Babin plans to run with bulls
Now that he has survived the harsh elements of Alaska and the even harsher sting of missing an Andy Reid-run minicamp, Jason Babin is setting his sights on his next expedition.
Babin plans to run with bulls
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Now that he has survived the harsh elements of Alaska and the even harsher sting of missing an Andy Reid-run minicamp, Jason Babin is setting his sights on his next expedition.
The Eagles Pro Bowl defensive end said he plans on running with the bulls in Spain this July.
"It's kind of a rite of passage," Babin said Wednesday after his first OTA. "It's a stamp. I guess in my brain I have a figurative man card that's got certain punches that need to be punched out."
Babin said he would have been at practices last week but the weather in Alaska delayed his flight home.
"I'm upset I missed because, if you guys don't know, I don't miss stuff," Babin said. "I'm not late. It was one of those things I think they were really concerned like, 'Where am I?' because my phone didn't work."
Babin was reminded that the practices are optional.
"I'm not a skipper," he said.
Babin, an avid outdoorsman, went to Cold Bay, Alaska to hunt bear and, he said, to just survive. He did more surviving than shooting during the 12-day expedition.
"I didn't see the one I wanted," Babin said of the bears. "It's proper steward of the outdoors to not shoot a little one."
One may question whether running with the bulls in Pamplona, where a few have suffered significant injuries and sometimes death, is proper behavior for a professional football player.
"Everyone thinks it's dangerous and hazardous," Babin said. But it's not, if "done correctly and soberly," he added.
"Bulls can't turn the corner on cobblestone, so as long as you're on the inside you're going to be alright," Babin said. "I broke the tape down like game film."
No comment yet from the Eagles on how they feel about Babin's summer vacation plans.
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Comment removed.- This is why we traded out of the 1st round, rather than loading up for another Superbowl run.
We know that Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt said quarterbacks Kevin Kolb and John Skelton were on equal footing. We weren't quite sure if he really meant it -- until now.
This isn't shocking, but it's incredible to think about when you take a step back. Just one year after the Cardinals mortgaged their future by dealing draft picks and paying huge money for Kevin Kolb, they aren't even letting him take most of the first-team snaps at practice. This isn't what they paid for.
Kolb earned more than $10 million last year and got an $7 million roster bonus this offseason. Skelton is a third-year pro from Fordham who's making $490,000. He has thrown 13 touchdown passes and 16 interceptions in his career. And yet Kolb and Skelton truly are being treated as equals.
That speaks more loudly than anything Whisenhunt could say. 
Thanks for using an avatar Lonewolf11. Without it I might accidentally waste my time reading some of your posts.— bc3030- Hmmm... Right on, Bsbs. Do you, baby! Gotta be at least a little nutty to chase QBs the way he does.— DigroJones
- YUP makes sense to me....run with a group of yahoos all liquored up....get tripped or pushed by one, get hit by a bull, ruin your career.....YUP...a brain surgeon he is not.....bet the stardard NFL contract does not cover this so he can kiss his medical, rehab and career good bye.....YUP....great idea ????— nuggett
just as long as he runs with the bulls on the eagles training facility so if (hopefully not!!)something bad happens he doesnt get his fat guaranteed contract ripped in half like jason peters— daveH- ridiculous. Can't believe that his contract doesn't contain a provision prohibiting such inherently risky activity.... don't be a dope Babin.
— ghostofozark 
Nice bark CYO...but, bears don't strut around the neighborhood looking for little pups like me to rip their jaws of death into like pit bulls. Protect puppies and get rid of pit bulls. Occupy Dog Street.- Running with the bulls = non-football related injury.— joedavola
- somebody should remind babin that
HE'S NOT REAL GOOD AGAINST THE RUN.
— bloodymess - very well done. /salute — bc3030
- I've always thought running with the bulls in Pamplona is pretty stupid, but to each his own I guess.
Maybe by participating in something is so horribly cruel to animals he can take some of the heat off Vick with the animal rights people.— bc3030 - I don't know why I click on stories like this. I'm always happier when I don't know what Eagles players do with their off time. But I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the headline and had to check that Babin was really going to do something so thunderously stupid. Yup. Putting aside the question of why all his leisure time activities involve cruelty to animals (Is that how you get your "man card" punched, Jason?), this looks like the perfect way to get seriously injured. So now I'm caught between rooting for the bull and not wanting the season to go down the drain.
- always time for a little knee surgery before the season, right?— ekw555
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