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MCCOY VISITING EAGLES

POSTED: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 3:26 PM

Bob Brookover

A league source said today that Pitt running back LeSean McCoy will make a pre-draft visit with the Eagles.

McCoy, a star at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, ran for 2,816 yards and 35 touchdowns in just two seasons with the Panthers. The 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back also proved to be a strong receiver coming out of the backfield with 65 career receptions for 549 yards.

Another league source said Chris "Beanie" Wells, the star running back from Ohio State, does not have a pre-draft visit scheduled in Philadelphia. The source said the Eagles did interview Wells at the scouting combine in Indianapolis. Wells finished his three-year career at Ohio State with 585 carries for 3,382 yards and 30 touchdowns.

Pre-draft visits do not always mean the Eagles intend to draft a player. There have been times when the Eagles have drafted a player in the first round even though that player did not visit the NovaCare Complex beforehand.

COLE SIGNS TENDER. Offensive lineman Nick Cole has signed the “mid-level” contract the team tendered him, ending his designation as a restricted free agent. Cole’s one-year deal will pay him $1.545 million in 2009.

Cole, who signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2006 out of New Mexico State, received his first extended playing time as a starter last season. After Shawn Andrews and Max Jean-Gilles suffered season-ending injuries, Cole stepped in and started the final four regular-season games and all three of the Eagles’ playoff games at right guard.

With the possibility that either Shawn Andrews or Todd Herremans could be moving to left tackle, Cole could end up competing with Jean-Gilles as a starting guard. Cole also has the ability to play center. In fact, Eagles coach Andy Reid said at the NFL owners meetings last week that Cole will provide competition for Jamaal Jackson at center.

As a restricted free agent, Cole could have signed an offer sheet with another team and the Eagles would have had the option to either match that offer or receive a second-round draft pick as compensation. Now, he’s a member of the Eagles who will likely compete for a starting job.

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Comments (73)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:22 PM, 03/31/2009

Anyone else look at the title of this post and think for a (terrifying) second that it referred to Matt McCoy?

— Statman

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:22 PM, 03/31/2009

We're a "Top 5 city". Really? Uh, Phoenix knocked us out of that billing. Put the McRib down and try again cuz.

— davekrieg

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:29 PM, 03/31/2009

The reason the Eagles are the POOR MAN'S Buffalo Bills is because they lose all the time in the NFC Championship game. Do you all get it now. Maybe we should change it from the poor man's to the dumb man's since no one got Dave's joke.

— cusoraider

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:37 PM, 03/31/2009

a cheap steal by Joe the bean counter...no sense using a top draft choice for the kid out of alabama or conneticut...we need those picks to trade down to find a cheap 3rd rounder...after all we don't want to lose our cap award or the gold standard....You always get what you pay for...and we pay for nothing so we don't win the only trophy worth playing for....It's called the Lombardi Trophy Joe and stepfords.....Jeffery oh Jeffery....don't you ever want to win the big one once in your lifetime...???

— nuggett

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:38 PM, 03/31/2009

You can't do anything if your o-line isn't established. and that comment about Westbrook being soft is the funniest thing I've ever read.

— TheDude

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:41 PM, 03/31/2009

another cheap find, mo of front office - look for diamonds in the rough, turn over every rock out there.......then drag your feet in negotiations and get them for bargain basenment prices.....the gang of 4 just really lining up their 3rd round draft choices

— ox