Every football coach will tell you that a third of any game is special teams. But not every coach spends a third of their practice time sharpening the many blades of special teams. As a result, most special teams aren’t special. They are just teams.

That’s what the Eagles were the past two seasons under special team coordinator Bobby April. They were teams. One additional truism from all special team coaches are that “we want to win two games each year because of our special teams and we want to never lose a game because of poor special team play.”

Barbre has fared well in the two starts Kelly gave him beginning last week against New England, holding down the left tackle spot while All pro tackle Jason Peters continues his recovery from a hamstring injury.

For the first time in Arena Football League history, the ArenaBowl championship game will feature the same two teams from the year before. The defending champion Arizona Rattlers (15-3) will take on their ArenaBowl XXV adversaries, the Philadelphia Soul (12-6) again in front of a national audience on the CBS Television Network in ArenaBowl XXVI on Saturday, August 17. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET.

Four Players Make First-Team ALL AFL, One to Second-Team…but more important…
The Philadelphia Soul will play the Jacksonville Sharks in the American Conference Championship to advance to ArenaBowl XXXVI. The game is between the top two seeds of the conference. Kickoff is set for Saturday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. ET in Jacksonville. The two teams faced off in last season’s American Conference Championship when the Soul won, 89-34. With a win, the Soul will advance to the ArenaBowl to for the second consecutive season

NFL training camps aren’t what they used to be, thanks to the 2011 collective bargaining agreement and coaches understandably fearful of seeing players suffer injuries. Gone are the days of twice-daily practices, players in full pads for every workout and frequent tackling. The Giants are one of many teams that refrain from tackling in camp practices.

All three quarterbacks who were given a chance to be the Eagles starter this year had a chance to display their skills Friday night at the Linc against the New England Patriots in the preseason opener for both teams.

Eli Manning talks about taping the Direct TV commercial with his brother Peyton and dad Archie that is a parody of rapping.

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ANNUAL SUMMER JAM REUNION AT ECHOS IN NORTH WILDWOOD ON SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH FROM 6:00 p.m. – 10 p.m.

The former Eagles quarterback, along with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and teammates Brian Westbrook and Brian Dawkins met with the Eagles media to share thoughts about the greatest signal caller in Eagles history. McNabb retires owning virtually every passing record in Eagles history. He quarterbacked nine playoff wins during his 11-year career in Philadelphia.

The Giants’ general manager told a crowd of reporters at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center that it is 190 days until Super Bowl XLVIII, which will be played on the team’s home field in MetLife Stadium.
“We’re going to put up in the locker room our countdown, so our guys can see how urgent it is to be ready to go every week,” Reese said. “You can’t let games get away from you and expect to make the playoffs. So we’ve got to have a sense of urgency going into this season.”