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Roto Rush: Six Hits for Adrian Gonzalez
By Matt Snyder - AOL NewsPoppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Mired in the middle of a quite reprehensible offense, Adrian Gonzalez had been struggling at the plate for quite a while. Sure, he was still hitting home runs and drawing walks, but his batting average from May 1 to August 9 was an atrocious .228 in 298 at-bats. He hadn't had a multiple hit game since July 29 and hadn't had more than two hits in a game since June 18. Tuesday night, Gonzalez went 6-6, giving him more hits in one night than the rest of ...
Eagles' Sean McDermott Is Prepared to Succeed a Legendary Coach
By Dan Graziano - AOL NewsBETHLEHEM, Pa. -- On the side of a hill at the corner of the practice fields at Eagles training camp, "JJ" is painted in white letters on a green oval in honor of Sean McDermott's beloved predecessor. A fair-skinned redhead, McDermott wears a wide-brimmed hat and long white sleeves in deference to the hot August sun and the skin cancer that claimed former Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson two weeks ago. When he goes to work out in the morning, McDermott still half-expects to see Johnson there, having beaten him to the gym once again. When he jogs out to the fields for the morning ...
Injury Bug Bites Eagles After Healthy 2008 Season
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsThe Eagles will be without starting linebacker Stewart Bradley for the season. He tore his ACL during the first week of training camp, leaving a big hole in the middle of their defense (particularly after safety Brian Dawkins wasn't re-signed). Compounding matters: longtime defensive coordinator Jim Johnson lost his battle to cancer and his replacement, 35-year-old Sean McDermott, is in his first year on the job. The Eagles have signed a couple warm bodies -- Matt Wilhelm and Jason Babin -- and second-year linebacker Joe Mays will also get a shot at replacing Bradley. (There was some ...
Philadelphia Eagles Name Sean McDermott Defensive Coordinator
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsIn May, the Eagles announced that Sean McDermott would be the team's interim defensive coordinator, replacing Jim Johnson indefinitely while he received cancer treatments. Friday, the organization named McDermott to the full-time gig. Johnson continues to battle cancer, and as NFL Network's Jason La Canfora writes, "If there is ever a Coordinators Wing in the Hall of Fame (and frankly there probably should be), then of this modern era of defensive coaches, Johnson and Dick LeBeau should be first-ballot entrants." Johnson, 68, molded the Eagles into one of the league's best defenses during his ...
Eagles Add Former Cowboys Defensive Coordinator to Staff
By Calvin Watkins - AOL NewsFormer Cowboys defensive coordinator Brian Stewart has joined the Eagles coaching staff, according to various reports. Stewart spent the last two seasons in Dallas before he was fired following the 2008 season. with one year remaining on his contract.Stewart did not return a call seeking comment.In Dallas, Stewart had his play-calling duties taken away from him at midseason and fell out of favor with coach Wade Phillips, whom he considered a close friend. Several players were split about how they felt about Stewart.The Eagles made this move because of the uncertainty of current defensive ...
Baseball Brunch: Hello My Name Is ... Padres Pitcher
By Ed Price - AOL NewsApparently, the reason the Padres have won all these games the first two weeks of the season is that they needed the postgame handshakes.To introduce themselves to one another. "We really don't know each other," right fielder Brian Giles told FanHouse, "and I think it's important for us to get off to a good start, have fun with the game and get some confidence in our team."While it's hard to believe the hot start will last -- "We're going to ride it as long as we can. I really couldn't tell you if we're for real or not," general manager Kevin Towers said -- at least it validates somewhat the ...
Eagles Defensive Coordinator Dealing With Cancer Again
By Matt Snyder - AOL NewsTwo weeks ago, the Eagles' venerable defensive coordinator, Jim Johnson, was busy preparing for the conference championship game in Arizona. Now, he's undergoing radiation treatments for cancer. Johnson was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2001, and apparently a melanoma skin cancer has formed a tumor near Johnson's spine. He was suffering from a good deal of pain in the area, which prompted the MRI exams that, in turn, discovered the tumor. There is no surgery scheduled, nor any plans for Johnson to cease coaching, according to Eagles trainer, Rick Burkholder."Jim's very upbeat about it and ...
That Arizona Fleaflicker Play Has a Name: 'The Philly Special'
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsRyan already broke down how the now famous Arizona Cardinal modified fleaflicker that resulted in a 62 yard Larry Fitzgerald touchdown has a history in Ken Wisenhunt's playbook, dating to the Steelers in 2005.But it turns out, via the esteemed Larry Brown, that there's a little more history behind it as well, particularly with the Philadelphia Eagles. So much so, in fact, that the specific play is actually known as "The Philly Special" because it seeks to take direct advantage of Jim Johnson's aggressive blitz packages. Three years ago, when [Saints head coach Sean] Payton and Cardinals ...
FanHouse Preview: Eagles at Cardinals
By Matt Snyder - AOL NewsThe two biggest underdogs of the postseason will square off in Arizona this weekend, with one of them emerging from the desert as NFC Champion. They've taken drastically different paths in order to arrive at the same point in this 2008 season, but they meet at the same place.The Cardinals -- beneficiaries of the NFC's weakling division -- had the playoff spot wrapped up for weeks, while the Eagles had to fight tooth and nail -- in addition to needing Bears and Bucs losses in Week 17 -- just to make the dance. The Cards scuffled down the stretch and were nothing but an afterthought as the ...
New York Giants' Fourth-Down Failures Costly in Playoff Loss to Philadelphia Eagles
By Bruce Ciskie - AOL NewsIt was a defensive struggle Sunday at Giants Stadium. In the end, it was the Philadelphia Eagles making more plays on both sides of the ball. They beat the NFC's top seed, the New York Giants, 23-11 to advance to their fifth NFC Championship game under head coach Andy Reid.The Eagles led for most of the second half, but didn't put the game away until the fourth quarter. It was then that the Giants' chances were destroyed by their inability to either convert short-yardage situations or trust their struggling quarterback to make plays.Eli Manning is going to be ripped in the New York press for ...
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