PHILADELPHIA – Man plans, and the football Gods laugh. Forgive the hijacking of a rather famous Yiddish adage designed to explain the unpredictability of life but that’s the first thing that jumped to mind when the news broke that Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett wouldn’t mind being dealt in an effort to find more
PHILADELPHIA – Eagles fans have spoken and most want undrafted rookie cornerback Eli Ricks on the team. Before the actual preseason games started that sentiment would have been laughed off by those attending practice every day but the former five-star recruit has showed up once the cosplay started with a pick-six against fourth-string Baltimore quarterback
PHILADELPHIA – Before the 2021 season the Eagles embarked on a legitimate competition at left tackle between Andre Dillard and Jordan Mailata. Dillard got one day with the first-team reps and Mailata got the next with the rotation continuing each and every day until Dillard, now the projected starting LT in Tennessee, was injured and
PHILADELPHIA – Eagles All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson has dealt with one or two good defensive limen over a brilliant career that will reach Year 11 when Philadelphia invades New England for the season opener on Sept. 10. Typically Johnson wouldn’t get to see Eagles rookie Jalen Carter too much but some injuries at training
PHILADELPHIA – Nick Sirianni didn’t want to hear about backup quarterback controversies after an 18-18 deadlock in preseason action against the Cleveland Browns in which mettle-tested veteran Marcus Mariota paled in comparison to flavor-of-the-month rookie Tanner McKee. Without Jalen Hurts to gush over, save for when the superstar proved to be Kellen Mond’s best receiver
PHILADELPHIA – Deshaun Watson threw three interceptions over two practice sessions with the Eagles, all of them to second-year safety Reed Blankenship. Watson was just one of many stars dotting the NovaCare Complex practice fields on Monday and Tuesday and Blankenship certainly looked like he belonged with every one of them. The rapid development of
PHILADELPHIA – There was a little Cleveland-on-Cleveland crime in South Philadelphia on Tuesday when fourth-year pro Tyrie Cleveland continued his march up the Eagles’ depth chart with a standout performance against the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland has quickly ascended into a 53-man roster hopeful by becoming backup quarterback Marcus Mariota’s favorite receiver. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound University
BALTIMORE – The Eagles have been slow-playing things with rookie safety Sydney Brown in the early portion of training camp and through a 20-19 preseason-opening loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night. Brown, one of the Eagles’ two third-round picks in the 2023 draft, matched undrafted rookies Ben VanSumeren and Mekhi Garner for the
PHILADELPHIA – Things have changed dramatically for Reed Blankenship in a calendar year. The Eagles’ second-year safety was fighting to open the eyes of the coaching staff last August as an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State. Fast forward 12 months and it’s Blankenship who is the daily presence in a safety group
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles liked Josh Sills so much as an undrafted rookie free agent last season that the organization essentially redshirted him as a backup on what was regarded as the best offensive line in the NFL. Sills spent his entire rookie season on Philadelphia’s 53-man roster right up until the lead-up to Super
PHILADELPHIA – It was Nov. 14 of 2021 in Denver when some observers thought Davion Taylor turned the corner from a raw developmental prospect to a legitimate NFL starter. Taylor flashed the athleticism that made him a 2020 third-round pick and married it with impressive physicality that resulted in two forced fumbles in what was
PHILADELPHIA – The right guard competition most were expecting at the Eagles’ training camp has not gotten off the ground. Rookie third-round draft pick Tyler Steen got his first rep at the position with the starters on Friday and it wasn’t because now-presumptive starter Cam Jurgens had fallen out of favor or was injured. The
PHILADELPHIA – The perceived battle at WR3 for the Eagles hasn’t really ramped up through six practices with incumbent Quez Watkins keeping free-agent acquisition Olamide Zaccheaus at arm’s length. Watkins continued to excel at Friday’s practice, most notably high-pointing a 50/50 ball in individual drills. Zaccheaus, a South Jersey native and St. Joe’s Prep product,
PHILADELPHIA – After a 19 1/2-sack season, Haason Reddick is done with the ‘yeah, but…,’ crowd. “Last year I showed I’m one of the most elite, one of the best at what I do,” Reddick said after Tuesday’s practice, the first padded session of the summer for Philadelphia. “In the top five [edge rushers]. When
PHILADELPHIA – The baton has been handed to Nakobe Dean, an undersized 22-year-old second-year player being given the keys to the second-ranked defense in the NFL as the Mike linebacker and “green dot.” To his former teammates at Georgia, that leap of faith is met with a yawn. “I’m ready to follow him,” said Nolan
PHILADELPHIA – The standard is high at the University of Georgia after consecutive national championships but it didn’t come with an entitlement card, at least for the “Philly Bulldogs.” GM Howie Roseman went to Georgia early and often over the past two years when it came to roster building. In 2022 the Eagles’ GM made
PHILADELPHIA – Dallas Goedert is on the cusp of a lot of things in his career from both a personal and team perspective. Whether it’s recognition as one of the top tight ends in the NFL or turning an NFC championship into a Lombardi Trophy, Goedert’s presence on one of the league’s most explosive offenses
PHILADELPHIA – It won’t stop the phone calls to sports talk radio but Jalen Hurts’ opening-day decree that he will continue to embrace his uniqueness as quarterback does confirm that those obsessing over the star quarterback’s playing style are whistling into the wind. “I am embracing the uniqueness of my game, and just being a
PHILADELPHIA – It’s been over a decade but Fletcher Cox remembers when he was the new kid on the block with the big expectations as the No. 12 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Six Pro Bowls later and an All-Decade Team berth since have turned Cox, 32, into Eagles royalty and a great
PHILADELPHIA – Fledgling Eagles receiver Devon Allen will not be trying to serve two masters this summer and the silver lining to that reality is likely a better opportunity to make the 53-man roster in Philadelphia. A calf injury forced him Allen withdraw from the USATF Championships last weekend at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles’ season-opener in Foxborough against the New England Patriots is the hottest sports ticket in the country, even outpacing Lionel Messi’s much-hyped MLS debut with Inter Miami. Tickets for Messi’s debut against Cruz Azul har reached $1000 at one point before prices started to settle at well over $300, an enormous number
