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Friday, August 29, 2008
Some Cuts Are In

    There were no surprises among the eight roster cuts the Eagles announced Friday, which brings them from 75 to 67 players. They must get to the regular-season  limit of 53 by 6 p.m. Saturday.

    Released were: WR Bam Childress, CB Therrian Fontenot,  CB Nick Graham, WR Jamal Jones, RB Ryan Moats (waived/injured), S Marcus Paschal, OL Stefan Rodgers, and  LB Pago Tagofau.

     Ryan MoatsOnce Moats gets over the high ankle sprain he suffered at the end of the Patriots' preseason game, it will be interesting to see if someone takes a shot with the 2005 third-round pick. Moats has talent -- remember when he carried 11 times for 114 yards against the Giants his rookie year? -- but he was not a good fit for the West Coast offense, and he seemed to have a tendency toward calamitous mistakes, for which he did not always take full responsibility.

    The Eagles liked Graham as a CB development-project last season, but Kyle Arrington seems to have assumed that role. Paschal, a decent safety on a team ridiculously deep at that position, probably will play somewhere this year.

   BTW, nothing done today contradicts Eagletarian's view of what the 53-man should be, posted here.  

Posted by Les Bowen @ 1:40 PM  Permalink | 17 comments
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Posted by BirdsSuck 01:55 PM, 08/29/2008
Who cares, the Eagles suck anyway...
Posted by TheNationHimself 02:11 PM, 08/29/2008
enlightening argument you make "BirdsSuck", was that the same rapier like whit you used when choosing that name?
Posted by ktdb05 02:14 PM, 08/29/2008
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Posted by The Manager 02:17 PM, 08/29/2008
Yea you say they suck but here you are wwriting about em and still following them. Get a life loser!
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Posted by mawst95 02:23 PM, 08/29/2008
Any update on the MJG knee injury?
Posted by Shabba Rommel 02:47 PM, 08/29/2008
BirdsSuck: you're an idiot and probably either a cowboys fan or a soccer fan. Three things the Eagles need to manage to get back to the SB: Injuries, Andy's play calling, and Andy's clock management. If they can keep those things in check, a strong chance SI will be right.
Posted by andree69 02:53 PM, 08/29/2008
if you are not a die-hard eagles fan what difference does it make. i want to see if tony hunt makes the team. also if jerome mcdougal makes the team. that will be the story not ryan moats, who is too short and can't block
Posted by mufc4ever9 03:47 PM, 08/29/2008
Shabba: why do u have to criticize soccer fans? most soccer fans i know are as passionate about the birds as they are about soccer. you shouldnt generalize. takes away the value of anything you say
Posted by quakerecon 04:04 PM, 08/29/2008
7 seems a large number at DE. What about IR'ing Clemons and trying again next year. Keeps him from the Giants. Does that have a better or worse impact on the Cap?
Posted by EvilFascist 04:29 PM, 08/29/2008
I love the birds and Soccer too but come on Man Utd and passion? Come on...
Posted by kjuggs77 05:39 PM, 08/29/2008
Its a shame about Ryan Moats- a few years ago before the injuries he actually had some real potential... Oh well, at leasy no "LET'S GO, PAGO, LET'S GO!" chants!
Posted by rothstein12 05:56 PM, 08/29/2008
Boy can Reid draft in the 3rd and 2nd rounds....Aside from Westbrook, 6 years ago, its been a sorry cast of characters...and we'll see if D. Jackson can play once the regular season starts...and we'll waive bye-bye to Tony Hunt this year too...3rd round guy if i'm not mistaken...
Posted by shoeshineboy 07:09 PM, 08/29/2008
Spauds thrilled. Gasperson still on roster. Klecko still bringing it every day.
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About The Daily News' Eagles Blog
Les BowenLes Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News since 2002. Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.

Paul DomowitchPaul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 26 years at the paper covering the Eagles and pro football. A native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes University, where he spent 3 years as the sports editor of the school paper and zero semesters on the dean's list, Domo came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some very bad Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, who is a University of Oklahoma grad and is dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 27 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 23, who attends Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 21, a sports marketing major at Clemson. When he's not writing about football, Domo enjoys reading Robert Parker, John Sandford and Harlan Coben novels and playing pickup basketball when his arthritic hip doesn't object.

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