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Philly.com - Welcome to today's Eagles chat with Rich Hofmann. He will be joining us around 1, but feel free to begin submitting questions and comments now.

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Rich Hofmann - Hey everybody...I'm here...fire away.

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[Comment From John]
Rich, once the regular season begins who do you see returning punts and kickoffs?

1:00	Rich Hofmann - There suddenly are all kinds of options, aren't there? It's only a guess, but some combination of Hobbs and Jackson makes the most sense to me, with Demps involved too. Anything to take a little of the burden off of Jackson would be good, I think.

1:00	[Comment From Danny] Overall, do you think Maclin and McCoy can make enough of a difference this year for the Eaglse to be contenders?

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Rich Hofmann - Danny, I think they were contenders last year. They lost ground during the season because, in my mind, of a lousy short-yardage offense in some games and because McNabb slumped in a couple of others. My guess is that their short-yardage offense will be better because of the two new tackles and Leonard Weaver. As for McNabb, we'll see.

1:02	[Comment From Leo] Do you think Maclin will play in the slot with Kevin Curtis or will he be lined up by himself? do you see him as a possession receiver or more of the deep threat to stretch the field?

1:04	Rich Hofmann - They're both fast -- and, therefore suited for the outside. Maclin is likely faster. His problem will be learning the routes. The guy I like best over the middle might be Avant, believe it or not. To me, he tends to own the space he occupies.

1:04	[Comment From Dusty] Who has more upside, Maclin or DeSean?

1:05	Rich Hofmann - Maclin's bigger, DeSean's faster. DeSean wins in the swagger-factor until Maclin proves otherwise. For me to pick one or the other without having seen Maclin very much would be wrong, but it's hard to believe anybody has a lot more potential than DeSean.

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