Brent Celek Is Going To Be a Favorite Target of McNabb in 2009

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Published: June 19, 2009

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... has always looked to his tight ends in clutch situations—partly because he had mediocre receivers, and partly as a primal instinct.

McNabb to Lewis and pre-sports hernia L.J. Smith was a staple of the Eagles passing offense.  In the 2008 regular season, the tight end was nearly invisible. In 2009, Eagles fans have a new look aerial group at tight end. 

Brent Celek emerged as the starter at tight end in the playoffs last season and led the team in receptions during that period. 

A familiar trend is becoming apparent and there are lots of reasons to get excited about this.

Brent Celek becomes a prospective X-factor in the Eagles offense, along with rookies Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy, Cornelius Ingram, and free agent acquisition Leonard Weaver.

It has been a couple of years' worth of L.J. Smith ineffectiveness that lead the Eagles to the forward-thinking decision of passing the torch to the young Celek (aka "Magn...

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