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FRALEY ON IR; WHO STEPS IN??
November 9, 2005
By DAVE SPADARO
Center Hank Fraley has been placed on Injured Reserve with a rotator cuff injury, and it's expected that second-year man Trey Darilek will step in and start Monday night against Dallas in a huge NFC East game at Lincoln Financial Field.
Fraley suffered the injury during Sunday night's loss to Washington. It was his 71st career start as an Eagle since the team claimed him off waivers from Pittsburgh prior to the start of the 2000 season.
Darilek was a fourth-round pick from the University of Texas-El Paso in 2004 and has played in 11 games since then, including all seven games this season.
Monday night would be Darilek's first career start in the NFL.
"I've prepared every week like I'm going to start, so this is no different," said Darilek, who can play both guard and center and who has seen his game action this year largely on special teams. "I know what is expected of me. I'm not going to change anything. I'm going to be ready to play and be the best I can be."
There is an added element of excitement for Darilek in this one: Born in San Antonio, TX, he knows the eyes of Texas will be on him against the Cowboys.
"It's going to be exciting," he said. "What I need to do is prepare myself the best I can and go out and have fun and play my game."
Darilek would seem the logical choice to fill in at center, although that is not absolutely certain. Jamaal Jackson has been signed from the practice squad to the active roster and will compete for playing time.
Jackson is in his third season in Philadelphia after spending last season on the Injured Reserve list. A rookie free agent signing from nearby Delaware State in 2003, Jackson earned a spot on the Eagles practice squad that year and was promoted to the 53-man roster for the playoffs.
The Eagles also announced that linebacker Jason Short (fibula) has been placed on Injured Reserve. The team also signed Dominic Furio, a seventh-round draft pick in 2004, to the practice squad, and added linebacker Dedrick Roper from the Steelers practice squad to the Eagles' 53-man active roster.
Roper (6-2, 245) was originally signed by the Steelers as a rookie free agent in 2004, but was released and signed by the St. Louis Rams for one week before re-joining Pittsburgh's practice squad on September 14, 2004. A native of Milpitas, CA, the 24-year-old Roper was a second-team All-America selection at Division II Northwood in Midland, MI. Northwood is a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the same conference that produced two of the Eagles 2005 draft picks, Todd Herremans and Keyonta Marshall.
November 9, 2005
By DAVE SPADARO
Center Hank Fraley has been placed on Injured Reserve with a rotator cuff injury, and it's expected that second-year man Trey Darilek will step in and start Monday night against Dallas in a huge NFC East game at Lincoln Financial Field.
Fraley suffered the injury during Sunday night's loss to Washington. It was his 71st career start as an Eagle since the team claimed him off waivers from Pittsburgh prior to the start of the 2000 season.
Darilek was a fourth-round pick from the University of Texas-El Paso in 2004 and has played in 11 games since then, including all seven games this season.
Monday night would be Darilek's first career start in the NFL.
"I've prepared every week like I'm going to start, so this is no different," said Darilek, who can play both guard and center and who has seen his game action this year largely on special teams. "I know what is expected of me. I'm not going to change anything. I'm going to be ready to play and be the best I can be."
There is an added element of excitement for Darilek in this one: Born in San Antonio, TX, he knows the eyes of Texas will be on him against the Cowboys.
"It's going to be exciting," he said. "What I need to do is prepare myself the best I can and go out and have fun and play my game."
Darilek would seem the logical choice to fill in at center, although that is not absolutely certain. Jamaal Jackson has been signed from the practice squad to the active roster and will compete for playing time.
Jackson is in his third season in Philadelphia after spending last season on the Injured Reserve list. A rookie free agent signing from nearby Delaware State in 2003, Jackson earned a spot on the Eagles practice squad that year and was promoted to the 53-man roster for the playoffs.
The Eagles also announced that linebacker Jason Short (fibula) has been placed on Injured Reserve. The team also signed Dominic Furio, a seventh-round draft pick in 2004, to the practice squad, and added linebacker Dedrick Roper from the Steelers practice squad to the Eagles' 53-man active roster.
Roper (6-2, 245) was originally signed by the Steelers as a rookie free agent in 2004, but was released and signed by the St. Louis Rams for one week before re-joining Pittsburgh's practice squad on September 14, 2004. A native of Milpitas, CA, the 24-year-old Roper was a second-team All-America selection at Division II Northwood in Midland, MI. Northwood is a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the same conference that produced two of the Eagles 2005 draft picks, Todd Herremans and Keyonta Marshall.
