Eagles looking to add tight end; ASPCA on Vick
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Eagles looking to add tight end; ASPCA on Vick
Daily News staff
The Eagles' search for another tight end is contiuning in the wake of Cornelius Ingram's season-ending knee injury.
The team evaluated Tony Curtis on Friday and could sign him pending a physical, according to Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network. The Eagles have made no official announcement.
Curtis has played in 36 career games with the Cowboys and recorded 11 catches for 50 yards and three touchdowns (all three game in 2007). Hehad eight receptions for 32 yards last season with the Cowboys.
He was an undrafted free agent in 2005 and had been with Dallas his entire career until joining the Chiefs this offseason after they traded Tony Gonzalez to Atlanta. He was released by Kansas City when Amani Toomer was signed.
Behind starter Brent Celek and veteran backup Matt Schobel, the Eagles have been working in undrafted free agents Eugene Bright, a converted defensive end from Purdue, and Rob Myers, from Utah State, who joined the team late in camp.
Celek, nursing a shoulder injury, did not play against the Colts on Thursday as a precaution. Schobel started and did not have a reception. Myers had four catches for 44 yards with a long of 17.
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In other news, the ASPCA has broken its relative silence on the Michael Vick issue, releasing a statement yesterday that condemns "60 Minutes" for giving Vick a forum. The group says that Vick's PR team approached them about working with him but the APSCA turned Vick down.
Here is part of the statement released by Ed Sayres, the ASPCA president and CEO:
"Mr. Vick has indeed been given another chance to play football with the Philadelphia Eagles. It is important to state that the ASPCA is extremely disappointed that owner Jeff Lurie hired him for his team before it was clear that Mr. Vick has truly developed a sense of compassion for his victims, the animals whose lives were taken by him. The ASPCA believes in second chances -- in redemption -- but that second chance has to be earned through contrition, conversion to the cause of animal welfare and finally, through hard work. Mr. Vick has only now begun his journey toward a second chance. It will be a long and hard road for him, and while we wish him well, we also want to remind the nation that the work of ridding the nation of dog fighting is as compelling a story as one man's path to redemption. Let's not forget to focus on the animals, the crimes that are still being committed every day in the United States. What are we, as a nation, going to do about that? How are we going to express our outrage long past the first time Mr. Vick takes the field in Philadelphia?"
Translation of the ASPCA's statement: We believe in second chances, just as long as we don't have to give them. Gimme a break.— derrickwh
Comment removed.- No, they said they feel second chances have to be earned, not given. They feel he has yet to earn one, they are entitled to their opinion.— McStug
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- Agree completely with McStug. They didn't go after publicity. They simply issued a press release explaining why they don't want to work with Vick. It's hard to understand condemning an organization for explaining why they do, or do not do, something.— gjacobs
- Sounds like they should be running for office, way to talk out of both sides of they mouths. ASPCA how is he supposed to make a difference if you don't give him a chance? More lip service. I would like to know how many activist animal groups are on the terror watch list.— Living_Legend
- Who put the ASPCA in charge.....
- How can you say that you want Vick to show "...contrition, conversion to the cause of animal welfare..." then condemn 60 minutes for giving him a forum to do so? Don't understand it...— dmanns
I love dogs , I love my dog. The man did 2 years in jail, lost most of his money.How much more does he need to do? I don't even like Vick even when he was a Falcon. But i'm still a die hard Eagles fan. Gee Saltworthe got 24 days in jail for killing a guy . Socirety is full of people who did worse than Vick and paid less penalty. Let's get over this and move on ,you can only beat a dead horse for so long.— a2000xl- Comment removed.
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They're dogs. You can take yours in and have it executed anytime you want. You can even eat them if you want to... What he did was wrong, but we're still talking about dogs.— Elbarad- philly10, have you ever gone fishing? hook a fish in the mouth, suffocate it, maybe beat it in the head a few times? if u haven't, know anyone who has? do they or you need "physcological (sic) counseling"? killing animals is killing animals. in fact, vick didn't do it for fun, he did it because the dogs couldn't be used for fighting and obviously couldn't be pets. that's seem more humane to me than sport fishing. your thoughts?— mosquito killer
- Should George Washington be removed from Mt. Rushmore since he owned slaves, and slavery was a much worse course of activity than dog fighting? The ASPCA in this case represents misplaced morals.— nceagle
