Former Redskins GM Vinny “I’m not insane!!! I swear!!!” Cerrato told Howard Eskin that SS LaRon Landry would “probably” visit the Eagles this week. I don’t know what the heck to make out of that. Cerrato isn’t my idea of a great source. The thought of him and Eskin having an in-depth conversation on the air about NFL free agents makes my brain hurt.

Landry has already been linked to the Jets and Pats. No word if they offered him yet. I think he visited both teams. I don’t know why his agent is being so passive with negotiations. He should just threaten to have LaRon take a city hostage until their team signs him to a mega-deal. After all, who is gonna stop this guy? I kid, I kid.

Landry and his agent are trying hard to drum up a market. Teams are fascinated by the guy because of his enormous talent, but are scared by his injuries and oddball side. At what point do you go from being a muscular football player to a bodybuilder that dabbles in football? Is a Safety really served by being 230 pounds? LaRon was 213 pounds at the Combine so he’s added about 15 to 20 pounds in the NFL. It is pure muscle, but I still question whether that helps a guy who is supposed to cover on half the plays, or more.

I certainly don’t object to the Eagles checking him out, should that happen. Landry can be a special player at times. He’s too sloppy to be considered a great player. Think of him as the DeSean Jackson of SS’s. Oh…now the interest makes sense.

If you get him to agree to a 1-year deal, I’m definitely interested. I just don’t want to pay this guy big bucks. If he did come for a year, you’d have a look like this:

SS – LaRon Landry … Jaiquawn Jarrett

FS – Nate Allen …….. Kurt Coleman

I could live with that set-up.

I still don’t think much will come of this. The guy has missed 15 of the last 32 games. He needs someone to take a chance on him. The Eagles have young guys in place in Coleman and Jarrett. They aren’t as desperate at Safety as some teams who are wide open. I know the Coleman/JaJar critics will hate this, but it is absolutely true. The Eagles have potential answers already in place. Other teams have nothing.

I know some people will point to the Eagles love of signing injured guys. Let’s set the snarky jokes aside for a minute and really talk about this. The Eagles are bargain hunting when they do this. Marlin Jackson was signed to compete for a job at a cheap rate. Jack Ikegwuonu was drafted at the bottom of the 4th round because he had 1st round potential. Cornelius Ingram was taken in the 5th for the same reason. The Eagles got Shawn Barber cheap back in 2002 and that turned out to be a great move.

If Landry will sign cheap, the Eagles will have interest. If he wants big money, and I’m betting he does, I can’t see the Eagles rolling the dice on him.

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Good article from Paul Domowitch about the Eagles and the salary cap, amongst other things.

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Interesting article from Bill Barnwell on free agency. He lauds the Eagles for the DeSean Jackson deal.

I was more interested in the first part of the article. Barnwell talked about teams overpaying for average players. He brought up the subject of Laurent Robinson. The Jaguars just signed him to a big deal. What are they getting? Robinson had 11 TDs in 2011. Helped that he had Romo throwing him the ball and guys like Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, and DeMarco Murray on the field at the same time. Blaine Gabbert, MJD, and Marcedes Lewis is hardly the same type of surrounding cast.

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No update on Evan Mathis. He’s probably working on his tan and blasting his quads to get ready for the PC when he does sign/re-sign. That guy is so Hollywood that it is crazy. He’s the Brad Pitt of Eagles LGs.