Eagles claim Jose Cortez, waive France

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/nfl/10/25/bc.fbn.eagles.kickers.ap/index.html

Dear God,

I know we don't talk as much as we should. As always, I'm a big fan.

Would it be out of line to ask that David Akers continue to rest until after the Eagles play us? In your greater glory, of course.

XO,

Brud

Somebody WANTS Cortez?! HA!

what happened with him in dallas? didn't he win a game with a fg?

But didn't he LOSE numerous games by missing field goals?

And by numerous I mean two. :doh:

it's a real head shaker,one man's rject is anothers kicker.oh well, we've got 2 good kickers but i hope that something's decided soon about which one we keep.

Jose Cortez is a step up from Todd France, hence the move. He won't be there long. As soon as Akers is back, Cortez will get kicked to the curb.

As far as our kickers go, Novak is doing great on FGs and XPs, but he doesn't kick the ball deep on kickoffs. That is probablly why we have not dropped John Hall yet. When Hall gets back healthy, the Skins will have deeper kickoffs.

I need to start taking kicking lessons, apparently even when you're garbage you can still find a job.

Amazing.

That's what I was thinking my way into the NFL was. Just learn how to kick!