Friday, August 08, 2008

All 80

Who’s having the best Eagles’ training camp. Here’s one complete 1-80 ranking of all the players to this point.

 

A couple notable things:

 

·         Jerome McDougle at 12?! Is it possible that this till-now first round bust could actually make the team, or is this the typical McDougle tease of promise that got him that made him a first round pick to begin with?

 

·         Hank Baskett has had the best camp of anybody? Maybe so, when you are the guy tapped to practice red zone fade routes with the franchise QB.

 

·         Correll Buckhalter #4. My gosh, Bucky is a survivor. But he’s always looked good in camp. Let’s see if he blows out a knee (again) in a meaningless preseason game.

 

·         Speaking of which, Tony Hunt at 70? Yikes. Good thing for the big back that Ryan Moats still appears to be the odd man out in the backfield.

 

·         Hey, look. The $57 million man Asante Samuel is ranked 76, just in front of three players who haven’t played in camp yet (not counting Abiamiri’s two days before breaking his wrist). Not what you want to see from your main free agent acquisition. I wonder if Jeff Lurie has any comment on Samuel’s training stats? You know, like yards per attempt? Or hamstrings strained.

 

·         Familiar names that probably aren’t making the team: Montae Reagor (70), Michael Gasperson (71) (can someone put this perennial practice squader out of his misery?), Matt Schobel (69).

 

Also, note to the author of these rankings. Fans weren't making fun of the Feeley/Tatupu connection (#45) because of a Monday night blowout several years ago, but because Tatupu picked off Feeley in the red zone with less than 2:00 to go last year to seal the win for the Seahawks.

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