Two days, two veterans added and the Eagles are taking care of the “need” part of the roster well in advance of the NFL Draft three weeks from now. Signing Paul Worrilow to the linebacker corps provides excellent depth to a unit that has some question marks, and with Worrilow’s 52 NFL starts and his experience playing in the middle and on the outside, the Eagles just got a lot better there. Bringing in Richard Rodgers to the tight end group ...
That Paul Worrilow is coming “home,” to play for the Philadelphia Eagles (he is a Wilmington, DE native and played collegiately at the University of Delaware) isn’t why he and the Eagles agreed to terms on a one-year deal on Tuesday ...
In the very real sense, this is the stretch run for NFL teams as they prepare for the draft. There are still player visits to conduct and Pro Days to consider and evaluations to sharpen. But make no mistake, the settings for draft decisions are in place. Draft boards are up and the action is live. Let’s discuss where the Eagles stand on the heels of the NFL Annual Meeting in Orlando and after an active free-agency period …
ORLANDO -- The most significant takeaway from the NFL Annual Meeting is one that changes the game of football – how it’s played, how it’s officiated, and how it’s watched. Get on board with the new rule now in place after a vote from the league’s owners that penalizes and potentially ejects players who lower their helmets and use it to initiate contract with another player, because it’s perhaps the most sport-altering rule in decades ...
ORLANDO -- The thrill of winning a Super Bowl continues for Eagles’ Chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie, who met reporters on Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting beaming about the experience and about the countless interactions he’s had with Eagles fans everywhere. This is still a vivid emotion for Lurie and he’s excited to share the feeling ...
ORLANDO -- He’s in his third season as the head coach, with a Super Bowl title under his belt, and Doug Pederson is in his comfort zone. He holds out a fist. The fist is his Eagles football team. The relationship Pederson has created with the locker room ...
ORLANDO – In a matter of two weeks, the Eagles attacked free agency in a way that few expected. They cleared space within the NFL’s salary cap days after reports said the team was as much as $11 million over the limit of $177.2 million. They retained standout linebacker Nigel Bradham. They ...
