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| Reid confirms Bowles as secondary coach; Castillo remains DC |
NFL Football |
01/31/2012 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid said Tuesday that Juan Castillo will remain the team's defensive coordinator and also confirmed that Todd Bowles will join the staff as secondary coach. Bowles finished the 2011 season as the interim head coach for Miami after Tony Sparano was fired with three games remaining. He was considered for the full- time position with the Dolphins, who instead went with Green Bay offensive coordinator Joe Philbin. Castillo, meanwhile, had come u |
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| Belichick has come a long way |
NFL Football |
01/30/2012 |
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| ll and the United States Naval Academy, played a major impact on his son's life and his love for football. The elder Belichick also shared a Gatorade shower with his son, courtesy of linebacker Tedy Bruschi, following a Super Bowl XXXIX win over the Philadelphia Eagles -- the last of three Patriots' championships within a four-year span from 2001-04. "He had a huge impact on my childhood, my love for the game and my involvement in the game as a coach, even though I played poorly," Bill Belichick said. "It was stil |
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| Browns hire Childress as OC |
NFL Football |
01/27/2012 |
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| rts Network) - The Cleveland Browns named former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress offensive coordinator on Friday. Childress becomes the first offensive coordinator under Browns head coach Pat Shurmer. Among his 33 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and NFL levels, Childress was an offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles under Andy Reid from 2006-10. The Vikings fired Childress as head coach and replaced him with Leslie Frazier in November 2010 during his fifth season at the helm. |
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| Report: Browns hire Childress as OC |
NFL Football |
01/27/2012 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Browns have hired Brad Childress as offensive coordinator, according to a report. Childress will become the first offensive coordinator under Browns head coach Pat Shurmer, NFL.com reported Friday. The former Minnesota Vikings head coach was an offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles under Andy Reid. The Vikings fired Childress as head coach and replaced him with Leslie Frazier in November 2010 during his fifth season at the helm. |
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| Maryland picks Stewart as new defensive coordinator |
Division I College Football |
01/17/2012 |
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| e top 15 in the nation in five defensive categories during the 2011 season, in which the Cougars finished 13-1. Before taking the position at Houston, Stewart had spent eight years as an assistant in the NFL. He was the Cowboys defensive coordinator from 2007-08 and joined the Philadelphia Eagles as a defensive special assistant in 2009. Stewart also had nine years of collegiate coaching experience before his venture to the NFL, including stops at Cal Poly, Northern Arizona, Missouri, San Jose State and Syracuse. |
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| Colts tab Grigson as new GM |
NFL Football |
01/11/2012 |
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| Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbooks) - The Indianapolis Colts have named Ryan Grigson as their new general manager. Grigson spent the past nine years with the Philadelphia Eagles. He joined the franchise in 2003 as a regional scout, became director of college scouting in 2006 and took over as director of player personnel in 2010. The Indiana native and a Purdue graduate also spent three seasons with the St. Louis Rams as a scout. Grigson will take over a football operations department that had been headed by Bill Po |
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| Time for NFL's non-playoff teams to start planning ahead |
NFL Football |
01/06/2012 |
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| n and failure to build strong comradery. Yes, it's only January, but there should be no timetable on when to start preparing for the following season. And it's allowed this time, as opposed to 2011. No team assembled more hype and publicity than the Philadelphia Eagles in their ardent pursuit of building a winner this past offseason. A flurry of free agents, including prized cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, led many to believe the road to the Super Bowl in the NFC ran through south Philly, and a Week 1 victory in St. L |
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| Eagles TE Celek has successful surgeries |
NFL Football |
01/04/2012 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - The Philadelphia Eagles announced Wednesday that tight end Brent Celek underwent successful surgeries on Tuesday to repair a sports hernia and a torn labrum in his hip. Both procedures were performed at the same time and no timetable was given for his rehabilitation. Celek appeared in all 16 games for the Eagles this season despite the injuries, catching 62 balls for 811 yards and five touchdowns, including a career-best 156 yards against the Jets on December 18. A fifth-round |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, January 1, 2012) |
NFL Football |
01/01/2012 |
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| i Kunalic, S Jordan Pugh, LB Omar Gaither, C Jeff Byers, DT Andre Neblett, DE Charles Johnson Saints - WR Lance Moore, S Malcolm Jenkins, RB Mark Ingram, LB Jonathan Vilma, TE Tory Humphrey, TE John Gilmore, DE Jeff Charleston WASHINGTON REDSKINS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Redskins - WR Aldrick Robinson, LB Rocky McIntosh, T Jammal Brown, TE Richard Quinn, WR David Anderson, DE Doug Worthington, DE Kentwan Balmer Eagles - CB Asante Samuel, RB LeSean McCoy, DT Cedric Thornton, G Julian Vandervelde, WR R |
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| Eagles' McCoy sits for finale |
NFL Football |
01/01/2012 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy was inactive for the season-finale against Washington because of an ankle injury. McCoy hurt his left ankle last Saturday against Dallas. He missed practice on Wednesday and was a limited participant on Thursday before going through the full workout on Friday. The Eagles had listed him as questionable for the contest. Selected to the Pro Bowl earlier this week, McCoy entered the final weekend of the season as the NFL's second-leadin |
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