The Linc - Thankfully we have good sense

by JasonB on May 29, 2010 6:00 AM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

Eagles lineman Dunlap trying to get more King-sized | Philadelphia Daily News | 05/28/2010
King Dunlap said yesterday he has put 30 pounds of muscle on his unlinemanlike frame, and now weighs 335, though he still looks like he ought to be jousting with Marreese Speights and Thaddeus Young instead of Brandon Graham and Daniel T'eo-Nesheim.

PhillyBurbs.com: Hey G-Cobb, leave Mike Kafka alone!
I learned about G-Cobb's column by reading Bleeding Green Nation, an Eagles blog that thankfully has some good sense.

Shhh, no one show her this.

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Winston Justice recounts his experience in Haiti in this very beautifully written and touching column.

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Ernie Sims owns 20 dogs and a monkey. That's the not the start of a joke, it's true. Here's the story of when he met Michael Vick.

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No doubt about it

Sims is awesome! HE HAS A MONKEY!

by T-rade on May 29, 2010 8:06 AM EDT reply actions

i'm trying to

Remember a time when I felt we had so much young unearthed potiential on the team and I can’t.

I’m excited. If we didn’t get everything we needed (chances are something is not going to work out somewhere), I’m confident that with our youth we’ll be restocking through the draft for awhile.

2010-11 Predictions:

Kevin Kolb will go to the probowl and complete >65% of passes.

Jeremy Maclyn will have more receptions than Miles Austin & Steve Smith

Graham will have the starting LDE spot tied up by week 5, win ROTY, and have >10 Sacks

11-5 finish.

by corn on the kolb on May 29, 2010 8:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Justice did a great job writing

I encourage everyone to read that article.
My squad was intending to go to Haiti (we could only have sent 6 people on the first shot), but the flight ban was already on and a whole scandal developed concerning the handling of the funds provided for us, which ended up costing us several members. (And led to me resigning as head of humanitarian missions since I wasn’t involved in the whole process at any step) Instead another organization from the same city was lucky enough to find a sponsor and ended up going there and actually pulling a kid out of the rubble: Wishmond Exandus.

"Verde que te quiero verde..."
Το πράσινο είναι ζωή!
That's right, I bleed green multiculturally
"if you shut someone down with class, it's more effective" - Udalango

by Rabbit T on May 29, 2010 8:32 AM EDT reply actions

Dunlap should've been adding as much muscle mass as possible as soon as he came

into the league. It wasn’t like he was a stout 300 coming into the league scouts said he was soft. He should’ve been shedding fat and trying to add muscle/strength the entire time.

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

by Joe_D on May 29, 2010 9:33 AM EDT reply actions

Agreed

But I think it just hit him that if he doesn’t do so now, he’s out of a job.
On the other hand, in this period look for a lot of reports on how various backups are improving their game and shape and ready to go out and bowl people over (Shawn Andrews last year, anyone?) – take it with a judicious amount of sodium chloride.

"Verde que te quiero verde..."
Το πράσινο είναι ζωή!
That's right, I bleed green multiculturally
"if you shut someone down with class, it's more effective" - Udalango

by Rabbit T on May 29, 2010 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

I can excuse a college player from being the right size coming into the league… but to go all season abd just realize beginning year 2 that you’re man boobs are bigger than reids?

Sorry dunlap. When you were in college, you had classes, football, hotties, and being a kid to worry about. Now you’re in the real world and you make more money than a very large percentage of the men in the world. Your only job is to get into football shape and meet your potiental.

2010-11 Predictions:

Kevin Kolb will go to the probowl and complete >65% of passes.

Jeremy Maclyn will have more receptions than Miles Austin & Steve Smith

Graham will have the starting LDE spot tied up by week 5, win ROTY, and have >10 Sacks

11-5 finish.

by corn on the kolb on May 29, 2010 10:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Agree

It’s not like Dunlap was a first or second round pick that could rest on those laurels. He was a 7th round project. What does say about him that it took him 2 years to realize he needs to work hard to become a good player. I tells me he isn’t going to be an Eagle when they come back from Lehigh.

Sometimes it's just fun to take the family for a spin around the lake in the old boat. Even if it's not your family or your boat, and they're screaming for you to stop.

by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on May 29, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

But who's in line behind him?

I don’t care when Dunlap gets the motivation, as long as he gets it. Castillo believes in this guy enough not to have drafted a replacement and they sure had enough picks if he wanted to.

Maybe he’ll turn out, maybe he won’t,but if he doesn’t then Justice, Andrews or Herremans better be ready shift over in order to back up Peters, cause none of these undrafted guys are going to be any bettter than Dunlap.

by IggleGreen on May 29, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Well I’m sure if castillo had his say, they’d have drafted 10 linemen. what he wanted to draft and what he was allowed are two different quantitties (yes, a king dunlap manboob joke)

The fact remains if peters or justice miss a snap, we have no depth behind without shuffling other starters… slide herremans/andrews out? MJG in the hole?

I think it was an oversight to take so many dlinemen and not have at least a free agency plan.

2010-11 Predictions:

Kevin Kolb will go to the probowl and complete >65% of passes.

Jeremy Maclyn will have more receptions than Miles Austin & Steve Smith

Graham will have the starting LDE spot tied up by week 5, win ROTY, and have >10 Sacks

11-5 finish.

by corn on the kolb on May 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

First off..

You are right. I’m sure every ‘teams’ coach would love to monopolize the draft. Good point.

Second, that was one of the worst ‘moobs’ jokes ever. You will have to wear a ‘bro’ for the next three days as your penalty.

:)-8—<= <—- I call this painting ‘Dunlap with Moobs’

by IggleGreen on May 30, 2010 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions

I could see the Eagles keeping Austin Howard and Fenuki Tupou over King Dunlap at this point

I don’t think King Dunlap was what kept the Eagles from drafting any offensive linemen.

Sometimes it's just fun to take the family for a spin around the lake in the old boat. Even if it's not your family or your boat, and they're screaming for you to stop.

by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on May 30, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Ray Didinger argues that it was Fenuki.

"Verde que te quiero verde..."
Το πράσινο είναι ζωή!
That's right, I bleed green multiculturally
"if you shut someone down with class, it's more effective" - Udalango

by Rabbit T on May 30, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Boo Kafka

Can we trade him to washington with our former disengaged QB?

by MightyJoeBanner on May 29, 2010 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

Who the heck is Jen Wielgus?

And since when have women been allowed to write about sports?

I kid, I kid.

I don't know what it is about your face,
[holds up fist]
but I just wanna deliver one of these right in your suck hole.

by DickMuffin on May 29, 2010 10:52 AM EDT reply actions

Oh shit...

I thought I was reading a sandwich… Now that it has been brought to my attention that what I read was actually a sports article, as opposed to a delicious combination of bread, deli meat, and sliced cheese, I’m absolutely apalled!

The audacity of broads today…

I Am Better Than Jack Who Some Fool Thinks Is Better Than Asante (IABTJWSFTIBTA)
JIBTA’s actually Jack Ikegwuonu... and he’s f***ing pissed.
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by DeSean10 on May 31, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

I feel your pain man.

What is this country coming to?

I don't know what it is about your face,
[holds up fist]
but I just wanna deliver one of these right in your suck hole.

by DickMuffin on May 31, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Wow I envy the hell out of sims

I ALWAYS wanted a monkey.

"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins

"Yeah, I like to hit people"
-Brandon Graham

by immynimmy on May 29, 2010 11:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Trouble on the way.

Who needs twenty-some pit bulls? I mean really. WTF? What is the possiblity that he is NOT fighting them?
Does he fight monkeys against the pit bulls? If so, is the monkey allowed to use a gun? Sometimes I wish the NFL could hire some people with a little more class.

by IggleGreen on May 29, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions

umm

Did you read the article at all? He breeds them, he is an animal lover and he wants to be a vet when he leaves the NFL. There is nothing wrong with him, he even said that he would welcome the chance to speak with Vick at events for animals.

by d-jackfan10 on May 29, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Much respect to winston.

If he impoves even more this year I may consider a Winston justice jersey.

"If I can get you to think twice, I'm in your head."
-Brian Dawkins

"Yeah, I like to hit people"
-Brandon Graham

by immynimmy on May 29, 2010 11:16 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

why?

by MightyJoeBanner on May 29, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha, nice work on the Maclyn link.

Formerly Bye, Dawk :(

by JimmyK on May 29, 2010 1:15 PM EDT reply actions

Finally tricked me into clicking on it

I had managed not to … not that I didn’t know the whole story from reading about its legend on other threads.

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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on May 29, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Yesterday on NFL Live Chris Carter said that he thinks the Dallas Cowboys will have the hardest time repeating as division champs. His rationale for this thought was that the Eagles would be better? While I don’t want to disagree with him. This is the first analyst that has said this. I was pretty surprised, but pleased there is one guy out there with faith in the reid regime.

by PhilsForever on May 29, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions

Wow, I tend not to like his anaylsis

but I’ll make an exception!

I think the Eagles are going to be a trendier pick by in-the-know writers once we get closer to the season and people really start doing the math, but by the same token, there’s reason to believe in all four division teams, so it’ll be hard to get mad at anyone who doesn’t pick us.

I sat out of that war with Giants fans earlier this week, but suffice it to say that just because we don’t have name guys doesn’t mean we won’t be good. I think the Eagles did a nice job trying to plug their holes, but you have to respect Dallas as the front runner for the time being.

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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on May 29, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Kafka's pretty good

Anyone see the final drive of the senior bowl?

Phillies in the World Series, Flyers in the Stanley Cup, now all we need is the Philadelphia Eagles in the Superbowl. Miami 2011...

by STRAIGHTOYOURFACE on May 29, 2010 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

It was the East-West Shrine game, but yes, I know what you’re referring to. Very gritty drive to win the game. It was impressive.

Formerly Bye, Dawk :(

by JimmyK on May 29, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Kafka

agreed, I like Kafka.. other than the fact hes a Blackhawks fan.

he posted gaudy numbers, albeit the fact he came from a system which threw the ball a ridiculous amount (think 70+ in one bowl game)

"I'd like to thank my hands for being so great." (Freddie Mitchell)

by PhillySportsDave on May 30, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I with the chick from Chicago ...

… I’m fine with Kafka rooting for his childhood club in a different sport. I’d be less fine with it if he said he roots for the Bears when he isn’t playing for the Eagles, but didn’t we have one of our players say that about the Redskins just this week?

Bottom line is you are who you are and it takes some time to become part of a team and have that ingrained in you. After he’s here a couple years, he needs to be on the Eagles bandwagon with regard to NFL stuff — playing for a team is always infinitely cooler than rooting for it because of geographic reasons — but he can stay a Blackhawks/Bulls/Cubs/White Sox/Northwestern fan forever, as far as I’m concerned. He owes us nothing in that dept., just his best effort playing for the Eagles.

Viewed another way, I’m not dropping the Eagles for nobody … but if the Texans came calling with a couple mil, son … Gary Kubiak is my Jesus.

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Still waiting for the Eagles to Bring It Home For Jerome

by D3Keith on May 30, 2010 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions