Eagles moves for Witherspoon, Trotter seem a little desperate
THE FIRST regular-season Eagles game I covered, the late Steve McNair led the host Tennessee Titans to a 27-24 comeback win, Sept. 8, 2002, but that isn’t the picture I see when I recall that game. What I see is Titans running back Eddie George catching a pass against Eagles middle linebacker Levon Kirkland, and cutting back. Watching Kirkland try to adjust was entertaining. His listed weight was 275, just as it had been years earlier when he was going to Pro Bowls with the Steelers, but Eagles teammates later speculated that “Big Daddy” went about 320 during his year with the Birds, which turned out to be his last in the NFL at age 33. Think ocean liner trying to reverse direction, or …
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Eagles moves for Witherspoon, Trotter seem a little desperate
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