Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 6:15 PM | 26 comments |
 

THE CUTS AND THE 53-MAN ROSTER
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The Eagles cut their roster to 53 players today by releasing 12 players, including defensive end Jerome McDougle. They also placed offensive tackle King Dunlap and guard Mike Gibson on injured reserve with injuries the team did not reveal following the team's preseason final Thursday against the New York Jets. 

In addition to McDougle the Eagles released cornerback Kyle Arrington, fullbacks Jed Collins and Jason Davis, wide receivers WR Michael Gasperson and Shaheer McBride, guard Scott Young, defensive tackles Montae Reagor and Mike Marquardt, linebackers Andy Studebaker and Justin Roland and tight end Kris Wilson.

Here's the 53-man roster as of right now.

QB: Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb, A.J. Feeley; RB: Brian Westbrook, Correll Buckhalter, Lorenzo Booker; FB: Tony Hunt; WR: Kevin Curtis, Reggie Brown, DeSean Jackson, Hank Baskett, Greg Lewis, Jason Avant; TE: L.J. Smith, Matt Schobel and Brent Celek; OL: Tra Thomas, Todd Herremans, Jamaal Jackson, Shawn Andrews, Jon Runyan, Max Jean-Gilles, Nick Cole, Winston Justice, Mike McGlynn.

Safety: Brian Dawkins, Quintin Mikell, Sean Considine, J.R. Reed, Quintin Demps; CB: Asante Samuel, Sheldon Brown, Lito Sheppard and Joselio Hanson; LB: Omar Gaither, Stewart Bradley, Chris Gocong, Akeem Jordan, Rocky Boiman, Joe Mays; DL: Mike Patterson, Brodrick Bunkley, Trent Cole, Juqua Parker, Victor Abiamiri, Chris Clemons, Trevor Laws, Darren Howard, Dan Klecko; Bryan Smith.

Specialists: David Akers, Sav Rocca, Jon Dorenbos.

 

NFL teams can begin to establish their eight-man practice squads today at noon with Studebaker, Roland and Arrington all strong candidates to be among the eight.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 6:15 PM  Permalink | 26 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:20 PM, 08/30/2008
    Do the Eagles scare you so much you have to monitor Philly.com? Or doesn't anyone in New York talk about the New Jersey Giants?
    — burholme
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:25 PM, 08/30/2008
    Giants 9 - 7, either Dallas (gasp!) or the Eagles win the east. Have fun with that, Filthadelphia - move back to North Jersey and enjoy the smell.............
    — raedwyn
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:28 PM, 08/30/2008
    I have one finger on each of my hands that the Giants can use, dweeb. Luck like that SB run last year comes around a couple of times a century, maybe. They'll be right back to sucking, and you know it. Oh, and nice punctuation and capitalization. I think...you know what I mean?
    — ahab
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:41 PM, 08/30/2008
    " I am not sure if the GIANTS have enough room on their fingers for another Superbowl ring?" Is that a question? You think 16-3 and 16-13 are slaughters? That's a question. The Giants defense is nothing without Strahan and Osi. So good luck. What I'm looking forward to is Eli's inconsistency.
    — MaddenFL
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:43 PM, 08/30/2008
    How many more years will the Eagles carry Buckhalter on the roster before they actually get some worth out of him? Could make more sense to try out somebody who might actually do something useful, somebody who might be a surprise instead of a known mediocrity, not that Reid cares about running backs.
    — atp2007
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:06 PM, 08/30/2008
    I am not sure if the GIANTS have enough room on their fingers for another Superbowl ring? 5 defensive starters gone, two that had 1/2 of the total sacks...keep drinkin' the Kool-Aide. The G-ants will return to their rightful place at 8-8!!!
    — sarah89
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:10 PM, 08/30/2008
    ATP-Reid does care about his running backs...Who is the best player on our team who just got a raise? With how much the second running back actually gets the ball, who else would you have liked to get?
    — phigglesfan75
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:12 PM, 08/30/2008
    McDougle is gone? thank you.
    — Huge
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:36 PM, 08/30/2008
    I actually thought McDougle had a decent preseason. Then again, he was always in against 2nd and 3rd stringers. The Soul could use him though.
    — MDefl
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