PHILADELPHIA – The rare lull in the NFL calendar will get a bit of a boost this year with the return of the supplemental draft after a three-year hiatus. The exercise is scheduled to be held on July 11 and only one player is in the mix, Purdue receiver Milton Wright. While the Eagles are
PHILADELPHIA – The planned move of Cam Jurgens to right guard is supposed to be a temporary one before the 2022 second-round pick takes the baton from Jason Kelce at center for the Eagles. Of course that was also the plan for Isaac Seumalo and Landon Dickerson before the now 35-year-old Kelce kept going and
PHILADELPHIA – Nolan Smith has already made a great first impression on his new professional home. The No. 30 overall pick in April’s draft, the former Georgia star has easily handled the microphone and showed the energy and enthusiasm in practice you can’t teach. And none of it is manufactured. Smith loves ‘ball, a pre-requisite
PHILADELPHIA – There wasn’t much time for Lane Johnson to mourn a Super Bowl loss. The Eagles’ All-Pro right tackle played in the big game while fighting through a torn adductor muscle in his groin. Had the Eagles found a way to top the Kansas City Chiefs instead of coming up just short, Johnson’s short-term
PHILADELPHIA – Money can change a person and $255 million? When it comes to that kind of money for just about anyone else the characterization of “I’m the same guy” might be accompanied by the rolling of a few eyes. When it comes to Jalen Hurts, however, the reaction is a bit different. “As far
PHILADELPHIA – There are bigger names in the Eagles’ backfield but are there bigger playmakers than third-year back Kenny Gainwell? “Playoff Kenny” isn’t the favorite to take over the lead-back role in Philadelphia now that Miles Sanders is in Carolina but he might be a value play. Because of his size — 5-foot-8 and 201
PHILADELPHIA – The Butterfly Effect of having two top-tier outside cornerbacks is paying dividends for the Eagles. Understanding they don’t have to be thrown into the deep end of the pool the Eagles now feel comfortable enough with the talent added to the room to shift third-year cornerback Zech McPhearson inside to be the backup
PHILADELPHIA – Let’s get freaky. That was the message second-year Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jordan Davis delivered in advance of his reunion with Jalen Carter, the No. 9 overall pick in April’s draft. The two potential stars on the defensive front became fast friends at the University of Georgia. In fact, it was much more
PHILADELPHIA – Reed Blankenship has come a long way over the past calendar year. The second-year safety went from undrafted afterthought to kicking off OTAs as a starter in the back end of the Eagles’ defense, alongside veteran free-agent pickup Terrell Edmunds. Blankenship was even given the podium treatment after practice, a nice little perk
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles’ 2023 spring work will conclude will six Phase 3 OTA practices bridging the end of May and early June. Philadelphia started Phase 3 on Tuesday and Thursday’s session will be the first open to reporters. One more practice next week will be observed and the final day before the Eagles scatter
PHILADELPHIA – There are a lot of really good wide receiver duos in the NFL and the Eagles can match any of them with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith but there is some concern about the depth behind the two stars on what is expected to be a significant NFC contender again. The incumbent WR3
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles believe they have two No. 1 receivers in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith but how about two of the top 10 in the entire NFL? That’s an exclusive club that Brown certainly joined last season — his first in Philadelphia — when the Ole Miss product was named second-team All-Pro after
PHILADELPHIA – With June 1 looming this seems like the appropriate time to take a look at the status of Derek Barnett, the much-maligned Philadelphia Eagles’ 2017 first-round pick whose 2022 season was derailed by a torn ACL in Week 1 against Detroit. Few value the pass rush more than the Eagles who continue to
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles are expecting a lot out of Nakobe Dean in his second season as a pro and the former Georgia star is expected to go from zero to defensive leader in one offseason. As a rookie third-round pick Dean played in just 34 defensive snaps, a paltry two per game due in
PHILADELPHIA – Eagles quarterbacks coach Alex Tanney made the most of his physical gifts. The 6-foot-4 former signal caller broke just about every record there was at Monmouth College in his native Illinois, culminating with a staggering 132 touchdown passes over his final three college seasons and earning the Melberger Award winner as NCAA D-III’s
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles’ veterans are back to work at the NovaCare Complex and for many of them, Wednesday was the first time talking to reporters since the agonizing 38-35 Super Bowl LVII loss to Kansas City back in February. If you let them, setbacks like that can eat you up, according to Pro Bowl
PHILADELPHIA – When the 2023 draft process began only one team controlled its own destiny and that was the Chicago Bears, who earned the No. 1 overall pick in merit. The Bears were the worst team in the NFL last season, partially by design, as novice GM Ryan Poles tore it down in as close
PHILADELPHIA – After running unopposed over the past two seasons, Eagles punter Arryn Siposs has a challenger in 2023. In the past when Philadelphia has allowed specialists to go unopposed over the offseason and training camp, like placekicker Jake Elliott and long snapper Rick Lovato are likely to do this spring and summer, the organization
PHILADELPHIA – Call it Christmas in May because the NFL delivered quite a gift to Eagles fans on Wednesday, confirming a Christmas Day game at Lincoln Financial Field against the New York Giants. The kickoff time between the two NFC East rivals is set for 4:30 ET. The early heads-up on the game was one
PHILADELPHIA – Time can play tricks on anyone and it often preys on NFL personnel executives when the days of the NFL Draft turn over. Eagles GM Howie Roseman found himself thinking after Day 2 when he looked over his board and saw that Georgia cornerback Kelee Ringo, a player given a second-round grade by
PHILADELPHIA – Moro Ojomo is used to early starts. The Nigerian native started kindergarten at age 3 before moving to the United States when he was just 7. The sped-up process continued in the United States in California and South Texas, enabling Ojomo to enroll at the University of Texas at age 16. Five years
