Drew Rosenhaus: Lito Sheppard Should Start; Sheldon Brown: Rosenhaus Should Shut Up

In the above video, NFL super agent Drew Rosenhaus argues that one of his clients, Eagles cornerback Lito Sheppard, deserves to be a starter.

There's nothing unusual about an agent talking up one of his own players, although it is a little unusual to do it on YouTube. And, of course, if Sheppard moves into the starting lineup, someone else would have to move out of it. On the Eagles, that someone else would be cornerback Sheldon Brown. And Brown isn't happy about the comments Rosenhaus made.

Brown said:

"If you know (Rosenhaus') track record, it's more of a disappointment to me that he enticed the guy into signing with him," Brown said. "Thinking that he could get the deal done. Agents don't get the deals done. The player gets the deal done. That's what's disappointing.

"I wouldn't say it bothered me, because I'm bigger than that, I'm a professional ... Drew hasn't been with Sheldon Brown for 7 years; I think he's been with Lito for 2 months. He hasn't followed by career. He hasn't broke down any film; he probably couldn't tell you what number (Brown wears). It's really irrelevant ... (from watching the video) you would think the guy has been scouting tape and know(ing) the statistics and following us our whole career.

"A lot of times, people should just worry about their (own) jobs."

For his part, Sheppard says, "I back Drew, whatever he does and however he does it. Otherwise I wouldn't have hired him."

I think it's fair to say that unless the Eagles trade Sheppard, they should expect to deal with these kinds of distractions all year. And the last time a Rosenhaus client caused distractions in Philly, it didn't go well.