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I can't believe the reports I am reading out of Atlanta today. How can the Eagles let this happen? Our "franchise" tight end is leaving the Eagles to join the Falcons? Andy, please, I am begging you, don't let LJ leave.


In case you haven't figured it out by now, I am having a little fun with the reports out of Atlanta today. The Falcons appear poised to reel in free agent tight end LJ Smith. The Falcons are dreadful at the tight end position, getting only 18 receptions from Justin Peele and Ben Hartsock combined last season. This move makes sense for the Falcons, because it provides an upgrade at a position they desperately needed help at. However, the upgrade may not be all that significant, because LJ Smith is only better than two tight ends in the league, and they just so happen to be named Justin Peele and Ben Hartsock.

No details about the terms of the deal are available yet, so I can't yet destroy Falcons GM Tom Dimitroff for overpaying for a guy who can't catch, block, stay healthy or protect the football when he does happen to make a catch. The Eagles, who placed the franchise tag on Smith last year for some reason, paid him 4.522 million for his services.

My question to any Falcon fan who may come across this post is where did the Falcons acquire their video of LJ Smith from? Did they watch different games than me?



I went to Youtube to find a clip to post of LJ Smith's greatest highlight, a catch and run against the Vikings in the 2005 playoffs which resulted in him getting hit at the 10 and fumbling the ball 15 yards forward into the endzone for a Freddie Mitchell TD. The only problem was it was nowhere to be found. They only had 5 videos of LJ. Two were of him getting KO'd by the Patriots Lawyer Milloy, one was a Rutgers highlight, one was an interview for some rap song, and the other was a video of a guy catching a TD pass with LJ in Madden. Seriously? LJ Smith doesn't have one Eagles highlight worthy of Youtube? Some guy made a better play in Madden with LJ than LJ ever made in real life? Inconceivable!

If you have watched the Eagles for the past 6 years, you know that LJ Smith is a bust. I guess Falcons fans will know soon enough just how frustrating it is to watch this guy every Sunday. Good riddance LJ, you will not be missed.

Steve