Maclin in a boot; Demps lighter in the wallet
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Maclin in a boot; Demps lighter in the wallet
Jeff McLane and Bob Brookover
Eagles rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin walked around the locker room in a protective boot this morning as he continues to recover from plantar fasciitis.
Maclin is also expected to sit out of practice for the second straight day, but offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said he believes the rookie will be ready and at full speed for Sunday's game against the New York Giants.
"Oh, yeah, I think he'll be fast," Mornhinweg said.
Even if Maclin wasn't nursing a sore foot, the Eagles would have restored second-year receiver DeSean Jackson as the punt returner against the Giants. Maclin handled those duties last week against the Atlanta Falcons. Jackson, who is returning from a one-game absence with a concussion, leads the NFL with a 15.5-yard average per punt return. Special teams coach Ted Daisher said rookie safety Macho Harris may back up Jackson as the punt returner because of Maclin's foot problem.
In other news, safety Quintin Demps was fined $12,500 by the NFL for his two personal foul penalties in Sunday's win at Atlanta. Demps was flagged for hitting quarterback Chris Redman up high and for a late hite on wide receiver Roddy White.
For someone making $385,000 this season, the $12,500 fine is a hefty one.
"It's Christmas time and I don't want to be giving away free money," Demps said.
Perhaps it will help the second-year safety to cut down on stupid penalties because he's had way too many in the limited amount of time he's been on the field during his first two seasons.
Defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said Joselio Hanson, back from a four-game suspension, will resume his role as the nickel cornerback.
for someone making 385, 000 a year, 12, 500 is still a drop in a much bigger bucket than most of us have.— retzlaff- Give Norwood a shot!— psuwelsh
Hey! I make more than $38,500! Oh wait, you said $385,000...that is a lot of cabbage— Ohmy- I'm sorry, but if that line was supposed to make any of us feel sorry for him having to pay that fine, then you fail sir. As the previous poster stated, $385,000 is a lot of money, and he's being fined for a penalty he committed, not something that is being arbitrarily assigned to him. Now I hope his "not wanting to give away money" comment was supposed to mean that he's going to be smarter and not committ the penalties in the future.— JMick1215
- Demps has to contest those calls; those were legal hits and perfectly timed. He did not lead with his helmet and he did not hit them high. Those were AWESOME EXPLOSIVE hits...— Seed
12,500 is chump chahge when you make 385,000.— ZOSO
Comment removed.- Yeah what a poor guy, he ONLY makes $385k a year, what a pauper...how will he afford to put food on the table?— Oak31
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- Andre Waters would have been penalized all of his pay by todays rules....— starbird
- Once again, people in Philadelphia who take EVERYTHING personally. The purpose of showing us the ratio of his fine to his salary, is that in terms of professional athletes, his fine was a "hefty sum". He was fined just over 30% of his annual salary...can ANY of you imagine what that would be like if your company fined you 30% of whatever it is that you make annually if you made an egregious mistake at work??? Yes, he makes much more money than most people could dream of, but you're ALL taking this way to personal and not seeing the reasoning behind those comments. I'll reiterate...Philadelphians taking everything too personally and always finding something to be bitter about.— aisaac
- CORRECTION TO MY COMMENT...I had typed 30%, when I meant to type 3% as I was talking about after taxes and figured conservatively. Regardless, my point still stands; imagine your company taking 3% of your salary every time you made a mistake.— aisaac
- Coaching must must must tell some of these guys that now now now is the time to stop lunkhead penalities. They cannot afford to give any of their remaining opponents more yards than they will already get unless the D stands out as they did in the first Giant game.— KGKoons
Forget about the money. Those penalty calls were lame. The NFL is getting soft. If a quarterback hangs onto the ball for as long as he can he should expect to get smashed.- Those fines are ridiculous, because the original penalties were ridiculous.— libertyof76
