It’s Super Bowl Sunday. I imagine that you and I are less excited about this fact than much of America, but the nightmare is almost over. Just a dozen more hours of nauseating coverage of two teams you can’t stand. Be strong, Eagles fans, be strong.

Last night featured the first-ever NFL Honors award show, where Aaron Rodgers received the award for being the season’s MVP from Peyton Manning, even though that fact that he was voted MVP with 48 out of 50 votes was announced hours earlier.

Alec Baldwin hosted the inaugural program, and LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson were in attendance. It didn’t take long for the jokes about the Eagles and VY’s proclamation of a Dream Team to start. In fact, this is what Mr. Baldwin, who I normally quite like, had to say:

“It was a dream – like a dream where you show up at school naked, you forget to study for the test, and you lose four of your first five,” said Baldwin, who then called Jackson “DeSean Johnson” and asked if he and McCoy were “laughing. I’m not looking.”

So you know, DeSean did not look at all amused by Baldwin’s joke. Shady smiled.

NBC10′s John Clark had a chance to ask DeSean about his contract situation on the red carpet, and not surprisingly no light was shed where D-Jacc stands with the team. – CSNPhilly

Though imagining any outcome to SB46 is painful, the game must not end with any members of the New York Giants being able anywhere near the Lombardi trophy.

Obviously, the Giants web team is hoping for the exact opposite result and, in fact, seemed to be helping the team to visualize a win. They took it a little far, though, announcing for all the world to see that the Giants had won Super Bowl 46. On Saturday. Simmer down, Giants web and marketing team. There is still, like, a game that must be played. – ProFootballTalk

Another Super Bowl Sunday, another day that Andy Reid is doing exactly what we will do this evening: Siting on the coach on our duffs. Le sigh. – philly.com

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Howie Roseman speaks about how being "all in" worked out for the Eagles last season.

Andy Reid still sees no reason to say anything to anyone about the Eagles 2011 season, but general manager Howie Roseman is speaking.

He is with other members of the Eagles organization (not including Reid) in Alabama to scope out possible draft picks at this year’s Senior Bowl. Interviews from Roseman with the Daily News and CSNPhilly left me with opposite impressions of the GM. The former made me think, hmm, maybe he gets it. But the points brought up to CSN’s Reuben Frank sounded largely like the usual chatter from teams wanting to put a positive spin on a disappointing season. » Continue reading “Howie Roseman Talks Draft, Grigson, Giants And More”

#ShadyMakesHistory Trended worldwide on Twitter to honor LeSean McCoy's record making game for the Eagles.

What a day in the NFL. The Packers perfect season is ended by the Chiefs of all teams; the Colts get their first win of the season, and the Giants are throttled by the Redskins.

The Eagles still had a hope of making the playoffs when they entered this game based on the fate of the Giants. And they kept their hopes alive with their decisive win over the Jets.

Like many games this season, the Eagles showed moments of shining brilliance and of stunning carelessness this game. But in the end, the lead built up by the offense covered up the mistakes and lead the team to victory.

What is the playoff scenario now for Philadelphia? The Birds need to win their remaining games: On Christmas Eve at Dallas, and the final game of the season against the Redskins. While were are glad that Mark Sanchez fell this week, we need him upright and strong to face off against and defeat the Giants next week. And finally, the Giants have to beat Dallas in their final game of the season. » Continue reading “They’re Still Alive: Eagles Down the Jets 45-19″

Josh Scobee

Are you familiar with Josh Scobee? Probably not.

Scobee, the kicker for the Jacksonville Jaguars, wanted to get himself some attention this week and decided to pick a Twitter fight. With a player on a team his own team doesn’t play this year.

The reasons for Scobees tweets are entirely unclear, particularly as the comments were unprovoked and didn’t coincide with any major events in which DeSean Jackson was featured. I’m talking DeSean’s NFL Network interview, or Sunday Night Football. No, Scobee just decided to publicly rip on DJacc for no apparent reason, saying

Wow. A KICKER is going to call out anyone in the National Football league for being “tiny” What is happening in the world? Scobee, for the record, is 6’1, 210 lbs. Jackson is 5’10, 175 lbs.

Twitter fight! Twitter fight!

Scobee then backtracked, but I give him credit: He didn’t do the usual athlete blunder of deleting inflammatory tweets. It’s still in his timeline. He’s owning his questionable decision.

DeSean’s response was relatively muted:

In addition to the featured tweet, Jackson added, “Plus I don’t even know who this guy is!!”

Oh, snap. » Continue reading “Eagles Briefs: Desean Drama, This Time Not Caused by DeSean”

You gotta give it to the folks at the New York Daily News. They are masters at the dramatic covers and headlines.

Relax, kids. Though now tied with the Cowboys, you’re the Giants are still tied for 1st place in the NFC East.

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Michael Vick has never defeated the Chicago Bears in his NFL career. But fourth his fourth team will undoubtedly be the charm.

Why? Because the importance of the Eagles getting a win on Monday night became even more critical when the New York Giants defeated the Patriots on Sunday, increasing New York’s lead in the NFC East and with an overall record of 6-2. Dallas also won, so the Eagles’  momentum needs to stay on track to defeat the Bears this evening. Philadelphia is currently 3rd in the NFC East, ahead of only the Redskins.

The Bears are coming off of a bye and  have much to prove in the NFC North, which is being soundly dominated by the undefeated Green Bay Packers and features stiff competition from the Detroit Lions, a team that hasn’t been a factor in that division (or at all) in years. The Bears also sit in third place in their division. Coming into tonight’s game the team has the momentum of two straight wins where they outscored the Vikings and the Buccaneers 63-28.

But, it is the Vikings and the Bucs so let’s not get too excited, Bears fans. » Continue reading “Bears at Philadelphia Preview: The 3s Face Off”

Tom Coughlin is all kinds of upset that his team lost Steve Smith to their division rival Philadelphia Eagles.

Oh boo hoo, Tommy. You snooze you lose. After comments that seemed to dismiss Smith as a lost cause due to recovery from his injury, how can you be surprised and indignant?

Coughlin feels that Smith’s agent wasn’t open and honest with the team and that, accordingly, the rug was pulled out from under the Giants.

If that’s the case, I say well done.

ESPN reports that Coughlin said

“It’s like lining up for the race and you’re in the locker room and nobody tells you that the race is going to be run. That’s the disappointing thing here. I don’t believe that we were given the opportunity to do what we could do.”

Another player stolen out from under a New York team. How delightfully delicious. This trend may literally be one of the best things to happen since sliced bread.

In fairness to Coughlin (trust me, that is the only time those words I will ever write those words), he spoke out of extreme frustration. I don’t believe that the comments were truly due to the actions of Smith’s agent. His anger is due to a situation that he feels could have been avoided if his team didn’t have such a crap front office.

Giants’ General Manager Jerry Reese does the team’s contracts, and his refusal to speak to the media since the start of training camp hasn’t helped the perception that the Giants’ FO has no idea what it’s doing.

The Giants may be the first true hot mess of the 2011 season and I am loving every minute of it.

Just because they’re mad about the loss of a star receiver? No. Because members of the organizations are having public meltdowns on Twitter. I haven’t seen such craziness since the Greg Aiello’s Steak ‘n Shake rant during the height of the lockout.

Giants VP of Communications Pat Hanlon took to Twitter to defend the moves–or, more accurately, lack thereof–of his organization. By doing so, he proved that poor displays of judgment on social media are not the sole domain of athletes and politicians.

I have hand-picked my favorites for you after the jump. » Continue reading “Ah, The Smell of A Bitter Giants Organization”

They’re fun, but let’s be honest. The ESPY’s don’t mean anything. While it’s nice to see your team honored with an award, ESPYs are kind of like sprinkles on ice cream. They’re fun and colorful, but they don’t add anything to your overall enjoyment of the product.

As you know, the Eagles won two ESPY awards on Wednesday night, the most exciting of which was for Best Game with their Miracle at the Meadowlands victory.

Upon learning which of his teammates were in LA to accept the award on behalf of the team, Todd Herremans said what most of us think at least once upon remembering the game: Thank goodness for punters who don’t listen to direction from their coaches.

And with that, I wish you a happy Friday. Shout out to Matt Dodge.

Photo by SVentress via Flickr

The heavy PR campaign to find Plaxico Burress a home in the NFL has begun. And, as Dru Rosenhaus is Burress’ agent, we should expect much, much more in terms of PR for the former Giants wide receiver.

Thursday night, Burress appeared in his first nationally televised interview since his release from prison, speaking on the NFL Network. Looking fit and healthy, Burress answered a range of questions, including his now-famous emergence from prison wearing a Phillies baseball cap.

When asked directly if he was trying to make a statement about wanting to come to the Eagles with his choice of accessory, Burress was coy. He said first that Jimmy Rollins is one of his favorite baseball players, thus the hat. It’s nice to know that Plaxico has excellent taste in baseball teams, but I don’t think anyone’s buying that line.

If you weren’t sold on thatparticular “reason,” you definitely won’t buy the other possibility presented by Plaxico, whothen said that the “P” on the cap stood for “Plaxico.”

Ahem.

The next morning, Burress was on 97.5 The Fanatic fielding questions about the teams in the NFL he would like to play for.

When asked about his interest in playing for the Eagles, Burress said

“It’s definitely attractive. I’m not going to sit here and say that it’s not. I just look at the pitch to the public that’s already in place, and if I can just go out there and fill that void and just be that extra playmaker, and go out and have a presence, have an impact, make the guys better around me, it’s a great opportunity.”

In addition to the media campaign, Burress is also letting the world know that he is back via social media. One of the first things he must have done after his release from prison must have been to set up a Twitter account. Actually, he started the account a few days before his release, having friends help him set up the account via telephone.

Since then, Plax has been tweeting up a storm.

He’s been hanging out with Eagles players:

Oops, take 2:

» Continue reading “Plaxico’s Media Blitz”

Here is your morning look at Eagles-related headlines from around the ‘net. Today’s stories cover quite a range of topics, so let’s get to it.

You know that I’m not getting too excited about these things, but today some NFL owners and players will join the discussions regarding the lockout.  Prior to today, the latest round of talks have featured only the lawyers representing the parties. Maybe we can start the holiday weekend with a bit of hope? – ESPN

Football fans know that Mike Vick is an amazing overall athlete. Well, so do the players of Major League Baseball. Vick won 16%  of their votes when asked the question for an SI poll,  “Which athlete in another sport would make the best baseball player?” Coolest fact of the article? Vick was drafted to the Colorado Rockies in 2000. -  The Eagletarian

Clearly, LeSean McCoy and several players on the Giants need a timeout. Giants DE Justin Tuck adds to the McCoy/Umenyiora Twitter battle. Note to all: Time to be quiet and play with your toys. Or hope that the football season comes back with a quickness so that your minds can be occupied with more age-appropriate concerns. – Eagles Central

In case you wanted or needed a reminder, DeSean Jackson makes waaay more money than you do. But enough to justify his recent bar tab? Maybe he doesn’t need that big new contract after all. – Stiletto Jill

Someone, somewhere, is always going to displeased with Mike Vick and protesting something about his existence. This time, see how BET and Subway are involved. - Media Daily LA

Well, dammit–you knew that wasn’t going to last long. Drew Rosenhaus speaks about TO’s knee surgery and expected recovery time. I’m not buying it, by the way. – Philly.com

In describing the new uniforms that Nike will develop for NFL teams when it takes over the contract from Reebok next year, the term “aggressive” was used by Nike. Have you seen Oregon’s uniforms? Concern starting….now. – Bleeding Green Nation