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For all the talk about what the Eagles are going to look like on the offensive side of the ball with new head coach Chip Kelly, improving a porous Birds defense took center stage in the first week of free agency. The Eagles finished the 2012 season with a 4-12 record and the defense or lack thereof was a major culprit.

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Ever since Vick, who was convicted on charges related to dog-fighting, was released from prison in 2009, he has been a target of protest from animal rights groups. Despite working with the Humane Society of the United States as a spokesman against dog fighting, Vick is still labeled as…

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The Baltimore Ravens linebacker is not showing the kind of garden variety bravery that we often mention blithely like a wronged worker standing up to his/her boss. No, this is gut-wrenching bravery like running into a burning building.

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With free agency and the 2013 NFL Draft approaching, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and head coach Chip Kelly will certainly have their choice of players to choose from on both sides of the football. But the team’s biggest needs are on the defensive side.

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If 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 knockouts) were to actually retire today, he would do so with a long list of accomplishments as a boxer and a promoter. Without question, Hopkins is a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

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If you look at his career statistics in the NFL, there’s no reason to give Dennis Dixon a snowball’s chance in hell to be the Eagles starting quarterback. In just three career starts, he’s 2-1 with a quarterback rating of 71.4 and has been mostly a backup during his five years in the league.

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Michael Vick will be with the Birds for at least one more year after restructuring his contract to a one-year deal reportedly worth $10 million. He’s not guaranteed be to the Birds starter and will have to compete with Nick Foles for that spot.

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So what did we learn in the aftermath of the Baltimore Ravens thrilling 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII? One–it is now safe to say that Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks. 

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At some point the newness of having Chip Kelly as the Eagles latest head coach is going to settle into what kind of team he and general manager Howie Roseman plan to put on the field. That means the Eagles—namely Kelly and Roseman are going to be evaluating…

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About 30 seconds after the NFL Network played highlights of the Baltimore Ravens win over the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship, Hall-of Fame cornerback and network analyst Deion Sanders was asked if Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was among the league’s elite signal-callers.

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