Live From Training Camp...Online Coverage

Am I at Eagles training camp right now live blogging from the sidelines? No.
At I at my computer watching 22-minute long clips of practice highlights? Yes, ma'am.

Some observations taken from the first full-pads practice:
1:35 - Mike Bell was a smart pick up.  After this J.J. Arrington trade, it's hard to guess how the birds will play their hand.  Maybe this was just trading Joe Mays for a draft pick, maybe not. If they keep three backs...who will be the third behind Shady and Bell?  Charles Scott looks promising (4:20, 5:00), incumbent Eldra Buckley was an effective special teams player, J.J. has great hands and can return kicks -- this is one of the more interesting camp battles.
3:40 - Kevin Kolb with the big "fuck you" to (so far impressive) rookie S Kurt Coleman.
5:45 - Vick shows off some lateral quickness
6:50 - Ellis Hobbs with a big defended pass against Baskett, trying to ease our concerns for the cornerback position.
7:15 - Kolb deep pass to Jackson.  Pretty play but Joselio Hansen getting beat on this underthrown ball brings my concerns for cornerback...back.   
9:10 - Big stack-up hit by Jabar Chaney on Eldra Buckley
12:25, 20:00 - Brandon Graham looks pretty damn good to me. Spadaro pants, "Oo Great move." If you listen closely, you can almost hear the orgasm as it happens.
12:50 - You know who else looks good?  Our boy Trev "Obey the" Laws. Whooooop!
21:40 - FIIIIIIGHT! Daniel Te'o-Nesheim (who sucks, apparently) gets into it with Jerrail McCuller (who oddly enough has his arm around another dude in not one but two Google images), probably because he was frustrated by his own absolute terribleness.  Nothing happened and it was all very pointless.

Hey, at least nobody got hurt.  Oh wait.

Internet Football Stalking

As nerdy as it is, watching videos on the Philadelphia Eagles website shows you a hell of a lot more than reading words on a page from some dude (i.e. me).

I tell myself that I watch these videos because I run a Philly sports blog and need to be as informed as possible, but that's not the truth. The truth is...I just love this crap. While Dave Spadaro is a goofy cornball who loves the Eagles so much that he probably owns bird porn, the dude is harmless. Plus the mixed guy (Chris McPherson) seems on top of his game and the sarcastic little one's name is BO WULF so he's cool by me.

Also, if you're someone who plays fantasy football it behooves you to know what the shit you're talking about. Should you draft C.J. Spiller or Dez Bryant? Watching bullshit like camp footage or player bios is the only way to find out.  This junk is genius!

Patrick Crayton (COLON)...Underdog! The story of a man who will be paid $2.5 million this year to work LESS, but has to overcome the devastation of being married to a woman named Najiyyah.

Where was I? Oh yeah, below is a clip of the afternoon practice on training camp day 1. Unfortunately, it only features rookies and selected veterans selected dudes named Kevin Kolb and Mike Vick.


My observations:
Kolb's arm looks better than advertised | Vick is inaccurate | Bradley Riley Cooper catches everything | Cornelius Ingram appears to have working legs.

What do you see? (Very loud and auto-playing) video after the jump.

Fun With Dave Spadaro

Fox News :: Republicans
Dave Spadaro :: The Eagles Organization's feathery green dick

And while I sincerely do appreciate the fact that he reports on OTA's and other shit I wouldn't otherwise have access to, he's really just the nerdy mouthpiece for an otherwise cool organization.

The images are pulled from a report on philadelphiaeagles.com about how Hank Baskett looks impressive so far this year. I guess losing the Superbowl for your team has some kind of life-altering inspirational affect...or something.

Behold my boredom and immaturity after the jump.

I'm partial to the Fire Marshall Bill one, myself.