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Linebacker change

eaglesfan20 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:22:36 -0000

I just read this on NFL.com and I was wondering if there was any truth to this

PHILADELPHIA -- Injuries and a suspension will force the Eagles to use several players in different roles Sunday against the San Diego Chargers.

Strongside linebacker Chris Gocong moves to the middle, and middle linebacker Will Witherspoon moves to the weakside. Rookie Moise Fokou will start for the second consecutive game on the strongside because of a knee injury to starter Akeem Jordan.

Seldom-used and oft-injured cornerback Dimitri Patterson will be the nickel back in place of injured Ellis Hobbs (out for the season with neck injury) and Joselio Hanson (suspended four games for use of banned substance).

Second-year pro Quintin Demps replaces Hobbs as the Eagles' primary kickoff returner.

If this true...wow......we really miss stew... and it doesn't look good for Akeem either. Btw anyone have any updates on him. I just hope this situation works out, we can't afford these drastic changes towards the end of the season. We need everyone healthy. Any thoughts on this???

Eagles trade for Witherspoon

eaglesfan20 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:16:40 -0000

I just read this on pe.com:

The Eagles have traded WR Brandon Gibson and a 2010 fifth-round draft pick to St. Louis for linebacker Will Witherspoon ...
Not yet, at least.

Something could emerge in the next several minutes. I honestly, truly don't know what is being discussed behind the scenes. I just know from experience that there is always something going on. Whether the talks reach the finish line, I don't know.

Link: http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=19130&spadaro=1

i don't knwo if this is true or what, but by gibson, why not brown??.comments, anyone has anything to say about this. weather its true or false.

Eagles Rank 4th Ranking

eaglesfan20 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:00:56 -0000

After seeing this, it shows the awesomeness of the eagles. They are ranked 4th amoung all NFL teams, this shows our eagles are one of the best teams in the NFL. This was done by Mike Sando of ESPN he ranks the best and worst teams of the decade (2000-current). I believe that is when Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb took over, just goes to showcase how lucky we are to have both. This should definatley shut up some of DNab and Rig Red haters hopefully, it spells out how good we have been every since those two tookover. Interesting note is we have the second most playoff apperences with 7 only behind the colts another amazing feat done by this team. Also the lions have z-e-r-o 0 nada playoff appearences since 2000. 10 years wow..... your thoughts on how awesome we have been and are going to get with this new team of 2009. Also pay attention to the cowgirls and how much they suck, the g-bitches and how they are ranked lower then us, and the redskins...no comment...self explanatory thats how much they suck... we rule the NFC

The Patriots have won more regular-season, playoff and Super Bowl games than any NFL team since the 2000 season. That made them an easy choice for team of the decade.

Ranking the 31 other teams took a little more work.

I settled on a formula with five key variables: regular-season victories, playoff appearances, playoff victories, Super Bowl victories and Super Bowl defeats. The formula added the following five numbers to create a power ranking for the decade:

Winning percentage times nine
Playoff appearances divided by nine
Playoff victories divided by nine
Super Bowl victories divided by nine
Super Bowl defeats divided by 18

The formula, adjusted for the Texans to account for their shorter history, ranked the top eight teams as you see them in the chart. I then made a few adjustments after consulting with our other seven divisional bloggers.

consulting with our other seven divisional bloggers.

Rank	Team	Wins	Win Pct.	Playoff Appear- ances	Playoff Wins	Playoff Win Pct.	Super Bowl Wins	Super Bowl Losses
1	Patriots	102	.708	6	14	.824	3	1
2	Colts	101	.701	8	7	.500	1	0
3	Steelers	94	.653	6	10	.714	2	0
4	Eagles	92	.639	7	10	.588	0	1
5	Ravens	83	.576	5	7	.636	1	0
6	Giants	80	.556	6	6	.545	1	1
7	Packers	84	.583	5	3	.375	0	0
8	Titans	83	.576	5	2	.286	0	0
9	Bucs	76	.528	5	3	.429	1	0
10	Seahawks	77	.535	5	4	.444	0	1
11	Broncos	85	.590	4	1	.200	0	0
12	Bears	74	.514	3	2	.400	0	1
13	Panthers	71	.493	3	5	.625	0	1
14	Chargers	72	.500	4	3	.429	0	0
15	Rams	70	.486	4	3	.429	0	1
16	Jets	71	.493	4	2	.333	0	0
17	Vikings	72	.500	3	2	.400	0	0
18	Dolphins	72	.500	3	1	.250	0	0
19	Saints	70	.486	2	2	.500	0	0
20	Cowboys	71	.493	3	0	.000	0	0
21	Falcons	66	.458	3	2	.400	0	0
22	Jaguars	69	.479	2	1	.333	0	0
23	Redskins	66	.458	2	1	.333	0	0
24	Raiders	57	.396	3	4	.571	0	1
25	Chiefs	66	.458	2	0	.000	0	0
26	Cardinals	52	.361	1	3	.750	0	1
27	49ers	60	.417	2	1	.333	0	0
28	Bills	60	.417	0	0	N/A	0	0
29	Bengals	58	.403	1	0	.000	0	0
30	Browns	52	.361	1	0	.000	0	0
31	Texans	40	.357	0	0	N/A	0	0
32	Lions	40	.278	0	0	N/A	0	0

Three teams -- Tampa Bay, Chicago and Arizona -- moved up two spots higher than the formula ranked them. The rationale:

Bucs: We agreed to move Tampa Bay into the ninth spot, leapfrogging Seattle and Denver, by valuing the Bucs' Super Bowl victory over the Seahawks' one additional postseason victory and the playoff-faltering Broncos' superior regular-season record.
Bears: Chicago moved past Carolina and San Diego because the Chargers never reached a Super Bowl and the Panthers' regular-season record was below .500.
Cardinals: Arizona moved up two spots, past the 49ers and Bills, based on the Cardinals' three postseason victories and Super Bowl appearance last season.

The formula helped cut through perceptions. For example:

The Raiders are routinely derided for their ongoing run of futility, but they own three playoff appearances, four playoff victories and a Super Bowl appearance during the decade. Only six teams have a higher playoff winning percentage in the decade.
The Cowboys are a high-profile franchise, but they're below .500 during the regular season this decade. They are one of only seven teams without a playoff victory during that time.
The Redskins are another high-profile franchise, but only eight teams have a lower winning percentage during the decade. Washington owns two playoff appearances and one playoff victory during the decade.

The Bills, Texans and Lions are the only teams without a playoff appearance during the decade. The Texans and Lions also owned the lowest regular-season winning percentages. That made them easy choices as the two worst teams in the rankings.

Also: Click here to download a spreadsheet ranking each team by regular-season wins, losses, ties, winning percentage, playoff appearances, playoff wins, playoff losses, playoff winning percentage, Super Bowl wins and Super Bowl losses. The spreadsheet also shows the difference between the formula's rankings and the actual rankings.

Really B.Hopp

eaglesfan20 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:10:25 -0000

Aright this is justing getting tiresome. why are there so many haters on dnabb. Here is Bernard Hopkins taking his stance of mcnabb. BTW some background information on Hopkins:

Bernard Hopkins, known as the Executioner (born January 15, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American boxer. He is best known for his ten year reign as middleweight world champion in which he successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He is the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts including the Ring Magazine belt in the same fight. He is the oldest man to ever hold the middleweight championship in professional boxing.[1]

After finding this i do have respect for the man and what he was able to accomplish, but his logic on mcnabb is just stupid, it makes no sense at all.

When discussing McNabb's newly reworked contract, Hopkins said the fans will have to suffer for two more years. During the interview, he called McNabb a lapdog and a frontrunner, said he has no heart and suggested the team should have given serious thought to replacing him with Michael Vick.

"I think he plays for the moment, whether it's winning or losing," Hopkins said. "I think he plays to win, but I don't think his demeanor and I don't think his personality fits to win tomorrow, to win the next week and to win with any means necessary. There's a difference than wanting to win and showing that you want to win. I think that most athletes go in the ring or in the court, basketball or football, go in there with the intentions of winning until something is different that they feel that they don't want to deal with, understand or just be in the mix. Some people just want to be in the mix, Howard. And if they get lucky and be like 'Oh I can win this' then they'll go ahead and they'll show their swagger. But at the end of the day, you got frontrunners and you got runners, and he's one of the greatest frontrunners I've ever seen in the NFL."

One of the more interesting parts of the interview was when Eskin laid out his theory for why Hopkins always hates on McNabb.

Per Eskin, Hopkins once went to an Eagles practice, and while McNabb said hello to the ex-middleweight champ, Hopkins felt like the Birds' QB blew him off a little bit and has held a grudge ever since.

Hopkins denied Eskin's theory, but when he recalled the situation, it certainly sounded like McNabb rubbed him the wrong way when they crossed paths.

"When I did go to the NovaCare Center with my team, was he like everybody else? Like the rest of the players? Was he giving us respect, giving everybody respect, my trainer, myself and all that, just coming over, sign this, sign that or whatever? No, he sort of ran into a little room and locked the door and came out every now and then to peak his head out to see if we left yet," Hopkins said. "But that just tells you he's not a social guy."

"When a guy is uncomfortable that the light is not actually on him, then you have some people that can't take it," he continued. "And look, the bottom line is if you want the light to be on you, you gotta do what champions do. You win, you win, you win, you win and you win the big one."

Eskin and Hopkins took calls from fans, a couple of whom could not understand Hopkins' stance. One even suggested that if Hopkins feels McNabb lacks the intensity and heart necessary to win a title, why not help him?

Hopkins predicted the Eagles would win seven games this season, and made no bones about the reason why.

"He don't have the heart," he said of McNabb. "He don't want to fail so he don't want to try."

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/Hopkins_rips_McNabb_yes_again.html

I don't think anyone is suffering from McNabb's tenure as Hop mentioned before. Dnab has been one of the best qbs in the league and has kepth this team competitive when healthy and on top of his game. Your thoughts on this.......

Eagles Showing Interest In Cutler?!!!!!

eaglesfan20 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:24:30 -0000

April Foolssss....... hahahahaha jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk srry i had to do it, we need to get in the spirt of the holiday. hope u enjoy it we need to lighten up man.. anyways april fooollsss everyeone.

Yes, makes it even better, Dallas Cowshit hater baby.

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Please dont' go Dawkins

eaglesfan20 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:17:10 -0000

we love you man. check this video out guys. please dont' leave. this vid makes me cry. if he goes i dont now what i will do. he is our heart and is a god in philadelphia. what a leader man.

http://www.nfl.com/players/quintindemps/profile?id=DEM600703

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What is up with Dawkins

eaglesfan20 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:27:32 -0000

somen please help us desperate eagles fan. what is goign on with this denver deal. please dont let it be so. someone, anyone tell us fans what is going. i swear if he leaves theree will be hell to pay..(FO)... someone please say the truth on here. anyoeneeee.helllppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

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Just a thought

eaglesfan20 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:59:59 -0000

i don't now if somoen has already said this, if you have sorry abou this, but anyways what do you guys think it will take to pry away braylon edwards from the browns, i mean he says he wants a fresh start. he would be aweosme here with mcnabb, plus the man is huge 6'3. what do u think the browns want if they were willing to trade him. and how cool woudl it be if we get Marvin the mavrick. anways this is off topic but does anyone have that link, which showed Bar Refaeli pictures. if you do please postt it.. shee is so hottttt.

Sorry about this

eaglesfan20 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:53:18 -0000

someone on here made a post with pictures of Bar Refaeli i think or it many be some other si model, u were comparing something i don't now wha is was, but i missed the pictures becaue i was in school and didin't have time to see it all. lol could you pleaseee link that post on here or somehting. who ever did that is aweseom.

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draft picks

eaglesfan20 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:54:42 -0000

can anyone post all the draft picks the eagles have in all 7 rounds. do we get any extra picks or something. if anyone nows please post all. thanks.

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