Rough day for offense; Eagles add QB
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Rough day for offense; Eagles add QB
Daily News staff
With the knee injury to Kevin Kolb, the Eagles were down to only Donovan McNabb and A.J. Feeley as quarterbacks on the roster so they signed Matt Nagy tonight.
Nagy is no stranger to the Eagles, serving as a coaching intern both last season and this season during training camp at Lehigh.
Kolb will not play in Thursday's preseason opener, so it could have been -- and might still be -- a long night for A.J. Feeley. Coach Andy Reid has not announced how long the starters will play against New England.
Nagy, 31, played for the University of Delaware and spent six seasons in the Arena Football League with Columbus, Georgia, Carolina and New York.
To make room on the roster, the team released wide receiver Brandon Robinson, a rookie free agent from Boston College.
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Aside from the injuries, it was a rough day in the hot sun at Lehigh, especially for the offense.
"We’re coming off a practice right here where we just didn’t execute as well as we need to," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. "I’m leaning toward the negative way right there but we have to execute just a little bit better. We had more balls on the ground today than really all camp. It appeared, again I have to watch the film today, but it appeared that we were off sync just a little bit. I’m only exaggerating a little bit; we struggled to complete a pass. There were balls on the ground, we weren’t blocking anyone. So it was one of those practices where we need to come back at a real high level tomorrow.”
He was asked whether he was surprised that the offense had such a disappointing practice.
“You normally have a couple [practices like that] each training camp that you have to battle through, so that’s where we’re at," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. "Most of the guys are right at that point. Most of our installation is in as far as training camp. We’ve got an awful lot in, so mentally, they’re having to really prepare hard. We’ve gotten more in than we would ever have in a gameplan. We’ve probably got two gameplans worth in, maybe a little bit more than that.”
As for the preseason opener, he said, "There are a whole host of things that we want to accomplish. The first team, executing at a high level. The other thing is the players that are in competition, and we have competition really across the board, it will be an important night for them, both on offense and defense as well as on special teams. It’s an important night. Everything we do is important in the preseason games because it’s game action. It’s just a little bit more critical for these men.”
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To read our earlier post about injuries to Kevin Kolb and Trent Cole, click here.
"we struggled to complete a pass. There were balls on the ground" - sounds like a pretty normal day for McChoke to me.— FireAndyReid- LJL - how ironic you have the letters "LJ" in your log on name....another doosh hating McNabb.— elektrika
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- seriously, patriots 38, eagles 6. I see a broken leg in our future, just not sure who. Remember that whoopin we put on the pats last yr in pre-pre? Paybacks gonna hurt real bad. At least madden comes out on friday. The birds are gonna be fat before they update the online rosters.— Onlineps2beast
- Uggg. Naggy sure its not papale ha. I'm sure kolb isn't that bad or they wouldn't have a coach suitin up— utleyrls
- Uggg. Naggy sure its not papale ha. I'm sure kolb isn't that bad or they wouldn't have a coach suitin up— utleyrls
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- Mike Vick!! Would make more since than some journeyman..— komplex2005
- I think we are seeing the debut of AR's new 2 and out offense.— Joe Funk
- CALL MIKE VICK!!! NOW!!— Huge
- "So they signed Matt Nagy, who served as a coaching intern last season". AN INTERN? GENIUS!! Oh Lord. keep repeating, we have thee best roster in the NFL, we have the ebst roster in the NFL.— Huge
- Better get that running game in high gear...— scooterj
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- Doesn't matter who they bring in, Kolb will be back shortly. And the phillies won is right about one thing. This is the year for the Eagles, but apparently not for the Phillies.— pbowers
I like dogs but what about Vick?— Richard Saunders- Favre would actually cost money. The Waterboy is next in line— Luriesucks
- I can;t wait to see who they bring in if Feeley or even McNabb gets hurt.......................FARVE...???????— jpwjrnova
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- McNabb with a track record of staying healthy all year, maybe at Syracuse ??— gwite
- John, yes the owners make out good on preseason, but how many of those who have to buy preseason are turning around selling their season tickets on ebay for hundreds of dollars per profit a game? A lot— 93phils
- John E Cat- that post made me laugh but its sadly very true. I think its even funnier when you think that the new QB was helping coach this team up til this morning. That must have been a funny conversation. Andy Reid- "Hey Matt, wanna play some football for a bit?" Matt Nagy- "Sure Big Red. Let me put down my clipboard and grab a helmet." Sounds made-up. At least this injury turned out to be comical.— BadgerVMD
- Nagy? 31 yr QB!!! Reid has lost his mind.— tulsaphil
- Hasn't it been the Beagles year for the last ten years? Always "next years champions".— Swyve
- Hey the Phillies won etc. You are a loser. Get a life— sfeagle
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