Graham chastised for tweet
Up to the minute Philadelphia sports news, Phillies, 76ers, Eagles, Flyers, college sports and more from Philly.com
Graham chastised for tweet
Jeff McLane
Brandon Graham was called to Andy Reid's office Thursday for some chastising after the Eagles coach found out the rookie defensive end had stirred the opponent with a "tweet."
On Monday, Graham wrote on Twitter: "Its time to get ready for them Green Boys this week! I cant wait to whisper something in Aaron Rodgers ear.....SACK!!!!!!"
Reid "didn't like it," Graham said. "I was only trying to have some fun. But I learned my lesson."
Graham said that he wasn't punished and that he's still slated to start Sunday.
Rodgers, during a Wednesday conference call with Philadelphia reporters, was told of Graham's tweet.
"What's he going to whisper in my ear?" Rodgers asked.
Told that Graham wrote, "sack," Rodgers replied, "Is he?"
The Packers quarterback then had some nice things to say about Graham and the banter that goes on between teams. The Eagles, of course, have been stung before by one their players' overzealous tweets.
Last season, after the Eagles lost to the Cowboys in the regular season finale, wide receiver DeSean Jackson wrote on Twitter that his team was going to bounce back the next week against Dallas and was going to "sting they ass" in the playoffs.
The Eagles, of course, lost that game, too.
Reid would later say, "I don't know what a 'tweet' is, but that was a bad tweet."
COORDINATORS SPEAK
Here are the highlights from Thursday's press conferences with the Eagles' coordinators:
-- Special teams coordinator Bobby April wouldn't exactly say definitively that DeSean Jackson and Ellis Hobbs would be the punt and kick returners Sunday -- he's saving that for Reid -- but he said there was a "good chance" they would. Translation: They are. Hobbs later told me that he would, indeed, be returning kicks.
-- Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg wouldn't say if Mike McGlynn would take a series or two at center with Jamaal Jackson still likely not 100 percent game ready. McGlynn did take a few repetitions with the first team during practice, though.
“We’ll see what happens with Jamaal," Mornhinweg said. "I do believe that Jamaal is in excellent physical condition. Maybe the best that he’s been in, however, there are different kinds of physical condition in football. Our strength men, coaches and our trainers have just done an outstanding job with all of our players, including Jamaal.”
-- Defensive coordinator Sean McDermott confirmed that cornerback Dimitri Patterson would be the fourth, in-case-of-emergency safety.
-- McDermott had the quote of the day when he was talking about his excitement for Sunday's home opener.
"It’ll be a great environment in Philadelphia," McDermott said. "It doesn’t get any better than playing at home on opening weekend, and wearing those [1960] uniforms. I think it will be a great day for football, the barbecues will be flying around, and the tailgates, and we’re going to need those fans come this weekend.”
If you're coming to Lincoln Financial Field Sunday make sure to look out for flying Weber grills.
The kid is excited, it's game 1, so I can see his energy coming out. But don't need to feed the monster about to walk into your front yard, let your actions speak for itself.— Bleue- Seriously Andy? get over yourself. kid is trying to have some fun...— Iggles21
- Father of the Year Andy Reid chastizes Graham for a tweet, yet has 2 convicted felon sons. Anyone else see the hypocrisy there?— Dr. Michael
- Considering Graham hasn't seen one regular season snap, maybe he should play a few downs before predicting what he's goint to say when he makes a play.— fentonhardy
- It's not his fault his kids got in trouble— eaglesfan81
- Super gay... -not bob levy— remyy
- Oh, so now he can't discipline his players because of the transgressions of his children? With that logic, does that mean a doctor should quit practicing medicine if his kids ever get sick?— NMPartners
- As if professional football players need motivation. Geez let it go.
- I am always amazed at the stupidity of Eagles fans. How you get from a rookie's indescretion to Andy's Reid's failure as a Father is beyond me. I Love the Eagles and will continue to do so but I have lived away from philly for over 10 years and this is the kind of stuff that we as fans are remembered for. I get tired of apologizing for the Vet crowd, santa claus and battery filled snow balls. I can watch my Eagles on Direct TV and cheer and scream but i don't have to put up with the loonies in the crowd. i have been to many venues around the country and the philadelphia experience is by far the worse. Grow up guys. I don't really like Reid but leave his family out of it.— Mike3793
- Dr.Michael you call yourself. I question that. You must not be a father or never made a mistake in life. Yea, I see the hypocrisy of yourself. This is a sports venue and you constantly bad mouth AR. Can't you immagine what pain those sons must have caused the man? You and that hypocatric judge believe AR fed his sons drugs? Try getting a life.— JACK V
- "If your coming to Lincoln Financial Field Sunday make sure to look out for flying Weber grills." Your vs You're. You work for a major newspaper. Jesus Christ.— Mike G
- Who cares? what this guy tweets has no impact to the game. These idiot writers search for things to write about and try to make a big deal out of everything. The players say worse things to each other on the field. Its part of the game. Its like writing an article on the oval shape of the football.— barefoot
- JACK V Andy Reid was chastised by the Judge, not me ..calling his own home a 'drug emporium." If he cared about his convict sons that much, he would be home with them, not signing dog killers. Your liberal clap trap enables bad fathers like Reid when you irgnore the problem and make excuses.— Dr. Michael
- Mike3793 - you are spot on! I'm a born/bred Philly Boy (Central High/Drexel grad) and fan for life, but haven't lived in the area for several years. Once you get away you can see some of the madness of our home town fans. While I love the passion and humor (no one's more humorous than Philly fans on Blogs), sometimes the locals go overboard— RocketC
- NMpartners - What community college did you flunk out of?— Dr. Michael
- NMpartners....you started strong but had a weak finish. That was the equivalence to a gun that has one of those flags that say "Bang!!!" when you pull the trigger. Keep trying though.— XmarksTheSpot
Dr. Michael - "Father of the Year Andy Reid chastizes Graham for a tweet, yet has 2 convicted felon sons" What does this have to do with anything? Reid is acting as the COACH of the team and not as a father, by any means. He has every right to tell his players what can and cannot be done on HIS team. Conversely, what goes on in his PERSONAL life and family is none of our concern, nor should it even be mentioned. You're an absolute idiot and most certainly (and very obviously) are NOT a doctor by any stretch of the imagination.— NancyNancy- Not that the situation with Reid's sons has any place here. But it seems to me, since he lived through all that, he has a pretty good insight on young minds and how easily they can be led astray.— PhillyFanSouth
- DR MICHAEL CANT REALLY BE A DOCTOR EITHER, HAHAHA ITS CALLED 2ND CHANCE. TOUGH IF YOU DONT LIKE IT— MIKEI
- How can the beat man for a major newspaper (Jeff McLane) not know the difference between "your" and "you're"? Jeff, if you could substitute "you are" for it, then the word YOU'RE trying to spell is "you're". If you're referring to possessive (e.g., your grammar is embarrassing), then the word is "your".— BroadcastingWisdom
- Calling Dr Michael, calling Dr Michael:Your lawyer just called to notify you of your 11th lawsuit for being one of the most pompous, condescending, bag-of-wind chiropracters to post on this site.— tommy_the_k
- It's like Rex Ryan's pop buddy used to say about bulletin board material like what Graham put out there... if the team plays well, it can't hurt you, if they don't , it can't help you.— drbob1
- Hey, Dr, Michael...I was all prepared to just ignore your rantings. But then you had to be one of those "comments snipers" that I loathe so much. It's bad enough your idiocy and hatred clutter up this space, but you have to do it multiple times. You know man, when I got back from Nam, I told myself the rest of my freakin life was gonna be gravy. And it has been. I just have to occasionally put up with the likes of someone like you blathering in here about something not connected with sports.— TBear
Comment removed.- Dead on Dr. Michael. Reid's failure as a father is even more spectacular than his failure to win big games. The Judge was not a hypocrite, he rightfully scolded Reid for being an ENABLER.— Scope33
- Comment removed.
- Who cares?— crkreg
Now there's a real doc, drbob1, always good posting material. Now Dr. Mike, I'll bet your last name is Killpatient. "Paging Dr. Killpatient", time to pay of the medical examiner again. Based on maturity, I'll bet you did'nt graduate from elementary school spewing out that childish vitriol your delusional mind conjures up, so you believe that you're more worthy or holier than thou.- If Graham was giving out sweets instead of tweets Andy would be encourage him to keep on going.— Will T.
- Let's not feed Dr. Michael, the troll.
- Dr. Michaels..I cetainly hope your not a real doctor of anything. With you lack of compassion I wouldn't want your dumb arse anywhere me or anyone I care about. Hope your not a father and if you are I hope you never have to deal with mistakes your kids make. You would probably disown them. Get a life moron. AR has got more decency in his little finger then you will EVER have.— merlinknghts
- The difference between Graham's tweet and DeSean's is that DeSean was taunting a really talented, athletic and established Cowboys defense. Based on how much dirt Aaron Rodgers ate last year, can anyone say the same for the Packers' o-line? Graham seems to be less extravagant than DeSean.— MattKnife
- That gets the fans a lot more interested then hearing Andy say he needs to do a better job every post game interview. Buddy Ryan would love the guy.— ajkearney
- Seriously, has anyone noticed wat a cornball Graham is? peeking his head over during other players interviews. He reminds me of Mcnabb. Id love a air guitar when he sacks Rodgers. We have drafted the next Dwight Freeney and that excites me, row 8 , right near the tunnel. The story is that Reid doesnt know what a tweet is, and his aloofness is the weakpoint of this squad.— Onlineps2beast
This is really a story? Wow, get the games goin', PLEASE!— tpizza- Hey Doc, STFU.— amg
- Thanks for the shout out 'truevalues'. I think we're going to like Graham,and i'll bet he backs up some of that talk on the field Sunday.— drbob1
- I think Graham just gave himself a nickname: the QB whisperer. I hope he puts his hat in rodgers earhole multiple times on Sunday. Let's go Birds.— djack10
- dr. michael? is that like a wannabe rapper or maybe a tree surgeon?— escapedcamden4monterey
- Comment removed.
- -Dr Michael- Living proof that you can buy an education but you can't buy class.— PhillyTru
