A source tells Reuben Frank of CSNPhilly.com that the Philadelphia Eagles have brought Derrick Burgess back into the fold to replace rookie Brandon Graham, who was placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL.
Burgess was originally a third-round pick of the Eagles back in 2001, but was rarely healthy enough to contribute. He started to play well at the end of the 2004 Super Bowl run, but the Eagles didn’t bring him back because the Raiders gave him a ton of money.
He was exceptional at the start of his Raiders career and has since bounced around with the New England Patriots. However, the 32-year old hasn’t played a down all year. He was once a very, very good pass rusher, so we’ll see if he has anything left.
i like it
that was unexpected…hope he has something left
trotter experiment 2.0
Yessssss Sirrrrr! This was the same guy who gave mike Vick hell in the playoffs some years back!!! When he was a beast!!!! A good veteran player who can contribute late in the season…… He knows how to cut the field off!!! I think he’ll be good……. Juqua Parker is the same age!!! Cant judge age with DE…… Knows the system…… He has to be in somewhat decent shape if the Eagles picked him up! What a great move!!!!
He’s only 32 years old….. He was in a 3-4 defense with the patriots……. He was a beast with oakland….. He has to have something left in the tank……. If we resigned Javon Kearse….. I’ll be a bit pissed though LMAO! Why not pick him up……..
He’s back in the 4-3 defense……. We shall see what he can do……..????????
Hasn’t played a game since the Preseason and will take a good 3-4 weeks to get his Football Legs back, Knows the Eagles System which is good and will probably be good for 8-10 snaps a game at most. The onus is going to be on D Tapp who will now split snaps with J Parker and will need to step up.. Would have preferred to bring Pannel Egboh back who played and was on Eagle Practice squad for a part of the Season..
D-burg back..i’ll take it. Fresh legs and knows the system. Gimme a sack on She-lied Sunday…forced fumble….SUMFIN!!!
Cliff Lee is a Phill.
Fat Joe returns too the Terror Squad.
Asante returning is huge….i think it really helped Patt and Jose in there confidence for the rest of the way.
Anyone else look at the Giants last night…scout?unimpressed….Vikes are pathetic.Smith hurt.Manningham hurt.There rungameis nice but get after it and force She-lied into a pick.Enter Sante.
I wouldn’t hold your breath on Burgess. There’s a reason he hasn’t played a down in the NFL this year.
Can’t hurt.
What ever happened to Darren Howard.. Is he still on the streets or did someone pick him up this season..
Hopefully the guy has something left in the tank, but I would have preferred them bring Pannel Egbo back…that guy is younger, bigger and it looked like he might have been able to defend against the run. Juqua Parker can probably play the QB rushing role well enough to take a chance on someone like Pannel Egbo.
who cares about howard lol, burgess always solid with that potential to be good. he has had his moments and im happy we brought him back, good fit.
erock – ur right, this game will be a slug fest, but we will outlast them they simply cant keep up.
we score too many points, and can stop opposing offenses more than their defenses can stop us.
that bears game was a fluke, cutlers best day, terrible field, fluke. not worried bout that one at all.
winning out to get the 2 seed. we dominated ATL with kolb, ill take vick and co. in a dome anyday.
or…if ATL loses, we host the saints. sorry got ahead a little bit im just feeling super thats all…
Realness recognizes realness.
Dismantle there defense we shall.
Its simple math we cant lose. 0 + 0=0. Brandon Graham gave us nothing so if Burgess gives us nothing we lose nothing!. The only thing that can happen is something good.
i like burgess i agree with u jrock
he should have enough left for us he doesnt have to play every down just pass rushing downs
exactly dag
i think this is an upgrade
I honestly feel this is the superbowl this sunday. If the Eagles win on Sunday they will win out. The Saints have to travel to Baltimore and Atlanta and will split one of them 2. The Eagles will get 2nd seed, a bye and stay home. Then probably have to go to Atlanta for NFC championship game or at worst host it. Eithier of those scenarios I love. We dont have to go to Pitts, we dont have to go to NE or Baltimore. Its the NFC. We lose and the odds of going to SB are very very difficult. All they have to do is beat NY.
PW. AR should be kissing Vicks a$$. Because Vick has covered up AR 1st round pick who he went up to # 13 to get who has given this team nothing. This is unprecedented. Any other year Graham would be getting bashed. His 2nd round pick isnt much better. But Vick has taken all the focus off of this. It will be revisited down the road.
You guys have been way too hard on Graham.. I thought he played ok and obvously he has a lot to learn and improve his techniques,stamina, and strength but it’s not like he was not playing like a dog and just not getting it… He was playing hard and fast and I think he will end up as a pretty good player, not a Pro-Bowl player mind you, but a good rotational type of player which seems to gfit the mold better for the Eagles D
The Eagles and Giants is for all the marbles,
If you remember my keys to winning the 1st battle, was to stop the run plays to the Giants Right Side of line which should remain the strategy, they will try to run beind McKenzie/Snee but with Center O Hara back, and LT Diehl, they will most likely attemtp to run it all over the place..
Should be a great game and whoever wins the Turnover battle and limits the Negative plays will most likely win.. Also put some pressure on their Punter who has been very shaky
jroc, calm down brother. Please do not refer to what he did back in 2004. And Juqua Parker has been playing all year. Just because their both 32 means squat.
“He has to be in somewhat decent shape if the Eagles picked him up!”
Really? We also picked up J. Trotter. And to say if we picked him up he must be in decent shape is a stretch. If that was the case then why hasn’t he played all year? Because no one else wanted him.
Anyhow, it’s not a bad move. I mean I don’t think you can get a real big drop off in DE play. He’ll just be a situational guy. It’s not like he’s replacing a starter. Now if Parker again (or God forbid Cole) then we are in trouble. But I don’t mind it right now.
B-graham made the play that broke the NIners game open. He has been pretty solid. Not spectacular but Trents on the other side for that right now. IF he was giving us nothing AR wouldnt let Mcdermott put him on the field.Allen has regressed but is still a starter and thats aplus for a 2nd rounder. Sure up his tackling and stop being timid in coverage.
B. Graham didnt do that bad? look at the positive note Mario Willams didnt do well in his first two seasons…… If You have coaches like rory Seagrest……. how can you be successful as a young DE……. If Graham was drafted by a team like the titans or Jags we’ll be saying “Damn why didnt we draft him”! It takes time!!!!
Totally off the subject:
Do you guys think Mcnabb feels a certain way about Mike Vicks success in Philly? How he’s loved by a good majority of fans now that he’s changed his personal life!!!! And winning at the same time!!!! LMAO………. I know I would feel a certain way about a guy who was not playing constantly in the NFL for the past 3years……. I’ll be HATING! LMAO
This move is nothing to write home to mom about,,,,,,Graham wasn’t Suh I get it but damn…
PFT rumoring it up that R Grossman may possibly start instead of our old qb this weekend in DC.
And the other d-ends taken in the first round havent been anything special, Graham is gonna be a baller. Good luck in the rehab and see you in camp 11′.
Calm down Scorp….. He was the main reason why we won that game in 2004…. He contained Vick the best I’ve ever seen anyone has done!!! (A young Michael Vick at that!!!!) …….. Trotter is a different story…. He had to cover Rb’s his job wasn’t primarily rushing the passer….. Trotter had to cover!!!!…….. Burgess has experience!!!! And he’s not going to cover anyone Scorp!!!! He’s a slick DE who can possibly get hands to the face, bat a few balls down, or create a fumble!!! He has to have something left in the tank for the birds to get him…….. Like I said he can cut the field of on a Qb…… Not everyone is Mike Vick……….
Don is not in a good place right now.He went too a team that is poorly run and badly coached.I think he is probably happy for Mike..sure he wishes it was him playing for the East crown. But he’s a realist and he’s not so im sure he’s focused on his job. Don is a pro.
He’ll be loved by the city once he retires and is doing whatever in the area.He gave his all for the fans and org.. Came up short. Much respect.
If Grossman starts…bet on that game if you get down like that.
I just wrote my mom about that move. She told me why are you wasting my time with this b.s. move.!!!?
And yes I’m bring up 2004,……. Experience!!!!! Thats a good thing to have with a very young team!!! Burgess is going to feed off this Philly Fans once game time comes!!!! He knows he’s not going to play every down…… Maybe he’ll stop these Qb scrambles on 3 and long like Jay Cutler and Alex Smith and also Eli Manning has been successful on getting against us!!!
I feel you Erock….. Mcnabb knew it was his time!!!! I love that dude… NO HOMO….. But I would feel a certain way if a guy I lobbied for to come to philly and he’s doing a A+ on this offense……..
J-roc…if Burg gets a sack Sunday…imma say…thats Jrocs boy…he repped his name.
Lmao!!!! He’ll get one and a forced fumble!!!! Yes i’m calling it now!!! Mark my word fam!!! And he’ll get a few hurries!!!!
Yeah JROC I agree! Im glad to have Derrick Burgess back. Andy Reid is not stupid. He wouldn’t have picked up Derrick Burgess if he couldn’t play. Too much of a risk. So I have faith in our coach’s decision.
Remember when everybody said Andy did the old qb a favor, trading him to the Deadskins instead of Oakland (where he did not want to go)? From where it all stands now, it looks like Andy stuck a bayonet in him center mass and followed with a vertical butt strike to the head on the way to the ground. Oh no, the Skins have a good qb, that is all they needed to be playoff contenders! Philadelphia is going to be sorry they were mean to the poor little qb, who did so much for us. How is that prediction working out?
The 150 million dollars McNabb probably has in the bank I highly doubt he is to sad about anything. He is smiling every damn day of the year. lol
jroc, stop it with 2004. That is totally irrelevant now. There’s a reason no one wanted this guy. We are just desperate enough to fill the void left by Graham. Please stay in 2010 and not refer to more than half a decade ago of a player who played with great defensive players who couldn’t crack a NFL roster this year. Please stop it. It’s not a bad move. Can’t hurt but don’t hype it up like we just signed Reggie White.
Dizzy Dizzy! what up family…….. It wouldnt hurt with his experience….. If we had Teoniseim(what ever how u spell it LMAO) playing in a playoff game…… Getting pushed around all over the field….. We’ll be like Damn……. AR should have picked up an experienced DE on these key situational games…… The Patriots make moves to get older players in there team and it works out for them……… People call Belichek a genius when he gets players pass there so-call prime…. And they play a whole season!!!! Why not a few games….. And a few downs!!!!! GO BIRDZ
If he went too the RRRRRRAIDAHS they might be in the West race. Nice defense out there and D-fad is the deal.
Dizzy…i called the FBI too put a search out on you dude.I’ll call em back and tell them you found your home again. AR knows when too bring the vets back…good angle.Dudes fresh.
Cliff m%#$^*f#$%#r’n Lee
Dizzy, it’s actually not a risk at all. I’m not sure why you guys think because the Eagles signed him after we lose our 1st round draft pick DE that all of a sudden Burgess must be good at this point. I hope he does have something left and he probably does but I’m not sure how soon it would be before we see it. Being out the whole year doesn’t help especially if he’s going to play against a power running game this week. We will see.
“Maybe he’ll stop these Qb scrambles on 3 and long like Jay Cutler and Alex Smith and also Eli Manning has been successful on getting against us”
You do realize that those scrambles were up the middle because the DE crashed down which is what they are supposed to do. So you are assuming that in those situations he’s just going to play contain. Well duh, if the play calls for that. If not, then he will get run by just like any other DE in the NFL would in those situations.
Scorp…….. Experience!!!!! If he gets 1-2 sacks next game and makes a few key tackles……. In this weekends game……. Then I’ll will see a blog from you sayin J-roc you were right……… LMAO! (Not being a asshole with the comment) As a matter of fact Scorp Do you wanna take it out in a game of MADDEN….. I”ll send you a request buddy!!!!!! Winner admits wrong after this weekends games!!!!
Scorp……. Jay Cutler was murdering that LE side……….. What r you talking bout!!!!!!????
Nah thats what I was saying. Its too much of a risk to sign Burgess if he couldnt play at a high level.
What up JRoc!
I hope he contributes but I wouldn’t be shocked if he didn’t. It would be nice to have another good pass rusher out there but stop overstating experience. If it was that important we’d still have some other players we let go. That’s because we already have enough of it. Don’t act like Burgess is adding something that was missing. So over the top with everything.
But Burgess will be fine. Like I said, Andy wouldnt have signed him if he wasn’t capable of playing at a high level. And yeah, I’d rather go with Burgess than an inexperienced Daniel Teo-Nasheim
Scorpio let me ask you this. I watch alot of NBA. I can tell you for a fact tha Allen Iverson is better than 50% of the guards in the NBA even at his age. But yet hes not in the NBA. You cant tell me Darren Howard is not better than Graham or Teo Nesheim the Eagles 3rd round bust. My point is you never know.
jroc, yeah but that’s because the DE was rushing the passer. I’m pretty sure if he was told to contain that wouldn’t happen. So you are assuming that Burgess would be told to play completely different than what the DEs already play. If McDermott calls for a straight pass rush then he is just a liable to get run by like anyone else. If he calls contain with Burgess in their or graham, you’d probably get the same results since you aren’t trying to contain a Mike Vick. That’s more about playcalling than anything else. Against Vick in 2004 the DEs were told almost the whole game to play contain and not straight pass rush. In 2010 they aren’t told that because they aren’t playing Vick. Just stop it.
Alex Smith had maybe his best game this season because of his decision making against us to run the ball……. On that left side……. The commentators were saying that in the 49ers game……… Scorp game time will tell…….
dag, I agree but I don’t view the NBA the same as the NFL. In the NFL your skills go a lot faster than the NBA. So I’m not saying he won’t be a contributor but I’m not going to overstate the resigning like we just all of a sudden got the best DE on the league that no one wanted. We don’t know. And just because the Eagles got him, doesn’t mean it’s a golden move. It’s a good move for what you need but doesn’t mean it will have an impact just because of what he did half a decade ago and we got him.
Yeah I’d go with Burgess over Daniel Teo-Nasheim too. But that still doesn’t mean much. We signed Trotter and he couldn’t perform at a high level. I’m sure Andy thought he could. But in reality he couldn’t. So all I’m saying is don’t get too hyped up over this right now. Let the man try to get in football shape and see if he can contribute. As soon as we hype someone up like this and he doesn’t contribute we are killing him and the FO for even signing him in the first place. Just give him sometime before we declare this the best signing ever. That’s all I’m saying.