Despite a few potential obstacles, the Eagles will try to trade Asante Samuel before April's draft. The cornerback is 31 and due to earn $9.5 million next season, so it's unlikely they'll get anything close to what they would have had last August in a near-complete swap with the Detroit Lions. The Eagles had some leverage then because they had planned to start Nnamdi Asomugha and Samuel at the corners and use Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie primarily in the slot. And that's how they used the threesome for most of the season. But it was obvious by the end of the season that Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't comfortable inside and that the Eagles' new scheme was better suited to press cover corners such as Asomugha and Rodgers-Cromartie. Source: Sun Herald
