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John Smallwood: Battles heating up for defensive end at Eagles camp

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News — THIS WASN'T an issue Jim Johnson thought he would be dealing with. During minicamps, the Eagles defensive coordinator all but drooled about the depth and competition he would have at defensive end.
Philadelphia Eagles6 minutes ago

All-Pro TE Gates returns to practice

San Diego Union-Tribune — Antonio Gates is practicing. The Chargers' All-Pro tight end is off the Physically Unable to Perform list and worked individual drills in Tuesday afternoon's practice. He is not working team drills and likely will slowly be worked back.
San Diego Chargers11 minutes ago

Packers make pitch to move practice site

Green Bay Press-Gazette — The Brown County Board appears to be ready to sign off on a new site for the Green Bay Packers training camp.
Green Bay Packers1 hour ago

Eagles - Shawn Andrews hopes to play against Patriots

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News — SO FAR, it doesn't seem that the 3 weeks or so of practice Shawn Andrews missed will keep him from starting the season as the Eagles' right guard. In fact, though no one will say so officially, Andrews is expected to start Friday night when the Eagles visit the Patriots in their third of four preseason games. The regular season starts Sept. 7, at home against St. Louis.
Philadelphia Eagles4 hours ago

Eagles - Demps is front-runner for Eagles' kick-return job

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News — Quintin Demps ran back a kickoff 28 yards in the fourth quarter of last Thursday's preseason game against the Carolina Panthers.
Philadelphia Eagles4 hours ago

Eagles Notes: Eagles' Demps to start against Patriots

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News — Eagles Notes Faced with three muffed returns from Lorenzo Booker in last week's preseason win over Carolina, special-teams coach Rory Segrest said yesterday that rookie safety Quintin Demps would be the starter on kickoff returns against New England on Friday.
Philadelphia Eagles4 hours ago

Eagles' defensive line still unsettled

Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News — When the Eagles began training camp in July, they expected Victor Abiamiri to challenge Juqua Parker for the starting job at left defensive end.
Philadelphia Eagles4 hours ago

FAVRE & COLES TALK THE TALK

New York Post — Laveranues Coles still is not speaking to reporters, an unfortunate adolescent act of sulking over his hurt feelings about the Jets' sudden release of close friend Chad Pennington when Brett Favre was acquired. But Coles is speaking to Favre, and...
New York Jets4 hours ago

MANGINI GIVES NUGENT KICK-START

New York Post — Jet coach Eric Mangini made a point to seek out kicker Mike Nugent yesterday and give him a pep talk after Nugent missed a 23-yard, potential game-tying field goal as time expired in the loss to the Redskins. "Nobody is going to be harder on Mike...
New York Jets4 hours ago

ONE UP & ONE DOWN

New York Post — Two running backs at the back end of the depth chart suited up and took the field Monday night, hoping to impress the coaching staff with a move here, a block there, a tackle made on special teams. Something. Anything. Danny Ware and Kay-Jay...
New York Giants4 hours ago

BIG BLUE 'RECEIVES' GOOD NEWS

New York Post — Lo and behold, the Giants actually might have their full complement of receivers on the practice field for this afternoon's practice at Giants Stadium . . . almost. No, Plaxico Burress (ankle) is not expected to work for the first time this summer...
New York Giants4 hours ago

Audible on playbook

New York Newsday — Favre asks Mangini for slight adjustments to help him in huddle In a radio interview Monday afternoon, Brett Favre said he had spoken with Eric Mangini about hopefully reaching some kind of "middle ground," in terms of the amount of information being fed the quarterback from the bulky Jets playbook.
New York Jets4 hours ago

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