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Temple University’s football team used to practice this play designed to generate pressure up the middle where the defensive tackles would stunt outside and two linebackers would swarm the open gaps, creating a six-man front. If a ball carrier still made it past the front line, the Owls funneled a safety toward the middle as the “clean-up guy.” Problem is, too often the clean-up guy made a mess of things. “He would always go in the wrong gap, and the ball carrier would hit it up in there and get 5 or 6 yards,” Paul Williams, former Owls defensive backs coach, recalled. Then along come safety Jaiquawn Jarrett, the clean-up hitter Owls coaches so desperately needed to make the play worth
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Jarrett’s a big hit with Reid, Eagles
The NFL lockout doesn’t mean idle days at the Eagles offices, team president Joe Banner said Friday. If anything, executives have a heavier workload as they plan for all manner of scenarios for when and how league business may resume. “I’m full go and nothing that I would normally be doing at this point is any less. If anything, it’s a little more because you’re planning contingencies,” Banner said after speaking on a sports innovation panel at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “There’s no shortage of work right now for anybody.” Banner said he’s still engaged in planning for the draft and free agency, whenever it may arrive; marketing deals and other business
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Banner has Eagles personnel planning for every scenario
Last year’s experiment with Canadian Football League star running back Martell Mallett didn’t work out so well. But the Eagles are trying again anyway. The team on Friday announced the signing of Phillip Hunt, the CFL’s top pass rusher, to a three-year deal. Hunt racked up 19 sacks over the past two seasons for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, including a league-high 16 this season. The 6-foot-1, 248-pound Hunt can play outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme, but would play with his hand in the dirt for the Eagles, who employ a 4-3 defense. The Eagles have a number of defensive ends: Trent Cole, Brandon Graham, Darryl Tapp and Daniel Te’o-Nesheim, along with veteran Juqua Parker. But they’re always
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Eagles sign CFL star Hunt
The Eagles signed defensive end Phillip Hunt on Friday to a three-year contract, adding a pass rusher who led the Canadian Football League in sacks last season. Hunt, 25, had 16 sacks for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last season and had three in 2009. The CFL plays an 18-game season. He played at the University of Houston but was undrafted. Hunt worked out for the Eagles, Cleveland Browns, and New England Patriots in December. At 6 feet and 248 pounds, he fits the physical mold the Eagles look for in pass rushers. One of the most important goals for the Eagles in the off-season is boosting the pass rush, but no NFL players will be available until after a new collective bargaining agreement is
The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to sign Canadian Football League DE Phillip Hunt, a source told FOXSports.com. Barring a change in heart, Hunt will take a team physical over the 24 hours then sign a multi-year deal. Hunt (6-1, 248), who worked out for the Eagles, also worked out for the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. The Vikings and Texans showed the most interest in him other than the Eagles. The window to sign CFL players expires on Feb. 15. The CFL free agency period starts the next day. Hunt’s option on his contract would have picked up on Feb. 15. Hunt, who posted 19 sacks over the past two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers,
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The Eagles’ interview of Chicago Bears defensive-backs coach Jon Hoke would seem to be yet another indication that we are in the middle of a lengthy process here, as the Birds seek to replace fired defensive coordinator Sean McDermott. A source close to the situation has said the team plans to interview at least one coach from the Super Bowl staffs, who can’t be approached until after Sunday’s game. And the NFL Network reported that the Birds were turned down when they asked permission to speak with Miami Dolphins secondary coach Todd Bowles – a former Temple star – and when they asked to speak to Cincinnati Bengals secondary coach Kevin Coyle. As we contemplate which coaches from the
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Eagles interview Bears assistant for defensive coordinator job
New Orleans Saints secondary coach Dennis Allen will interview for the defensive coordinator openings in Denver on Friday and Philadelphia over the weekend, a league source said Thursday. Allen joined the Saints in 2006 as the assistant defensive line coach and spent the last three seasons as the team’s secondary coach. Allen began his NFL coaching career in 2002 with the Atlanta Falcons, with whom he tutored the secondary before being promoted to defensive assistant/quality control. Allen’s college coaching career included stints at Texas A&M (1996-99) as a graduate assistant and the University of Tulsa (2000-01) as the secondary coach.
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He was the other running back in this football game. The one who wasn’t leading the league in rushing. The one who wasn’t leading the league in yards from scrimmage. The one who didn’t come out of practice-squad nowhere. He is LeSean McCoy. He isn’t Arian Foster. And if the Houston Texans called the Eagles today and asked them if they’d have any interest in a straight-up trade after the season, coach Andy Reid and general manager Howie Long would need about a half-second to consider it and tell them thanks but no thanks. The Eagles’ second-year running back outplayed Foster last night in the Eagles’ 34-24 win over the Texans, just like he outplayed the Titans’ Chris Johnson and the Giants’
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Between the tackles: Eagles have found the real McCoy
It happened almost in passing, a short exchange at the end of a cozy conversation between two coaching buddies. Eagles coach Andy Reid and former Ravens coach Brian Billick sat down around mid-November 2009 to catch up. Reid and Billick go way back. They’re kindred spirits and like-minded offensive specialists. Both played college football at Brigham Young University and they’ve coached against each other in the NFL. As they were wrapping up their talk, Billick recalled recently, he harmlessly asked Reid about Michael Vick’s development. Looking back on Reid’s answer, almost a year later, Billick thinks Reid might have tipped his hand. Eagles coach Andy Reid and former Ravens coach Brian
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Andy Reid saw Michael Vick’s star potential
Surely, LeSean McCoy proved how tough he was last week playing with a fractured rib in the second half against Washington. The second-year pro is steadily shedding this season the “finesse back” reputation coming out of the University of Pittsburgh. Earlier, Eagles coach Andy Reid raved about his added strength in the offseason after he rushed for a career-high 120 yards and three touchdowns in Week 2 against Detroit. So, McCoy doesn’t need to enter any Tough Guy competitions to show just how rugged he is. Now, if McCoy plays this week against the 49ers with a cracked rib, he should be declared the Tough Guy champion. Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said Thursday McCoy is
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McCoy not ruled out against 49ers
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