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2012 NFL Offseason: The Eagles Quarterbacks

Now that the Eagles coaching staff has been finalized, it’s time for the front office to sit down and discuss how this talented Philadelphia Eagles team finished the season 8-8.  While defensive coordinator Juan Castillo went through growing pains during his first season, he is not the biggest source of blame.
 
Coach Andy Reid always states [...]

Another Final 53-Man Roster Projection

With every team required to trim their rosters to 53 players later this afternoon, here’s my two-cents at how the Eagles final roster could look.
Quarterbacks: (3) Michael Vick, Vince Young, Mike Kafka
No surprises here.
Running Backs: (4) LeSean McCoy, Ronnie Brown, Dion Lewis, Owen Schmitt
Dion Lewis was head and shoulders above his competition for the third-string [...]

Haynesworth To New England, Bush To Miami, Burress Talking With Giants

Two of the big names that the Eagles were rumored to be interested in pursuing are now off of the market. The Washington Redskins have traded defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth to New England, and the New Orleans Saints are close to completing a deal that will send running back Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins.
The [...]

Jason Babin Returns To The Eagles, Signs Five-Year Deal

The Eagles have made their first significant move of the offseason, coming to terms with defensive end Jason Babin. The former first-round pick had been rumored to be interested in returning to the Eagles ever since the team hired his former defensive line coach, Jim Washburn earlier in the offseason.
Babin produced the best season of [...]

NFL Lockout Close To Ending, Rookie Wage Scale The Only Hold Up

The NFL Lockout seems close to being resolved. In recent weeks, the owners and players have been motivated by the potential loss of $200 million for every week of the preseason that is lost, and have finally begun to get serious about their negotiations, and significant progress has been made.
The only issue that needs to [...]

Now, McLane says Eagles are interested in Plaxico

For the past several weeks, numerous media outlets have been reporting that there is a mutual interest between the Philadelphia Eagles and the trigger happy Plaxico Burress. But, one guy threw some water on those reports and told us to trust him that all of these stories are leaking from Burress’ camp.
That was Jeff [...]

Eagles Had Wanted Asomugha A Few Years Ago, But Raiders Franchised Him

The Eagles have options when it comes to remedying their problems at the right cornerback position. They can fix it in the draft because there are a number of quality corners in the first and second round, whom they might be able to select.
If they go the draft route, they still may [...]

Rams are hot after Owens?

Sources tell Chris Mortensen of ESPN that the St. Louis Rams have intensified internal discussions regarding signing former Philadelphia Eagles WR Terrell Owens. Take this with a grain of salt because Mort is wrong constantly, yet no one holds him accountable.
If this is true, apparently Steve Spagnuolo and Pat Shurmur didn’t mind having him [...]

Westbrook to visit the Broncos

Adam Schefter is reporting that former Philadelphia Eagles RB Brian Westbrook is now heading to Denver to visit with the Broncos tomorrow. He was previously visiting the Washington Redskins but left sans a contract.

“Filed to ESPN: Fresh off visit with Redskins, former Eagles RB Brian Westbrook is now en route to Denver to visit [...]

Tony Hunt surfaces with the Giants

Remember former Philadelphia Eagles RB Tony Hunt? The Penn St. guy they took in the third round in 2007 and cut him after his second season? Yeah, that guy.

Hunt was out of football all of 2009, but it would seem that he may get another shot with the New York Giants [...]