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Reid Comes Clean With Family Troubles
2007-12-21 16:53:00 In the January issue of Philadelphia Magazine, Eagles head coach Andy Reid and his wife Tammy Reid speak out about their sons’ struggle with drugs. Since the first major incident occurred early this year, the Reid’s have been very quiet on the matter. Here is a statement that Andy released on the matter: “For the last ...
Birds Will Stay $12.5 Million Under Cap
2007-11-06 20:51:00 The deadline for NFL teams to sign players and have a portion of their salary count against this year's cap is today at 4 p.m. Unlike previous years, however, the Eagles will not be taking advantage of that rule for a number of reasons.One is that 19 of their 21 starters are signed beyond this season. The only two potential free agents after this season are tight end L.J. Smith and fullback Thomas Tapeh, and it is possible that neither player will be in an Eagles uniform a year from now.Negotiations with Smith had not progressed for some time and had no chance of being renewed once the tight end required two groin surgeries and missed three of the team's first seven games. As for Tapeh, negotiations never began with the fullback.Typically, the Eagles have targeted young players they feel are on the rise to tie up to long-term deals before this deadline. A year ago at this time, they signed defensive end Trent Cole and defensive tackle Mike Patterson to extensions through 2013 and ...
Lurie Backs Reid
2007-10-24 21:29:00 Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and his NFL counterparts agreed Tuesday to shorten the first day of the college player draft to two rounds and the time between picks in the first round to 10 minutes.The changes were made at the owners meeting in Center City.Previously teams had 15 minutes to pick in the first round and the first day of the selection process consisted of three rounds.The time between picks in the second round is seven minutes, and five minutes for the remaining rounds.The draft also will begin at 3 p.m. instead of noon, with rounds 3-through-7 starting the following morning at 10. This year?s draft is April 26-27.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has presided over much change in his short tenure, said in a statement that, ?We believe this will make for a more streamlined and efficient draft.?Lurie later reportedly gave embattled Eagles head coach Andy Reid a vote of confidence at the meetings...Read more at the DelCoTimes>> |
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