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Eagles Cheerleaders Go For Diversity

No, not that kind, the new squad could still mostly hide in a snowstorm, but in a stunning turn of events there aren't two women on the whole team who share the same name. 

If you're the type of person who follows this sort of thing -- and I am -- then you understand the incredible unlikelihood of assembling an entire squad without at least two Kimberlys, three Brookes and a handful of Katies. 

Think I'm joking?  Check out the Washington squad.  They have a Brittany and a Brittni, two Crystals, three Jessicas, two Kellys (and a Kelley), a Lee-Ann and a Leeanne, two Michelles and the mandatory Tiffany/Tiffani pairing.  (Also a "Klohver," but we won't judge.)

The closest the Eagles come to a match is with Jenna and Jennifer.  I'm wondering if this is like when a rookie comes in and a veteran already has his number.  If Jennier leaves the squad, would Jenna then get to take that name?  Or is she actually a Jenna? 

I suspect foul play here, in fact.  The odds of this just randomly happening are about as good as the odds the Eagles run the ball more than they pass it next year.  Something seems fishy about this...

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By the way, it's easy to pick out the rookies at the moment -- someone needs to go into Photoshop and up the contrast and saturation on those headshots a tad.

And yeah, it's been an eventful week on the blog.  We can't be serious every day.  Would get dull.

Eagles Cheerleaders Wearing Trash

No, it's totally cool, it's for the environment.

I'm sorry, I'll give you "eco-sexy," but "bio-licious"?  Nuh-uh.

At least from the pictures, the emphasis seems to be more on reduce -- rather than reuse or recycle.

And I presume they swam to the Dominican Republic? 

A Different Kind of Free Agent

I try to run a pretty straitlaced blog around here, but I would be remiss in not mentioning that some of these individuals are not unattractive. 

Organization-wide commitment to continual improvement seems to be the order of the day.

It's Westbrook's Team Now

The local papers spent the day trying to drum up the whole "Is McNabb a leader" thing again today.  One of the stories might have gone so far as to call McNabb a "jerk," although I'll be honest, you start using adverbs as nouns and you kind of lose me.

On the issue itself, I couldn't care less.  The Eagles have plenty of leaders and if the team plays well they'll all look like mini-Pattons out there.  If they stink, it won't matter how awe-inspiring Dawkins is to his teammates, they'll still stink.

What I do find interesting is that one piece of the organization has clearly moved on from McNabb.  According to these folks, Westbrook is now the man.

I'm talking, of course, about the cheerleaders.

Follow that link to the listing of this year's squad and you'll see each one has a personal bio with many of the same questions.  Of the 36 cheerleaders, 27 chose not to duck the "favorite Eagle" question.  Of that group, fully 15 named Westbrook as their favorite player.  McNabb and Akers both got three votes.  No one else got more than one.  (Although kudos for the Reggie White shoutout by one of them.)

Contrast that to last year's squad, which you can access by using the Internet wayback machine.  On the 2006 squad, seven women picked McNabb, six picked Akers and only five picked Westbrook.  And yes, both Dhani Jones and Todd Pinkston picked up votes.

The Akers thing is kind of intriguing.  Maybe they like him because he spends as much time posing on the sideline as they do.  That or Mrs. David Akers needs to keep a closer eye on him.

But it's clear from this poll -- and this is the kind of hard-hitting research you've come to expect from the IgglesBlog -- that the ladies have spoken and McNabb is no longer the top dog.  It's Westbrook's team now.

Better in 2006?

Ok, this isn't that kind of blog, but I came across the following picture on the Eagles website. It suggests that not every aspect of the organization has taken a step forward in 2006. 

(Those philosophically opposed to cheerleaders should not go further.)