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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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