The Imitation Ring Quest: An FOF2k7 Historical Dynasty

[Eaglesfan27]

Inspired by Izulde, I've decided to document my attempts to get Donovan McNabb a ring. I need to mess around with gameplans as I prepare for MP with 6.3 and I thought this would be fun to document even if not many read it. As usual, it will be a fairly bare bones dynasty as I've never had much interest in adding a ton of graphics. My basic ground rules are that I won't tank, I won't try to rip off the computer with trades, but I may overpay for a high draft pick, and that I will always offer a player at least as many years as he wants. I'm starting in 1999 just after the Eagles have drafted McNabb.

[Eaglesfan27]

Here is a look at the roster just after McNabb's first preseason performance which was up and down:


Here is a look at the opening roster just after McNabb's first pre-season:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 3 15 23 7 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB QB 1 29 85 7 yrs
Pederson, Doug 13 QB 7 30 30 1 yr.
Bieniemy, Eric 48 RB RB 9 39 39 1 yr.
Staley, Duce 35 RB 3 32 44 5 yrs
##Watson, Edwin 30 RB 2 18 28 1 yr.
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 1 19 44 4 yrs
Turner, Kevin 31 FB FB 8 65 65 1 yr.
Broughton, Luther 85 TE 3 25 39 2 yrs
Dunn, Jason 81 TE TE 4 44 47 1 yr.
Weaver, Jed 4 TE 1 27 65 1 yr.
##Johnson, Charles 84 FL 6 45 45 2 yrs
Smith, Troy 10 FL 1 14 34 1 yr.
Van Dyke, Alex 6 FL FL 4 29 34 2 yrs
Finneran, Brian 80 SE 1 15 36 1 yr.
Hankton, Karl 83 SE 2 22 34 1 yr.
Small, Torrance 88 SE SE 8 40 40 2 yrs
Dellenbach, Jeff 52 C C 15 68 68 1 yr.
Everett, Steve 59 C 7 43 43 1 yr.
Miller, Bubba 55 C 3 51 68 2 yrs
Brzezinki, Doug 70 LG 1 10 42 4 yrs
##Diaz-Infante, David 72 LG 13 48 48 2 yrs
Palelei, Lonnie 60 LG LG 7 60 60 1 yr.
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG RG 4 48 57 6 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT LT 2 37 65 7 yrs
Schau, Ryan 77 RT 1 8 21 3 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT RT 1 22 44 1 yr.
Landeta, Sean 3 P 15 56 56 5 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 1 36 86 7 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE LDE 5 75 75 4 yrs
Jefferson, Greg 98 LDE 5 49 49 1 yr.
Mamula, Mike 94 RDE RDE 5 50 50 2 yrs
##Wallace, Al 73 RDE 3 19 29 3 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 3 37 59 1 yr.
Martin, Steve 96 LDT LDT 4 56 70 1 yr.
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT 1 18 56 2 yrs
Wheeler, Mark 93 RDT RDT 8 40 40 1 yr.
Williams, Ben 92 RDT 2 18 41 1 yr.
Darling, James 97 MLB MLB 3 53 71 2 yrs
##Gardner, Barry 51 MLB 1 24 64 4 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 2 27 55 3 yrs
Thomas, William 57 SLB SLB 9 57 57 1 yr.
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB WLB 7 63 68 3 yrs
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 2 18 38 6 yrs
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 1 18 52 1 yr.
Vincent, Troy 21 LCB LCB 8 83 83 5 yrs
##Bostic, Jason 36 RCB 1 5 17 3 yrs
Harris, Al 33 RCB RCB 3 33 45 4 yrs
##Love, Clarence 29 RCB 2 13 34 1 yr.
Taylor, Bobby 22 RCB 5 34 34 5 yrs
Hauck, Tim 46 SS SS 10 48 48 3 yrs
Moore, Damon 49 SS 1 24 67 3 yrs
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS FS 4 78 80 7 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $78,400,000
Cap Room: $19,870,000
Maximum for New Player: $20,030,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $910,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $3,020,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $46,380,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Looking over that roster, I'm hoping we don't do too well this year, but I'll put forth my best effort. My goals for the 1st offseason will be to draft a stud young WR for McNabb, to add a quality 2nd corner, and to get a better right tackle.

At the end of pre-season, McNabb lost his best weapon to an injury as Charles Johnson suffered a shoulder injury that will keep him out for 4 weeks.


Using a ball control offense and a solid defense, we win our first game against Carolina 17-13. Eric Bieniemy had the play of the day, a 29 yard TD run with 1 minute left in the 3rd that gave us the lead which our defense held throughout the 4th quarter. I'm trying to run a Philly style defense with high blitzing numbers. In the first game, we only had 1 sack from Mamula, but Dawkins pressured the QB 3 times. Key injuries in the 1st week were to Tra Thomas and CB Troy Vincent. McNabb was 12 of 20 for 114 yards and a TD.

In week 2, Ricky Williams runs wild on us and the Saints beat us 20-14. For some reason, we threw it much more than I planned going into the game. McNabb finished 21 of 42 for 215 yards and a TD. Not bad considering the lack of weapons around him. The lack of a single sack is concerning. I forgot to mention injuries are at 200. Dawkins got hurt this game and will miss a week or 2.

In week 3, Grbac and Tony Gonzalez tore our patchwork defense apart. Jumping to an early 14-0 lead, they forced us to pass early. It didn't work well and McNabb ended up 22 of 41 for 161 yards with his first pick of the year.

During the bye week, we get Vincent, Charles Johnson, and Tra Thomas back.

During week 5, Tampa Bay jumps to an early 14-0 lead behind a TD pass from Dilfer and a 80 yard run by Warrick Dunn. 2 FG's put it out of reach, but McNabb has 2 2nd half TD throws. He finished 27 of 49 for 280 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's. Eric had a nice game running the ball and we'll rely on him more these next few weeks.

We are now 1-3.

[Eaglesfan27]

In week 6, we get the early lead behind a 16 yard TD run by Eric, but Oakland shuts down our offense most of the day. We lose 9-7 as Oakland advances to 6-0. McNabb finished 11 of 21 for 82 yards. OLB William Thomas got his first sack and first interception of the year. He also had 3 QB hurries. Starting CB Al Harris suffered a leg injury that will keep him out 4-6 weeks. Dawkins is now set to return to the lineup.

In week 7, McNabb has his worst game and it costs us as we lose 12-2. McNabb was 21 of 34 for 160 yards with 3 picks. Starting MLB James Darling and HB Duce Staley were hurt in the game and will have to sit for at least a week or two.

In week 8, our defense shines against the hapless Giants. We beat them 26-9 behind a 104 yards from Eric. McNabb with one of his better games of the year, 20 of 29 for 178 yards with 2 TD's and 1 INT. We lose starting TE Jason Dunn and WR Charles Johnson to injuries that will cost each of them a few weeks.

In week 9, we contain Emmitt Smith but Chris Warren runs rough shod over us. The Cowboys advance to 7-1 while we drop to 2-6 as they beat us 34-21. McNabb with the first 300 yard game of his career. He completed 21 of 34 for 1 TD and 2 INT's.

Our defense is failing to get pressure consistently on opponents.

[Eaglesfan27]

In week 10, our defense dominates San Diego Erik Kramer. Eric with 170 yards rushing but we fail to score a single offensive TD in a 19-10 win. McNabb was 16 of 27 for 145 yards.

In week 11, we continue to ruin our draft position with a 28-15 win over Chicago. Eric with 1 receiving and 2 rushing TD's. McNabb was 15 of 20 for 200 yards with 2 TD's 0 INT's. Dawkins was hurt in the game and will miss another 2-3 weeks. Al Harris and Charles Johnson will return to the lineup next week.

In week 12, Trent Green dissects our defense and Washington shuts down our offense as they beat us 28-13. McNabb was 18 of 34 for 173 yards and 1 INT.

In week 13, Duce Staley has his first big game with over 100 yards, but Atlanta beats us 23-20 thanks to 2 TD's by Jamaal Anderson. McNabb was 16 of 22 for 191 yards and a TD.

We are now 4-8.

[Eaglesfan27]

In week 14, McNabb has his first successful 2 minute drill to lead a comeback against the Giants. The game ends with a 38 yard strike to WR Troy Smith. We win the game 24-20. We had 2 defensive TD's earlier in the game. McNabb finished 17 of 26 for 175 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's. Dawkins will be back for our final few games..

Next week, we up set San Francisco as our defense keeps Young scrambling all day long. We win the game 10-3. Troy Vincent with a key late pick to seal the win. William Thomas with a good defensive game. McNabb was hurt late in the game and will miss the rest of the year with a sore knee. He finished 15 of 28 for 144 yards and 1 TD.

In week 16, Doug Pederson has a duel with Denver's Bubby Brister. Denver wins the game on a last second 40 yard FG by Elam. We lose 37-35. Pederson with 153 yards and 3 TD's. Eric with 75 yards rushing.

Our final game is against Dallas and Chris Warren has almost 200 yards rushing against us. We lose 17-6 as Jason Garrett managed the game well.

A look at the final standings:




Front Office Football 2007
1999 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Cincinnati 10 6 0 .625 329 324 7-5 3-3
Pittsburgh 9 7 0 .563 247 229 7-5 3-3
Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 282 330 5-7 2-4
Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 296 354 4-8 4-2

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Tennessee 12 4 0 .750 357 242 9-3 5-1
Indianapolis 9 7 0 .563 261 283 7-5 4-2
Jacksonville 8 8 0 .500 351 344 6-6 3-3
Houston 1 15 0 .063 148 476 0-12 0-6

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
New England 13 3 0 .813 404 257 9-3 5-1
Miami 11 5 0 .688 344 208 7-5 1-5
New Jersey 10 6 0 .625 327 227 7-5 3-3
Buffalo 8 8 0 .500 268 233 6-6 3-3

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Oakland 10 6 0 .625 317 240 8-4 6-0
Denver 7 9 0 .438 305 300 5-7 2-4
Kansas City 6 10 0 .375 268 300 5-7 3-3
San Diego 4 12 0 .250 258 386 4-8 1-5

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 378 243 11-1 5-1
Chicago 7 9 0 .438 283 365 7-5 4-2
Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 305 264 5-7 2-4
Detroit 5 11 0 .313 275 346 3-9 1-5

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Tampa Bay 9 7 0 .563 230 238 8-4 4-2
Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 277 332 6-6 4-2
New Orleans 5 11 0 .313 243 339 4-8 2-4
Carolina 3 13 0 .188 146 336 2-10 2-4

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Washington 13 3 0 .813 440 301 9-3 5-1
Dallas 13 3 0 .813 383 192 9-3 5-1
Philadelphia 6 10 0 .375 265 294 5-7 2-4
New York 5 11 0 .313 243 320 3-9 0-6

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 11 5 0 .688 382 282 9-3 5-1
San Francisco 8 8 0 .500 296 227 6-6 4-2
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 276 275 4-8 2-4
Arizona 6 10 0 .375 165 262 5-7 1-5 

[Eaglesfan27]

Our stat leaders:

McNabb, 252 of 425 for 2514 yards with 12 TD's, 12 INT's. QB Rtg of 73.8. He was sacked 29 times for 174 yards.

Eric had 255 carries for 1144 yards and 6 TD's.

Eric led the team with 49 receptions.

Torrance Small led in yardage with 543 yards on 46 catches.

SS Tim Hauck led the team with 124 tackles. DE Hugh Douglas led with 7 sacks, 17 hurries, and 13 knockdowns. Vincent had 7 interceptions and a 84% PD.




I decide to extend the following players:

FB Kevin Turner, DT Steve Martin (who was expensive at about 4 M/year), and OLB William Thomas. The rest of the team I'm going to let go or at least wait for one reason or another.





In the Wild Card Round:

Tampa beats Dallas 7-0, Miami beats Oakland 23-20, Cincinnati beats the Jets 27-23, and SF beats the Rams 21-17.

In the Divisional Round:

The Titans beat the Bengals 37-3, The Pats beat Miami 31-3, GB beats SF 25-3, and Tampa beats the Redskins 16-13.

In the Conference Finals:

GB beats TB 14-13 and Tennessee beats NE 23-21.


In the Super Bowl, Steve McNair and the Titans beat Favre and the Packers 30-17. McNair with 1 rushing TD, 225 yards passing and 3 passing TD's win the MVP.

[Eaglesfan27]

As expected, C Jeff Dellenbach retires. No other notable retirements from our team.

We don't feel anyone is deserving of the Franchise tag.

Oh yeah, one other house rule is that I will only renegotiate guys in the last year of their contract.

At the beginning of FA, I renegotiate Torrance Small to an affordable 3 year deal. He'll be an ideal #4 WR one day for us. Charles Johnson wants a bit longer and more expensive contract which makes me balk a bit, but he is an ideal #3 if he can stay healthy. I give him 12 million over 5 years. We extend young C Bubba Miller for 3 more years at just under a million per year. Ditto for MLB James Darling. I decide not to extend DE Mike Mamula, he'll play out this year and then probably be let go.


Most Notable FA's whom I'm interested in:

P Matt Turk is only a 6th year player and our scout has him rated 84/84. I'll pursue him.

CB Terrance Shaw would be the perfect compliment to Vincent. I offer him 22 million over 4 years.

I'm tempted to go after WR Joey Galloway, but I really want to go young at WR and get a great FL in the draft.

RT Jon Runyan would fit in perfectly with our OL. I offer him 20 million over 5 years.


Week 3 of FA:

Runyan turns down my offer and signs with Tennessee for almost identical money to what I offered.

Shaw gets a bigger offer from Indy. I match and raise it slightly.

I'm Turk's highest bidder.

Week 4: We get Turk for just under 4.2 million over 3 years.

It takes until week 9, but CB Terrance Shaw takes our deal of 29 million over 4 years. Indy was offering just a bit less.

In week 10, we sign a bunch of our restricted FA's and RB Eric Bieniemy to a 1 year deal. We also sign veteran Warren Moon to mentor McNabb.


We have the 8th pick in the 1st round, but unfortunately the WR's are completely underwhelming:

Plaxico Burress is the best option of the group, but he is slower than I'd like and he doesn't have great hands. Peter Warrick has the best speed, but our scouts think he is overrated. Jerry Porter might be tempting - he has a nice combination of speed, agility, and strength. Then again, none of them feel like a 1st round pick to me. I might go after some very tempting defensive targets or possibly one of the stud HB's who are available.


With the 1st pick in the draft, the Houston Texans take QB Tom Brady. I think he went way too early, but maybe he'll boom like real life ;)

Baltimore trades up to get the 2nd pick and takes DT Darwin Walker. Their are 4 defensive players I would have taken ahead of him, including 2 DL.

With the 3rd pick, the Chargers take RB Thomas Jones. He was my top target if he was still there at 8.

With the 4th pick, the Giants take QB Chris Redman. He looks like a bust to me.

With the 5th pick, the Saints take RB Shaun Alexander, the other guy I would have taken.

Detroit takes RB Mike Anderson with the 6th pick.

With the 7th pick, Carolina takes QB Marc Bulger.


For my pick, none of the HB's are worth taking and I think this is too high for the quality of any of the WR's. I consider RT Chris Samuels, but DE Shaun Ellis was the top DL on my board and I think he is too good to pass up. Others I considered here: MLB Urlacher (but I don't need a MLB), OLB Keith Bulluck (ditto that OLB isn't really a need.)


The rest of the top 10:

Atlanta takes Bulluck 9th.

KC takes DT Cornelius Griffin 10th.

[Eaglesfan27]

Other notable 1st round picks:

Porter went 1st of the WR's, to Cleveland at 11. Burress went 15th to Seattle. Urlacher went 21st to Indy.

With the 39th pick, we have a few tempting options: RB Ron Dayne, WR Darrell Jackson, and S Greg Wesley. We decide to take a chance on Darrell Jackson who had the 2nd best 40 out of all receivers at the draft.

I'm not thrilled with any of the options in the 3rd round and this draft is quickly running out of quality players. I take a flier on RT Damion McIntosh.


In the 2nd FA stage, I lose: DE Greg Jefferson, G Lonnie Palelei, and I lose out on the bidding for WR Qadry Ismail.

We add RB Glyn Milburn who will be a dangerous returner and S Eric Turner who will give us a nice duo of safeties. He is a 10th year vet who is rated 56/56. We signed him for 3 years, 6.7 million.


Here is a look at our roster after training camp in 2000. Note that my 6th and 7th round picks didn't even get signed:



Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 4 18 24 6 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 2 58 86 6 yrs
Moon, Warren 12 QB 17 26 26 1 yr.
Bieniemy, Eric 48 RB 10 34 34 1 yr.
Milburn, Glyn 25 RB 8 40 40 1 yr.
Staley, Duce 35 RB 4 38 45 4 yrs
$$Washington, Damon 43 RB 1 15 20 ---
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 2 24 47 3 yrs
Turner, Kevin 31 FB 9 57 57 2 yrs
Broughton, Luther 85 TE 4 30 39 1 yr.
Dunn, Jason 81 TE 5 55 55 1 yr.
Weaver, Jed 4 TE 2 35 60 1 yr.
Johnson, Charles 84 FL 7 44 44 5 yrs
Van Dyke, Alex 6 FL 5 30 30 1 yr.
Jackson, Curtis 86 FL 1 24 40 3 yrs
Jackson, Darrell 89 FL 1 24 36 4 yrs
Finneran, Brian 80 SE 2 21 36 1 yr.
Small, Torrance 88 SE 9 40 40 3 yrs
Miller, Bubba 55 C 4 56 67 3 yrs
Ledford, Dwayne 50 C 1 16 46 3 yrs
Brzezinki, Doug 70 LG 2 17 42 3 yrs
Semple, Tony 65 LG 7 31 31 1 yr.
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG 5 55 55 5 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT 3 52 66 6 yrs
Schau, Ryan 77 RT 2 9 18 2 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT 2 29 46 1 yr.
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 1 20 45 4 yrs
Turk, Matt 7 P 6 92 92 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 2 51 86 6 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE 6 78 78 3 yrs
Mamula, Mike 94 RDE 6 49 49 1 yr.
Wallace, Al 73 RDE 4 24 30 2 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 4 42 58 1 yr.
Ellis, Shaun 79 RDE 1 55 61 5 yrs
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 5 68 68 3 yrs
$$Ioane, Junior 93 LDT 1 13 20 ---
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT 2 26 56 1 yr.
Kuberski, Bob 91 RDT 6 33 33 1 yr.
Williams, Ben 92 RDT 3 16 32 1 yr.
Darling, James 97 MLB 4 63 71 3 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 MLB 2 30 64 3 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 3 33 55 2 yrs
Thomas, William 57 SLB 10 50 50 2 yrs
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB 8 65 65 2 yrs
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 3 24 40 5 yrs
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 2 22 50 1 yr.
Vincent, Troy 21 LCB 9 82 82 4 yrs
Bostic, Jason 36 RCB 2 8 18 2 yrs
Harris, Al 33 RCB 4 42 44 3 yrs
Shaw, Terrance 20 RCB 6 64 64 4 yrs
Taylor, Bobby 22 RCB 6 35 35 4 yrs
Hauck, Tim 46 SS 11 48 48 2 yrs
Moore, Damon 49 SS 2 36 66 2 yrs
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 5 87 87 6 yrs
Turner, Eric 47 FS 10 57 57 3 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 53

Salary Cap: $86,000,000
Cap Room: $15,410,000
Maximum for New Player: $15,670,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,240,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $90,000
Cap Room Required Next Year: $68,330,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Going to go through this season faster:

Week 1: Washington has added Thurman Thomas and he runs wild on us for a buck 50. We lose 20-17.

Week 2: Corey Dillon with a big day against us, but we beat the Bengals 14-7. McNabb with the game winning TD in the 4th quarter.

Week 3: McNabb goes 21 of 27 for 222 yards and a TD as we beat Seattle 27-10. 2 of our starting linemen including Tra Thomas go down with injuries.

Week 4: McNabb with a costly pick. We lose to Atlanta 19-13.

Week 5: Glyn with his first 100 yard game as we beat the Saints 33-23. McNabb with 2 TD's.

Week 6: Rick Mirer with a comeback TD in the 4th to lead Carolina past us, 13-10.

Week 7: Charles Johnson with 101 yards receiving as McNabb drives us for a last second FG to win 19-17 over TB.

Week 8: Tra Thomas is back for this game. We shut Chris Redman down most of the game and beat the Giants 24-20. McNabb threw and ran for a TD. Costly win as Torrance Small, Troy Vincent, and William Smith all got hurt.

Week 9: Our ball control offense kept the ball away from Washington and McNabb threw 3 TD's as we upset them 35-7! We are now 6-3. I wasn't expecting us to get results this soon.

Week 10: Dallas brings us back to earth as Emmitt Smith runs for 125 and 2 TD's against us in a 30-6 loss. We lose our starting C for the rest of the year.

Week 12: Duce and Glyn combine for over 200 yards rushing. McNabb with 4 passing TD's as we beat Cleveland 34-10. We forced 3 picks by Doug Flutie. Charles Johnson suffered a torn triceps and is done for the year. FB Kevin Turner is also done for the year, or at least the regular season with a shoulder injury.

Week 13: McNabb with a last minute rushing TD to beat Minnesota 20-17. Vincent was hurt in the game.

Week 14: McNabb with a rushing TD with 6 minutes left to give us the 20-19 win over Baltimore.

Week 15: Our defense shuts down the Giants in a 14-7 win. Duce Staley with 102 yards on 12 carries and a TD.

Week 16: Vincent is back, but Pittsburgh beats us 17-14 as Kordell Stewart runs it in with 33 seconds left for the game winning TD.

Week 17: We face Dallas for the division title...

and we beat them 31-10!! McNabb threw TD's to 4 different receivers. He also went over 300 yards for only the 2nd time in his career. He was 24 of 40 for 304 yards with 4 TD's and 1 INT. We picked off Troy Aikman 3 times, including 2 by Dawkins.

We get a 1st round bye!

The NFC Seeds: 1) GB 14-2, 2) Philly 11-5, 3) New Orleans 11-5, 4) Arizona 9-6-1, 5) Dallas 11-5, 6) Atlanta 10-6

The AFC Seeds: 1) SD 12-4, 2) Indy 12-4, 3) Miami 12-4, 4) Pittsburgh 9-7, 5) New England 11-5, 6) KC 10-6.

[Eaglesfan27]

In the Wild Card Round:

Atlanta beats New Orleans 14-10, Dallas beats Arizona 23-16, Miami beats KC 20-6, and Pittsburgh beats NE 22-16.

In the Divisional Round:

We beat Dallas 20-16! With 3 minutes left, McNabb hit Darrell Jackson for a 51 yard TD. He also had a 74 yard TD with him earlier in the game. McNabb was 20 of 33 for 322 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's. We held Smith to 16 carries for 31 yards. CB Terrance Shaw was hurt in the game and is done for the year.

GB beat Atlanta 43-19, Indy beat Miami 23-20, and SD beat Pittsburgh 13-10.


In the Conference Finals:

We upset GB 24-7!! McNabb hit Darrell Jackson for a 71 yard TD!! McNabb was 21 of 28 for 282 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's. We picked off Favre twice before knocking him out of the game at halftime. Shaun Ellis had 3.5 sacks in the game! Our defensive line terrorized them.

SD beat Indy 21-14 to advance to face us in the Super Bowl. They have a talented team led by Thomas Jones who is clearly rookie of the year. Can we beat them?

[Eaglesfan27]

I had a long post summarizing the game, but I just accidentally hit a button to lose it. A brief less suspenseful summary is that we put together one of the most dominant defensive performances I've ever had. Something that would have been impossible (for me at least) in previous versions. I've never had so much fun playing around with defensive gameplans in this version of the game. We win the game 16-0. Granted, their QB was bad (rated 36 overall), but I would never have pulled this off even in that case in the old version..

Craig Whelihan's final stats: 16 of 40 for 144 yards (and that was with a late 45 yard bomb) with 0 TD's 2 INT's and 6 sacks (3 by Ellis and 3 by Douglas.) We also held Thomas Jones to 16 carries for 66 yards.

Our key stats:

Staley with 19 carries for 44 yards. Glyn with 12 carries for 42 yards and a TD. McNabb with 5 carries for 19 yards. McNabb was 18 of 28 for 252 yards and an INT. Darrell Jackson was the leading receiver by yardage with 4 catches for 75 yards. Dawkins had both picks for us. McNabb gets his first ring much sooner than I thought he would... now I need to get him some WR's and help him get the stats for the HOF.

[Eaglesfan27]

A summary of the team's stats. Clearly we just got hot at the right time and were fortunate to face a weak opponent in the SB:



Front Office Football 2007
2000 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2000
Record 14-5
Winning Pct. .736
All-Time 17-15
Winning Pct. .531
Playoffs 3-0
Playoff Visits 1
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Jeremy Wall
Record 20-15
Winning Pct. .571
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.0 5
Rushing Yards 131.7 3
Yards Per Carry 4.25 8
Pass Attempts 31.6 25
Completions 19.1 27 (T)
Completion Pct. 60.4 21 (T)
Passing Yards 203.3 25
Yards Per Attempt 6.44 19 (T)
Yards Per Catch 10.67 10
Total Yardage Gained 327.5 15
3rd Down Conversions 47.6 2
Points Per Game 20.7 8
Pass Rush Pct. 20.2 10 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 59.6 4
Turnovers 20 4 (T)
Turnover Margin +6 9 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.7 10 (T)
Rushing Yards 109.4 17
Yards Per Carry 4.43 28
Pass Attempts 33.5 14
Completions 20.1 7
Completion Pct. 60.1 8
Passing Yards 220.7 17
Yards Per Attempt 6.59 23
Yards Per Catch 10.97 29
Total Yardage Gained 317.8 17
3rd Down Conversions 35.7 11
Points Per Game 15.4 3
Pass Rush Pct. 20.3 23
Pass Defense Pct. 47.9 16 (T)
Turnovers 26 14 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 at WAS 20
2 14 CIN 7
3 27 at SEA 10
4 13 ATL 19
5 33 NOS 23
6 10 at CAR 13
7 19 at TBY 17
8 24 NYK 20
9 35 WAS 7
10 6 DAL 30
12 34 at CLE 10
13 20 MIN 17
14 20 BAL 19
15 14 at NYK 7
16 14 at PIT 17
17 31 at DAL 10
$$CS 20 DAL 16
$$CF 24 at GBY 7
**FB 16 vs SDO 0

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 505 305 3253 6.44 23 9 87.0
**Team --- 505 305 3253 6.44 23 9 87.0
$$Opp --- 536 322 3531 6.59 16 20 73.9

Front Office Football 2007
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
25 G. Milburn RB 225 940 4.18 5 5
35 D. Staley RB 213 890 4.18 3 5
5 D. McNabb QB 53 252 4.75 5 2
**Team --- 496 2107 4.25 13 16
$$Opp --- 395 1750 4.43 11 17

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
25 G. Milburn RB 66 48 355 7.40 5.38 5 0
35 D. Staley RB 57 40 358 8.95 6.28 3 0
89 D. Jackson WR 68 38 547 14.39 8.04 6 2
84 C. Johnson WR 70 36 561 15.58 8.01 1 3
81 J. Dunn TE 53 32 288 9.00 5.43 2 4
88 T. Small WR 54 30 421 14.03 7.80 2 4
80 B. Finneran WR 36 17 184 10.82 5.11 5 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
97 J. Darling ILB 81 29 1.5 1 2 8 81.6
41 B. Dawkins S 70 27 1.0 1 2 3 79.0
33 A. Harris CB 62 15 0.0 0 1 7 73.4
53 M. Caldwell OLB 56 15 1.0 0 1 2 76.8
57 W. Thomas OLB 51 17 3.0 0 0 4 71.1
96 S. Martin DT 43 13 5.0 6 0 0 82.2
95 H. Douglas DE 41 8 11.0 27 0 1 82.0
20 T. Shaw CB 39 11 0.0 0 4 10 82.5
47 E. Turner S 39 20 0.0 0 3 11 84.1
21 T. Vincent CB 29 10 0.0 0 3 8 83.2
79 S. Ellis DE 28 16 0.5 9 0 1 80.7
49 D. Moore S 26 13 0.0 0 1 4 80.0
22 B. Taylor CB 22 11 0.0 0 2 3 78.7
75 K. Gregg DT 20 15 2.0 3 0 0 81.1
51 B. Gardner ILB 16 10 1.5 2 1 3 83.8
94 M. Mamula DE 16 8 3.0 10 0 0 81.1 

[Izulde]

You still did better than I did, winning in McNabb's 2nd season. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

You still did better than I did, winning in McNabb's 2nd season. :)

We were very lucky to go against a bad QB in the SB. I'm wondering I can repeat now :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Off Season Key Losses:

S Tim Hauck (retirement), QB Warren Moon (retirement), DE Mike Malula (FA to Atlanta.)


FA Additions:

HB Richard Huntley (FA - should be our #1 back), WR Eddie Kennison (#3 or 4 WR and great punt returner which was the primary reason we signed him), CB Tory James (provides depth and kick off return ability), DT John Jurkovic (depth - may start at RDT.)


Draft Thoughts:

There is a player who I desperately want, WR Steve Smith, but I'm trying to figure out how far up I need to trade to get him. I decide to try to trade up to get Chicago's #1 pick. They are negotiating very tough..

I end up trading my 1(32), 2(32), 1st next year, 2nd next year, and 1st in 2003 for the #1 overall pick. With that selection, I take Steve Smith. Hopefully, he and McNabb will go to the HOF together.


The rest of the top 10 in the draft:

2. The Texans pass on several potential offensive stars to take a very good looking linebacker in Kendrell Bell.

3. The Panthers take the top RB, LT.

4. Cleveland takes my top defensive prospect, CB Fred Smoot.

5. Arizona takes the 3rd RB on my board, Deuce McAllister.

6. Oakland takes T.J. Houshamandazah who I thought was greatly overrated.

7. Jacksonville reaches with RB Lamont Jordan.

8. The Jets take the other prospect I liked, T Leonard Davis.

9. Buffalo takes RB Dominic Rhodes.

10. Seattle takes CB Ken Lucas.

Other notable picks:

13. Minnesota takes QB Drew Brees who I graded as the top QB in this class.

19. TB takes Chad Johnson.

20. Pittsburgh takes DT Shaun Rogers.

22. Detroit reaches for QB Chris Weinke.

27. Dallas gets a good DT in Casey Hampton.

30. GB takes DE Richard Seymour.

31. SD takes Reggie Wayne who would have been my target if I didn't trade the farm for Steve Smith ;)

3(32) We are tempted by QB Michael Vick, but we take RB Correll Buckhalter who should be a good power back for us.

4(32) We take QB Mike Vick as a development project and backup option to McNabb.

The rest of our picks are not notable.

After training camp, the roster is really starting to take shape. We definitely have a few pieces to add, but the passing attack should start to shape up this year..




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 5 20 24 5 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 3 83 87 5 yrs
Vick, Michael 8 QB 1 18 32 4 yrs
Huntley, Richard 28 RB 6 45 45 3 yrs
Staley, Duce 35 RB 5 33 33 3 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB 1 35 50 4 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 3 33 50 2 yrs
Turner, Kevin 31 FB 10 53 53 1 yr.
Dunn, Jason 81 TE 6 56 56 2 yrs
McWilliams, Johnny 3 TE 6 58 58 1 yr.
**Weaver, Jed 4 TE 3 38 57 1 yr.
Johnson, Charles 84 FL 8 41 41 4 yrs
Jackson, Curtis 86 FL 2 28 37 2 yrs
Jackson, Darrell 89 FL 2 32 32 3 yrs
Smith, Steve 82 FL 1 67 79 5 yrs
Finneran, Brian 80 SE 3 32 37 1 yr.
Kennison, Eddie 87 SE 6 44 44 2 yrs
Small, Torrance 88 SE 10 33 33 2 yrs
Miller, Bubba 55 C 5 67 68 2 yrs
Ledford, Dwayne 50 C 2 21 42 2 yrs
Brzezinki, Doug 70 LG 3 19 34 2 yrs
Coleman, Ben 72 RG 9 33 33 3 yrs
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG 6 54 54 4 yrs
Hulsey, Corey 66 RG 1 17 41 3 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT 4 66 66 5 yrs
Schau, Ryan 77 RT 3 11 18 1 yr.
Keith, Richard 67 RT 3 37 45 1 yr.
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 2 28 44 3 yrs
$$Diem, Ryan 68 RT 1 12 27 ---
Turk, Matt 7 P 7 92 92 2 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 3 64 87 5 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE 7 78 78 2 yrs
Wallace, Al 73 RDE 5 29 30 1 yr.
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 5 47 58 1 yr.
Ellis, Shaun 79 RDE 2 73 73 4 yrs
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 6 68 68 2 yrs
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT 3 32 56 1 yr.
Halapin, Mike 91 RDT 6 33 33 1 yr.
Jurkovic, John 99 RDT 11 42 42 1 yr.
$$Darling, James 97 MLB 5 70 70 2 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 MLB 3 37 63 2 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 4 41 55 3 yrs
Thomas, William 57 SLB 11 46 46 2 yrs
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB 9 66 66 1 yr.
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 4 29 41 4 yrs
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 3 30 48 1 yr.
Smith, Kevin 43 LCB 10 27 27 1 yr.
Vincent, Troy 21 LCB 10 72 72 3 yrs
$$Carter, Tim 29 LCB 1 5 16 ---
Bostic, Jason 36 RCB 3 13 18 1 yr.
Harris, Al 33 RCB 5 44 44 2 yrs
James, Tory 30 RCB 6 42 42 1 yr.
Shaw, Terrance 20 RCB 7 65 65 3 yrs
Taylor, Bobby 22 RCB 7 35 35 3 yrs
Moore, Damon 49 SS 3 53 66 1 yr.
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 6 86 86 5 yrs
Schultz, Kurt 24 FS 10 45 45 1 yr.
Turner, Eric 47 FS 11 57 57 2 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 56
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 56

Salary Cap: $93,600,000
Cap Room: $10,880,000
Maximum for New Player: $11,210,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $210,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $81,040,000

[Eaglesfan27]

We had a successful pre-season as Smith had 5 TD catches and no one important was hurt for more than a week or two.

In week 1 of the regular season, Kerry Collins and the Giants embarass us 31-7. They held Smith to 4 catches for 57 yards. Kennison was our leading receiver with 6 catches for 85 yards. McNabb finished 27 of 46 for 266 yards with 1 TD 1 INT. Tiki Barber ran it 35 times for 152 yards against us. Kennison was hurt in the game and will be out a few weeks.

Week 2: Steve Walsh and the Broncos beat us 24-8. Terrell Davis ran it 34 times for 133 yards against us. Smith had 4 catches for 82 yards to lead the team. McNabb was 18 of 30 for 191 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's. Tra Thomas was hurt and will miss 3-4 weeks. Troy Vincent suffered a leg injury that will keep him out 6 weeks.

Week 3: Steve scores his first TD, on a kickoff return of 105 yards. We win 30-24 as Huntley had a 77 yard TD run. McNabb threw for just 145 yards and 1 TD with 1 INT.

Week 4: Back in the starting lineup, Charles Johnson with 5 catches for 118 yards and a TD. McNabb was 20 of 29 for 259 yards and 1 TD. Smith was held to 1 catch for 15 yards before he was hurt.. fortunately, it was nothing serious, he'll be fine to play next week. We win the game 25-3.

Week 5: McNabb with a TD with 4 minutes left to give us a 24-20 win over Detroit. McNabb completed 23 of 31 passes for 291 yards and 3 TD's. Smith was constantly double teamed and only had 3 catches for 29 yards.

Week 6: We have a huge matchup with 5-0 GB who smacks us down 35-10. Without Vincent, this defense doesn't work nearly as well. Favre threw for 320 yards and 4 TD's. McNabb with 3 picks didn't help. FB Kevin Turner broke his clavicle and will miss 6-8 weeks.

Week 7: Lawrence Phillips with a last minute rushing TD to lead Washington to a 24-21 win over us. McNabb was 23 of 40 for 263 yards with 3 TD's, but Steve Smith was held to 2 catches for 32 yards.

Week 8 is the bye.

Week 9: Steve Smith finally catches a TD, and another, and another... all in the 1st quarter! We jump to a 21-0 lead against the 1-7 Bears and finisht them off 38-19. McNabb with his first 5 TD game. He finished 27 of 43 for 319 yards. Smith finished with 11 catches for 142 yards and 3 TD's.

We are 4-4 and Smith is ready to have a breakout 2nd half of the season..

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 10: The Giant's Tiki Barber runs for 140 and we lose 20-14. McNabb was 26 of 40 for 299 yards with 2 TD's and 2 INT's.

Week 11: McNabb leads a perfect 2 minute drive that ends in a 10 yard TD pass to Steve Smith to give us the 29-26 win over Dallas. McNabb was 24 of 34 for 287 yards with 4 TD's. Steve finished with 6 catches for 112 yards and a TD.

Week 12: I tried an experimental defense - we held Grbac to 45 yards passing and got 3 INT's as we shut out KC 26-0. McNabb finished with 16 of 23 passing for 200 yards with 2 TD's 1 INT. Smith had 3 catches for 63 yards and a TD. Huntley was hurt in the game which will Buckhalter his first start as an Eagle.

Week 13: Jake Plummer does well against our new defense, but we completely shut down their run game. Buckhalter with 25 carries for 68 yards. Duce Staley with 18 carries for 50 yards as we won the game 29-14. McNabb with 3 more TD's in this game. Smith suffered a minor ribcage injury that he will play through.

Week 14: Smith is blowing up in practice, but is inconsistent in actual games. We get shut out by 4-9 Oakland, 7-0. :( McNabb was 18 of 51 for 188 yards. Smith was targeted 13 times, but only had 3 catches for 50 yards. McNabb was hurried 23 times! I need to improve the offensive line soon. Ah, Tra Thomas was hurt early in the game and their DE tortured our backup LT. Still, they brough pressure from every where. Besides Tra Thomas, Dawkins and Hugh Douglas were hurt. They will all miss most of the rest of the year.

Week 15: Huntley is back, but Buckhalter was the star of the night. He had 13 carries for 136 yards and a TD. He also had a receiving TD as we beat Dallas 34-10. Smith was shut down completely today.

Week 16: Steve with a TD late in the 4th quarter to beat the Chargers 16-13. McNabb was 36 of 56 for 313 yards with 1 TD 1 INT. Smith had 6 catches for 79 yards.

Week 17: We need to beat Washington to win the East..

Steve comes up with a huge game, 9 catches for 141 yards and we win the game 17-3. A look at the final standings:




Front Office Football 2007
2001 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 301 295 8-4 5-1
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 277 284 4-8 2-4
Cleveland 6 10 0 .375 280 282 3-9 2-4
Cincinnati 5 10 1 .344 247 335 5-7 3-3

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Indianapolis 13 3 0 .813 421 229 9-3 5-1
Tennessee 10 6 0 .625 372 331 7-5 4-2
Jacksonville 10 6 0 .625 371 343 9-3 3-3
Houston 2 14 0 .125 234 442 1-11 0-6

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
New England 15 1 0 .938 390 212 12-0 6-0
New Jersey 10 6 0 .625 279 243 7-5 2-4
Buffalo 8 8 0 .500 270 248 5-7 3-3
Miami 8 8 0 .500 327 339 5-7 1-5

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Denver 9 7 0 .563 284 236 8-4 5-1
San Diego 7 9 0 .438 260 312 7-5 4-2
Kansas City 6 10 0 .375 263 306 4-8 3-3
Oakland 4 12 0 .250 187 304 2-10 0-6

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 400 311 8-4 4-2
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 344 260 8-4 4-2
Detroit 9 7 0 .563 335 293 7-5 3-3
Chicago 2 13 1 .156 200 396 2-10 1-5

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Tampa Bay 6 10 0 .375 242 286 5-7 4-2
New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 287 356 4-8 4-2
Atlanta 5 11 0 .313 277 346 4-8 2-4
Carolina 4 12 0 .250 217 360 4-8 2-4

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 329 273 8-4 3-3
Dallas 9 7 0 .563 337 333 5-7 4-2
New York 8 8 0 .500 306 298 5-7 3-3
Washington 7 9 0 .438 274 265 5-7 2-4

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 13 3 0 .813 481 296 11-1 5-1
Arizona 9 7 0 .563 262 288 7-5 3-3
San Francisco 9 7 0 .563 372 305 7-5 2-4
Seattle 7 9 0 .438 299 318 6-6 2-4 

[Eaglesfan27]

Good news: Dawkins is back for the Playoffs. Bad news is we lose starting MLB James Darling to an injury.

In the Wild Card, our defense completely shuts down Arizona and we win 31-3. Steve Smith with 2 catches for 39 yards and a TD. McNabb was 19 of 24 for 188 yards and 2 TD's.


In other games, Baltimore beat Jacksonville 27-13; TB beat Minnesota 34-31; Tennessee beat Denver 24-17.


In the divisional round, we win a defensive struggle against GB 9-6! Akers hit the final 47 yard FG as time expired. McNabb with only 119 yards passing, Smith had 71 of them. Buckhalter with 19 carries for 102 yards. We lose starting MLB Trotter and are down to our 3rd MLB..

In the other games, Indy beat Baltimore 38-12, St. Louis beat TB 30-6, and New England beat Tennessee 20-14.


In the Conference Final against the Rams, we are down 20-19 going late into the 4th quarter. With 5 minutes to go, we are driving down the field... and Steve Smith catches a 14 yard pass for a TD! Our defense holds late and we win the game 26-20 to go to the Super Bowl! We held Warner to 150 yards with 1 TD and 2 INT's. Vincent did a great job on Holt and our team held Faulk to 52 yards on 17 carries. Dawkins had both picks.

We'll face the Patriots who crushed the Colts 44-10...

[Eaglesfan27]

Hugh Douglas is back for the game.

Their first drive, Bledsoe has a few key 3rd down passes to get to midfield before we stop them. Steve Smith shows some nerves and fumbles the punt return after returning it 16 yards, but he manages to gather the bounce.

We go 3 and out as LB Chris Slade defended the 3rd down pass.

Bledsoe completes another two key 3rd down passes before finding Reggie Swinton for a 15 yard TD on the deep out to give them a 7-0 lead.

McNabb scrambles for a 1st on 3rd and 5, but we fail to get past midfield. A great punt from Turk pins them on their 3 as the quarter ends.

Robert Edwards is getting some tough yardage, and Bledsoe is making key throws, but we finally stop them at our 41. They punt it into the endzone.

After an incomplete pass, Huntley runs it around left tackle on 2nd and 10 and takes it 80 yards for a TD!

Bledsoe responds by coming out firing. A quick 35 yard strike to Terry Glenn gets them to midfield. Bledsoe tries to go deep to Glenn again, but this time Troy picks it off at our 14.

With just 3 minutes left, McNabb comes out throwing.. on the first play he pump fakes to Smith who is running deep down the right sideline and then throws it deep down the left sideline to Brian Finneran who catches the 53 yard bomb! A few plays later Buckhalter runs it in from the 1 to give us a 14-7 lead with 2 minutes left in the half.

New England's Desmond Howard shatters his arm on the ensuing kick return. Bledsoe moves it well against our defense but time runs out as they are still on our 40.

We lead 14-7 at the half.

We get the ball to start the 2nd half and drive almost to midfield before stalling when they defend a pass attempt towards Smith on 3rd and 5.

We force a 3 and out and get great field position thanks to a nice punt return by Smith. McNabb tries to go deep to Smith on the first play and it is picked off by Bruschi who did a great job getting back and covering the deep middle of the field.

Robert Edwards was huge on the following drive including a 11 yard run on 3rd and 3 as well as a 12 yard catch on 3rd and 8. The drive ends with a Bledsoe strike to Shawn Jefferson for a 9 yard TD. We are tied at 14 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd.

They force a 3 and out when a 3rd and 10 to Smith only gets 9 yards. A great punt by Turk starts them on their 12.

Robert Edwards keeps gashing us between the tackles for little gains until he runs off tackle for a 48 yard TD. We are down 21-14 early in the 4th.

Smith with a good kickoff return starts us on our 35. At midfield, McNabb tries a quick slant to Smith but Bruschi picks him off again!

We immediately force them into a 3rd and 16, but Bledsoe hits Terry Glenn for a 47 yard gain. A few plays later, he hits Glenn for a 5 yard TD.

That will seal it as we get into a 4th and 5 which ends up being a yard short and we turn the ball over on downs. That leads to a short FG.

We drive down the field inside their 20 before time expires. We lose to the Patriots 31-14.

[Eaglesfan27]

Smith had a very respectable year, but Dominic Rhodes won offensive rookie of the year. A look at our team summary:




Front Office Football 2007
2001 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2001
Record 13-7
Winning Pct. .650
All-Time 27-21
Winning Pct. .562
Playoffs 6-1
Playoff Visits 2
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Jeremy Wall
Record 33-22
Winning Pct. .600
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.3 16
Rushing Yards 111.6 15
Yards Per Carry 4.10 14
Pass Attempts 35.3 6 (T)
Completions 22.1 7
Completion Pct. 62.6 16
Passing Yards 235.4 8
Yards Per Attempt 6.68 13
Yards Per Catch 10.67 17
Total Yardage Gained 337.0 7
3rd Down Conversions 46.8 4
Points Per Game 20.6 11
Pass Rush Pct. 18.4 22 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 49.7 13
Turnovers 23 11 (T)
Turnover Margin -6 23 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.8 13
Rushing Yards 90.2 3
Yards Per Carry 3.49 2
Pass Attempts 34.8 24
Completions 21.6 25
Completion Pct. 62.1 14 (T)
Passing Yards 239.2 26
Yards Per Attempt 6.87 21 (T)
Yards Per Catch 11.06 25
Total Yardage Gained 315.3 16
3rd Down Conversions 38.8 23 (T)
Points Per Game 17.1 8
Pass Rush Pct. 20.7 23 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 45.4 11
Turnovers 17 31

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 7 at NYK 31
2 8 DEN 24
3 30 NOS 24
4 25 MIN 3
5 24 DET 20
6 10 at GBY 35
7 21 at WAS 24
9 38 at CHI 19
10 14 NYK 20
11 29 at DAL 26
12 27 KCY 0
13 29 at ARI 14
14 0 at OAK 7
15 34 DAL 10
16 16 at SDO 13
17 17 WAS 3
$$WC 31 ARI 3
$$CS 9 at GBY 6
$$CF 26 at STL 20
**FB 14 vs NED 31

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 564 353 3767 6.68 32 12 92.1
**Team --- 564 353 3767 6.68 32 12 92.1
$$Opp --- 557 346 3827 6.87 20 11 86.2 
Front Office Football 2007

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 196 698 3.56 2 7
28 R. Huntley RB 154 709 4.60 3 2
5 D. McNabb QB 62 309 4.98 1 1
**Team --- 436 1786 4.10 6 19
$$Opp --- 413 1443 3.49 10 20

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 S. Smith WR 104 59 880 14.92 8.46 7 6
45 C. Buckhalter RB 62 44 217 4.93 3.50 2 5
84 C. Johnson WR 73 42 663 15.79 9.08 3 3
3 J. McWilliams TE 51 34 310 9.12 6.08 2 1
80 B. Finneran WR 57 31 355 11.45 6.23 7 4
28 R. Huntley RB 34 31 173 5.58 5.09 0 2
88 T. Small WR 43 21 351 16.71 8.16 4 2
81 J. Dunn TE 36 20 182 9.10 5.06 5 1
23 C. Martin FB 20 16 121 7.56 6.05 1 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
97 J. Darling ILB 71 26 0.0 1 1 7 79.0
41 B. Dawkins S 70 15 0.5 1 1 5 78.2
53 M. Caldwell OLB 67 16 6.0 3 0 2 73.5
20 T. Shaw CB 54 12 1.0 0 3 12 79.4
47 E. Turner S 49 16 0.0 0 3 9 80.8
33 A. Harris CB 48 16 0.0 1 0 5 76.0
79 S. Ellis DE 37 21 6.5 13 0 0 80.4
49 D. Moore S 33 12 0.0 0 0 8 80.2
57 W. Thomas OLB 33 5 1.5 1 0 2 72.3
30 T. James CB 32 13 1.0 0 1 5 76.4
51 B. Gardner ILB 30 7 3.0 1 0 0 70.1
96 S. Martin DT 27 15 1.5 4 0 1 82.1
21 T. Vincent CB 27 8 0.0 0 1 7 79.7
95 H. Douglas DE 26 11 1.0 15 0 0 81.9
58 J. Trotter ILB 26 11 0.0 0 0 0 74.5
75 K. Gregg DT 24 10 2.5 1 0 0 82.0
99 J. Jurkovic DT 23 13 1.5 3 0 0 81.6
24 K. Schultz S 16 10 0.0 0 1 4 81.2 

[Eaglesfan27]

Key losses in 2002:

None although one backup DT retired.

Key Additions:

LG Jamie Nails (FA), TE Chad Lewis (FA).


Draft Thoughts: Even though Buckhalter looks ready to take over, I'd love to get Brian Westbrook. If he lasts into the 2nd round, I may trade up for him..

1. Houston takes stud DE Dwight Freeney.
2. Chicago takes the 3rd best QB in my mind, Patrick Ramsey.
3. Carolina takes DT John Henderson - way too high IMO.
4. Chicago takes ILB Larry Foote, a solid pick based on his combines.
5. Atlanta takes RB T.J. Duckett - another solid pick.
6. Cincinnatti takes MLB Napoleon Harris.
7. Cleveland takes HB Clinton Portis
8. Cleveland trades up to get S Ed Reed, a homerun pick based on his combines.
9. New Orleans takes CB Phillip Buchanon, a solid pick.
10. TB takes DE Charles Grant, a very good pick.
11. SD takes WR Deion Branch, the best receiver available, but nothing special.
12. Washington takes HB DeShaun Foster, a bit high for him.
13. Seattle takes QB David Carr, my highest rated QB in this draft.
14. Pittsburgh takes T Tom Ashworth, he looks like a bust to me.
15. The Giants take S Chris Hope.
16. Buffalo takes DE Raheem Brock.
17. Miami takes RB Ladell Betts.
18. Dallas takes RB Damien Anderson.
19. Detroit takes DE Julius Peppers.
20. SF takes OLB Kevin Bentley.
21. Denver takes CB Travis Fisher.
22. Arizona takes CB Andre Lott.
23. The Jets take OLB Akin Ayodele.
24. Minnesota takes RB Maurice Morris.
25. Jacksonville takes WR Antonio Bryant.
26. Pittsburgh takes S Will Demps.
27. Tennessee takes T Bryant McKinnie.
28. GB takes RB Lamar Gordon.
29. Indy takes CB Erwin Swiney.
30. St. Louis takes OLB Donnie Spragan.
31. Chicago takes TE Jerramy Stevens, I would have taken Shockey ahead of him.
32. NE takes DT Ma'ake Kemoeatu.

Notable 2nd round picks:

38. The Bengals take CB Lito Sheppard who I had my eye on.
39. KC takes T Matt Light.
50. Detroit takes WR Donte' Stallworth.
52. The Jets take DT Albert Haynesworth.

At 58, I decide I cannot wait any longer for Westbrook. I try offering Tennessee the rest of my picks this year (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th) but they aren't buying. I give them a 2nd next year for the 2.26 pick which I use to take Westbrook.

Other notable picks:

The Giants take Shockey with the 82nd pick. I was going to grab him if he lasted a bit longer.

At 94, the Rams take QB Joey Harrington.

A look at our roster now. Things of note: Vick is developing some, Steve Smith has become a monster, and Brian Westbrook had a nice training camp boost from his initial rating:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 6 22 24 4 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 4 88 88 4 yrs
Vick, Michael 8 QB 2 24 34 3 yrs
Huntley, Richard 28 RB 7 45 45 2 yrs
Staley, Duce 35 RB 6 30 30 2 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB 2 45 50 3 yrs
Westbrook, Brian 44 RB 1 25 32 4 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 4 46 51 3 yrs
Turner, Kevin 31 FB 11 44 44 2 yrs
Dunn, Jason 81 TE 7 56 56 1 yr.
Lewis, Chad 83 TE 6 57 57 2 yrs
McWilliams, Johnny 3 TE 7 58 58 1 yr.
Weaver, Jed 4 TE 4 41 55 3 yrs
Johnson, Charles 84 FL 9 38 38 3 yrs
Jackson, Curtis 86 FL 3 28 28 1 yr.
Jackson, Darrell 89 FL 3 32 32 2 yrs
Smith, Steve 82 FL 2 88 88 4 yrs
Kennison, Eddie 87 SE 7 44 44 3 yrs
Small, Torrance 88 SE 11 27 27 1 yr.
Miller, Bubba 55 C 6 68 68 4 yrs
Ledford, Dwayne 50 C 3 23 39 1 yr.
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 1 24 51 3 yrs
Nails, Jamie 68 LG 6 39 39 1 yr.
Smith, Omar 59 LG 1 16 54 4 yrs
Coleman, Ben 72 RG 10 26 26 2 yrs
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG 7 54 54 3 yrs
Hulsey, Corey 66 RG 2 21 38 2 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT 5 64 64 4 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT 4 44 44 3 yrs
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 3 36 46 2 yrs
Turk, Matt 7 P 8 92 92 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 4 81 81 4 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE 8 79 79 3 yrs
Kampman, Aaron 76 LDE 1 20 29 3 yrs
Weaver, Anthony 92 LDE 1 23 36 4 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 6 53 53 2 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 RDE 3 72 72 3 yrs
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 7 61 61 5 yrs
Swinger, Rashod 71 LDT 6 49 49 1 yr.
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT 4 43 55 3 yrs
Von Oelhoffen, Kimo 99 RDT 9 44 44 1 yr.
Darling, James 97 MLB 6 70 70 3 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 MLB 4 52 63 3 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 5 52 52 2 yrs
Thomas, William 57 SLB 12 43 43 1 yr.
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB 10 55 55 2 yrs
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 5 32 40 3 yrs
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 4 40 48 3 yrs
Vincent, Troy 21 LCB 11 68 68 2 yrs
Harris, Al 33 RCB 6 45 45 1 yr.
Shaw, Terrance 20 RCB 8 65 65 2 yrs
Taylor, Bobby 22 RCB 8 36 36 2 yrs
Wesley, Dante 39 RCB 1 15 32 3 yrs
Moore, Damon 49 SS 4 61 61 3 yrs
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 7 72 72 4 yrs
Schultz, Kurt 24 FS 11 38 38 1 yr.
Turner, Eric 47 FS 12 53 53 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 57
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 57

Salary Cap: $101,200,000
Cap Room: $3,500,000
Maximum for New Player: $3,940,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $190,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $105,650,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Westbrook with a 74 yard run for a TD in the 3rd preseason game ensures that he will get be in the rotation this year.

At the end of preseason, I make the difficult decision to cut Duce Staley. Huntley, Buckhalter, and Westbrook should get the job done, although Buckhalter has a banged up hamstring early.


In week 1, Brian Westbrook rewards my faith with a 89 yard TD run. He and Huntley combine for 270 yards - Huntley with 17 carries for 138 yards and 1 TD, Westbrook with 15 carries for 132 yards and 2 TD's. That led us to a 31-16 win over Dallas, but McNabb was knocked out early. Vick ended up completing 12 of 20 for 134 yards with 1 TD 2 INT's. Steve was the leading receiver with 6 catches for 84 yards.

McNabb will be out 2-3 weeks with the painful groin injury.

In week 2, Vick and Smith hook up for a 38 yard TD that provides the 13-10 win over Brunell and Jacksonville. Westbrook suffers a foot injury in the game that will keep him out a few weeks.

In week 3, TB shuts down Vick and our rushing attack. We lose 23-10.

Week 4 is a much needed bye. McNabb gets back to 100%.

In week 5, McNabb finds Huntley for a 2 yard TD to give us the winning TD. We beat Seattle 23-21.

Week 6: McNabb with the worst game of the year allows Arizona to beat us 20-17. Westbrook had our only offensive TD on a 8 yard TD run.

Week 7: After a great start, McNabb is knocked out of the game, but Vick rallies us to a 19-17 win over Washington on a 3 yard TD pass to Westbrook.

Bad news! McNabb is done for the regular season with a hamstring injury :(

Week 8: Vick is electric with a TD run and 2 long passes to Kennison and Smith, but the Giants beat us 31-28 behind a very efficient performance from Chris Redman. Smith with 5 catches for 125 yards and a TD. Westbrook suffers a broken clavicle in the game. :(

Week 9: Kurt Warner and the Rams beat us 27-3.

Week 10: Not even the 1-7 49ers can pull us out of our offensive woes. We lose 29-6. SF got 5 FG's from Wade Richey.

Week 11: Dallas beats us 31-6. This new defense isn't doing well this year.

Week 12: Tennessee beats us 24-17. Buckhalter finally returned from his injury and had a nice day with 97 yards and a TD.

Week 13: Vick is the leading rusher thanks to a 52 yard TD run, but he throws 3 picks in a 20-17 loss to GB.

Week 14: We beat the hapless Texans 30-0 as Vick throws 3 TD's and 2 INT's.

Week 15: The Redskins beat us 27-13 as Vick fumbles it twice. I can't decide if this defense I've designed is just bad or the offense is just causing them to be on the field too much. Regardless, I'll test it in other venues and try something new here next year.

Week 16: The Colts beat us 21-19 despite two Vick runs for TD's.

Week 17: We end the season 6-10 after we beat the Giants 27-9 thanks to two defensive TD's.

An end of the year summary:




Front Office Football 2007
2002 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2002
Record 6-10
Winning Pct. .375
All-Time 33-31
Winning Pct. .515
Playoffs 6-1
Playoff Visits 2
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 32-33
Winning Pct. .492
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.4 31
Rushing Yards 104.5 21
Yards Per Carry 4.67 2
Pass Attempts 38.4 2
Completions 20.4 14
Completion Pct. 53.2 32
Passing Yards 225.6 11
Yards Per Attempt 5.87 28
Yards Per Catch 11.04 12
Total Yardage Gained 319.1 12
3rd Down Conversions 38.9 13
Points Per Game 17.4 17
Pass Rush Pct. 17.4 24 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 50.7 13
Turnovers 36 32
Turnover Margin -13 32

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.9 26
Rushing Yards 122.8 26
Yards Per Carry 4.10 18
Pass Attempts 31.9 11
Completions 20.2 15
Completion Pct. 63.3 18 (T)
Passing Yards 212.5 16
Yards Per Attempt 6.67 17
Yards Per Catch 10.53 14
Total Yardage Gained 325.3 23
3rd Down Conversions 38.0 19
Points Per Game 20.4 26
Pass Rush Pct. 20.4 21 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 68.0 32
Turnovers 23 17 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 31 DAL 16
2 13 at JAX 10
3 10 at TBY 23
5 23 at SEA 21
6 17 ARI 20
7 19 WAS 17
8 28 at NYK 31
9 3 at STL 27
10 6 SFO 29
11 6 at DAL 31
12 17 TEN 24
13 17 GBY 20
14 30 HOU 0
15 13 at WAS 27
16 19 at IND 21
17 27 NYK 9

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
8 M. Vick QB 527 281 3067 5.82 15 21 63.6
5 D. McNabb QB 88 46 542 6.16 1 1 70.3
**Team --- 615 327 3609 5.87 16 22 64.6
$$Opp --- 510 323 3400 6.67 20 13 85.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
28 R. Huntley RB 154 587 3.81 2 2 
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45 C. Buckhalter RB 106 485 4.58 1 4
44 B. Westbrook RB 56 280 5.00 4 1
8 M. Vick QB 35 260 7.43 3 10
**Team --- 358 1672 4.67 10 26
$$Opp --- 479 1965 4.10 15 23

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 S. Smith WR 122 59 798 13.53 6.54 8 2
23 C. Martin FB 50 38 238 6.26 4.76 3 0
84 C. Johnson WR 77 35 481 13.74 6.25 7 2
45 C. Buckhalter RB 43 30 237 7.90 5.51 2 2
87 E. Kennison WR 58 29 420 14.48 7.24 5 3
83 C. Lewis TE 59 29 336 11.59 5.69 2 2
89 D. Jackson WR 50 25 338 13.52 6.76 5 1
3 J. McWilliams TE 39 24 211 8.79 5.41 1 0
28 R. Huntley RB 31 21 113 5.38 3.65 2 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
41 B. Dawkins S 58 23 0.0 0 2 5 79.5
49 D. Moore S 58 19 0.0 0 0 11 80.3
57 W. Thomas OLB 55 9 2.0 2 0 6 70.5
97 J. Darling ILB 54 28 0.5 0 0 6 81.5
21 T. Vincent CB 50 15 0.0 0 3 9 79.4
33 A. Harris CB 47 21 0.0 0 0 3 72.5
95 H. Douglas DE 45 17 8.0 19 0 1 82.2
22 B. Taylor CB 44 13 0.0 0 0 2 73.6
20 T. Shaw CB 42 18 1.0 0 3 8 80.1
96 S. Martin DT 41 23 0.5 8 0 0 81.5
79 S. Ellis DE 41 8 2.5 12 0 1 81.0
53 M. Caldwell OLB 40 8 1.0 1 1 3 77.2
47 E. Turner S 35 9 0.0 0 3 3 78.7
51 B. Gardner ILB 33 13 1.5 2 1 1 80.4
75 K. Gregg DT 32 15 1.5 1 0 0 80.9
90 T. Williams DE 31 10 4.5 8 0 1 81.3 

[Eaglesfan27]

The 2002 Final Standings:




Front Office Football 2007
2002 Regular Season Standings

AC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Baltimore 11 5 0 .688 306 236 8-4 5-1
Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 289 259 8-4 5-1
Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 316 305 6-6 2-4
Cleveland 0 16 0 .000 177 360 0-12 0-6

AC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Tennessee 14 2 0 .875 334 222 10-2 6-0
Indianapolis 12 4 0 .750 425 304 9-3 3-3
Jacksonville 7 9 0 .438 297 313 5-7 3-3
Houston 3 13 0 .188 240 411 2-10 0-6

AC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
New England 12 4 0 .750 386 247 10-2 6-0
Miami 11 5 0 .688 350 243 9-3 4-2
New Jersey 8 8 0 .500 248 235 6-6 1-5
Buffalo 5 11 0 .313 245 297 3-9 1-5

AC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 275 309 7-5 4-2
Denver 7 9 0 .438 252 280 5-7 4-2
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 251 273 5-7 2-4
San Diego 3 13 0 .188 212 344 3-9 2-4

NC North W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
Green Bay 13 3 0 .813 376 257 11-1 5-1
Minnesota 10 6 0 .625 364 319 8-4 4-2
Detroit 8 8 0 .500 276 285 5-7 1-5
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 225 324 3-9 2-4

NC South W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
New Orleans 13 3 0 .813 371 242 9-3 4-2
Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 282 306 5-7 3-3
Carolina 6 10 0 .375 248 313 5-7 3-3
Tampa Bay 6 10 0 .375 264 310 4-8 2-4

NC East W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
New York 8 8 0 .500 312 371 6-6 3-3
Washington 8 8 0 .500 273 316 6-6 3-3
Philadelphia 6 10 0 .375 279 326 4-8 3-3
Dallas 4 12 0 .250 275 317 4-8 3-3

NC West W L T Pct PF PA Conf Div
St. Louis 13 3 0 .813 458 257 9-3 5-1
Seattle 12 4 0 .750 338 251 10-2 5-1
Arizona 7 9 0 .438 317 345 6-6 2-4
San Francisco 5 11 0 .313 251 335 1-11 0-6



Now, I regret not having next year's 1st round pick. Oh well, Steve Smith was worth it. I just need McNabb to learn more formations. I'm going to stick with the defensive gameplan 1 more year and see if a better offense can make it work.


In the Conference Finals:

New England beats Tennessee 31-28 and New Orleans beats GB 24-13.


In the Super Bowl:

New England wins another SB 21-17 over New Orleans. Bledsoe with 3 TD's wins MVP.

[Eaglesfan27]

Key offseason losses:

OLB William Thomas (retirement), S Eric Turner (FA to Atlanta), TE Johnny McWilliams (FA - St. Louis), TE Jason Dunn (Baltimore - FA.)

Key gains:

CB Dexter McCleon (FA), WR Joe Juervicius (FA), WR Jerome Pathon (FA.)


Some of the 1st round:

1. Minnesota - CB Rashean Mathis - I would have gone with Terrance Newman over him.
2. Houston - Byron Leftwich - He had the best combines of any QB.
3. San Diego - CB Terrance Newman
4. Dallas - RB Willis McGahee - best combine of any HB this year.
5. Chicago - RB Larry Johnson - looks overrated to me.
6. Buffalo - QB Seneca Wallace - way too early for him, I would have taken Carson Palmer over him.
7. SF - DT Kevin Williams - looks like the best DT in the draft.
8. I trade my 1st next year, my 3rd, 4th, 5th this year, and my 4th next year to trade back to my old position with Chicago. I do this to get McNabb another great weapon, TE Antonio Gates who had off the chart combines.

9. TB - WR Nate Burleson - best WR in the draft but nothing special.
10. Carolina - CB Rod Hood - Overrated.
11. KC - OLB Cato June - My most wanted defensive player.
12. Jacksonville - WR Andre Johnson - Had a nice combine, but not great.
13. Atlanta - CB Charles Tillman
14. Denver - QB Carson Palmer
15. Arizona - ILB Nick Barnett

Other notable 1st round picks:

19. Jets - OLB Lance Briggs
23. Minnesota - S Mike Doss
24. Miami - T Mike Doss
27. Indy - DE Jerome McDougle
31. New Orleans - QB Chris Simms

Notable 2nd round picks:

40. Atlanta - S Ken Hamlin
41. Carolina - QB Rex Grossman
48. Cincinnati - WR Anquan Boldin
54. Minnesota - OLB Terrell Suggs


A look at the 2003 post-camp roster. I hope Gates blows up like I'm expecting him to do:



Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 7 25 25 3 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 5 84 84 3 yrs
Vick, Michael 8 QB 3 36 36 2 yrs
Huntley, Richard 28 RB 8 38 38 3 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB 3 49 49 2 yrs
Westbrook, Brian 44 RB 2 30 35 3 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 5 53 53 2 yrs
Lewis, Chad 83 TE 7 58 58 2 yrs
Weaver, Jed 4 TE 5 44 55 2 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 1 41 65 5 yrs
Johnson, Charles 84 FL 10 32 32 2 yrs
Jackson, Darrell 89 FL 4 31 31 1 yr.
Smith, Steve 82 FL 3 83 83 3 yrs
Jurevicius, Joe 85 SE 6 47 47 2 yrs
Kennison, Eddie 87 SE 8 38 38 2 yrs
Pathon, Jerome 80 SE 6 42 42 1 yr.
Moorehead, Aaron 18 SE 1 16 31 3 yrs
Miller, Bubba 55 C 7 67 67 3 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 2 37 53 2 yrs
Nails, Jamie 68 LG 7 39 39 1 yr.
Nutten, Tom 76 LG 9 38 38 2 yrs
Smith, Omar 59 LG 2 19 49 3 yrs
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG 8 52 52 2 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT 6 62 62 3 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT 5 45 45 2 yrs
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 4 41 45 2 yrs
Turk, Matt 7 P 9 92 92 2 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 5 80 80 3 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE 9 72 72 2 yrs
Weaver, Anthony 92 LDE 2 26 37 3 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 7 49 49 2 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 RDE 4 71 71 2 yrs
Garay, Antonio 73 RDE 1 13 25 3 yrs
Bryant, Junior 94 LDT 9 41 41 1 yr.
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 8 61 61 4 yrs
Salave'a, Joe 71 LDT 6 37 37 1 yr.
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT 5 51 51 2 yrs
Darling, James 97 MLB 7 69 69 2 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 MLB 5 65 65 2 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 6 53 53 2 yrs
Sauer, Craig 91 SLB 8 30 30 2 yrs
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB 11 45 45 2 yrs
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 6 38 38 2 yrs
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 5 46 46 2 yrs
McCleon, Dexter 26 LCB 7 52 52 1 yr.
Vincent, Troy 21 LCB 12 62 62 2 yrs
Chapman, Rich 40 LCB 5 37 37 1 yr.
McDaniel, Emmanuel 27 RCB 8 31 31 1 yr.
Shaw, Terrance 20 RCB 9 66 66 3 yrs
Moore, Damon 49 SS 5 61 61 2 yrs
Carpenter, Keion 33 FS 5 46 46 1 yr.
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 8 68 68 3 yrs
Ellsworth, Percy 38 FS 8 37 37 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 53

Salary Cap: $108,800,000
Cap Room: $1,460,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,820,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $2,030,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $108,410,000

[Eaglesfan27]

I lost two long posts on the 2003 season. I'm just going to summarize it briefly and post the summary screen. It was an injury filled mess in which Gates didn't show much of an impact and didn't have a TD until week 8. Smith had his best year as a pro and had a few games where he broke 150 yards. McNabb was among those hurt, but he wasn't doing that great before he went down because his O-Line was bad/injured most of the year and he was constantly getting chased even when I went to more short passes:




Front Office Football 2007
2003 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2003
Record 7-9
Winning Pct. .437
All-Time 40-40
Winning Pct. .500
Playoffs 6-1
Playoff Visits 2
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 39-42
Winning Pct. .481
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.3 24
Rushing Yards 111.5 19
Yards Per Carry 4.42 7
Pass Attempts 37.6 4
Completions 21.4 11 (T)
Completion Pct. 57.0 32
Passing Yards 248.4 5
Yards Per Attempt 6.60 15
Yards Per Catch 11.59 3 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 349.8 5
3rd Down Conversions 40.6 10
Points Per Game 20.8 13
Pass Rush Pct. 15.9 31
Pass Defense Pct. 47.1 16
Turnovers 27 19 (T)
Turnover Margin -5 23 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.0 20
Rushing Yards 117.9 21
Yards Per Carry 4.21 16
Pass Attempts 30.1 5
Completions 19.3 5 (T)
Completion Pct. 64.2 20
Passing Yards 206.6 8
Yards Per Attempt 6.87 22
Yards Per Catch 10.70 21
Total Yardage Gained 312.2 11
3rd Down Conversions 38.6 19 (T)
Points Per Game 21.3 22 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 21.2 28
Pass Defense Pct. 59.2 29
Turnovers 22 22 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 17 at WAS 23
2 17 at BUF 13
3 14 ARI 30
4 41 ATL 24
5 26 NOS 17
6 10 at CAR 24
7 34 at TBY 9
8 26 at NYK 14
9 14 WAS 31
10 27 DAL 30
12 22 at MIA 27
13 7 at DET 27
14 17 NJY 9
15 17 NYK 21
16 26 NED 23
17 17 at DAL 19

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 393 222 2716 6.91 15 14 75.8
8 M. Vick QB 209 121 1259 6.02 5 6 71.4
**Team --- 602 343 3975 6.60 20 20 74.3
$$Opp --- 481 309 3306 6.87 19 13 86.2

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 242 1034 4.27 9 4 
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44 B. Westbrook RB 79 366 4.63 1 2
5 D. McNabb QB 36 181 5.03 1 1
28 R. Huntley RB 34 145 4.26 0 1
**Team --- 404 1784 4.42 12 15
$$Opp --- 448 1886 4.21 13 22

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 S. Smith WR 140 65 1047 16.11 7.48 9 5
45 C. Buckhalter RB 76 64 529 8.27 6.96 2 2
81 A. Gates TE 76 41 441 10.76 5.80 6 2
23 C. Martin FB 49 37 235 6.35 4.80 2 2
44 B. Westbrook RB 45 31 207 6.68 4.60 2 1
80 J. Pathon WR 61 27 425 15.74 6.97 8 2
84 C. Johnson WR 38 19 273 14.37 7.18 3 1
87 E. Kennison WR 36 19 257 13.53 7.14 2 2
85 J. Jurevicius WR 34 16 279 17.44 8.21 2 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 D. Moore S 90 40 0.5 1 1 7 76.1
26 D. McCleon CB 53 20 0.0 0 2 9 79.1
41 B. Dawkins S 49 17 0.0 0 4 5 82.0
51 B. Gardner ILB 48 19 2.0 1 0 1 78.5
21 T. Vincent CB 43 6 0.0 1 4 6 81.1
53 M. Caldwell OLB 39 9 1.5 1 0 4 75.3
20 T. Shaw CB 38 14 0.0 0 0 9 78.6
40 R. Chapman CB 36 11 0.0 0 0 3 71.4
79 S. Ellis DE 35 12 8.0 5 0 0 82.2
95 H. Douglas DE 34 9 6.5 7 0 0 81.4
96 S. Martin DT 31 14 2.0 8 0 1 82.5
27 E. McDaniel CB 30 9 0.0 0 0 1 68.9
58 J. Trotter ILB 30 15 0.5 1 0 0 72.8
75 K. Gregg DT 28 9 1.5 0 0 1 81.4
90 T. Williams DE 22 6 0.5 3 0 0 81.3
56 W. McClanahan OLB 21 14 2.0 2 0 1 75.2
33 K. Carpenter S 20 11 0.0 0 1 0 73.3
94 J. Bryant DT 19 13 0.5 2 0 0 81.9
93 S. Rogers OLB 19 7 0.0 2 1 4 81.0
91 C. Sauer OLB 19 13 0.0 0 0 1 72.4 

[Eaglesfan27]

2003 Post Season:

Despite losing Brett Favre to injury, the Packers beat the Jets 27-6 in the Super Bowl behind a great effort from Matt Hasselbeck who I think will end up being the starter next year.


2003-04 Offseason:

Key Losses: CB Troy Vincent (retirement), WR Jerome Pathis (FA to Indy), our two depth DT's (FA), as well as some depth in the secondary.

Key additions: Top FA Torry Holt signs a 5 year 52 million dollar deal with us. This is a gamble as he has been hurt a fair bit the last 2 years, but he has been great when he has been on the field. If he can stay healthy, our offense should become explosive..

Draft: D'oh! I forgot to use the 2004 draft. Oh well, I only had 2 more draft files as I don't see a 2006 draft file out there and didn't want to switch back to "real" players once I switched to fictional for a year. I guess I'll use the 2005 file next year as long as I remember to do so and use the 2007 file after all.


My Draft Thoughts:

2.14 None of the guards are quite good enough to go here yet. I build for the future and take the best safety on the board who looks like a futre starter down the road. S Alex Darkins from Wisconsin.

3.14 - The guard I wanted all along is available. He's fast on his feet and has good size at 6'3 320. I take G Trent Booker from Nevada. He should provide depth and be a potential starter down the road.

4.14 - DT Edwin Stegeman should have the size and agility to be a solid backup.

The rest of the draft are long shots.

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the 2004 roster after the preseason. Our offense lit it up in the first 2 games of the preseason, but Steve Smith went down for 2-4 weeks in game 3 of the preseason:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
Detmer, Koy 19 QB 8 25 25 2 yrs
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB QB 6 85 85 2 yrs
Vick, Michael 8 QB 4 38 38 2 yrs
##Huntley, Richard 28 RB 9 23 23 2 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB RB 4 50 50 5 yrs
Westbrook, Brian 44 RB 3 38 38 2 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB FB 6 54 54 4 yrs
Lewis, Chad 83 TE 8 56 56 1 yr.
Weaver, Jed 4 TE 6 50 53 1 yr.
Gates, Antonio 81 TE TE 2 66 66 4 yrs
Johnson, Charles 84 FL 11 27 27 1 yr.
##Smith, Steve 82 FL 4 82 82 2 yrs
Kennison, Eddie 87 SE 9 38 38 1 yr.
Jurevicius, Joe 85 SE SE 7 48 48 4 yrs
Holt, Torry 88 SE FL 6 71 71 5 yrs
##Moorehead, Aaron 18 SE 2 18 28 2 yrs
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 1 31 42 1 yr.
Miller, Bubba 55 C C 8 66 66 2 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 3 43 54 1 yr.
Smith, Omar 59 LG LG 3 27 45 2 yrs
Meucci, Marlon 61 LG 1 25 39 1 yr.
Mayberry, Jermaine 78 RG 9 46 46 1 yr.
Booker, Trent 71 RG RG 1 24 54 4 yrs
Thomas, Tra 74 LT LT 7 58 58 2 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT RT 6 45 45 1 yr.
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 5 45 45 3 yrs
Turk, Matt 7 P 10 93 93 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 6 80 80 2 yrs
Douglas, Hugh 95 LDE LDE 10 62 62 1 yr.
Weaver, Anthony 92 LDE 3 31 37 2 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 8 49 49 3 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 RDE RDE 5 69 69 1 yr.
##Garay, Antonio 73 RDE 2 17 25 2 yrs
Martin, Steve 96 LDT LDT 9 52 52 3 yrs
##Stegeman, Edwin 99 LDT 1 22 39 3 yrs
Gregg, Kelly 75 RDT RDT 6 51 51 1 yr.
Mahoney, Jeffrey 77 RDT 1 20 30 3 yrs
Darling, James 97 MLB MLB 8 63 63 4 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 7 53 53 1 yr.
Sauer, Craig 91 SLB 9 31 31 1 yr.
Gardner, Barry 51 SLB SLB 6 43 63 4 yrs
##Gonsales, Jim 57 SLB 1 17 36 3 yrs
Caldwell, Mike 53 WLB WLB 12 42 42 1 yr.
Reese, Ike 54 WLB 7 39 39 1 yr.
McClanahan, Winston 56 WLB 6 41 41 1 yr.
McCleon, Dexter 26 LCB LCB 8 46 46 3 yrs
Sanders, Sammy 39 LCB 1 20 28 1 yr.
Shaw, Terrance 20 RCB RCB 10 58 58 2 yrs
Lee, Kent 25 RCB 1 18 31 1 yr.
Moore, Damon 49 SS SS 6 61 61 1 yr.
Darkins, Alex 37 SS FS 1 47 61 4 yrs
Tsang, Les 43 SS 1 28 52 1 yr.
##Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 9 60 60 2 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 7
On Active Roster: 46

Salary Cap: $116,400,000
Cap Room: $70,000
Maximum for New Player: $350,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $4,040,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $101,190,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 1: McNabb is 25 of 31 for 344 yards and 2 TD's. Holt with 4 catches for 119 yards and a TD as we beat the Giants 34-24. Buckhalter with 147 on 20 carries. We lose our top CB for the next 4 weeks during the game.

Week 2: Corey Dillon and the Bengals played keep away. Holt had a long TD for us, but was shut down the rest of the day as we lose 21-17. We are so banged up in the secondary that LB's are helping out at safety.

Week 3: Terrell Owens had a huge game with 15 catches and 144 yards, but we beat SF 27-21. Charles Johnson showed he still has some game left with 7 catches for 121 yards. McNabb was 21 of 25 for 307 yards with 2 TD's.

Week 4: We get Dawkins and Smith back this week and then beat Minnesota 27-6. They doubled Smith a lot, but Holt had 7 catches for 152 yards and 2 TD's.

Week 5: McNabb with 2 bad picks and it costs us as we lose 27-20 to Detroit.

Week 6: McNabb is constantly chased by GB's defense and goes 10 of 30 in a 31-6 loss to GB. Hasselbeck with a near perfect game against our defense.

Week 7: McNabb bounces back with 4 TD's, 2 to Holt. We beat Washington 31-28. Two big injuries and I have 10 guys out. I've noticed that in SP it seems like the human controlled team gets hit with much more in the way of injuries than computer teams (maybe just my imagination, can't remember if it was always this way, but I drop the injury setting down just a bit to 150.)

Week 9: McNabb with a breakout game! He leads us to a 52-15 rout of Chicago with a career high 6 TD's. He completed 23 of 30 for 346 yards. Gates with 5 catches for 140 yards and 2 TD's. Holt with 6 catches for 61 yards and 2 TD's. We are now 5-3.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 10: Dawkins with a huge game including an interception returned for a TD. We beat the Giants 27-3. McNabb was 19 of 24 for 188 yards and a TD.

Week 11: Our defense batters Aikman in a 21-0 victory over Dallas. Holt with 5 catches for 92 yards and a TD.

Week 12: McNabb with a career high 374 yards against Cleveland as we win 30-20. We're using more screens and Buckhalter had 7 catches for 82 yards and a TD.

Week 13: McNabb is 25 of 30 for 333 yards with 4 TD's and 1 INT in a 31-17 win over Atlanta. Holt and Smith each had just under 100 yards and 1 TD.

Week 14: Akers hits a last second team to beat a very good Baltimore squad, 23-20. Despite playing a tough defense, McNabb had 294 yards and 2 TD's. Holt with 105 yards. Gates with 95 yards. Douglas was hurt and may miss the rest of the season, or might be back in time for the Super Bowl.

Week 15: The offense continues to click. McNabb is 24 of 30 for 240 yards and 2 TD's. Holt with 6 catches for 79 yards and a TD.

Week 16: Pittsburgh upsets us 24-17. Holt was 80% of our offense tonight with 8 catches for 104 yards.

Week 17: Buckhalter scores both TD's and the 2 point conversion in a 21-14 win over the Redskins to end the year.


Obviously, this was our most successful year offensively. #1 in points is a good achievement, of course I think this is due to the talent we have at the skill positions as much as the game plan:




Front Office Football 2007
2004 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2004
Record 12-4
Winning Pct. .750
All-Time 52-44
Winning Pct. .541
Playoffs 6-1
Playoff Visits 3
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 51-46
Winning Pct. .525
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 27.5 15
Rushing Yards 125.8 7
Yards Per Carry 4.57 7
Pass Attempts 30.0 28
Completions 20.3 24 (T)
Completion Pct. 67.5 5
Passing Yards 255.1 3
Yards Per Attempt 8.50 1
Yards Per Catch 12.60 1
Total Yardage Gained 373.4 2
3rd Down Conversions 46.0 2
Points Per Game 25.7 1
Pass Rush Pct. 17.0 22 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 45.8 18
Turnovers 13 1 (T)
Turnover Margin +16 2

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 22.4 3
Rushing Yards 98.9 7
Yards Per Carry 4.42 25
Pass Attempts 38.4 31
Completions 24.9 31
Completion Pct. 64.8 18
Passing Yards 249.7 29
Yards Per Attempt 6.51 10
Yards Per Catch 10.04 5
Total Yardage Gained 335.6 22
3rd Down Conversions 48.5 32
Points Per Game 17.9 11
Pass Rush Pct. 16.6 5
Pass Defense Pct. 38.3 4 (T)
Turnovers 29 5

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 34 at NYK 24
2 17 CIN 21
3 27 SFO 21
4 27 MIN 6
5 20 DET 27
6 6 at GBY 37
7 31 at WAS 28
9 52 at CHI 15
10 27 NYK 3
11 21 DAL 0
12 30 at CLE 20
13 31 at ATL 17
14 23 BAL 20
15 27 at DAL 10
16 17 at PIT 24
17 21 WAS 14

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 480 324 4081 8.50 35 8 111.1
**Team --- 480 324 4081 8.50 35 8 111.1
$$Opp --- 614 398 3995 6.51 17 21 78.1

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 264 1178 4.46 6 6
28 R. Huntley RB 124 514 4.15 1 2 
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5 D. McNabb QB 44 242 5.50 3 2
**Team --- 440 2012 4.57 10 15
$$Opp --- 358 1582 4.42 16 17

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 T. Holt WR 114 75 1298 17.31 11.39 2 11
45 C. Buckhalter RB 81 64 483 7.55 5.96 0 4
81 A. Gates TE 57 45 643 14.29 11.28 2 3
82 S. Smith WR 64 34 489 14.38 7.64 3 2
84 C. Johnson WR 57 28 385 13.75 6.75 7 6
83 C. Lewis TE 28 22 193 8.77 6.89 1 5
23 C. Martin FB 25 20 135 6.75 5.40 3 1
85 J. Jurevicius WR 30 17 254 14.94 8.47 3 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
49 D. Moore S 83 25 3.0 1 2 9 77.6
97 J. Darling ILB 59 11 1.5 3 0 1 73.9
39 S. Sanders CB 55 19 0.0 0 3 5 75.7
41 B. Dawkins S 48 18 0.0 2 1 7 78.5
20 T. Shaw CB 48 13 0.0 0 3 9 77.9
43 L. Tsang S 47 8 1.0 0 2 4 77.1
25 K. Lee CB 38 18 0.0 0 1 3 75.3
91 C. Sauer OLB 37 8 1.0 0 0 2 71.7
79 S. Ellis DE 37 10 4.5 9 0 1 81.9
51 B. Gardner OLB 35 15 2.5 1 2 1 74.5
96 S. Martin DT 32 20 3.0 8 0 0 82.3
58 J. Trotter ILB 32 11 0.0 0 0 3 77.6
37 A. Darkins S 27 8 0.0 0 3 2 79.0
53 M. Caldwell OLB 26 10 0.0 1 2 1 79.6
26 D. McCleon CB 25 10 0.0 0 1 8 82.2
95 H. Douglas DE 21 10 4.0 12 0 0 81.8
90 T. Williams DE 18 9 4.0 11 1 0 83.9
75 K. Gregg DT 16 6 0.0 1 0 0 81.7
99 E. Stegeman DT 16 5 1.0 1 0 0 78.7 

[Eaglesfan27]

We get a 1st round bye.

In the Divisional Round, we beat Seattle 20-9 with 2 TD's by Gates. He caught 4 passes for 52 yards.

In the Conference Final, we face a high powered GB offense...


And we beat them 34-28! McNabb with a 66 yard TD run to start the game. Steve Smith with a 104 yard kickoff return for a TD. Buckhalter and the rush game were shut down, but McNabb was 21 of 25 for 305 yards and a TD. Gates with 6 catches for 125 yards. Buckhalter with 4 catches for 77 yards and a TD, a 41 yard play off a screen.

We'll be playing Miami which beat Baltimore 22-16 in the AFC conference final.

[Eaglesfan27]

Douglas is back for the Super Bowl!


Damon Huard and Travis Henry help them drive inside our 20 on their first possession before Huard throws a pick in the endzone for a touchback.

McNabb hit Smith for 29 yards to start the drive and then led us inside the 10 before we were stopped on 3rd and goal from the 4. Akers with the short FG to give us the 3-0 lead.

Travis Henry fumbles on his 1st carry of the next drive and we have great field position as the 1st quarter ends.

A 31 yard strike to Holt gives us the ball on the 1 yard line. Next play, McNabb fakes the handoff to Buckhalter, rolls out, and hits the FB Martin for a 1 yard TD! 10-0 lead. Oh no, McNabb was drilled on the roll out and he is down.. he gets up a minute later but he has to be helped off the field. It doesn't look like he'll be back tonight.


Miami drives to about midfield before Dexter McLeon picks off Huard. Unfortunately, we go 3 and out as Vick overthrows Smith on 3rd down.

Huard hits a few intermediate passes to drive down the field, but we stop them just inside the 10. Mare hits a 27 yard FG to make it 10-3.

The 1st play of our drive, Sam Madison picks off Vick's long pass and returns it to our 40.

Huard finds rookie Leslie Garrett for a 40 yard gain to get inside our 4, but our defense holds firm the next 3 plays. They kick the short FG to make it 10-6 late in the half.

With 1:12 left in the half, Vick hits Smith for a 22 yard gain across the middle on 3rd and 7, but the safety pops Smith and he fumbles it. Miami with the ball at midfield with a minute left.

Huard hits Taylor Jacobs for 15 yards. He hits Becht, the TE for 13 yards. Miami misses their next 3 passes, but Mare hits another FG before the half expires. We lead 10-9.


The first play of the 2nd half, Vick throws a quick slant that is picked off by Patrick Surtain.

We only allow Miami to get 3 yards on 3 plays, but Mare hits the 51 yard FG to give them the 12-10 lead.

After we go 3 and out, Miami drives down the field for another FG. They lead 15-10 late in the 3rd.

Vick finally gets us moving with a 12 yard pass to Smith, then a 14 yard pass to Gates, then a 13 yard pass to Holt. Then, he throws a pick to Sam Madison on their 19. It was intended for Smith and he was double covered.

We force a 3 and out, but Smith fumbles the punt and Miami's Pat Horner recovers the ball at our 27.

We don't give more than 3 yards and Mare misses the 41 yard FG as it slices wide right. We are still alive!

We go 3 and out as Vick overthrows Gates on 3rd and 4.

The defense holds, but Vick goes 3 and out again midway through the 4th.

Miami eats up a few minutes, but punts back to us with 4 minutes left in the game..

Vick with a 13 yard pass to Holt to get us to our 41. Vick throws into double coverage towards Smith and it is knocked away. Vick rolls to his left and scrambles for 4 yards. On 3rd and 6, Vick overthrows Gates. We have to go for it with 2:36 left... Vick throws to Buckhalter on a little wheel route and he gets 10 yards.

We are on their 45. Vick rolls to his left, and throws it Holt who catches it for a 21 yard gain. Vick scrambles to his left and runs for 4 yards. 2 minute warning..

Vick drops back and throws a dart to Smith who was double covered, but he squeezed it in there for a 10 yard gain.

Vick drops back, sees that Smith is double covered, looks for Buckhalter underneath and throws it behind him.. it is picked off by MLB Stephen Cooper.

We force a 3 and out. Using our timeouts to preserve time during those plays so we have 57 seconds left. We are at our 34.

Vick throws a bullet to Gates for a 32 yard gain! That eats up time as we rush to the line. Vick throws a quick out to Holt but it is wide. 24 seconds left.

Vick pump fakes.. throws the deep ball to Smith and it is knocked away by Madison.

3rd and 10.. Vick overthrows Gates on the deep post route.

4th and 10, Vick throws it on a deep out to Holt and it is knocked away by Surtain.

Miami beats us 15-10.. I wonder how badly McNabb is hurt.

[Eaglesfan27]

McNabb is ok, just a pulled calf muscle. Too bad that he couldn't have played through it. He won Offensive Player of the Year and was 1st team All-Pro QB this year. Holt was 1st team at WR.

No big name retirements from our team: WR Charles Johnson and OLB Mike Caldwell, as well as our head of scouting. However, we may lose some big names to FA..

Oh shit. McNabb wants break the bank money to renew beyond this year. I'm not giving him his requested 5 year 135 million dollar deal. Hopefully, he'll reconsider those terms soon..

Key FA Losses: DE Hugh Douglas to the Jets for 11 million over 2 years, S Damon Moore to the Falcons for 16 million over 4 years, DT Kelly Gregg to the Texans for 16.35 million over 4 years, G Jermaine Mayberry to Buffalo for 4 million over 2 years.

Key FA Additions: DT Bryant Young for 1 year at 930k, CB Ty Law for 2.5 million over 2 years, WR Rod Gardner for 830k over 1 year, and CB Mike McKenzie 16 million over 4 years.

Using the 2005 draft file, I see some big names that I'd like to get but I won't be trading up this year unless it is just a few slots.

1. The Giants blow it by taking QB Stefan Lefors from Louisville.
2. New Orleans drafts the best QB in my opinion, Aaron Rodgers.
3. SD takes QB Alex Smith who looks good in this draft.
4. Washington blows it with QB Adrian McPherson from FSU. Looks like a bust waiting to happen.
5. Buffalo takes ILB Channing Crowder who was in my top 5 as far as combine warriors.
6. Minnesota continues the run on QB's with David Greene from Georgia. I think he is a 2nd round type pick at best.
7. KC finally shows sense and takes the best player in the draft, CB Carlos Rogers.
8. Detroit reaches for the 3rd best corner in my opinion and takes Darrent Williams.
9. Jacksonville takes the best RB, Ronnie Brown.
10. Cleveland takes the 2nd best player in the draft, DT Shaun Cody from USC.
11. Houston reaches for another Trojan player and takes LB Lofa Tatupu.
12. Carolina takes the 2nd best corner, Domonique Foxworth from Maryland.
13. Chicago reaches for CB Travis Daniels.
14. Dallas with a smart selection, DeMarcus Ware.
15. St Louis takes a big WR in Brandon Jones.
16. Denver gets a good back in Cadillac Williams.
17. Atlanta gets what I think is the best WR in the draft, Roscoe Parrish.
18. SF takes CB Ellis Hobbs.
19. Indy takes S James Sanders.
20. The Bengals take a player I was targeting, G Claude Terrell who was my top ranked G.
21. TB takes deep threat receiver Chris Henry.
22. Oakland takes a very good linebacker in Kirk Morrison.
23. Seattle takes RB Brandon Jacobs.
24. Pittsburgh takes CB Renaldo Hill.
25. The Jets take a good looking CB in Stanford Routt.
26. NE takes a TE that wasn't in my top 3 TE's, Zachary Hilton.
27. Tennessee takes T Adam Snyder from Oregon.
28. Arizona takes MLB Lance Mitchell.
29. GB takes T Jamaal Brown.
30. Baltimore takes my top target, G Dan Buenning. He looks like a real nasty blocker.

With no worthy guards, I go for the best player at a position which will need a starter soon. I take OLB Derrick Johnson from Texas.

32. Miami takes RB Vernand Morency.


Other notable picks:

34. New Orleans takes WR Reggie Brown.
42. Minnesota takes RB J.J. Arrington.
45. Dallas takes CB Antrel Rolle.
48. Atlanta takes WR Matt Jones.
51. The Bengals take DE Justin Tuck.
56. The Jets take RB Frank Gore.
59. Tennessee takes Shawne Merriman.
61. SD takes my target G Logan Mankins.

62. We take DT Mike Patterson from USC, fits a need and keeps with history, and is a Trojan. I love it. :)

67. SD takes WR Mike Williams from USC.
77. St. Louis takes CB Pacman Jones.
78. Houston takes Braylon Edwards.

95. We take G Evan Mathis from Alabama, I'm not thrilled, but I need to add one prospect at the position.

4th round - We need a 3rd back as Huntley has completely lost it. Cedric Benson looks bad, but I'll take a flier on him here.

The rest of my picks look weak.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 1: Westbrook with 3 TD's (2 rushing, 1 receiving) in a 31-3 win over Dallas who looks like they will struggle now that Aikman has retired and they are starting Jim Miller.

Week 2: Carson Palmer with a last second TD pass to Cadillac Williams to lead the Broncos over us 26-25. Holt with 6 catches for 112 yards in the loss.

Week 3: McNabb with a 5 TD performance (4 passing, 1 running) as we beat TB 38-9. Smith with 6 catches for 115 yards and 2 TD's. We lose our starting RT, Keith, in the game due to a hamstring injury.

Week 5: Smith with a 85 yard TD kickoff return and a TD reception in a 33-6 win over the Seahawks.

Week 6: Is it weak opponents or do I finally have a great gameplan? We beat the Cardinals 30-3. McNabb with 1 TD run and 2 TD passes.

Week 7: We beat the Redskins 31-0. This defense is rolling. Buckhalter with 106 yards, his first good game in weeks. Smith with 3 catches for 85 yards. McKenzie and Holt were among the players hurt in the game. Holt will play through it.

Week 8: Our run game is completely shut down, but McNabb throws for 308 yards and 4 TD's including 2 to Smith who had 97 yards on 5 catches. We beat the Giants 37-10.

Week 9: Warner gets 315 yards against us, but we get 3 interceptions off him to beat the Rams 24-10. Holt with 4 catches for 91 yards against his old team. We lose DT Mike Patterson for at least 4 weeks.

We are 7-1 at the midway mark and playing great on both sides.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 10: We shut down T.O and the 49ers 31-10. Smith with a punt return for a TD and 5 catches for 62 yards and a TD.

Week 11: Buckhalter with 27 carries for 116 yards and 2 TD's as well as a receiving TD. We beat Dallas 34-18. Cedric Benson had his season ended today and we lost our starting LG for the regular season.

Week 12: Buckhalter with 2 rushing TD's as we beat the Chiefs 33-7.

Week 13: Matt Hasselbeck and the Packers bring me back down to earth about this defensive gameplan as they destroy it and us 41-20. Of course, part of that had to do with McNabb going down and Vick turning it over 3 times in the 2nd half. Ellis was also hurt in the game. Both will miss 2-4 weeks.

Week 14: We go to a run heavy offense, but Vick still throws 3 picks and we lose to the Raiders, 27-10.

Week 15: We get over 200 yards rushing between Buckhalter and Westbrook, yet Vick throws 4 picks! Still, we beat the Redskins 28-26 as our defense came up big many times.

Week 16: We push McNabb back a week early and cross our fingers, and he throws for 317 yards and 3 TD's as we beat the Chargers 38-14. We held Brees to 240 yards and picked him off twice. Smith with 4 catches for 106 yards and 2 TD's. McNabb is back to 100% healthy.

Week 17: Buckhalter with 2 TD runs as we beat the Giants 30-21 to secure the #1 seed in the playoffs. Tra Thomas hurt his shoulder and may be done for the year.. huge loss.


The offense isn't the explosive passing offense I wanted (nor the one that I will try out next year), but it is highly successful:




Front Office Football 2007
2005 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2005
Record 13-3
Winning Pct. .812
All-Time 65-47
Winning Pct. .580
Playoffs 8-2
Playoff Visits 4
Bowl Wins 1
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 66-50
Winning Pct. .568
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 31.4 2
Rushing Yards 128.1 2
Yards Per Carry 4.08 16
Pass Attempts 29.7 30
Completions 19.4 25
Completion Pct. 65.5 6 (T)
Passing Yards 242.4 8
Yards Per Attempt 8.17 1
Yards Per Catch 12.47 2
Total Yardage Gained 365.2 2
3rd Down Conversions 50.9 1
Points Per Game 29.6 1
Pass Rush Pct. 21.8 4 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 57.7 3
Turnovers 26 23
Turnover Margin +4 11 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.0 3
Rushing Yards 111.3 19
Yards Per Carry 4.84 31
Pass Attempts 34.3 21
Completions 19.9 5 (T)
Completion Pct. 57.9 2
Passing Yards 186.0 1
Yards Per Attempt 5.42 1
Yards Per Catch 9.36 1
Total Yardage Gained 285.9 2
3rd Down Conversions 36.6 11
Points Per Game 14.6 2
Pass Rush Pct. 18.4 11
Pass Defense Pct. 46.6 13 (T)
Turnovers 30 4 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 31 DAL 3
2 25 DEN 26
3 38 TBY 9
5 33 at SEA 6
6 30 ARI 3
7 31 at WAS 0
8 37 NYK 10
9 24 at STL 10
10 31 SFO 13
11 34 at DAL 18
12 33 KCY 7
13 20 at GBY 41
14 10 at OAK 27
15 28 WAS 26
16 38 at SDO 14
17 30 at NYK 21

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 385 268 3308 8.59 29 8 112.3
8 M. Vick QB 90 43 571 6.34 3 8 42.4
**Team --- 475 311 3879 8.17 32 16 99.1
$$Opp --- 549 318 2976 5.42 18 18 70.2

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 312 1251 4.01 15 3 
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44 B. Westbrook RB 143 561 3.92 2 4
5 D. McNabb QB 37 202 5.46 2 1
**Team --- 503 2050 4.08 19 17
$$Opp --- 368 1780 4.84 6 22

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
45 C. Buckhalter RB 70 59 593 10.05 8.47 2 4
82 S. Smith WR 88 50 834 16.68 9.48 6 11
88 T. Holt WR 82 44 803 18.25 9.79 1 5
81 A. Gates TE 46 34 354 10.41 7.70 1 5
23 C. Martin FB 36 33 256 7.76 7.11 1 1
89 R. Gardner WR 63 31 404 13.03 6.41 4 4
44 B. Westbrook RB 33 26 237 9.12 7.18 0 1
85 J. Jurevicius WR 25 16 228 14.25 9.12 3 0

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
97 J. Darling ILB 67 17 1.0 4 1 2 75.3
26 D. McCleon CB 64 15 1.0 0 3 3 75.9
38 M. Rumph CB 49 11 0.0 0 3 15 81.6
37 A. Darkins S 49 14 0.0 1 2 6 83.4
51 B. Gardner OLB 48 18 0.5 4 3 4 78.6
29 T. Davis S 38 19 0.0 0 3 10 85.8
96 S. Martin DT 37 21 5.5 7 0 0 81.0
41 B. Dawkins S 36 10 1.0 0 1 6 80.9
30 J. Lucas S 34 8 0.0 0 1 1 76.6
58 J. Trotter ILB 31 14 1.0 2 0 4 81.2
76 R. Mathis DE 28 11 4.0 16 0 0 80.8
90 T. Williams DE 25 16 3.0 11 0 0 80.6
42 M. McKenzie CB 24 9 0.0 0 0 7 80.5
46 T. Law CB 21 7 0.0 0 0 0 68.6
79 S. Ellis DE 21 9 6.5 15 0 0 81.1
43 L. Tsang CB 19 5 0.0 0 0 1 73.5
93 B. Young DT 18 6 1.5 2 0 0 78.4
99 E. Stegeman DT 17 8 3.0 8 0 0 81.0 

[Eaglesfan27]

In the divisional round, we shut down Jake Plummer and the Cardinals 30-14. McNabb with 274 yards and 3 TD's. Holt and Smith both approached 100 yards.

In the Conference Final, our defense does a great job against Matt and GB. We hold him to 205 yards with 1 TD and 2 INT's as we beat them 45-14. McNabb with 4 TD's (all to different receivers.) Buckhalter with 2 rushing TD's.

We are playing a 12-7 Cleveland team that has gotten hot and won 3 games at the right time. They beat the Jets 20-0 to advance. They are led by Trent Dilfer, Clinton Portis, and Jerry Porter who give them a nice trio on offense. The defense is well balanced and is led by Ed Reed.

[Eaglesfan27]

We get the ball first and start off with 4 consecutive runs, before McNabb fakes the handoff and throws it deep to Gates for a 31 yard gain. A 24 yard pass on the following play to Gates sets us up on their 2. Then, we get too cute and McNabb fakes the handoff, rolls out, and gets drilled. He fumbles it but somehow recovers it as well. We fail to move it on the next 2 plays thanks to good defense from Reed and settle for a short FG. 3-0 lead.

We exchange short drive throughout the rest of the 1st quarter with neither side moving it. 3-0 at the end of the 1st.

Mostly using Portis, they manage to get in range for a long FG early in the 2nd and Richie Cunningham hits the 50 yard FG. Tied at 3.

McNabb converts a 3rd and 15 with a pass to Smith, and a 3rd and 12 with a pass to Gates to get us inside their redzone, but we get shut down at that point as Reed is all over the place. We settle for a short FG to make it 6-3.

Defenses dominate the rest of the half. We go into halftime up 6-3.

After our defense forces a 3 and out, our offense finally gets it moving including a 27 yard pass to Gardner on 3rd and 20. However, they stop us at midfield and we punt it into the redzone.

On the 1st carry of the drive, Portis is drilled by Darling McKenzie picks it up and runs it a few yards to their 16. McNabb with a quick out to Smith for 6 yards. Westbrook with a 3 yard run. Buckhalter with a 6 yard run to the 1. McNabb fakes the handoff to Buckhalter, and throws a quick strike to Rod Gardner for the TD! 13-3.

We stop them at midfield, but a good punt pins us inside our 5. Defenses force 3 and outs the rest of the quarter.

At the beginning of the 4th, Buckhalter fumbles the ball on our 1st carry of the drive and Reed recovers it. They are on our 24.

First play is a PA pass for a 24 yard TD to Karl Williams, but a holding call brings it back! They fail to pick up a 1st and settle for the FG. 13-6.

McNabb leads a 80 yard drive that features a 28 yard pass to Holt and a 23 yard TD to Holt. 20-6 lead.

With 5 minutes left, our defense stops them on 4th and 2 at the 48. We run it 6 times consecutively to eat up clock and then kick the FG which is the last score of the game.

McNabb has his 2nd ring! We win the game 23-6. We held Portis to 36 yards on 10 carries and Dilfer to 184 yards on 22 of 36 passing. McNabb was 18 of 26 for 219 yards and 2 TD's.

[Eaglesfan27]

We have zero retirements this year.

The big news is that after he was franchised by us, Donovan McNabb signed a new 4 year 80 million dollar deal with 30 million up front.

Key Losses: CB Terrance Shaw (FA to SD), T Tra Thomas (FA to Detroit.)


1st round of the draft notable picks:

1. Washington passes on a few QB's I liked better to take QB Charlie Whitehurst.
2. TB takes my highest rated QB, Matt Leinart.
3. The Giants take QB Jay Cutler.
4. Jacksonville takes Haloti Ngata.
5. Seattle takes RB Leon Washington
6. Minnesota takes QB Darrell Hackney
7. Oakland takes a guy I would have traded up for if he had lasted past the top 10, T D'Brickashaw Ferguson
8. Carolina takes LB Ahmad Brooks.
9. Dallas reaches for QB Brett Basanez
10. Tenn takes LB Chad Greenway.
11. Chicago takes my top RB Andre Hall
12. Detroit takes QB Omar Jacobs
13. The Bengals take T Joe Toledo
14. The Rams take RB DonTrell Moore
15. KC takes QB Ingle Martin
16. Houston takes WR Jonathan Orr
17. Buffalo takes S Anthony Smith
18. Baltimore takes RB DeAngelo Williams (who I was considering trading up for)
19. New Orleans takes LB Ernie Sims.
20. Arizona takes S Donte Whitner
21. SD takes RB Joseph Addai
22. Miami takes RB Reggie Bush
23. Indy takes RB Jerrious Norwood
24. NE takes LB Freddie Roach
25. SF takes WR Marques Colston
26. NJ takes LB Clint Ingram
27. Denver takes WR Santonio Holmes (who I came very close to trading up for.)
28. Atlanta takes LB Jimmy Cottrell
29. GB takes DT Kyle Williams
30. Pittsburgh takes DT Dusty Dvoracek
31. Cleveland takes CB Kelly Jennings
32. I really wanted to get a starting LT, but there are none available here that are good selections. So, I take the best player on my board, S Ko Simpson to replace Dawkins who is showing signs of aging.

Notable 2nd round picks:

37. Minnesota takes A.J. Hawk
44. The Bengals takes DE Mario Williams
56. SF takes RB Laurence Maroney

My staff really likes T Terrance Pennington, so I take him over my first choice T Winston Justice.

Justice goes 2 picks later to TB.

In the 3rd round, we take RB Maurice Jones-Drew who our staff loved.

In the 4th round, we take G Kevin Boothe.

In the 5th round, we take QB D.J. Shockley as a developmental project.


Late FA Additions: CB Quentin Jammer, WR Ronald Curry, DE Osi Umeniyora (who is a below average pass rusher in this universe), DT Julio Ligeski.

A quick look at all of my draft picks before Training Camp:

1. Ko Simpson (moved to FS) 38/72
2. T Terrance Pennington (moved to LT) 17/64
3. RB Maurice Jones-Drew 26/30
4. LG Kevin Boothe 22/46
5. QB D.J. Shockley 17/31
6. RB Mike Imoh (one of the fastest backs in the draft) 27/30
7. C Chris Chester 17/52

A look at my post-training camp roster:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 8 89 89 4 yrs
Vick, Michael 8 QB 6 39 39 2 yrs
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 1 19 33 3 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB 6 49 49 3 yrs
Westbrook, Brian 44 RB 5 38 38 1 yr.
Benson, Cedric 22 RB 2 24 28 3 yrs
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 1 29 34 4 yrs
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 1 31 33 3 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 8 54 54 2 yrs
Cleeland, Cameron 80 TE 9 50 50 2 yrs
Lewis, Chad 83 TE 10 42 42 1 yr.
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 4 65 65 2 yrs
Gardner, Rod 89 FL 6 48 48 1 yr.
Smith, Steve 82 FL 6 81 81 2 yrs
Curry, Ronald 84 FL 4 47 47 2 yrs
Holt, Torry 88 SE 8 72 72 3 yrs
Jurevicius, Joe 85 SE 9 40 40 2 yrs
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 3 39 42 1 yr.
Miller, Bubba 55 C 10 60 60 3 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 5 52 52 2 yrs
Chester, Chris 54 C 1 27 54 3 yrs
Smith, Omar 59 LG 5 34 34 2 yrs
Mathis, Evan 64 LG 2 23 42 3 yrs
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 1 21 40 3 yrs
Booker, Trent 71 RG 3 57 64 2 yrs
Pennington, Terrance 74 LT 1 19 57 3 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT 8 46 46 2 yrs
Hill, Sherman 66 RT 8 38 38 2 yrs
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 7 44 44 2 yrs
Turk, Matt 7 P 12 85 85 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 8 79 79 2 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 LDE 7 68 68 4 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 4 50 50 2 yrs
Williams, Tyrone 90 RDE 10 38 38 1 yr.
Mathis, Robert 76 RDE 4 44 44 3 yrs
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 11 45 45 2 yrs
Ligeski, Julio 93 LDT 8 36 36 1 yr.
Warren, Gerard 75 LDT 6 48 48 2 yrs
Stegeman, Edwin 99 LDT 3 40 40 1 yr.
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 2 32 44 2 yrs
Darling, James 97 MLB 10 50 50 2 yrs
Trotter, Jeremiah 58 MLB 9 43 43 2 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 SLB 8 47 47 2 yrs
Gonsales, Jim 57 SLB 3 24 36 1 yr.
Lunderville, Junior 94 WLB 8 34 34 1 yr.
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 2 45 45 3 yrs
Law, Ty 46 LCB 12 29 29 1 yr.
McCleon, Dexter 26 LCB 10 40 40 2 yrs
McKenzie, Mike 42 LCB 8 48 48 3 yrs
Jammer, Quentin 36 LCB 5 44 44 1 yr.
Rumph, Mike 38 RCB 5 46 46 1 yr.
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 3 66 66 2 yrs
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 11 48 48 2 yrs
Lucas, Justin 30 FS 8 36 36 1 yr.
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 1 45 67 4 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 55
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 55

Salary Cap: $125,000,000
Cap Room: $3,300,000
Maximum for New Player: $3,750,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $200,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $135,890,000

[Eaglesfan27]

1st week: Westbrook beats out both of the new backs to be the primary backup HB. We beat Washington 38-34 as Buckhalter runs it in from the 3 with 1:02 to go. An average QB just torched our defense. Not a good start.

2nd week: Akers with a last second FG for a 23-20 win over Jacksonville.

Week 3: Smith with 7 catches for 136 yards and a TD in a 24-22 win over SF.

Week 4: We've opened up the offense this year and McNabb throws for a career high 415 yards, but he also throws 2 picks, 1 of which is returned for a TD. Danny Kannell and the Falcons beat us 41-28. Smith with 9 catches for 148 yards this week.

Week 5: We face the unbeaten Saints with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. We beat them 30-17 as Buckhalter runs it 26 times for 172 yards and 2 TD's.

Week 6: Behind another strong game from Correll, we beat the Panthers 34-3. McNabb was 14 of 19 for 266 yards and 3 TD's while Buckhalter had 124 yards and a TD.

Week 7: We make things rough for Leinart as he throws 2 picks and we beat TB 23-10. Gates had a 77 yard TD for our only receiving TD today.

Week 8: Westbrook with a last minute 20 yard TD run to help us beat the Giants 21-14.

Week 9: We do much better against Washington this week as we beat them 38-21. Buckhalter with exactly 100 yards and McNabb with a career high 4 TD's as he completed 23 of 31 for 373 yards with 4 TD's and 1 INT.

We are looking good at 8-1.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 10: McNabb with another 4 TD performance as we beat the Cowboys 38-10.

Week 11: Bye

Week 12: McNair with a last second TD to lead Tennessee over us 27-20. Holt with 140 yards and a TD for us.

Week 13: Our secondary is banged up a bit, but Quentin Jammer steps up with a pick 6 to seal the win 20-17 over GB. Holt was hurt in the game and may miss the rest of the year.

Week 14: McNabb with 303 yards and 3 TD's vs the Texans in a 38-3 win. Smith also had a kickoff return for a TD.

Week 15: Holt returns from his hamstring injury much faster than expected. We show a balanced offense as we beat the winless Giants 29-7.

Week 16: Our defense does a very respectable job against Peyton Manning and the Colts as we beat them 37-19. Holt with 2 TD's and 7 catches for 175 yards. Buckhalter is hurt and may miss the playoffs.

Week 17: Westbrook with 72 yards and McNabb with a career high 5 passing TD's and almost 400 yards passing as we beat the Cowboys 35-20. Smith with 5 catches for 147 yards and 2 TD's.

McNabb set a career mark in several categories this season: Yardage (4,371), TD's (38), most INT's (15), YPC (15.78.) He obviously enjoyed the opening up of the offense, which I pushed even a bit further the last half of the year.



Front Office Football 2007
2006 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2006
Record 14-2
Winning Pct. .875
All-Time 79-49
Winning Pct. .617
Playoffs 11-2
Playoff Visits 5
Bowl Wins 2
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 83-52
Winning Pct. .614
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.2 11
Rushing Yards 116.6 11
Yards Per Carry 4.14 21 (T)
Pass Attempts 27.4 31
Completions 17.3 31
Completion Pct. 63.1 13
Passing Yards 273.2 3
Yards Per Attempt 9.96 1
Yards Per Catch 15.78 1
Total Yardage Gained 381.1 1
3rd Down Conversions 42.2 7 (T)
Points Per Game 29.8 1
Pass Rush Pct. 20.5 5
Pass Defense Pct. 51.6 10
Turnovers 24 21 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 13 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.0 2
Rushing Yards 110.3 11 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.80 32
Pass Attempts 41.4 32
Completions 25.0 31
Completion Pct. 60.3 8
Passing Yards 242.6 29
Yards Per Attempt 5.86 1
Yards Per Catch 9.71 1
Total Yardage Gained 336.1 25
3rd Down Conversions 38.6 17
Points Per Game 17.8 11 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 21.5 27
Pass Defense Pct. 50.4 19 (T)
Turnovers 28 5 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 38 at WAS 34
2 23 JAX 20
3 24 at SFO 22
4 28 ATL 41
5 30 NOS 17
6 34 at CAR 3
7 23 at TBY 10
8 21 NYK 13
9 38 WAS 21
10 38 DAL 10
12 20 at TEN 27
13 20 GBY 17
14 38 HOU 3
15 29 at NYK 7
16 37 at IND 19
17 35 at DAL 20

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 439 277 4371 9.96 38 15 110.7
**Team --- 439 277 4371 9.96 38 15 110.7
$$Opp --- 663 400 3882 5.86 21 17 76.6

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 274 1201 4.38 6 4
44 B. Westbrook RB 123 433 3.52 7 3 
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5 D. McNabb QB 44 191 4.34 2 1
**Team --- 451 1866 4.14 15 13
$$Opp --- 368 1765 4.80 5 27

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
82 S. Smith WR 95 66 1306 19.79 13.75 2 10
88 T. Holt WR 106 56 1147 20.48 10.82 6 5
45 C. Buckhalter RB 41 35 312 8.91 7.61 1 3
89 R. Gardner WR 59 33 496 15.03 8.41 6 8
81 A. Gates TE 44 31 492 15.87 11.18 1 6
23 C. Martin FB 21 17 165 9.71 7.86 0 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
37 A. Darkins S 86 24 2.0 1 2 8 79.9
36 Q. Jammer CB 77 23 0.5 0 4 13 78.6
51 B. Gardner OLB 71 20 2.0 2 4 7 78.1
58 J. Trotter ILB 55 14 0.0 3 1 1 78.4
28 K. Simpson S 55 24 0.0 0 2 11 78.5
41 B. Dawkins S 50 18 0.5 0 2 4 76.7
38 M. Rumph CB 42 16 1.0 1 1 9 80.7
26 D. McCleon CB 40 8 0.5 0 0 6 73.7
97 J. Darling ILB 38 17 0.0 2 0 2 76.8
42 M. McKenzie CB 36 11 0.0 3 0 9 79.2
76 R. Mathis DE 34 8 9.0 12 0 0 81.1
79 S. Ellis DE 32 14 6.5 15 0 0 79.9
96 S. Martin DT 31 16 2.0 7 0 0 80.8
75 G. Warren DT 27 14 2.5 15 0 0 81.6
50 D. Johnson OLB 26 7 0.0 0 1 1 75.6
99 E. Stegeman DT 19 5 3.5 12 0 0 81.3 

[Eaglesfan27]

In the divisional round, the Saints upset us 24-21 as Westbrook accounted for all 3 TD's. Holt had 7 catches for 103 yards, but he couldn't find the endzone late and he fumbled it on the 1 yard line where the Saints recovered it and ran out time.

The Colts beat the Saints in the Super Bowl 33-24. Peyton is the MVP despite only throwing 1 TD. He was 24 of 32 for 294 yards. Norwood punched it in two times.

[Eaglesfan27]

Offseason key losses:

P Matt Turk (taking a nice signing bonus then retiring), CB Ty Law (retirement), WR Joe Jurevicius (Cap related cut), G Omar Smith (cap related cut), MLB Trotter (salary cap and ability decline), QB Vick (salary cap), HB Westbrook (FA to KC), WR Rod Gardner (FA to Cin.)

Key additions via FA: None in FA-1 due to cap issues.

1st round of the draft:

1. Giants - RB Adrian Peterson - Best player in the draft.
2. Buffalo - QB JaMarcus Russell - Looks like a bust to me in this universe as well.
3. Oakland - MLB H.B. Blades - I thought he would be a good pick for me at 30. This seems way too high.
4. TB - QB Brady Quinn - Didn't look worthy of being taken this high.
5. Chicago - QB Josh Swoger - Very overrated.
6. Carolina - S LaRon Landry - Looked like a very good safety.
7. New England - OLB Lawrence Timmons - Solid looking linebacker.
8. KC - DT Amobi Okoye - best lineman in the draft.
9. Cleveland - OLB Paul Posluszny - overrated.
10. Jacksonville - OLB Rufus Alexander.
11. Tenn - CB Leon Hall - Very good looking corner.
12. Denver - DT Brandon Mebane.
13. SD - DE Gaines Adams.
14. Washington - WR Calvin Johnson - Nothing spectacular in this universe, but the best WR in the draft.
15. SF - G Ben Grubbs - I was hoping he'd last to my pick.
16. Bengals - ILB Patrick Willis - I was considering trading up for him.
17. Jets - DE Jamaal Anderson.
18. Seattle - DT Alan Branch
19. SD - ILB Korey Hall
20. Houston - WR David Clowney - fastest time in the 40 in the draft.
21. S Aaron Rouse - solid prospect.
22. Pitt- RB Kenny Irons - looks like a bust.
23. Arizona - TE Zach Miller - best looking TE in the draft.
24. Baltimore - DE Jarvis Moss - looks like a pass rushing specialist.
25. Dallas - G Uche Nwaneri
26. Detroit - RB Dwayne Wright
27. GB - HB Robert Hubbard.
28. Atlanta - G Justin Blalock - he was another one of my targets.
29. St. Louis - S Eric Weddle.


30. I'm tempted to take Ted Ginn, Jr who is the 2nd fastest WR in the draft and has great agility, but I go for a position of need. I take CB Daymeion Hughes who has the best 40 of any corner left as well as the best position drill.

31. New Orleans - ILB Tim Shaw
32. Indy - RB Alvin Banks


37. Carolina - WR Sydney Rice (another player I was tempted to take in the 1st round.)
41. Jacksonville - Ginn
56. Arizona - T Joe Thomas (another player who I was tempted to take in the 1st.)
60. Atlanta - T Levi Brown (also a guy I almost took in the 1st.)

2nd round - Tough choice but I take T Tony Ugoh. Not really thrilled with any of my options.

3rd - G Jermon Bushrod - has a chance to start at LG.

4th - P Daniel Sepulveda.

5th round - QB Troy Smith


A look at all our of rookies pre-TC:

1. Daymeion Hughes 28/51 - I'm hoping/expecting he'll have a big training camp boost.
2. RT Tony Ugoh - 30/50
3. G Jermon Bushrod - 12/39 - needs a big training camp to meet my expectations.
4. P Sepulveda - 51/65
5. QB Smith - 10/26
6. CB Ramzee Robinson - 18/49 - I doubt he'll hold those bars.
7. DT Marcus Robinson - 19/35

Undrafted FA Signees:

CB John Talley 21/36, OLB Dallas Sartz (17/31), MLB Marvin Mitchell (21/29), DE Nolan Burchette (19/36), WR Robert Meachem (24/44.)


A look at the roster post camp:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 9 87 87 3 yrs
Smith, Troy 6 QB 1 14 31 3 yrs
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 2 27 36 2 yrs
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 2 36 38 3 yrs
Buckhalter, Correll 45 RB 7 42 42 2 yrs
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 2 35 36 2 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 9 50 50 3 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 5 65 65 3 yrs
Cleeland, Cameron 80 TE 10 43 43 1 yr.
Smith, Steve 82 FL 7 81 81 5 yrs
Curry, Ronald 84 FL 5 47 47 1 yr.
Holt, Torry 88 SE 9 69 69 2 yrs
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 4 41 41 1 yr.
Meachem, Robert 85 SE 1 25 41 1 yr.
Miller, Bubba 55 C 11 60 60 2 yrs
Chester, Chris 54 C 2 32 52 2 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 6 53 53 1 yr.
Bushrod, Jermon 77 LG 1 15 38 4 yrs
Mathis, Evan 64 LG 3 25 37 2 yrs
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 2 30 39 2 yrs
Booker, Trent 71 RG 4 69 69 1 yr.
Pennington, Terrance 74 LT 2 38 52 2 yrs
Ugoh, Tony 62 RT 1 33 48 4 yrs
Keith, Richard 67 RT 9 44 44 1 yr.
Hill, Sherman 66 RT 9 36 36 1 yr.
McIntosh, Damion 63 RT 8 43 43 1 yr.
Sepulveda, Daniel 8 P 1 52 64 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 9 79 79 3 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 LDE 8 67 67 3 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 5 49 49 1 yr.
Mathis, Robert 76 RDE 5 46 46 2 yrs
Burchette, Nolan 72 RDE 1 21 32 1 yr.
Martin, Steve 96 LDT 12 38 38 1 yr.
Warren, Gerard 75 LDT 7 49 49 1 yr.
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 3 41 44 5 yrs
Thomas, Marcus 93 RDT 1 23 35 3 yrs
Darling, James 97 MLB 11 41 41 1 yr.
Mitchell, Marvin 56 MLB 1 23 30 1 yr.
Gardner, Barry 51 SLB 9 41 41 3 yrs
Sartz, Dallas 92 SLB 1 19 31 1 yr.
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 3 50 50 2 yrs
Robinson, Ramzee 44 LCB 1 20 43 3 yrs
McKenzie, Mike 42 LCB 9 35 35 2 yrs
Jammer, Quentin 36 LCB 6 45 45 1 yr.
Hughes, Daymeion 46 RCB 1 33 52 4 yrs
Talley, John 32 RCB 1 25 36 1 yr.
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 4 66 66 5 yrs
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 2 66 66 3 yrs
Dawkins, Brian 41 FS 12 42 42 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 49
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 49

Salary Cap: $129,300,000
Cap Room: $170,000
Maximum for New Player: $170,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $5,410,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $110,880,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 1: Buckhalter is showing signs of slowing down, but McNabb did a great job of airing it out. He has 386 yards and 3 TD's to lead us to a 35-20 win over the Giants. Smith and Holt each had 151 yards receiving. Steve had 2 TD's as well. We lost starting C Bubba Miller for most of the season in this game.

Week 2: Akers with a FG in OT to beat Buffalo 27-24. McNabb with 3 more TD's and 347 yards. Smith with 136 yards receiving. Gates with 2 TD's.

Week 3: McNabb was held to only 185 yards, but he had 3 TD's (and 2 INT's) in a 41-17 win over Atlanta. Imoh had his first TD of his career this game on a 6 yard reception. S Ko Simpson had 3 picks this game!

Week 4: McNabb was under 50% for the first time in a long time against a tough Minnesota defense, but Akers hit 4 FG's as we won 19-10. Buckhalter had his first 100 yard game of the year.

Week 5: McNabb threw a TD on each of our first 4 possessions as we beat Detroit 40-17. Holt with 2 TD receptions and Smith with 1.

Week 6: We are in the game of the week as we clash with undefeated GB. We are beat 31-19 as Hasselbeck throws 3 TD's. They completely shut down our running game.

Week 7: We are stifled on 6 drives, but still beat Washington 25-0 thanks to 6 FG's and a TD.

Week 8: Dallas Sartz with a 86 yard fumble return for a TD early in the game that leads to a lead that we never relinquish. We beat Chicago 27-14. Gates with 3 catches for 102 yards and a TD (82 yard reception.)

Week 9: Hughes has his first pick 6 and Quentin Jammer has 1 later in the game as we beat the Giants 31-3. McNabb is held to 122 yards as we went conservative after getting the big lead early.

Week 11: A McNabb interception costs us against Dallas as they get a last second TD to win 34-31. McNabb with 315 yards, 3 TD's, and 2 INT's.

Week 12: McNabb with 356 yards in a 30-13 win over Miami. Smith had 116 yards and a TD.

Week 13: Akers with an OT FG to beat the Rams 20-17.

Week 14: The Jets defense shuts us down. Hughes had another pick 6 for us, but McNabb threw 1 of his own as we lose 41-14. McNabb was held to 14 of 40 passing, but he didn't have 1 bad throw, they just defended us very well.

Week 15: Imoh with his first big play of his career, a 67 yard TD run in the 4th quarter to give us a 26-20 win over Dallas.

Week 16: New England with 6 FG's to beat us 26-20.

Week 17: Holt with a 95 yard TD reception as we beat Washington 23-0.

We finish 12-4. Arizona finished 14-2 and GB finished 12-4. They get the 2 byes.

A look at our summary:



Front Office Football 2007
2007 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2007
Record 12-4
Winning Pct. .750
All-Time 91-53
Winning Pct. .631
Playoffs 11-3
Playoff Visits 6
Bowl Wins 2
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 95-57
Winning Pct. .625
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.4 18
Rushing Yards 120.6 11
Yards Per Carry 4.56 8
Pass Attempts 35.2 11
Completions 18.7 28
Completion Pct. 53.1 32
Passing Yards 250.9 4
Yards Per Attempt 7.13 5
Yards Per Catch 13.43 1
Total Yardage Gained 362.1 3
3rd Down Conversions 37.0 20
Points Per Game 26.8 1
Pass Rush Pct. 20.1 11
Pass Defense Pct. 48.2 15
Turnovers 23 16 (T)
Turnover Margin +14 3 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 24.7 6
Rushing Yards 116.7 21
Yards Per Carry 4.73 32
Pass Attempts 37.7 28
Completions 23.8 31
Completion Pct. 63.0 15
Passing Yards 242.9 31
Yards Per Attempt 6.45 17
Yards Per Catch 10.23 12
Total Yardage Gained 340.6 29
3rd Down Conversions 34.9 10
Points Per Game 17.9 15
Pass Rush Pct. 23.9 32
Pass Defense Pct. 72.7 32
Turnovers 37 2

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 35 at NYK 20
2 27 BUF 24
3 41 ATL 17
4 19 MIN 10
5 40 DET 17
6 19 at GBY 31
7 25 WAS 0
9 27 at CHI 14
10 31 NYK 3
11 31 at DAL 34
12 30 MIA 13
13 20 at STL 17
14 14 at NJY 41
15 26 DAL 20
16 20 at NED 26
17 23 at WAS 0
$$WC MIN

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 563 299 4015 7.13 34 19 82.1
**Team --- 563 299 4015 7.13 34 19 82.1
$$Opp --- 603 380 3887 6.45 14 19 76.0

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
45 C. Buckhalter RB 234 1053 4.50 2 4 
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27 M. Jones-Drew RB 114 384 3.37 1 2
5 D. McNabb QB 50 332 6.64 1 5
**Team --- 423 1930 4.56 5 15
$$Opp --- 395 1867 4.73 14 27

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 T. Holt WR 138 68 1103 16.22 7.99 8 7
82 S. Smith WR 144 60 1006 16.77 6.99 10 8
45 C. Buckhalter RB 47 41 244 5.95 5.19 0 3
84 R. Curry WR 65 37 568 15.35 8.74 7 3
81 A. Gates TE 39 23 422 18.35 10.82 3 5
23 C. Martin FB 30 20 119 5.95 3.97 2 3
86 W. Gordon WR 42 19 258 13.58 6.14 3 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
37 A. Darkins S 95 26 2.0 0 4 4 79.0
97 J. Darling ILB 62 22 2.5 2 0 5 78.1
42 M. McKenzie CB 57 18 0.0 0 0 9 77.9
50 D. Johnson OLB 56 17 1.0 4 2 4 73.8
36 Q. Jammer CB 54 10 2.0 0 2 6 77.1
46 D. Hughes CB 52 7 2.0 0 2 9 78.2
41 B. Dawkins S 43 12 1.0 1 0 4 74.7
28 K. Simpson S 41 13 2.0 2 7 10 86.9
56 M. Mitchell ILB 38 10 0.0 2 0 1 76.9
44 R. Robinson CB 38 11 0.0 0 0 1 65.7
51 B. Gardner OLB 35 16 1.0 0 0 2 75.7
32 J. Talley CB 34 15 1.0 0 2 3 75.8
79 S. Ellis DE 33 10 7.0 12 0 0 81.5
75 G. Warren DT 32 8 6.5 9 0 0 81.2
96 S. Martin DT 21 12 4.0 6 0 0 82.5
76 R. Mathis DE 21 10 5.0 12 0 0 81.3
95 M. Patterson DT 19 4 2.0 2 0 0 81.1
93 M. Thomas DT 19 7 2.0 1 0 0 80.7 

[Eaglesfan27]

Wild Card Round:

Torry Holt with 2 late TD receptions to lead us past Minnesota 28-20. He finished with 7 catches for 105 yards and 2 TD's.

Divisional Round:

McNabb was great and had over 360 yards and 3 TD's (with 1 INT) as he led us in a 26-14 win over GB.


NFC Championship:

McNabb with a 4 quarter TD pass to Holt to lead us in a 27-21 win over Arizona! Holt with 4 catches for 95 yards and 2 TD's. Smith with 3 catches for 85 yards and a TD.

We'll be playing the Brock Huard led NY Jets in the Super Bowl. He is a very pedestrian QB. The strength of their team is HB Frank Gore, a very good offensive line, and a well balanced defense (but with no standout stars.)

[Eaglesfan27]

The Jets get the ball first. They run Gore into our line and get 0 yards on their first 2 plays. Huard overthrows his man on 3rd down and they go 3 and out.

They force a 3 and out as McNabb misses Smith on 3rd down.

The defenses continue to lead as we force another 3 and out. Then, we drive down the field, but McNabb is picked off in the endzone.

The Jets score first on the ensuing drive as Gore had a 22 yard run and then a PA pass from Huard to Ike Hilliard leads to a 26 yard TD.

Smith sets us up for a quick answer with a kickoff return to the 50. A 10 yard run by Imoh is followed by 3 quick passes including 10 yard strike to Holt. We are tied at 7, midway through the 2nd.

We force a 3 and out and then strike with a deep bomb to Steve Smith for a 47 yard gain. Our next 3 plays are for no gain and we settle for a midrange FG. 10-7 lead.

Huard to Keyshawn Johnson for a 48 yard gain on the 1st play of their drive and then he finds Johnson again for a 12 yard TD. 14-10 with 5 minutes left in the half.

On the first play, we run one of our famous screen plays and Martin, the FB, takes it 54 yards to get us inside FG range. The defense stops us the next 3 plays and we kick the FG to make it 14-13.


At halftime, we are down 14-13, but we get the ball to start the 2nd half.


We would have gone 3 and out, but a personal foul keeps the drive alive. Next play is a 28 yard run by Imoh. McNabb connects on a few more passes to get us inside their 30, but we are stopped there. Akers with a 46 yard FG to give us a 16-14 lead.

Defenses control the rest of the 3rd quarter.

Early in the 4th, the Jets put together a 55 yard drive that ends in a FG to give them back the lead 17-16.

McNabb throws deep on the 1st play of the drive, but it is picked off. Fortunately, we don't allow a single yard and they punt it in into the endzone. 11 minutes left.

The Jets pound the ball with Frank Gore and then unleash a great pair of PA passes to Javon Walker. A 14 yard TD pass to Walker ends the drive. We are down 24-16.

We start on our 33. McNabb scrambles for 10 to start the drive. Imoh is stuffed. Imoh gets 5 yards on an off tackle play. McNabb to Smith for 16 yards. We are on their 36 with 2:30 to go. DE Kenny Mixon chases McNabb and he misses Smith. McNabb throws for Meachem and he drops it. McNabb scrambles for 6 yards. On 4th and 4 with 2 minutes to go, we go for it...

McNabb looks left.. he looks right.. he throws a midrange pass across the middle to Smith.. he is decked by Josh Bullocks.. and drops the ball. We turn it over on downs.

They run Gore 3 times.. we force a punt with 1:14 left..it's into the endzone.

It takes us 45 seconds to cross midfield. 22 seconds left, McNabb passes it to Smith on the 33. They tackle him inbounds! Donovan runs up and spikes it. One last chance for the endzone..

McNabb throws it deep towards Smith.. he is double covered.. Bullocks knocks it down. We lose the Super Bowl 24-16.

[Eaglesfan27]

Lost a long post due to a mishit of a key.

A summary of our draft pre and post camp:

1 RB Jonathan Stewart 33/50, 36/53. Looks like a long term answer at HB. Will battle MJD to be the starter.

2 FB Owen Schmitt 41/71, 43/65. Training camp hit is disappointing but still will be the clear starter at FB.

3. S Kenny Phillips 22/46 (not a position of need, but had very good combines) 26/47. Not the huge jump I was expecting. If he develops quickly, I could trade one of my starters, but not likely to happen now.

4. TE Dustin Keller 21/43, 25/44. Should be a decent enough #2 TE.

5. TE Kellen Davis 23/47, 26/44. Good enough to stick on the roster.

6. DT Nick Hayden 20/38, 23/38. Showed enough in TC to stick on the roster.

7. WR Dorien Bryant 15/23, 16/24. Looking like a work out warrior without the skills to back it up. Likely gone in pre-season.


Biggest additions (lots of changes this offseason, but these are just a few of them): WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, T Marcus McNiel, G Jumbo Stokes, ILB Bradie James, WR Braylon Edwards.

A look at the roster post training camp:



Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 10 82 82 2 yrs
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 3 37 38 3 yrs
Smith, Troy 6 QB 2 24 35 2 yrs
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 3 44 44 2 yrs
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 3 40 40 3 yrs
Stewart, Jonathan 42 RB 1 36 53 4 yrs
Martin, Cecil 23 FB 10 43 43 2 yrs
Schmitt, Owen 43 FB 1 43 65 4 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 6 63 63 2 yrs
Keller, Dustin 89 TE 1 25 44 4 yrs
Davis, Kellen 87 TE 1 26 44 3 yrs
Houshmandzadeh, T.J. 14 FL 8 47 47 4 yrs
Smith, Steve 82 FL 8 80 80 4 yrs
Curry, Ronald 84 FL 6 45 45 3 yrs
Bryant, Dorien 18 FL 1 16 24 3 yrs
Holt, Torry 88 SE 10 64 64 3 yrs
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 5 40 40 3 yrs
Edwards, Braylon 83 SE 4 46 46 3 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 7 53 53 2 yrs
Chester, Chris 54 C 3 38 49 1 yr.
Stokes, Jumbo 75 LG 5 47 47 2 yrs
Mathis, Evan 64 LG 4 27 36 1 yr.
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 3 37 39 5 yrs
Bushrod, Jermon 77 LG 2 19 37 3 yrs
Booker, Trent 71 RG 5 71 71 5 yrs
Pennington, Terrance 74 LT 3 36 36 1 yr.
Rosenthal, Mike 63 RT 10 40 40 3 yrs
McNeill, Marcus 60 RT 3 60 60 5 yrs
Ugoh, Tony 62 RT 2 48 53 3 yrs
Sepulveda, Daniel 8 P 2 53 62 2 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 10 79 79 2 yrs
Ellis, Shaun 79 LDE 9 65 65 2 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 6 48 48 3 yrs
Mathis, Robert 76 RDE 6 46 46 1 yr.
Hayden, Nick 90 LDT 1 23 38 3 yrs
Kemoeatu, Ma'ake 94 RDT 7 38 38 1 yr.
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 4 42 42 4 yrs
Thomas, Marcus 93 RDT 2 32 35 2 yrs
James, Bradie 55 MLB 6 52 52 2 yrs
Thurman, Odell 53 MLB 4 54 54 3 yrs
Gardner, Barry 51 SLB 10 31 31 2 yrs
Fisher, LeVar 97 SLB 7 46 46 2 yrs
Middleton, Danny 57 SLB 5 45 45 1 yr.
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 4 51 51 3 yrs
McGee, Terrence 20 LCB 6 50 50 2 yrs
Twitty, Kendall 21 LCB 5 47 47 2 yrs
Robinson, Ramzee 44 LCB 2 33 48 2 yrs
Stargell, Tito 31 RCB 5 44 44 2 yrs
Hughes, Daymeion 46 RCB 2 45 52 3 yrs
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 5 60 60 4 yrs
Phillips, Kenny 48 SS 1 26 47 3 yrs
Scott, Bryan 29 FS 6 58 58 1 yr.
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 3 68 68 2 yrs

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 53
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 53

Salary Cap: $133,600,000
Cap Room: $7,850,000
Maximum for New Player: $8,290,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,280,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $141,100,000



Oh yeah, I hope I don't regret passing on DeSean Jackson, but his combines weren't impressive in this universe..

[Eaglesfan27]

Lost another long post, gotta stop hitting whatever key is causing that. Here is the summary of our year which was very successful. Stewart with a very good year as a rookie and he really helped this offense get to the next level, but McNabb had a season for the ages..




Front Office Football 2007
2008 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2008
Record 14-2
Winning Pct. .875
All-Time 105-55
Winning Pct. .656
Playoffs 14-4
Playoff Visits 7
Bowl Wins 2
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 112-60
Winning Pct. .651
Off. Coord. B. Philcox
Def. Coord. G. Marshall

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.7 7
Rushing Yards 139.4 2
Yards Per Carry 4.86 5
Pass Attempts 32.4 21
Completions 21.3 14
Completion Pct. 65.6 6
Passing Yards 292.6 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.04 1
Yards Per Catch 13.77 1
Total Yardage Gained 426.5 1
3rd Down Conversions 52.7 1
Points Per Game 35.2 1
Pass Rush Pct. 18.6 14
Pass Defense Pct. 49.5 13
Turnovers 14 2
Turnover Margin +13 2

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 23.4 4
Rushing Yards 116.0 18
Yards Per Carry 4.95 31
Pass Attempts 34.3 21
Completions 22.0 24 (T)
Completion Pct. 64.2 23
Passing Yards 242.6 28
Yards Per Attempt 7.08 28
Yards Per Catch 11.03 24 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 346.4 30
3rd Down Conversions 42.0 29
Points Per Game 18.9 15
Pass Rush Pct. 19.3 21 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 32.3 1
Turnovers 27 6 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 26 at DAL 27
2 41 at CIN 7
3 31 at NOS 17
5 29 at SEA 9
6 54 ARI 28
7 34 WAS 16
8 21 at NYK 22
9 41 at STL 14
10 31 SFO 6
11 42 DAL 27
12 21 CLE 13
13 30 GBY 28
14 35 at BAL 28
15 38 at WAS 28
16 41 PIT 3
17 48 NYK 29

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 518 340 4682 9.04 52 8 121.4
**Team --- 518 340 4682 9.04 52 8 121.4
$$Opp --- 548 352 3882 7.08 24 18 86.0

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
42 J. Stewart RB 241 1209 5.02 6 5
27 M. Jones-Drew RB 166 734 4.42 5 2 
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5 D. McNabb QB 47 284 6.04 4 1
**Team --- 459 2231 4.86 15 14
$$Opp --- 375 1856 4.95 9 28

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 T. Holt WR 130 83 1243 14.98 9.56 7 17
82 S. Smith WR 123 72 1122 15.58 9.12 6 10
81 A. Gates TE 65 46 642 13.96 9.88 4 8
14 T. Houshmandzadeh WR 45 29 477 16.45 10.60 2 5
84 R. Curry WR 27 23 263 11.43 9.74 1 2
83 B. Edwards WR 37 22 244 11.09 6.59 6 3
27 M. Jones-Drew RB 31 20 214 10.70 6.90 1 1

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
37 A. Darkins S 93 34 0.5 0 4 6 77.7
20 T. McGee CB 79 13 0.0 0 2 7 74.6
28 K. Simpson S 60 19 2.5 0 3 7 81.4
29 B. Scott S 47 11 0.0 0 0 5 73.2
57 D. Middleton OLB 46 14 0.5 1 0 1 70.3
46 D. Hughes CB 44 5 1.0 1 3 9 81.4
50 D. Johnson OLB 41 17 1.0 3 4 5 83.7
76 R. Mathis DE 40 9 6.5 10 0 0 82.1
53 O. Thurman ILB 40 18 1.0 0 0 2 77.5
44 R. Robinson CB 39 9 1.5 0 0 1 72.9
21 K. Twitty CB 35 12 0.0 0 0 5 74.3
94 M. Kemoeatu DT 25 7 0.5 0 0 0 80.9
79 S. Ellis DE 24 13 6.0 20 0 1 82.2
55 B. James ILB 20 9 1.0 0 0 0 79.0
31 T. Stargell CB 20 4 0.0 0 2 8 86.0
90 N. Hayden DT 19 12 3.0 2 0 0 82.1 

[Eaglesfan27]

In the divisional round, Donovan throws for 333 yards and 6 TD's as we beat the Giants 42-13. Smith with 8 catches for 132 yards and 2 TD's.

In the NFC Championship, Stewart with 2 rushing TD's and McNabb with 2 passing TD's as we beat Tampa Bay 28-14.

Donovan is going to another Super Bowl...

We'll be playing a talented Patriot team. They are still led by Drew Bledsoe who is ancient but still talented. Ricky Williams is a solid veteran running back. They have 3 talented WR's including rookie Devin Thomas, Deion Branch, and Donte' Stallworth. The offensive line is solid all around and their defense doesn't have any weaknesses either. A very well balanced team..

[Eaglesfan27]

We get the ball first. Stewart with 2 runs for a 1st. McNabb to Braylon for another 1st. Then our offense stalls. Sepulveda's punt is blocked giving NE great field position..

We stuff a 1st down run, defend the 2nd and 3rd down passes and they go for a 40 yard FG which Taylor Mehlhaff slices wide left.

We go 3 and out as Smith drops a 3rd down pass. Bledsoe to Thomas 3 times to get them inside our 5 where Bledsoe finds RB Stevie Hicks for a short TD pass. We are down 7-0.

Stewart with a 30 yard pass, but he gets stuffed on his next run and they defend the 2nd and 3rd down pass.

The 2nd quarter is controlled by the defenses, until Donovan leads a great drive that ends with a 23 yard strike to Smith for a TD. Tied at 7 with 2 minutes left.

Bledsoe responds with a perfect 2 minute drill. A 16 yard pass to Hicks, a 25 yard pass to Branch, a 18 yard pass to Branch, a 14 yard pass to Stallworth, and then a 4 yard TD pass to Ricky Williams. We are down 14-7 with 20 seconds left in the half.

Early in the 3rd quarter, we have a good drive ended by an interception to Samari Rolle at their 18.

They capitalize with a 8 play, 82 yard drive that featured a 12 yard run by Ricky on 3rd and 5 and a 6 yard TD run... wait, holding is called! Our defense holds them to a FG. We are down 17-7.

Donovan with a huge drive that features a 39 yard strike to Gates, a 15 yard pass to Holt, and another 15 yard pass to Holt for a TD! Down 17-14 early in the 4th.

Daymeion Hughes comes up with a huge interception in the endzone to end their next drive. We get the ball back with 9 minutes.

Stewart with a 18 yard run. Stewart with a 12 yard run. We get to their 42 but then our offense stalls. We punt it with 5:33 left.

Our defense holds and we get the ball back with 2:15 on our 30. Can Donovan lead us to the win?

Donovan fakes left, looks right, everyone is covered, he finds Gates breaking from his man over the middle.. he throws and completes it for 12 yards. Good tackle by Travis Williams. 2 minute warning.

Holding on the next play negates a 14 yard pass to Smith. 1st and 20, we come out with 5 wide.. Donovan drops back, rolls away from pressure, he sees Braylon streaking down the middle of the field, he throws it.. a beautiful arc.. completes it for a 47 yard gain! We are on their 21!

Donovan drops back, throws the slant towards Smith.. it is broken up by S Damien Robinson. Lucky that wasn't picked off.

2nd and 10.. Donovan with a quick throw to Holt on the slant. Again they break it up, this time is their other S, Marlon McCree.

3rd and 10.. Donovan pump fakes, throws it deep to Holt.. it is broken up by McCree.

Akers lines up for the 38 yard FG.. the holder bobbles the snap.. puts it down.. but that messes up Akers timing and he slices it wide right!

Disaster has struck!

Ricky runs it in the line twice. We use our timeouts. Ricky runs it again.. and Brian Dawkins drills him.. he fumbles.. Dawkins recovers!!! We have it on their 27 with 44 seconds left.

McNabb throws another slant.. this time Holt catches it for a 13 yard gain. 30 seconds and we are on the 14. McNabb drops back.. looks to Holt, he is covered, looks to Smith.. he is covered.. he throws a little check down to Owen who gets 4 yards but fails to get out of bounds! Donovan spikes it but only 7 seconds left. Our coach decides to send Akers out for the short FG..

Akers' kick is good! We are tied at 17.


New England takes a knee. We are going to OT.


New England wins the toss. They start at their 30 after the kickoff return by Devin Thomas.

After we are called for being offside, Bledsoe completes a pass for a 1st to their FB, Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala. They are now on their 40.

Ricky runs for 1 yard. Bledsoe throws a quick out which Stallworth turns into a 11 yard gain.

1st and 10 on our 48: Ricky runs for 3. Next play, he runs for 3.. but is hit and fumbles it! Their FB falls on it.

3rd and 4 on our 42: They run a screen and our guys bite on it.. Ricky turns it into a 33 yard gain!

1st and goal from the 9: Ricky runs for 2. Next play, Ricky runs around the left end, gets a great block from Bryant McKinnie.. he's untouched as he gets into the endzone. Donovan falls short again..

[Eaglesfan27]

Offseason News:

We have a new OC and DC as our old ones retired.

McNabb is in the last year of his contract. He wants 110 million over 4 years. I'm going to let him play this year out and then we'll figure it out.


Key Losses: DE Shaun Ellis (Cap casualty), S Bryan Scott (FA to Miami), DE Robert Mathis (FA to Rams), SLB Danny Middleton (FA to New Orleans.)

I'm now using strictly game generated draft classes for all future years.

An overview of my draft:

1. Tackle is not a position of need any longer, but by far the best player available at 1.31 is a RT. He looks like a potential stud at the position and there are no players worthy of this pick at any of my positions of need (DL, LB, CB.) Actually, at the last second, I change my mind and decide to take a corner who runs a 4.37 and has some other nice combines as well. The tackle goes to Chicago 5 picks later.

2(31) - I take a flier on a DE who appears to have big bars and has decent combines. I only have 1 DE on my roster right now, so he is a sure thing to start.

3(31) - Since I only have 1 DE on the roster, I take another one with my 3rd round pick, a guy who has a very solid 40.

4(31) - I take the best DT left, a guy with a sub 4.9 40 and excellent agility, but his strength is subpar.

5th and 6th round picks aren't interesting, but I take a flier on a CB who runs a 4.30 flat with the 7(31) pick. His bars look like crap, but his other combines aren't bad.

A look at our rookies pre and post TC:

1. CB Gene Rasmussen 16/45, 21/53 - I think I'm going to be very glad that I took this corner. My staff thinks he is very raw but could become a true lockdown corner with 100 M2M coverage.

2. DE Leonard Rainville 20/47, 22/42 - Disappointing post camp.
3. DE Terrance Kinney 18/52, 21/49 - Ditto.
4. DT Butch Donovan 18/55, 22/52 - Going to get some PT.
5. OLB Steve Gordon 24/48, 27/42 - no surprise. I didn't expect him to hold his bars.
6. DE Emmitt Hodges 15/46, 16/41.
7. CB Frank Conley 5/20, 8/25 - Very intriguing prospect.

Undrafted:

S Bennie Hudson 24/33, 26/33
WLB Buddy Ackerman 14/44, 16/40.
T Rich Ciaccio 22/41, 26/39.

A look at the entire roster:



Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 11 81 81 1 yr.
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 4 39 39 2 yrs
Smith, Troy 6 QB 3 34 34 1 yr.
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 4 46 46 1 yr.
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 4 43 43 2 yrs
Stewart, Jonathan 42 RB 2 45 56 3 yrs
Schmitt, Owen 43 FB 2 57 62 3 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 7 62 62 4 yrs
Keller, Dustin 89 TE 2 39 46 3 yrs
Davis, Kellen 87 TE 2 28 41 2 yrs
Houshmandzadeh, T.J. 14 FL 9 40 40 3 yrs
Smith, Steve 82 FL 9 70 70 3 yrs
Curry, Ronald 84 FL 7 44 44 2 yrs
Bryant, Dorien 18 FL 2 19 25 2 yrs
Holt, Torry 88 SE 11 62 62 2 yrs
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 6 39 39 2 yrs
Edwards, Braylon 83 SE 5 49 49 2 yrs
Bentley, Le Charles 70 C 8 46 46 1 yr.
Chester, Chris 54 C 4 43 48 1 yr.
Stokes, Jumbo 75 LG 6 46 46 1 yr.
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 4 40 40 4 yrs
Bushrod, Jermon 77 LG 3 16 28 2 yrs
Booker, Trent 71 RG 6 73 73 4 yrs
McNeill, Marcus 60 LT 4 55 55 4 yrs
Rosenthal, Mike 63 RT 11 38 38 2 yrs
Ugoh, Tony 62 RT 3 55 55 2 yrs
Ciaccio, Rich 68 RT 1 26 39 1 yr.
Sepulveda, Daniel 8 P 3 52 60 1 yr.
Akers, David 1 K 11 73 73 3 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 7 48 48 2 yrs
Rainville, Leonard 99 LDE 1 22 42 4 yrs
Hodges, Emmitt 96 RDE 1 16 41 3 yrs
Kinney, Terrance 91 RDE 1 21 49 3 yrs
Hayden, Nick 90 LDT 2 29 39 2 yrs
Donovan, Butch 72 LDT 1 22 52 4 yrs
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 5 43 43 3 yrs
Thomas, Marcus 93 RDT 3 37 37 1 yr.
James, Bradie 55 MLB 7 54 54 1 yr.
Thurman, Odell 53 MLB 5 56 56 2 yrs
Fisher, LeVar 97 SLB 8 44 44 1 yr.
Gordon, Steve 98 SLB 1 27 42 3 yrs
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 5 52 52 2 yrs
Ackerman, Buddy 92 WLB 1 16 40 1 yr.
McGee, Terrence 20 LCB 7 42 42 1 yr.
Twitty, Kendall 21 LCB 6 49 49 1 yr.
Robinson, Ramzee 44 LCB 3 42 42 1 yr.
Stargell, Tito 31 RCB 6 46 46 1 yr.
Hughes, Daymeion 46 RCB 3 51 51 2 yrs
Rasmussen, Gene 41 RCB 1 21 53 5 yrs
Conley, Frank 38 RCB 1 8 25 3 yrs
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 6 58 58 3 yrs
Phillips, Kenny 48 SS 2 31 48 2 yrs
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 4 67 67 1 yr.
Hudson, Bennie 30 FS 1 26 33 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 54

Salary Cap: $137,900,000
Cap Room: $340,000
Maximum for New Player: $670,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,350,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $102,250,000

[Eaglesfan27]

Just a brief overview of a few highlights of the season:

Week 14: McNabb throws for 402 yards and 5 TD's against Oakland in a 45-20 win. Smith, Holt, and Gates each had over 100 yards.

Week 15: We beat the Giants 52-3 as McNabb throws for 4 TD's and runs for another.

Week 16: The offense keeps clicking as we beat the Chargers 40-14.


This was another great season:




Front Office Football 2007
2009 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2009
Record 15-1
Winning Pct. .937
All-Time 120-56
Winning Pct. .681
Playoffs 16-5
Playoff Visits 8
Bowl Wins 2
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 129-62
Winning Pct. .675
Off. Coord. C. Clemmons
Def. Coord. M. Richmond

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 28.7 8
Rushing Yards 131.3 4
Yards Per Carry 4.58 7
Pass Attempts 31.3 24 (T)
Completions 20.6 18
Completion Pct. 65.8 7 (T)
Passing Yards 287.1 1
Yards Per Attempt 9.19 1
Yards Per Catch 13.96 1
Total Yardage Gained 411.1 1
3rd Down Conversions 48.4 1
Points Per Game 34.8 1
Pass Rush Pct. 18.2 18
Pass Defense Pct. 60.1 2
Turnovers 18 3
Turnover Margin +10 1 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 20.9 1
Rushing Yards 108.7 13
Yards Per Carry 5.19 32
Pass Attempts 37.2 28
Completions 22.4 24
Completion Pct. 60.3 8
Passing Yards 219.2 15
Yards Per Attempt 5.89 1
Yards Per Catch 9.77 1
Total Yardage Gained 315.5 10
3rd Down Conversions 38.2 10
Points Per Game 16.3 5
Pass Rush Pct. 16.0 3 (T)
Pass Defense Pct. 43.0 9
Turnovers 28 3 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 41 at WAS 17
2 20 at DEN 24
3 32 STL 27
4 34 ATL 27
5 41 NOS 27
6 45 at CAR 15
7 31 at TBY 14
8 30 NYK 13
9 30 WAS 11
10 31 at DAL 10
12 27 at KCY 17
13 23 at GBY 14
14 45 OAK 20
15 52 at NYK 3
16 40 SDO 14
17 34 DAL 7

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 500 329 4593 9.19 49 11 118.7
**Team --- 500 329 4593 9.19 49 11 118.7
$$Opp --- 595 359 3507 5.89 19 19 74.2

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
42 J. Stewart RB 255 1203 4.72 9 8
27 M. Jones-Drew RB 139 576 4.14 4 3 
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5 D. McNabb QB 59 307 5.20 2 1
**Team --- 459 2101 4.58 16 14
$$Opp --- 335 1739 5.19 10 20

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 T. Holt WR 125 70 1278 18.26 10.22 11 9
82 S. Smith WR 105 67 972 14.51 9.26 3 12
81 A. Gates TE 64 47 638 13.57 9.97 3 12
84 R. Curry WR 71 45 642 14.27 9.04 6 6
83 B. Edwards WR 43 25 375 15.00 8.72 2 3
43 O. Schmitt FB 23 20 131 6.55 5.70 1 2
42 J. Stewart RB 21 17 149 8.76 7.10 0 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
37 A. Darkins S 87 21 1.5 0 2 6 77.4
20 T. McGee CB 70 19 1.0 0 3 9 77.3
53 O. Thurman ILB 53 20 2.5 3 0 8 81.3
41 G. Rasmussen CB 48 10 0.0 0 0 6 74.1
97 L. Fisher OLB 46 12 0.0 1 4 3 79.4
46 D. Hughes CB 37 5 0.0 0 3 15 85.4
73 O. Umenyiora DE 32 9 13.5 21 0 0 82.0
44 R. Robinson CB 31 12 0.0 0 0 3 74.1
21 K. Twitty CB 30 14 0.0 0 2 12 83.3
98 S. Gordon OLB 29 4 0.0 0 0 1 69.2
28 K. Simpson S 24 14 0.0 0 2 7 85.5
48 K. Phillips S 24 10 0.0 0 0 3 75.9
55 B. James ILB 22 6 0.0 3 1 0 81.1
50 D. Johnson OLB 22 5 2.0 3 1 2 77.5
91 T. Kinney DE 22 11 3.5 11 0 0 80.0
90 N. Hayden DT 21 12 1.5 7 0 0 82.5
30 B. Hudson S 19 6 2.0 0 1 2 83.5 

[Eaglesfan27]

In the divisional round, we beat the Saints 45-14 as McNabb throws for 6 TD's and 407 yards.

In the NFC Championship, we beat the Packers 31-21 as McNabb throws for 306 yards and 3 TD's. Stewart with 110 yards rushing and a TD.

We'll be facing Pittsburgh who beat the Colts 23-21.

Pittsburgh will be without star wide out Hines Ward who tore his ACL in the AFC Championship Game. They are led by the talented David Gerrard. Kenny Irons has turned out to be a strong reliable running back for them. Without Ward, their WR corp is average, but they have 2 very good TE's. Their OL is solid at every position. Defensively, they are led by Joey Porter who is still one of the most feared linebackers in the league. Their front 7 is very good, but their secondary is just average. Hopefully, McNabb can get time to pick them apart..

[Eaglesfan27]

They start out with the ball. The first 3 plays are battering runs by Kenny Irons. Then, they run 1 PA pass for 18 yards to WR Mitch Shanks, before battering away with Irons again. Irons has 7 carries for 43 yards on the drive including a 3 yard TD run. Pittsburgh jumps to the 7-0 lead.

On 1st down, McNabb throws deep and just misses Smith. On 2nd down, we run MJD for 4 yards. On 3rd down, he throws it to Curry in the slot, but it is dropped. We have to punt.

The defenses control the rest of the 1st quarter, but their defense is gradually winning field position. At the start of the 2nd quarter, a punt return gets them to midfield. Irons gets them into FG range before we stop them. Kris Brown hits a 50 yard FG to make it 10-0.

The first play of our next drive, McNabb rolls out to his right and hits Curry in stride on a deep route across the middle. He makes it a 33 yard gain to get us into their territory. Curry also has a critical 3rd down catch to keep the drive going and get us into the red zone. From there, Stewart takes over including a 7 yard TD run. We are down 10-7.

We force a 3 and out, but their punter kicks it 70 yards and has it bounce out at our 3!

Stewart with 3 runs for a 1st. Then, a PA pass is perfectly thrown by McNabb to Smith for a 30 yard gain. Stewart with a 18 yard run to get deep into their territory. Passes to Holt and Curry for 12 yards each get us inside the redzone. Then, McNabb finds Braylon for a 11 yard TD catch! We lead 14-10 with 1 minute left in the half.


We lead 14-10 at the half and we get the ball to start the 2nd half..

Our offense is shut down quickly, but our defense returns the favor.

Our next drive, after 2 runs by Stewart for a 1st, McNabb throws a quick slant to Holt who breaks a tackle and turns it into a 51 yard gain! The next play McNabb to Gates who catches it and dives for the endzone, he is hit, and fumbles it.. it bounces into the endzone.. Smith falls on it for the TD!!! We lead 21-10.

Osi Umenyiora with a sack to force a 3 and out.

We start on our 41. Stewart with a 8 yard run. Smith with a 8 yard reception. Braylon with a pair of catches to get us inside their 20. Stewart with a pair of runs for 5 yards each. Donovan throws it to Curry who is hit hard at the 3... he fumbles.. it bounces into the endzone.. Smith pounces on it again!!! We are up 28-10!

Garrard comes out throwing, but we stop them short of midfield. They punt despite only 9 minutes left..

On 2nd down, McNabb makes a bad decision and throws a pick. Fortunately, 1 play later Tito Stargell intercepts it in the endzone to get us the ball back.

Wanting to keep on the offensive, McNabb fakes the handoff and throws deep to Holt for a 53 yard gain! We run it 5 times after that before kicking the FG to put us up 31-10.

On the 4 play of the drive, We pick off Gerrard again, this time by our new MLB Odell Thurman.

Stewart runs for 2 1sts and we are able to kill the clock. We win 31-10 as McNabb gets his 3rd ring!

[Eaglesfan27]

Donovan finished 26 of 34 for 326 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT as he wins MVP of the Super Bowl. Stewart finished with 19 carries for 84 yards and a TD. Holt had 6 catches for 131 yards.

I wonder if any of the older guys are going to retire or if they'll come back for another run?

[Eaglesfan27]

This year we had several players win awards:

McNabb was the offensive player of the year and the MVP. He also won both of those awards last year. Gates, Booker (my RG), Osi, and Terrence were all 1st team All-NFL. Holt was 2nd team All-NFL (he was 1st team last year.)

McNabb surpassed 300 TD's this season. He should pass 40,000 yards this upcoming season. He also passed 2500 yards rushing for his career this season. He has 21 TD's on the ground.


Off Season:

No one retired. :)

McNabb demands a 3 year 85 million dollar deal after I franchise him. I end up giving him what he wants.

FA Losses: CB Kendall Twitty (FA to Rams), CB Tito Stargell (FA to Chicago), C LeCharles Bentley (FA to TB.)

FA Signings: None (except for 2 undrafted rookies)



Draft thoughts:

This draft has 6 guys at the top who are can't miss superstars. I'm very tempted to go up and get one of them..

1. QB Zack Oelschlager's only knock against him is that he is only 5'11 218. Otherwise, he has everything you could want in a QB and combines to back them including a 4.44 40, a 22 strength, a 6.88 agility, and a 91 on the QB position drill. Of course, this is all about Donovan so I won't be trading up to get Zack..

2. DT Jack Burkett is a bit light at 276, but he has elite speed, agility, strength, broad jump, and he is smart.

3. CB Jesse Stewart is the most tempting. He's got perfect size, 4.36 speed, a 39 solecismic score, 21 strength, and a 55 position drill. His only weakness is that he isn't a good returner.

4. ILB Louie McSwain has red combines in every area. He's got great size at 6'3 262. He should be a beast.

5. RT Roosevelt Connors doesn't have good intelligence, but he has red combines in every other area and very good size at 6'5 315.

There is also an elite kicker at the top of the draft..


1. Carolina takes Zack the QB. They should be very dangerous in a few years.

2. KC takes CB Jesse Stewart. If he somehow fell to 5th, I was going up to get him.

3. The Bengals take Burkett.

4. Houston takes McSwain.

5. Atlanta takes the top WR in the draft.

7. Tampa Bay takes Conners.


I wasn't planning on taking another DE in this draft and definitely none this high. but Barry Locklear has elite speed with good size and I think he'll be a double digit sack guy. I take him with the 1.32 spot.

2(32) - WR Leonard Hancock is a project as he is very raw, but he great size, very good speed, agility, and strength.

3(32) - CB Earl McCreary is a good locker room presence from what I've heard and our staff thinks he is very underrated. Strictly a scout based pick.

4(32) - ILB Calvin Samuels has 4.55 speed and is very smart. A good project player.

5(32) - OLB Korey Whiting has 4.57 speed and good agility. Another project player.

6(32) - C Conrad Lewinsky has a very bad 40 time, but he had a great strength and good agility drill. Likely will be our primary backup at C.

7(32) G Rod Dennis has good strength.


A look at pre and post camp of my guys and the 5 can't miss guys:

1. Carolina QB Zack 33/93, 43/88. Despite the drop in potential, he looks like a future perpetual 1st team QB.
2. KC CB Stewart 55/90 - 63/89. He looks like he may have every bar maxed except for his return bars which are both near 0. 100 endurance and special team ability as well. I wish I had pulled the trigger on trading up for him..
3. Bengals' DT Burkett 51/83, 51/83 - Interesting training camp. Despite that, he looks like a monster.
4. Houston's ILB McSwain 35/60, 43/66 - He'll be a leading tackler.
5. TB's T Connors 32/84, 33/86. All pro tackle in a few years.

My picks:

1. DE Barry Locklear 24/53, 30/53. This guy looks like he'll be a double digit sack guy still. He'll start this year and take his lumps.
2. WR Leonard Hancock 23/44, 27/49. I think he is a future starter. Will get time in 4 and 5 WR sets this year.
3. CB Earl McCreary 18/31, 23/39. Looks like he'll be a solid dime back and maybe more in the future.
4. ILB Calvin Samuels 17/36, 21/40. He's going to get a bit of Playing time to see what he can develop into.
5. OLB Korey Whiting 15/23, 20/30. Big gain means he'll get some Playing time this year as a reserve.
6. C Conrad Lewinsky 19/41, 21/37. He'll stick this year, but not for long I suspect.
7. G Rod Dennis 15/21, 17/23. The post camp gains give me a bit of hope.

[Eaglesfan27]

A look at the roster. The biggest point of note is our WR's are getting old and are showing the drop off from age:




Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 12 85 85 3 yrs
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 5 39 39 3 yrs
Smith, Troy 6 QB 4 35 35 3 yrs
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 5 46 46 2 yrs
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 5 40 40 3 yrs
Stewart, Jonathan 42 RB 3 54 54 2 yrs
Schmitt, Owen 43 FB 3 56 56 2 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 8 58 58 3 yrs
Keller, Dustin 89 TE 3 44 44 2 yrs
Davis, Kellen 87 TE 3 30 38 1 yr.
Houshmandzadeh, T.J. 14 FL 10 38 38 2 yrs
Smith, Steve 82 FL 10 64 64 2 yrs
Curry, Ronald 84 FL 8 37 37 1 yr.
Hancock, Leonard 85 FL 1 27 49 4 yrs
Holt, Torry 88 SE 12 56 56 1 yr.
Gordon, Warren 86 SE 7 39 39 1 yr.
Edwards, Braylon 83 SE 6 50 50 6 yrs
Chester, Chris 54 C 5 57 57 2 yrs
Lewinsky, Conrad 56 C 1 21 37 3 yrs
Stokes, Jumbo 75 LG 7 47 47 2 yrs
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 5 40 40 3 yrs
Bushrod, Jermon 77 LG 4 18 29 1 yr.
Booker, Trent 71 RG 7 62 62 3 yrs
Dennis, Rod 64 RG 1 17 23 3 yrs
McNeill, Marcus 60 LT 5 54 54 3 yrs
Doulas, Kent 66 LT 1 25 45 1 yr.
Rosenthal, Mike 63 RT 12 36 36 1 yr.
Ugoh, Tony 62 RT 4 60 60 4 yrs
Sepulveda, Daniel 8 P 4 54 61 3 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 12 71 71 2 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 8 47 47 1 yr.
Rainville, Leonard 99 LDE 2 28 39 3 yrs
Hodges, Emmitt 96 RDE 2 18 39 2 yrs
Kinney, Terrance 91 RDE 2 30 47 2 yrs
Locklear, Barry 94 RDE 1 30 53 4 yrs
Hayden, Nick 90 LDT 3 34 34 1 yr.
Donovan, Butch 72 LDT 2 30 50 3 yrs
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 6 43 43 2 yrs
Thomas, Marcus 93 RDT 4 39 39 3 yrs
James, Bradie 55 MLB 8 53 53 2 yrs
Thurman, Odell 53 MLB 6 55 55 4 yrs
Samuels, Calvin 59 MLB 1 21 40 4 yrs
Fisher, LeVar 97 SLB 9 39 39 1 yr.
Gordon, Steve 98 SLB 2 33 33 2 yrs
Fraser, Grant 52 SLB 1 26 45 1 yr.
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 6 51 51 3 yrs
Whiting, Korey 51 WLB 1 20 30 3 yrs
Robinson, Ramzee 44 LCB 4 32 32 3 yrs
Rasmussen, Gene 41 LCB 2 40 58 4 yrs
Hughes, Daymeion 46 RCB 4 52 52 4 yrs
Conley, Frank 38 RCB 2 13 28 2 yrs
McCreary, Earl 26 RCB 1 23 39 4 yrs
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 7 57 57 2 yrs
Phillips, Kenny 48 SS 3 43 48 1 yr.
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 5 64 64 4 yrs
Hudson, Bennie 30 FS 2 31 33 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 56
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 56

Salary Cap: $141,800,000
Cap Room: $3,340,000
Maximum for New Player: $3,860,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $0

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $155,090,000

[Eaglesfan27]

McNabb battled injuries this year and they finally knocked him out for the last game after slowing him all year. He may miss our first playoff game. :(

Edit: Nevermind, at 10-6 we miss the playoffs for the first time in a long time. The Rams and Chicago each got the WC at 11-5.


Our offense really struggled when he was knocked out and hurt:



Front Office Football 2007
2010 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2010
Record 10-6
Winning Pct. .625
All-Time 130-62
Winning Pct. .677
Playoffs 19-5
Playoff Visits 8
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 142-68
Winning Pct. .676
Off. Coord. C. Clemmons
Def. Coord. M. Richmond

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.7 19
Rushing Yards 118.3 14
Yards Per Carry 4.60 5
Pass Attempts 33.1 19
Completions 20.0 23
Completion Pct. 60.5 25
Passing Yards 250.8 5
Yards Per Attempt 7.58 3
Yards Per Catch 12.54 1
Total Yardage Gained 360.8 4
3rd Down Conversions 46.4 3 (T)
Points Per Game 23.6 2
Pass Rush Pct. 16.3 26
Pass Defense Pct. 46.2 20 (T)
Turnovers 25 17 (T)
Turnover Margin -8 25 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 29.1 25 (T)
Rushing Yards 125.1 26
Yards Per Carry 4.30 17
Pass Attempts 31.1 7
Completions 19.9 9
Completion Pct. 64.0 20 (T)
Passing Yards 210.1 7
Yards Per Attempt 6.76 13
Yards Per Catch 10.57 7
Total Yardage Gained 325.4 14
3rd Down Conversions 44.2 29 (T)
Points Per Game 18.9 13 (T)
Pass Rush Pct. 18.5 17
Pass Defense Pct. 55.7 26
Turnovers 17 29 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 34 at NYK 27
2 21 JAX 10
3 27 at NOS 34
4 31 MIN 27
5 29 DET 26
6 27 at GBY 17
7 18 at WAS 24
9 26 at CHI 27
10 27 NYK 6
11 20 at DAL 7
12 13 at TEN 31
13 28 ARI 14
14 3 at HOU 16
15 31 DAL 20
16 37 IND 3
17 6 WAS 13

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 478 289 3713 7.77 26 11 93.3
2 D. Shockley QB 51 31 299 5.86 1 3 59.2
**Team --- 529 320 4012 7.58 27 14 90.1
$$Opp --- 497 318 3361 6.76 14 12 82.9

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
42 J. Stewart RB 259 1109 4.28 4 5
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27 M. Jones-Drew RB 95 448 4.72 5 0
5 D. McNabb QB 50 317 6.34 2 3
**Team --- 411 1892 4.60 11 14
$$Opp --- 466 2002 4.30 16 14

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
88 T. Holt WR 134 73 1036 14.19 7.73 9 8
82 S. Smith WR 93 57 656 11.51 7.05 4 3
81 A. Gates TE 66 42 469 11.17 7.11 4 4
83 B. Edwards WR 64 39 560 14.36 8.75 5 8
42 J. Stewart RB 33 27 244 9.04 7.39 2 0
14 T. Houshmandzadeh WR 39 23 325 14.13 8.33 3 1
89 D. Keller TE 36 21 414 19.71 11.50 2 2

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
53 O. Thurman ILB 89 23 3.0 0 0 7 80.5
37 A. Darkins S 84 40 0.0 0 0 1 74.0
28 K. Simpson S 68 16 0.0 0 4 10 81.7
97 L. Fisher OLB 59 16 2.0 0 1 2 69.6
44 R. Robinson CB 54 18 0.0 0 1 6 76.5
41 G. Rasmussen CB 50 13 0.0 0 2 7 77.7
46 D. Hughes CB 34 10 0.0 0 2 11 85.3
48 K. Phillips S 29 9 0.0 0 1 0 74.8
73 O. Umenyiora DE 28 12 7.0 27 0 0 82.2
30 B. Hudson S 28 7 0.0 0 0 2 74.1
26 E. McCreary CB 28 8 0.0 0 0 4 75.8
50 D. Johnson OLB 27 7 0.0 0 0 3 72.4
72 B. Donovan DT 26 12 3.5 3 0 0 82.1
52 G. Fraser OLB 25 5 0.0 0 1 0 71.7
91 T. Kinney DE 20 9 1.5 2 0 0 80.1
55 B. James ILB 17 4 0.0 1 0 0 78.9
93 M. Thomas DT 17 10 0.0 2 0 0 81.9
99 L. Rainville DE 16 9 4.0 5 0 0 80.4

[Eaglesfan27]

Darren McFadden with 3 rushing TD's to lead the Packers in a 21-9 win over Tennessee in the Super Bowl.

None of our players made any award teams.

No one retired, but we are in some cap trouble and will have trouble bringing back Holt. We need to clear some serious cap space and Stewart wants a huge contract that I don't think his talent is good enough to earn. I'm going to look to trade him.

Key Losses: WR T.J (release due to cap issues/declining skills), MLB James Bradie (cap release), WR Torry Holt (2 years for 14 million to Minnesota - I couldn't match that), WR Warren Gordon (FA to Seattle.)

FA-2 Pickups T Sam Baker (gotta get a USC guy) and DT Kyle Williams.

Draft: Wow, another franchise QB and while I could understand Carolina passing on him, Detroit also passed on him and they do not have a young quality QB. He falls to 1.3 where Jacksonville gets him.

I may regret this, but I trade RB Jonathan Stewart (due to his crazy contract demands), my 1st this year, my 3rd this year, and my 3rd next year to move up 11 spots to grab the #1 WR in the draft. He isn't a can't miss, but he is the clear best WR in this draft.

1.13 WR Eugene Strickland - great size at 6'2" 210, 4.38 speed, elite agility, and a 65 position drill.

56. S Vince Gardner has size and quadruple red combines. My scout thinks he is overrated. I think the combines don't lie. If he pans out, I'll trade/cut Alex.

120. RB James Earle has a great 40 time and should be a nice breakaway threat while backing up Maurice Jones-Drew.

My guys pre/post camp:

1. WR Strickland 33/57, 37/56; Looks like I might kick myself for moving up for him..
2. SS Gardner 25/59, 29/58; Just a combine warrior?
4. RB Earle 31/41, 34/41; Looks like a good home run threat.
5. WR Fernando Fravert 21/31, 22/31
6. C Archie Dormis 24/38, 28/37
7. RT Quinn Rogers 10/20, 12/22.

[Eaglesfan27]

Front Office Football 2007
Philadelphia Eagles Roster, Scout Overview

Player # Pos Start Exp Current Estimate Future Estimate Cntrct
McNabb, Donovan 5 QB 13 79 79 3 yrs
Shockley, D.J. 2 QB 6 40 40 2 yrs
Smith, Troy 6 QB 5 39 39 2 yrs
Jones-Drew, Maurice 27 RB 6 38 38 3 yrs
Imoh, Mike 33 RB 6 41 41 2 yrs
Earle, James 40 RB 1 34 41 4 yrs
Schmitt, Owen 43 FB 4 56 56 3 yrs
Gates, Antonio 81 TE 9 57 57 2 yrs
Keller, Dustin 89 TE 4 46 46 1 yr.
Davis, Kellen 87 TE 4 27 31 1 yr.
Smith, Steve 82 FL 11 64 64 2 yrs
Hancock, Leonard 85 FL 2 40 49 3 yrs
Palmer, Lamar 88 FL 1 21 37 1 yr.
Edwards, Braylon 83 SE 7 51 51 5 yrs
Fravert, Fernando 86 SE 1 22 31 3 yrs
Strickland, Eugene 80 SE 1 37 56 4 yrs
Chester, Chris 54 C 6 56 56 4 yrs
Lewinsky, Conrad 56 C 2 22 33 2 yrs
Domis, Archie 58 C 1 28 37 3 yrs
Stokes, Jumbo 75 LG 8 39 39 1 yr.
Boothe, Kevin 78 LG 6 41 41 2 yrs
Booker, Trent 71 RG 8 64 64 2 yrs
McNeill, Marcus 60 LT 6 55 55 2 yrs
Doulas, Kent 66 LT 2 35 44 1 yr.
Ugoh, Tony 62 RT 5 60 60 3 yrs
Baker, Sam 61 RT 4 41 41 2 yrs
Rogers, Quinn 67 RT 1 12 22 3 yrs
Sepulveda, Daniel 8 P 5 54 54 2 yrs
Akers, David 1 K 13 70 70 3 yrs
Umenyiora, Osi 73 LDE 9 41 41 2 yrs
Rainville, Leonard 99 LDE 3 30 30 2 yrs
Kinney, Terrance 91 RDE 3 35 45 1 yr.
Locklear, Barry 94 RDE 2 45 53 3 yrs
Williams, Kyle 77 LDT 6 53 53 4 yrs
Donovan, Butch 72 LDT 3 38 49 2 yrs
Patterson, Mike 95 RDT 7 43 43 1 yr.
Thomas, Marcus 93 RDT 5 39 39 2 yrs
Thurman, Odell 53 MLB 7 53 53 3 yrs
Samuels, Calvin 59 MLB 2 32 43 3 yrs
Fisher, LeVar 97 SLB 10 41 41 1 yr.
Gordon, Steve 98 SLB 3 32 32 1 yr.
Fraser, Grant 52 SLB 2 31 41 1 yr.
Johnson, Derrick 50 WLB 7 52 52 2 yrs
Whiting, Korey 51 WLB 2 25 31 2 yrs
Robinson, Ramzee 44 LCB 5 32 32 2 yrs
Rasmussen, Gene 41 LCB 3 58 58 3 yrs
Hughes, Daymeion 46 RCB 5 52 52 3 yrs
Conley, Frank 38 RCB 3 21 30 1 yr.
McCreary, Earl 26 RCB 2 33 44 3 yrs
Darkins, Alex 37 SS 8 57 57 4 yrs
Phillips, Kenny 48 SS 4 52 52 3 yrs
Gardner, Vince 23 SS 1 29 58 4 yrs
Simpson, Ko 28 FS 6 63 63 5 yrs
Hudson, Bennie 30 FS 3 32 32 1 yr.

$$ - player is suspended, ## - player is inactive,
** = player is injured, %% - player is on IR.

Players Under Contract: 54
Inactive: 0
On Active Roster: 54

Salary Cap: $145,700,000
Cap Room: $790,000
Maximum for New Player: $1,240,000
Cap Room Lost (to old contracts): $3,030,000

Cap Room Lost Next Year (to old contracts): $0
Cap Room Required Next Year: $155,320,000



Thoughts. Bad that right after I trade Stewart, MJD has an offseason ratings hit. Smith is holding up nicely. He should be the #1 target this year, and I'm finally taking him off returns to keep his stamina up. Osi is showing his age, but Barry should be ready to step up some. Gene and Daymeion are going to be a very solid pair of corners for me for a few more years. Next year's cap is a already a mess..

[Eaglesfan27]

Preseason:

Eugene had a huge preseason, catching 6 TD's! Imoh won the starting job. His homerun ability is too much to keep off the field. Donovan was hurt on the 1st play of the last pre-season game. He'll miss 2-3 weeks. CB Frank Conley keeps creeping fast, he'll get some time as a dime back.


Week 1: Despite being the backup SE, Eugene catches 2 TD's passes from Shockley as we upset the Cowboys 33-9! Shockley was 20 of 32 for 245 yards with 3 TD's and 1 INT. Imoh was held to 37 yards on 16 carries.


Week 2: Shockley gets knocked out of the game early and Troy Smith has to come in. We get beat by Buffalo 30-19 as Smith struggles.

Week 3: Donovan with a triumphant return for 304 yards and 3 TD's. Imoh with his first 100 yard game. We beat Chicago 47-20.

Week 5: We beat a previously undefeated Seattle team, 19-14.

Week 6: Gates with only 1 catch, but it is a 44 yard TD to give us the 26-20 win over Arizona. Smith had a 6 yard TD run this game as well.

Week 7: Eugene, Smith, and Schmitt each have a touchdown reception in a 27-17 win over Washington. Eugene appears to be a great red zone player.

Week 8: We beat the Giants 31-9 as McNabb throws 2 more TD's.

Week 9: Eugene with his first 100 plus yard day. He had a 84 yard TD early in the game and finished with 4 catches for 124 yards and a TD. We beat the Rams 31-13.

Week 10: Donovan with a costly interception late and we get beat 24-17 by SF despite a pair of TD receptions by Smith.

Week 11: Donovan throws 3 picks, but he also throws 2 TD's, the 2nd of which is the winning TD. We beat Dallas 27-22.

Week 12: Donovan with a last second TD to Gates to beat Miami 24-23. Brian Brohm had a big game against us with 351 yards.

Week 13: Atlanta gets tremendous pressure on McNabb and holds him to 19 of 38 as they beat us 20-10.

Week 14: Imoh with 111 yards on 20 carries and a TD as we beat the Jets 30-10.

Week 15: A show down for the division as we and Washington are both 10-3. Akers with a FG late in the 4th to give us the 20-17 win.

Week 16: A big game against 11-3 NE. We beat them 37-16. Both of my young receivers had big TD catches, Eugene with a 48 yard TD catch early and Leonard Hancock followed it with a 76 yard TD catch.

Week 17: McNabb with TD passes to 4 different receivers as we beat the Giants 38-20 to end the season.

We end the year 13-3 and get the #1 seed.

On defense, I was most impressed with Gene and Locklear.



Front Office Football 2007
2011 Summary for Philadelphia Eagles

Year 2011
Record 13-3
Winning Pct. .812
All-Time 143-65
Winning Pct. .687
Playoffs 19-5
Playoff Visits 9
Bowl Wins 3
Head Coach Harold Midgette
Record 155-71
Winning Pct. .685
Off. Coord. C. Clemmons
Def. Coord. M. Richmond

Philadelphia Eagles Team Rank
Rushes per Game 25.8 20
Rushing Yards 118.1 7 (T)
Yards Per Carry 4.58 6
Pass Attempts 35.1 12
Completions 21.1 18
Completion Pct. 60.1 28
Passing Yards 271.3 3
Yards Per Attempt 7.74 3
Yards Per Catch 12.88 1
Total Yardage Gained 376.8 3
3rd Down Conversions 41.5 12
Points Per Game 27.3 2
Pass Rush Pct. 23.7 2
Pass Defense Pct. 63.7 1
Turnovers 23 16 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 9 (T)

Opponents Team Rank
Rushes per Game 26.0 18
Rushing Yards 122.8 25
Yards Per Carry 4.72 29
Pass Attempts 34.9 21
Completions 20.2 8 (T)
Completion Pct. 57.9 3
Passing Yards 220.4 9
Yards Per Attempt 6.32 5
Yards Per Catch 10.92 19 (T)
Total Yardage Gained 328.9 14
3rd Down Conversions 34.6 2
Points Per Game 17.8 6
Pass Rush Pct. 20.4 27
Pass Defense Pct. 57.4 30
Turnovers 27 8 (T)

Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 33 DAL 9
2 19 at BUF 30
3 47 at CHI 20
5 19 at SEA 14
6 26 ARI 20
7 27 at WAS 17
8 31 NYK 9
9 31 at STL 13
10 17 SFO 24
11 27 at DAL 22
12 24 at MIA 23
13 10 ATL 20
14 30 NJY 10
15 20 WAS 17
16 37 NED 16
17 38 at NYK 20

Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int Rate
5 D. McNabb QB 483 295 3807 7.88 31 12 96.8
2 D. Shockley QB 50 26 347 6.94 4 1 92.7
**Team --- 561 337 4341 7.74 37 14 95.9
$$Opp --- 558 323 3526 6.32 17 20 71.8

Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Fum
33 M. Imoh RB 238 1038 4.36 6 7 
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27 M. Jones-Drew RB 90 454 5.04 2 0
40 J. Earle RB 41 240 5.85 1 1
**Team --- 412 1889 4.58 10 22
$$Opp --- 416 1964 4.72 8 16

Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc Y/Tar Drop TD
83 B. Edwards WR 126 70 993 14.19 7.88 10 5
82 S. Smith WR 121 68 960 14.12 7.93 5 10
80 E. Strickland WR 76 41 728 17.76 9.58 3 6
81 A. Gates TE 56 37 485 13.11 8.66 5 3
85 L. Hancock WR 65 35 593 16.94 9.12 4 5
33 M. Imoh RB 25 21 105 5.00 4.20 0 2
43 O. Schmitt FB 25 21 123 5.86 4.92 0 3

Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack Hurr Ints Defn PDPct
37 A. Darkins S 78 18 1.0 0 3 6 80.1
53 O. Thurman ILB 65 27 1.0 4 3 6 81.8
28 K. Simpson S 61 21 1.0 0 3 8 81.2
26 E. McCreary CB 60 14 0.0 0 2 9 78.2
50 D. Johnson OLB 58 19 2.0 3 0 5 75.2
41 G. Rasmussen CB 44 11 1.0 2 2 13 84.0
77 K. Williams DT 41 15 6.0 15 0 1 81.4
38 F. Conley CB 41 13 0.0 0 1 4 77.1
48 K. Phillips S 37 19 0.0 0 0 3 75.2
72 B. Donovan DT 37 19 4.0 16 0 0 81.8
73 O. Umenyiora DE 33 7 8.0 14 0 1 81.0
94 B. Locklear DE 32 9 9.5 17 0 0 81.2
46 D. Hughes CB 30 12 0.0 0 2 8 82.2
97 L. Fisher OLB 28 16 0.0 0 3 3 80.9
23 V. Gardner S 26 12 0.0 1 0 5 77.3
93 M. Thomas DT 18 6 0.5 3 0 0 80.1
52 G. Fraser OLB 17 3 1.0 1 1 1 79.4 

[Eaglesfan27]

SS Darkins is out for the playoffs. Kenny Phillips will step into the starting lineup.

Wow. In the Divisional Round, Eugene catches all 4 of McNabb's TD passes to lead us in a 35-10 win over Detroit. He finished with 6 catches for 95 yards and 4 TD's. I guess I don't regret that trade at all now ;)

No! Steve Smith was hurt in the game and is possibly done for the rest of the playoffs. We also lost our best guard for the rest of the playoffs.

Eugene will actually start the rest of the playoffs with Braylon sliding over to FL.


In the NFC conference game, it is our ground game that controls the flow. Imoh breaks off a 26 yard TD early. Then, Earle breaks off a 57 yard TD. They each get over 100 yards, McNabb throws for 250 and a TD and we beat Seattle 37-12 in the NFC Championship game.

Smith is going to make an attempt to play in the Super Bowl!

We'll be playing Tennessee in the Super Bowl as they beat the Patriots 20-14.

The Titans are led by A.J. Feeley who is an average to good QB in this universe. Yvenson Bernard is a very good running back who had over 1400 yards this year. They have 4 solid but unspectacular WR's. Their offensive line is excellent and is led by LT Harvey Logan. Their defensive front 7 is loaded with very good players including star LB Shawne Merriman. Leon Hall leads a solid but unspectacular secondary.

[Eaglesfan27]

Our first drive starts off well with Imoh getting 2 first downs, but we stall right around the 50 as Josh Bullocks knocks down a 3rd won pass.

Tennessee works it down the field with a combination of short passes and runs by Bernard who finishes the drive with a 4 yard TD run. That was a 13 play 79 yard drive for the touchdown.

Braylon gets us going with a 30 yard reception. Eugene with a 12 yard reception on 3rd and 8. Imoh with a 12 yard run. Gates with a 15 yard catch. Earle runs it in from the 4! Tied at 7.

Odell Thurman with a sack to force 2nd and 17 early in their next drive and they fail to pick up the yardage. A very long punt for a touchback.

We exchange short failed drives.

Our next drive, Eugene with a 12 yard catch on 3rd and 7 to get us to our 37. Leonard with a 12 yard catch on 3rd and 5. A sack by Merriman puts us into 3rd and 16. McNabb looks left, comes back to his right and throws it deep for Leonard.. it is picked off by DeAndre Jackson. He returns it to their 40.

Our defense forces a 3 and out, but a 56 yard punt pins us on our 3.

First play is a PA pass to Leonard for 35 yards. Next play is a 12 yard pass to Keller across the middle, he is popped hard, and fumbles it. They recover. SS Sabby Piscitelli caused and recovered the fumble.

Our defense holds them to only a 12 yard drive. They punt it to our 1. We gain a yard and let the clock run out on the half.


Tied at 7 at halftime.


Troy Williamson with a 18 yard catch, but that is the only first down we allow on their first drive of the 2nd half. James Heinlein with another great punt. We start on our 7.

On 3rd and 5, Smith catches it for 8 yards. That is our only 1st as we punt from inside our 20. Our defense forces a 3 and out. We start on our 28 as we finally got to return a punt for a few yards.

Imoh runs for 7. Imoh runs for 2. Imoh is stuffed. We punt.. but Sepulveda's punt is blocked! It bounces back towards the end zone.. Neil Peterson picks it up and runs it in for a TD for Tennessee!

Imoh with a good kickoff return. We start on our 41. Imoh with a 10 yard run. Braylon drops a 1st down pass. Gates drops a 2nd down pass. Luis Castillo sacks Donovan. The punt is a touchback.

We exchange short failed drives to end the 3rd.

Early in the 4th, Ko Simpson drills Bernard and he fumbles it at their 43. LB Derrick Johnson picks it up for us and runs it to their 14 before he is tackled!

3 yard pass to Leonard. Braylon drops it in the end zone. McNabb is chased by Merriman, he scrambles to his right, he turns it up field.. he dives.. and is a yard short. We debate going for it, but we kick the short FG. Down 14-10.

On 3rd and 10, they throw a screen to Bernard for 11 yards. We get them into 3rd and 8 and throw a slant to Williamson, but Kenny Phillips picks it off, gets a block, gets to the outside and returns it 41 yards for a TD!!! We lead 17-14 with 9 minutes left.

They get 1 first down, but we stop them on 3rd and 10 as Ko Simpson defends a pass intended for their #2 WR.

We are on our 17 with 7 minutes left.

Imoh with a 18 yard run to start the drive. Imoh is stuffed on his next run. Smith drops a 2nd down pass. Smith drops a 3rd down pass. His injury is bothering him. We punt to their 24.

1 yard run. Feeley to Dallas Clark for a 9 yard gain. Earl McCreary defends the next pass. Terrance Kinney with pressure forces a bad pass. Feeley throws to his FB, but Odell tackles the FB 5 yards short. They punt with 3 minutes left.

First play, we call a PA pass to Gates for a 9 yard gain. They stuff Imoh on 2nd down. On 3rd down, Earle runs it inside the left tackle for a 13 yard gain! 2 minute warning.

Imoh runs for 1. Imoh is stuffed at the line. Earle runs it for 1. We punt with 47 seconds left. A short punt has them at their 29.

Kyle Williams chases Feeley and he throws it poorly. Kenny Phillips crushes Dallas Baker on 2nd down and he drops the pass. Feeley throws a slant and is it knocked down by Derrick Johnson. On 4th down with 10 seconds left, Feeley throws it deep and the "little creeper that could" Frank Conley knocks it down!

McNabb takes a knee and we celebrate another Super Bowl win, 17-14! :)

[Eaglesfan27]

S Kenny Phillips wins MVP of the Super Bowl.

DT Kyle Williams was 2nd team as was G Trent Booker.

Not looking forward to going through more cap hell. McNabb's huge contract really hits the old salary cap.

Retirements: G Jumbo Stokes (unexpected.) I'm surprised Steve didn't hang them up yet, but happy that he didn't. I'll do the rest of the offseason later today.