Morning Quick Hits
Is this good news or bad news:
The good news on this relatively dull day was that the tendinitis that forced the Eagles to shut down McNabb in June is gone in July. The quarterback said the tightness he felt had disappeared and his velocity was back. What said even more was the way he threw the football.
He hit wide receiver Michael Gasperson with a precisely thrown laser in the afternoon for a 20-yard touchdown during a seven-on-seven drill. Rookie DeSean Jackson said he could tell the difference between this McNabb and the one that was struggling to throw the football last month.
"That's more velocity than I've ever seen in my life," Jackson said. "It caught me off guard, and I dropped a pass that hit right off my chest. I won't let that happen to me again."
Yes, it's good that McNabb's shoulder is healthy. But I think we've all seen quite enough of wide receivers struggling to adapt to #5's velocity.
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How exactly does one perform a "coordinated 'McNabb, you rock!' cheer"? I'm having trouble figuring out where the accented syllables would go.
McNABB You ROCK
McNABB You ROCK
McNaaaaaaaab Yooooooooou ROCK
McNaaaaaaaab Yooooooooou ROCK
You can almost see why he gets booed so much. "Donnie Sucks" just flows off an inebriated tongue so much more easily.
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Following that same link, is Sean Considine really pretending to run back interceptions that are actually incomplete passes?
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I'm loving the way reporters are finding creative ways to call Westbrook's contract demands "nuts" while still keeping that crucial journalistic objectivity:
Tomlinson's guaranteed money was actually $21 million, and he signed his eight-year, $60 million deal with the Chargers when he was 25. Westbrook will be 29 on Sept. 2, and age typically has not worked to the advantage of a running back in contract negotiations.
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"It's always been kind of a passing camp, without pads," Johnson said. "They're here, they're both signed, they're learning in the classroom and spending time with [defensive line coach] Pete [Jenkins] in the classroom. Right now, I don't think they're missing a lot on the field. Wait until we get the pads on."
Jenkins, by the way, got the morning practice off since he had nobody to coach.
"Pete's in the over-60 club," Johnson joked, a reference to Reid's plan to rest over-30 veterans for the morning practice every third day of camp.
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I dropped the link, but somewhere I read that Bradley and Gaither would have the helmet radios for the defense this year, with Bradley being the primary guy and Omar wearing the no-radio helmet when they're both out there.
Seems like that's kind of a pain in the neck, but I guess they can always just go back to the signals for a few plays if Bradley comes out.
Also suggests that Bradley really is going to be a full-time player this year. It would be weird for someone other than the MIKE to call the signals, but still, if he's shuttling in and out, you'd think they'd do it.
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MSM Eagles blogs are proliferating at an alarming rate. Eagletarian, which might as well be called LesBowenarian, came online this summer from the Daily News. Now the Inquirer has gotten into the act with Birds' Eye View. (Note the oh-so-newspaper-y use of correct punctuation. That's not how we roll here in the blogger realm, my good man.)
And not to be completely left out, philly.com has started a more catholic NFL blog called: Moving the Chains.
Three seems like a good number for now, but should our local media goliaths find a need for YAEB, may I suggest a potential candidate?
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