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Canseco - Sikahema undercard proposal
Posted on May 29th, 2008 at 11:07 am by Cheesesteak Hoagie
Holy shiznit! Did I ever learn a lot about Winston Justice yesterday!
Between this and this and this and this (and that last one is actually a compendium of OTHER Justice articles), I can feel very comfrotable knowing that (a) young Winston isn’t thrilled that he stunk against the Giants last year, (b) that we don’t actually know if said game means that he can’t play the Blind Side in the NFL, and that (c) Hugh Douglas thinks he’s a wuss.
As to points (a) and (b), well, I’m certainly hopeful that Winston gets another shot to prove himself this year, and that he performs well. He was an expensive draft pick; that’s not one the team can afford to get wrong. Given the respective ages of the Birds’ starting tackles, we certainly should expect that Justice will be needed for at least a few games this season.
As to point (c), well, I have a modest proposal: (Read the rest of this story.)
Lazy Sunday for Brent Celek
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
I guess it’s photo week here at BountyBowl. Today’s we’re rocking the “people who look like people” angle.
Here’s what I’ve got: Eagles second-year tight end Brent Celek (above) sort of looks like that dude Andy Samberg from SNL (after the jump). And when I say “sort of,” I mean “if Andy Samberg gained 60 pounds of muscle and could run curl patterns.”
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Humor me during site-redesign week
Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
I know, a more clever person would be able to dummy up some ideas for their site redesign without actually implementing those changes in a production environment.
Sadly, I’m not that person.
I’m going to play with this for the next couple days, bear with me, you might see some horrifying things on these pages. I’ll do my best to make a decision soon.
We could call this a beta, but that would be disingenuous. Mostly I’ll just hack around until I’ve decided I’m done.
Comments are welcome, though they may not be heeded. No accounting for taste, as it were.
I guess $100 million doesn’t buy a wireless router
Posted on May 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
And here I thought I’d have nothing to post about all week, save for additional copy-edits on philadelphiaeagles.com. Au contraire! The Birds have gifted us with a Donovan McNabb photo shoot/ caption contest! Or, more succinctly, “a photo shoot for Getty Images which gives fans a behind-the-scenes look into the quarterback’s life on and off the field through the eyes of photographer Al Bello.”
Oh, this is rich. Donovan chillin at home, showing us what it’s like to have a photo shoot. And to check your facebook profile. Donovan is actually throwing sheep at Brian Westbrook at this exact moment. Also, what the hell is that wire doing plugged into his laptop? Does he need $29.95 for a shiny new Linksys router?
(Please don’t forget to tip your waitress; more photos after the jump.)
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Flattery, obsequiousness among Booker’s strengths
Posted on May 19th, 2008 at 3:50 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
I’m going to try not to make a habit of copy-editing the Birds’ official site, but there was a line in Bob Kent’s piece today on Lorenzo Booker that was just too good to pass up.
In re: how Booker will fit into the Eagles offense, Kent writes,
Coaches believe Booker, a third-round pick of the Dolphins in the 2007, can step in immediately and compliment [emphasis added] Pro Bowl running back Brian Westbrook. Like Westbrook, Booker figures to line up all over the formation and be a threat in both the run game and the pass game.
“The offense and the team is exciting itself, but being able to work with a guy like Brian is priceless. That was one of the things that excited me, just being able to see his style of play and the success that he’s had in this offense,” Booker said. “You can’t help but be excited because that’s what you do. You know that you’re not coming into a situation hoping they use you right, hoping they understand what your strengths are.”
(Read the rest of this story.)
NFL marketing department prefers skinny guys to fat guys
Posted on May 19th, 2008 at 11:34 am by Cheesesteak Hoagie
Birds’ rookie DeSean Jackson was one of 34 first-year players invited to Los Angeles (Los Angeles? Is there a team that plays in Los Angeles?) for a trading card photo shoot this past weekend.
While there were definitely a few road-grader-sized rookies invited (Jake Long, Glenn Dorsey), most of the invitees tended to be of the smaller/ faster/ handsomer variety. That is, lots of quarterbacks (including FIFTH-ROUNDER John David Booty), running backs, and wideouts. Which explains why DeSean Jackson got a ticket but Trevor Laws didn’t.
Hopefully we’ll be hearing more from both guys this week at rookie camp. Otherwise it’s going to be a sloooooow news week for football (depending on whether or not I just give in and post anti-Belichick screeds all week).
Sweet! We all loved the Mitchell Report!
Posted on May 14th, 2008 at 5:01 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
Far be it from us to poop on the efforts of a Birds fan to do his best to help his favorite team (retroactively) win the Super Bowl, no matter how (increasingly) inane and misguided those efforts may be. We hear you, Arlen. We do. The Spygate thing feels a little squishy/ slimy to us too.
But threatening a Congressional investigation, a la the Mitchell Report? Dude. Really?
Never mind that this seems to be a gross misuse of legislative dollars and attention (war, economy, failing education and health care infrastructure). Right. We’ve been over that. As a citizen, this troubles me.
As a sports fan, it may trouble me even more, if only because a Congressional Spygate investigation promises to be insanely effing boring. Enough already. The Mitchell Investigation/ Report has s*cked for years; let’s just say we’re not psyched for the sequel.
In retrospect, maybe Andy wasn’t actually talking about Lito
Posted on May 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
Hmm, sure was a fair amount of hemmin’ and/ or hawin’ amongst the local blathermonkeys in re: a slightly snippy remark from Andy Reid in his Monday press conference. I hadn’t seen the clip until after I read the “stories” about it, and I think we can safely conclude that this wasn’t exactly a meltdown. More a gentle (and barely snide) suggestion that the blathermonkeys ixnay on the itolay.
But after the Garrett Reid news that surfaced in the 48 hours after Reid’s press conference, one might imagine that Andy wasn’t in a completely awesome mood that afternoon. That is, he knew that he was going to court the next day so that his oldest son could plead guilty to smuggling 89 pills into prison (via his rectum, we presume). Not exactly the sort of thing that puts one in a good mood.
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Specter continues quest to retroactively win Super Bowl
Posted on May 9th, 2008 at 1:05 am by Cheesesteak Hoagie
 Despite the best efforts of the NFL PR machine (and their associated Pats-luvin’ lackeys amongst the blathermonkeys) to indicate once and for all that Matt Walsh is a fraud and that we won’t be overturning any Super Bowls, thank you very much, Arlen Specter (R-Pa. (–you like that???)) remains unconvinced. He’s still demanding a meeting with Walsh, and encourages us all to be patient until we see “where the evidence leads.”
What he means to say, of course, is that HE WILL NOT SLEEP UNTIL HE DELIVERS WHAT ANDY REID COULD NOT: AN EAGLES’ SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.
I find it mildly amusing that so many folks are focusing on Specter’s ties to Comcast as the motivation for his otherwise frivolous and borderline negligent pursuit of the Spygate story. Yeah, maybe. (Read the rest of this story.)
They doth protest too much
Posted on May 5th, 2008 at 10:41 pm by Cheesesteak Hoagie
You’ve got to hand it to the Birds for the PR efforts on the Lito thing. At the same time that the local papers are covering it from all angles like an affair of state (”I like they way they surround a story”), Eagles management are playing it straight, assuring us that Lito IS A PART OF THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.
Of course, let it never be said that the Birds are not responsive to the needs of their customers! Note well that there are no fewer than four (4) photos of Asante Samuel and Lito Sheppard together (three with just the two of them, the other with Dawkins third-wheeling it in the corner of the frame) in the Mini-Camp album on the Eagles site. Never mind that neither appears with Sheldon Brown in any of the photos, or really with any other player at all except for Dawkins. Nope. Nothing to see here, folks.
Check out the photo gallery.
Also, and I don’t mean to nitpick, but could we go a little lighter on the “Sheppard flashed (first sentence) his trademark smile (fourth paragraph)”?
Come on, guys. That’s just sloppy.
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