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The Eagles' season is half over, and the amount of liquid in their thermos is strictly a matter of opinion.

Florida State has been searching for the next Warrick Dunn since 1995. At this point, the Seminoles may just settle for another Leon Washington or Lorenzo Booker.

Two days after Florida Tuskers coach Jim Haslett had said RB Quincy Wilson was doing a great job backing up both the tailback and fullback positions, Wilson is gone.

David Akers made a 49-yard field goal to open the scoring for the Eagles against Carolina, but was far from perfect.

Andy Reid did not shoot us straight. He didn't shoot us so much as a sideways glance as he slipped off the Eagles ' practice field by a circuitous, media-avoiding route yesterday afternoon.

Through his first mini-camps with the Eagles and the earliest days at Lehigh this year, Eldra Buckley appeared incapable of performing the simplest of his sport's duties: He couldn't catch the football.

Hank Baskett, right, can't hang on to this pass in the Jacksonville game, but he managed to hang on to a spot on the team as the Eagles cut their roster Saturday to the mandatory 53-player limit.

Andrews will line up at right tackle, where his most recent "live" work came 6 years ago, at Arkansas.

The Eagles announced that they re-signed four players to their practice squad yesterday.

The Eagles reduced their roster to the opening-day limit Saturday, and to the surprise of many, both quarterback A.J. Feeley and wide receiver Reggie Brown remained on the squad.

The Eagles have placed quarterback Michael Vick on the exempt/commissioner's permission list and cut 17 players to get to the mandatory 53-man limit.

Cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu and defensive end Bryan Smith, two mid-round 2008 draft choices, were among the 17 players released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday, as part of the team's "cut- down day" transactions.

The last four weeks have raised more questions for the Eagles than they've answered.

With the first round of cuts taking place today in about 15 minutes and the final round of cuts taking place on Saturday, it's about the right time to take a look at how the Philadelphia Eagles roster will look for the 2009-2010 season.

Posted by JAMES PHILLIPS, Of The Patriot-News Monday August 31, 2009, 10:18 PM CHRIS KNIGHT, The Patriot-News Philadelphia's LeSean McCoy, left, confers with head coach Andy Reid, between plays against New England.

Keeping in theme with special-teams performances often being the deal-breaker for players on the training-camp bubble, rookies such as Victor "Macho" Harris and Moise Fokou and newcomer Eldra Buckley have really helped their chances for making the Eagles, to hear special-teams coordinator Ted Daisher tell it.

Perhaps Eagles defensive coordinator Sean McDermott doesn't want to show his hand this early in the preseason.

IT'S HARD TO believe Eagles veterans reported to training camp just 3 weeks ago yesterday.

Matt Nagy dreamed all his life of becoming an NFL quarterback. After years of toiling in football's minor leagues, he finally got his chance Tuesday morning.

LeSean McCoy isn't concerned about what everybody else thinks of his NFL debut Thursday at Lincoln Financial Field.