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Parkland backup defensive back Dan Castillo has been called nicknames that no football player wants to be called. “I get it all,” he said. “Tiny, midget, munchkin.” Well, he is only 5 feet, 5 inches tall. But he probably felt taller than the PPL building in Allentown after…
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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 →All the talk about his touches being limited, about him now being 30, about his numerous injuries and whether he can still be an effective running back has motivated Eagles running back Brian Westbrook. The way Westbrook knows how to end all that talk is by proving that he’s…
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Read on mcall.com →One addition, another subtraction. That’s what the Philadelphia Eagles did on Tuesday, marking the second time in a three-day span that they added and released a player. At least this time they cut and added at the same position — tight end. Today, when the Eagles practice at…
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Read on mcall.com →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 →The Eagles’ Quintin Demps is a free safety who’s now humbled more than ever. Being beaten out for the starting free safety job by rookie Macho Harris has done that. On Monday, following three off days, the Eagles returned to practice at their NovaCare Complex. Practice was…
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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 →Today is an anxious day for 19 Philadelphia Eagles players. That’s because the Eagles will join 31 other NFL teams in cutting their roster to the maximum 53 players by the 6 p.m. deadline. Who’s staying? Who’s going? On Friday, the Eagles began answering those questions when…
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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 →Coach Andy Reid announced on his WIP radio show on Monday that Michael Vick will play in the Eagles’ final preseason game Thursday against the New York Jets in the Meadowlands. But Vick will not start. Reid said that Kevin Kolb, the current No. 2 QB to Donovan McNabb, will start…
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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 — The Eagles’ first team offense had no rhythm in the first half against the Jacksonville Jaguars last Thursday. There were two lost fumbles, including one inside the 10-yard line that was returned 92 yards for a touchdown. The Eagles were not in the wildcat…
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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 →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 didn’t get the chance to prove if he still has it. But he made no mistakes in the six snaps that he played in the Eagles’ preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field. The same cannot be said for the Eagles first-team…
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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 →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 →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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