New center tries to adapt
A.Q. Shipley keeps hearing the same knocks against him — he’s not big enough for center, his short arms are liabilities and he doesn’t have the size needed to clash helmets each weekend with mammoth NFL defensive tackles. But he’s heard the criticisms since high school, so they aren’t a deterrent to his current mission. If rehabbing center Jamaal Jackson isn’t ready to start by the season opener, Shipley hopes he’s next in line. “That was a big part of the reason why I came here,” said the 6-foot-1 Shipley, a 2009 seventh-round pick who spent his rookie season on the Steelers’ practice squad before signing with the Eagles in January. “It was a misfortune for Jamaal that that happened. …
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New center tries to adapt
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