Two Interesting Things Here

Good post on Eagletarian today by Domo, who's finally arrived to help carry the load.  Two interesting points, the first obvious:

Another training camp day, another two practices under the hot late-July sun without MIA right guard Shawn Andrews. Why Andrews isn't here at Lehigh remains a mystery. But at least one of his linemates has a message for him: get your butt in camp.

"It's not helping us and it's not helping him sitting out,'' right tackle Jon Runyan said. "The longer he holds out, the longer it'll be before he gets in there. So it's going to be a tough situation. If you keep giving reps to the guy who's backing you up, at some point, he's going to pass you..."

Asked whether Andrews can miss most of training camp and step back in to his right guard spot and start, Runyan said, "Coach Reid isn't going to let that happen. So I'm not worried about it.''

The second more subtle:

Donovan McNabb never has been a big fan of the fade pass, which is why the Eagles don't throw it much. But he completed two nice fades to wide receiver Hank Baskett and tight end Matt Schobel in 11-on-11 goal line work.

I've never really like the fade down by the goal line that much (unless it's to Plaxico vs. any person in our secondary -- then it can't miss).  It's almost a bailout / coin flip call by the coaching staff, especially when the team doesn't have Randy Moss type leapers on the outside.

On the other hand, defenses have known for years that they didn't really have to respect the fade from the Eagles, which has made it harder to execute the rest of the offense in the red zone since everyone can kind of cheat to the inside.  It wouldn't hurt to see more of this in training camp.

By the way, is it definitively established that it's McNabb who doesn't like the fade and not Reid?  Donovan seems to throw that ball just fine up the sideline. 

There's another side to that coin.