First off, ex Eagles front office guy Jason Licht got a job with the Arizona Cardinals

“We have strengthened our abilities in evaluations and I am particularly excited about Steve Keim and expanding his responsibilities,” general manager Rod Graves said. “I an equally excited over hiring Jason and his affiliation with two great football teams, with him being involved with the turnaround in New England and the ascension of the Eagles over the past several years.

“Both teams highly recommended him, in terms of coach (Bill) Belichick and coach (Andy) Reid. Overall the changes we made enhance our abilities as evaluators.”

And by the way, BOO to however at the Cardinals wrote the headline "Scouting department goes Licht." His name is pronounced "Lite..." get it?

As far as players, recently released LaJuan Ramsey was picked up by the 49ers . Ramsey's release puzzled G Cobb.

I still don't know why the Eagles cut Ramsey.  This made no sense at all because why would you want to bring back a broken down defensive tackle in Kimo von Oelhoffen, as compared to Ramsey.  I hope it wasn't because of some nonsense that had nothing to do with football. 

This young man has a lot of ability but he did something to lose favor with the Birds.  The Eagles aren't so good at defensive tackle that they can afford to just give him away.

What puzzles me is that this puzzled G Cobb... When in the past 2 years has Ramsey shown anything? Or even played for that matter?

Our pals over at Niners Nation see Ramsey as a longshot to make the team .

The 49ers are not exactly stellar at defensive tackle, but it will still be a tough road ahead for Ramsey to make the roster.

Interesting thing about Lajuan that I never realized.... he's straight outta compton! Speaking of that, has anyone ever heard the great Nina Gordon acoustic version of that song?

Kimo von Oelhoffen is back...

Head coach Andy Reid hinted at the end of the June OTAs that roster moves were on the horizon and the Eagles wasted no time releasing nine players and agreeing to terms with veteran defensive tackle Kimo von Oelhoffen on a one-year deal Friday.

The only notable cut was former 7th round pick Lajuan Ramsey. All in all the Eagles cut 9 players.

Also cut were cornerback Tanard Davis, a late-season pickup in 2007, defensive tackle Jeremy Clark and defensive end Xzavie Jackson, who were both on the practice squad last season. The other five players released were all rookie free agents: linebacker Gary Butler, wide receiver Terrell Golden, quarterback Casey Hansen, defensive end A.J. Schable and linebacker Markell Staffieri.

I'm a tiny bit surprised to see that they cut Hansen, the QB, only because I thought they'd want to bring an extra QB to camp like they usually do. I suppose with the 5 less roster spots this year that extra QB is no longer worth having around.

The Eagles also said that LB Andy Studebaker and G Mike Gibson agreed to 4 year deals. For more on Andy Studebaker, you can always check my interview with his college defensive coordinator.