Oh...but not from us. Matt Mosley, ESPN's NFC East blogger and frequent Big D slurper, went to Eagles OTA's today and actually had some
very detailed and insightful observations about the 2010 team. How he managed to do this in between writing 7 posts concerning the Cowboys' kickers, I'll never know.
The Summation:- Howie Roseman has the Cowboys' depth chart posted in his office. It's so he can motivate himself to...negotiate better and look more important?
- Nate Allen is bigger than you think. Roseman: "We didn't take a guy at No. 37 to be on the sideline."
- Cornelius Ingram looks big and fast. Might not be able to catch, though.
- Riley Cooper and Hank Baskett both look impressive. Not nearly as impressive as second-year man-God Jeremy Maclin, who put on more muscle and looks to take a leap this year.
- Nobody gives a shit that DeSean skipped this OTA.
- It's always sunny in Philadelphia.
- Kolb looks sharp. And although there are some throws that Soupy Johnston could make that KK can't, he shows great touch and hits players in stride. I was also right to edit Jason Avant in Madden and give him a 95 Catching rating.
- Rookie RB Charles Scott is not good.
- Moise Fokou is trying to hold onto his spot as the startring SAM linebacker. Seventh-round LB Jamar Chaney is a guy Roseman felt he stole at that point in the draft and, so far he looks promising.
- The birds gave Brandon Graham a highlight mixtape of other short DEs like Elvis Dumervil. Blah blah blah.
- Starting corners Asante Samuel and Ellis Hobbs sat out with minor injuries (sidebar: the possibility of Joselio Hanson and Dimitri Patterson starting at CB at any point in the season scares the skittles out of me). Macho Harris continues work at corner -- his natural position. Quintin Demps learned to shut the fuck up this year so maybe the coaches will give him some playing time.
- McNabb wasn't there...it felt weird to Matt. But Kolb "doesn't seem fazed by all the hoopla" and "has a swagger to him that suggests he's ready for this challenge."
Sounds pretty good to me, especially coming from a Dallas deepthroater like Mosley.
Also of note was (part of) a
column by Adam Schein where he is "boom" -- terrible -- on the Eagles this season and thinks they will make the playoffs and contend for the division.
Now I could sit here and hand you some feigned sense of humbleness about these articles, but in a sick way I sincerely enjoy that national sports writers believe in our team. It can't be healthy that I gather enjoyment from the positive opinions of dudes that have absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of anything, but fuck it. Go birds. Zipp Duncan.
