PHILADELPHIA – You don’t need analytics or next-generation stats to explain Haason Reddick ‘s standard. The Eagles’ new $15 million edge rusher wants to affect every game. “At some point, I just feel like I have to make a play that affects the game because that’s what I was brought here to do,” Reddick said
PHILADELPHIA – It never happened at Alabama or in his rookie season in the NFL. Sunday in Detroit, however, emerging second-year receiver DeVonta Smith was shut out. Smith was targeted four times and had a chance for at least one reception but when the full 60 minutes were drained off a 38-35 win, Smith finished
PHILADELPHIA – For the first time in 13 seasons, the Eagles had the NFC’s Special Teams Player of the Week on Kickoff Weekend. Backup cornerback Zech McPhearson was honored for sniffing out a Detroit onside kick gamble in the third quarter and his excellent coverage skills in Sunday’s win over the Lions. For his efforts,
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles signed defensive end Janarius Robinson off the Minnesota Vikings practice squad Tuesday as a replacement for Derek Barnett, the veteran defensive end who was placed on injured reserve and is expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee in Detroit. Robinson, a 2021
PHILADELPHIA – Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni confirmed that defensive end Derek Barnett tore the ACL in his left knee during Sunday’s win over Detroit, a season-ending injury for the veteran defensive end. Barnett, the team’s first-round pick in 2017, never lived up to that promise but he is a well-regarded member of the DE
DETROIT – The four-minute offense is one of the staples of NFL preparation, a nod toward having the football with a lead late in the game with an opportunity to siphon the clock. In Week 1 of the NFL season, the Eagles found themselves in a textbook four-minute situation (3:49 for the sticklers out there),
PHILADELPHIA – Eagles’ star receiver A.J. Brown got a bit of a scare at practice Friday when a rogue bee decided the lengthy wideout used to getting targets would be targeted. Brown noted that he was stung before the session during a social media post that has since been deleted. Typically that’s a nuisance issue
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles’ lead back is ready to go on Sunday in Detroit. The bigger question is how many of the 17 regular-season games with Sanders be available during a contract year for the talented back. Sanders has missed a total of nine games over the past two seasons with an assortment of injuries
PHILADELPHIA – Take your expectations and shove them. That’s the message All-Pro center Jason Kelce had Wednesday at the NovaCare Complex and he brought along the expletives to get it across as the Eagles ramped up preparations for the season-opener in Detroit on Sunday. Kelce took control of his own narrative when asked a rather
PHILADELPHIA – Holding steady to Nick Sirianni’s strict edict regarding competitive advantage, Michael Clay admitted to JAKIB Sports that he knows who will return the first punt Sunday against the Detroit Lions but the Eagles’ special teams coordinator wasn’t letting anyone in on the secret just yet. “We have enough guys that we feel comfortable,
PHILADELPHIA – A little bit of Labor Day news coming out of Philadelphia in advance of the Eagles’ Week 1 game at Detroit. The most notable is that backup left tackle Andre Dillard did undergo surgery as expected to stabilize his broken forearm and the veteran is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks of
PHILADELPHIA – The defensive green dot is probably a little overrated, something Eagles fans should have learned back in 2017 when Jordan Hicks went down with an Achilles injury. Hicks was the on-field defensive leader at the time for Philadelphia and that role shifted to Nigel Bradham which was framed as a big deal, at
PHILADELPHIA – “This is 40” for the venerable Jason Peters looks like it’s going to be a homecoming for the nine-time Pro Bowl selection. Peters is a Queen City, Texas native, a small town in the northeastern part of the Lone Star state just under three hours from Dallas if you’re getting into the car
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles watched Reid Sinnett and Carson Strong all summer and felt the need for more. Although Sinnett was ultimately brought back to the practice squad after being waived, Howie Roseman wanted a little bit more at the QB3 spot on the 53-man roster and tried to claim 2021 third-round pick Kellen Mond
PHILADELPHIA – Be careful what you wish for. Most Eagles fans had so soured on Jalen Reagor that they wanted Howie Roseman to do anything to get the failed 2020 first-round pick out of town. Anything turned out to be more than expected as the Eagles’ GM flipped the embattled receiver to Minnesota, where he
PHILADELPHIA – The revolving door at the NovaCare Complex was busy with safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson making his practice debut and quarterback Ian Book preparing to arrive via waivers. Exiting were two disappointing 2020 draft picks, receiver Jalen Reagor, who was dealt to Minnesota, and linebacker Davion Taylor, who was released. Veteran safety Anthony Harris, meanwhile,
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles have their third quarterback after being awarded Ian Book off waivers from the New Orleans Saints. The former Notre Dame star will fit in as Philadelphia’s QB3 behind starter Jalen Hurts and backup Gardner Minshew. The Eagles will have to make a roster to move by 4:00 PM to fit Book
PHILADELPHIA – Here is a position-by-position look at the Eagles’ initial 53: Quarterback (2) Jalen Hurts Gardner Minshew Running Back (3) Kenneth Gainwell Miles Sanders Boston Scott Wide Receiver (5) A.J. Brown Zach Pascal Jalen Reagor DeVonta Smith Quez Watkins Tight End (3) Grant Calcaterra Dallas Goedert Jack Stoll Offensive Line (10) Landon Dickerson Andre
Dating back to an offseason run at Marcus Williams in free agency, the Eagles have understood they needed an upgrade at safety from the 2021 season. It took until cutdown day to find it but Philadelphia believes they’ve gotten that upgrade in an unconventional fashion by acquiring New Orleans nickel back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, along with
PHILADELPHIA – Moves are beginning to trickle in for the Eagles in advance of Tuesday afternoon’s cutdown deadline. Keep it here for a running look at the Eagles’ roster moves: TUESDAY: 2:19 – The Eagles are waiving versatile DB who cross-trained at safety and nickel back this summer. He also was a key special-teamer lasts
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Patrick Johnson was no sure thing to make the Eagles, especially after the team drafted the athletic Kyron Johnson in the sixth round back in April. The thought entering training camp was that the Eagles could only keep one backup to star pass rusher Haason Reddick at the SAM linebacker overhang
