Every player on the Philadelphia Eagles roster, from players on the edge of making the team such as offensive lineman Dennis Kelly, or standout players including running back DeMarco Murray and linebacker Mychal Kendricks, the common theme they all have is they want to be an Eagle, especially this year.
The idea of a pro athlete playing on the team that was the highest bidder for their services, does not appear to how this group of Birds was put together.
Eagles take on the Atlanta Falcons Monday night, ESPN Monday 7:10 PM ET.

In 2004, the season the Eagles finished 13-3, won the NFC Championship and came within a field goal of a Super Bowl title, the Birds were 1-3 in the preseason.
The objective is to play well.
The Eagles have not only played well top to bottom, they have completely dominated two contending AFC clubs from their studs to scrubs.

Their quarterbacks threw 49 passes and were sacked just once. The run defense was stout, allowing just 2.4 yards a carry and zero touchdowns. The kicking game accounted for five field goals, including three that traveled 43, 51 and 53 yards. And they won, defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars in MetLife Stadium, 22-12.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported last Monday’s edition of NFL Total Access that Eli Manning wants to be the highest paid player in the NFL.
Manning, who has led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles, signed a six-year, $97.5 million extension in 2009.
It expires at the end of the 2015 season.

It is a good bet that it was not lost to the New York Football Giants scouting department that Kenneth Harper was awarded one of the prestigious single-digit jerseys given to the toughest guys on the Temple football team his senior season.
The 5-foot-10, 233 pounder played in every game for Temple since 2011.
One major criticism of the Giants in 2014 was its lack of toughness and Harper certainly brought that up Interstate 95 this spring.

Preseason in the NFL is not unlike the stock exchange.
For a myriad of reasons a company’s stock can rise or fall depending on how the company performs or from circumstances that just happen.
For many of the Eagles, Sunday’s preseason opener say their stock rise, some saw it fall.
Here is a look at a few players whose performance stood out in one way for the other during the Birds 36-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts at the Linc.

After a sluggish first quarter, the Soul dominated the Cleveland Gladiators for two quarters on defense coming up with four interceptions, one for a touchdown, another setting up a score to help the
Philadelphia (16-3) advance to the American Conference Championship with a 47-35 victory over the Gladiators (8-11) in front of 8,424 fans on the Rothman Field at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night.

Tom Coughlin thought the Giants acquitted themselves well in their two joint practices against the Cincinnati Bengals this week. But Friday night’s preseason opener against the same team? Not so much.
The Giants fell into an early hole, their offense never got untracked, and the Giants dropped a 23-10 decision to the Bengals in Paul Brown Stadium. The teams had practiced together on the fields across the street from the stadium on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Eagles head coach will not take chances with Kiko Alonso or his quarterback. There will be a lot of eyes will be on the right guard spot where Andrew Gardner, John Moffitt, Matt Tobin and Julian Vandervelde are all listed as starters on the Eagles first “unofficial” depth chart.

Head coach Chip Kelly and his staff, like any NFL coaching unit, is never going to show their personnel moves hand to anyone much less the media or fans.
They are just as unlikely to disclose their intentions for bringing in a particular player.
So all we can do to have fun is guess.