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His rap career is not necessarily put on hold, but Eagles right tackle Shawn Andrews is focused and determined to make an impact now on the football field. He did not practice for most of the preseason because of back problems, but the two-time Pro Bowl lineman is again healthy…
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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 →Tonight’s first half could be just as uneventful as last week’s for Michael Vick. But in the second half, Vick will be more than just a wildcat experiment in the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense for their final preseason game against the New York Jets tonight in the Meadowlands. He…
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Read on mcall.com →Quintin Demps is frustrated. Macho Harris is thrilled. Both will be given an opportunity to win the Eagles’ starting free safety position in the final preseason game at the New York Jets Thursday night in the Meadowlands. On Monday, following practice at the team’s NovaCare…
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Read on mcall.com →Passion to play for the Eagles burns deep in the heart of backup quarterback A.J. Feeley. But with three-time Pro Bowler Michael Vick now on the team and with Kevin Kolb coach Andy Reid’s designated No. 2 quarterback for now, Feeley’s second tenure with the Eagles appears to be…
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Read on mcall.com →There is no nightclub near the Eagles’ NovaCare Complex, but right tackle Shawn Andrews doesn’t need one to get his groove on. The practice field is good enough for Andrews, who had a back injury that prevented him from practicing during the 17-day training camp at Lehigh’s…
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Read on mcall.com →PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick is not the Eagles’ center of attention this week. The offense as a whole may get overshadowed this week by the intense battle between Omar Gaither and Joe Mays for the starting middle linebacker position. Mays, a second-year pro from North Dakota…
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Read on mcall.com →Running back LeSean McCoy has had one really good preseason game, which he followed up with just an average showing. Tonight, the rookie from Pittsburgh probably won’t start against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field since veteran Brian Westbrook is cleared to…
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Read on mcall.com →Jeremy Maclin has a short memory. It’s better that way for the Eagles’ No. 1 draft pick, who has fumbled in both preseason games and has yet to demonstrate his breakaway speed in a game. But Maclin’s confidence has not been shaken. He was too much of a playmaker at Missouri for…
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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 →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 →His defense has been exploited in back-to-back games by two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but Eagles first-year defensive coordinator Sean McDermott has not started to second-guess himself. All rookies need time to develop and that also includes rookie coaches. “I feel…
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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 →A state of panic has not emerged. Instead, the Philadelphia Eagles returned to the practice fields at their NovaCare Complex on Saturday eager to make amends for their sloppy play in a 23-15 preseason road loss to the Indianapolis Colts last Thursday night. And, before going out…
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Read on mcall.com →Shawn Andrews has an itch to play football and it’s intense. The Philadelphia Eagles right tackle, sidelined all summer because of a back injury, has no idea when he might return to action and is not allowed to discuss his degree of pain and discomfort. But he is working out in…
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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 →Linebacker Joe Mays has drawn attention to himself for all the right reasons ever since the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting middle linebacker spot became open, following Stewart Bradley’s season-ending knee injury on Aug. 2. There’s his confident, but not cocky, attitude. There’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Brian Westbrook has returned to practicing with the Philadelphia Eagles, but rookie LeSean McCoy will start with the first team offense in the Eagles’ preseason road game against the Indianapolis Colts Thursday night. A slap in the face to the Pro Bowl running back? Not even…
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Read on mcall.com →Wide receiver Brandon Gibson put on a slick open-field move. Stunned, cornerback Asante Samuel slipped and went down. His teammates laughed. Samuel fired back. It was verbal sparring in a jokingly manner, something the Pro Bowl cornerback has been doing a lot of this preseason.…
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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 →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 →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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