DeSean Jackson is one of the best bargains in the NFL, and from the looks of things, he’s going to continue to be one for a while longer. The Eagles’ Pro Bowl wide receiver and punt returner wants a contract extension. He deserves a contract extension. To borrow a term popularized by his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, DeSean clearly has “outperformed” the 4-year, $3.47 million contract he signed with the Eagles 2 years ago when character, work ethic and size questions were responsible for him sliding to the Eagles in the middle of the second round of the 2008 draft. Since then, all he has done is establish himself as one of league’s top big-play threats. Last year, he caught 63 passes, averaged …
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Eagles’ DeSean Jackson deserves extension that he probably won’t receive
It’s been a few years since Chad Hall last played football, but the former Air Force Academy star running back and receiver showed enough skills in Monday’s “pro day” workout at the University of Utah that the Eagles signed him yesterday. Hall, 23, projects as a wideout/returner for the Birds, perhaps along the lines of Danny Amendola, the free agent they kept on their practice squad last season who eventually was signed away by the Rams. Amendola ended up returning kicks and punts for St. Louis, and also caught 43 passes for 326 yards. For the time being, though, as Hall counts down the remaining days in his 2-year service commitment, he said he’s working 10- to 12-hour days at Hill Air …
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Eagles sign Air Force’s Hall as wideout/returner
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. Brown, 29, has 177 catches for 2,574 yards and 17 touchdowns in his career, but only nine of those catches came last season as Brown was edged out of the Eagles lineup by rookie Jeremy Maclin and second-year pro DeSean Jackson. A product of the University of Georgia, Brown was a second-round pick of the Eagles (35th overall) in 2005 who quickly stepped into the …
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Bucs acquire WR Reggie Brown from Eagles
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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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
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