Ian Rapoport: Doug Pederson is on the hot seat
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Ian Rapoport: Doug Pederson is on the hot seat

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…

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Eagles free up .7 million in cap space
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Eagles free up $5.7 million in cap space

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…

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DeSean Jackson, Lane Johnson expected to return vs. Giants
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DeSean Jackson, Lane Johnson expected to return vs. Giants

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…

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Howie Roseman, Eagles completely botched the Alshon Jeffery situation
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Howie Roseman, Eagles completely botched the Alshon Jeffery situation

Many knew this day was coming. Back in August, the Eagles opted to activate Alshon Jeffery from the PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) list, meaning he would be on the active roster and take up a spot on the official 53-man roster. Leaving Jeffery on PUP would have saved the Eagles a roster spot, but…

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Did Jim Schwartz throw shade at Howie Roseman?

Jim Schwartz spoke to the media on Tuesday. As is often the case, he was asked about a struggling defense, some of his decisions on failed third-down stops, and Nate Gerry and the rest of the lackluster linebacker group. Usually, Schwartz works from a template that mostly includes defending his players and taking all of…

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The Birds Blitz Eagles 53-man roster projection
Howie Roseman, Doug Pederson, and Jim Schwartz have some tough roster decisions to make

The Birds Blitz Eagles 53-man roster projection

All the way back in May, we posted our way-too-early Eagles 53-man roster prediction. Since then, a lot has changed. Brandon Brooks is out for the season (or at least most of the season) with an Achilles injury, Jason Peters is back, Joshua Perkins is injured and is likely to miss some time (we already…

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