On The Inside
May 10, 2008

You've come to grips, no doubt, with the realization that the long-rumored and reported and fevered hope that the Eagles would land an established, star, "No. 1" wide receiver is just not going to happen. The Eagles have what they have and are what they are offensively, and barring an unexpected move or two between now and the season, the offense has to shine with what is here.

April 13, 2008
By: CHRIS McPHERSON

Running back Ryan Moats remembers the sequence of events quite vividly.

He had a run up the middle for five yards and thought to himself, "Okay, this is a good start."

Moats was called upon to help in pass protection and did just fine. Run routes. The same result.

Posted on Mon, Mar. 17, 2008

Philadelphia Daily News

Former Temple star Dan Klecko, who has been a defensive lineman, linebacker and fullback over five NFL seasons, will try to make the 2008 Eagles as a fullback.
The Birds are expected to announce today that they have signed Klecko, 27, to a 1-year deal. He will compete with Jason Davis, who spent the 2007 season on the Eagles practice squad, for the position that formerly belonged to Thomas Tapeh. The Eagles didn't try to retain Tapeh, who signed with the Vikings as a free agent.

Klecko, a fourth-round Patriots draft choice in 2003, has played on three Super Bowl-winning teams, the first two with New England, then Super Bowl XLI, with Indianapolis, the team he joined after the Patriots waived him in September 2006. Klecko has been out of the NFL since the Colts waived him last Nov. 17. At 5-11, 275, he is small for a defensive tackle, big for a linebacker or fullback. Klecko has never been a full-time fullback, though he caught a touchdown pass in the AFC title game that got the Colts to the Super Bowl. Klecko has played a lot on special teams, something the Eagles want in the player they settle on as Tapeh's replacement.

Klecko's father, Joe Klecko, also starred at Temple and was a Pro Bowl defensive end for the Jets, before ending his career with the Colts. *

- Les Bowen

March 12, 2008
By: TOMMY LAWLOR

Fan-Demonium Archive
ScoutsNotebook.com

The focus of Eagles fans right now is on acquiring a new wide receiver. Actually, focus might be putting it too mildly. Obsession is a better word.

Why the obsession for a new receiver? It is a complicated issue that goes back to playoff losses in 2002 and 2003. Many fans feel that the team couldn't get over the hump in those seasons because of mediocre play from the wide receiver position. Maybe. Nothing is certain, but the wide receivers in those years certainly were not stars.

On The Inside
March 4, 2008

Eagles head coach Andy Reid acknowledged in a Tuesday morning interview with ESPN's Mike & Mike In The Morning Show and then later in the day at the NovaCare Complex that the team did make an effort to sign unrestricted free agent Randy Moss over the weekend, and that, as anticipated, Moss stayed with New England.....read more--->

January 24, 2008
On The Inside

We need to get a couple of things straight here, folks. First, the Eagles are not pleased to be sitting as bystanders watching the playoffs and seeing a division rival enjoying the spotlight. And second, yes, the Eagles think they "aren't far away," but to interpret that as meaning the team is coming back as it was in 2007 is just not the case.

January 8, 2008
By: CHRIS McPHERSON

He helped end the Eagles' 2006 playoff run. He's now one of their teammates.

Wide receiver Jamal Jones was one of three players the Eagles signed to a contract on Tuesday. Jones signed a three-year deal along with defensive end Xzavie Jackson who spent this past season on the Eagles practice squad. Defensive end A.J. Schable was signed to a two-year deal.