2007 Draft Class

Here's the full 2007 draft class:

2007 - Philadelphia Eagles
Rd Sel # Player Position School
2 36 Kevin Kolb QB Houston
2 57 Victor Abiamiri DE Notre Dame
3 87 Stewart Bradley LB Nebraska
3 90 Tony Hunt RB Penn State
5 159 C.J. Gaddis SAF Clemson
5 162 Brent Celek TE Cincinnati
6 201 Rashad Barksdale CB Albany State (NY)
7 236 Nate Ilaoa FB Hawaii

2 Full time starters. Meh? Only starting caliber QB in the class may make up for this entirely.

Why I'm Happy About the Draft

honestly, i don't know if these players the birds drafted are going to be any good and i won't be in any position to be happy or upset about them until after i see them in a real game. however, there is one thing i'm definitely happy about.

if this teo-nesheim ends up being any good, we'll be able to break out the T-O song again. i love that chant!

Non-Iggles QB quote

"I'm going to have one goal and that goal is to earn the respect of my teammates and coaches. That's the only goal I have. It's not to be the starting quarterback right now, it is to earn their respect, because when you earn respect from people, then they begin to like you, and then they believe in you, and then they begin to love you, and then you have a team that is united and cares about each other more than anything else.

"Then you go out there and you play for each other, you play for your coaches and you win championships."

- Tim Tebow

I don't know about you, but this guy makes me want suit up and hit someone.

2010 Eagles Schedule

2010 Regular Season
September
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) RADIO TV/RECAP
Sun. 12 Green Bay 4:15 PM* FOX
Sun. 19 @ Detroit 1 PM FOX
Sun. 26 @ Jacksonville 4:05 PM FOX
October
Sun. 3 Washington 4:15 PM* FOX
Sun. 10 @ San Francisco 8:20 PM* NBC
Sun. 17 Atlanta 1 PM FOX
Sun. 24 @ Tennessee 1 PM FOX
Sun. 31 Bye Week
November
Sun. 7 Indianapolis 4:15 PM* CBS
Mon. 15 @ Washington 8:30 PM* ESPN
Sun. 21 New York Giants 8:20 PM*+ NBC
Sun. 28 @ Chicago 1 PM+ FOX
December
Thurs. 2 Houston 8:20 PM* NFL Network
Sun. 12 @ Dallas 8:20 PM*+ NBC
Sun. 19 @ New York Giants 8:20 PM*+ NBC
Sun. 26 Minnesota 1 PM+ FOX
January
Sun. 2 Dallas 1 PM+ FOX

This Eagles Fan is Revitalized

still too busy to be a frequent contributor here, but i gotta say, this eagles fan is looking forward to this season and seeing how kolb does over a whole year.

i'm not saying that i think kolb is better than mcnabb.

i'm not saying that i think the eagles will do better with kolb at qb.

i'm not saying that i'm a fan of kolb.

(though any of these are certainly possible)

i'm just saying that from a pure entertainment standpoint, the eagles had gotten a bit stale and changing things up was the best move. may or may not be the right move from a "football" standpoint, but it was the right move to inject a measure of hopefulness and anticipation that was missing with the previous core.

- meanguy

Eagles Draft a QB Very Early

You heard it here first. Or maybe you've heard it elsewhere already, but I'm saying it for the first time here. The Eagles are going to draft a QB in either round 1 or round 2. I know the consensus probably has them going D, D, and more D, but I would be absolutely flabbergasted if they don't pick a QB very, very early.

Reid has a QB driven offense. So while having a big o-line, RBs that can catch the ball out of the backfield, and down field threats at the TE position are great. Priorities 1 through 4 are having a top-notch QB available for each and every 16 games. And given the injury rate to QBs, you have to have a starting caliber QB as your #2 guy.

Now nobody thinks Vick is that guy so the assumption is they'll need to bring in a proven back-up to be that guy this year. I'm not so sure. Vick's not a guy you want starting 8+ games, but he's probably OK for a 3-5 game stretch which is about the worst case scenario. Kolb's not seen much action so there's less risk of him going down. Especially since he doesn't seem to have much injury history. Vick's a good #2 option for this year.

So that gives Reid a chance to draft a project QB and give him a year to learn the system. Then he'll be more than capable to back-up Kolb at that point. Or push him out of the way if he's not the answer. Either way they need a very good option for 2011 and the cheapest, best option is to draft it.

McNabb to the Redskins

This is a more heart wrenching loss than 36 to me. McNabb has been the best Eagles quarterback that I've ever seen. He's always seemed like a classy guy and I'm disappointed he couldn't finish his career here. I wish him all the best luck. Hopefully, the DC fans will treat him better than Philly ever did. I wonder how long it'll take for most fans to realize what we've just lost?