http://www.realfootball365.com Philadelphia Eagles Football News, scores, analysis and discussion. NFL Football News. en-us info@realfootball365.com Copyright (C) 2005-2008 www.realfootball365.com http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/14009 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/14009 When I received a short, three-line press release from the Philadelphia Eagles informing me that Brian Westbrook would be undergoing surgery on Friday morning, it struck me that the organization was "depressed." The release seemed to indicate fatigue and decreased energy. It was like the good folks at the NovaCare complex were having difficulty concentrating and remembering details. In short, ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2009-06-05T04:30:07-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13964 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13964 The Philadelphia Eagles got some bad news this week about their defense. Longtime coordinator Jim Johnson will be taking a leave of absence from the team to battle a relapse of cancer and undergo chemotherapy. While Johnson is out, secondary coach Sean McDermott will take over as the interim defensive coordinator. Johnson, who was diagnosed with melanoma in 2001, had some back pain in early ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2009-05-21T04:50:54-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13704 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13704 Sometimes it’s what you don’t do that defines you. And no matter what they do between now and the NFL draft, what the Philadelphia Eagles haven't done in free agency may haunt them for a long time. I’m talking specifically about two key free agents in T.J. Houshmandzadeh and former Eagle Brian Dawkins. There was obviously no way that the Eagles were going to make as big a splash in this ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2009-03-04T04:00:37-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13532 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13532 I really can't explain the fans of Philadelphia. I can, however, explain the way fans in the city are viewed around the rest of this country. Most places simply don't believe evolution ever made its way to the City of Brotherly Love. Ex-Phillie Todd Jones once wrote: "What the fans want most is interaction. If you wave or smile, they usually will be great to you the rest of the time. They want ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2009-01-15T04:45:45-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13241 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13241 Even casual observers of the Philadelphia Eagles know that Andy Reid loves the forward pass. Of course, Reid refuses to admit that to his detractors and himself. So, I'm here to play Dr. Phil to the embattled Eagles mentor. There's nothing wrong with loving the passing game. Heck, every rule change in the NFL over the past 20 years has been designed to help make it easier to throw down the ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-11-14T04:11:46-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13243 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13243 Sometimes it’s really great when a plan doesn’t come to fruition. Thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles’ dismal performance last Sunday night, you’re about to read why. The yearly Eagles-Giants games are the two weeks every football season where this writer trades in his press hat for a game ticket. Instead of meticulously watching the game and then re-watching the tape to find a story angle, I can ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-11-13T04:15:24-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13195 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13195 Political season may be over now, but allow me to invoke one last semi-political comparison: Senator Barack Obama and Donovan McNabb have a lot more in common than just both being from Chicago. This past Tuesday, Obama scored the most monumental victory in the history of U.S. politics when he became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. The junior Illinois ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-11-07T04:14:39-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13116 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13116 A 25-year marathon finally crossed the finish line Wednesday night in South Philadelphia. For a quarter of a century, Philly's four major sports teams jockeyed for position, hoping to end the infamous Billy Penn-induced championship drought. For the past decade, the Eagles were the favorite to do it. Jeffrey Lurie and Andy Reid built an annual contender, a football team that reached four ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-31T04:33:48-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13130 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13130 Philadelphia has a reputation for being a very negative sports town. Throwing batteries and booing Santa Claus will give you that stigma, I suppose. This past week, that was put on hold when the Phillies ended the City of Brotherly Love’s quarter-century championship drought by winning the World Series. And I must say, being there when a home team wins a world championship is something I hope ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-31T04:01:01-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13054 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/13054 This weekend, I guarantee you that at least one NFL team nicknamed after a bird will come out a winner. OK, so that proposition won't exactly ever appear in Os Davis’ "Odds on the Odd" column, especially considering the Philadelphia Eagles play the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. But while their Avian namesakes are flying south for the winter, the NFL’s Eagles need to use the next six weeks to head ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-24T05:10:43-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12982 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12982 As they head into their bye, the Philadelphia Eagles have evened their record at 3-3. That’s the good news. The fourth quarter against San Francisco last weekend was a case study of what’s wrong with the Eagles. On one hand, the defense played better in that fourth quarter than it has all season, excluding the Steelers game. On the other, the offense played exactly like it has almost all ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-17T04:16:31-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12965 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12965 A week ago, it seemed like the Philadelphia Eagles were losing the city they have dominated for the past decade. The Birds were coming off a bad loss at home to division rival Washington, falling to 2-3 and looking up at three potential playoff teams in the always tough NFC East. Meanwhile, over in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies were disposing of the Milwaukee Brewers to win ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-16T04:15:37-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12898 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12898 With apologies to the fantastic novel and Academy Award-winning movie of the same name, the Philadelphia Eagles' offense closely resembles the title of this article in both personnel and resemblance to a war of attrition. Last week, in my first-quarter report card, I wrote the following: “The running game, on the other hand, has been average … (Donovan) McNabb looks lost without Brian ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-09T04:05:18-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12825 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12825 The more things change, the more they stay the same. With 25 percent of their 2008 season behind them, the Philadelphia Eagles are 2-2 and on pace to match their 8-8 record from last year. But while they’re better at this point of the season than last year, when they limped into a Week 5 bye at 1-3, the Eagles should be 3-1 and could easily be 4-0. The Birds lost six games by 8 points or fewer ... louied13@gmail.com (Lou DiPietro) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-03T04:24:17-05:00 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12811 http://www.realfootball365.com/articles/eagles/12811 There is reason for optimism in Philadelphia. Donovan McNabb is healthy and performing at a high level and the Eagles look like a much-improved bunch from the moribund team that finished the 2007 season out of the playoffs. Of course, Philadelphia also plays in the NFC East, the NFL's toughest division, featuring the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants along with what most consider ... JMcmullen1@comcast.net (John McMullen) Philadelphia Eagles 2008-10-03T04:04:59-05:00