An Eagles spokesman did not respond to requests for comment last night as reports circulated that the Birds are hiring ex-Bills and Bears head coach Dick Jauron to coach their defensive backs. NFL.com, an arm of the league that rarely reports anything teams haven’t authorized, was among those saying Jauron would replace Brian Stewart. Stewart is the former Cowboys defensive coordinator who spent one season with the Eagles before recently becoming defensive coordinator at the University of Houston. Jauron, 59, crossed paths with Eagles coach Andy Reid on Mike Holmgren’s Green Bay staff in the 1990s.
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Reports: Eagles to hire Jauron as defensive backs coach
The Eagles have hired former Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron to coach their defensive backs, according to a report by NFL.com that broke late Tuesday night. Jauron replaces Brian Stewart, who coached defensive backs last season but left to become defensive coordinator at the University of Houston. Jauron was fired in November in the midst of his fourth season in Buffalo. He was also head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1999-2003 and has ties to Eagles coach Andy Reid. Jauron coached defensive backs in Green Bay from 1986-1994. Reid was the Packers’ quarterbacks coach from 1992-1994. Eagles sign punter The Eagles signed a punter Tuesday to either challenge the inconsistent Sav Rocca or …
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Ex-Buffalo head coach Jauron to join Eagles defensive staff
NFL.com reported last night that former Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears head coach Dick Jauron will join the Eagles as the defensive backs coach. Jauron, 59, will replace Brian Stewart, who left the Eagles to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Houston. In nine seasons as a head coach - 1999 to 2003 in Chicago and 2006 through nine games this season in Buffalo - Jauron had a record of 60-82. Jauron worked with Eagles coach Andy Reid from 1992 to ‘94 as assistants in Green Bay. The longtime NFL coach also served stints as a defensive coordinator in Jacksonville and Detroit. He finished the 2005 season as the Lions’ interim coach after Steve Mariucci was fired. Birds sign …
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Birds reportedly set to hire Jauron
IT DIDN’T seem like a very smart idea at the time, and it still doesn’t to a lot of people. But the Eagles have absolutely no regrets about the 2007 draft-day deal they made with the Cowboys. The Eagles had hoped University of Miami safety Brandon Meriweather would make it to them at No. 26 in the first round. But when Bill Belichick and the Patriots grabbed him with the 24th pick, the Eagles switched to Plan B. Which was trade down, get some extra picks, and take the hotshot quarterback out of the University of Houston, Kevin Kolb, early in the second round. The best offer they got came from a team in their own division, the Cowboys. Jerry Jones already had traded away his first-round …
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Jury still out on Eagles-Cowboys 2007 deal
THANKS TO DeSean Jackson, Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch’s name has been in the news lately. This is a good thing because there’s no such thing as too much “Crazy Legs.” Hirsch was a star wide receiver for the Rams in the 1950s when players were more likely to have cute nicknames than inflated egos. He was given his name while at the University of Wisconsin by sports writer Francis Powers, who said Hirsch ran like “a demented duck.” (Hirsch also played at the University of Michigan.) When asked about the unique tag, the good-hearted Hirsch often replied, “Any name is better than Elroy.” But he was more than a nickname. In 1951 with the Rams, Hirsch became the first NFL player to score eight …
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Eagles’ Jackson joinscompany in NFL
Brian Westbrook said his love of football ultimately kept him from retiring from the game despite two recent concussions. That passion, the Eagles running back added, persuaded him to continue playing despite the risk of further injury and possible repercussions. Westbrook, in fact, intends to play before this season is over. “That’s my hope - to get back out there and play,” he said yesterday. “I think all of the signs right now are aiming toward being able to play before the end of the season.” Westbrook, 30, returned to practice for the first time since suffering a concussion - his second in 20 days - at San Diego on Nov. 15. He was a limited participant and ran with the scout team, but …
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Practicing again, Westbrook wants to play
The day is May 4, 2003. Jason Avant remembers it clearly, as if it were yesterday, which make perfect sense. It’s the day his life either ended or began, depending on how you interpret his story. “Something happened to me that I could not believe,” the Eagles’ wide receiver said. If it hadn’t happened, if he hadn’t heard God speak to him, Avant is convinced he wouldn’t be at the Georgia Dome today. He’s certain that his life would have ended sooner or later; either literally by gunshot wounds or figuratively by a life sentence behind bars in some state penitentiary. Avant, who partied hard and schmoozed harder with drug lords and gang kingpins in Southside Chicago for much of his …
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For Eagles’ Jason Avant, one voice changed everything
The Eagles had sparse footage of Chris Redman to study throughout the week as they prepared for the Falcons. But the defense had someone on the inside to provide the skinny on Matt Ryan’s replacement. Back in 2000, when Marty Mornhinweg coached the Lions, he attended one of Redman’s workouts at the University of Louisville, where Redman set every school passing record and some NCAA ones, too. After watching the audition, Mornhinweg clearly believed that Redman, despite some nagging injuries, would find longevity in the NFL.
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Falcons backup Redman no lucky draw for Eagles
The Eagles had sparse footage of Chris Redman to study throughout the week as they prepared for the Falcons. But the defense had someone on the inside to provide the skinny on Matt Ryan’s replacement. In 2000, when Marty Mornhinweg coached the Lions, he attended one of Redman’s workouts at the University of Louisville, where Redman set every school passing record and some NCAA ones, too. After watching the audition, Mornhinweg clearly believed that Redman, despite some nagging injuries, would find longevity in the NFL. “He had one of the very best workouts,” Mornhinweg said. “He can really throw the football, and it looks good, too. He canback to throw with the best of them.” And so the …
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Eagles wary of Redman
The Eagles, for the second straight week, locked up an important piece of this season’s hunt for a playoff berth and Super Bowl title. But they’re also building for the future, placing a high price tag on reliability and dependability along with on-field production. One week after adding four years and $18 million to right tackle Winston Justice’s contract, the Eagles rewarded tight end Brent Celek with a six-year extension reportedly worth $32 million, with $11 million guaranteed. Celek, a third-year pro in his first full year as a starter, leads the team with 54 receptions and ranks second behind DeSean Jackson with 601 receiving yards and five touchdown catches. The Eagles might need a …
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Eagles lock up Celek
Brian Westbrook will spend today at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center visiting concussion specialists. After suffering his second concussion in 20 days in the third quarter of the Eagles’ loss at San Diego on Sunday, the team said yesterday that Westbrook would consult with neuropsychologist Mark R. Lovell and neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon. Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder said Lovell had been communicating with the team’s medical staff on the running back’s condition since he suffered the first concussion in an Oct. 26 game at Washington. Westbrook was knocked unconscious after taking a knee to the helmet from middle linebacker London Fletcher in that game and sat out the Eagles’ …
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Westbrook at center of concussion controversy
Brian Westbrook’s search for answers, as he begins to plot his course following a second concussion in as many games, begins today in Pittsburgh, where the Eagles’ franchise running back will consult with a pair of experts.The Eagles confirmed Westbrook will visit with Dr. Mark Lovell and then with his colleague, Dr. Joseph Maroon. Lovell has been involved in Westbrook’s treatment since he sustained his first concussion, Oct. 26 at Washington, the team said. Maroon apparently has not.Westbrook, 30, returned to the field Sunday for the first time since his initial injury and was concussed again on a helmet-to-helmet collision with Chargers safety Eric Weddle, after Westbrook caught a …
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Eagles’ Westbrook to visit two doctors to consult on concussions
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