Gratitude

Before I started contributing to this site, I was a fan. To me, IgglesBlog was a source of intelligent analysis, unlike anything else I had seen. And at that point, IgglesBlog was Derek. Bounty and Tommy came later, and I was a fan of theirs individually long before they started writing under the IgglesBlog banner. But to me, this site has always been about Derek, first and foremost. His writing style, his clear analysis, his statistical research, his video breakdowns, all of it challenged the way I think about the Eagles. I thought then – and still think now – that Derek was the most unique voice out there among Eagles fans. I am forever in his debt for having kept the quality of this site as high as it has been for so long. At some point, I transitioned from merely reading the articles and to commenting on them. I found that the community of IgglesBlog readers was just as intelligent, thoughtful, and articulate as the site’s proprietor. It was a haven from some of the reactionary...