Eagles add two WRs; set to interview Lovie Smith
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Eagles add two WRs; set to interview Lovie Smith
Zach Berman, Inquirer Staff Writer
By Zach Berman
Even without a head coach, the Eagles continue to make minor roster moves -- a common practice this time of year, as teams can offer futures contracts. (Basically, sign a player to spend the offseason with the team, and they'll compete for a job in training camp and the preseason.) The two players the Eagles signed Tuesday are wide receivers Nick Miller and DeMarco Sampson.
Miller, 25, is 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds. He played 17 career games from 2009-2011 with the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams. The Southern Utah product has an 88-yard punt return touchdown in the NFL. He was out of football last season.
Sampson, 27, was a 2011 seventh-round pick by the Cardinals. He only has three career catches, and did not make the Cardinals roster last season. Sampson is 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds, so he has a bigger body.
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In coaching news, the Eagles are set to interview former Bears head coach Lovie Smith on Thursday. Smith, 54, went 81-63 in nine seasons with the Bears. He reached the postseason three teams and went to the Super Bowl in his third season. He was fired after the Bears missed the playoffs with a 10-6 record.
The Eagles will also interview Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden this week.
Other coaches they're currently considering are Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, Falcons defensive coordinator Mike Nolan, an Falcons special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong.
That means there will be three offensive coordinators, three defensive coordinators, and one special teams coordinator.
Great idea bringing in Lovie...build some rapport with him, and eventually hire him to run the D if he doesn't get a jot elsewhere.— Colonel Angus- Can you not even proof read the article HEADLINE??? "Eagles Adds..." Really? How lazy can you be? Why is it Philly sports writers constantly fail to spellcheck their articles???— mish798798
- Ok online grammer police. First of all, everyone gets the point that the author was trying to communicate, which is what the purpose of any written or spoken language. Second, there is nothing wrong this this phrase. "Eagles" can be a single noun that just happen to ends with a "s". Like "news", or "gymnastics". — penncrow19
- uh where is the article? Who are the 2 WRs they added?— Handsome B. Wonderful
- One of McLane's better articles.— lgeagles
- WTF - where's the article????
— fammarlin - it's the new plan under Howie...adding invisible WR's. If you can't see em you can't cover em....This is so fuggin cutting edge. Glad to be an Eagles fan and even happier we have the best beat writers. Gold standard to a new level baby......— glove69
- Both of the WR's are 6ft 4 in., Fast, but big and can run faster than DeJean. Wasn't that the two I am thinking of????— Koons
- This is the best article Ive seen on Philly.com sports since Sheil Kapadia left— ChampAnderson
- this website is so sloppy, no wonder just a few of us even come on here.— sgamble077
- Now why can't Sheridan write articles with the depth of this one?
— squmata1 - What a great article.....makes about as many valid point as the last one of his I read.
$10 says the receivers are 5 fot 9 inches and released from their team after being 7th round draft picks from 2 or 3 years ago,— Dr. D. - ALL IN BABY— AlexSp
- What about Rich Kotite? They interviewed everyone else!!— psd
- Choose between Gus Bradley or Lovie Smith, then throw money every 3 years at the next young hot OC & go from there.
Lovie didn't leave as a failure in Chicago --- he went 10-6!— yobill626
