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Getty Images The Eagles won’t have DeSean Jackson on the field on Sunday in Pittsburgh. Jackson has officially been ruled out for the game against the Steelers. Although the Eagles seemed optimistic that he could return from his hamstring injury, the injury report lists him as out. Alshon...

Getty Images The Eagles gave Jordan Mailata two years to wade into the shallow water, as he learned how to switch from rugby to football. Last week, was thrown into the deep end, making his first start at left tackle in the NFL. The Australian admits there were points in the process he wasn’t...

Getty Images Receivers Diontae Johnson (toe) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (knee) returned to full practices Thursday after missing Wednesday. That was the good news for the Steelers. The bad news was they added linebacker T.J. Watt to the report. Watt missed practice with a knee injury. He has...

Getty Images Offensive social media posts that Eagles linebacker Nate Gerry wrote in 2011 and 2012 surfaced Thursday. They included a racial slur. Gerry apologized on social media. “I have been made aware of some offensive social media posts I sent out many years ago,” Gerry wrote, via Dave...

Getty Images The Eagles opened up a pair of spots on their 53-man roster Thursday by placing a pair of players on injured reserve. Linebacker T.J. Edwards and safety Rudy Ford will be unavailable for at least the next three games as a result of the move. Edwards missed practice on Wednesday...

Getty Images When the COVID-19 pandemic was settling in through the spring and into summer, Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay did not think that a 2020 NFL seasons should go forward. “My true opinion, I felt like we shouldn’t even have (a season), just because of what was going on,”...

Getty Images The Eagles didn’t come into the season planning to turn Carson Wentz into a running quarterback. But in the absence of better alternatives, they’re willing to let him take off from time to time. With his skill position help decimated by injuries, Wentz has been able to create...

Getty Images The Eagles were short on healthy wide receivers last week, but things are looking a little better as they head toward Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh. DeSean Jackson was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday. He missed practice all of last week due to a hamstring injury and...

Getty Images The president from time to time has used Twitter as a weapon against the NFL. The NFL possibly has now used Twitter as a weapon against the president. Via USA Today, Twitter removed a video posted by the Trump campaign, which featured Sunday night’s leap by 49ers receiver Brandon...

Getty Images Every Tuesday, PFT PM hands out awards in four categories, with MDS, Charean Williams, and I making our selections for offensive player, defensive player, rookie, and coach of the week. Every week, I post the video code here and invite you to watch it to see who we picked. This...

Getty Images The Eagles and Steelers have not been among the NFL teams with fans in the stands for home games this season, but that could be changing. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Tuesday that the state is amending its guidelines for the number of people allowed to be at indoor...

Getty Images The Steelers had an unexpected bye week thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Titans organization that led to their game being rescheduled for Week Seven. While that might not have been an ideal set of circumstances for Pittsburgh, there was an upside for one injured player...

Getty Images Pennsylvania is now allowing fans at sporting events, and the two Pennsylvania teams will meet in Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Steelers announced today that 5,500 fans will be in attendance, the first time Pennsylvania has had fans at an NFL game this season. “We are pleased to...

Getty Images The Eagles called running back Adrian Killins from the practice squad to get through last night’s game, and apparently they no longer require his services on the active roster. The team announced he had been waived Monday. The undrafted rookie from Central Florida was an...

Getty Images With the game on the line, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz looked for Travis Fulgham, of course. And why not, the recent practice squad call-up had run the play once before, so naturally he turned it into a touchdown. Via Tim McManus of ESPN.com, Wentz said they had repped it...

Getty Images The Eagles have been adjusting their offensive line on the fly since the offseason, when right guard Brandon Brooks was lost for the year. That shuffling appears to be something they’ll need to get used to. Via Dave Zangaro of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com, Eagles coach Doug Pederson...

Getty Images The Eagles offensive line was already kind of a mess. Then, they lost another starter. Right tackle Lane Johnson just walked to the locker room under his own power, in the first quarter against the 49ers. They were already without left tackle Jason Peters, with Jordan Mailata...

Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz hasn’t been very good at throwing the football this season. So, they found a way around it. Wentz just scored on a designed run, and then hit Zach Ertz for the conversion to give the Eagles an 8-0 lead over the 49ers. Wentz threw his seventh...

Getty Images The Eagles are hanging onto a halftime lead, in a game that gets weirder by the minute. They’re up 8-7 on the 49ers at the break, with their early Carson Wentz touchdown holding up. The 49ers have made more plays, but have made enough mistakes of their own to avoid taking a lead...

Getty Images There aren’t that many regulars left on either side of this Eagles-49ers game. But the guy who might be the best of them — even when both teams are healthy — is there, and asserting himself. Tight end George Kittle just gave the 49ers a 14-8 lead with a touchdown in the third...