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Title: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 06, 2007, 05:49:25 PM
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Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Diomedes on December 06, 2007, 05:57:03 PM
mash, mash, mash....score
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 06, 2007, 06:02:22 PM
The first game Reid coached against the Cardinals in '99 they did exactly that in the first quarter with Duce.  They were dominating the Cardinals leading 21-0 before they pissed the game away in the end.



Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Diomedes on December 06, 2007, 06:27:46 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on December 06, 2007, 06:02:22 PM
The first game Reid coached against the Cardinals in '99 they did exactly that in the first quarter with Duce.  They were dominating the Cardinals leading 21-0 before they passed the game away in the end.

fixed
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyGirl on December 06, 2007, 06:32:05 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on December 06, 2007, 05:57:03 PM
mash, mash, mash....score

:'(
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: ice grillin you on December 06, 2007, 06:34:25 PM
i heard about this
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2007, 08:10:14 PM
(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/491515.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193CEF9A2866663FA431C84C83089FC2982284831B75F48EF45)

The man.

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 06, 2007, 08:29:26 PM
I would have loved to have seen him and Westy in the backfield together for the last few years except for the fact that Reid barely runs the ball enough for 1 rb let alone 2. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: rjs246 on December 06, 2007, 08:39:56 PM
He is my favorite Eagle of all time. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but it's the way it is.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on December 06, 2007, 08:56:21 PM
Always loved Duce, he just ran over people, or had them hanging off him.  Good to see him back in green. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 06, 2007, 08:57:46 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on December 06, 2007, 08:39:56 PM
He is my favorite Eagle of all time. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but it's the way it is.

Ha.  You'll be drunk as balls at halftime and won't remember a thing about it.

Get someone to videotape it for you.

PS: Got the $$ today.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2007, 09:14:17 PM
Duce
Trot
Ike
Eric Allen
Dawk

Top 5 all timers for me.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Magical_Retard on December 06, 2007, 10:11:12 PM
great receiver too coming out of the backfield.

i forget which game it was but against the giants during the 9 game losing streak against them....there was a TD run he had where he seemed to be down and gang tackled by about 3 giants players...when somehow he just broke free.

it was awesome A+
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: ice grillin you on December 06, 2007, 11:15:53 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2007, 09:14:17 PM
Duce
Trot
Ike
Eric Allen
Dawk

Top 5 all timers for me.


1. hopkins
2. reggie
3. jerome
4. quick
5. wilbert
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Don Ho on December 07, 2007, 01:28:50 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2007, 11:15:53 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2007, 09:14:17 PM
Duce
Trot
Ike
Eric Allen
Dawk

Top 5 all timers for me.


1. hopkins
2. reggie
3. jerome
4. quick
5. wilbert

1. Carmichael
2. Wilbert
3. Bill Bradley
4. Frank LeMaster
5. Bergey
5b. Ben Hawkins & Charles Young (FS 64 & 61 hear me)

Oh man do I miss Duce.  I still get chicken skin when I think of that first and only Eagle td in the NFCCG against Tampa.

Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Feva on December 07, 2007, 07:18:21 AM
Since Andy got here, we've all gotten used to popular players leaving the team via FA and of all of them, Duce was the only one that really bothered me.  I remember in '97-'98 when it was him and nothing else, with a jacked shoulder... carrying the team through the lean years.

It'll be good to have him back in green.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: ice grillin you on December 07, 2007, 08:27:00 AM
yeah he was amazing in 98...i think his best year....i remember the eagles letting watters go and thinking damn they are putting a lot of faith in a second year guy that didnt come with a lot of hype....duce promptly led the team in rushing AND receiving while getting brutalized on a pathetic 3-13 team
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 07, 2007, 08:41:51 AM
I was also bothered when they let Duce go.  A lot.

Eh - at least he got a Super Bowl ring when he left.  He deserved it after the beatings he took early in his career with some fairly awful football teams (97-99).
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 07, 2007, 10:41:10 PM
Quote from: EagleFeva on December 07, 2007, 07:18:21 AM
Since Andy got here, we've all gotten used to popular players leaving the team via FA and of all of them, Duce was the only one that really bothered me.  I remember in '97-'98 when it was him and nothing else, with a jacked shoulder... carrying the team through the lean years.

It'll be good to have him back in green.

Amen.

Well, Trot leaving hurt me too. But Duce leaving hit me hard. Like Don said, that TD against TB still gives me chills. As does him PLOWING his way into the endzone in the game when McNabb busted his ankle. Duce dragged like 4 Cards into the endzone with him.

Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Fan_Since_64 on December 07, 2007, 11:16:42 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on December 07, 2007, 01:28:50 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 06, 2007, 11:15:53 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 06, 2007, 09:14:17 PM
Duce
Trot
Ike
Eric Allen
Dawk

Top 5 all timers for me.


1. hopkins
2. reggie
3. jerome
4. quick
5. wilbert

1. Carmichael
2. Wilbert
3. Bill Bradley
4. Frank LeMaster
5. Bergey
5b. Ben Hawkins & Charles Young (FS 64 & 61 hear me)

Oh man do I miss Duce.  I still get chicken skin when I think of that first and only Eagle td in the NFCCG against Tampa.



Tough to keep it to 5......so many favorites over the years. But here goes:

Tom Woodeshick
Wilbert Montgomery
Super Bill Bradley
Brian Dawkins
Timmy Brown

Tommy McDonald was actually my first favorite player, but had just departed the Eagles at the point I began following them, so I'll leave him off the list.

Duce is definitely on my honorable mention list, with about 30 others.

And Don Ho, do you remember Charle Young as a rookie in '73 scoring on an end around play against the Vikings? Unbelieveable run - he must have carried about half the Vikings defense (and this was back when they had one hell of a defense!) into the end zone with him.  8)

Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: JackStraw on December 08, 2007, 12:06:56 PM
Hard to get all misty-eyed - especially after this season.  Another retirement from another broken era. He did carry the day during a transitional period and he was a class act. And he got the typical Eagle send-off.

Love it when they retire with the ring from somewhere else.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 08, 2007, 06:02:01 PM
Quote from: Magical_Retard on December 06, 2007, 10:11:12 PM
great receiver too coming out of the backfield.

i forget which game it was but against the giants during the 9 game losing streak against them....there was a TD run he had where he seemed to be down and gang tackled by about 3 giants players...when somehow he just broke free.

it was awesome A+

I remember the play very well.  He basically took the ball right up the middle, was bottled up and literally disapeared and then suddenly reappeared and took the to the right for something like a 15-20 yard score.  I also remember Strahan intercepting a pass in OT and running it back about 80+ yards for the gw score.  :puke

Quote from: ice grillin you on December 07, 2007, 08:27:00 AM
yeah he was amazing in 98...i think his best year....i remember the eagles letting watters go and thinking damn they are putting a lot of faith in a second year guy that didnt come with a lot of hype....duce promptly led the team in rushing AND receiving while getting brutalized on a pathetic 3-13 team

98 wasn't his best year statistically with just over 1000 yards rushing (1060something I think).  His best year would have been in 99 when he ran for 1200+ yards.  The amazing thing about the 98 season though was that he was able to run the ball at all despite the QB carosel of Hoying/Peete/Neckbeard plus he had a hernia for the final 8 weeks of the season. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 08, 2007, 06:05:33 PM
Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on December 07, 2007, 11:16:42 PM
Tough to keep it to 5......so many favorites over the years.

Probably the worst thing about being old.........too many players to chose from. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Don Ho on December 08, 2007, 09:51:10 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on December 08, 2007, 06:05:33 PM
Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on December 07, 2007, 11:16:42 PM
Tough to keep it to 5......so many favorites over the years.

Probably the worst thing about being old.........too many players to chose from. 

dude, were like fine wine :yay
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Don Ho on December 08, 2007, 10:02:31 PM
Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on December 07, 2007, 11:16:42 PM

And Don Ho, do you remember Charle Young as a rookie in '73 scoring on an end around play against the Vikings? Unbelieveable run - he must have carried about half the Vikings defense (and this was back when they had one hell of a defense!) into the end zone with him. 


very well!  was that not also the game where Carmichael was called for "hurdling" over a viking defender?  i loved that team with Roman Gabriel at QB.  that was a great draft with young and seismore leading the way.  also was Mike McCormick's downfall as he basically traded away every high draft pick we had for Bergey and some others.  I don't think we had a number 1 pick until 1979 when Vermeil took Jerry Robinson out of UCLA.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 09, 2007, 02:04:26 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on December 08, 2007, 09:51:10 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on December 08, 2007, 06:05:33 PM
Quote from: Fan_Since_64 on December 07, 2007, 11:16:42 PM
Tough to keep it to 5......so many favorites over the years.

Probably the worst thing about being old.........too many players to chose from. 

dude, were like fine wine :yay

You get young people drunk?  If you ever make it to a game, I don't want to be there. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Munson on December 09, 2007, 02:08:55 PM
Yeah, but I do.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 09, 2007, 07:47:58 PM
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Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: QB Eagles on December 09, 2007, 07:55:35 PM
Ike, Cecil Martin, and BBitch were there:

(http://assets.philadelphiaeagles.com/uploads/photo/thumbs/24439.JPG)

(http://assets.philadelphiaeagles.com/uploads/photo/thumbs/24440.JPG)

Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: SunMo on December 09, 2007, 08:00:04 PM
it was a pathetic ceremony

they showed a highlight package while they got him off the field, so he couldn't even get one last ovation....awesome
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 09, 2007, 08:00:42 PM
Rip #22 off Joselio Hanson.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: QB Eagles on December 09, 2007, 08:13:42 PM
Quote from: SunMo on December 09, 2007, 08:00:04 PM
it was a pathetic ceremony

they showed a highlight package while they got him off the field, so he couldn't even get one last ovation....awesome

Yeah I didn't see it but it looks like it was half-assed.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: SunMo on December 09, 2007, 08:28:00 PM
it really was...starting with the fact they waited until Thursday to announce it.

i'm not asking for a huge deal or anything, but they couldn't wait to get Duce off the field so they could run their stupid promotional contest.  it was sorry.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 09, 2007, 08:32:07 PM
Anything to suck the hogs of the corporate sponsors, I guess.

I mean, who just couldn't WAIT to see some schmoe from Turkey Hill get a promotional jersey from Harold Carmichael, who when he does those things looks like he wants to stab the douchebag in the eye with a pencil.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on December 09, 2007, 08:32:49 PM
I reached a new emotional low about this team today.  It's almost apathy, but since I'm really pissed off about feeling that way, it's probably not quite.

The detached unemotional leadership in the front office of this team eats ass.  The lack of talent is pathetic.  The field doesn't even hold together.

ASS
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on December 09, 2007, 09:29:46 PM
Duce's Jacket is a true butta joint
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: MDS on December 09, 2007, 10:20:27 PM
yea it was a really zesty ceremony. nice to see duce again, but damn did bbitch put on the pounds
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on December 10, 2007, 07:48:48 AM
I couldnt figure out that Cecil martin was there
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: ice grillin you on December 10, 2007, 07:58:07 AM
i refused to even watch it...i was on the concourse with 80% of the stadium...it was obvious from the moment they announced it that it was gonna be a disgrace

phreak you arent suggesting they retire duce staleys number are you?...please tell me youre not
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PhillyPhreak54 on December 10, 2007, 08:22:55 AM
Nope. I just dont like Hanson wearing it; plus I was in a shtein ass mood yesterday
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Rome on December 10, 2007, 09:38:29 AM
I have to say I'm not the least bit surprised they did a half-ass job with Duce's ceremony.   This team sinks to new lows in terms of shabby treatment of ex-players by the year.

I liked what they did for Reggie in 2005, but still, a little something more from them for Duce would have been nice.

Whatever, though.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Seabiscuit36 on December 10, 2007, 10:51:05 AM
New Ownership is what this team needs, get Croce involved
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 10, 2007, 10:55:59 AM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on December 10, 2007, 09:38:29 AM
I have to say I'm not the least bit surprised they did a half-ass job with Duce's ceremony.   This team sinks to new lows in terms of shabby treatment of ex-players by the year.

I liked what they did for Reggie in 2005, but still, a little something more from them for Duce would have been nice.

Whatever, though.

I think that's kind of funny that they gave Reggie such a nice ceremony but not Duce.  You know, since Duce was a major factor in turning this franchise around and helping the current regime make all that extra money. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Philly Crew on December 10, 2007, 12:28:49 PM
I'm glad that he got to retire as an Eagle but sorry that it sounds like the ceremony was rushed.  Always loved #22.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Yeti on December 10, 2007, 02:22:10 PM
If we kept everyone we kicked out but came back to retire as an Eagle, how many Superbowls would we have in our trophy case?
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Wingspan on December 10, 2007, 10:39:33 PM
-6
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Sgt PSN on December 11, 2007, 12:08:22 AM
Quote from: Yeti on December 10, 2007, 02:22:10 PM
If we kept everyone we kicked out but came back to retire as an Eagle, how many Superbowls would we have in our trophy case?

I dunno, but I'm sure had the Eagles kept talented players like Mike Mamula, Levon Kirkland, Barry Gardner, Quinton Caver, James Thrash, Na Brown, Freddie Mitchell, Charles Johnson, Torrance Small and Bobby Hoying, we'd be looking lots of high 1st round draft picks. 
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: rjs246 on December 11, 2007, 07:33:26 AM
And how many of those players did the Eagles braintrust draft in the first place?
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on December 11, 2007, 09:20:55 AM
Mamula, Gardner, Caver, Thrash (even though he was cut after being drafted), Brown, Mitchell, Hoying


Go team.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: rjs246 on December 11, 2007, 09:31:25 AM
Exactly. Cutting them wasn't the problem, having them on the team in the first place was the problem. Dicks.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Feva on December 11, 2007, 09:38:50 AM
Thrash was an UDFA wasn't he?

Doesn't really matter... but I believe he was.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: PoopyfaceMcGee on December 11, 2007, 01:59:22 PM
I got him confused with Kalu.
Title: Re: Duce To Retire An Eagle - Will Be Honored This Sunday At Halftime.
Post by: Magical_Retard on December 11, 2007, 03:32:09 PM
Quote from: FastFreddie on December 11, 2007, 01:59:22 PM
I got him confused with Kalu.

man i remember when they signed Kalu...he was supposed to be the next big DE accoring to the eagles.

i was so excited to play with him on madden.