With 18 days left until the Eagles open their season in Cleveland against the Browns, competition for the first-team nickel corner job appears to be heating up between Joselio Hanson and Brandon Boykin.

Chances are that we have seen the last of Michael Vick this preseason. Andy Reid on Wednesday, though, indicated that his starting quarterback will undoubtedly […]

A look at how King Dunlap, Demetress Bell and the rest of the offense performed against the Patriots, after having re-watched the game.

The newest man in the middle gives his take on where the defense stands after two preseason games. And are the Eagles’ Super Bowl hopes already dashed?

The results for Michael Vick’s MRI and CT scan are in, and the Eagles’ quarterback has no broken bones or fractured cartilage.

The official diagnosis is a contusion of his ribs and of the soft tissue area surrounding it.

From Nnamdi Asomugha to Brandon Boykin to Nate Allen, here’s a breakdown of how the Eagles defensive backs fared Monday night, after having re-watched the game.

From Fletcher Cox to Phillip Hunt, here’s a player-by-player breakdown of how the Eagles’ defensive linemen performed against the Patriots.

From Mychal Kendricks to DeMeco Ryans, here’s a player-by-player breakdown of how the Eagles linebackers performed Monday night against the Patriots after having re-watched the game.

Reporters couldn’t quite put their finger on it in the wake of Andy Reid‘s sideline blow-up in the direction of Cullen Jenkins. He has never been like that before, was our reaction, though that didn’t seem entirely true. We have seen him angry and animated plenty of times over the years.

What I think we were missing, which is more clear today, is that nobody has ever barked back. Here’s the video if you want to re-watch it. Normally Reid will say his piece, the player or coach will absorb the criticism, and life returns to normal. In this case, though, Jenkins rose off the bench and challenged the coach.

How much responsibility does Michael Vick bear for his rib injury? That depends on who you ask. Here’s what Ron Jaworski, Jon Gruden and Andy Reid had to say.

On a scale of 1-to-Tebow, Nick Foles is now registering.

Most of the storylines coming out of Monday night in New England are of the depressing nature. Michael Vick lost to injury, again; Eagles commit 22 penalties (16 of which were enforced). Offensive line looks leaky; and on and on…There is this one positive that’s coming on like a freight train, though. And it’s really out of nowhere.

With Vick lasting just four snaps, Foles stepped in and went 18-of-28 for 217 yards with a pair of touchdowns and an interception. In two games on this level now, he is 24-of-38 for 361 yards with four touchdowns and a pick.

Andy Reid is forced to entertain real thoughts about moving the rookie quarterback up the depth chart. There’s nothing he said after the win in New England that suggests Foles isn’t in the running to be Vick’s backup.

From Nick Foles to Phillip Hunt, here are some instant observations from what we’ve seen so far in the Eagles-Patriots game.

Veteran defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins did something to draw the ire of Eagles head coach Andy Reid, and cameras caught the heated exchange on television during the second quarter of tonight’s preseason game against the Patriots.

“It’s an emotional game,” Reid said afterwards. “He was fired up. I was fired up. Those things happen. Cullen is my primary leader on that defensive line so I count on him for a lot of things. He was upset, and I was upset. We talked about it afterwards, and we’re ok.”

Michael Vick exited with a rib injury in the first quarter against the Patriots Monday night after being drilled by linebacker Jermaine Cunningham.

X-rays came back negative, but Vick will have an MRI and a CT scan to determine if there is cartilage damage.

“He’s sore,” Andy Reid said. “He was trying to talk me into going back in, so how sore is sore? He got a good shot there. The precautionary measure is just to see if it’s involving cartilage there, and that’s why we’re doing it.”

Here are some leftover notes, including Todd Herremans’ take on what Demetress Bell needs to do to improve and Nnamdi Asomugha talking about how much new secondary coach Todd Bowles has helped him.