Jeremy Maclin on cover of program.

The Eagles deactivated LeSean McCoy, Asante Samuel, Cedric Thornton, Julian Vandervelde, Ron Johnson, Greg Lloyd and Mike Patterson.

Cooler heads obviously prevailed with McCoy, nursing an ankle injury. An Eagles spokesman said the ankle was the issue.

To subject a less than 100 percent McCoy to serious injury could have been the final straw for Andy Reid.

Thankfully someone conveyed that to  Reid.


Patterson was scratched due to illness. He's nursing flu symptoms per the Eagles. 

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