As the Eagles burn up the phone lines talking with every team in the NFL and as the personnel department final, final, finalizes its draft board and as coaches continue to watch video of college prospects just for some last-minute knowledge, the reality is that the team has three very real options on Thursday night: 1. Stay at 32 and take the best player ...
Twelve receptions, 82 yards, eight touchdowns. Those were the red zone numbers from tight end Zach Ertz in 2017, among the best of all receivers, not just tight ends, in the NFL. The numbers represented The Next Step for Ertz in his football evolution, so now it can be said with full agreement: Zach Ertz is one of the best in the business ...
The 2018 Eagles schedule is everything you thought it would be – with the usual twists and what-the-??? moments thrown in. There is star power throughout, the prime-time spotlight five times, and a kicker in December that is, whew, a gauntlet to imagine. One of the league’s most featured teams has an up-and-down-and-all-around challenge at each turn. Let’s take a look ...
As Howie Roseman and Joe Douglas met the media on Thursday at the NovaCare Complex to dish on pre-NFL Draft thoughts, Roseman set off some food for thought – not to mention a whole lot of fan speculation – when he expressed the team’s current state of mind. “We’re open for business,” Roseman said, “in every round ...
When he’s been on the field as the middle man in the Eagles’ defense, Jordan Hicks has been an outstanding football player. He’s always around the ball. He has a knack for takeaways. He rarely makes a mental mistake, and Hicks has the physical tools to be stout against the run and stay on the field to play sideline to sideline in pass coverage ...
“The new norm” is a daily level of expectation a Super Bowl champion carries with it. This is not a burden in any way. It is a challenge. To go from a "hunter" team to a "hunted" team, to know the path to the Lombardi Trophy, this is the "new norm" for the Philadelphia Eagles, and they aren’t shying away from ...
It all feels right, where the Eagles are right now and what they’ve accomplished in free agency. The team has been aggressive and creative and logical. They’ve addressed needs. They’ve eliminated any in-the-draft temptations to “reach” at a position ...