Keep Digging, Lito

Geez, this guy just won't quit:

"I always tell them this: First of all, you have to do what's best for you and your family, but second of all, let's put it like this, if you don't take that money, watch how they do you," Sheppard said. "If you take it, you just better hope you're not mad two or three years down the line...

"If you're on offense, they can limit your production and not let you do what you've been doing, and on defense, they can start finding fault," Sheppard said. "Every little thing you do, they can use it against you."

Sheppard said he thinks that's what happened to former Eagles safety Michael Lewis two years ago.

This is normally the moment where I get to point out the obvious, but Brookover took care of that for us this time:

Sheppard isn't the only one in the Eagles' locker room who feels as if Lewis got a raw deal after he didn't sign a long-term deal, but the safety's benching was about performance rather than money.

Defensive coordinator Jim Johnson felt Lewis could not cover anyone, and it was a valid point. Johnson does not care how much any of his players are making. The problem was that Sean Considine was not the right guy to replace Lewis. Quintin Mikell has fixed that problem.