The Birds continued their suddenly busy off season today trading CB Sheldon Brown and LB Chris Gocong to the Cleveland Browns for a 4th and 5th round pick and LB Alex Hall. Gocong never really fit with the Eagles and it was highly probable he wasn't even going to be in the starting lineup when the season began, so losing him is no big deal. Brown was going to be 31 this season and his health had been declining a bit in recent years. He had also openly talked about his displeasure with his contract with the Eagles. So it is not a huge surprise that he was dealt. However, as pretty much the only veteran leader left on the Eagle's defense he is going to be hard to replace. Basically his absence leaves one more hole in a defense that was already full of them. Sure if he is completely healed from the neck injury that ended his season last year, Ellis Hobbs could replace him, but after that the Birds have no one capable of doing so. Thus, they'll have to add CB to their list of needs on draft day. Having those 2 extra picks, 10 overall, in what is supposed to be a deep draft, should make it easier for them to find a CB there if they so choose. As for Hall, he is a big 6-5 250 strong side LB who will compete with Moise Fokou for the job there, assuming the Eagles don't bring in someone else. Who knows, he could be a good fit there, much better than Gocong would have been. Only time will tell.
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