Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Marlin Jackson’s comeback from a second season-ending knee injury will continue in Philadelphia. The Indianapolis Colts’ 2005 first-round draft pick, who missed 21 regular-season games the past two years with knee injuries, signed a two-year contract with the Eagles on Wednesday reportedly worth $6 million

NORMALLY, TRACY Leinen arranges travel for the Eagles. Yesterday, she was trying to prevent it. Leinen, the Birds’ director of travel operations, was dispatched to chase down Marlin Jackson as the free-agent defensive back was walking out the NovaCare front door yesterday afternoon, headed for a planned visit with the Jets

The Eagles’ newest free safety is coming off a knee injury and will switch positions to accommodate their defensive scheme. Sounds a lot like last season’s experiment at free safety, and how did that work out? But the Eagles must believe that defensive back Marlin Jackson, he of the two knee surgeries in a 12-month span, can transition from cornerback to safety better than Sean Jones, last year’s free-agent acquisition who was also coming off a knee injury when he signed a one-year deal to compete for Brian Dawkins’ old job

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.

As a Seattle Seahawks fan, I try to be as objective and unbiased as possible, but this one simply has me giddy inside so please forgive me.

ON JAN. 26 of this year, in an upset of epic proportions, Chase Utley’s photo appeared on the back page of this newspaper the same day a story comparing Donovan McNabb and Brett Favre appeared inside.

As suitors for wide receiver Antonio Bryant began to gather Monday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took their first step toward replacing the dispatched playmaker. In their first move of the free-agency signing period, the Bucs traded a sixth-round draft pick in 2011 to the Philadelphia Eagles for former starting receiver Reggie Brown

The Eagles continue to make modest moves in free agency, improving their roster by re-signing valuable role players instead of doling out big money.