By FRANK WARD
DailyPhiladelphian.com Editor
Finally, the last Andrews stiff has left the NovaCare Complex. It’s about 18 months too late.
With yesterday’s cutdown-deadline deal that shipped Stacy Andrews to Seattle for a donation to USC a seventh round pick, the Eagles have finally started to clean up the mess they created a year ago when they attempted to restructure their o-line around a guy with medical issues.
Shawn Andrews, now poised to regain Pro Bowl status with the Giants, has a well-documented questionable past in regards to his back and depression. We won’t question the severity of either here. We’ll assume he really wanted to play, but just couldn’t the last two years. Yet, the Eagles tried to give Andrews a support system here by signing his brother, Stacy, and trading for his college roommate, Jason Peters.
Thankfully, both Shawn and Stacy Andrews are out of town. A bigger set of crybabies this town has yet to see.
We all know what happened — neither Andrews could play last year: Shawn with his back issues, and Stacy was coming off of ACL surgery when the Eagles inked him as a free agent. And, Stacy apparently couldn’t play guard — his footwork sucked for the Eagles blocking scheme.
Jason Peters had an up-and-down year that saw him rack up yellow laundry along the field in manner reminiscent of Antone Davis.
In a word, the Eagles F’d over their offensive line around Shawn Andrews. Thankfully, the Andrews boys have both fled this town and stolen our money in the process.
Shawn at least went quietly into the night. Stacy, on the other hand, had some things to say upon leaving town. He says the fans and media took out their anger over Shawn’s issues on him. He says he never had a fair chance to win us over.
Dude, seriously? Had you started more than just two games for us, or even played a little below average football, maybe you could have been respected. The fact is, you couldn’t win a starting gig this summer, then complained that you were promised that you’d be the starter this season.
You didn’t want to work and earn your starting slot. You wanted it handed to you, just like you and Shawn think you have a right to earn fat paychecks while not playing.
Seriously, thank God that family is outta here! Now, if only we could jettison Peters, the walking 10-yard-offensive holding flag, to another locale. I guess for now, Peters stays as a final reminder to the way Andy Reid. and Co. messed up the offensive line a year ago.
