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Should the Saints Resign Will Smith?
Published 7/11/2007 by Sunil <info@canalstreetchronicles.com> at Canal Street Chronicles: Front Page Posts
... and the not-so-secret Whispers from Around the NFL. According to Whispers, ...

Eagles Trade Rumor: Kelly Holcomb to Vikes?
Published 7/13/2007 by Sean Portnoy at Eagles Eye
... Since the Eagles selected Kevin Kolb in the second round of the draft this spring, Kelly Holcomb has appeared to be the odd man out of the team’s QB situation. The Eagles signed A.J. Feeley to a long-term deal in the winter, and Kolb is pretty much guaranteed to be the third quarterback on the roster this season. Of course, if Feeley gets injured or Donovan McNabb is having health issues during training camp related to his knee surgery, Holcomb, who came over in the Takeo Spikes deal from the Bills, is nice insurance. The best-case scenario is that the veteran QB has some trade value—any trade value—so the Birds don’t just have to release him before the season starts. According to Pro Football Weekly, the Eagles might have a trading partner already lined; the magazine reports that team is talking with the Minnesota Vikings about trading Holcomb for a sixth- or seventh-round pick in n ...