Todd Pinkston is back

by JasonB on Jul 26, 2009 10:00 PM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

Ok settle down... Todd Pinkston is indeed back with the Eagles in Lehigh but as a coach, not a player. Pinkston is one of several new coaching interns this year.

Todd Pinkston is in camp. Yes, that's right, but don't get your hopes up, fans. The second-round pick from the 2000 draft is here as a coaching intern, at the invitation of wide receivers coach Dave Culley, who knows Pinkston is trying to break into coaching back home in Mississippi.

"Once you've been playing sports and football all your life, it's something you want to hand down to the kids coming up, that look up to you," Pinkston said.

Every year Andy Reid gives former players the chance to get their feet wet as coaches. Former Eagles like Doug Pederson, Mike Zordich, & Brandon Whiting are all also in camp as interns this year.

Remember, Pinkston is here to learn not teach. So it's unlikely we'll see him passing on his inafmous alligator arms to the Eagles corps of young WRs.

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Regarding the Alligator Arm video...

Watch LJ Smith “blocking.” What the hell is he doing?

by JimmyK on Jul 26, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions

Who the hell would want to learn from Todd Pinkston?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls794MhIkU4

Do we really want DJax learning how to do that^^?

by philiafan14364 on Jul 26, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions

he redeemed himself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bKAtA-B4s0&feature=related ……..as awful as it was, he caught the next deep ball…

"Eagles fans are a passionate group who love their team," said McNabb, "if not the actual players. It's not like winning a Super Bowl before the first month of the season is the hardest thing they've ever asked of me. That'd be all those times they asked me to go kill myself."

by greenbean#twoOH on Jul 27, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

he could teach receivers how to run away from safeties… and then get cut from the team.

by awd777 on Jul 26, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

now r coaching core could be complete if...

fred ex could come and coach

by DjacknMacAttack on Jul 26, 2009 11:15 PM EDT reply actions

i dont think that zordich and pederson are interns. i think they actually real positions with the team

by bula412 on Jul 27, 2009 1:48 AM EDT reply actions

hahah

hes not that old .. im suprised hes not trying to come back .. and fred ex is hilarious

by jack is better than asante on Jul 27, 2009 2:44 AM EDT reply actions

he is not that old

just not good

"You always hear about ballplayers buying numbers from other players for five figures. When this .300 lifetime hitter was in Philly, he traded his number to Mitch Williams for two cases of beer." - Stuff Magazine on John Kruk

by BadCo'09 on Jul 27, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

To be fair

Pink had a great SB game and losing him was pretty big the next year. Glew was not a great starting WR

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Jul 27, 2009 6:45 AM EDT reply actions

He was doing pretty good in SB 39 'til he pulled a "no mas" because of his hamstring

by AlwaysHopeful on Jul 27, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

alligator arms

as much as we love to hate on him, he was a lot better (for a pretty long time in fact) than we give him credit for.

I’ll always remember his catch in the front corner of the endzone in the 4th and 26 game

8 games in 8-0 we goin.

by 700 Level on Jul 27, 2009 8:12 AM EDT reply actions

He was what he was...a deep threat (with inconsistent hands) that didn't have the body or stomach for physical contact...

But he did make some plays…just not as many as you’d expect from a 2nd round draft pick…Our perception of him has a lot to do with our expectations of him…

by AlwaysHopeful on Jul 27, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions