The Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, which was unsurprising. During the game, however, Eagles starting quarterback Carson Wentz was benched in favor of rookie Jalen Hurts. Hurts flashed his potential but also dealt with a lot of the same issues that have plagued Wentz this season: an awful offensive line,…
The Eagles came into the 2020 season with high expectations, but they are a bad football team. Even worse, they aren't showing any signs of getting better even as they have gotten healthier over the last several weeks. The offense, the head coach's playcalling, and the team's franchise quarterback are a disaster, and the defense…
The Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday in what was another embarrassing performance. On Tuesday, they made a number of roster moves. Among them were waiving safety Will Parks, promoting safety Grayland Arnold from the practice squad to the active roster, and releasing defensive end Shareef Miller from the practice squad. To…
After another embarrassing loss on Monday night to the Seattle Seahawks in front of a national audience, Doug Pederson spoke to Philadelphia reporters on Tuesday as part of his weekly media obligations. With the team spiraling and mounting questions about his job security, Pederson's press conferences have been getting interesting in recent weeks. On Tuesday,…
When an NFL is bad and their season is spiraling out of control, leaks tend to follow. This Philadelphia Eagles team is bad, and the leaks out of the Novacare Complex have already started. A few weeks ago, there were rumblings that Howie Roseman has such a stranglehold over personnel that he decides who is…
When the Eagles moved on from Andy Reid after his 4-12 season in 2012, other organizations were so eager to bring in Reid that there were reportedly three jets on standby in Philadelphia ready to fly him to interviews. Reid had an unprecedented run of success in Philadelphia, but he had missed the playoffs in…
We all love the NFL, and a lot of us like betting on games, or at least trying to predict who will win their games or cover the spread. The Birds Blitz has an account over at BettingPros, and it allows us to make NFL game picks and post them here. So, we’re going to do that…