Asante Samuel News Archives

Eagles bulletin board, meet Steve Smith. It's not as if Smith was trashing the Eagles' experienced cornerback tandem of Sheldon Brown and Asante Samuel, but yesterday the Giants' third-year receiver did point out a weakness he believes he can exploit Sunday at Lincoln Field.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley For the most part, the Eagles and Giants don't have a lot of reason to talk smack at this point in the season.

Giants wide receiver Steve Smith has experienced a great amount of success through the first seven weeks of the 2009 season.

Giants receiver Steve Smith has seen a lot of double coverage recently, but against the aggressive Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, he could see some 1-on-1 looks.

The unraveling Redskins take on the struggling Philadelphia Eagles tonight on Monday Night Football.

Tomorrow night's gameA is set to be a good one. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses to poor opponents.

I re-watched every Eagles' offensive snap this evening, and man, was that an embarrassing performance.

Asante Samuel responded to the mounting critics of the cornerback's less-than-reliable tackling.

The morning after an embarrassing 13-9 loss to the offensive inept Oakland Raiders, Eagles coach revealed positive news that starting left tackle Jason Peters has a knee and ankle sprain and will likely play in next Monday night's NFC East showdown against the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md.

The Oakland Raiders handed the Philadelphia Eagles their annual bad loss that starts the "Get rid of Reid and McNabb talk." People will throw dirt on Philly but they'll work their way into the playoff mix by the end of the season.

CABLE'S HOOK-UP Credit the Raiders' coaching staff for cooking up the right recipe: relentless defensive pressure and conservative offensive play-calling. Tom Cable took pressure off JaMarcus Russell with a variety of short screens and dump-offs against the Eagles' blitz.

By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm in Oakland Raiders .

Remember that confident talk all last week from the Eagles about not taking the Oakland Raiders lightly, regardless of their record? Yeah, well .

OAKLAND, Calif. There will be many questions for the Eagles after yesterday's disappointing 13-9 loss to the Raiders, but the one that will probably be asked in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons is: Why was Jeremiah Trotter on the field? Eagles coach Andy Reid had a legitimate answer for why the 32-year-old was at middle linebacker ...

PHILADELPHIA At OAKLAND = 4:05 p.m. EDT, FOX= OPENING LINE - Eagles by 13 1/2 RECORD VS.

When the Eagles travel to Oakland tomorrow, they will face a cornerback who is almost universally considered the best in his profession.

On injuries sustained during the game: "[CB] Dimitri Patterson has a quad strain and he'll have an MRI in the morning.

Here is our Second Take on the Eagles' win over Tampa Bay: * You probably noticed that the Eagles blitzed a lot in Sunday's win.

Anyone doubting that the Buccaneers have no leadership on the field need not wonder any more after how they became the first Tampa Bay team in 13 years to start a season with five straight losses.

With Bucs CB Elbert Mack trailing, Eagles rookie Jeremy Maclin catches the first of his two touchdowns.

Eagles coach Andy Reid made an interesting decision after his team built a big enough lead to send in the reserves yesterday at Lincoln Financial Field.

PHILADELPHIA Two weeks after Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson had a big game against a winless team, it was another young, speedy receiver's turn.

The Philadelphia Eagles scored early, quickly and often as they rolled to a 33-14 victory over the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers and gave head coach Andy Reid his 100th NFL coaching victory.