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The guy who stood out the most in the Eagles-Bengals contest was Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham. He’s been coming on of late and making people take notice. He couldn’t get on the field for Jim Washburn, but now that the defensive line coach and Jason Babin are gone, Graham has been the Eagles best [...]
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On the day after another loss, Andy Reid surprised no one with his answer to the question about his starting quarterback going forward.
“I’m going to stick with Nick,” Reid said.
Michael Vick has been cleared to play, but Foles will be the starter the rest of the way.
“I’m going to look at how many guys I [...]
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Andy Reid has always said that you win and lose upfront in the NFL, meaning on the offensive and defensive lines. He thought he was improving his chances of winning a Super Bowl title by bringing in two highly regarded NFL line coaches, Howard Mudd and Jim Washburn, a year ago, but at this point [...]
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The Eagles defense got a break for most of the day because Lions quarterback Matt Stafford was missing wide open receivers. He was out of sync and it wasn’t because the Birds defense was playing so well. On one play Stafford missed wide receiver Nate Burleson, who had beaten him man on a crossing route. [...]
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The Eagles defense and their defensive line in particular did a great job of playing with intensity, but they’ve got to be more disciplined. You can’t constantly get roughing the passer and off sides penalties. Hopefully they don’t have to dial back the intensity, but you can’t win games against good teams while committing all [...]
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Tomorrow night’s game between the Eagles and New England Patriots will give us a good look at what’s happening in a number of areas on the defensive side of the Philadelphia football team. Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots offense will test the Eagles defense and help us find out how far Juan [...]
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It wasn’t exactly the way the Eagles defense wanted to debut by surrendering a long eight-plus minute drive to the Steelers that lead to a score. The Eagles first-string defense didn’t do anything to distinguish themselves last night. Their third down defense let them down by failing to get off of the field.
On the defensive [...]
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Former number one draft pick Brandon Graham has been especially active in these OTA’s. The third-year DE has grabbed my eye a number of times with his quickness and explosiveness off the ball during these workouts.
Quite a few times during the part of practice where the offense takes on the defense, Graham is getting off [...]
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The Eagles started their rookie workouts this weekend at the Nova Care Complex, so I got the chance to take a good look at the Birds first round pick, defensive tackle Fletcher Cox.
Cox gets off on the ball. His first step quickness jumps out at you. Defensive line coach Jim Washburn demands that out of [...]
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For the 2011 Eagles season, it was one filled with ups and downs, disappointment and excitement. The season featured much controversy as well as speculation regarding the job statuses off Andy Reid and first defensive coordinator Juan Castillo.
The Birds entered the season flying high with all the media attention focused all the new acquisitions made [...]
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