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Monday, July 7, 2008
Two Weeks to Lehigh

       Just thought we'd better check in with something here, from vacationland. Even though nothing is really going on yet with the Eagles, rookies report to Lehigh two weeks from today, so it's time to start THINKING about stuff happening, anyway.

    One thought your Eagletarian had recently, while waiting for the Mini-Me sex tape to download, was that while I am all for Jevon Kearse turning it around with Tennessee this season, I wish he would shut the hell up.

    In case you missed it, The Freak opined last week that by the end of the 2008 season, Eagles fans will say, "Why the hell did we let that dude go? What were they thinking?"

       Then he humbly concluded that "everything happens for a reason. Maybe it was a good reason: So I can get pissed off and get more motivated."

      This snippet appeared at the end of an ESPN.com piece that was very careful to note that Kearse wasn't exactly held hostage here for four years, bound and gagged and prohibited from sacking quarterbacks.

     Apparently, though, Jevon thinks the Eagles' attempts to teach him two-gap technique -- which if memory serves, happened after a 2005 season in which opposing blockers seemed to have thoroughly figured out and nullified his one-gap approach -- somehow kept him from engaging his inner Freak.

     This is just one more example of why your Eagletarian could never be a professional athlete. I mean, if I signed an eight-year, $66 million contract, then got released because I'd produced 22 sacks in four seasons, I'd be embarrassed and apologetic. "Pissed off?" At whom, exactly, other than myself?

      The story also notes how Kearse is showing his renewed devotion to the team he left in 2004 by staying in theJevon Kearse shakes off his years of oppression in Philadelphia Nashville area in the offseason (getting busted for DUI in the process). You'd think it might have occurred to Jevon to try that in Philadelphia, (the sticking around and working out, not the DUI) during the years that he was cashing those fat Jeffrey Lurie paychecks and partying endlessly on his boat in Florida.

     The 41-foot boat, by the way, is named "Act Right."

    

      

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Posted by tjc 03:54 PM, 07/07/2008
Great post!
Posted by shoeshineboy 06:41 PM, 07/07/2008
Issue #1 clearly is to resolve the extremely tenuous Scott Young situation. Is he in or out ? Is he willing to compete with the rookies for his roster spot? Has he forced his hand? Is there any truth to the rumor that he bad-mouthed O-Line Coach Castillo in front of the other linemen? These issues must be addressed well before the team assembles at Goodman Stadium.
Posted by tjc 08:43 AM, 07/08/2008
Nobody puts Scott Young in the corner.
Posted by kujo76 09:40 AM, 07/08/2008
I thought that Jevon should shut up when I read that post too. But then I remembered how every summer there is a bunch of different stories of how the freak has recommitted himself and is bound to have a monster season. He talks a good game every year, and every year he falls flat because he never learned work ethic. The worst example of course, was last year, when he showed up to camp something like 20 pounds underweight. Surprise! He was not affective last year.
Posted by craig123 12:14 PM, 07/08/2008
Jevon who? Forgotten.................Yesterdays news.............
Posted by mikeb 12:16 PM, 07/08/2008
for serious. he's like a scorned ex-girlfriend. we knew it and he knew it: it was best for him to be released if he wanted to prove he was still a pro-bowl player. no one really bashed him on the way out so that should have been the end of it. but it wasnt. he's upset and his ego was bruised. he hasnt been "the freak" for 3 years, except for the first 2 games in '06. the nfl is always called a "business" when youre talking about something that's good that helped you, but when it hurts you you take it personally.
Posted by Lenny22 12:31 PM, 07/08/2008
32 million over 4 years with zero production. Guy looked like a high school kid last year for the Eagles, what did he weigh 245? Jevon should shut up because he clearly can not back up his talk. he hasn't had a great season in 6 years! He's done and done.
Posted by dutchman 01:37 PM, 07/08/2008
41 feet is not that big a boat. It would barely fill half his mouth. Of course it would look like a little toy boat in a tub if we were talking about a certain ex-eagle wide receiver, now cow-poker. Kearse is just another ex-eagle who has one last moment on a soap box before he gets dropped from the NFL. He was not hired by the Titons for his skills. He was hired for publicity and ticket sales. I guess he is doing his best to earn his money.
Posted by dutchman 01:37 PM, 07/08/2008
41 feet is not that big a boat. It would barely fill half his mouth. Of course it would look like a little toy boat in a tub if we were talking about a certain ex-eagle wide receiver, now cow-poker. Kearse is just another ex-eagle who has one last moment on a soap box before he gets dropped from the NFL. He was not hired by the Titons for his skills. He was hired for publicity and ticket sales. I guess he is doing his best to earn his money.
Posted by Ray 01:47 PM, 07/08/2008
I bet he wont even finish this season on the Titans roster. Cut by Thanksgiving for not producing. It's over, Freak.
Posted by DJ 01:50 PM, 07/08/2008
We waited a long time for Jevone to show up, he never did, there's no more to say about it.
Posted by CHUCK JR 09:29 PM, 07/08/2008
JEVONNETTE WHO????...
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Posted by MVKrum 12:06 PM, 07/09/2008
I'm going to miss watching Jevon limp off the field EVERY SINGLE GAME sometime during the 2nd quarter and then play a limited role for the rest 16 weeks a year. Maybe he should try acting.
Posted by Jhunchar 08:09 AM, 07/11/2008
The Eagles are the same team as last year. Three slot receivers, no deep threat, and a good running back.
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