The story from long before the 2013 NFL draft is perhaps apocryphal. The Oklahoma Sooners, a longtime producer of NFL talent on the offensive line, were retooling at the position. Among their more intriguing options was a young defensive lineman, who had been a tight end and before that, a junior college quarterback, but who wouldn't quit gaining weight. As the story goes, Bob Stoops asked the strength coach what it would take to turn one David Lane Johnson into an offensive

I know a lot of Birds fans are feeling down about that Rams game, as am I, but to be frank I just can't get too bent out of shape over the result, considering the positively biblical plague of injuries that the Birds sustained: MISSED THE GAME Lane Johnson* Landon Dickerson* Devonta Smith Dallas Goedert Zach Baun* Marcus Epps MISSED MOST OF THE GAME Saquon Barkley* Quinyon Mitchell* MISSED SOME OF THE GAME Jonathan Greenard* Cooper DeJean* Tank Bigsby *starred players have ma

Boy, what a waste of time that was! I kept waiting for the Eagles to get off the bus and show up at Soldier Field but, aside from a solid second quarter, that never really took place. Sometimes it just isn't your night. Let's break things down a bit: THE REALLY BAD Launch the screen game into the sun already. Coming out of halftime trailing just 10-7 and carrying some momentum, my hope and expectation was that the Birds would keep things up on the offensive side, roll down an