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Inside the Iggles  … [visit site to read more]

Roger Goodell is the type of person who would take a bunch of children into a candy store, allow them to peruse all the wonderful goods on display and then march them all out without letting them have anything. That’s my view of his character because, metaphorically, he’s done exactly that to the fans of American football throughout the world.

At the start of the recently resolved CBA negotiations, a lot of things were put on the table that were clearly there to be removed as part of a deal. At least, that’s how I see it now, but a year ago, when ideas were initially being mooted, some options really had me – and many other NFL fans in the UK and beyond – quietly enthusiastic.

For a long time, there has been much talk on this side of the Atlantic about a seventeen game regular season, with one game being deducted from the pre-season schedule. This plan would have allowed eight home games, eight away and one on a neutral field. These neutral fields – and we’d need sixteen of them for the 32 teams involved – could lead to four games a year at Wembley, England, four in Germany, four in Japan and four in Mexico (or Canada: you choose, I don’t care).

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The practice fields at Lehigh University are quiet now. The throngs of reporters and fans who came out to catch a glimpse of the new look Eagles have returned home to Philly, where the most hyped team in football is now gearing up for a nationally televised contest with the defending AFC champions. From now on, training camp will continue beneath the sealed dome of the NovaCare Complex, as coaches and players begin the dead serious final weeks of preparation for the 2011 season. Jobs will be won and lost. Leaders and stars will be born. And the finalized depth chart will be cast in stone, marking an end to the most turbulent and exciting offseason in NFL history.

A number of questions still lay unanswered. A much anticipated update on the health and status of Jeremy Maclin did not come today, despite dozens of reports to the contrary. Key players like Winston Justice, Trevor Laws and Mike Patterson are still rehabbing injuries and will once again sit for this week’s game. We still don’t know who will start at right tackle or free safety, and we don’t know if our newest offensive weapon will even see the field before November.

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