Well, Julian Edelman played very well in his first pre-season game VS. the Eagles. He made the first tackle of the game while playing on the kickoff team. Then, he started at slot receiver in place of Welker, who didn't play. He made the 1st catch of the game from Tom Brady, and finished with 5 catches for nearly 40 yards. He also returned a punt 75 yards for a TD. Moss looked decent, but Galloway let a sure touchdown bounce off his brick hands so hard it almost went into the crowd. I didn't see Galloway catch a single ball, and he was never open. Hopefully Bellichick wises up (for once) and starts Julian in place of this ancient relic.
Naturally, there were numerous caste statements made by the three stooges "commentating"Â on the ETN (Eagles Television Network), Hugh Douglas, Herm Edwards, and former NFL LB Kevin Reilly. Reilly squealed like the caste-piggie he is after McNabb threw a terrible fade pass to Kevin Curtis. Reilly said something to the effect of "well, they must be trying to fool the defense by throwing that type of pass to Curtis in the endzone. During the regular season, you'll never see that pass to Curtis."Â The other two clowns wholeheartedly agreed. I suppose they think smirf-ette Desean Jackson, or the plodding Jason Avant, or the generic Hank Baskett are all somehow more athletic that Curtis?Delusions of grandeur.
When it got to the point in which it was absolutely necessary to compliment Julian Edelman"¦.Reilly, Hugh, and Herm all prefaced their comments by saying "He's a good LITTLE player." Gee, I wonder why they never refer to the skinny, wimpy, and very short Desean Jackson as "little." Also, after Edelman's awesome punt return TD, they were all screaming how the Eagles were "just fatigued" (Barely into the second quarter, mind you). That punt return was the only exciting part of the entire game"¦the rest was boring as hell, with no big plays on offense or defense. The three turds continually mispronounced his name as "ELLDELMEN." The three-headed-moron also raved about new Eagles fullback, Leonard Weaver, and were screaming after several 2-3 carries "Weaver is a MAN!" over and over. I'm not sure what was so great about the generic plays Weaver made?
In other news, the Patriots all-black defense looked obese and generic. Speaking of obese, newly acquired RT Jason Peters (part of an all-sumo Eagles line) allowed several sacks before leaving with a leg injury. He looked to be upwards of 400 lbs of pure blubber. Almost like a taller version of Grady Jackson or Gilbert Brown. And to think, they let John Runyan walk to make room for this fatso. How humiliating.
All in all, and embarrassing night for the caste Eagles"¦.I've heard rumor of many fans canceling their season ticket due to the Mike Vick signing (a 2-yr deal for over 1 million). They probably would have done the same if the Eagles had signed the "evil" Matt Jones.