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Reasons to be Excited in Philly

This has been one of the most exciting off seasons for Philadelphia Eagles fans. The offseason started with rumors swirling about that the Eagles were poised to make a big splash including possibly dealing one of their first round picks for an elite receiver (Braylon Edwards, Chad Ocho Cinco, or Anquan Boldin) or possibly packaging multiple picks to move up into the top five or ten to grab one of the big name offensive linemen. As the draft concluded the Eagles were one of the teams being viewed as having one of the best offseasons to-date.

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Posted by Eric Engberg - June 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm

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2009 NFL Draft Quick Hits

The 2009 NFL Draft is in the books and here are the Pickle’s thoughts on what each team did in this year’s Draft.

Arizona Cardinals: The addition of Chris “Beanie” Wells allowed the Cards to cut ties with Edgerrin James who was becoming a malcontent and wanted to be released.  Not sure about Cody Brown though who seems more suited to be an edge rusher in a 3-4 defense.  Picking up LSU offensive lineman Herman Johnson at the end of the fifth was a good value pick as some draft sites had him as a solid third round prospect.  An overall solid draft even if they failed to address their need at linebacker. Read more…

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Posted by Eric Engberg -  at 1:15 pm

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