The Eagles Offseason Thread(all aboard the Brian Finneran bandwagon)

[The BIGSTUD]

robertson is worth a 3rd round pick.

Not with his health risks he isn't.

[Diomedes]

Holy shtein. A bobbyinlondon sighting.

more please

[bobbyinlondon]

Holy shtein. A bobbyinlondon sighting.

Yeah, I haven't been around for a while. I've been lurking--just not posting. I was extremely dissatisfied with how last season went. For my 50th birthday last year, my wife let me make the trip to Dallas to see the Eagles game in December. Of course, I then had to stop in Tennessee to see my cousin and in Florida to see my mom and aunt. But in all the airports I was in, I ran into Eagles fans--they all asked how I felt about the season, etc. This year, I'm going to Philly for the Falcons game in October; I'll be there from the 23rd-27th.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Welcome back Bobby.

Its amazing how many Philly fans you see when you travel. I always wear some Philly stuff when I am on the planes and I'll get people coming up to me all the time to talk sports.

[Father Demon]

a) Welcome back Bobby. You always have a good perspective on Eagle stuff.
b) No idea you were an old geezer
c) You should make the Cincy game
d) Agree with Phreak.  I always wear Philly stuff too, and I get a ton of conversations out of it.  Usually good hearted smack talk, but 99% of the time friendly.  50% of the time from fellow Philly fans.

[ice grillin you]

there isnt more philly fans than other big cities and theres a lot less than places like ny but the difference is philly is all about sports its their entire life and thus they will have no qualms about letting you know they are a philly fan...they are much more vocal about it than any other place...


its pretty much the mecca of sports

[SunMo]

its pretty much the mecca of sports misery

yup

[ice grillin you]

yeah that too

[hbionic]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

farg, shut up!

[ice grillin you]

[Seabiscuit36]

Mexican Munson?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Story on Jamaal Jackson's training

"First day, I quit. It was that rough," Jackson said. "I physically thought I was going to die. I hadn't felt like that in so long. I was on the ground. I couldn't get up. I sat down for like 20 minutes. No, I laid there for 20 minutes. Then, after the test, when he told me he had trained Marion Barber and he threw up, I was like, 'What am I getting into?' "

It didn't take long for results to show. Jackson shed 15 pounds and recently weighed in at 320. Eight weeks after having his body quit on him, Jackson retook the test and scored higher in every category

Jackson plans to add 10 pounds of muscle before training camp begins in late July, when he expects to battle for his job at Lehigh University. Right now, the Eagles have just one reserve center -- third-year pro Nick Cole, who, like Jackson, wasn't drafted and signed as a rookie free agent. Cole, used sparingly, has never started an NFL game.

Regardless, Jackson still is haunted by last season's letdowns, and despite the seven-year contract extension he signed in 2006 on the eve of training camp -- a deal that led to incumbent center Hank Fraley being traded to Cleveland -- Jackson believes he can lose the job as quickly as he earned it.

All it takes is one hungry, dedicated prospect with the same shoulder chip Jackson carried in 2003, when all 32 teams bypassed him in the draft. Maybe it will be Cole. Maybe it will be someone Reid drafts next weekend.

"I could go out tomorrow and break my ankle. I won't be here next year," Jackson said. "They can draft somebody and it can be, 'Well, let's just throw him in there.' Like they did with me."

Jackson recalled a sack he allowed to Justin Tuck in the first quarter, the first of New York's 12 and Tuck's two. Tuck had lined up across from Jackson, worked a move to the outside but spun quickly back inside. Jackson couldn't regain his footing in time and watched Tuck breeze by before taking down McNabb.

That's when the alarm sounded.

"I tried to recover, but I couldn't recover," Jackson said, "which was a lack of not being in better shape."

[Sgt PSN]

Sounds like the alarm went off inside of his head and he has a little fire in his ass.  Guess we won't know until camp opens up but I like the attitude he's approaching everything with. 

[rjs246]

He definitely looked, uh, trimmer when we saw him last week. Still freaking massive, but definitely didn't look like a 340 lb. behemoth.

[Seabiscuit36]

I think Jackson is ok, But he's no Lecharles Bentley