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  • The Young Guns – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    The Young Guns – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    Braelon Allen Is Now In Select Company With a Few Other NFL Players. One of Them Was An Eagle.

    Last week — Fond Du Lac’s 20-year old Braelon Allen became the youngest player in NFL history to score a touchdown from scrimmage in an NFL game in 94 years, and to do both in an NFL game — ever. He is now in the NFL record books with ageless former Green Bay Packers and New York Giants quarterback Arnie Herber — who set his record in 1930.

    As with many historical NFL connections, this one also has an Eagles connection.

    Many from the Great generation remember former Giants Coach Allie Sherman. Ever fewer may remember Sherman as an Eagles player. Former Eagles Head Coach Earl “Greasy” Neale gave Sherman a spot on the Eagles roster in 1943 right out of Brooklyn College. In his rookie season, Sherman was both an Eagle and a Steeler when the two teams combined for one season in 1943 due to a player shortage because of World War II.

    Right after the War, as the Eagles began to get better and to build momentum in the winning direction. Playing defensive back and also quarterback for the Eagles — Sherman competed with Tommy Thompson for the starting quarterback role and helped to guide the Eagles to an 8–4 record and a 21–0 win in the playoffs against the Steelers. In the 1947 NFL Championship Game they fell short by one possession at the very end despite a furious comeback in St. Louis. Allie Sherman was also just twenty years old when he scored his first touchdown from scrimmage.

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    With Thompson as the starting quarterback, Sherman left the Eagles for retirement and a Head Coaching position in 1948 and would become the New York Giants Head Coach in 1961. He would also go on to be a pioneer of TV Broadcasting for NFL Games and even ESPN. If Sherman had stayed with the Eagles for two more seasons — he would have won two championships.

    Back in Tennessee — where the Titans had the misfortune of being the home team as Braelon Allen exploited the defense both by air and by ground and wrote himself into the record books — the quarterback who gave him the football for both scores was none other than 40-year old Aaron Rodgers.

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  • Winning Our Hearts – Losing Our Fantasy Leagues. – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    Winning Our Hearts – Losing Our Fantasy Leagues. – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    Is A Building Obsession With the Eagles Destroying Your Fantasy Strategy?

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, it’s not Christmas. As the heat of July moves towards August — the only blocker to you enjoying the your 2024 Fantasy Draft will be to read tons of lines of text trying to coordinate your twelve closest friends who just need a good time to draft free from work, no responsibilities with the kids, permission from the wife, and a Zoom logon.

    Better throw in a draft board.

    But the opportunity to enjoy that five-hour beer tasting, junk food consuming, need some more charcoal for the grill, how long can pizza be at room temperature, should have only taken three hours fantasy draft? (the two people who join with Zoom couldn’t figure out the technology and they work in IT remotely.)

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    And what exactly is your strategy? You’ve spent the whole year ordering magazines, studying ESPN, and catching up on FFB shows, haven’t you? Is Jalen Hurts worthy of the #2 quarterback ranking behind Josh Allen? Will you play the traditional approach and lean toward Saquon Barkley as a #5 running back? And if everyone else is asleep in your draft, you may be able to pair Jalen Hurts with AJ Brown (5th WR) and/or Devonta Smith (WR #21.)

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    A little downstream from the top rounds offers you Eagles options like Kenneth Gainwell (#66) , rookie running back Will Shipley, and will you take a chance on Jake Elliott at the #4 kicker spot? Better not do so until Round 15.

    Once the draft begins and the draft board begins to fill up with stickers and the beer, nachos, and underdone wings are almost gone — you arrive at a new realization after your memorization of the Eagles depth chart.

    The NFL has 31 other teams to pull talent from.

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  • Falcons vs. Birds: A Philadelphia Legacy – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    Falcons vs. Birds: A Philadelphia Legacy – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    That’s right, Philadelphia. Calm down, those aren’t Eagles flying the Jersey Shore boardwalk. And it’s not an NFC primetime rematch in the frigid winter conditions of Philadelphia between the Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons. This is a Jersey boardwalk showdown between falcons and seagulls once again down the shore during summer 2024.

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    Once again in 2024 — Ocean City, NJ has extended its contract with East Coast Falcons. Dating back to 2019, the group of 14 that includes one Eagle-owl, hawks, and falcons have protected against seagulls to provide a leisure experience to beachgoers and tourists alike enjoying the attractions along the nearly three miles of Ocean City’s gorgeous Boardwalk.

    If you’ve vacationed in Ocean City, NJ beach or near the Boardwalk, then you’ve probably come into contact with the gulls that perch close to humans and love to feed on french fries and pizza — right from your unexpected waiting hands.

    The use of falconry dates back to before 2000 BC. Stealing falcons was punishable by death during the reign of King Edward III. Falconry was documented as being used in America as far back as 1622.

    And Philadelphia has a significant history with Falconry as well. Philly continued its tradition of sports firsts when the Peregrine Club of Philadelphia began in 1934. Seven years later, the club was suspended sue to WWII. In 2013, it was brought back to life by Dwight A. Lasure. Lasure was a Pennsylvanian as well.

    The Eagles have compiled an all-time record of 21–15–1 against the Falcons, including a regular season record of 18–14–1 and a postseason advantage of 3–1. The Eagles would beat the Falcons in the 2005 NFC Championship Game to advance to their first Super Bowl since 1981. They would also beat the Falcons in 2018 in the NFC Divisional Round before winning Super Bowl LII.

    So feel free to indulge in that boardwalk Subway sandwich, Chickie & Pete’s Crabfries, or Manco & Manco Boardwalk Pizza this summer, and rest assured that you’ll be able to do so without sharing and of it with a persistent NJ seagull.

    Although you may have to give food — if not thanks — to a Falcon. Limit your thanks to vacation, though. The Eagles play the Falcons on September 16th.

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  • The Great Depression Made the Eagles. World War II Made Them Champions – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    The Great Depression Made the Eagles. World War II Made Them Champions – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    The Great Depression Made the Eagles. WWII Made Them Champions.

    The War Shaped Many Pennsylvania Boys. When They Returned, They Made the Philadelphia Eagles Winners.

    It’s been eighty years since American, Canadian, Australian, and British forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from the clutches of the combined Axis Powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy. From the Pacific Theater to battlefields in Europe, both former and present-day NFL players would do their duty as American soldiers.

    Among the American forces who landed and fought their way up the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944 and served all over the world in WWII were many Professional Football Players like Eagles Center and Defensive Lineman Chuck Bednarik who was a waist gunner in the Army Air Corps on a B-24 Bomber for 29 missions.

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    Guard Jack Sanders (formerly a Pittsburgh Steeler) joined the Eagles in 1945 after losing a wrist and his left hand while fighting on Iwo Jima. Eagles Guard Bucko Kilroy served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.

    The Eagles saw tragedy from the war, too. Kicker and halfback Michael M. “Nick” Basca was a tank commander for Third Army under George Patton was killed in action. Harry Benson was killed in the Pacific Theater.

    Here’s what turned the Eagles from mediocre to masterful in the late 1940s.

    It’s now something of lore that a player shortage forced the Eagles to merge with the Steelers in 1943. The Steagles were 5–4–1. The Steelers were 7–4 in 1942. The Eagles in their first decade of existence on the other hand had been a losing team.

    In 1944, in an NFL Draft that hardly anyone noticed right here in Philadelphia at the famed Warwick Hotel — the Eagles drafted LSU Star running back Steve Van Buren, drafted Pete Pihos out of Indiana University in 1945, brought back quarterback Tommy Thompson, and acquired halfback Boss Pritchard after his career with the Cleveland Rams in 1942.

    After winning seven games in both 1944 and 1945, the Eagles were ready to make a run for the Championship in 1947. After beating the Steelers in the playoffs, the Eagles rallied against the Chicago Cardinals but came up just short by a final score of 28–21. The following year — in a Philadelphia nor’easter — the Eagles would beat those Chicago Cardinals 7–0 to win their first NFL Championship. They would repeat in Los Angeles the following year in 1949.

    To this day, the Eagles run from 1947–1949 was the most successful in team history producing two Championships. For those Eagles who brought the lessons of the WWII battlefield back to Shibe Park in Philadelphia — they helped to bring the Eagles from mediocre to masterful.

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  • Eight Seconds, 46 Seconds, No Timeouts. – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    Eight Seconds, 46 Seconds, No Timeouts. – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    For the Eagles Top Offense, Eight Seconds Still Fester.

    NFL Athletes need to have short memories. Make a great play and enjoy it. Make a key mistake, learn from it and move on while hoping that you still have a career as a professional athlete afterward. Then prepare for the next play.

    Just ask James Bradbury, the Eagles cornerback whose late-game game Super Bowl penalty allowed Kansas City to bleed the clock and gave Philadelphia the ball back with only eight seconds left and no timeouts remaining.

    The Eagles young offense was dazzling in 2022–2023. No team had more yards in the NFC in 2022, and it seemed at times that their explosive offense was able to break-out on every possession.

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    The Eagles offense of 2024 — now complete with the addition of All-Pro running back Saquon Barkley — does not dwell on a late season floundering that ended with a late evening listless performance in Tampa Bay in the Wildcard Round of the NFC Playoffs.

    But rather, is haunted by one last possession in the Super Bowl that given their potency and perhaps an additional ninety seconds could have given Philadelphia its second World Championship in five years.

    The coach who won the Super Bowl that day knew this position before as he peered across the sideline through a sea of red and white confetti that was all too close to instead perhaps having been midnight green in the last moments of Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

    Twenty years ago, the Eagles had battled the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville all game and were down by a field goal 24–21. Donovan McNabb, Terrell Owens, and Brian Westbrook got the football back with 46 seconds and no timeouts. Much like 2023, the Eagles would not score again that day and lost to New England.

    Andy Reid — who had brought the Eagles back to prominence with his first Head Coaching job —would never return to the Super Bowl with the Eagles. Aside from a magical playoff ride in 2009 that ended in Arizona with a monstrous performance by Larry Fitzgerald, The Eagles would never return to Championship form under Reid and would shortly spiral into a needed turnover of the Philadelphia nucleus including parting ways with Donovan McNabb, Brian Dawkins, and Jeremiah Trotter.

    The anticipation of yet another Eagles season in 2024 is almost as high as the July sun with Training Camp just on the horizon. Can this Eagles season put away the shadows of the past season of offensive ineptitude and the haunting memories of just eight seconds to avoid the fate of Andy Reid’s Eagles of the late 2000s?

    We shall soon see.

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  • A Just Cause? – Philadelphia Sports Nation

    A Just Cause? – Philadelphia Sports Nation

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    The $4.9 Billion Eagles Going International Seems Right. But Is It Right for Brazil?

    The Eagles are coming to a City near you (well, at least they are if you live in Sao Paulo, Brazil.) Relax, if you live in Philadelphia then you won’t have to travel far for the rest of the 2024–2025 home games.

    Jeffrey Lurie’s nearly $4.9 Billion franchise is joining other NFL franchises to go global.

    As the NFL contemplates expansion into one of these foreign markets and with more teams playing on foreign soil, several other teams have secured international rights overseas themselves. The Dolphins and Bears have rights secured in Spain. The Dolphins also have rights secured in Brazil in addition to the Eagles. The Steelers have recently secured the same type of rights in Ireland.

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    Like any great company going international from the confines of only doing business in America since 1920, it’s an exciting time. But does excitement and opportunity make this right for Brazil and its people?

    Undoubtedly, Brazil will reap the benefits of a tourism boost from the presence of the Eagles, Packers, and hordes of their fans traveling to see the game. But the NFL will profit from the broadcast, sale of official merchandise, and revenue from the game.

    According to Ticketmaster, the average ticket left for the game is $339.30. It’s an expensive item for a county whose average monthly income is a $750.00. Many of Brazil’s residents cannot afford to attend the game at Corinthians Arena.

    And how about an effect on the fans back home?

    The Eagles and Packers have a storied history. In fact, the 1960 NFL Championship Game the Day after Christmas was blacked out on TV around the Delaware Valley. Many of my relatives listened to it on radio. Which is appropriate considering in an attempt not to compete with broadcasted high school games on Friday night, the 2024 Eagles/Packers matchup will only be available to be seen with a subscription streaming on NBC’s Peacock.

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    Sure — one could argue that if the world stage craves NFL football — well then expansion isn’t just the right move for the NFL but rather a necessary one. Or that both Eagles and Packers should be afforded every opportunity to take advantage of a worldly presence that other NFL teams are benefitting from.

    But although Sao Paulo is one of largest cities in South America, for a powerhouse country like the US whose revenue and budget is 3x the size of Brazil — is bringing NFL Football there the right move?

    Either way, that is exactly what is happening in September 2024.

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