Owner Jeffrey Lurie gets ripped by the local press and blogs for being cheap. Eagles fans think Lurie has kept his payroll too far below the league's salary cap, ignoring the team's need for an explosive receiver and better defensive backs so he can pad his profits. There may have been some truth to that in the past."What's going to help in the future is that we'll not only be able to look at [a player's] history of concussions, but we'll be able to see structural changes on imaging studies that aren't available now. Or there will be bio markers in the blood or spinal fluid that will allow us to identify individuals who have already had brain injuries that we can't detect right now. These things will greatly aid making those judgment calls.".

But what will be lost in the offense's continued bungling (now seven consecutive games without 20 points, and 19 straight games without three offensive touchdowns) is the fact that the Falcons, who have been stripped down to