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Eagles to meet Lovie

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Eagles will interview Lovie Smith for their coaching vacancy on Thursday.

Justin Klugh, philly.com

"I think it’s an advantage for an NFL coach to be an offensive coach," former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil said Tuesday. "He’s gotta answer all the questions anyway and 90% of them are going to be about the offense." But there's more to it than that.

Jeff McLane, philly.com

The Eagles will interview former Bears coach Lovie Smith on Thursday, the team announced.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden has yet to declare he won’t be the Eagles or the Cardinals coach.  But he has come close to doing that. In an interview with his current team’s website, Jay Gruden says he’ll interview with Philly and Arizon…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

In a conversation with the Philadelphia media after he was officially named the Chiefs’ head coach, Andy Reid reflected on his long tenure coaching the Eagles without criticizing anyone — and without expressing regret for his most controversial decisi…

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Jon Gruden would like to be an NFL head coach again, and the Eagles would be wise to speak with him, Ron Jaworski said Monday.

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After a whirlwind weekend, Chip Kelly and the Oregon Ducks are right back where they started. Oregon's enigmatic head coach flirted with a trio of NFL teams including the Eagles before deciding late Sunday night to stay with the No. 5 Ducks.

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The Eagles' search for a head coach should be judged on the result, not on the process. That is good news for Jeffrey Lurie and his sidekicks, because right now, the process isn't looking all that impressive. They have succeeded only in padding their fr…

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Given perhaps one last chance to throw somebody from the Eagles under the bus, Andy Reid took the road he traveled for 14 years in Philadelphia.

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Michael Vick is one person in Philadelphia who's not paying attention to the Eagles coaching search. Even though the decision could have an impact on Vick's future, the Eagles quarterback said the only NFL activity on his radar has been the playoffs.

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With college coaches Bill O'Brien and Chip Kelly out of the mix, the Eagles' next head coach could be a current NFL assistant. Here are six candidates:

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FINALLY, there was an opportunity Monday to ask Andy Reid about what Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie said a week earlier, that Lurie didn't hold general manager Howie Roseman accountable for the Birds' anemic-looking 2010 and 2011 drafts because Roseman d…

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KANSAS CITY - Just beyond the Lamar Hunt statue at the Founders Plaza on the walkway into Arrowhead Stadium lies a diagram of a play in the pavement. The engraving reads, "65 Toss Power Trap." The arrow tracing the play stops in the end zone a…