By the end of this year, safety Quentin Mikell will be considered on the plane just below Ed...

By the end of this year, safety Quentin Mikell will be considered on the plane just below Ed Reed/Troy Polamalu with the very good safeties in football. I already think he's there, with Ryan Clark, LaRon Landry and Adrian Wilson, and others. Mikell is rangy, spirited, a brutal hitter and one of the rising-star cogs of this team

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RIP JJ

by MeanGreen5 on Aug 7, 2009 5:19 AM EDT reply actions

I love me some Q

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

by 700 Level on Aug 7, 2009 8:03 AM EDT reply actions

There’s no bigger fan of Quintin Mikell than me. I’ve had a Dawkins jersey for 10 years, and was choosing between who the next jersey would be – It’s a very high honor. It was going to be Big Stew (because of his age), and thank God I procrastinated on that one. I’ve since decided on Mikell.

That said, to put him in the class of Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu is simply laughable. LeRon Landry, Adrian Wilson, Ryan Clark? Sure. But let’s not get crazy… Ed Reed might be the best safety… ever. And Polamalu isn’t far behind.

Bye, Big Stew and JJ :(

by JimmyK on Aug 7, 2009 8:41 AM EDT reply actions

Also...

I like how Peter King takes an opportunity to heap praise and bring attention to an excellent, yet nationally unheralded player (which if you read enough team blogs, it’s a pretty easy thing to do when fans of the team are all some guy with un unrecognizable name)…

…and then he misspells his name. Do you really know Quintin’s game, Peter King, or is this just an opportunity to look smart?

Bye, Big Stew and JJ :(

by JimmyK on Aug 7, 2009 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

Extension?

He’s due for an extension isn’t he? I too am decided on a new jersey so I can retire my BDawk jerseys, but I want to get one with a player who will be around. I’d get Mikell, but I know he’s only signed for another year or 2.

by bdawk4ever on Aug 7, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions

His current contract ends in 2010. He makes 1.7 this year, 1.4 next year, and he’s 28 (and a young 28 at that, since he’s only been a starter 2 years). It’s almost a certainty the Eagles will try to extend him.

Bye, Big Stew and JJ :(

by JimmyK on Aug 7, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions