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NFC East: Eagles to Land in 3rd Spot

On paper, Philadelphia has too many questions, especially at quarterback where Kevin Kolb, with all of two career starts, replaces Donovan McNabb, with 142, all with the Eagles. New No. 1 running back LeSean McCoy, who replaces the departed Brian Westbrook, has only two more career starts than his quarterback. The...

Eagles Sport Top-Ranked Special Teams in NFC East

Only one kicker has ever been named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, Washington's Mark Moseley in 1982. The first coach to hire a fulltime assistant to coach special teams, George Allen, earned his greatest success with the Redskins, including the signing of Moseley, in 1974. Allen's first special teams coach, Dick...

Michael Vick Starts as Eagles' Offense Continues to Sputter

Michael Vick started an NFL game last night for the first time since New Year's Eve 2006. That was Vick's final game before he became embroiled in a dogfighting scandal that landed him a 23-month prison sentence and a two-year NFL suspension. Ironically, that game, which Vick, then Atlanta's star quarterback, departed...

Cowboys' Secondary Tops NFC East

The NFC East is no stranger to standouts in the secondary. Darrell Green locked down one side of the defense in Washington for almost two decades while fellow Hall of Famer Ken Houston scared receivers who dared to come over the middle against the Redskins. Deion Sanders danced through five seasons in Dallas at the same...

Eagles See Jets as Measuring Stick

Preseason finales are usually the most meaningless games in the NFL unless you happen to be one of those players on the bubble, a guy who can play his way on or off the roster with one last good or bad performance. That's less true for Philadelphia tonight against the visiting New York Jets. For one thing, the Eagles'...