Archive for May, 2009

Eagles Sign P Ken Parrish, Release P Sam Swank

The Eagles have signed P Ken Parrish and have released P Sam Swank, the team announced on Thursday. A rookie free agent signee of San Francisco in 2007, Parrish (6-1, 210) spent that training camp and preseason with the 49ers before being released prior to the start of the regular season. A first-team, all-conference selection [...]

Eagles Ink Undrafted Free Agents DiMchele and Jackson

Scout.com reports that the Eagles have signed two undrafted free agents – QB Adam DiMichele and DT Jervonte Jackson. The Temple Owls’ team MVP in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons, DiMichele finished his career ranked fourth in school history with 5,024 passing yards, adding 40 passing touchdowns and five rushing scores. The brother of [...]

If Brown Doesn’t Play; Will He Want Out?

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that wide out Reggie Brown is okay for now, but if he doesn’t start seeing the ball more in Philly, he might start thinking about wanting out. Here is the report: Reggie Brown is happy to be in Philadelphia, for now. The Eagles wide receiver said he’s out to prove himself [...]

Eagles Won’t Let McDermott Interview Elsewhere

With defensive coordinator Jim Johnson not coming back to the team for awhile, it makes Sean McDermott all that more important to the Eagles. With the announcement that McDermott would be running the defense in Johnson’s absence, the Philadelphia Daily News reports that McDermott will be going nowhere soon: Eagles secondary coach Sean McDermott will [...]

Eagles Sign Two Undrafted Free Agents

Scout.com reports that the Eagles have inked two undrafted free agents: The Philadelphia Eagles signed two undrafted free agents QB Adam DiMichele and DT Jervonte Jackson, the team announced on Monday. The Temple Owls’ team MVP in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons, DiMichele (pronounced di-MICHAEL) finished his career ranked fourth in school history with [...]

Defensive Cooridnator Johnson Takes an Indefinite Leave of Absence

Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has been placed on an indefinite leave of absence so that he can undergo treatments for cancer according to the team. The team confirmed that for now, secondary coach Sean McDermott will take over the defense. “Jim and I agreed that he needs to concentrate all of his efforts on [...]

Was Brown and a Third the Offer for Boldin?

The deal that the Eagles offered for Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin was a third-round pick and cornerback Sheldon Brown.  That story came out from XTRA 910 in Phoenix sports-talker Mike Jurecki.  The call for Boldin from the Eagles came on draft day, and needless to say the Cardinals probably laughed it off. Jurecki said that [...]

McCoy Will Need Work on Blocking to make Eagles’ Rotation

ProFootballWeekly reports that LeSean McCoy will need to work on blocking to make the rotation in 2009: The upcoming OTAs and passing camps place a high value on working on the passing game, and believe it or not, these sessions might mean as much or more to second-round RB LeSean McCoy as they do to [...]