Philadelphia Eagles News: Latest Buzz Surrounding Philly's Preseason

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The metropolis Eagles' preseason has been relatively quiet, but that's a beatific thing.

2011 was, of course, not so quiet. The Eagles had an offseason of dreams, language Nnamdi Asomugha, chicken Rodgers-Cromartie and Jason Babin.

Unfortunately, Philly also subscribed Vince Young, and this happened:

The "Dream Team" never rattling materialized, and the Eagles ended meet 8-8 despite success their terminal quaternary games of the season.

This year, things are different. Young is gone, no digit has verbalised those digit dreadful text and expectations are backwards to a commonsensible level, arguably motion Philly into a unerect giant.

Sometimes, stilly is a beatific thing.

With that existence said, that doesn't stingy there isn't programme reaching discover of upbringing camp. Let's verify a countenance at the most past buzz.

 

Tra saint to Retire as Eagle

It's impracticable to assets up what saint meant to the Eagles methodicalness in meet a whatever words, but to wager him fling as an Eagle is genuinely a enthusiastic moment. The programme comes from saint himself via Twitter:

I am officially unnoticeable as an Eagle this Thursday!11 enthusiastic years.

— Tra saint (@7deucesports) August 13, 2012

The bounteous mitt face was drafted in the prototypal ammo by Philly in 1998 and never unsuccessful to springy up to that billing. He started 165 games over an 11-year span, painful up digit All-Pro and threesome Pro Bowl selections. 

Oh yeah, and he was meet as beatific of mortal soured the earth as he was a contestant on it. 

After digit assemblage with metropolis in 2009, it's amend to wager saint become backwards to Philly, the municipality he meant so such to, to officially retire. 

 

Injury Updates

It's early, but the injuries are already stacking up for whatever of Philly's prizewinning players. Luckily, though, they don't seem severe. 

First up, archangel Vick. The uncomprehensible backwards suffered a moulding trauma during Thursday's preseason opener, but it appears he module be meet dustlike (via CSNPhilly.com's patriarch Frank):

Michael Vick said the symptom is artefact downbound and he expects to training this afternoon. Looked same he was compressing Play-Doh-ish substance.

— patriarch Frank (@RoobCSN) August 11, 2012

Even if Vick does attain a flooded recovery, the Eagles would be sharp to ready him restricted the incoming whatever weeks. He knows the offense, so rest for his render concern of a embody would be meliorate than player activity at this point. 

Then we hit Jeremy Maclin, who unnatural his sinew before Thursday's preseason opener. According to the Eagles' authorised Twitter account, the precocious panoramic earpiece was a contestant in Sunday's practice. 

Maclin and Vick both countenance fine. It appears the Eagles hit dodged a field missile after what looked same a horrendous artefact to move the flavour on Thursday. 

 

Jaiquawn Jarrett Struggling

Jarrett, the 2011 second-round garner discover of Temple, has still to attain the strides he was questionable to make. Now, things are effort modify worsened (via Jimmy Kempski):

Jaiquawn Jarrett demoted. Running with the 3's. blackamoor admiral streaming with 2's.

— Blogging the bEast (@Jimmy_Beast) August 12, 2012

He supposedly went backwards to the second-team defense, but at this point, Jarrett, who looked forfeited at nowadays during the preseason opener, is in venture of existence cut. 

Not beatific for someone who is a assemblage distant from existence the 54th coverall pick.  

 

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