Yardbarker: Tony Hunt

Shady And The Art of Blitz Pickup

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:56:26 -0500

One of the big problems that the Eagles have had in developing their young running backs, such as Ryan Moats and Tony Hunt, has been getting them up to speed on how to pick up blitzes in the NFL. Seems...

Success with Honor and the Nittany Lions who made it happen

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:34:50 -0500

◊ Penn State has long been respected for its accomplishments and reputation on the football field, centered around the program and university's principle "Success With Honor." The driving force behind that ideal is that winning games isn't the most important thing, but rather, winning the right way. Today, we'll look at a few Nittany Lions that have come to embody "the Penn State way." Wally Triplett - Running Back - 1946-1948 For the football history buff...

Eagles bring in a new fullback and cut J.R. Reed

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:53:30 -0500

After trying Tony Hunt and Dan Klecko at fullback, the Eagles decided it was finally time to bring in someone who can actually play the position. They signed former Patriot Kyle Eckel, a Philly native, for the remainder of the season. To make room for Eckel, the team released safety J.R. Reed. Eckel played 12 games last season with the Patriots and ran for 90 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was waived by the Patriots back in September. Eckel should bring some stability to the fullback position ...

Eagles Release RB Tony Hunt, Sign LB Tracy White

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:38:31 -0500

The Eagles announced this afternoon that they had released RB Tony Hunt to make room on the roster for linebacker Tracy White, who had been released...

Tony Hunt Cut

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:44:13 -0500

The Eagles third round pick from the 2007 draft has been released. Tony Hunt, the pride of Penn State, but his lack of athletic ability really makes me wonder why he was drafted so high. I had serious doubts about Hunt as rookie in the preseason. I remember seeing him break off a 13 yard run, [...]

Eagles lead NFL in dropped balls. Surprised?

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:22:01 -0500

Fourteen. Fourteen freaking dropped balls. That is almost 3 dropped passes a game. That means 2-3 at Week 6. So, am I surprised? No, and here's why. The Eagles front office has set this team up for disaster. By bringing back Donovan McNabb for this season, the Eagles basically told the whole league, "We are going to throw the football". What the Eagles didn't do, however, is go out and get somebody for McNabb to throw the ball to (a la any #1 wide receiver and/or any other TE other than LJ Smith). So now Eagles fans are basically stuck watching a form of two plays on offense. Either, (A) our sub-par wide receivers get covered and/or drop balls, or (B) we watch 12th string RB turned FB, Tony Hunt, create phantom holes for our runningbacks to not run through. On the defensive side, Eagles fans also watch a form of two plays. On one hand, we watch the opposing runningback, who always has the luxury of a real NFL FB as well as a TE who blocks, run for 100+ yds (I don't need to hear that bull of us leading the league in run defense anymore...seriously, how long will that last?) or, we can all watch a real NFL TE catch ("catch" being the keyword here) for 100+ yds and set up camp in the middle of our defense, because for some reason we don't like to cover the TE...ever! The front office and Andy Reid should be ashamed of themselves not only for the play calling gaffes and the ridiculous roster decisions (I mean, I think we all could have done without Greg Lewis this year), but also for not realizing the urgency to get a #1 WR. The days of coasting through the NFC East and getting into the NFC Championship with WRs like Stinkston and Trash are over. Every NFC East team has tooled up and now all have what we in Philly crave, a legit wide receiver and a TE (oh yeah, they also have a FB). The Cowgirls have Owens and Witten, the VaGiants have Burress and Boss, and the Redskins (don't have a clever name for them...yet) have Moss/Randle-El and Cooley. To have a team like our Eagles, that is so dependant on the pass, not have a premier WR, is nothing short of infuriating. Its absolutely despicable, not to mention a slap in every Eagles fans face, to be the laughing stock of the NFC East at the end of Week 5, when simple moves in the off season could have made Philadelphia "Title Town, USA" with both a World Series and a Super Bowl under our belts. It's just awful.-- Jay Vaidya (Please feel free to comment and vent your anger as well)

Eagles Play Musical Positions

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:19:37 -0500

Brian Westbrook's two broken ribs combined with uneven play from Tony Hunt at his new fullback position mean that Hunt is now back at tailback, his...

Eagles defense comes up huge against Steelers, Westbrook injured

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:37:46 -0500

Talk about a completely different game from the Monday Night shootout in Dallas. The Eagles and Steelers played an old fashioned, defense-first football in a low scoring slugfest that the Eagles won 15-6. The Eagles defense was the story of the game, putting a ton of pressure on Ben Roethlisberger and shutting down Willie Parker and the Steelers running game. Unfortunately for the Eagles, while they did win the game, they may have lost their best player in the process. The Steelers offense, c...

DeSean Jackson Hazed?, Eagles Injury Updates

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:27:28 -0500

During an interview with Andy Reid, when asked how the DeSean Jackson matter was being handled, Reid simply replied, "I'm not going into that at all. They took care of it, he'll be fine." I wonder what the Eagles players did to "take care of" DeSean. Maybe a little hazing, probably a lot of ribbing. Read the full article to find out what the Eagles lockerroom did to DeSean. It's hilarious.

Five Question Marks Facing The Offense

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:15 -0500

As the July 21st opening of training camp approaches and the offseason comes to an end, we pretty much know all the major pieces that we will see lining up for our Eagles come opening day. We can now start to analyze the line up and figure out the question marks facing Big Red for [...]

Kevin Jones Wants to Come Home to Philly

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:18:16 -0500

Former Detroit Lions running back and Chester native Kevin Jones is a free agent, and he would love to come back to Philly and play for his hometown team. He may get his wish, as the Eagles are amongst 12 teams interested in signing the former thousand yard rusher. The Eagles would likely have the inside track in signing Jones because he is very vocal about his interest in playing in Philadelphia.

Westbrook Intends to Play Against Giants

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:50:10 -0500

Last year Westbrook rushed for 68 and 97 yards respectively, and scored 3 times against the Giants. If Westbrook can't go, look for Correll Buckhalter and Tony Hunt to get some burn (although the odds of Westbrook not playing against the G-Men are the same odds that you're going to go see the new Resident Evil movie this weekend - exactly!).