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    Report: Jim Schwartz will leave the Eagles after 2020 season

    Getty Images Every team has changes after the season ends. In Philadelphia, plenty of changes are possible. One change that will be definite, at least reportedly, will happen at defensive coordinator. Jim Schwartz will leave the team upon expiration of his contract following Sunday’s game...
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    Alex Smith is expected to start on Sunday night

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team listed quarterback Alex Smith as questionable on Friday’s injury report and head coach Ron Rivera said the team liked how he looked in the final practice of the week. Rivera and company are reportedly feeling good enough to put Smith back in the...
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    Reports: Doug Pederson will return to the Eagles in 2021

    Getty Images It’s time to check another box. Eagles coach Doug Pederson will return to the team in 2021, according to multiple reports. Why wouldn’t he? Crazed Eagles fans and over-the-top bitter Philly media notwithstanding, Pederson won a Super Bowl trophy in 2017 and took the team to the...
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    Doug Pederson: I’ve got a ton of confidence in Carson Wentz and always have

    Getty Images Doug Pederson has said he expects to remain the Eagles’ head coach in 2021 and reiterated that stance on Friday. But when it comes to quarterback, Philadelphia probably has more questions than answers. Pederson benched Carson Wentz in Week 13 and rookie Jalen Hurts has started the...
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    Terry McLaurin, Antonio Gibson remain out of practice Friday

    Getty Images Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera expressed optimism on Thursday about the chances of having wide receiver Terry McLaurin and running back Antonio Gibson in the lineup on Sunday night, but neither one got on the practice field on Friday. The team is practicing inside...
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    Alex Smith questionable for Sunday night, Washington adds QB Steven Montez

    Getty Images Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith is questionable for Sunday night’s regular-season finale against the Eagles. Coach Ron Rivera said today that Smith will be listed as questionable and it’s too soon to say whether Smith’s calf injury will be sufficiently healed for...
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    Fletcher Cox, Miles Sanders among nine Eagles ruled out

    Getty Images Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said this week that the team has a “no-hat rule” when it comes to letting Washington celebrate a division title at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night. They may have that rule in place, but they’re short on players to enforce it. The...
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    NFL Week 17 injury report roundup: Will Alex Smith play Sunday night?

    Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...
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    Jalen Mills on COVID-19 list, won’t play Sunday

    Getty Images Safety Jalen Mills won’t be on hand as the Eagles try to stop the Washington Football Team from winning the NFC East on Sunday night. The Eagles announced that Mills will miss the game after being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. They did not announce whether Mills tested...
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    Alex Smith working with first-string offense at Washington Football Team practice

    Getty Images Alex Smith appears to be heading toward a return to the field in Washington’s must-win game on Sunday night. Smith is working with the first-string offense today in practice, his first time doing so since suffering the calf injury that forced him to miss the last two games. After...
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    Alex Smith limited at practice, Antonio Gibson and Terry McLaurin out

    Getty Images Alex Smith was back to work with the first team at Washington’s practice on Thursday, but the quarterback didn’t do enough work to be considered a full participant. Smith was listed as limited in the session, which still marked a step in the right direction after he didn’t...
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    Jalen Reagor says his production “wasn’t enough for the team”

    Getty Images The Eagles selected Jalen Reagor with the 21st overall pick in the spring draft, one of six wide receivers taken in the first round. Reagor had plenty going against him for his rookie year, from not having a true offseason program to acclimate to the league to tearing a thumb...
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    Washington has yet to score on its opening drive this season

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team is known as the Washington Football Team for the first time this season. The Washington Football Team isn’t known for starting fast this season. As noted by the Associated Press, Washington hasn’t scored on the opening drive of any game this season. On...
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    Alex Smith officially doesn’t practice on Wednesday

    Getty Images Washington quarterback Alex Smith may have been “right on the doorstep” of playing in Week 16, but he’s still not practicing. Smith appeared on the Wednesday injury report as not practicing, due to a calf injury that has caused him to miss the last two games. Taylor Heinecke took...
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    Taylor Heinicke taking first-team reps at Washington Football Team practice

    Getty Images The Washington Football Team has not yet named its starting quarterback for Sunday night’s must-win game against the Eagles, but Taylor Heinicke is running with the first-string offense today. Reporters on the scene said Heinicke is getting the first-team reps while Alex Smith...
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    Alex Smith felt “right on the doorstep” of playing last weekend

    Getty Images Washington listed Alex Smith as a non-participant in practice on Wednesday, but it doesn’t sound like that’s a reason for increased pessimism about his chances of playing against the Eagles. Smith said that the plan for the day was for him to throw and do other work on the side...
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    Terrell Owens: Donovan McNabb was out drinking the night before Super Bowl XXXIX

    Getty Images When receiver Terrell Owens wanted out of Philadelphia, he threw everything he had at the wall in order to make it happen. Well, almost everything. Owens, whose effort to be traded or cut in 2005 included a claim that the Eagles would have been undefeated that year if the...
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    Washington, Dallas favored as NFC East race goes down to Week 17

    Getty Images The NFC East is the only division in football that’s still a three-team race heading into Week 17. If the favored teas win, Washington takes the division. Washington is currently a two-point favorite on the road in Philadelphia on Sunday Night Football, while Dallas is a...
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    Jared Goff most likely isn’t going anywhere

    Getty Images In 2015, the Buccaneers and Titans held the first two picks in the draft. They made quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota the first and second overall picks, respectively. Both had their fifth-year options exercised. Neither got second contracts. They each left via free...
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