Isaac Sopoaga

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT The severe injury suffered by 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree occurred during a 7-on-7 drill Tuesday on the first day of OTAs and he had surgery Wednesday morning. "He was...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles - INSIDE SLANT Bill Belichick borrowed the idea for his up-tempo offense from Chip Kelly, and now Kelly is borrowing an idea from the New England Patriots' coach. He is giving a couple of his...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles - INSIDE SLANT During his final season as head coach at the University of Oregon, Chip Kelly's team ran the ball 65 percent of the time. He's not going to run it that much with the Eagles, but he is expected to run...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles - INSIDE SLANT The oldest player on the Eagles' roster is in a fight for his job as starting quarterback. Michael Vick, the team's most grizzled veteran at 32, and second-year pocket passer...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Forget the fact that Lawrence Okoye has never played a down of football in his life. When the 49ers rookies gathered for the first time over the weekend, he certainly did not look...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles - INSIDE SLANT Matt Barkley may not have been selected until the fourth round of the draft last month, but the quarterback from USC arrived at the Eagles' rookie camp this past weekend with the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT As the 49ers began their rookie minicamp Friday, most of the attention was on two people -- one who probably won't be able to play this year and another who has never played...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles - INSIDE SLANT Chip Kelly has maintained all along that he wasn't married to the idea of having a running quarterback, but not many people believed him. Then, he selected Matt Barkley in the...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Levi Strauss & Co. is reportedly offering $220 million over 20 years for naming rights for the San Francisco 49ers new, 68,500-seat stadium set to open in 2014 in Santa Clara....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT In what may could become an important reunion, the San Francisco 49ers signed guard Adam Snyder to a two year contract Monday. Snyder, 31, appeared in 121 games during his eight-...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, self-admittedly, has a new favorite player. The honor belongs to fourth-round pick Quinton Patton, a receiver from Louisiana Tech, and the rationale has...

The practices and locker room have been closed all year. Players and coaches have been deliberately vague about schemes and position changes. But that cannot stop us, ladies and gentlemen, from taking a shot at projecting the final Philadelphia Eagles...