When the Eagles finally won their first Super Bowl, the vibe across Birds Nation could not have been better. But time marches on. There is a new season to gear up for and that means the Eagles brass must deal with contracts, roster moves and the salary cap. While the Carson Wentz-Nick Foles story is […]
NFL Films produces a Super Bowl Show recapping the season using coaches and players to tell the season-long story in documentary form called, “America’s Game.” They have produced 51 such shows and as an avid viewer, I believe I have seen them all. Recently while speaking with the President of NFL Films, Ross Ketover, I […]
We’ve had analytics in business for many years. It has done wonderS with efficiency in all areas of business including warehousing, manufacturing and services. Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane changed sports forever by using sabermetrics aka analytics to field a low budget but winning team using statistics as the main barometer to forge his […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants today continued to add pieces to their new-look defense when they signed safety Michael Thomas, who played the previous five seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He is the seventh defensive player to join the team in the last two weeks. The others were linebackers Alec Ogletree and Kareem Martin; […]
The Philadelphia Eagles announced that they have released TE Brent Celek. An 11-year veteran, Celek was drafted by the Eagles in 2007 out of the University of Cincinnati and leaves Philadelphia with the fourth-most receptions in Eagles history (398). Celek, who missed just one regular-season game in his 11-year career with Philadelphia, ranks fourth in […]
The New York Football Giants decision to release veterans cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and punter Brad Wing this weekend no doubt jarred the memory for both Eagles and Giants fans in interesting ways depending on your rooting interest for two seasons that could not have been more different. For Eagles fans, watching Rodgers-Cromartie and much of […]
After playing 14 seasons in the NFL and capturing a Super Bowl championship in 2017, Eagles punter Donnie Jones announced that he will retire from the NFL. Originally a seventh-round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks in 2004, Jones went on to play in 214 regular-season games, including the final 80 with the Philadelphia Eagles, […]
I have been blessed to cover the Eagles for 28 seasons now. There have been some exciting seasons and some you wish you could forget. I have seen so many eras over that span including Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb, Brian Dawkins, Jon Runyan, Tra Thomas, Brian Westbrook, Eric Allen, William Thomas, Troy Vincent, David Akers […]
Stefen Wisniewski walked towards his locker the Tuesday after the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII, easily one of the most exciting championship games in NFL history. Looking at the 6-foot-3, 315 offensive lineman’s face as he made his way past the tables of autographed shiny blue helmets and white […]
“Selection Saturday” resulted in eight “Heroes of the Game” earning election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall’s selection committee held its annual selection meeting today in Minnesota to elect the Class of 2018.
