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Ray Didinger's 2017 Eagles draft evaluation
Final thoughts and other odds and ends from a memorable draft weekend in Philadelphia … The Eagles addressed their need at receiver in free agency with the signing of Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith. They began the rebuild at cornerback with the drafting of Sidney Jones (torn Achilles and all) and Rasul Douglas. But what about the running back position?…
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Didinger's NFL mock draft 2.0: Best-case scenario for Eagles at 14
Live draft coverage begins Thursday at 5 p.m. with Philly Sports Talk and continues until midnight on CSN, CSNPhilly.com and the NBC Sports App. A lot has changed since my first mock draft with reports of diluted urine samples (Reuben Foster and Jabrill Peppers) and concerns about lingering injuries (Jonathan Allen and John Ross) impacting the stock of likely first-round...
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Ray Didinger's 5 2017 NFL draft sleepers
Twenty years ago, just for fun, I started picking four to five “sleepers” in the NFL draft. I’d look for players who were considered either too small or too slow, or maybe they came from a tiny school, but they were players I felt had a chance to make it in pro football. Every time I watched an All-Star...
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Didinger's 2017 seven-round Eagles mock draft 1.0
We all know the Eagles‘ needs going into the draft. You can shuffle the order around if you like, but the needs are obvious enough. They are cornerback, pass rusher, running back and linebacker. You could put safety on the list and it wouldn’t hurt to add another receiver somewhere along the line. The Eagles have eight picks (two in...
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Didinger's NFL mock draft 1.0: Eagles grab Day 1 starter at cornerback
It wasn’t until I finished my Round 1 mock draft that I realized how heavily this draft is weighted toward defense. This is the best cornerback draft I’ve seen — good news for the Eagles, who need help there desperately — but it is also deep in safeties and pass rushers. Eight of my first nine picks — and 13 of…
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Dallas Green did it his way — driving the Phillies mad, but to the top
Whenever I think of Dallas Green, I think of that night. It was Oct. 21, 1980, the night the Phillies won their first World Series. Green was the manager, the old-school baseball lifer who dragged the Phillies through that summer like a father tugging a whining toddler to the dentist’s office. He called them out and cussed them out and challenged them...
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If Dalvin Cook is available, Eagles should take him and draft CB later
When Howie Roseman landed two receivers — Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith — on the first day of free agency, most folks assumed the Eagles would turn their full attention to defense in next month’s NFL draft. It makes sense given their obvious needs at cornerback. They also could use another pass rusher. But what about the Eagles using their…
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Didinger: Chance Warmack could rediscover dominant form with Eagles
Give Howie Roseman high marks for his moves on Day One of free agency. He did some pretty slick maneuvering for a guy who didn’t have a lot of money to spend and multiple holes to fill. Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith are the talk of the town today and justly so. It is abundantly clear the Eagles‘ mission...
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Ray Didinger: Buddy Ryan got Eagles fans ‘in a way few coaches do'
The Chicago Bears had just devoured the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX and the victors were filing into the interview room at the New Orleans Superdome. Mike Ditka was accepting congratulations from Commissioner Pete Rozelle. Jim McMahon and William “The Refrigerator” Perry were entertaining reporters with tales of the Super Bowl Shuffle. It was quite a scene, loud…
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Didinger: Muhammad Ali was the champion who changed the world
It wasn’t an easy place to find, Deer Lake. It was a little town tucked away in Schuylkill County, just off Route 61 near Pottsville. In the days before GPS technology, you needed very good directions — and a little luck — to find it. But Muhammad Ali found it and soon the world followed. Ali chose Deer Lake as the site…