Philadelphia Eagles Lose out on Derrick Burgess to New England Patriots

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Published: August 6, 2009

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... Burgess from the Oakland Raiders for an undisclosed number of draft picks.

The picks given up are believed to be a third and a fifth-round pick in 2011 as reported by Michael Lombardi. However, Adam Schefter is reporting that he thinks the Raiders got third and fourth-round picks next year, if not more. He keeps reminding us that New England has three second-round picks next year.

It's also come out now that there were really only two teams ever in the discussion for Derrick Burgess, and that was the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Yes, the Philadelphia Eagles. The same team and same regime that allowed Burgess to walk a handful of years ago after playing such a huge role in their 2004 Super Bowl run.

Apparently, although Andy Reid would never admit it publicly, he realized that a mistake was made by letting Burgess walk. Very rarely does Reid miss when he allows players to walk, but Burgess may have been that rare circum...

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