Tracy White News

Jason Avant tumbles into the end zone for the Philadelphia Eagles. They call it parity, but the National Football League is really two or three very good teams, three or four extremely bad ones and a gaggle in between.

In Chicago, the names on the uniforms change like the winds off Lake Michigan, and the quarterback is different nearly every season.

Andy Reid doesn't throw around words like "ridiculous" every day. So when the coach, asked about being fourth in the league in penalty yardage assessed, reached deep into his bag of press conference responses, right past "I have to do a better job putting the players in position to make plays," and "everyone has a little piece of the pie," to "It's ...

THE SAN DIEGO game was the first time all season the Eagles' defense was unable to force a turnover, a situation that had something to do with Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers and maybe even more to do with all the guys playing unfamiliar roles, filling injury gaps.

The Eagles' offensive line shuffle continues. Todd Herremans will start at left tackle today against the Chargers for the first time since his rookie season of 2005 in place of Jason Peters , who's out with an ankle sprain.

Dimitri Patterson was asked how many snaps he's played at cornerback this season.

After expressing unhappiness about his role in the Eagles' offense following Sunday's 20-14 loss to Dallas, Michael Vick decided to clarify his comments Wednesday.

Starting weakside linebacker Akeem Jordan, the only starter remaining from the group that began training camp, suffered a hyperextended knee and a bone bruise against the Cowboys, Andy Reid said.

Originally published November 8, 2009 at 8:23 p.m., updated November 8, 2009 at 9:11 p.m. PHILADELPHIA a ' Tashard Choice scored on a 2-yard touchdown run off a direct snap, helping the Dallas Cowboys take a 10-6 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles after the first half on Sunday night in the 100th meeting between the division rivals.

In the past two weeks, the Eagles had scored touchdowns of 40, 50 and 60 yards. On Sunday night, they had had trouble just getting one yard.

Welcome to the latest episode of ''Who Wants to be an Eagles Linebacker,'' starring Tracy White, Joe Mays and special guest star Moise Fokou, whose last name thankfully is pronounced exactly the way it's spelled.

Eagles linebacker Omar Gaither is likely done for the season. With today's news that linebacker Omar Gaither is likely done for the season, let's take a look at the Eagles' linebacker situation and where the team goes from here.

THE FIRST regular-season Eagles game I covered, the late Steve McNair led the host Tennessee Titans to a 27-24 comeback win, Sept.

Eagles defensive coordinator Sean McDermott said linebacker Omar Gaither remains a big part of the defense regardless of the signing of Jeremiah Trotter.

SEAN McDERMOTT compared rookie Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Johnson to a young Donovan McNabb yesterday.

It's as clear as the roster sheet that lists their weights: Jeremiah Trotter is bigger than Omar Gaither .

J. LEMAN LOOKED toward the far left corner of the locker room, where his stall used to be, a space now overrun by a couple of dozen reporters, all leaning forward to hear .

The Philadelphia Eagles made it official today, signing Jeremiah Trotter to a one year deal.

Apparently, Joe Mays is a linebacker who doesn't play special teams. That is a rare variety of LB, and one that, frankly, I am suspicious of.

Jeremiah Trotter is going to get a chance to see if it's true what they say about the third time.