From the Big Apple to the City of Brotherly Love?

New York Jets free-agent wide receiver Plaxico Burress wants to come to the Eagles, according to Howard Eskin of NBC 10 in Philadelphia.

Eskin tweeted: Saw and talked to Plaxico Burress at Super Bowl and told me he wants to play for Eagles. Badly!

“I do believe the Eagles will take a hard look at signing Plaxico Burress,” said Eskin.

With DeSean Jackson possibly on his way out, Plax would be an ideal replacement — considering he caught 45 passes and eight touchdowns last season in New York.

The similarities between Tim Tebow and Michael Vick go beyond their mobility at the QB position–they’re two of the most polarizing players in the NFL. So which of the two players is more overrated?

Alec Too?

After the off-season acquisitions the Philadelphia Eagles made, and the 8-8 season that followed, jokes were abound, and 2012 NFL Honors Show host Alec Baldwin took the opportunity to take a shot at Philly.

Baldwin, who did a lengthy introduction to the first-ever NFL awards show, ripped the Eagles after a disappointing season in which the team missed the playoffs entirely. The crowd as a whole laughed, but the two Eagles that were in attendance, DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy hardly smiled after his rough comments. Here’s what Baldwin said,

“The lockout ended and we then had an accelerated Free Agent signing period. The Philadelphia Eagles made a lot of high-profile acquisitions, which led Vince Young to proclaim them the ‘Dream Team.’ Well he was right, it was a dream season. Unfortunately it was one of those dreams where you show up at school naked, you forget to study for the test and you lose four of your first five games. You know — that dream. Is LeSean McCoy laughing? I’m not looking over there.”

Nice, Alec. I actually enjoyed watching 30 Rock from time to time, but that’s brutal! I know that he more than likely didn’t come up with the jab, and his writers did, but it was still a low-blow for a team that has taken more heat than any other this season in the NFL. It all started with this Young’s comments about a ‘dream team’ and we were constantly reminded of it as fans after every single loss.

It’s all in good fun, right?

Brian Dawkins said yesterday that he hasn’t yet made a decision on whether he wants to play a 17th NFL season.

The 38-year-old, nine-time Pro Bowl safety, who has played the last three seasons in Denver after leaving the Eagles as a free agent in 2009, missed four of the Broncos’ last five games, including both of their playoff games, with a neck injury. He will be a free agent in March.

“The season’s not even over yet; the Super Bowl hasn’t been played,” Dawkins said. “I’ll give it some prayer and we’ll take it from there.”

Dawkins was in town for the NFL Players Association’s annual Super Bowl week news conference. He is a longtime member of the union’s executive board.

Last summer, Dawkins agreed to restructure the contract he signed with the Broncos in 2009. His 2011 salary was reduced from $6 million to $2 million.

If Dawkins decides to retire, which is a good bet at this point given his age and the neck injury, there’s a good chance the future Hall of Famer would sign a 1-day contract with the Eagles so that he could officially retire with the club that selected him in the second round of the 1996 draft.

“He’s someone that you don’t just let walk,” said LaCanfora on NFL Network’s XLVI Live. “Whether he’s going to be there long-term remains to be seen, but you franchise him, then entertain trade possibilities.”

Head coach Andy Reid said that he was impressed by the way Jackson performed during the final stretch of the season. Whether or not you agree with Reid statement regarding Jackson’s performance, it’s a good indication that he trying his best to make things work with him in Philadelphia.

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Following an amazing 1,309 yard, 20 touchdown season, Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy has won the annual Fedex Ground Player of The Year award.

Shady McCoy beat-out the Jacksonville Jaguars Maurice Jones-Drew, and the Baltimore Ravens Ray Rice, who both had excellent seasons respectively, for the award. This is a great consolation price for McCoy and the Eagles, who missed the playoffs and finished the season with a disappointing (8-8) record. McCoy’s season was highlighted with several 100+ rushing yard and multiple touchdown performances against a series of tough defenses.

Along with winning the Fedex Ground Player of The Year, McCoy also was nominated to his first Pro-Bowl in his career, and was named the starter for the NFC. His nomination comes as no surprise, as McCoy shattered several long-standing Eagles rushing and total touchdown records this season. McCoy also lead the league in total touchdowns with 20, 17 rushing, and 3 receiving.

This entire season, with the instability at the quarterback position, McCoy was relied on heavily to carry the Eagles offense. Despite being used heavily throughout games, McCoy still exploded late and finished off teams, earning him the nickname of the ‘closer.’ On every hand-off, Philadelphia fans would hold their breath knowing that Shady could bust a huge run.

The Eagles will head into 2012 with more than doubts than ever surrounding the future of their receiving corps, offensive line, and quarterback, but Philadelphia can rely entirely on McCoy to be a deadly rusher out of the backfield. Whether it be his heroic cut-backs or nasty juke moves, Philadelphia fans will get to enjoy Shady McCoy tearing up opposing defenses for a long time.

Eagles coach Andy Reid said he offered Steve Spagnuolo a coaching position before the former Rams coach chose to be the defensive coordinator in New Orleans.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday for the first time since the regular-season finale on Jan. 1, Reid said he didn’t specify a job title in his conversations with Spagnuolo, who was fired after going 10-38 in three seasons with the Rams.

Spagnuolo previously worked under defensive coordinator Jim Johnson in Philadelphia, and was the defensive coordinator for the New York Giants when they beat New England in Super Bowl XLII.

He joined the Saints two weeks ago after defensive coordinator Gregg Williams left for the same position with the Rams. Reid also said he planned to retain defensive coordinator Juan Castillo all along. Castillo was heavily criticized in his first season at a new position after coaching the offensive line for 13 years.

Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Bowles will be in charge of cornerbacks and that Juan Castillo will remain the team’s defensive coordinator.

An assistant head coach/secondary coach with the Dolphins, the 48-year-old Bowles became the interim head coach after the firing of Tony Sparano and led the Dolphins to a 2-1 record to finish the season. Bowles had been with the Dolphins since following Bill Parcells, Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano to South Florida from the Dallas Cowboys, where he had coached the secondary.

Bowles has aspirations to be a head coach in the NFL and was a candidate for the Dolphins job as well as vacancies with the Raiders and St. Louis Rams.

Patch has been with the Eagles for the last 10 seasons, scouting the west region before his 2010 promotion to Assistant Director of College Scouting. Patch previously worked in the Miami Dolphins’ player personnel department.

In addition to Patch, the Eagles have also added Rick Mueller as a pro personnel executive. Mueller worked as a scout and Director of College Scouting with the Jaguars (1994-2000) and as the Director of Player Personnel with the Saints from 2000-08.

Mueller spent the last three seasons with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

Mueller’s brother Rick is a longtime executive with the Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins who currently works in the San Diego Chargers front office.

Mornhinweg Will Be Returning in 2012!

After every head coaching position had been filled, it is a lock that long-time offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg will be returning to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2012 season.

Mornhinweg was a name being tossed around for nearly every head coaching vacancy, and he actually did interview with the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders. However, both organizations went in another direction and hired another coach, leaving Mornhinweg to stay with the Eagles. There is almost no chance that Mornhinweg would consider leaving, or would be fired, as he and head coach Andy Reid built around each other and are key to each other’s success.

This is excellent news for Philadelphia, as now Mornhinweg will have a full off-season to work with quarterback Michael Vick. This year, due to the NFL Lockout, training camps and OTA’s never happened, and Mornhinweg didn’t have any chance to work individually with Vick. Even though the 2010 season was a huge success for Vick and Mornhinweg without any prior practice, this season proved that it was not going to happen without the two working together more.

The Eagles offense, even if the team is struggling as a whole, is generally Philadelphia’s biggest strength. Philly has some of the best weapons on offense in the entire NFL with Vick and running back LeSean McCoy, and possibly wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who may or may not be with the Eagles next season depending on contract negotiations. The entire offense is very young and only has room to grow and develop.

Mornhinweg is key to Vick and the offense’s progress moving forward, especially with the possible departure of Jackson. Philadelphia will either draft or sign free agents to fill the voids that will be left on offense, and it will be on Mornhinweg to piece everything together.

More than likely, just like Reid, unless the Eagles go to the Super Bowl or have a deep playoff run, Mornhinweg will likely be replaced at the end of next season. The entire coaching staff in Philadelphia has one more shot to do something big, or the Eagles will totally clean shop.