{"id":12570,"date":"2007-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=12570"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:27:59","slug":"team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the 27th overall pick in the draft, the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n

2006 Results:<\/b> 10-6<\/p>\n

2007 Projected Cap Status:<\/b> $97,750,000 or $11,250,000 under the cap<\/p>\n

2006 Season Recap:<\/b> The Philadelphia Eagles lived up to their team name in the first five games of the 2006 season, soaring to a 4-1 mark thanks in large measure to a high-flying offense. Quarterback Donovan McNabb looked sharp in his return from an injury-shortened 2005 season and running back Brian Westbrook was justifying his new contract, totaling more than 1,100 yards in the team’s first nine contests.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Eagles, McNabb’s 2006 season lasted only one game longer than his previous season. McNabb tore a knee ligament in a November 19th loss to the Tennessee Titans and the injury cast a pall over the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

The team dropped its next game at Indianapolis and the once-promising season looked less promising. However, much as they did for A.J. Feeley in 2002, the team rallied behind their backup as Jeff Garcia helped the team win its last five games to clinch the NFC East. A field-goal gave the Eagles a playoff win before their season ended at New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Team Needs:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Safety: Five-time Pro Bowl free safety Brian Dawkins isn’t done playing yet but he is 33-years-old. The team lacks depth at this position and the team’s other starter, Sean Considine, is still something of a question mark.<\/p>\n

2. Defensive back: The team finished ninth against the pass and its starters, Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown, are very solid. The team would like to add some depth at this position as nickel back Rod Hood signed with the Cardinals. Sheppard and Brown are also somewhat undersized and a back injury has limited William James.<\/p>\n

3. Defensive end: Jevon Kearse appeared in only four games last season and is coming off a torn ACL. Free agent Darren Howard was underwhelming, notching only five sacks after signing a six-year, $30.5 million contract. The team struggled against the run, finishing 26th in the league, surrendering 126 rushing first-downs, second-worst in the league.<\/p>\n

2007 Draft Picks<\/a>:<\/b>
\n1st Round — 26th Overall
\n2nd Round — 57th Overall
\n3rd Round — 90th Overall
\n4th Round — No pick
\n5th Round — 162nd Overall
\n6th Round — 201st Overall
\n7th Round — 236th Overall<\/p>\n

Free agency status:<\/b><\/p>\n

UFA:<\/i>
\nQB Koy Detmer
\nRB Reno Mahe<\/p>\n

Players Signed:<\/i>
\nRB Correll Buckhalter
\nWR Kevin Curtis
\nQB Kelly Holcomb
\nWR Bethel Johnson
\nDT Montae Reagor
\nLB Takeo Spikes
\nDE Juqua Thomas<\/p>\n

Players Lost:<\/i>
\nLB Shawn Barber (HOU); CB Roderick Hood (ARI); S Michael Lewis (SF); WR Donte’ Stallworth (NE); DT Darwin Walker (BUF)<\/p>\n

Check out more at THN’s exclusive 2007 NFL Draft section.<\/p>\n

Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Stephen Zorio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the 27th overall pick in the draft, the Philadelphia Eagles. 2006 Results: 10-6 2007 Projected Cap Status: $97,750,000 or $11,250,000 under the cap 2006 Season Recap: The Philadelphia … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl-draft"],"yoast_head":"\nTeam Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the 27th overall pick in the draft, the Philadelphia Eagles. 2006 Results: 10-6 2007 Projected Cap Status: $97,750,000 or $11,250,000 under the cap 2006 Season Recap: The Philadelphia ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/washington-commanders-helmet.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fios\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheHogsdotNetv2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheHogsdotNetv2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fios\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fios\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fce8390884a85da84ec02b2a1de6b16d\"},\"headline\":\"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":488,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"NFL Draft\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/17\\\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blogs Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NFL Draft\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/category\\\/nfl-draft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"name\":\"The-Hogs.net\",\"description\":\"Washington Football: From The Hogs to the Commanders \u2013 News, History, and Legacy\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"THN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The-Hogs\",\"alternateName\":\"THN\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ralphie2021.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/ralphie2021.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"The-Hogs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/the-hogs.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheHogsdotNetv2\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fce8390884a85da84ec02b2a1de6b16d\",\"name\":\"Fios\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.the-hogs.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/the-hogs.net\\\/blogs\\\/author\\\/fios\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net","og_description":"Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the 27th overall pick in the draft, the Philadelphia Eagles. 2006 Results: 10-6 2007 Projected Cap Status: $97,750,000 or $11,250,000 under the cap 2006 Season Recap: The Philadelphia ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/","og_site_name":"The-Hogs.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net","article_published_time":"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/washington-commanders-helmet.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Fios","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheHogsdotNetv2","twitter_site":"@TheHogsdotNetv2","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fios","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Fios","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/fce8390884a85da84ec02b2a1de6b16d"},"headline":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles","datePublished":"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/"},"wordCount":488,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization"},"articleSection":["NFL Draft"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/","name":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles | The-Hogs.net","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-04-17T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T15:27:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2007\/04\/17\/team-needs-philadelphia-eagles-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blogs Home","item":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NFL Draft","item":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/category\/nfl-draft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Team Needs: Philadelphia Eagles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/","name":"The-Hogs.net","description":"Washington Football: From The Hogs to the Commanders \u2013 News, History, and Legacy","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization"},"alternateName":"THN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#organization","name":"The-Hogs","alternateName":"THN","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ralphie2021.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ralphie2021.png","width":400,"height":300,"caption":"The-Hogs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/the-hogs.net","https:\/\/x.com\/TheHogsdotNetv2"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/fce8390884a85da84ec02b2a1de6b16d","name":"Fios","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.the-hogs.net"],"url":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/author\/fios\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":585096,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12570\/revisions\/585096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}