THIS MIGHT LOOK like the same situation the Eagles faced last year when the projected offensive line couldn’t get together for one single preseason snap. It isn’t. This is a bigger concern. Last season, before the season played out, the Eagles at least had hope that all would be fine once the starters got together for the season opener. They were counting on players with proven track records. Remember, before the season played out, guard Shawn Andrews was expected to return to Pro Bowl form. Left tackle Jason Peters, whom the Birds acquired for a first-round pick, was considered one of the best in the game. Tackle Stacy Andrews was a big-ticket free agent. Center Jamaal Jackson and guard
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For Eagles, troubles begin along offensive line
FOR A HEAVY guy with bad knees, it was a long walk under a scorching sun to watch a drill he almost never pays attention to. Yesterday, though, Andy Reid needed to see for himself. He lumbered about 150 yards to see if Jamaal Jackson’s left knee would hold up in one-on-one drills. It did. Jackson even absorbed the impact of a teammate landing on the side of his leg during that drill – the sort of ultimate test that no one plans for, but that, if it happens, provides the most definitive sort of evidence. Before and after that alarming incident, Jackson glided through his first real practice since he tore his ACL in the next-to-last game of the 2009 regular season. He is far ahead of
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Jamaal Jackson: ‘Today was a huge step’
Within a couple of days of each other, the right ankles of possibly the most important linemen on either side of the ball collapsed under their considerable loads. Pro Bowl defensive end Trent Cole was carted from the field during Friday’s preseason game at Kansas City. Standout guard/tackle Todd Herremans left Sunday’s workout. Yesterday, neither lineman so much as limped. Neither was slated to play Thursday in the preseason finale at home against the Jets, since starters won’t play. Both expect to be ready for the season’s start Sept. 12, when the Packers visit. Cole’s injury, suffered while trying to shed a block and make a tackle, was the scarier – both to onlookers and to him. “When I
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Eagles’ Trent Cole, Herremans shaking off ankle injuries
Andy Reid hardly ever strays from the main practice field at the NovaCare Complex. So when the Eagles’ coach waddled over to an adjoining field Monday to watch one-on-one drills between his offensive and defensive lines, there could be just one reason. Reid wanted to see if Jamaal Jackson, in his first full practice back as the starting center, and his surgically repaired left knee could withstand live hitting from flesh-and-bone defensive tackles. After Jackson took on a few bull-rush moves from Antonio Dixon and Mike Patterson – and survived when a lineman fell onto his braced knee – Reid walked away seemingly pleased. “Today was a huge step for me,” said Jackson, who walked off the
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For Eagles’ Jamaal Jackson, it’s all about regaining his form
In Kevin Kolb’s two starts under center last season, Eagles tight end Brent Celek caught 12 passes for 208 yards and a touchdown. Because of Celek’s production with Kolb, there was an assumption heading into this season that he would benefit most from the quarterback’s promotion. But it hasn’t been that way through the first three preseason games. In the starters’ six quarters of play, Celek has just four catches for 51 yards. Kolb has targeted him just eight times compared with 17 and 10 for wide receivers Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson, who each left a game early because of injuries. “It’s not like I’m in panic mode or anything,” Celek said Monday. “Honestly, I really don’t care about
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Celek doesn’t seem to be Kolb’s favorite target
Stacy Andrews took his customary place at right guard Monday afternoon in practice. For a minute, speculation about his job security seemed moot. A few snaps later, Andrews was on the sideline, subbed out for Nick Cole. Let the right guard controversy begin because, for the second straight day, Cole took snaps away from Andrews. For an organization that emphasizes continuity on the offensive line, the decision to juggle Andrews and Cole on the first team about two weeks before the season opener is another sign that the line isn’t set. “I don’t know what the plans are on that,” Andrews said before practice, when asked about a rotation scenario, “but if that’s the route we’ve got to go for
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Andrews-Cole shuffle means line isn’t set
Trent Cole painted an optimistic picture of his availability for the Eagles’ Sept. 12 season opener against the Green Bay Packers despite suffering what looked like a major ankle injury Friday night in Kansas City, Mo. “I’m all right,” said the defensive end, who won’t play in Thursday’s preseason game vs. the New York Jets. He has about two weeks to get ready for the opener. Cole didn’t practice Monday and will continue to rehabilitate the injury. The two-time Pro Bowl player said his ankle “folded in” while he was trying to make a tackle, which left him in blinding pain. On the next snap, Cole said he could barely get crouched into the three-point stance. “It hurt so bad, my whole body
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Trent Cole on injury: ‘I’m all right’
AND THE WINNER of the NFC East is . . . . . . no one. Based on the exhibition season, and especially the all-important/dress rehearsal/second-to-last game of the exhibition season, the Eagles’ first offense is hardly alone in its struggles. The Cowboys, Giants, Redskins – all of them look feeble, too. It is why August in the NFL is a terrible month to fall in love, or out of love. It is why the assessments you make about a team in the springtime, and especially after you see the schedule, really tend to be more valid than the ideas that leap into your head when you’re watching another unblocked linebacker take aim at your quarterback’s head. Because, yes, the Eagles’ first offense has
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Eagles & NFC East foes: Don’t be fooled by their offenses’ preseason stats
The Eagles traded sixth round draft pick Charles Scott to the Cardinals for cornerback Jorrick Calvin, who was taken one spot later in April’s draft. Calvin, 5-foot-11, 184 pounds, had 76 tackles, two interceptions and nine pass break ups for Troy as a junior in 2008. He missed his senior season because he was academically ineligible. Calvin and Scott were both seen as firmly on the roster bubbles with the Cardinals and Eagles. “This guy has return ability … and you’re always looking for corners,” said Eagles general manager Howie Roseman. “It’s a hard to find position. We felt like it was an opportunity to bring a guy in and see what he has .” The Cardinals also needed a fullback after
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Eagles trade Charles Scott to Cardinals for CB Jorrick Calvin
The Arizona Cardinals traded cornerback Jorrick Calvin, their sixth-round pick last April, to the Philadelphia Eagles for fullback Charles Scott, also a sixth round pick. In fact, Scott was the 200th pick in the draft and Calvin was 201st. The Cardinals were in need of a fullback after starter Jeremiah Broughton suffered a torn ACL in his left knee against the Chicago Bears last Saturday. Scott, who played at LSU, will compete with Reagan Maui’a for the starting job. Calvin likely was not going to make the Cardinals 53-man roster. Marshay Green, an undrafted rookie from Mississippi, had passed him on the depth chart at both cornerback and punt returner.
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Arizona Cardinals trade for fullback from Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles swapped 2010 sixth-round draft picks with the Arizona Cardinals today. The Eagles sent fullback Charles Scott to the Arizona Cardinals for cornerback Jorrick Calvin. A sixth-round draft choice of the Cardinals in 2010, the 5-foot-11, 184-pound Calvin transferred to Troy University in Alabama in 2008 after spending two seasons at East Central Community College. He started 12 of 13 games at cornerback that season, totaling 76 tackles and a pair of interceptions, with nine pass break-ups, a forced fumble, and a pair of fumble recoveries.
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Eagles trade RB Charles Scott to Arizona for rookie corner
HARD TO SORT through to what seemed most important yesterday, when the Eagles took the practice field for the first time following Friday night’s ragged, 20-17 preseason victory in Kansas City. You had left guard Todd Herremans limping off early. Huge red flag, but then it turned out Herremans had just mildly sprained his right ankle, hadn’t experienced any problems with his repaired left foot, which he tested Friday for the first time in the preseason. Big deal? Could further complicate getting Todd sharp and ready for the Sept. 12 opener. Or not. You had wideout DeSean Jackson and defensive end Trent Cole sitting out practice, but the Eagles are downplaying their respective injuries from
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Jamaal Jackson could go into opener cold
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