Professor

excerpt:

ormer Olympic moguls skier Jeremy Bloom, who was selected in the fifth round of this year's draft by the Philadelphia Eagles despite having not played football since 2003, on Monday reached an agreement on his first professional football contract.

The 147th player chosen, Bloom will sign a four-year, $1.782 million contract. The deal includes a $172,000 signing bonus and minimum base salaries for all four seasons. Bloom will have an opportunity to increase his 2009 base salary, scheduled to be $530,000, through "escalators" that are based on playing time, performance levels and Pro Bowl honors.

Bloom, 24, is the fourth of the Eagles' eight draft choices to come to contract terms. Earlier on Monday, the team signed fourth-round choice Max Jean-Gilles, a guard from the University of Georgia who is expected to contend for playing time as a rookie.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2515708

bigboy

THis was actually one of my favorite picks believe it or not, I think he should come in and help right away on special teams and just from his background you know the work ethic is there. I heard he is in Arizona with McNabb working hard and I wouldn't be surprised if he makes an impact this year for us with some long balls and some decent special teams plays.

Professor

I saw on nfl total access on the nfl network that bloom was indeed in arizona with mcnabb and for one am looking forward to whatever contribution he will bring to the team

bigboy

They had him on Comcast "meet the rookies" and I liked what I heard. He spunds like he is dedicated to this a lot and is worling really hard on being a great football player.

Professor

i miss the comcast sports net.