Eagles sign DE Derrick Burgess
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Eagles sign DE Derrick Burgess
Jeff McLane
The Eagles signed defensive end Derrick Burgess to a two-year contract on Wednesday, the team confirmed.
The one-time Eagle will replace rookie end Brandon Graham, who will be placed on injured reserve after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Sunday.
The 32-year-old Burgess last played for the Patriots and was cut before the season. He was drafted by the Eagles in the third round of the 2001 draft and recorded six sacks as a rookie. He broke his leg in the first game of the 2002 season, however, and missed all of 2003 with a torn ACL.
He came back in 2004 and was great in the postseason, sacking current Eagles quarterback Michael Vick twice in the NFC championship and notching the only sack for the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.
Burgess left for Oakland via free agency in 2005 and totaled 27 sacks over the next two seasons for the Raiders. He made the Pro Bowl in each season, but his production slipped the following two years. He spent 2009 in New England and was cut on Sept. 4 of this year.
The 6-foot-2, 255-pound Burgess will be expected to come in and help an Eagles pass rush that lost Graham for the season and has struggled of late. Aside from starting defensive ends Trent Cole and Juqua Parker, the Eagles also have reserves Darryl Tapp and rookie Daniel Te'o-Nesheim.
hey Jeff- remember when I wrote that to you twice during your chat and you didnt post it? so an hour later you post it...— phillyboy08
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I agree Philly_Mike, but I'll take it! We need some help on that D Line!— birds748
great to see burgess come back!! great scoop phillyboy (i called for Darren Howard to come back)— daveH- I guess our 2010 3rd-round DE pick Daniel Teo-Nesheim is so bad we had to go out and sign our unemployed 2001 3rd-round pick.— RockStar
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- He's the only player we've regretted losing during the Reid era but if you look at how much money the Raiders gave him it would've hard to justify signing him. I doubt he has much left.— EaglesFlyersPhilsSixers
- good veteran influence for the young D...— cdedrick05
- I was thinking they should call Carl Hairston.— uncle meat
- too old , out of the league for a year, cut by the Patriots (and they don't make mistakes) .......surely there must be somebody better...oris this a cheapie JoeB move......sad.....we need help on that side of the ball and we should not be playing the poverty game...— nuggett
- Patriots got rid of Asante Samuel remember?— Cr0we
- Why go to the mall and spend big $$ when you get the same thing from wal-mart?— NC Eagle Fan
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- Isn't he bad in the locker room?— HandNik
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