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Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 compensatory draft picks, which now include special compensatory picks rewarding teams for developing minority coaches and executives. The selections this year are from the third to sixth rounds. With the CBA limiting the number of compensatory...

Getty Images With the salary cap likely to be set at $182.5 million, there are several teams with work to do to be in compliance by the start of the new league year. The Eagles are one of them. According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, Philadelphia has restructured offensive lineman Isaac...

Getty Images Success in football is premised on successfully lying. As the draft approaches, the lying often reaches a fever pitch. There are plenty of reasons for lying in the top 10 this year. If, as expected, quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence and Zach Wilson become the top two picks, the next...

Getty Images The Eagles continue to make moves to get under the salary cap before the new league year. They announced Tuesday they have released safety Blake Countess and defensive tackle Treyvon Hester. Countess, 27, was set to make $990,000 in base salary and count $850,000 against the cap...

Getty Images After word broke that the Eagles agreed to trade quarterback Carson Wentz to the Colts, there was a report that the team was planning to bring in another quarterback to compete with Jalen Hurts for the starting job. Monday brought word of a different plan in Philadelphia. Chris...

Getty Images The Eagles have not declared Jalen Hurts their starting quarterback for 2021, but team owner Jeffrey Lurie is reportedly putting out word that he wants Hurts to have the job. Lurie has instructed the team’s decision-makers to prioritize making Hurts successful in 2021, as opposed...

Getty Images Before he tore his ACL late in the 2017 season, Carson Wentz was an MVP candidate. His offensive coordinator that season, of course, was his new head coach — Frank Reich. Wentz didn’t play Super Bowl LII, with Nick Foles winning MVP. Offensive lineman Jason Peters didn’t play that...

Getty Images Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie reportedly is putting out word he wants Jalen Hurts as the team’s starting quarterback in 2021. The Eagles traded Carson Wentz to the Colts, a deal that becomes official next week, to set the stage for Hurts to take over as the starting quarterback...

Getty Images There was word over the weekend that the Eagles are close to trading tight end Zach Ertz and he may not be the only one of the team’s veterans to leave in that fashion. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that right guard Brandon Brooks has also been the subject of trade discussions...

Getty Images Everyone figured the Eagles would trade Zach Ertz at some point this offseason. Everyone includes Zach Ertz, who acknowledged at the end of the season he didn’t know whether he would remain in Philadelphia. The some point appears to be growing closer. Michael Silver of NFL Media...

Getty Images The Eagles have a lot of decisions to make in the coming months, but made one move to aid in the process this week. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Philadelphia restructured cornerback Darius Slay‘s contract to save $9.14 million in cap space. Slay is signed through 2023, so he...

Getty Images Jason Kelce recently appeared on his former teammate Chris Long’s podcast and offered the one-word answer of “retirement” when asked what he’s currently worried about. But fellow offensive lineman Lane Johnson doesn’t think that’s coming in the immediate future. “I think he’s...

Getty Images Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson was right when it came to Jason Kelce. Johnson said that his longtime Eagles teammate would return for the 2021 season rather than retire and Kelce announced that is the case on Friday morning. In an Instagram post, Kelce wrote that he...

Getty Images It may not be in Philadelphia, but Jason Peters believes he’s still got something to offer before his NFL career comes to a close. In an interview with the NFL Network, the 17-year NFL veteran said that he still has something to give on the field and can help develop younger...

Getty Images Jason Peters blocked for Carson Wentz throughout Wentz’s five seasons in Philadelphia, and Peters says Wentz learned the harsh reality of Philadelphia last season. Peters said today that he can’t blame Wentz for the way things went down, but a quarterback playing the way Wentz...

Getty Images The Eagles will be in search of a new punter in 2021. According to multiple reports, Philadelphia has elected not to place a restricted free agent tender on Cameron Johnston, making him an unrestricted free agent. Though he initially signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free...

Getty Images Teams attempted 67 onside kicks in 2020. They recovered three, according to thefootballdatabase.com. That was fewer than in 2019 when eight of 63 were recovered. The Eagles proposed an onside kick alternative that didn’t go very far last year. They are proposing it again this...

Getty Images Who would have thought Brandon Graham would outlast Carson Wentz in Philadelphia? Graham, drafted in 2010, remains on the roster and wants “to see it through” with the Eagles. The Eagles agreed to trade Wentz to the Colts, with the deal becoming official in two weeks. Graham said...

Getty Images The Rams and Eagles both traded up to draft Jared Goff and Carson Wentz in 2016. The Rams and Eagles both gave lucrative extensions to Goff and Wentz during the summer of 2019 — the first year the quarterbacks could sign a second contract after completing their third seasons. And...

Getty Images Anyone who has been paying any attention to the NFL in recent weeks knows that, for plenty of veteran players, a major squeeze is coming. They’ll either be asked to take less under threat of termination, or they’ll simply be cut without conversation. The Giants have, as expected...