ernie Sims. Which is foolish considering Sims has been awful.

It's like the Browns trading Wimbley and calling him a top 15 pick.

the top 10 pick was Sims....

DET got Scheffler and a 7th from DEN and a 5th from Philly and the other 2 swapped players....the deal is all over the net already

Eagles Acquire LB Sims From Lions
The Eagles announced today that they have acquired starting weakside linebacker Ernie Sims from the Detroit Lions through a rare three-team deal that also included the Denver Broncos.

The Eagles sent a fifth-round draft pick in 2010 (137th overall) to the Broncos. The Broncos gave tight end Tony Scheffler and a seventh-round pick in 2010 (220th overall) to the Lions, who sent Sims to the Eagles.

In essence, it's a fifth-round pick for a proven starting linebacker.

"Ernie Sims is an impact player at the linebacker position," said head coach Andy Reid. "He brings a lot of energy to our already energized defense. We are looking forward to adding him to our team."

"We are excited to acquire Ernie Sims," said general manager Howie Roseman. "He plays fast, he's aggressive and his style is a great fit for our defensive scheme. He is a leader who was a team captain for the Lions and we are eager to see what he can do in our defense."

This marks the fifth trade of the 2010 off-season for the Eagles and the third for a veteran defensive player (defensive end Darryl Tapp, linebacker Alex Hall). The Eagles now own 10 picks in the upcoming draft - 1st round (24th overall), 2nd round (37, 55), 3rd round (70, 87), 4th round (105, 121), 6th round (200) and 7th round (243, 244).

Sims (6-0, 230) was originally a first-round choice (ninth overall) of the Lions in 2006 and has since played in 59 games (56 starts) for Detroit, totaling 505 tackles, 2.5 sacks, six forced fumbles and one interception. The 25-year-old linebacker played in 11 games (eight starts) in 2009, and compiled 49 tackles and one forced fumble.

Now in his fifth season out of Florida State, Sims was immediately plugged into the Lions starting lineup as a rookie and earned Pro Football Weekly all-rookie honors in 2006 after starting all 16 games and leading the team with 144 tackles. He was named the team's defensive captain for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, starting all 32 games and again pacing the team with 312 tackles during that span.

A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Sims' father, Ernie Jr., played running back at Florida State from 1977-81, and his mother, Alice Bennett, was an All-America sprinter on the Seminole track team from 1980-83.

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