Eagles 2008 Season Preview

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Eagles 2008 Season Preview

Eagles 2008 Season Preview

Athletes try to navigate tangled Web - 09/04/2008: by Mark Kram

SOMEONE ONCE told Donovan McNabb that he was to Philadelphia what Tom Cruise was to People magazine. For as long as he played quarterback here, there would not be an aspect of his life that would go unscrutinized and endlessly debated. Even if he changed
Philly stars who have suffered: Charles Barkley - 09/04/2008: By PHIL JASNER, jasnerp@phillynews.com

CHARLES BARKLEY says Donovan McNabb has never received the credit or respect from Eagles fans he deserves. Doubts he ever will.
Philly stars who have suffered: Mike Schmidt - 09/04/2008: By PAUL HAGEN, hagenp@phillynews.com

DURING THE Phillies Alumni Weekend, there is a ceremony to honor living members of the team's Wall of Fame as well as to welcome the latest inductee.
Philly stars who have suffered: Randall Cunningham - 09/04/2008: By MARK KRAM, kramm@phillynews.com

OPPOSING PLAYERS used to come into Veterans Stadium, hear how the crowd would boo the home team and ask quarterback Randall Cunningham: "How do you guys do it?"
Birds to return to 3-back system? - 09/04/2008: Rich Hofmann: The Eagles' personnel could convince Andy Reid to run the ball more and play three different running backs.
John Smallwood: Pass history dictates Kolb better be ready - 09/04/2008: FORGET ABOUT wondering whether Kevin Kolb is the successor to Donovan McNabb as the Eagles' quarterback of the future. Of more pressing concern is whether Kolb is ready to be McNabb's replacement should the oft-injured starter go down at some point during this season.
Giants prove three's a swarm - 09/04/2008: By PAUL DOMOWITCH, pdomo@aol.com

WHEN YOU THINK of the big plays in the Giants' Super Bowl win over the Patriots last February, you think of David Tyree's amazing ball-pressed-against-his-helmet catch and the interception that went right through Asante Samuel's hands and Eli Manning's game-winning 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress.
CHASING DOWN THE DEFENDERS: Roynell Young - 09/04/2008: By PAUL VIGNA

Eagles career: His nine seasons here began with the run to the Super Bowl and ended in the Fog Bowl. Indeed, he was often a phantom, as writer Ray Didinger summarized the day after Young was cut. "He passed through here like a train with its window s
Chasing down the defenders: William Fuller - 09/04/2008: By PAUL VIGNA

Eagles career: He played twice here, first for Jim Mora and the champion Stars of the USFL for two seasons in the mid-1980s, then coming back to town to play for the Eagles for three season starting in 1994. "I really enjoyed my time there, both stints," he said. "Philly was good to me. I don't know if it was the air or the chessesteaks or what have you. I performed well in Philly."
Chasing down the defenders: Carl Hairston - 09/04/2008: By PAUL VIGNA

Eagles career: He remembers the stuggles during the early years of the Dick Vermeil regime. He recalls the 17-14 win over what would eventually become the Super Bowl champion Steelers in 1979 that signified how far along the franchise had come ("We blossomed after that game and won a playoff game, and then the next year we went to the Super Bowl.")