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The Linc - Remaking the Eagles defense

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Chip Kelly making right moves to rebuild Eagles defense
When he looked at the team he inherited from Ray Rhodes in 1999, Andy Reid was appalled by the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball. "The cupboard was bare," he said a few years later, after restocking well enough to make the Eagles a perennial playoff team. Lo these many years later, Chip Kelly has begun trying to rebuild the team he inherited from Reid. This time, the cupboard was bare on the defensive side, and Kelly has already gone about addressing that.

Asomugha meeting with the Saints on Sunday | National Football Post
Free agent cornerback departs San Francisco for New Orleans

Eagles swiftly remade their defense
A change was inevitable, and more moves are still to come, but with two broad strokes the Eagles made over their defense.

Leaving Texans wasn't easy for new Eagles LB Barwin | Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
It wasn’t easy to leave behind Houston, a playoff team for the past two seasons, for the rebuilding effort in Philadelphia. But Eagles general manager Howie Roseman wasn’t the only one offering his recruiting pitch. His former college roommate, Eagles center Jason Kelce, made a few calls on the team’s behalf.

Projecting the New-Look Eagles Defense - Birds 24/7
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Trent ColeNow that the Eagles have all these new pieces on the defensive side of the ball, the question becomes: how does it all fit?

If NFL doesn't want Tim Tebow, Orlando Predators do - OrlandoSentinel.com
The Arena leauge team has a contract waiting for Tebow if he can't get an NFL job.

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