Joe Banner
Joe Banner
Joe Banneris a former front office consultant for the Atlanta Falcons, former chief executive officer of the Cleveland Browns, and former president of the Philadelphia Eagles...
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It is patently irresponsible in this day and age to question the motives behind a policy driven by and recommended by security experts,
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We are going to have to see what happens throughout the year. We are already convinced that Brian is a very good football player and a very valuable member of our team. Hopefully at some point, we can translate that into a contract that we both feel comfortable with.
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Whenever we have cap room, it is spent in these ways, in this priority. First, we spend it on anybody who can help this year's team in any way.
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There is no question he's a vital part of our team and we have always maintained a strong desire to get a deal done with Brian.
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What we see happening is exactly what he said was going to happen. It kind of puts you in a hard position to then have any kind of deniability. You can try to blame other people if he wants, but it's a little bit of a stretch in credibility in light of what he said before he got here.
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What we see happening is exactly what he said was going to happen, ... It kind of puts you in a hard position to then have any kind of deniability. You can try to blame other people if he wants, but it's a little bit of a stretch in credibility in light of what he said before he got here.
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wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity regarding the things we weren't happy about.
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You don?t really hit everything in free agency. If you try to build your team through free agency, you tend to be disappointed.
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There's an accumulation of events culminating with a series of things last week, including the very public interview that he did, ... I think there's a long list of things, some of which you know about and some of which aren't public.
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Normally I'd say the player is not likely to just pass up getting paid. But in this case, you really can't say. This isn't a very predictable situation.
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This is an effort to set a positive tone as we move forward,
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I think a lot of people, including myself, do and say a lot of things in the context of negotiations that tend to go away and be forgotten,
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It is an honor to be recognized by our peers and a great credit to our staff. We continue to strive for relevant and entertaining content on our web site and we know that our fans return again and again for news about the team. The enormous growth of this medium has allowed fans all over the world to be part of the Eagles family.
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I think there's a long list of things, some of which you know about and some of which aren't public, but it was a culmination of things.