Adieu, Kalu

Not to be overlooked is the season-ending injury to DE N.D. Kalu. Not only does it hurt the depth at d-line, but Kalu was the kind of player teams need these days to succeed: knew his role and played his position well. After coming to the Eagles as a free agent from the Redskins, Kalu was a man in search of a position. At first, the Eagles kept at d-line. Then asked him to cut weight and move to LB. When Derrick Burgess went down with his first foot injury, they asked Kalu to put weight back on and go back to the line.

He did all of this without complaint and played very well considering all of the shifts he experienced. He was rock solid if unspectacular last year which is all you can ask for when your line is being decimated by injuries. Of course, he was also a finger away from blocking the Rams last punt in the NFC championship game.

Here's to a speedy recovery for ND. and let's hope the line and the team don't have too many more serious injuries from here on out.