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There's a pleasant surprise in the midst of all the question marks floating around the Eagles' tight end dilemma, and that's the emergence of rookie Rob Myers out of Utah State.

Rob Myers must be making progress, the Philadelphia Eagles' rookie tight end said with an impish grin Sunday afternoon.

THE Eagles ' newest tight end, Tony Curtis , won't be able to practice fully for a week or so because of a high-ankle sprain.

THE Eagles ' newest tight end, Tony Curtis , won't be able to practice fully for a week or so because of a high-ankle sprain.

Practice was over and Rob Myers was halfway into the locker room on Sunday before he heard a voice beckon from the field.

In two preseason games, Eagles rookie Jeremy Maclin has shown the speed, moves and instincts of a top-rank NFL returner.

There were 48 photographers and TV cameramen at Eagles practice Saturday afternoon, and almost none of them were shooting the most important thing that was going on.

Someone with as much star power -- if not more -- as Michael Vick practiced with the Eagles on Saturday for the first time.

Just came off the practice field here and boy, are my ears ringing. Today's one and only session -- the two-a-days of Lehigh University are over -- was extremely loud.

At some point, it might behoove the Eagles to take a break from bringing in quarterbacks and worry about a different position, such as tight end.

Mike's first Eagle practice: media circus and fan outrage.... The good news is, at least we're talking about a different Michael for a change... and although the Vick story has knocked the King of Pop saga to the back pages, the circus-like media coverage remains the same, as every TV, radio, internet and print network in the world has seemingly ...

Amid the breaking news that Michael Vick became an Eagle on Thursday night, there was also a preseason game against the New England Patriots at Lincoln Financial Field.

Lehigh's football team can now have the Goodman Campus practice fields back to itself.

Brent Celek is the Philadelphia Eagles undisputed top tight end. Brent Celek still feels the sting, which is why he looks at his Eagles franchise record of 10 receptions in last season's NFC Championship game and considers it a failure; why he refuses to quantify the number of receptions or passing yardage it would take to make this season a ...

Philadelphia Eagles rookie tight end Cornelius Ingram has suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and is likely out for the season.

It wasn't pretty, watching the early days of the Eagles' attempt to to turn Eugene Bright into an NFL tight end, when he hadn't ever even been a college tight end.

At the University of Cincinnati, the game plan for tight end Brent Celek was to block first then block again.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Four months ago, Eugene Bright was a defensive lineman when he first met with the Eagles coaching staff.

With only a few days left in training camp at Lehigh University for the Eagles, moving trucks were busy wrapping and loading equipment to take back to the team's Nova-Care Complex.

With reporting from Bob Cooney at Lehigh ... The Eagles spent $100 million on upgrades to the offensive line, but even Andy Reid conceded this morning that it is hard to know what they have until the group plays together at some point.

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By Jeff McLane BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Jeremy Maclin is showing he's a quick study. The rookie wide receiver, who held out for the first nine days of Eagles training camp, has been at Lehigh for only two days, but he's already inducing oohs and ahs from the fans.

Brian Westbrook has said he won't talk until he's practicing again. Based on the Andy Reid-supervised workout that followed yesterday's morning session, that might not be too long.

Wilhelm is the veteran linebacker the Eagles decided to sign in the wake of Sunday's season-ending ACL tear suffered by starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley .

Thanks to Shawn Andrews' aching back, Winston Justice is getting another chance at this Eagles training camp.

With fans anxiosuly awaiting the arrival of first-round pick Jeremy Maclin - his plane landed in Philly around 10:30 a.m. and he's expected at practice later - it was one of the forgotten receivers re-introducing himself to the Lehigh faithful.

Before I head back to Philly, some notes from the afternoon practice, which was in shorts and no pads: ** This morning, I mentioned the Eagles practiced the 'Wildcat' on one play.