It looks like the Birds found themselves a developmental QB prospect. Casey Hansen signed a 3 year contract yesterday. Now this article says Hansen will have a shot to compete for a job, but in reality unless somebody gets hurt or traded the QB situation is pretty much set in Philadelphia.

Donovan McNabb is obviously not going anywhere despite what Dan from The Landry Hat says. Kevin Kolb was a high draft pick who the Eagles love as the QB of the future, and A.J. Feeley is a solid veteran who knows the offense well.

Hansen does have some potential though, and could be a great candidate for the practice squad. I am not going to pretend that I watch a lot of Norfolk State games, but I am hearing some good things about this kid.

“We’re excited for him,” Norfolk State coach Pete Adrian said. “The hardest thing to do is go into camp and get a look. He’s got great size and a good arm.”

It is somewhat alarming that in 11 starts last year Hansen only threw 9 touchdowns and had 8 interceptions. Norfolk State must run the rock a lot.

An interesting article dubbed Hansen as ‘NSU’s Great White Hope’, for being a strong armed white QB at a prodominantly black college.  “Sometimes I feel a little awkward, but that’s just like a black player who went to an all-white school.”

We’ll see how he Hansen does in training camp.

>>After minicamp tryout, Hansen signs with Eagles (The Virginian-Pilot)

>>Is Casey Hansen NSU’spredominantly great white hope? (The Virginian-Pilot)

Rookie WR DeSean Jackson is one of the cover athletes for the video game NCAA 2009.

If you didn’t know this is the college version of EA Sports very popular game Madden Football. This year they actually have multiple cover athletes, and DeSean is on the PS2 cover.

As far as I know there is no NCAA cover curse. Larry Fitzgerald was on the cover of NCAA 2005, and he seems to be doing alright.

Congratulations to DJack!

Here is DeSean answering questions after mini camp practice>>

The Cincinnati Bungles have decided to threaten our sister site Stripe Hype with a law suit. Apparently the Bungles loser organization does not like that Stripe Hype was promoting their product with images of some players wearing the Bungles jersey and logos.

Dave, the lead blogger at Stripe Hype, is now contemplating quiting, and may even become a Browns fan. This is just not right that a billion dollar NFL Franchise would pick on a small frie blog for pictures.

Maybe this is just me, but shouldn’t the Bengals be concentrating on making some of their players happy, or maybe keeping half the team out of jail? No wonder Chad Johnson hates it there so much. They don’t do anything right.

Please help support Dave and all bloggers by  spreading the word. HYPE THIS UP!

I am glad to announce the launch of Inside the Iggles Games! Thanks to the king people at Sports Fly, ITI now has 3 really cool game for your enjoyment. You can easily get to them by clicking the games tab on the menu bar above.

The first game is College Football Trivia Bowl. It’s a cool trivia game where you try to score touchdowns by answering College Football Trivia questions correctly. Give a wrong answer and you get sacked!

The second game is 3 Point Shootout. This is a basketball game set up just like an NBA 3 point shooting contest. You get 1 point for each basket made, and 2 points if you hit the “money ball”. You also have to shoot fast, to make sure you beat the clock.

The last game ITI added is called The Streak. This is a fast paced true or false trivia game. You must answer each question quickly, and after enough right you move on to the next level. One wrong answer and the game is over. This game touches on all sports and really tests your knowledge.

Play them, tell a friend, and let give me some feedback? Do you like the games? Are there any other type of games you would like?

Fan-Sided kicked off it’s new forum about a month ago, and they are doing pretty well. So far there are 130 members, and a lot of football being talked about. If you want to join the discussion, you can check out the forums and sign up(it’s free).Here are some great lincs to check out:

• Pac Man does Dallas. (BANG! Cartoons)
• Samuel Dalembert goes Fro Hawk. (the 700 level)
• Marvin Harrison has some explaining to do. (Awful Announcing)
• Every one looks good at Mini Camp! (Poor Sports)
• Chad Johnson trade still not dead? (Eagles FanCast)
• ESPN On Eagles Mini Camp. (All Things Philadelphia Sports)
• More Mini Camp Madness! (Bleeding Green Nation)
• Video: Jordan dunks on Ewing. (NESW Sports)
• Andy Reid is having his own rebuilding project. (NFL)
• Sal Pal Rips into Terrible Owens. (ESPN)
• It’s the end of Sports News as we know it. (Ryan Parker Songs)
• A really good analysis of the Eagles ‘08 draft. (Sporting News)
• Your 2008 Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders! (PE.com)

In case you missed the 2008 NFL Draft, here are the videos of the Iggles’ top two picks being drafted.

Trevor Laws

DeSean Jackson

The new Eagles now have new numbers. Here are all the drafted rookies except Andy Studebaker. NFLShop could not fit his name on the jersey. Studebaker will wear number 53. Bryan Smith and Mike Gibson both are wearing number 63 for now. If they both make the team obviously one of them will change their number again.

Other Eagles new numbers: CB Kyle Arrington 42, RB Lorenzo Booker 25, FB Jed Collins 48, OT Franklin Dunbar 61, WR Terrell Golden 18, WR Frantz Hardy 16, WR Shaheer McBride 17, P Richmond McGee 3, and LB Justin Roland 54.

(Source: PhiladelphiaEagles.com)

I reported this morning that the Eagles had signed Adarius Bowman, but the report may be false. I got back home about an hour ago, checked PE.com(Eagles official site), and I see no mention of Bowman. I then see a comment by mike(thanks) that says Bowman did not sign. Pro Football Trash is saying that Adarius Bowman did not sign any contract, and the Eagles have no plans to sign him.

Right now this report of him being an Eagles looks to be premature, and i apologize for getting peoples hopes up. I read this report right off of KFFL.com which in the past has been an extremely credible site. I probably should have looked a little closer and then I would have seen that KFFL got this story from Josh Buchanan of NFLDraftBible.com.

I would give you a link to Josh’s actual story, but they either took it down, or it is one of the “inside scoops” that you have to pay 20-50 bucks just to read(do people actually pay 50 bucks to read information about College Football?) .

This seems to be one of those stories that might have started off as bad information from the start. If this becomes true then Josh Buchanan and his pay for everything site may actually be worth subscribing too, but if it’s wrong he will look like a giant douche.

I will post any new updates that I find out on the Bowman situation. I apologize in advanced if it is confirmed that he is not an Eagle.

UPDATE: Bowman Signing May Be Premature>> 

Eagles | Team signs Bowman
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:09:59 -0700

Josh Buchanan, of NFLDraftBible.com, reports the Philadelphia Eagles signed undrafted rookie free-agent WR Adarius Bowman (Oklahoma State) Wednesday, April 30. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Adarius Bowman was considered a possible 3rd round pick just a few months ago, but things have gone bad for him since then. At the combine he ran an awful 40 time, and just weeks before the draft Bowman was arrested for possession of marijuana. He went from a good looking WR prospect to being thrown off of every NFL draft board.

Bowman draws comparisons to Terrell Owens for his size, physical play, and run after the catch ability. It is usually a very tough task to make an NFL team as an undrafted rookie, but it does happen. You can bet that Greg Lewis, Hank Baskett, and Jason Avant do not like this signing.

I hope this news spreads fast, so all of the idiots on WIP(hosts and callers) can stop complaining about not getting a big WR. I hope 6′4″ 200 pounds is big enough. Knowing WIP, they will just complain that he is a “trouble maker”.

Here are some highlights of Adarius Bowman.