IS GLAD SPRING TRAINING IS FINALLY HERE
ATLANTIC CITY — Ron Jaworski was at Harrah’s today to talk golf and his 25th annual Celebrity Golf Challenge, set for May 17-18, at Atlantic City Country Club. There also is a poker event scheduled for Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City. Proceeds from the events again will benefit the United Way Charities.
But when you see Jaws, you can’t help but want to talk football.
The former Eagles quarterback and current “Monday Night Football” analyst touched on a few subjects related to his former team with the Daily News' Chuck Darrow.
The Eagles open a mandatory minicamp Friday at the NovaCare Complex.
* On the current outlook for team (barring injury issues): “We tend to forget they went to the NFC Championship Game last year. I look at this team right now ... it’s a better team than the one that walked off the field after losing to Arizona.”
* On offseason acquisitions: “I think if you look at the entire offseason, it’s been outstanding. Looking at Jon Runyan and Tra Thomas and Brian Dawkins, these were guys up there in years and banged up, and you pick up Stacy Andrews, you pick up Jason Peters, you pick up Sean Jones ... it looks like you won’t take a step backwards.”
* On how the Birds fared in the NFL draft: "At least 20 teams had [Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin] as a Top 10 player ... he fell to them. It was a good move to move up in the draft. He was basically there for them.
“They love [Pitt running back and second-round pick LeSean McCoy]. He’s quick. he’s dynamic. He’s explosive.”
To read our earlier posts:
Donovan McNabb's thoughts on the offseason, click here.
Freddie Mitchell's new blog and other Eagles notes, click here
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.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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