KFFL: Fowler deal not reached after all?

[Cbz40]

Eagles | Fowler deal not reached after all?
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:56:44 -0800
John Murphy, of Yahoo! Sports, reports restricted free-agent LB Ryan Fowler (Cowboys) has not signed a four-year offer sheet with the Philadelphia Eagles as previously reported. While the Eagles have shown legitimate interest in acquiring him, a deal is not yet in place between the two. According to a source, Fowler is expected to sign an offer sheet with an un-named NFL team Monday, March 12.

 

[cowboy4eva]

"Deefens" from The Ranch said that Sirius said Fowler signed with the Titans.

 

[Cbz40]

I'm researching the situation as we speak....which usually means I won't find didly...

 

[Cajuncowboy]

I'm researching the situation as we speak....which usually means I won't find didly...

I looked for didly once...

I found BB King instead.

 

[BLT]

yea i just read that.. my thinking is since fowler said " i hope the cowboys dont match" maybe jones said if you go to the eagles we will match but if you go to the titans its ok with us.. or maybe the titans just upped their offer or guarenteed him to be a starter.

 

[Cbz40]

"Deefens" from The Ranch said that Sirius said Fowler signed with the Titans.

It has to be the Titans......This was on ESPN yesterday.


Sunday, 03/11/07 Fowler might sign as early as today


Restricted free agent linebacker Ryan Fowler could sign an offer sheet with the Titans or Eagles as early as this morning, according to his agent, Alan Herman.
Herman said he had "pretty significant dialogue" with Titans senior director of football administration Vincent Marino Saturday.

"The process is under way with Tennessee and I think we made a lot of progress," Herman said. "I think we'll be finished in the morning. I think both teams are very close in terms of concepts. It's 50-50 at this point and I think Ryan will make the final decision with where he's most comfortable."
Titans officials could not be reached for comment.

Dallas would have seven days to match an offer sheet and retain Fowler. If the Cowboys don't match, no compensation is involved because he was undrafted out of Duke in 2004.
Herman doesn't expect the Cowboys will want to match because Fowler is strictly a special teamer and backup for them. Coach Jeff Fisher has said he likes the idea of Fowler and Stephen Tulloch, a fourth-round pick last year, battling for the Titans middle linebacker spot.
—PAUL KUHARSKY

 

[Rampage]

we don't want that sissy. check the sig

 

[Cbz40]

I looked for didly once...

I found BB King instead.

 

[Cbz40]

DMN Cowboy blog


Ryan Fowler update




While Philadelphia put out a press release Sunday saying it had agreed to a four-year deal with Cowboys restricted free agent linebacker Ryan Fowler, on Monday Fowler actually signed a four-year deal with Tennessee.

 

[ddh33]

Wonder who is at fault here? Did Philly just jump the gun and look foolish or did Fowler back out and look foolish?

 

[CrazyCowboy]

Looks like the writing is on the wall--he is gone

 

[speedkilz88]

The eagles are premature at everything.

 

[SDogo]

http://www.titansonline.com/news/newsmain_detail.php?PRKey=4662

 

[WoodysGirl]

POSTED 5:47 p.m. EDT, March 12, 2007

EAGLES NOT UPSET ABOUT FOWLER ABOUT-FACE

WIP radio in Philly is reporting that linebacker Ryan Fowler, a restricted free agent, has chosen not to sign an offer sheet with the Eagles. Instead, Fowler will sign an offer sheet with the Titans.

Understandably, Eagles fans are up in arms. But here's what happened, as told to us by a source with knowledge of the situation.

Late last week, the Eagles and the Titans were both negotiating with Fowler, who previously played for the Cowboys. Titans G.M. Mike Reinfeldt, however, had to return to Seattle to deal with a family medical issue. Over the weekend, Fowler's agent, Alan Herman, was unable to reach Reinfeldt to determine whether the pending offer from the Titans was their final offer.

Acting under the assumption that they had the Titans' best offer, Herman and Fowler weighed the offers from Tennessee and Philly and Fowler decided to sign the Eagles' offer sheet.

On Sunday, Reinfeldt got back to Herman, and presented the Titans' final offer. It was better than the Eagles' offer. The only problem? Herman already had told the Eagles that Fowler would sign the Eagles' offer sheet.

As we understand it, Herman explained the situation to the Eagles, and Fowler took Sunday night to make a decision. On Monday morning, he decided to sign the offer sheet from the Titans.

The Eagles thereafter pulled from their official web site the story regarding Fowler's decision to sign with the team, prompting rampant speculation and confusion among the fan base.

Bottom line -- the Eagles are not upset. It was an unusual set of circumstances, and but for Reinfeldt's personal situation the Titans would have gotten their final offer on the table at the same time that the Eagles did, and Fowler would have accepted it.

Though we don't know whether the offer contains a poison pill, we're told that the Titans' package is more front-loaded than the Eagles' offer, and that it is unlikely that the Cowboys will be able to match. They have seven days to make a decision, after Fowler signs the offer sheet.

 

[burmafrd]

Pasquarelli on ESPN says that Fowler SIGNED the offer sheet with the Titans- and dumped the birds. Apparently he was promised a shot at the MLB position and that made the difference. Birds got the bird. heh heh heh

 

[burmafrd]

There is not one chance this side of Pasquarelli's fat belly that we match the offer.

 

[smarta5150]

Yeah I heard on NFL Radio about an hour ago he signed w. the Titans instead.

 

[smarta5150]

And Doss from the COlts also shot down the Birds' offer.

 

[Rampage]

And Doss from the COlts also shot down the Birds' offer.

cause everybody knows they won't win a ring if they sign with the birds