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Some views and news from Philly's perspective: columns from the Philadelphia Daily News
Ellis Hobbs update
Eagles eager to see what Myers does at Tight End
Fake guitar and field goal attempts at Eagles camp
Clemons set to step in at defensive end for Eagles
Eagles coaching intern's quarterback dream was fun while it lasted
Clock strikes midnight on Eagles Cinderella story
Ellis Hobbs update
I did get a chuckle in the comment section where a fan calls out Reiss for his opinion, and then declares that the only CB on the Pats depth chart that would be above Hobbs right now is Darius Butler.The presumption that Ellis Hobbs will overtake Sheldon Brown in the aftermath of Brown's unhappiness with his contract and subsequent trade demand seems to be unfounded thus far.
When asked about the corner rotation for Thursday's preseason opener, defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said it would be just like it has been at training camp.
"Sheldon and Asante will start and they will also work themselves in," McDermott said. "Then we’ll go from there.”
McDermott described Hobbs as "absorbing the defense right now."
Interestingly, excellent Boston Globe beat reporter Mike Reiss noted that Hobbs would be the fifth or sixth best corner on the Patriots roster right now.
Eagles eager to see what Myers does at Tight End
The Eagles have said they're really interested in seeing what tight end Rob Myers can do tomorrow night in the preseason opener against New England, even though Myers went undrafted out of Utah State, even though he wasn't in anybody's training camp when they signed him last weekend.
Fake guitar and field goal attempts at Eagles camp
You can tell the team is ready to leave Lehigh - for the second day in a row, the morning session was less than crisp. Donovan McNabb tried to liven things up by mugging for the crowd, leading cheers and playing air guitar on the sideline. Fans were given schedule refrigerator magnets on Fan Appreciation Day.
Clemons set to step in at defensive end for Eagles
Trent Cole is out of the discussion for now, which is just fine - Cole's sprained AC joint should be healed by the time the season starts, a month from tomorrow. The Eagles know what they can expect from him.
New defensive coordinator Sean McDermott needs to find out about his other defensive ends, a process that starts in earnest with tomorrow night's preseason opener at Lincoln Financial Field against the New England Patriots.
Eagles coaching intern's quarterback dream was fun while it lasted
"Life's crazy and it's full of opportunities," Nagy was saying yesterday morning, after he pulled on the No. 9 red jersey and practiced as the Eagles' third-string quarterback. He is 31 years old, out of the University of Delaware and the Arena Football League. He had never gotten a sniff in an NFL training camp. He was with the Eagles for his second summer as a coaching intern, preparing for the rest of his life.
And now he was playing, suddenly, because the Eagles needed a quarterback for a short period of time while backup Kevin Kolb recovered from a knee sprain. And now it was past midnight, Monday going into Tuesday, and the playbook was put away. "I was laying in bed, and I just got done, and just laid down and was thinking, and had a smile on my face that this is happening," Nagy said. "That might be all it is. It may be more. I don't know. But how can you not have a smile on your face with this opportunity?"
Clock strikes midnight on Eagles Cinderella story
By the end of the afternoon practice, however, the would-be Eagles quarterback was close-mouthed after the team released a terse statement saying the NFL had rejected his contract. Nagy was back to being a coaching intern.
In a matter of hours, one of the few feel-good stories of a training camp full of lousy ones had regressed into a minor public-relations blunder.