Welcome to the Party, Guys

Looks like all of us non-corporate Eagles blogs are about to get some institutional competition.

As of yesterday, the Daily News has launched a new group Eagles blog with contributions from Les Bowen, Rich Hofmann and Paul Domowitch.

I think this is the place where I'm supposed to go off on some long rant about how newspapers don't get it and what a bunch of dinosaurs and how long will it take them to realize they don't have to write more than 800 (but no more than 1200) words every time they post ... but the truth is that I like all these guys.  I won't go by name, but a couple of them have even acknowledged the existence of bloggers in a non-pajamas/mother's basement sort of way (although NOT in a "I'll link to you in my story and you'll get lots of hits and meanwhile our web guys will fix the Stupid Fan Blogroll so that your site will once again be listed rather than some random offseason Phillies blog that hasn't posted in three weeks" sort of way -- which would be nice).

But the truth is that I don't think blogging is a zero-sum kind of competition.  It's not like good content showing up somewhere else makes me any less likely to read everything else that's out there.  In fact, if these guys can put out interesting information that didn't quite reach the level of the newspaper, it just gives the rest of us who don't get to hang out in locker rooms more to talk about.

So check out the new blog. 

And do it from this site so they can see what a massive traffic driver this I am :)

Comments

[Scott]

I think I'm missing something with all the Lito trade talk. I can see a Lito trade being worthwhile if it brings in someone who would be useful immediately (like another offensive threat) but why trade Lito for a second round pick? They would just have to use the second rounder (or the first) on a corner. I like the secondary how it stands now with three starters. What do you think the logic is here?

[Gabe from BountyBowl]

Suck up.

;)

(That's right. I used an emoticon.)

[Me]

Gabe, I hate to say it, but Bowen is already delivering. There's no way this would have made it into the paper before:

"I see the Eagles are planting the media notion that they have all kinds of great offers for Lito. Could be, but it's one of those things that's awful hard to verify. I tend to be a skeptic, when the team is talking that way while it's trying to trade the guy. Same thing with agents touting their clients in free agency. ("You wouldn't believe the offers we've had!" And yet, you haven't taken any of 'em.) We'll see.

One thing for sure: Lito is getting traded this weekend. I'll miss him. He's a big-time playmaker and an interesting guy to talk to. Sometimes little guys with big egos (which is what you need to be a top NFL corner) are tiresome and shrill, but not Lito. Funny and engaging.

Hard to take his side in this contract dispute, though. I've said before that the Eagles outsmart themselves extending guys into infinity, assuring only that they'll be unhappy in three years. Still, Lito has a good agent and he knew exactly what he was doing when he took that $8.7 million signing bonus in 2004. And missing 14 games the past three seasons is a hard way to convince your employer to tear up your contract."

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dneagles/all_quiet_on_the_Lito_front.html