On the surface, they seem more dissimilar than alike. DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin are young, prolific wide receivers for the Eagles, but the similarities stop there. Jackson wears his rough Compton, Calif., upbringing in demeanor, lifestyle and appearance. He wears a flat-brimmed hat, a scruffy goatee and shiny jewelry that dangles from each earlobe. He walks and plays with the swagger and flamboyance of the Hollywood stars he grew up around. Maclin is a mild-mannered Midwesterner with quiet confidence. His tattoos are mostly hidden beneath his jersey. The St. Louis native has urban appeal, but doesn’t scream it from the mountaintop. Jackson is seen as the Eagles’ most explosive
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With DeSean Jackson out, it’s Jeremy Maclin’s time to shine
Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin suffered a contusion of his left shoulder in the second quarter of Friday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals and did not return. After the game, Eagles coach Andy Reid said that Maclin was “OK” and that X-rays were negative. Maclin suffered the injury when he caught a pass from quarterback Kevin Kolb on third and 4. Maclin made the grab short of the first-down marker and was met head on by Bengals cornerback Johnathan Joseph . Maclin stayed on his feet and suffered another blow, but dropped to his knees on the Cincinnati sideline. The second-year receiver left the game with three receptions for 18 yards, with his longest gain being 8
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Eagles’ Maclin shaken up against Bengals
DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin’s argument Tuesday could have been about many things, some that may not have been to the betterment of the Eagles. But the two starting wide receivers bickering over who had the stronger work ethic, as Eagles sources described the quarrel Wednesday, could be, in the long run, a good thing for the team. “It was nothing,” Maclin said after Wednesday morning’s practice. One member of the Eagles’ coaching staff said the dispute did not merit an intervention from coaches. Jackson and Maclin each have the reputation for being among the hardest workers on the team. Maclin transformed his body in an off-season strength-training program. Both were injured during
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Maclin-Jackson spat could help Eagles
Like coworkers, family members and world nations, NFL teammates quarrel all the time and still manage to peacefully coexist. But what happens when those teammates are starting receivers nearing the prime of their careers playing for an offense with multiple weapons in a league known for its diva-esque wideouts? Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson had an argument toward the end of Tuesday morning’s practice that carried over into an animated exchange as they walked off the practice field. “It’s training camp. There’s no bad vibe between us two,” Maclin said. “We talked something out, and that’s all it was. I don’t hate him. He doesn’t hate me. We’re still good. We’re still friends. There was a
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Eagles receivers try to keep the peace
Jeremy Maclin immediately thought the worst, and the worst for the Eagles wide receiver was a repeat of the knee injury he suffered as a freshman at Missouri. On Tuesday, Maclin’s left foot got caught in the ground when he was making a catch, and his leg bent backward. As he lay there in pain, teammates and the fans grew silent because they saw him clutching his knee. “Your initial thought is always the worst,” Maclin said. “Just because experiencing that before, I’ve already gone through that, so I don’t want to do it again. It almost felt like it did when I tore my [anterior cruciate ligament] my freshman year of college. Luckily, this time, I kind of caught myself before it actually
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Eagles’ Maclin still listed as day-to-day with bone bruise
Last year, Andy Reid couldn’t keep his overhauled offensive line intact to protect his quarterback. You name the injury, a guard, center or tackle sustained it. This year, Reid’s new quarterback will have to get acclimated to the offense without the team’s best sets of hands. Jeremy Maclin joined the walking-wounded list Wednesday afternoon when he left practice on a motorized cart. The second-year receiver sustained a hyperextended left knee during a non-contact scrimmage on a play in which he wasn’t Kevin Kolb’s intended target. The Eagles were already missing All-Pro wideout DeSean Jackson, another victim of a non-contact afternoon drill. Jackson strained his lower back Saturday and
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Add Maclin to wounded Eagles
Jeremy Maclin became the latest to join the Eagles’ injured caravan of carted-off players at training camp. The wide receiver’s knee injury, however, could keep him out longer than some of the team’s other casualties. The Eagles are saying Maclin hyperextended his knee when he caught a pass late in Tuesday’s light afternoon practice. A team source agreed that a three- to four-week stay on the sideline was likely. Maclin walked out of locker room after practice with a slight limp and was wearing a sleeve over his left leg. He said, “I should be all right.” “My leg got stuck in the ground, and the leg just kind of buckled under me,” Maclin said. He fell to the ground and was examined by team
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Maclin injures knee at practice
Not since the World Cup have so many athletes tumbled to the turf, clutching body parts, writhing in pain, to, thankfully, so little effect. Jeremy Maclin became the latest Eagle to suffer what initially looked like it could be a season-ending, or at least season-affecting, injury yesterday afternoon, only to appear later at the back door of the field house with a mild limp and a relieved look. “Hyperextended my knee a little bit,” he said, wearing a white compression stocking on his left leg. “Should be all right, though.” Maclin tumbled to the ground on what turned out to be the final snap of an abbreviated afternoon practice, with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in attendance. Eagles
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Eagles wideout Maclin latest to hitch ride on trainer’s cart, but should be OK
At the time, the 2009 draft-day trade that landed Jeremy Maclin in an Eagles uniform seemed curious. Sure, the projected top-10 pick had slid to the middle-bottom of the first round — great value for the draft position. But the Eagles had already addressed their annual wideout problem the year before when DeSean Jackson, a second-round pick, become a sensation by the end of his first professional game. Now, it’s hard to believe the Eagles could have made the playoffs last year without Maclin. He subbed almost immediately for an injured Kevin Curtis and seized control of the starting job. This year, with an entire season under his belt and without swimming mental laps though a strange and …
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Maclin looks to get better
For the first time since DeSean Jackson exploded out of the chute as a rookie, the Eagles will find out what their team is like without the greyhound-quick wide receiver. Because he has experienced post-concussion symptoms and perhaps because of the sharper focus on those types of injuries in the NFL, Jackson will not play tomorrow at Atlanta. Eagles coach Andy Reid said that his leading receiver “felt pretty good” yesterday, but that he had experienced headaches as late as Thursday. Jackson underwent testing yesterday, but the team had not received the results by the time Reid met with reporters. Still, the team’s medical staff had seen enough to keep Jackson, who hadn’t practiced all …
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Eagles’ Jackson out of Falcons game
For years, Eagles fans begged coach Andy Reid to give Donovan McNabb just one wide receiver good enough to get the franchise over its Super Bowl hump. Reid gave them Terrell Owens, but that relationship didn’t last. Now, it appears that Reid has delivered something they never imagined, something that only seemed to be solely for the fans of Arizona, Indianapolis and New England: two upper-echelon wide receivers. Jeremy Maclin’s 142-yard, two-touchdown effort against the Bucs on Sunday in his second start not only helped sink Tampa Bay 33-14, but also gave a potential glimpse into the future of the Eagles’ offense. The Cardinals have Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin; Tom Brady has Randy …
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McNabb gifted with dynamic WR duo
It was like one of those one-on-one drills they run countless times at training camp: wide receiver lines up opposite cornerback – may the best man win.On Sunday, on the Eagles’ second play from scrimmage, Jeremy Maclin won that real-time duel. The wide receiver claimed a few more face-offs, but it was his 51-yard touchdown reception that set the tone for his record-setting performance and the Eagles’ 33-14 stroll past Tampa Bay.In the first three games of the season, DeSean Jackson made the big play. All three of his touchdowns covered more than 60 yards. But on a day in which Jackson was held to just one reception, Maclin and quarterback Donovan McNabb hooked up for two long scores.He …
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Eagles Rewind: Eagles rookie Maclin coming of age
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