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Eagles linemen ask fans to remove sign calling for Reid's firing
10-15-11


As if the 1-4 Eagles didn't have enough to worry about, two offensive linemen are under fire this week for defending their head coach in an unusual way.Evan Mathis and buy cheap jerseys Jason Kelce were leaving team headquarters Monday when they saw fans holding up a sign calling for the firing of Eagles coach Andy Reid.

Predictably, Pearlman has received a good deal of criticism for his warts-and-all portrayal of Payton, who died from a rare form of cancer in 1999. He was 45."A Football Life: Walter Payton" debuted Thursday night on Custom NFL Jerseys  Network, so Pearlman was a guest this week on "The Dave Dameshek Football Program," where he discussed the backlash that has come with the book's release."I do think when celebrities and icons like Walter Payton die young, we tend to sort of place them on a completely ludicrous and unrealistic pedestal where we think they were these sort of gods," said Pearlman, who also authored "Boys Will Be Boys," a book about the 1990s Dallas Cowboys.

Perhaps the most notable figure to speak out against Pearlman was Mike Ditka, the ex-Bears coach who actually said he jerseys supplier would spit on Pearlman if given the opportunity. Ditka's anger surprised Pearlman.Pearlman said he didn't write the book to expose an NFL legend. The unflattering things that came out of his research helped tell the complete story of Payton's life.

 

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