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A long, strange week for the Eagles

September 17th, 2009

There have been crazy second-week-of-the-season shenanigans around these parts before. Injuries and shockingly awful opening day performances have forced the Eagles into all kinds of urgent roster moves and lineup shuffles.Marion Campbell benched Ron Jaworski in favor of rookie Randall Cunningham after a 21-0 loss to the Giants in 1985. A year later, Buddy Ryan reacted to an opening day blowout in Washington by changing starters at left tackle and running back. Then there was Ray Rhodes, who had to quell Ricky Watters’ “For who, for what?” outburst in 1995, then brought in a new, undercover offensive coordinator after a 38-0 season-opening loss in 1998.For all that, there may not have been …

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