Philadelphia Eagles former multi-talented running back, Duce Staley, was one of the most popular and toughest player to wear the Birds uniform. Last year, Staley was reunited with the Eagles, serving as their special teams quality control coach. The former South Carolina Gamecock had a solid NFL career, playing seven years for the Eagles and two [...]
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Philadelphia Eagles Duce Staley (“DUUUUUCE!!!”): A Look Back
February 4th, 2012 
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Tags: back, Birds, coach, Duce, Duce Staley, Eagles, Fans, Ground Game, look, Lunch Bucket, nfl career, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Quality Control, Ruggedness, Seven Years, South Carolina Gamecock, Staley, Tenacity, Yardbarker, “DUUUUUCE” 
No Comments »Eagles hire Todd Bowles to coach secondary (The Canadian Press)
January 30th, 2012 afcbeast PHILADELPHIA – Former Dolphins interim coach Todd Bowles has been hired to coach the Philadelphia Eagles’ secondary. View full post on Yahoo! Sports – NFL – New York Jets News
Posted in Yahoo! Sports Tags: Bowles, Canadian, coach, Dolphins, Eagles, Hire, Interim Coach, New York Jets, NFL, Philadelphia Eagles, Press, Secondary, Todd, Todd Bowles, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, York Jets News No Comments »Roster Rundown: #92 Ricky Sapp
January 24th, 2012 afcbeast Position: Linebacker Height / Weight: 6’4″ 252 lbs. Age: 25 / Experience: 3 College: Clemson 2011 Contract Status: Signed through 2012 2011 Analysis: Sapp was a part of the Jets organization this fall as a practice squadder when he was signed in October to the practice squad. Sapp didn’t play a down, but the Jets have to like something about the 2010 [...]
Posted in The Jets Blog Tags: Athleticism, Bandit, Contract Status, Draft Pick, Eagles, Gaines Adams, Height Weight, Jets, Lbs Age, Maybin, Mold, Odd Situation, Pass Rusher, Practice Squad, Ricky, Risk, Roster, Rundown, Sapp, Short Stay, Tight Ends, Zone Coverage 3 Comments »Potential Jets: Kelly Gregg
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast Kelly Gregg spent the first year of his career with the Eagles in 1999. He spent 2011 with the Chiefs. He was in Baltimore from 2001 until 2010, spending a lot of time with Rex Ryan, where he was very effective at nose tackle. His success there allowed Baltimore to play Haloti Ngata at defensive [...]
Posted in Gang Green Nation Tags: Chiefs, Dominance, Eagles, Football Outsiders, Gregg, Jets, job, Kelly, Kelly Gregg, Kenrick Ellis, Much Money, Ngata, Offseason, Part Time, Poll, Potential, Pouha, Rex Ryan, Rookie Year, Rush, Time Option No Comments »Five Questions With: Philadelphia Eagles DE Jason Babin
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast This past NFL season was certainly memorable for Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Jason Babin, who finished third in the NFL in sacks and enjoyed a monstrous eighth season in the league. Building on the 12.5 quarterback takedowns he registered with the Tennessee Titans in 2010, his game improved for a career-high 18 sacks this past season. [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Babin, Eagles, Eighth Season, Five, game, Grasp, Jason, Jason Babin, Letdown, Nfl Season, Offseason, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Eagles, questions, Sacks, Success, Super Bowl, Teammates, Tennessee Titans, Wins No Comments »How Will Ryan and Tannenbaum Work to Fix the Jets Issues?
January 17th, 2012 afcbeast Daniel Budick over at Got Sports Blog recently wrote a solid take on the recent Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum presser to end the season, and how these two are going to try and fix the Jets issues. Check it out below. From what I got out of the thirty minute press conference was that [...]
Posted in Jets Gab Tags: Conclusion, Eagles, Fans, Football Team, Franchises, Giants, Issues, Jets, Jets Team, job, Leadership, Mike Tannenbaum, Missing Something, Mistake, Presser, Previous Years, Rex Ryan, Ryan, Santonio Holmes, Sports, Tannenbaum, Team Unity, Week 17, Work No Comments »Mark Brunell: Stay or Go?
January 16th, 2012 afcbeast The signing of Mark Brunell two years ago as backup quarterback never made a tremendous amount of sense. We are approaching a decade since Brunell played quality football. For a team that did a lot of talk about going to the Super Bowl, being one hit away from Brunell starting at quarterback was awfully risky. [...]
Posted in Gang Green Nation Tags: Backup Quarterback, Bad Game, Balls, Brunell, Decade, Eagles, Jets, job, mark, Mark Brunell, Mark Sanchez, Mentor, Mentoring, Poll, Quality Football, stay, Super Bowl, Switchboard, Unrestricted Free Agent, Velocity, Vote No Comments »Philadelphia Eagles: Could Jeff Fisher’s Return Open the Door For Steve Spagnuolo?
January 15th, 2012 afcbeast Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Aside from the ousting of Tim Tebow from the playoffs, the biggest NFL story of the weekend was Jeff Fisher’s return to the sidelines in St. Louis. Could the hiring have implications in Philadelphia? Many have ridiculed Eagles’ defensive coordinator Juan Castillo all season for an underwhelming defense, and head coach Andy [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: arrogance, Coach Andy Reid, Coach Jim, Could, defensive coordinator, Defensive Line Coach, Dilip, Door, Eagles, First Choice, Fisher’s, Getty Images, head coach, Jeff, Jeff Fisher, Jim Washburn, Job Hiring, Juan Castillo, NFL, Offensive Line Coach, Open, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Eagles, Return, Sidelines, Spagnuolo, Steve, Steve Spagnuolo, Tim Tebow, Yardbarker No Comments »Colts tap former Eagles exec for GM’s post
January 12th, 2012 afcbeast The Indianapolis Colts have hired Eagles executive Ryan Grigson as their new general manager. The 39-year-old Grigson has spent the past nine years with Philadelphia. View full post on The Jet Stream – NY Daily News Blogs
Posted in The Jets Stream Tags: Colts, Eagles, exec, Former, Gm, Gms, Indianapolis Colts, Jet Stream, Nine Years, Philadelphia, Post, Ryan Grigson, Tap No Comments »2012 NFL Playoffs Divisional Matchup Analysis: Giants vs. Packers
January 9th, 2012 afcbeast Coming off a big win at home against the Falcons, Tom Coughlin will look to pull off the upset in Lambeau Field. With the first week of the fantasy football playoffs in the books, I took two things from the Giants win over the Falcons: No matter how hot the seat will get under Tom [...]
Posted in Yard Barker Tags: 2012, Analysis, Big Win, Divisional, Eagles, Falcons, Fantasy Books, Fantasy Football Playoffs, Football Books, Giants, Matchup, Nfl Playoffs, Packers, Playoff Contention, playoffs, Super Bowl, Tom Coughlin, Yardbarker No Comments »
