CAN HEAR CLEARWATER CALLING
As we told you in last Wednesday's Daily News and here on Eagletarian, Michael Vick will spend Thursday morning in Newport News in a bankruptcy court proceeding where he will testify.
Vick appeared last month at a hearing in Virginia, and his Chapter 11 reorganization plan is still awaiting approval from Judge Frank J. Santoro. Thursday's hearing is scheduled to be a confirmation hearing in which Santoro could provide his final approval. Vick filed for bankrputcy in July 2008.
Santoro previously rejected a proposal from Vick in April, saying the plan he presented "does not work." He urged Vick to put together a plan that was doable. In the initial plan, Vick was planning to keep his two houses and three cars, according to a report of that hearing by CNN.
Vick is eligible to play Thursday night for the Eagles against Jacksonville at the Linc. The Eagles have not officially said that Vick will play, with Andy Reid expected to make an announcement Tuesday.
"Michael is a day-to-day deal," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said Sunday. "We did a similar thing with Michael in that every day [QB coach] James Urban and [offensive quality control coach] Doug Pederson keep Michael after practice. Now it’s a little different of a philosophy there. He has not played the game in two years, so much of that was physical and getting him into shape, football shape. I think he was in decent shape coming in, as far as in general. But, football shape: moving, cutting, lateral movement, throwing the football, moving while he’s throwing the football. I think he’s in pretty good shape right now, football shape. But we’ll see, we’re still taking it day-to-day.”
THE TIGHT ENDS
With Brent Celek (shoulder) back practicing and proclaiming yesterday he feels "as good as I think I can feel," we can probably cancel the red alert at the tight end position. Undrafted rookie Rob Myers, signed Aug. 8, caught four passes for 44 yards at Indianapolis and certainly looks like a serviceable sub. Matt Schobel (calf) seems healthy again. Harriton High's Eugene Bright, a defensive end at Purdue, remains a long-term project.
There was a report over the weekend that the Eagles had worked out former Dallas tight end Tony Curtis (Jack Lemmon being dead and all). A source close to the situation said the team won't be signing Curtis.
BABIN'S EMERGENCE
Defensive end Jason Babin was a first-round draft pick in 2004, has been with four NFL teams and signed with the Eagles after training camp had begun. But, could he help provide another pass-rusher along the Birds' defensive line?
"He was in the backfield, he was disruptive, and he came off the football. From a defensive end standpoint, that's what we're looking for right there," defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said.
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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