It's been a few weeks, life for this Eagles' Chick has been literally crazy!
However, when I find something that just makes me go YAY! I have to share it with y'all!
All I have to say, is I'm soooooooooooooo thankful that the Giants beat the Patriots! HeeHee - they say Karma's a beautiful thing!
Enjoy the video!
Watched a nice video this afternoon of Donovan McNabb talking with Scott Hanson (who is also a Syracuse Alumni) about not just what to expect of the upcoming game between the Giants and the Patriots, but he did address some of the issues that arose during the season. The video itself is a pretty long one, but it's definitely worth the watch.
Donovan comes off very sincere when he speaks of his desire to retire as an Eagle. He also shows a little bit of "fire" (not in a mean way) about wanting to go out and get play makers for the 2008 season. He speaks honestly about how he's feeling physically and that everyone wants to see him running like he was 22 again, at 32 we all know that just doesn't happen!
Overall it's a really nice interview, Donovan always presents well in front of a camera, I think that that is in part due to his journalism degree from Syracuse. They do joke in the video about if he does too good of a job the NFL Network might throw some money his way to be an analyst. He definitely has the eloquence and knowledge to do it!
I just want D-Mac to stick around, the Eagles to get some play makers. Maybe that will finally make some of those boo-birds shut up and stop squawking, but we all know ..... it'll be a frozen day in hell before that happens!
Hat tip to Enrico over at The700Level for the link to the video. Just wish the NFL Network let you embed videos in blog posts.... grrr!
It has been a bit since I've been able to actually break free enough to write about my beloved Eagles. The season was a big disappointment. However, we all can take great joy that it isn't the Dallas Cowboys in the SuperBowl, right? Daaaaaaaayum right we can!
You know what else we can take delight in?
T.O. has to pay back his sign on bonus to the Eagles.
According to the Associated Press & the Philadelphia Inquirer, the overbearing, self inflated, ego maniacal idiot that wears #81 and now makes Jessica Simpson cry (warning - that site is hideous and plays a really annoying rap song 'I'm back"), has been ordered to repay the Philadelphia Eagles $769,120. That was the remaining amount left from him paying back $2.3 million from his signing bonus he received when he signed that infamous 7 year deal that brought him to Philly to begin with.
Funny, there's not a mention of that on his site anywhere *snort*.
And imagine this, his agent - Drew "I WANT YOUR MONEY" Rosenhaus - has yet to return calls for comment on T.O.'s arbitration loss.
I wonder - does that come out of Drew's stipend? I mean he cried and wined when he didn't get part of T.O.'s original deal when T.O. came to the Eagles, so much that he nudged T.O. into asking for more money. So does he help T.O. pay back the Eagles?
Yeah... I didn't think so either. Poor T.O.
*giggles insanely*
Andy Reid is not going to be able to escape the comments, the out loud thinking and the flat out questioning of whether or not his sons' situations that came to a head this past week, affected what happened on the field last night at the Linc. Granted, the Eagles are not the better team (I've been saying that since week 2 or 3), but how could the Eagles look so unprepared, confused and just down right bad? That falls on the coach and after so much noise was made, we all know that it is Andy who's coaching the team, not Mornhinweg or Johnson.
What I find most disturbing about the mess Reid's sons have made with their lives is the hypocrisy. Sure, they are his sons, and he loves them, and wants to support them, what parent wouldn't? But these "kids" are 22 and 24 and still living at home, not holding down any jobs and who knows about school. Wait, I'm wrong, I believe Garrett was holding down the job of "Drug Dealer in North Philadelphia", according to his statements. So where does the hypocrisy come in?
Andy Reid notoriously passes on great players who have drug issues. This year, rumors flew around Dante Stallworth not being re-signed just for that reason. He was the one receiver who was the closest we've seen to filling the void of the overbearing, self inflated, ego maniacal idiot that helped to embarrass the Eagles last night. Now Stallworth is on the one team that is likely super bowl bound, catching balls from Tom Brady along side Randy Moss - not in Eagles' green, syncing with McNabb and making our offense look more than one dimensional. The Eagles have lost a hell of a lot this year because of this hypocrisy.
I like Andy Reid, I think he's a good coach, but I think he's got to seriously stop and take a look at how his sons' situations are affecting the Eagles. What message does this send, not just to players but to the kids who look up to him as a coach? Not one but two sons, addicted to drugs, one pulling weapons in road rage, another dealing drugs in north Philly. You are telling me Andy didn't have a clue? Come On ......
According to authorities, they found 89 prescription drug pills in Garrett Reid's jail cell Thursday morning. They believe he smuggled them in his rectum when he was jailed earlier this week. That's some serious addiction when you are putting pills up your ass, pulling them out and taking them. That kind of addiction doesn't happen over night, and can only go unnoticed if you are never home to see your family.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill noted that searches of the Reid home found illegal and prescription drugs throughout the house. He said both boys had been over-medicated throughout much of their lives."It sounds more or less like a drug emporium there, with the drugs all over the house and you are an addict," O'Neill told Britt Reid.
In a Yardbarker article back in August, they question the role of Reid's wife Tammy in all of this. With this latest comment from the judge, it really makes a parent wonder. As an Eagles fan, it also make you wonder if this is affecting Andy's thinking a lot more than what everyone's been lead to believe.
Watching Vai and Howard in the post game wrap-up on NBC 10 last night, I couldn't help but to agree with with Vai about Andy undoubtedly having to take a long look at things after the season and maybe even stepping down on his own accord. We can't make any assumptions either way, however if the Eagles continue to slide into a pit of lost games and embarrassments, we won't have to make assumptions, Jeffery Lurie's going to make sure something happens.
Howard made an interesting comment as well last night, "it's the end of an era". That's pretty much the same as saying "it's time to rebuild". I agree with him, that it's the players that have to be looked at, and not so much the coach. However, don't be surprised if the coach himself thinks its the end of his own era and doesn't return next year.
The Patriots under suspicion for cheating, say it ain't so!
So now, all of us Eagles fans are sitting here wondering, could this have affected the outcome of Super Bowl XXIX? Even though my gut says "no", there's still this nagging bit of wonder and a ton of "What Ifs". I'm sure a lot of the teams that met up with the Patriots in their SuperBowl and Playoff match ups are wondering the same thing.
Everyone, no doubt is questioning the "greatness" of their dynasty now and just how tainted Tom Brady is, as the receiver of a lot of this information. There's no doubt that few will believe that Brady didn't know about how the method of how the signals were obtained. Perhaps someone should interview Drew Bledsoe, too?
At this point in time, the Patriots could become the more hated team above the Dallas Cowboys in Philadelphia. Eagles fans are rabid, and don't like to be cheated, and this scandal just wreaks of nothing but cheating to win. There is no doubt a lot of fans will now believe "our birds" were robbed. It makes you wonder what T.O. might even say about it - will he change his tune from blaming D-Mac to now blaming Belichick's cheating scheme?
Whatever the case, it really makes an Eagles fan wonder, did they have our defense calls too? If they did, they surely used them. If they used them, then weren't the Eagles robbed, just as the Steelers were? We only lost by 3 points in the Super Bowl, isn't it realistically possible that cheating won the Patriots that Vince Lombardi trophy that year?
What's your take? Got an opinion, I'd love to hear it!
The starting quarterback of the Eagles' division rival Atlanta Falcons, Michael Vick, has been indicted on dog fighting charges by a federal grand jury. The Atlanta Falcons
quarterback and three others were charged with competitive dogfighting,
procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the
enterprise across state lines.
The indictment stemmed from an earlier drug raid on Vick's property. Local authorities have been investigating the allegations since the April 25 drug raid. On June 7, officials with the Department of Agriculture executed their own search warrant and found the remains of seven dogs.
Normally we don't focus too much on other teams and what goes on with their players here at EaglesChick, but dogs hold a soft place in all of our hearts. It saddens us that a leader among the NFL players has been charged in this manner, but it's even sadder that the animals had to suffer.
For more information about this story, check out Fox Sports.
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