On April 26 The Giants will select a player they hope can lead them out of a funk that resulted in a 3-13 record, player suspensions, a lost locker room and a fired coach.
There two such players in the draft who could lift Big Blue back into the NFC playoff picture pretty fast and that is Penn State running back Saquon Barkley and Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson.
NFL offensive tackle Nate Solder has been to four Super Bowls with the New England Patriots in his seven years in the League and won two of them (XLIX, LI). When you are 29 years old and have those rings in your trophy case, it is OK to look after yourself , your family and […]
Somehow, the Eagles pieced it together enough in the secondary in 2017 to win a Super Bowl. They did it with a cornerback picture that, heading into Training Camp, looked suspicious, at best. Jalen Mills, Patrick Robinson, Rasul Douglas and who? What? A trade to acquire Ronald Darby helped immensely, and the Eagles went on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the Philadelphia Eagles Draft of 2012 they selected Fletcher Cox with the first pick. They had two selections in the second round and took Mychal Kendricks and Vinny Curry. Do you see where this is going? In the third round they selected out of the University of Arizona, a quarterback, named Nick Foles. I […]
BLOOMINGTON: The Eagles (15-3) will take on the five-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (15-3) today at 6:30 PM (ET, NBC). These teams are tied or nearly for the season in points scored, points allowed and interceptions. The Patriots have allowed 60 more yards per game but have not allowed a lot of points. […]
BLOOMINGTON: Ted Karras III, an outstaning offensive lineman for Illinois, never enjoyed a winning season during his three seasons with the Fighting Illini, never played in a Bowl game. But as fate would have it, the 6-foot-4, 305 pounder ended up on the opposite side of the football universe when he was drafted in the […]
MINNEAPOLIS: This comment is as obvious as any story lead you will read this week…The Eagles secondary will face its toughest task of the season when they face Tom Brady and his receivers in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis (6:30 PM ET NBC). That New England Patriots veteran corps includes All […]
