LANDOVER: Sunday’s NFC East showdown with the Washington Redskins wasn’t a must win game for the Eagles, it was a game the Birds needed to establish that what we all saw in the preseason wasn’t a mirage. After the Birds dropped a heartbreaking 23-20 decision you have to admit that maybe it was. Inconsistency was […]
Here some news and notes following the Eagles gut-wrenching loss to the Washington Redskins dropping the Birds to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in the NFC East.
The Eagles face the surging New Orleans Saints on Sunday at the Linc.
Penn State’s Homecoming game against Indiana slated for noon on October 10
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; October 4, 2015 – Saturday’s Homecoming game against Indiana will air on ESPN2 at noon. Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, & Paul Carcaterra will be calling the action.
By AL THOMPSON
Pat Banning is a big young man with even bigger dreams and goals. As a junior, the 6-foot-2, 290-pound offensive lineman helped Neumann-Goretti finish with a 9-5 record and provide the muscle behind an offense that produced 1,429 yards through the air with 13 touchdowns and 2,282 yards on the ground and another 24 touchdowns.
By Brian Baldinger
In 1982, I went to my rookie training camp with the Dallas Cowboys. We had 15 rookie drafted players (it was a 12-round draft then), and they had signed 103 rookie free agents. It added up to a grand total of 118 rookies, and along with selected veterans, made for a great proving ground. I was undrafted, a free-agent signing and NOBODY knew my name. But we had 10 days of 2-a-day practices in full pads every morning and afternoon every day for 10 days before the veterans showed up.
By DAVE SPADARO
Eagles Insider
When the Eagles blitzed Green Bay in the third game of the preseason and quarterback Sam Bradford completed 10 passes in 10 attempts and threw 3 touchdowns, the performance set off the kind of expectations for an Eagles offense not seen since the Terrell Owens-mania offense of 2004. It was off the charts.
Christian Hackenberg | Junior | Quarterback Q. Christian, I know you played a little bit of safety in high school. How hard is it to play that position maybe at that level? How hard would you imagine it would be at this level to play that position? CH: I had fun with it in high school. It […]
James Franklin | Head Coach Opening Statement We’re having an interesting fall when it comes to weather so far. But I love that it’s raining today and the next couple days, so hopefully it will clear out for Saturday’s sellout crowd honoring our service members. [The game is]Sold out, which is another example of what […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Sept. 28, 2015 – Penn State redshirt senior defensive tackle Anthony Zettel (West Branch, Mich.) earned his first career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award after his performance against San Diego State. Zettel is the conference’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week with Michigan State’s Shilique Calhoun. Zettel is the […]
When Eagles running back Darren Sproles crossed the goal line into the end zone, completing an 89-yard punt return for a touchdown, Eagles long time radio announcer Merrill Reese screamed that “Mighty Mouse” had done it again.
Great nickname and a great play.
