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Bacon, Eggs and Eagles – Fixing Tebow, Mathis Missing?

By Anthony DiBona

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Everyone and their mother now knows that the Philadelphia Eagles have signed quarterback Tim Tebow. For a player that doesn’t even have a guaranteed roster spot, he sure does create a ton of controversy. Now that it’s “Tebow Time” in Philadelphia, everything else has apparently fell on to the back burner. But there are plenty more stories surrounding the Eagles including some notable veterans missing the beginning of voluntary team activities, tight end Zach Ertz vigorously working on his blocking and much more.

The book on Tim Tebow, from the guru who tried to fix him – Bruce Feldman of FOXSports.com

"“Everybody’s afraid of Tim,” House told me back then. “There’s too much stuff that comes with Tim. When he showed up here, he was 10,000 reps behind any other NFL quarterback. He’d never been given a tool kit on how to fix [his mechanics]. With good intentions, he wasn’t getting any help. Everybody pulls for him, but good intentions with bad information is just as bad as no information at all.”For the first month of training sessions, Tebow asked House not to allow people into the stadium because the former college star didn’t want anyone to know he was there.House didn’t bother to look at Tebow’s old film. “I don’t look at bad film,” he said. “We work with what our statistical model has validated, and then we work from there. It’s what we’re supposed to be dealing with right now. We know for a fact that he had premature rotation issues on the front side, and his back foot came off the ground too soon, but that shows up when he’s throwing. You don’t have to look at it on film.”"

Evan Mathis skips offseason workouts – Phil Sheridan of ESPN.com

"Philadelphia Eagles left guard Evan Mathis is not taking part in voluntary offseason workouts, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. That’s worth noting, as those workouts begin Monday, but it won’t really become an issue until training camp.It’s better for team-building to have everyone involved, but the 33-year-old Mathis is probably better off preparing at his own pace than keeping up with Chip Kelly’s tempo."

Zach Ertz enlists NFL greats as mentors – Jeff McLane of Philly.com

"Ertz did his homework and was told that retired offensive line coach Hudson Houck still trained players. So he called Houck, who mentored Hall of Famers Anthony Munoz and Bruce Matthews at Southern Cal and coached the great Cowboys lines of the 1990s, out of the blue. Soon after, they spent two weeks together in San Diego working on blocking.Ertz said his offseason focus on blocking was relayed to Eagles coach Chip Kelly. The third-year tight end, who will join the majority of the Eagles at the NovaCare Complex Monday when voluntary spring workouts begin, said that he’s eager to gauge his progress but that he isn’t taking anything for granted."

Mosher’s 2015 Eagles mock draft 2.0 – Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com

"Kelly wants to pound the run and needs to protect either injury-prone quarterback Sam Bradford or a rookie from this draft. Fisher’s familiarity with the offensive scheme and versatility helps Kelly for the present and future. Fisher can start right away at guard, replacing Todd Herremans, and move to right tackle when Lane Johnson eventually flips from right tackle to left."

Oregon coach Mark Helfrich: ‘Chip Kelly is not insane’ – Staff of CSNPhilly.com

"As for those who would question his former boss’ sanity, Helfrich had a quick retort.“I think it’s unfortunate I’ve had to answer this question more than once: Chip Kelly is not insane,” he laughed. “He’s got a plan. He’s got a method.”"

Tebowmania has officially hit Philadelphia. Yet there was only one thing missing to make it truly official and that was a pretzel, duh. Well here it is, a “Tebowing” pretzel thanks to the Philly Pretzel Factory…isn’t it everything you dreamed of and more?

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