There have been ups and downs so far, with a great hit by Asante Samuel, Vick’s usage with the first teams seems to be doing nothing but ruining their timing, DE Ricky Sapp placed on IR and questions about a few others’ performance.  Most of what you have read and heard about this team so far is not very enthusiastic.  Is it a young team still trying to find the gel, or smoke screens by the coaching staff?  We will find out in a few more weeks when we meet the Green Bay Packers in the opener.

In the meantime, there is one more preseason game against the Jets.  Then the final cuts happen.  A lot of players will be fighting for a job, so it should be an interesting game to watch.  Speaking of the Jets, Eric has been watching Hard Knocks and has really enjoyed it.

We also gave out a code in the chat room during the recording for our new EaglesFanCast iPhone App, and have one more to give.  Listen for the EFC trivia question in the show, and be the first to email the correct answer to us, and you can win a code to download the App for free!  Here are the rules: you have to be a resident of the U.S., and obviously you have to have an iPhone to download it.

Can’t wait?  Then check it out here – http://bit.ly/EFC-App

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The team is definitely faster, the Offense is having struggles as we would expect from a revamped roster and new leader, the Defense looks better than anticipated and now we have two rookies in starting positions (Brandon Graham and Nate Allen).  Joselio Hansen is probably on the bubble, and we somehow get back on the topic of Donovan McNabb again.

We read off an email from Dennis in Gettysburg, then address the rumors brewing about the Vikings looking for a trade with a few teams, including the Eagles.  The last thing we talked about was the potential for an 18-game season next year, and some of the ramifications that comes with that.

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This week we mainly talk about this building excitement and a few of the things that we have seen and hope to see moving forward.  We also talk about the toughness of the Eagles camp and how we like what we see building in Kolb’s instincts so far.

Preseason and always:

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Darryl Tapp – “Back in Philly, training camp here I come!!!!!!!!!”

Jamar Chaney – “Just made it to the airport. Almost missed my flight & my bag was 15 pounds over. Smh! Its all good tho, I’m just ready to get to Lehigh!”

Todd Herremans – “Couldn’t sleep in as long as I wanted. Gotta report to trainin camp 2day but I gotta throw some s*** in the bag 1st…”

Michael Vick – “I couldnt even sleep last night…Todays the day!”

Jamar Chaney – “Boarding the plan to Lehigh now! This a small plane! Lol!”

Michael Vick – “Focus level on another level..To all my fans coming out to camp, thanks for the support!”

DeSean Jackson – “Gettn my Buizness takn care off b4 I head bac to Philly 2night… It iz that time… I’m in my zone all about my Buizness..”

Michael Vick – “Day 1 is in the Books!”

Jeff Owens – “Just got out of meetings tomorrow is going to be a long day…”

Ricky Sapp – “First NFL camp…. Let’s goooo”

DeSean Jackson – “On my way to Philly Boi I’m on my stuff… Grind’n season in mode full blast let’s ROLL….”

Ricky Sapp – “Morning twitter… Have a blessed day…. Day 2″

Jeff Owens – “Goodmorning twitter fam today is the first day of practice!!!”

Jamar Chaney – “1st practice in the books! Had a great one, but still got to improve in the 2nd practice! Hading to meeting & lunch now!”

Jeff Owens – “First practice went well still learning the system”

Todd Herremans – “Ok.. Great workout this morning!”

Jamaal Jackson – “Working hard @ work! Grind mode 2010 let’s get it….”

Jeff Owens – “Another great practice in the books, what happen to all the fans at the second practice”

Jeremy Maclin – “been chillin all day…time for the gym!”

Stewart Bradley – “Eagles football will dominate this season!”

Jeff Owens – “Just finish eating dinner, I ate a salad with some pasta and shrimp gotta eat right to dominate….”

Jeff Owens – “Meetings after meetings… Tonite I’m going to bed early lol”

Leonard Weaver – “Yo it’s yo boy weave and training camp is 1 day away. I can’t wait”

Michael Vick – “Day 2 is a wrap..its only a matter of time now!”

Michael Vick – “I forgot what training camp was like, its rough..but all the greats had to go through it!”

Jamar Chaney – “2day was a great start to my 1st trainin camp! Cant wait to get out there 2ma! Bout to catch these Zs tho! Holla @ yall 2ma.Gd nite & God Bless”

Jamar Chaney – “Morning practice in the books! Another great one for ya boi! Heading to meetings & than lunch!”

Jeff Owens – “Practice 4 is in the books just got in the cold tube and hot tube now it’s time for Dinner!!!”

Jeremy Maclin – “Packin for training camp….excited to get back at it! #readytoride”

Brandon Graham – “Getting ready for camp….Cant wait to show what I’m made of!”

Leonard Weaver – “Hey guys good morning, I’m up and eating breakfast and me and Mango are going go leave and head to training camp. It’s here baby…..”

Jeff Owens – “Who’s gonna help me study my playbook???”

Jeremy Maclin – “All settled in at camp….dinner at 5 then meeting….#readytoride”

Stewart Bradley – “Bye Bye Philly… Hello Leigh High! Get excited!”

Todd Herremans – “About to knock out this introductory meeting.. Its gonna take 4ever :/”

Michael Vick – “Im taking camp one day at at time..feels good to be back tho”

Michael Vick – “And thanks to all the fans that have been coming out to support us…we appreciate it!”

Brandon Graham – “Thanks everybody for congratulating me and I can’t wait to go out there tomorrow and get to work!! I’m about to cause havoc and kill QB’s!!”

Jamar Chaney – “Done w/ breakfast, in the locker room now gettin ready to hit this practice field. Oh how I love my job!”

Brandon Graham – “Just made it to Philly I’m so excited to get to work and compete with my teammates!!”

Leonard Weaver – “Now I’m back at my room chilling until our 10:30 special teams meeting.”

Asante Samuel – “Strong off season workouts and pure dedication to being the best means I am ready to help the team win a championship”

Leonard Weaver – “Hey ladies and vents we are about to have a meeting. Offensive meeting. Installation time baby.”

Jeff Owens – “Cant wait tomorrow its Full Pads…. Its time to get down and dirty!!!! who’s coming to watch me put on a show??”

Leonard Weaver – “Man we have looked great over the past few days.”

DeSean Jackson – “1st day we put on them pads and went live. Felt good the fellas was out there ready. We lookn nice out here and they say we young. Watch out”

Jeremy Maclin – “Just got done wit evening practice about a hr ago….bout to head to dinner and meetings…tired as a dog tho!”

Leonard Weaver – “I don’t know of my carries will increase or decrease but its doesn’t matter. As long as were winning its all good.”

Leonard Weaver – “Kevin looked great as well as Michael Vick.”

Brent Celek – “no easier place to sleep than training camp. #supertired”

Jamar Chaney – “2day was a very productive day for me & also for the entire team. We looking real good out there, just got to continue to get better!”

DeSean Jackson – “Everybody follow my bro @CenterStage67 he is the key to our eagle success down there in them trenches..”

Asante Samuel – “Another good day of practice. We are young and explosive. Watch out for the Eagles this year!!”

Leonard Weaver – “At breakfast with jamaal talking about to head to practice for another great day.”

Asante Samuel – “Wat up Eagle Nation? Watching team work hard and its killing me! Doc’s holding me out cuz of my hammy!? Too fired up to be watching!!”

Asante Samuel – “Watch out for my boi Ernie Simms he is a beast! A BEAST!”

Asante Samuel – “In my 8 years in da league I never saw anyone as explosive as D Jack and Maclin. They r gonna b great together! Go Green!!”

Asante Samuel – “Shout out to ALL my EAGLES fans out there that can’t wait to see some Eagles football!! UNSTOPPABLE”

Jeremy Maclin – “Good practice this morning…O and D getting after it…got done bout 10:30 but I haven’t left yet gotta maintain the body #Iknowit”

Leonard Weaver – “Hey practice was fun today and the fans had a lot of intensity.”

And there we have it, lazy journalism! Twitter can be a very interesting read at times with plenty of banter flowing back and forth between the guys. Here is the list of Eagles I have so far, feel free to add comments with anyone I don’t know about.

@TrevorLaws
@victorabiamiri
@CenterStage67   (Jamaal Jackson)
@jmac_18
@toddherremans
@Sapp94
@dtapp91
@MichaelVickZone
@MachoHarris
@cutondime  (LeSean McCoy)
@BrentCelek
@StewBradley
@jeffowens95
@Jamar22Chaney
@deseanjackson10
@LeonardWeaver
@BGraham54
Cheers from the UK and GO BIRDS!

Well we are finally back! After taking a few months off due to all kinds of reasons, we finally make our 2010 season return. Todd and Chuck chat with one of our newest site writers, Steve Brown all the way from the UK!

We talked about the start of Training Camp, the excitement of a new season, and touched on players such as Kevin Kolb, Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson, Stewart Bradley, Brent Celek and the newest Eagle, Nate Allen, among others.

With the departure of Donovan McNabb, leaving Kolb and Vick, Chuck raised the question about the Wildcat and it’s presence (or lack of) in this year’s Offense.

Still where we want to be:

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This is the last part of our annual Post-Draft show.

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Tommy Lawlor of Scouts Notebook, Eagles Blitz and PhiladelphiaEagles.com joins us for our annual Post-Draft show. With Tommy’s extensive insight, we break down how the Eagles Draft went down, how the new players fit in the system, the work the organization still has to do, and much more.

What we discussed:

• The NFL 2010 Draft had great ratings and that probably means the new format will stay
• DE Brandon Graham from Michigan was the Eagles first pick, and they aggressively went for him
• S Nate Allen from USF was the second pick
• LB Keenan Clayton from Oklahoma (4th round) might have real potential on this team
• DE Ricky Sapp from Clemson was chosen in the 5th round and some are seeing him as a steal
• Eagles picked a number of smart players in this Draft
• RB Charles Scott from LSU is someone Tommy is happy about the Eagles picking
• QB Mike Kafka from Northwestern was the Eagles 6th pick overall. He didn’t play a whole lot in college, but is talented.
• S Kurt Coleman from Ohio State is a player that is starter material in a few short years
• CB Trevard Lindley from Kentucky

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We open the show with Tommy offering his opinions on the McNabb trade, then we hit the ground running. This year’s Draft is a very deep one, and we expect the Eagles to use their picks to move.  One concern, though, is that the Eagles have enough holes on their roster for them to legitimately use all of the picks they have.  What about moving around? It is always a possibility, but Tommy does not think that the Eagles try to deal Michael Vick, because he does not believe that any teams would be willing to give much for him in this Draft.

Without question, the Eagles needs this year are: cornerback, safety and linebacker.  We are pretty much all in agreement that they take a cornerback as their first pick.

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And so we say goodbye to released team-mates Will Witherspoon, Brian Westbrook, Shawn Andrews, Kevin Curtis and Darren Howard, plus the recently traded Reggie Brown, Chris Clemons, Sheldon Brown, Chris Gocong and Donovan McNabb. That’s a massive exodus of veteran personnel including, of course, the franchise Quarterback.

What does this mean for the coming season? Well, for one thing we’re likely to have the youngest group of players in the NFL. As far as I can see only David Akers, Sav Rocca, Juqua Parker and Jeremiah Trotter are over the age of thirty in a league where experience means a huge amount.

When Andy Reid was asked last week who his offensive leaders were he answered, “That’s a good question because Kevin becomes one of them. One of the things I’ve mentioned is that I think he’s a good leader. I think we have some tremendous leaders up front. DeSean Jackson has turned into a kid that has shown leadership ability. Brent Celek is one of our primary leaders.”

These are all young guys with a lot on their shoulders already, how much can they reasonably take on and still play at their best? Reid refers to DeSean Jackson as a “kid” which says it all. No matter how talented, these guys are barely more than rookies.

The successful returns of Jamaal Jackson and Stacy Andrews will be a big boost to the organization, but the Draft is where Andy Reid is undoubtedly focusing. With eleven picks to play with including five in the first 87 overall, we have some serious bargaining power.

I’m really looking forward to the Draft this year. With the revamped format, eleven picks and Andy Reid calling the shots it should be quite spectacular for the watching Eagles fans. There are some big gaps to fill, such as cornerback, but Reid has shown time and time again that he’s good at this side of the job and I’ll be relaxing with popcorn on hand and Twitter fired up!

I’m quite excited by this rebuilding process and for me, the Eagles ARE rebuilding even though no one at NovaCare will admit it. It may be a year or two until we make the playoffs again, but this team growing up together could eventually lead us to that elusive Super Bowl title that we all crave so much.

Just one thing though. If Joe Banner claims again this year that we have the best roster in the league, I’ll know for sure that his rose-tinted glasses are superglued to his face!

Cheers from the UK and GO BIRDS!