Throw the team records out the window. In Week 8, the Dallas Cowboys are coming to Philadelphia to play the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday Night Football. It's officially Cowboys Week. The Eagles have, of course, underperformed through the first seven weeks of the season, while the Cowboys appear to be on the…
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With the Eagles dealing with a ton of injuries to members of their offensive line, they have had to make adjustments on the fly. At times, they have had to shuffle multiple players into and out of multiple positions within a given game. Now, it appears they will be employing their sixth different combination of…
Eagles tight end Zach Ertz left Sunday's loss to the Baltimore Ravens with what was eventually revealed to be a high-ankle sprain. Earlier this week, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that Ertz was expected to miss approximately 3-to-4 weeks with the injury. Apparently, he may be out longer than that. On Thursday morning, NFL insider Mike…
Howie Roseman and the Philadelphia Eagles somewhat quietly created some additional 2020 cap space on Wednesday. According to a report from Field Yates of ESPN, the Eagles converted $7.16M of defensive tackle Fletcher Cox's salary into a bonus, creating roughly $5.7M in cap space. The timing of this news, just ahead of the upcoming NFL…
Doug Pederson spoke to the media on Wednesday and, among other things, offered injury updates on the team's current mountain of injured players. Most notably, Pederson indicated that WR DeSean Jackson, RT Lane Johnson, CB Avonte Maddox, and LB Duke Riley are all expected to play on Thursday when the Eagles host the New York…
After losing to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 6, the Eagles have a short turnaround for Week 7, as they are scheduled to host the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football. Most weeks, the Eagles release official injury reports on Wednesday and Thursday and a final report with official injury designations on Friday afternoon.…