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The road to termination is not easy to accept. There is too much disappointment, emotional pain that lingers, questions about if this or that was done a different way. In the Eagles’ 24-0 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the regular-season final on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium, not…
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Read on mcall.com →The road to termination is not easy to accept. There is too much disappointment, emotional pain that lingers, questions about if this or that was done a different way. In the Eagles’ 24-0 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the regular-season final on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium, not…
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Read on mcall.com →D ash, flash, creating a bi g splash. That’s become the nature of the Eagles offense, a unit that shattered the New York Giants defense Sunday night in the Meadowlands, sparked by by one quick scoring strike and so many other goodies pulled out of the bag. DeSean Jackson going…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eagles are loaded with young bucks. Baggy jeans, smokin’ warm-up suits, stylish sneakers, expensive jewelry. They sport it all. Aside from all the bling-bling, the Eagles’ young players, led by second-year pro DeSean Jackson, also play with enthusiasm and beg-for . It’s all…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eagles are loaded with young bucks. Baggy jeans, smokin’ warm-up suits, stylish sneakers, expensive jewelry. They sport it all. Aside from all the bling-bling, the Eagles’ young players, led by second-year pro DeSean Jackson, also play with enthusiasm and beg-for it. It’s…
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Read on mcall.com →A helmet-to-helmet hit made Eagles running back Brian Westbrook groggy on Sunday afternoon in San Diego, forcing him to leave the game early in the third quarter with a concussion that could possibly be a season-ending injury. The hit, by San Diego safety Eric Weddle, happened…
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Read on mcall.com →A helmet-to-helmet hit made Eagles running back Brian Westbrook groggy on Sunday afternoon in San Diego, forcing him to leave the game early in the third quarter with a concussion that could possibly be a season-ending injury. The hit, by San Diego safety Eric Weddle, happened…
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Read on mcall.com →Eagles coach Andy Reid was full of compliments and no complaints at his press conference on Monday at the team’s NovaCare Complex, less than 24 hours after the Eagles dismantled the New York Giants 40-17 at Lincoln Financial Field. The coach also gave an update on running back…
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Read on mcall.com →The hitting seemed a little harder, especially from new middle linebacker Will Witherspoon, who made an impact early and stayed on a seek-and-destroy mission throughout a Monday Night Football matchup against the Washington Redskins. He had a 9-yard interception return in the…
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Read on mcall.com →After being beat up at the line of scrimmage and ultimately embarrassed on the scoreboard, the Eagles are back at the drawing board, hoping to fix the fundamental breakdowns that included missed blocks and tackles in a 13-9 road loss to the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Quarterback…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eagles have landed in California and will not have any time to stray away from the business they are there to handle. Conventional thought might be that the Eagles (3-1) have more of a relaxed attitude than normal heading into Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders (1-4),…
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Read on mcall.com →Jeremy Maclin forgot to request the football from the official after scoring his first career NFL touchdown on Sunday. He tossed the ball to the official and ran off the field. Nobody reminded the Eagles’ standout rookie wide receiver, either. “I don’t even know where they’re…
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Read on mcall.com →Crossing the goal line just seemed like too simple of a thing to do for Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field. The closest Kansas City Chiefs defender was 15 yards away when Jackson capped off a 64-yard scoring pass play from Kevin Kolb…
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Read on mcall.com →Coming on in relief of Donovan McNabb and actually starting are totally different in terms of pressure, in terms of being mentally and physically prepared. Eagles quarterback Kevin Kolb insists he was ready, but still experienced a mixture of the good, bad and ugly in Sunday’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb now has two backups who’ve played in multiple Pro Bowls. But it’s unknown how long McNabb, Michael Vick and Jeff Garcia, who was signed to a one-year deal on Monday, will be “Three’s Company.” For now, with Vick not eligible to return until Week 3 and with McNabb…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb only had two touchdown passes in the preseason, Brian Westbrook didn’t play at all, and all the starting offensive linemen never played a game together. On Thursday, just three days before the season opener against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., right…
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Read on mcall.com →Suspended Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was placed on the exempt/commissioner’s list on Saturday, a move that was not surprising since he’s not eligible to play until the third week of the regular season. It also would not be surprising if Vick is removed from the…
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Read on mcall.com →Michael Vick didn’t get the chance to prove if he still has breakaway speed. But for the first time in more than two years he got to experience what it’s like to be tackled as well as cheered, the latter coming just one minute, 11 seconds into play when he entered on second…
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Read on mcall.com →Michael Vick’s speed and flash are back. His arm strength also has looked good during practices at the Eagles’ NovaCare Complex. But can he still play quarterback in the NFL? Thursday night, we’ll begin to find the answer. That’s when Vick — wearing a No. 7 jersey and with what…
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Read on mcall.com →Eagles coach Andy Reid said on his WIP radio show Monday that Michael Vick will play in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field, marking the ex-Atlanta Falcons star’s first game since Dec. 31, 2006, when he played in a 24-17…
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Read on mcall.com →Shawn Andrews recalled sitting at his desk as a third-grader, beating on it as if it were a set of drums. “Making beats, getting in trouble, getting whippings, then football came along and that’s a passion,” the Eagles’ injured Pro Bowl right tackle said before practice Monday…
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Read on mcall.com →Kevin Kolb has not been forgotten. He’s still considered the Philadelphia Eagles second-string quarterback, even though Michael Vick is now here. Vick was signed while Kolb was sidelined with a medial collateral sprain in his left knee. The injury forced the third-year pro from…
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Read on mcall.com →The hard, attacking style of defense the Philadelphia Eagles pride themselves in playing backfired in the first half against Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning on Thursday night at Lucas Oil Field. One week after being sacked three times in six plays against the…
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Read on mcall.com →The list of breakdowns for the Philadelphia Eagles is long. In fact, it is so long it could stretch a good distance on Broad Street in South Philly. Frustrated and perhaps winded from a marathon preseason game, Philadelphia coach Andy Reid broke down the Eagles’ 23-15 loss to…
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Read on mcall.com →The offensive line woes may not end anytime soon. Shawn Andrews, the Eagles’ two-time Pro Bowl right tackle, has flown to California to have his back examined again by the doctor who performed surgery on it last Oct. 21, coach Andy Reid said on WIP radio on Monday. Andrews did…
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Read on mcall.com →For the 10 minutes that the Philadelphia Eagles allow photographers and cameramen to shoot during practices at the team’s NovaCare Complex, Michael Vick, the backup, has been zoomed in on more than Donovan McNabb, the undisputed starter. It’s been that way since Vick’s first…
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Read on mcall.com →Tom Brady engineered three first-half scoring drives and misfired on just five passes in 15 attempts against the Philadelphia Eagles’ defense in the preseason opener last Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field. But it cannot be overlooked that Brady only passed for 100 yards,…
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Read on mcall.com →Michael Vick practiced for the first time in two years, throwing a barrage of crisp passes, two of them 50-yard spirals to rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, during one-on-one drills at the Philadelphia Eagles’ NovaCare Complex on Saturday. Overall Vick, who was signed to a…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb lobbied for Michael Vick, and Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, team president Joe Banner and owner Jeffrey Lurie not only listened but acted on McNabb’s wish by opening their heart and wallet. But signing Vick is not about cost. It’s about McNabb — who enters…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb now has a backup quarterback with credentials that he believes gives the Philadelphia Eagles another big weapon in their offense. Never mind that animal rights groups might protest the shocking news, announced at halftime of the Eagles’ preseason opener against…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb now has a backup quarterback with credentials that he believes gives the Philadelphia Eagles another big weapon in their offense. Never mind that animal rights groups might protest the shocking news, announced at halftime of the Eagles’ preseason opener against…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s football team can now have the Goodman Campus practice fields back to itself. The Philadelphia Eagles ended training camp Wednesday and returned to South Philly, carrying back with them truckloads of equipment following a 17-day stay in Bethlehem. Unfortunately, the…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s three days and counting before Philadelphia Eagles rookie running back LeSean McCoy gets to try to juke and elude New England Patriots defenders with the same effectiveness he’s had against his teammates throughout training camp at Lehigh’s Goodman Campus. Never mind that…
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Read on mcall.com →A season of high expectations for the Philadelphia Eagles’ is not totally lost because of the rash of injuries in training camp which may have prevented total chemistry and consistency from being developed. It’s three days before the first preseason game and not three days…
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Read on mcall.com →A second Eagles player has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his left knee, another blow to the team during a training camp in which there have been season-ending injuries, a death and an arrest. Rookie tight end Cornelius Ingram, a fifth-round draft pick from the…
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Read on mcall.com →Watch out for wide receiver DeSean Jackson when he cuts to the inside or curls to the outside. Be even more alert when the game is on the line and the Eagles have to go deep and you’re a cornerback trying to cover the speedy Jackson one-on-one. Since his first practice at…
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Read on mcall.com →Linebacker Omar Gaither came to the defense of Jason Babin following the Philadelphia Eagles’ morning practice Thursday at Lehigh’s Goodman Campus. For the second straight day, Babin, a defensive end who was signed to a contract on Tuesday, tangled with an offensive lineman,…
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Read on mcall.com →The arrest of defensive end Juqua Parker hours earlier did not appear to dampen the mood of Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie as he made his annual state of the team address Wednesday morning at Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus. Lurie said it was “improper” to talk about…
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Read on mcall.com →Nothing has changed in the way Jeremy Maclin dashes into the heart of the secondary to make a spectacular catch-and-run. The Philadelphia Eagles’ first-round draft pick from the University of Missouri missed the first nine days of training camp while his contract was being…
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Read on mcall.com →The NFL penalizes teams for excessive celebrations after great plays or touchdowns. But Chuck Bednarik is not the NFL commissioner, so there is no restriction on having fun in training camp. That’s what Philadelphia Eagles’ fullback Leonard Weaver plans to do tonight at the…
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Read on mcall.com →Kevin Curtis refuses to become the forgotten wide receiver in the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense. He wants to return to the level he reached in 2007, his first season with the team, when he excelled with career highs in catches (77) and touchdowns (8). On Thursday at Lehigh…
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Read on mcall.com →The University of Florida won the national football championship last season and all tight end Cornelius Ingram could do was watch from the sidelines because of an injury. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during practice — on a noncontact play — before the…
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Read on mcall.com →Moise Fokou had a mean streak when he played linebacker at the University of Maryland. Nothing has changed now that he’s with the Philadelphia Eagles. Rookie running back LeSean McCoy from the University of Pittsburgh, an elusive open-field runner, found out just how feisty…
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Read on mcall.com →In the locker room after the Philadelphia Eagles lost the NFC championship game to the Arizona Cardinals in January, defensive coordinator Jim Johnson apologized to the Eagles owner for his defense not coming up with more stops. “Oh my God, Jim, I’ve got the best defensive…
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Read on mcall.com →It rained so hard Sunday that it seemed Eagles coach Andy Reid was going to have to take a boat to his first news conference of training camp at Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus. Then the sun came back out and Reid appeared. The coach, entering his 11th training camp, would…
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Read on mcall.com →Blitzbird isn’t going anywhere. Sean McDermott, who was introduced to the media as the Eagles’ new defensive coordinator in place of longtime mastermind Jim Johnson on Saturday at the NovaCare Complex, drew laughter when he spoke about the most advice he’s received from Johnson.…
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Read on mcall.com →A Philadelphia Eagles defense that ranked third in the NFL in yards allowed and fourth in points yielded in 2008 now has a new defensive coordinator. But he’s not a new face. Sean McDermott, 35, previously coached the Eagles’ secondary and linebacking corps and will now replace…
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Read on mcall.com →The Philadelphia Eagles fell one game shy of playing in the franchise’s third Super Bowl last season. That they even made it to the NFC Championship Game, following a 5-4-1 start that included a midseason benching of quarterback Donovan McNabb, was impressive. Though they lost…
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Read on mcall.com →Brian Westbrook recalled the one high school football game he wished he could play again. The Eagles running back also expressed envy over the Easton and Phillipsburg players who will get the chance to settle the score over their Thanksgiving Day game 16 years ago that ended in…
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Read on mcall.com →Donovan McNabb was rarely stopped when he passed or ran the ball and the Philadelphia Eagles defense roughed up a mistake-prone Dallas Cowboys offense Sunday afternoon in the home opener at Veterans Stadium. The crowd of 65,537 had roared long before kickoff and Dallas could not…
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