Eagles Madness!
I’m going a little stir crazy while working from home. I spend my time doing a zillion mock drafts on The Draft Network and then watch Sheldon Brown highlight videos on YouTube. What I’m getting at is that I just miss the Birds big time.
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The world is falling apart. The health of millions and millions of people is at risk. The job marketing is tanking. We all need a release, moments of respite from the things that bring us down. So often during my life, the Eagles have been that solace for me. With NFL free agency proceeding as usual this month, the Birds and the NFL have done that for me yet again. I’m ready for as much Eagles talk as possible until Day 1 of the draft.
This is where my new bracket comes in. I’ve been toying with doing something like this for a while and after talking to our fearless leader Brandon Lee Gowton, I came up with the following tournament where Birds fans everywhere can vote on their favorite (not necessarily best) Eagles players ever.
I want to clarify, that these are my selections. I turn 26 years old in May. I consider myself the most historically knowledge Philadelphia sports fan of my age, but I am ultimately a victim of my time. If you don’t like me for my rankings from long ago Eagles seasons, let me know. Direct all complaints towards me.
Voting will be handled through Twitter in easy to follow threads on the main @BleedingGreen account that I will be running. I will do one round per day (Round of 64, Round of 32, Sweet 16, etc.) starting at 10 a.m. Eastern with the polls expiring at midnight. I’ll do a post for all the true BGN heads on here every morning as well with updated results. Let’s have some fun!
I’ve divided the Eagles franchise into four inexact periods: Classic Birds (players from the team’s inception until the early 1980s), Buddy Era (mid-’80s until the end of the ‘90s), Andy Era (2000s) and Super Bowl Champs (the modern Eagles). Here’s how I seeded the most beloved players in Eagles history:
Classic Birds
1. Chuck Bednarik, LB/C, 1949-1962
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16. Al Wistert, OT, 1943-1951
8. Bill Bergey, LB, 1974-1980
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9. Norm Van Brocklin, QB, 1958-1960
5. Wilbert Montgomery, RB, 1977-1984
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12. Vince Papale, WR, 1976-1978
4. Ron Jaworski, QB, 1977-1986
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13. Tommy Thompson, QB, 1941-1950
6. Tommy McDonald, WR, 1957-1963
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11. Pete Retzlaff, TE, 1956-1966
3. Mike Quick, WR, 1982-1990
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14. Sonny Jurgensen, QB, 1957-1961
7. Steve Van Buren, HB, 1944-1951
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10. Pete Pihos, End, 1947-1955
2. Harold Carmichael, WR, 1971-1983
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15. Tom Brookshier, DB, 1953-1961
Buddy Era
1. Reggie White, DE, 1985-1992
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16. Andy Harmon, DT, 1991-1997
8. Keith Jackson, TE, 1988-1991
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9. Keith Byars, HB, 1986-1992
5. Seth Joyner, LB, 1986-1993
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12. Irving Fryar, WR, 1996-1998
4. Eric Allen, CB, 1988-1994
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13. Ricky Watters, RB, 1995-1997
6. Clyde Simmons, DE, 1986-1993
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11. Fred Barnett
3. Jerome Brown, DT, 1987-1991
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14. William Fuller, DE, 1994-1996
7. Wes Hopkins, S, 1983-1993
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10. Andre Waters, S, 1984-1992
2. Randall Cunningham, QB, 1985-1995
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15. Cris Carter, WR, 1987-1989
Andy Era
1. Brian Dawkins, 1996-2008
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16. Tra Thomas, OT, 1998-2008
8. Michael Vick, QB, 2009-2013
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9. Troy Vincent, CB, 1996-2003
5. LeSean McCoy, RB, 2009-2014
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12. Sheldon Brown, CB, 2002-2009
4. DeSean Jackson, 2008-2013, 2019
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13. David Akers, K, 1999-2010
6. Terrell Owens, WR, 2004-2005
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11. Duce Staley, RB, 1997-2003
3. Brian Westbrook, RB, 2002-2009
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14. Brent Celek, TE, 2007-2017
7. Jeremiah Trotter, LB, 1998-2001, 2004-2006, 2009
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10. Lito Sheppard, CB, 2002-2008
2. Donovan McNabb, QB, 1999-2009
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15. Trent Cole, DE, 2005-2014
Super Bowl Champs
1. Nick Foles, QB, 2012-2014, 2017-2018
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16. Nelson Agholor, WR, 2015-2019
8. Zach Ertz, TE, 2013-present
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9. Lane Johnson, OT, 2013-present
5. Jason Peters, OT, 2009-2019
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12. Brandon Brooks, OG, 2016-present
4. Malcolm Jenkins, S, 2014-2019
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13. LeGarrette Blount, RB, 2017
6. Brandon Graham, DE, 2010-present
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11. Chris Long, DE, 2016-2017
3. Jason Kelce, C, 2011-present
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14. Darren Sproles, RB, 2014-2019
7. Fletcher Cox, DT, 2012-present
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10. Alshon Jeffery, WR, 2017-present
2. Carson Wentz, QB, 2016-present
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15. Jake Elliott, K, 2017-present
Again, stay tuned to the @BleedingGreen Twitter account to vote and I’ll have a fresh update here on BGN in the morning!
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