| 14 March 2010
It's no coincidence the Philadelphia Eagles are owned by a cable movie producer...and that another Reality Cable TV Show will be returning to the Eagles' fold.
Hank Baskett just signed a one-year deal at a reported price of $800,000 to spend 2010 as the Eagles' #4 Wide Receiver and frequent contributor on Special Teams.
Of course, along with that contract comes some baggage. And I'm not just talking about the "Kendra" TV Show which features former Playboy model and Hugh Hefner-ex Kendra Wilkinson. I'm also including the baggage of that muffed onside kick from Super Bowl 44, a situation which somehow found Kendra's newlywed husband Hank.
You likely know Hank spent last season with the Indy Colts, who lost to the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl. The loss seemed to boil down to two miscues by the Colts: a crucial INT thrown by Peyton Manning...and an onside kick late in the game that bounced off Hank's chest and hands.
You also know Hank's an Eagle at heart...Word is in when he visited the Eagles for his free-agent interview last week, he introduced himself by saying, "Where do I sign?..."
No problem so far. Hank's still a good athlete who's capable of filling the role left vacant by the departed Reggie Brown. Hank is tall and rangy with very good vertical speed once he gets about ten yards to get that big 6-5 frame moving. Some of the sages at the Eagles' official website's "On The Inside" forum, most notably the GateKeeper, Lord Brizer himself, feel that Hank is "oafish" and will never develop into the go-to Red Zone target his pedigree of high-jump training and track speed had once promised.
The good news, I guess, is Hank fills a necessary roster spot with minimal learning curve required, and his price is a bargain compared to keeping Reggie Brown under contract.
But (and this is just my paranoia talkin'), the memory of that muffed onside kick in Super Bowl 44 will haunt me in 2010 and distort my perception of Hank on the field. Some of we Eagle fans are neurotic like that. We sense omens...we fear ghosts...we see dead people!
Oh, I'm sure it will all work out fine for not only the Eagles but also Kendra and Hank. Now I've got to admit, Hank seems to be pretty henpecked on that show, and Kendra is always whining about something... but we've got to realize it's selective editing... So now that much of the show will be taped around the setting of Philadelphia and the Eagles, it will be interesting to see how Kendra reacts and Hank holds up as the season moves forward.
Add the "Kendra and Hank" soap opera to the Michael Vick Reality TV project, and also to the Terrell Owens Reality Show, which reportedly will feature appearances by our own Donnie McNabb, and we have a "Hollywood East" sprouting at the NovaCare Complex in Philly.
And get this: the Eagles are currently considering the signing of Justin Fargas, the outstanding veteran RB from Oakland, as a backup RB to replace the departed Brian Westbrook. Here's the Hollywood connection again: Justin is the son of Antonio Fargas, who played "Huggy Bear" on the old TV hit Starsky and Hutch.
Yes, it's showtime already with the Eagles in 2010... We may not win a Super Bowl, but we should win the Soap Opera Bowl hands down...er, don't say "hands" around Henpecked Henry right now, he's sensitive about things like that...
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
