Les Bowen

Les Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News since 2002. Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.

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Email Les at bowenl@phillynews.com

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Les Bowen: Eagles prepare for well-rounded Cowboys offense - 11/06/2009: WHEN THE PASS-HAPPY Eagles run the ball effectively, as they have the past few weeks, their offensive players are eager to tell you how much of a difference balance makes, how it pushes defenses back on their heels.
Les Bowen: The bottom line: Maclin catching on quickly - 11/03/2009: by Les Bowen

Early on, it was hard to know what to make of Jeremy Maclin. The training-camp holdout, even if it was agent-generated, was a spectacularly bad idea. It got the rookie wideout from Missouri off to a slow start, without substantially boosting the contract he ultimately signed. Maclin had some drops in the preseason, lost the punt-return job, didn't get a ball thrown his way in the season opener.
Les Bowen: Eagles rookie McCoy needs to show up vs. Giants - 10/30/2009: EVERYWHERE you saw LeSean McCoy yesterday, you saw running-backs coach Ted Williams - Velcroed to the rookie's side, explaining and advising on the way to the NovaCare cafeteria, going over something one more time during a break in practice.
Les Bowen: The Eagles' bottom line: DeSean hurts so good - 10/28/2009: by Les Bowen

DeSean Jackson has told us how, when he was growing up, his four older brothers "wouldn't let me be a punk."
Les Bowen: Eagles' DeSean Jackson uses last year's game vs. Redskins as motivation - 10/26/2009: THE LITTLE GUY has an ego. He's smart enough not to go the Ochocinco, T.O. route, turning himself into a distracting sideshow. But DeSean Jackson wants to be a marquee, magazine-cover player, works hard toward that goal, and has made impressive inroads since arriving as a second-round pick from Cal before last season.
Les Bowen: Eagles moves for Witherspoon, Trotter seem a little desperate - 10/22/2009: THE FIRST regular-season Eagles game I covered, the late Steve McNair led the host Tennessee Titans to a 27-24 comeback win, Sept. 8, 2002, but that isn't the picture I see when I recall that game.
Les Bowen: Further review: The bottom line - We've seen this play from Eagles before - 10/20/2009: by Les Bowen

EAGLES FANS have seen this movie so many times now. It was possible to think that maybe, with all the new weapons, it wouldn't happen this year, that whatever the Eagles' 2009 shortcomings, fans wouldn't have to watch the offense descend into a morass of harried, off-target throws, the running game discarded in a panic, the quarterback out of rhythm and indecisive.
Les Bowen: Raiders QB Russell can expect aggressive Eagles defense - 10/16/2009: THE LATE JIM JOHNSON was known for aggressive blitz packages when he ran the Eagles' defense, bringing rushers from unexpected spots, confusing quarterbacks. So far, in that respect, Sean McDermott seems to be Johnson 2.0.
Les Bowen: The Bottom Line - Lots of targets, one football - 10/13/2009: by Les Bowen

SUDDENLY, ANDY Reid is in the unaccustomed position of having to juggle some big-time offensive talent - and the egos that come with that talent.
Les Bowen: Trotter returns to Eagles' unit to face young Tampa Bay QB - 10/09/2009: SEAN McDERMOTT compared rookie Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Johnson to a young Donovan McNabb yesterday. Quintin Mikell disagreed; to the Eagles' veteran strong safety, Johnson more closely resembles Michael Vick.