By this time tomorrow, there will be two dates circled on the calendar of every die-hard Eagles fan.
Thursday night’s NFL Draft, in which the Birds have a ton of picks, is not one of them.
The NFL releases its 2010 schedule tonight.
Eagles fans will be especially interested in a couple of games next year, that being the two games against the Washington Redskins.
Yes, the Eagles play their key NFC East opponent every year. But this year the ’Skins will be led onto the field by a new field general. He’ll be the guy wearing No. 5. Maybe you’ve heard of him. His name is Donovan McNabb.
If I’m the NFL, I’m making the return of McNabb to Lincoln Financial Field a featured game on either Sunday or Monday night the first week of the season.
It’s a natural storyline, the spurned QB returning to the stadium where he starred for years, but never delivered the one thing the fans cried out for – a Super Bowl title.
In the meantime, the Eagles continue to remake their roster. Yesterday they added linebacker Ernie Sims from the Lions for what seems like the bargain price of a fifth round draft pick. Just a few years ago, the Florida State star was the No. 9 pick in the entire draft, a first round star nabbed by the Lions in 2006.
Yesterday Sims sounded the theme of many stars on their way out of town – “it just didn’t work out.”
Sims suffered a shoulder injury last year and played in just 11 games.
He also tore a hamstring later in the year.
He becomes an immediate starter for the Birds.
And he’ll be one of many looking to shut down McNabb twice next year.
Thursday night’s NFL Draft, in which the Birds have a ton of picks, is not one of them.
The NFL releases its 2010 schedule tonight.
Eagles fans will be especially interested in a couple of games next year, that being the two games against the Washington Redskins.
Yes, the Eagles play their key NFC East opponent every year. But this year the ’Skins will be led onto the field by a new field general. He’ll be the guy wearing No. 5. Maybe you’ve heard of him. His name is Donovan McNabb.
If I’m the NFL, I’m making the return of McNabb to Lincoln Financial Field a featured game on either Sunday or Monday night the first week of the season.
It’s a natural storyline, the spurned QB returning to the stadium where he starred for years, but never delivered the one thing the fans cried out for – a Super Bowl title.
In the meantime, the Eagles continue to remake their roster. Yesterday they added linebacker Ernie Sims from the Lions for what seems like the bargain price of a fifth round draft pick. Just a few years ago, the Florida State star was the No. 9 pick in the entire draft, a first round star nabbed by the Lions in 2006.
Yesterday Sims sounded the theme of many stars on their way out of town – “it just didn’t work out.”
Sims suffered a shoulder injury last year and played in just 11 games.
He also tore a hamstring later in the year.
He becomes an immediate starter for the Birds.
And he’ll be one of many looking to shut down McNabb twice next year.
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