“I’ve always wanted to be the world’s first two-sport billionaire athlete,” LeBron says, according to source.

MITCH BLATT

The NFL got its issues in order, but the NBA is in for a long, drawn-out process, and many analysts don’t believe there will be a 2011-12 season. While LeBron James has publicly said he is optimistic that there will be a season, behind the scenes, sources say, the former high school all-state football star is putting plans in place to play for an NFL team if the lockout doesn’t end–his preferred destination being the Philadelphia Eagles.

James said he would love to play receiver for the Eagle’s QB Michael Vick, who was on fire last season with 252 passing yards per game for 21 touchdowns, 6 interceptions and a 100.2 QB rating, along with 676 rushing yards. While attending high school at St Vincent-St Mary, James played wide receiver sophomore and junior year, catching 52 passes for over 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns junior year, while leading SVSM to the state semifinals.

Former Packers 11-year veteran and Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer, Strong Safety Mark Murphy says that after watching LeBron James play in high school, he’d rank James up with James Lofton, Jerry Rice, and Steve Largent as the best receivers ever to play the game. However other football coaches and experts think James would be better as a tight end. Patriots defensive coordinator Dean Pees remarked on the matchup problems James would pose as a tight end: “You could never put a little guy on him. They’d just lob the ball, and nobody could defend him.”

Whether James plays tight end or wide receiver, the Eagles are the perfect fit for him. After a fast-paced start to free agency that included adding Nnamdi Asomugha, Jason Babin, Cullen Jenkins, Ryan Harris, Ronnie Brown, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Vince Young, James would be an explosive addition for the Eagles to cap off free agent season. As one of James’ loyalist’s said:

“If LeBron signs with the Eagles, it’s not 1 championship they’re gonna win, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6 championships, it’s gonna be 7 at the least.”

The Eagles are perhaps an even better fit than the Miami Heat, with whom James famously announced he was signing with last year in his nationally-televised “Decision.” One of James’ handlers, again speaking on conditions of anonymity, said,

“The Eagles have 10 other players on the field helping LeBron, not to mention the deep bench and the fact that James would only have to play one way. In basketball there’s only 4 other players helping him.”

Furthermore, he continued:

“The Eagles are deep at wide receiver and tight end. LeBron wouldn’t have to play a full game. Even if he doesn’t go all four downs, there’s still probably someone else open.”

The Eagles front office is tight-lipped about any potential of signing James. While WR DeSean Jackson has ended his lockout, Jackson’s contract issues remain unresolved and will be a distraction for the rest of the season at the wide receiver position. Reached by Juiced Sports Blog, NFL analyst John Clayton said,

“A receiver quad of Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Jason Avant and LeBron James would be deadly with Michael Vick throwing them the ball… At least for the first three quarters.”

For now, James is waiting for progress on the NBA lockout, but if the situation still looks bleak a few weeks from now, he’s not going to be waiting. For the 2011 season, all odds point to this sportswriter dreaming about LeBron James being a Philadelphia Eagle.

NOTE: If the quotes from John Clayton about Jeremy Maclin and Jason Avant being part of a deadly combination didn’t give it away, this article is satire. It is intended as a joke.

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