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Eagles played a game and made some cuts.

  Sorry for my recent absence, it’s been a few weeks.   And the Eagles lost a preseason game, but it really was a morale victory!   The starters got a 7-0 lead before exiting by handing the Eagle 2nd stringers the ball on the Jet 20.   The backups punched it in and left with a 14-3 cushion.   The Eagle depth players lost to the Jet depth players, predominantly in the second half, 21-7.   What counted was the guys who will make the 53-man roster played well. We’ll be seeing 3 consecutive weeks of cuts to get to 53.   Yesterday we went from 90 to 85.   Next Tuesday, the 23 rd , we’ll go from 85 to 80.   Then, on the penultimate day of August, it’ll be down to 53!   After mentioning yesterday’s 5 cuts (no surprises… OT Bill Dunkle, SAM LB Ali Fayad, CB Jim Moreland, WR Lance Lenoir & Safety Jared Mayden) and the trade to dispose of future cut & former 2 nd round pick JJ Arcega Whiteside (one of Howie’s 2 biggest draft mistakes th...