PCP Sports

by Michael DeLuca

per⋅si⋅flage
–noun
1. light, bantering talk or writing.
2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject.

Just learned this word and instantly fell in love with it. Kind of fun to say too, give it a try.

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  "Crap!"

  PCPSPORTS.COM readers can look forward to a new weekly column titled, “Bird Droppings.” It will consist of a summary of the week’s Philadelphia Eagles news. Not because we need any more of it, just because I came up with the title and didn’t want it to go to waste. (UPDATE – As one of our readers has pointed out in the comments, I did not come up with this title, it already belongs to a blog by David Weinberg of the Press of Atlantic City…which I no doubt have heard of at some point in the past and then attempted to gank for my own after my “Memento” like short term memory kicked in. On the bright side, I am fairly certain that nobody else has an article titled “The Duke’s NFL Persiflage,” so we should be safe there.)

• Dallas Cowboys WR Roy Williams on Carolina Panthers CB Richard Marshall, “He’s terrible. Print that.“


"Looks like coach is getting ready for another motivational speech."

• Mike Singletary appears well on his way to becoming just as memorable a head coach as he was a player. He’s chock full of fantastic quotes, has his team playing inspired football, and hasn’t exposed himself to his team yet this season. Said Singletary this week, “All the other stuff, you guys can write about it,” he said. “To me, the most important thing that you judge a coach by: is he winning? That’s it.”
• “The Sanchize”…what a cool friggin nickname. He must be thrilled, since we all know what he’d forever be referred to as if they started 0-3.
• Troy Polamalu is holding out hope for an early return from injury. “It would be nice to play this weekend,” Polamalu said. “We’ll see.” His team desperately needs him and his absence has only reinforced my view that he is one of the most valuable players in the entire league.
• Reports yesterday stated that Michael Vick had landed an endorsement deal with Nike. The inaccurate reporting really is understandable, considering that Vick’s handlers claimed…THAT VICK HAD LANDED AN ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH NIKE. Anyhow, not so says the giant swoosh. “Nike does not have a contractual relationship with Michael Vick,” Nike spokesman Kejuan Wilkins said, in a statement. “We have agreed to supply product to Michael Vick as we do a number of athletes who are not under contract with Nike.” Now see, had the man gotten an endorsement deal, I’d of been fine with it…but why’s he getting free shoes when the rest of us non-dog murdering individuals have to pay $250 for a pair of crappy kicks?
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  "At least I managed to complete 15% of my passes."

  If Darren McFadden successfully ran the Wildcat at Arkansas then why in the world wouldn’t he be doing the same thing in Oakland where any play without JaMarcus Russell involved would have a much higher chance of success? Memo to Al – Dude’s a bigger bust than Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Akili Smith, and Andre Ware combined. In fact, all four could probably step into that offense right now and complete more passes. By continuing to play him, you’re only reminding us all how terribly you’ve drafted over the past decade, or should I say…since you completely lost your mind.