Pappy, keep your iPhone and don't worry about Eckert. The dude's got a ton of TSP -- he will have more points at 40 than the guy i recently got has now and with higher stamina would have game ratings in the upper teens or lower twenties -- in fact, i would worry about the other managers who have bookmarked him and will likely be bidding on him at the deadline.
and it looks like most of the Big 8 will now be focused on league games here on out -- and five teams are essentially tied. yeah, i think you could do a lot worse than stock up on some Eckert.