Nearly 100 of them were out there, yelling, carrying signs. More people protested against Michael Vick on the night when he was one of 32 NFL players receiving an Ed Block Courage Award than at any single event during his season with the Eagles. Almost all of the signs were printable. Vick’s Sick Not Courageous Shame on the Eagles! Michael Vick has no courage! Electrifying Dogs Drowning Dogs Dog Fighting Since when is this courage? You get the idea. The lesson is that this is not over. Even after a season with the Eagles, after all the emotions the town experienced at the time of his signing, after everybody got used to seeing him play, after the season wore on and he ended up doing a …
See original here:
Not everyone is ready to forgive Eagles’ Vick
He has lost millions. He has been out of federal custody only since July and is still seeking some semblance of redemption. One would think the last thing Michael Vick would do is tarnish his image any more than he already has. But then that would be assuming that the Eagles’ reserve quarterback gave a shred of thought to what he was doing during a trip to Atlanta over the weekend. How Vick is clueless to this reality after all he has been through is beyond comprehension. The same guy who begged for a second chance from everyone from the National Football League to any dog-loving American decided to revert to his clueless ways in a different variety this time around. The “Gangsta Grillz” …
See the original post here:
Michael Vick clueless again
BY EARLY YESTERDAY evening, the cell phone voice mailbox for Carl Carey was full. This detail undoubtedly was the only thing that kept Carey from returning a message from the Daily News, and telling Eagles Nation what’s up between the Birds and the agent’s only client, Julius Peppers. NFL free agency begins at midnight tonight. Peppers, the Carolina defensive end with 81 sacks in eight seasons, is the biggest name available, and he plays a position the Eagles surely are looking to upgrade, the spot opposite Trent Cole. The Birds have shown in the past - Asante Samuel, Jevon Kearse - that they are willing to match the demands of the top player on the market, if they think that player offers …
Here is the original:
Peppers, Sproles among free agents who could help Eagles
Various reports have said the Eagles have to pay Michael Vick’s $1.5 million roster bonus Friday, the day free agency starts. Actually, the Birds say the date is March 10, the fifth day of the league year. Most likely, nobody is going to give up anything for Vick until the Eagles pay that money; otherwise, Vick becomes a free agent and can be signed by anyone. In a recent Atlanta radio appearance, Vick said his preference would be to join the Carolina Panthers, who have not been among the teams most frequently linked to him, whatever that means. “Well, you know, it’s close to home. I like the uniforms. You get to play against Atlanta twice a year. Ain’t nothing better than playing against …
See original here:
Eagles QB Vick likes those Carolina uniforms
Some splashes are bigger than others. For the team that signs Julius Peppers, it would be a cannonball-sized plunge into the NFL free agent waters and one that could leave all competitors soaked. The Eagles have made such a splash before (see: Jevon Kearse, 2004). And there’s no reason to believe they won’t at least dip their toe into the sweepstakes for the Carolina defensive end. Peppers, for one, is hoping the Eagles are a suitor. According to a league source, the former all-pro defensive end, who will become a free agent Friday, has the “Eagles on his short list of teams.” Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean the Eagles have targeted Peppers with a new league year - and, most …
Original post:
Julius Peppers might be Eagles’ target
Episcopal Academy product Greg Isdaner’s stay with his hometown team was short-lived.The Eagles released Isdaner, a guard, and cornerback Stoney Woodson from the practice squad yesterday and signed former Penn State offensive lineman Gerald Cadogan to the practice squad.Isdaner, 23, who played at West Virginia, was signed to the practice squad Nov. 25. He had signed with Dallas as an undrafted free agent and was cut in the preseason. Before joining the Eagles, he had been doing some assistant-coaching at Episcopal.Cadogan was a 2-year starter at left tackle for the Nittany Lions before signing with the Carolina Panthers as a rookie free agent this year. After being released by the Panthers …
Original post:
Eagles release Isdaner, sign Cadogan to practice squad
THE LIST OF things the Carolina Panthers weren’t prepared to do in last Sunday’s opener - along with taking care of that slippery ball, and tackling DeSean Jackson - included figuring out the game of “Where’s Waldo?” that new Eagles defensive coordinator Sean McDermott was playing with Trent Cole. “You game plan and you scheme to the strengths of your tools, of your players,” said McDermott, who knows he will have to do some things differently this week against the deadly three-step drops of Drew Brees and his New Orleans Saints. “People try and find him and isolate on him. I don’t want teams to be able to pick their spots and know where Trent was going to be.” Most egregiously, the …
Read more from the original source:
Eagles’ Cole faces more difficult test this week vs. Saints
The assumptions of September about an NFL team, particularly early in September, are always dangerous if taken too seriously. Coming out of the Eagles’ opener against Carolina, there are things that seem apparent, things still to be determined, and things totally unknown. But if the game against the Panthers really served as an indicator of the season to come, you would assume that the defense is going to be consistently dominating this season, that Winston Justice is going to be a worthy replacement for Shawn Andrews at right offensive tackle, that Brian Westbrook will average a steady 5 yards per carry, and that Donovan McNabb will get hurt. So far, only one of those assumptions is …
Read the original here:
Eagles played one game, not a season
One day after he shut down Shawn Andrews for the season, Eagles coach Andy Reid wasn’t closing the door on the tackle’s future with the Eagles or his future in the sport.Asked if Andrews’ back injury was career-threatening, Reid answered yesterday, “I wouldn’t say that at all.”The Eagles placed Andrews on injured reserve Tuesday after a roller-coaster preseason that saw the tackle go from nearly invisible to making bold proclamations about his return to suddenly reinjuring his back three days before the opener.Despite what team sources have described as an exasperating situation for the coach, Reid said that placing his right tackle on IR wasn’t symbolically giving the team …
Read the original:
Reid doesn’t rule out return by Andrews
THE COMPLETE picture isn’t important right now.There is more to the story of why the Eagles placed wayward offensive tackle Shawn Andrews on injured reserve, ending his season before he played one play from scrimmage.The fact that the Birds shut down a former Pro Bowl offensive lineman one game into the season over a confusing back issue screams that there is more to this story than we’re being told.Why now, after dealing with all of the migraines Andrews put this team through over the last year?It doesn’t matter. The full story will come out sooner or later.What matters is that the Eagles finally acknowledged they made a colossal blunder by putting so much hope in a player they knew was …
Read the rest here:
Reid between the lines: Enough was enough for Eagles with Shawn Andrews
Donovan McNabb’s prognosis for Sunday and beyond depends upon which of his 12 ribs he fractured during the Eagles’ season-opening win over the Carolina Panthers. “It really depends on the location,” said Art Bartolozzi, an orthopedic surgeon from Pennsylvania Hospital and the former team physician for the Eagles and Flyers. “If it’s one of the bottom two, they are floating ribs, and they don’t connect to the front chest cage.” Coach Andy Reid said at his news conference yesterday that McNabb was not at risk of puncturing a lung, which is an indication that it could be one of the lower ribs that is fractured. Bartolozzi said there was no risk of puncturing the lung if the quarterback …
Here is the original post:
McNabb’s status depends on which rib he broke
If you don’t like the Eagles’ roster this season, all you have to do is wait a day and it’s bound to change.And so it did a couple of times yesterday.After the Eagles put offensive tackle Shawn Andrews on the injured reserve list to create room on the roster for quarterback Jeff Garcia in the morning, they followed up in the afternoon by releasing receiver Hank Baskett. The second decision cleared roster space for quarterback Michael Vick, who was activated from the exempt list.Baskett’s release came after the Eagles couldn’t trade him Monday night. The veteran receiver said, “I’m not speaking about it,” when he was reached by phone.By being removed from the exempt list, Vick can fully …
Read the rest here:
Eagles release Baskett, activate Vick
Recent Comments