Sheldon Brown – not a happy camper. Photo by contrastphotography.com

Yesterday, the Eagles answered Sheldon Brown’s request for a trade.

“Um, NO!!!”

Brown, the Eagles starting cornerback since 2004, the year he signed a six-year contract extension, is wrapped up through the 2012 season.

Seeing the money for defensive backs skyrocket over the last few years to where the average salary of the top 10 corners in the league is over $8 million per season, Brown wants a new deal or be dealt.

After dealing with a similar situation with Lito Sheppard, it is considered unlikely that the Eagles will deal Brown at this time.

“I feel like it has been a total lack of respect,” Brown told ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio on Monday.

Brown told Paolantonio he has been trying to get a new deal for more than a year, but the Eagles have said no.

Brown said his agent has now asked the Eagles for permission to seek a trade.

The Eagles released a statement expressing disappointment in Brown’s decision to go public, Brown has four years remaining on the contract, and the Eagles feel he is being paid fairly.

The statement:

“It’s very unfortunate and counterproductive that Sheldon has chosen to go public with his feelings about his situation. After thorough evaluation by himself and discussions with his family and agents, he chose to accept an extension of his rookie contract early that provided his family financial security for the rest of his life. It removed any concerns about health or performance that all other players in his draft class had to worry about. He has four years remaining on that contract and, after taking the signing bonus and his first two years of salary into account, we feel that Sheldon is being paid fairly. Focusing only on a player’s salary for a given year is not a valid analysis.

“There have been league MVP’s, Super Bowl champion quarterbacks, and perennial Pro Bowlers who have been in a similar situation. All of their teams have required them to wait until their contract expired or there was only one year remaining before any adjustment took place. It is only in the most extraordinary, in fact, less than a handful of circumstances in the last ten years that any players two new years into a contract with four years left have been adjusted. We don’t think this qualifies as an extraordinary circumstance.

“Sheldon’s comments under the circumstances actually serve to devalue him in a trade if we were willing to consider it; which we are not.”