It’s 11:30 at night, I’m flipping around on the TV and settle on Sportscenter, which is showing cool Darren McFadden footage.  Then, looking up from a magazine on the other end of the couch in the most interested and friendly of tones:

“Oh, is the draft this weekend?”

“No.”

“When is it?”

“Like a month.”

“Oh.”

[Beat.  Eyes return to magazine.]

“Whatever, I had to sit through the season premier of The Hills earlier.”

(Just think of how much worse it would be if I still had NFL Network.  I’mjustsayinizall.)

While Donovan McNabb has made no secret of his post-football TV blathermonkey ambitions (and we think he’d actually be pretty decent at it — he’s a sharp guy, decent sense of humor, watches a lot of sports), and while we tend to support his direct-to-consumer PR strategy on Yardbarker, we’re going to have to snicker a bit at his latest blog entry.

Is it cool that he has opinions about college hoops and the street cred (he played hoops at Syracuse his freshman year — JUST IN CASE YOU HADN’T HEARD THAT MILLION TIMES ALREADY) to back them up?  You betcha.  Does said street cred excuse the train wreck of cliches that he stuffed into that blog post?  Not even a little bit.    (Read the rest of this story.)

The Birds apparently just signed free-agent defensive tackle and occasional goal-line fullback Dan Klecko to a one-year deal.

Normally this doesn’t merit a post (especially in a week where I failed to post on Juqua Thomas changing his name to Juqua Parker — can Jim Johnson still call him JT? What will he do?), but the notes on PFT really caused me to pause and thoughtfully scratch my chin:

Klecko has primarily played defensive tackle during his five-year NFL career with the Colts and Patriots, but the Eagles plan to move him to fullback.

The 5-foot-11, 275-pound Klecko has some experience as a fullback in short-yardage and goal line situations, and he caught a four-yard touchdown pass in last year’s AFC Championship Game. Eagles coach Andy Reid apparently sees Klecko as the kind of athlete who could blossom on offense if he practiced at fullback on a full-time basis.

Um, really?
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Mad props to Derek from Iggles Blog for his line-by-line demolition of a wildly incorrect guest piece that the Inqy had the poor judgment to publish today.

The link to said wildly incorrect guest piece is here.   

The link to Derek’s piece is here.     

My serving suggestion is to read the original that The Inquirer published, take a few moments to grind your teeth and mutter contemptuous obscenities under your breath, and then head over to Iggles Blog for the response.  You won’t be disappointed. 

As I mentioned in his comments, if The Inquirer wanted an in-depth salary cap story from an outsider, why not commission one of the very talented local bloggers (like Derek), who does his homework, has data, writes well, etc etc., instead of some lightly-informed blowhard who did well on the LSAT?  WTF?  I think it’s cute that they’ve included a nod to the bloggertariat with their “From the Bleachers” section on Philly.com, but it’s clearly just that — a nod.  They can check the box and tell their bosses that they’re relevant and hip with the young people.

And that’s why we call them blathermonkeys.  (One of the reasons, at least.  Also they blather a lot.  Like monkeys.) 

It’s been a while since we’ve assigned a bounty to an Enemy of Freedom (that is, someone who dares speak ill of the Birds and isn’t actually a fan of the team). But a little item in Peter King’s MMQB column reminded me of the reason I started this web site in the first place: to anonymously defame those who insult the honor of my favorite NFL team (as well as proffer the occasional empty threat).

While this isn’t the first time we’ve singled out Peter King, his column today makes it clear that we must redouble our efforts if we ever hope to thwart him for good. Specifically, he takes time off from commenting on the flatulence of his fellow airline travelers to write:

Quote of the Week II
“I just want to be able to win and get back to the Super Bowl.”

–Philadelphia cornerback Asante Samuel, who got $20 million guaranteed in a six-year, $57 million contract with the Eagles on Friday.

If that’s what was most important, then why didn’t Samuel stay with New England? Does he, or his agent, really think the Eagles have a better shot to get back to the Super Bowl than the Patriots in the next two or three years?

Well allow me to retort!
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Despite the recent addition of the RSS feeds, I still caught myself pounding refresh on PFT this weekend (on my machine, as I was leaving for the airport, on the phone, etc.).  Lots going on, and PFT is the site of the moment for all the latest NFL scuttlebutt. 

Still, you gotta love Mike Florio taking a moment out from posting relevant free-agency news to put together a charming little flame post at Eagles’ house blathermonkey Dave Spadaro’s expense.

We could argue all day about who flamed who first, but why don’t we just agree that we’re both behaving like 19-year-old college hoops fans on an ESPN.com messageboard and move on?  (Read the rest of this story.)