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I was perusing the recent articles on PhiladelphiaEagles.com when I came upon this response from a fan in regard to an article about Brian Westbrook's injury: "Westbrook was past his prime anyway... by Paul Dowds 2 45 reads Sports June 12, 2009 I was perusing the recent articles on PhiladelphiaEagles.com when I came upon this response from a fan in ...

Normally when we link to national sites that mention Eagles fans, it's for negative reasons.

Posted by Anthony Stalter According to a report by Comcast Sportsnet in Philadelphia, Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will be sidelined until at least Week 1 of the regular season due to a high ankle sprain.

New additions Jason Peters, Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy should be a boon for the Eagles' offense this season.

After an awful tie with the Cincinnati Bengals and a disastrous loss to the Baltimore Ravens that led to the benching of quarterback Donovan McNabb, the Eagles made it to the 2008 postseason by winning four out of their last five games.

Training camp at Lehigh University is still a little more than two months away, but for Eagles fans it is never too late to contemplate the position battles that will be had in the hot summer days ahead... by Kevin McGuire 26 reads Training camp at Lehigh University is still a little more than two months away, but for Eagles fans it is never too ...

The Eagles scored 416 points last season, setting a franchise record. And their defense finished third in the league.

Rookie LeSean McCoy should be a solid addition to the run game. We're going to catch you up on what took place at the Eagles' and Redskins' minicamps over the weekend.

Leonard Weaver is the knuckleball pitcher, the serve-and-volley tennis player, and the vinyl record all rolled into the prototypical fullback.

Something tells me you've just about had it with draft grades, so let's go in a different direction today.

BLOG: More on the Birds and McNabb in Eagles Insiders VIDEO: Cornelius Ingram highlights while at Florida VIDEO: Larry O'Rourke talks about LeSean McCoy NFL rules say teams aren't supposed to have live contact until training camp in July, but figure the Philadelphia Eagles will do everything they can to simulate blocking drills for two rookie draft ...

Opinions were mixed on the Eagles' decision to wait until the second round to draft their running back.

The Eagles didn't trade for Anquan Boldin and didn't use their first-round pick on a running back.

Thirteen years ago, when the Miami Dolphins chose Zach Thomas in the fifth round of the NFL draft, they didn't know what they'd get.

Overall, they've been pretty good. Better than average. Seven of their projected offensive starters for 2009 and nine of their projected defensive starters were Eagles draft picks.

The Eagles might be better off waiting until the middle rounds to pick a running back.

Selecting running backs is something the Eagles have always done later rather than sooner during coach Andy Reid's decade as the head coach, but that may change in Saturday's first round of the NFL draft.

THE EAGLES like to surprise us on NFL draft day. Who can forget the McNabb family's trip to their local South Jersey ice-cream parlor 2 years ago, when in the midst of deciding on the proper topping for his daughter's cone, Donovan learned the Birds had not gone for a safety or a corner with their first 2007 pick, as most observers had predicted? ...

Myth No. 1 about the Philadelphia Eagles, according to the man in charge of piecing together the roster: The organization refuses to use a first-round pick on a running back.

EAGLES general manager Tom Heckert spent more than an hour yesterday telling reporters everything and nothing.