This wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

Starting Wednesday and every Wednesday right through the start of Eagles training camp it will be a mix of the past and present as I take a look at the greatest Eagles players of all time.

This one, in the gallery above, is the 10 greatest Eagles offensive players of all-time. In the subsequent weeks it will be broken down by position and will eventually have the greatest defensive players of all time; the greatest kickers, head coaches and assistant coaches.

Just to be up front this is all one person's opinion, so go ahead in the comments section below and leave yours. It's encouraged.

This opinion is based on being around the team for the past 30 years, not missing a game home or away from 1988-2005 and listening over the years to guys who were around even longer.

While I never saw the great Steve Van Buren play, I did get to meet him several times at what is now Parx, but was Keystone Park and then Philadelphia Park Race Track back then and was flattered to be invited to his 80th birthday party at The Turf Club. It's a shame Van Buren's horses never ran as well as he did.

I was fortunate to cover both Randall Cunningham's and Donovan McNabb's entire careers as Eagles. Cunningham's 1985 draft was the first one I covered. McNabb's 1999 draft was one of the more memorable.

Those three are on the list, who else made it? Click through to find out.

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