Over the past few days, the Eagles have seemingly boosted their level of confidence and appear very anxious to get to the regular season. Many star players, including RB Brian Westbrook and DE Victor Abiamiri, have returned from injuries, and the entire team has reportedly looked sharp while practicing/preparing for Preseason Week 2. Newly signed QB Michael Vick has highlighted the practices with his jubilent behavior and athletic display of talent. No offense to our true leader and starting QB Donovan McNabb, but the spotlight has been on the former Falcon the past few days. Mostly all of the Eagles have voiced their opinion of Michael, and all of the statements have been positive. 

2nd-year WR DeSean Jackson had alot to say about Vick: “It’s a blessing to be on the same offense. We’ve got a lot of firepower. It’s crazy.” “There’s just something about that left-hand release. It’s just like he flicks it,” “He’s got a real nice touch on his ball.” “He’s very humble,” “He knows he’s been through some things. It’s going to be hard to erase that, but he has a second chance to do right.”

Below are a few of the other headlines from Eagles practice:

• Brian Westbrook, Matt Schobel, Victor Abiamiri, Trevor Laws, and Kevin Kolb all returned to participate in drills and practice after dealing with injuries.
• Jason Peters, Brent Celek, and Trent Cole were the only players not practicing, due to injuries. Celek and Peters are expected to return within the next few days.
• CBs Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown have been practicing very well, and seem to be solidifying themselves as the starting corners.
• Quintin Demps seems to have the edge over Sean Jones for the starting FS job, according to several statements from Defensive Coordinator Sean McDermott. “Quintin Demps did a nice job. They both did a nice job. Quintin, specifically, did a nice job,” McDermott said. “Again, you’re talking about a young player that is really playing in his first game as a starter [in the preseason game last Thursday] and he handled himself well. He tackled well. That’s point A. Now it’s important where we’re going in terms of getting to Point B.”

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