Philadelphia Eagles guard Stacy Andrews is coming off a disappointing 2009 season in which he started only two games and was inactive for most of the second half of the season while getting paid more than $5 million. So it’s no surprise that his options are either to take a pay cut or go elsewhere.
Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News reports that Andrews is owed a $4.1 million roster bonus in early April, and that multiple sources say there is little chance he will be back with the team unless he agrees to restructure his contract.
Although Andrews’ agent, Rich Moran, told the Daily News that the Eagles “never told me to either take a pay cut or Stacy will be released,” that is apparently exactly what they will tell Andrews at some point before that roster bonus comes due.
Andrews was still recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee in 2009, and Eagles coach Andy Reid said Andrews’ disappointing performance was a result of that injury.
Andrews’ brother and Eagles teammate Shawn Andrews is apparently even less likely to be back with the team. Shawn Andrews has played only two games in the last two years, and folks in Philadelphia think Shawn Andrews doesn’t even want to play football.
Stacy Andrews does want to play, and the Eagles do want him. Just not for the kind of money his current contract pays him.
