Timmy Chang Update

Looks like Timmy is still in the running to make the Eagles roster. He hasn't been outstanding in the preseason, but his competition, Koy Detmer, hasn't been doing too well. This article has a few quotes from Timmy.

Chang didn't do much his first two preseason appearances, but on Thursday night in Baltimore he showed some flashes.

Although the final numbers weren't impressive, Chang was victimized by two drops, both by tight end Andy Thorn, one of them negating a potential 25-yard gain.

“I could have done a lot better,” Chang said. “When I grade myself, I'm pretty hard. I'm thinking about some throw that I could have made. Simple throws across the middle, putting them in front of the receiver. A simple thing like stepping up in the pocket and not giving up a sack. There are a couple of things that I didn't do well. Those are the things that will stick in my mind.

“I'm pretty critical. I'm just trying to do better every day.”

But there were some positives — completions of 17 and 14 yards to Bill Sampy, 18 yards to Jabar Gaffney and 11 yards to Justin Jenkins. There was a seven-yard strike to Jenkins on fourth-and-6 and another fourth-down conversion on a Ravens penalty.

Although, as the article says, he's had flashes of the old Timmy brilliance, he has to show some consistency and have a really good game this Friday. Here are the dates when roster cuts are made:

Aug. 29 : Roster cut to 65 players
Sept. 2: Roster cut to 53 players
Sept. 7: Regular season begins

And this is a good weekend for fans to root for Timmy Chang as well as Chad Owens since the Eagles-Steelers game and the Jaguars-Bucs game are both on national television. Here's the schedule:

Fri., Aug. 25 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia ESPN (8 p.m. EDT, 2 p.m. HST)

Sat., Aug. 26 Tampa Bay at Jacksonville CBS (8 p.m. EDT, 2 p.m. HST)

Here's to hoping both Chang and Owens have awesome games.

In current Warrior news, Dave Reardon reports that Amani Purcell and Brashton Satele have both moved up the depth chart to become the first team outside linebackers. These two are supposed to be studs on the field, so I can't wait to see them play. Glad to hear the UH players are pushing each other. It can only help the team.