Donovan McNabb said it. Brian Dawkins said it. Year after year, decade after decade, NFL players land at training camp and make bold proclamations about winning a Super Bowl or bust. Of course, only one team will make good on such a declaration. But there was tight end Brent Celek, the Eagles’ newly crowned leader, saying it Thursday upon his and the rest of the veterans’ arrival at Lehigh University. “If I didn’t think we could win the Super Bowl I wouldn’t be standing here,” Celek said as he stood outside the dorms that house the Eagles during camp. “I would take my butt back home and sit on my couch because all this is for nothing. “We’re out here to win a ring, and 31 [other] teams
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Eagles veterans report to camp
Two big problems in Hank Baskett’s life since he last wore an Eagles uniform, both with the potential for locker-room fallout, or at least some really rough kidding: First there was the New Orleans’ Saints onside kick that bounced off Baskett in the Super Bowl, leading to a Saints recovery that fueled a 31-17 upset. The gaffe seemed not unrelated to the Indianapolis Colts’ subsequent decision to let Baskett walk in free agency. Second, and much more delicate, is the fact that Baskett’s wife, reality-show star and former Playmate Kendra Wilkinson, is featured in a sex tape, released last month, that reportedly was shot with a former boyfriend when she was 18. Wilkinson has called the …
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MIKE BELL CAN always watch the tape. Bell, the free-agent signee who just completed a sweltering week of OTAs, is a running back who won the Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints a little less than 4 months ago. The Saints shocked the Colts on Feb. 7. Three weeks later, Bell became a restricted free agent, and on March 17 he signed an offer sheet with the Eagles that New Orleans ultimately declined to match. Long time to reach the pinnacle, not much time to enjoy it. Now Bell comes to work every day at NovaCare, where, as Eagles fans don’t need to be reminded, there are no Lombardi trophies on display. This city - still hopeful of a Stanley Cup parade - is not basking in the afterglow of …
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Bell hopes to continue making Super Bowl memories
The New York/New Jersey winning 2014 Super Bowl bid won’t necessarily set a precedent for other outdoor, cold-weather sites hoping to play host to the sport’s premiere event in the future. Commissioner Roger Goodell stopped short of saying that yesterday’s vote would open the door for places such as Philadelphia, Chicago, Green Bay, Denver or Washington, D.C., that may have an eye on the game’s showcase event. “I think each game is going to be made on an individual basis,” Goodell said. “I do believe that New York is a unique market. I think the membership recognizes that.” That didn’t stop Redskins owner Daniel Snyder from lobbying for a possible Super Bowl in the nation’s capital …
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Super Bowl at Meadowlands won’t necessarily open the door for Philadelphia, Denver or other cities
At first, I thought Rick Reilly was joking - maybe trying out new material before appearing at Helium and other comedy clubs across the country. Nope. The ESPN.com columnist also does TV commentary for the World Wide Leader. His television pieces are generally a mix of tongue-in-cheek humor and schmaltz, though the latest offering was far more earnest. And absurd. If you haven’t heard, Reilly thinks you owe Donovan McNabb an apology. Funny stuff, right? That could have made a great bit for Reilly’s stand-up routine. Alas, he was serious. Reilly took umbrage with McNabb recently saying sorry to Philadelphia. (About a week ago, McNabb appeared on WPEN-FM (97.5) and apologized to the fans for …
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McNabb owed an apology? Here’s a sorry excuse
So the Eagles defensive backfield is the subject of much scrutiny. While the decision to not target even a single offensive lineman has drawn plenty of ire around the Philly talk radio circuit, I believe the decision to largely ignore the cornerback position will ultimately be more damning for the Eagles this season. Let me explain: I know they took Nate Allen early and Trevard Lindley later (4th round), but that is hardly an upgrade after losing Sheldon Brown (perhaps their most consistent cornerback). BTW, Sheldon totally got paid by Cleveland and congrats to him for restructuring his 3-year contract. Ok, back to the Eagles. Asante Samuel will be the number one guy again this year. Good, …
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Talkin’ Bout Secondary
If this is the way things go, Bears fans can expect numerous mea culpas from the myriad quarterbacks the team has trotted out over the years. Donovan McNabb apologized to the fans of Philadelphia for not winning a Super Bowl title for them. “I look back — the things that I set out that I wanted to accomplish and bring back to Philadelphia I wasn’t able to, and I apologize more than anything to the people of Philadelphia, not bringing that Super Bowl to them,” McNabb told Philadelphia radio station 97.5 The Fanatic. McNabb was traded to division rival Washington last month after 11 seasons with the Eagles, who drafted him third overall in 1999.
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McNabb apologizes for not winning Super Bowl
There seems to be a mixup here. The Eagles insist they are not rebuilding whenever you ask them, but Donovan McNabb says, “They’re rebuilding, and they’re going young. So I never knew 33 years old was old, but I guess I’m too old.” There really seems to be a mixup here. The Washington Redskins, after signing a bunch of older free agents and trading for a 33-year-old quarterback named McNabb, seem to be going for a super-quick turnaround but new coach Mike Shanahan says, “That’s completely false . . . It’s a rebuilding process.” We are now into the game of managing expectations. The Eagles really don’t get to play that one anymore, by the way. New quarterback Kevin Kolb is going to have to …
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Will McNabb be as super as Elway?
Donovan McNabb should be missed. He left Philadelphia as the Eagles’ all-time leader in virtually every passing statistic. He’s a six-time Pro Bowler and has the third-highest winning percentage of any active quarterback. He built a Hall of Fame career in Philadelphia. On any list of the city’s greatest professional athletes, he would appear near the top. Yet will he be missed? By many, many Eagles fans he will not be. The gleeful good-riddance-McNabb celebrations can be seen on every message board and heard on every radio talk show. There’s no way of telling whether the loudest fans speak for the majority, though my hunch is in many ways they do. McNabb’s great sin of omission for his …
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Philadelphia Eagles fans will miss Donovan McNabb
Donovan McNabb walked into his introductory press conference today with two Washington Redskins helmets at a table next to the podium and told a packed audience that “I’m a Redskin now.” If that sounded strange, so did this response when McNabb was asked what it’s going to be like for him walking into Lincoln Financial Field next season to play against the Eagles. “I don’t look at it any differently than playing the Giants or Dallas,” he said. McNabb had spent the first 11 years of his career with the Eagles, leading them to five NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl. But the Eagles never won that Super Bowl. He vowed to win one with the Redskins. “Through 11 years, I can’t say I …
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McNabb: ‘I’m a Redskin now’
In the end, after all the success, the records, the Super Bowl run, and, yes, those NFC championship game failures, this was probably the best thing for Donovan McNabb. It was time. For the Eagles. And particularly, for McNabb. The player who made the Eagles for the last 11 years is a Washington Redskin, traded on Easter Sunday to an NFC East rival just a short ride down I-95. Many fans, who have tired of the low throws and the untimely laughter, will rejoice in the move. Others, who appreciated the brilliance McNabb showed during his 92 career wins, nine in the playoffs, will mourn it. But it is over. The good and the bad. McNabb arrived here all those years ago, booed by a band of …
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Best move for all - including McNabb
The Donovan McNabb era in Philadelphia is over. But the city has not seen the last of the face of the Eagles franchise - not by a long shot. McNabb was traded to the division-rival Redskins for a second-round draft pick (37th overall) and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2011 that can become a third-rounder, the team announced Sunday night. “It just became evident that this was a good time,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said at a hastily called news conference at the NovaCare Complex. “This was the way we were going to go. The compensation was right, so we felt good about doing it.” Reid said two weeks ago at the NFL owners’ meetings in Orlando that the Eagles were “entertaining” offers for …
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