Archive for August, 2008

The dreaded Sports Hernia has reared it’s ugly head again to the Eagles. Donovan McNabb, Sheldon Brown, and L.J. Smith have all suffered this injury, and now it has hit WR Kevin Curtis. Curtis got injured sometime during last weeks pre season game against the Carolina Panthers. He is expected to undergo surgery to repair the injury tomorrow morning, and should be out of action for a while. Andy Reid would not give a specific time table for his return, but typically this injury keeps players out of action 3-6 weeks. The regular season starts in two and a half [...]

Panthers WR Mushin Muhammad recently made a comment on SI.com, saying “Chicago is where receivers go to die”. While playing for the Bears may be rough, I think Moose forgot what is was like to cross the middle of the field in Brian Dawkins’ territory. Muhammad found out the consequences of this mistake in Thursday’s preseason match against the Eagles. It appeared that Moose caught a touchdown in the middle of the endzone, but Weapon X knocked the ball loose with a punishing hit. He then tried to stand up, only to drop back to the grass like someone had just assassinated [...]

An Electrifying Night: I can’t remember the last time an Eagles game was delayed due to lightning. I guess it is more likely to happen in August then during the regular season. The delay seemed to really hurt the Eagles. Before the rain, the Eagles were moving the ball pretty well, but were unable to score. After the break they looked to be in a funk. McNabb was suddenly making mistakes, WRs were dropping passes, and the offense was unable to do much overall.

Madden 2009 in in stores now, and is getting rave reviews. Each year the creators from EA improve the game, and add new features. Here is a video of what the game play is like. The graphics are just amazing. The funniest thing about the game, is that Brett Favre is on the cover in a Packers uniform.

Everybody at Fan-Sided blogs has worked hard to preview all 32 NFL teams upcoming season. I did the Eagles preview of course. Please check them out, and tell us what you think. NFL Previews> Thanks to Adam, Zach, and the great people at Yard Barker for making this happen.

Opening Drive Cause For Concern?: The Steelers took the field on the opening drive, and ran the ball down the Eagles throats. Actually runs to the outside seemed to really hurt the Eagles the most. With two undersized defensive ends,  I guess it makes sense to run the ball to the edges. Seeing that worried me some, and I wonder if this will be a problem all season. This might sound crazy, but maybe with Victor Abiamiri out, the Eagles should consider starting Darren Howard or maybe even Jerome McDougle at left end. Not that these two have great size, but both [...]

The Eagles have struck a deal with Super Star running back Brian Westbrook!> (PE.com) UPDATE!: John Clayton of ESPN, is reporting that this is an extension that runs until the year 2013. The extension will give Westbrook $24 Million in guaranteed money over the next 3 years(signing bonus and roster bonuses), and could potentially be worth $24 Million. The deal included a $13 Million signing bonus. Due to restrictions of the current CBA, the Eagles had to add years to his current contract, because they were limited by rule in how much money they could add without an extending the years. The way it is structured, Westbrook gets paid big [...]

Training Camp is winding down, Shawn Andrews has revealed what is going on, and the first pre season game is this Friday! Dawkins knows Andrews’ struggles (Burlington Times) Somebody pulled a gun on the Big Kid (Bleeding Green Nation) Eagles State of Mind Is All In (The 700 Level) Exclusive Shawn Andrews Intervention Video (Poor Sports) Eagles Fading in Red Zone? (View from the Bottom) Famous Cowboys Who Jerk Off For Men (Riggo’s Rag) Please Release Brett Favre (The Sports Hernia) New Bang Cartoon!: The Old Flame (BANG! Cartoons) Eagles new punt and kickoff returners (All Philadelphia Sports) Five More [...]