Source: Samuel injury not serious
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Source: Samuel injury not serious
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
UPDATE
Cornerback Asante Samuel left late in this morning's practice with a hamstring injury. Samuel wasn't wearing ice and didn't seem terribly concerned later, as he exited the field house. The hamstring did not have ice or a wrap.
A source told the Daily News this afternoon that the Eagles do not believe the injury is serious or will require Samuel to miss significant time.
"I'm too old for this!" Samuel said, presumably referring to two-a-days.
Cornerback Ellis Hobbs did not participate with an illness. Asked about the illness he said, "bad cereal." He said he would back at practice tomorrow.
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BETHLEHEM -- They are the duo to watch, when the first team offense isn't on the field.
Backup quarterback Michael Vick and rookie wideout Riley Cooper are money in the bank for the second-team offense. Granted, they're usually playing against the second-team defense, here at training camp, but they still put on an impressive show.
This morning, Vick found Cooper on a quick, sharp slant, corner Geoffrey Pope unable to intercede. Then Vick tried a quick out to Cooper, but corner Macho Harris, back from hamstring troubles, jumped the route. Harris got his hands on the ball, diving, and popped it up in the air -- where Cooper caught it, and took off down the sideline.
Last Friday, in the Eagles' preseason opener against Jacksonville, Vick and Cooper connected on a 46-yard bomb, right after entering the game.
"The first day I got here, he came up to me and introduced himself," Cooper said today, when asked about Vick. "His agent (Joel Segal) is my agent. He kind of was looking out for me,and helped me out a lot. We kind of had that bond."
Cooper's previous quarterback was the most straight-arrow guy ever, Tim Tebow at Florida. Vick has a somewhat different public image.
"Joel told me all about him," said Cooper, who said he had no reservations about bonding with the guy who went to prison for running a dogfighting operation. "Joel said 'great guy, stands for all the right things, do anything for you. Great family guy.' That's what Joel told me. I trust Joel, and I saw it for myself. He's a good dude.
"He throws a real good long ball, and those short-intermediate routes on a dart, you know? He's the real deal."
"He understands the game, he knows how to get open, and he's a big target," Vick said of Cooper. "He kind of reminds me of Brian Finneran" the ex-Villanova star and one-time Eagle, who played with Vick in Atlanta. "He catches the ball real well.Might be a tad bit faster than Brian, but they're very similar."
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*No full pads and no real hitting this morning, lots of pass plays to talk about. Kevin Kolb connected nicely with DeSean Jackson on a TD bomb down the right sideline, Asante Samuel covering, 7-on-7.
*Same setup, excellent leaping catch by Hank Baskett on the left sideline, from Michael Vick.
*Nate :Lawrie, buried pretty deep on the tight end depth chart, reached up to snag a pass deep down the middle from Mike Kafka.
*When the starters played the starters 11-on-11, the defense again seemed to have the upper hand. First Kolb missed Jason Avant deep down the left side. Then Baskett dropped a pass. Kolb went to Shady McCoy on a pretty deep running back route, but Ernie Sims had strong coverage all the way and McCoy couldn't make the catch.
*Kolb rolled right and hit Jackson again, underneath Samuel.
*With Kolb rolling the other way, Sims seized the opportunity to chuck Baskett to the ground, away from the ball.
*Geoffrey Pope picked Kafka on a rollout. But then Kafka exacted revenge on a flea-flicker, hitting Chad Hall ofor a deep touchdown over Pope, who lost a fight for the ball.
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More injury news on the final day of public workouts at Lehigh: Tight end Cornelius Ingram was limited in practice, did some light work because of a continuing knee issue.
Running back LeSean McCoy, who missed practice yesterday, with a quad contusion, returned today.
Guard Todd Herremans rotated in.
Running back Mike Bell (hammy) remains sidelined. And for the numerically inclined, new safety Anthony Scirrotto is wearing No. 47.
I really think Ingram won't make the team... 5th rounder last year, injury, injury, nagging injury the last 3 years...— phillyinATL- It'll all be better when Sean Considine gets cut from the Jags and returns to the Eagles. LOL Until then Anthony Scirrotto will have to take up the slack.— jimmyj
- I think they'll give Ingram another year. He has a nice up-side, and if they can get his head back on straight and get him to stop worrying about his knee, they might be able to trade him if Clay really comes into his own.
- Yeah, Ingram would have some big trade value. Conditional 6th at best... not worth a roster spot whatsoever if he isn't playing.— jbruder02
- nice stuff on M.V...— clinoril
- Scirrotto was a good college safety. Didn't seem to catch on in the NFL.— tacklinjoe
good to hear that vick and cooper have a good relationship.- It's funny how some of these writers try to change perception of Vick, they brown nose the Eagles brass so they get fed info from them during the season....Vick drown, electrocuted and hung dogs from a tree with HIS OWN BARE HAND...Vick admitted that he enjoy and got a "high" rush from killing and torturing helpless dogs WITH HIS OWN HANDS...How absolutely awful and disgusting is that you?...anyone that is okay with that and just fluffs it off is just as disgusting as Vick...period.— Bill20
- Bill, I (and most people) do not condone in any way what Vick did, but he went to prison, lost tens of millions of dollars and a lot more. He paid for his crimes. I am open minded enough to believe that people who pay for their sins deserve a chance at redemption. Good luck in that world of intolerance in which you live. Glass houses, Bill.— phillyinsd
Take a chill pill Bill. Ingram will be placed on the disabled list at the time of final cutdown— blaqjaq- The writer put the kid Cooper on the spotby asking him his feelings about Vick....Cooper has the same agent as Vick and that agent told him to say good things about Vick, and Cooper is trying to make the team and can't possibly say anything negative about Vick because Lurie and Reid would cut him.— Bill20
- If Vick runs onto the field in a pro or wild set, hikes the ball, fakes it and hits Cooper over the top I'm gonna scream real effin loud. Go birds!— Onlineps2beast
- Bill20, Vick is on the team. Get over it. The fact that he broke the law and went to jail for it isn't going to change that. How much more can be written about THAT story? He's the 2nd string QB on this football team so the writers are going to include him in their stories when its warranted, especially in the preseason. You don't have to like him or forgive him but writing about him from a football perspective is perfectly legitimate. If the writers are truly objective -- which is questionable at times -- they can still write about someone even if they don't like them personally. For all you know, many of the writers may be just as disgusted as you. But they have stories to write.— esesjay
- what is Cornelius Ingram's continuing knee issue? that he's blown it out twice in 2.5 years? what are the odds that it will continue to be an issue?— mundiff
- "Stands for all the right thing"? Hahhahaha, what a lark pro sports are at times.— davekrieg
- I'm with you 100% on this, Bill. Exactly, phillyinds, how has he paid for all his crimes? A couple of years in the clink? And as for the millions he lost, it was more of a result of going to jail and less because of a penalty. I decided that I have been a fan of dogs a lot longer than I have been a football fan. When Vick comes into the game, I turn the channel. He is a disgusting filthy rat who deserves to burn in hell.— rcooder
- bill20 -- please be a man of you words and stop following my team. you said that you no longer root for the birds so stop commenting. you really need to get a life. its alomst scary at this point
- bill, it's football...entertainment. this should not be role models for your kid. listen to @phillyinsd - relax and move on.— Lunchboy
- Bill just wondering, how much are you being paid for your ranting, get over it, that dog story is old, as if you really cared in the first place.— charmaine
- Bill20....you really are an insufferable moron with a hatfull of hate on your pointy little head.— TBear
- Joel said 'great guy, stands for all the right things, do anything for you. Great family guy.' haha, just dont include nonsense like this and people like Bill wont be so offended. Stick to football, just dont sugarcoat how hes a great guy, youre not fooling anyone. Hatefull of hate. Haha, ya right, people dont forgive cruelty like that so get used to it. Im more amazed at all the vick supporters, a pathetic lot they are.— peteike
