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    Eagles quiet so far on troubling DeSean Jackson posts

    Getty Images The Eagles have been quiet so far regarding last night’s posts by wide receiver DeSean Jackson, which included anti-Semitic messages. But one of their former executives has made his thoughts clear on the matter, and their own problematic precedents have made their next steps...
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    Eagles: DeSean Jackson’s messages were “offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling”

    Getty Images The Eagles have issued an initial statement regarding the anti-Semitic social-media posts made recently by receiver DeSean Jackson. “We have spoken with DeSean Jackson about his social media posts,” the statement explains. “Regardless of his intentions, the messages he shared were...
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    DeSean Jackson posts anti-Semitic quote on social media

    Getty Images Eagles wide receive DeSean Jackson has been using his Instagram account to share anti-Semitic posts with his 1.4 million followers. Jackson posted an image of what he said was a quote from Adolph Hitler saying, “the Jews will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their...
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    Not many NFL players have received a 10-year (or more) contract

    Getty Images Not many players have received contracts of 10 years or more. Patrick Mahomes has, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Contract details have not leaked on the new deal for the Chiefs quarterback yet. But both the amount of money and the number of years will rank among the highest and...
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    Eagles allowing season ticket holders to opt out of 2020

    Getty Images The Eagles have joined the growing list of teams that are allowing season ticket holders to opt out of 2020 and pick up in 2021 with no penalty. “As our preparations for the 2020 season continue, please know that we are working closely with league and government officials to make...
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    Lane Johnson: OL won’t miss a beat without Brandon Brooks

    Getty Images Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson won’t be lining up next to Brandon Brooks this season, but he doesn’t think the loss of his talented teammate will sink the team. Brooks tore his Achilles while working out in June and is set to miss the entire 2020 season as a result of the...
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    Eagles coaches will quarantine, take COVID-19 test before players’ arrival

    Getty Images The Eagles want their coaches and staff back in town by July 10, Geoff Mosher of insidethebirds.com reports. That will allow coaches to quarantine in their homes for a week before undergoing a COVID-19 test in anticipation of the players’ arrival for training camp. The coaches...
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    Penn State AD: Football in the spring “would be a last resort”

    Getty Images College football has plowed ahead of its professional brethren, with players returning to campuses — and many of them quickly catching COVID-19. So the decision-makers at that level are a bit ahead of the NFL, and have recently been forced to consider some drastic alternatives...
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    Jalen Hurts, DeSean Jackson working out together in Florida

    Getty Images When the Eagles drafted quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round this April, head coach Doug Pederson said that the team was “going to explore” ways that he could help the team early in his career. With Carson Wentz on hand, that led to thoughts of a Taysom Hill-type role for...
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    Lane Johnson: Returning to play a risk we have to take and see what happens

    Getty Images The start of training camp is drawing closer and the conversations about how safe it is to resume football activities amid a pandemic aren’t going away. Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins addressed the risks involved with the return last week and said it was hard to feel comfortable...
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    Which quarterback will be the next to win his first ring?

    Getty Images Of the top 20 quarterbacks in the Chris Simms top 40 countdown, only six have won Super Bowl rings — Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, and Tom Brady. So which quarterback will be the next to win his first ring? Simms and I looked at...
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    The Simms top 40 countdown, No. 6: Carson Wentz

    Getty Images Before suffering a torn ACL against the Rams in December 2017, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was on track to become the NFL’s MVP. Since then, questions have percolated as to whether he’s truly the guy. He is. In late 2019, with the Eagles on the ropes and pretty much everyone...
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    Police announce arrest of man who assaulted Dallas Goedert

    Getty Images Police in Aberdeen, South Dakota announced today that they have made an arrest in the assault on Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert. Aberdeen police say Kyle Douglas Hadala, age 29 of Sarasota, Florida, was arrested and charged with simple assault. Video shows that Goedert was...
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    Video shows Dallas Goedert was attacked, unprovoked

    Getty Images Video shows Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert appearing to be attacked without provocation in an incident at a South Dakota restaurant on Friday. The brief video shows Goedert appearing to be asking a man to back away from him when a second man comes out of nowhere and delivers a...
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    Dallas Goedert sucker-punched while at dinner

    Getty Images Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert was sucker-punched while out to dinner with his family, Mike Kaye of NJ.com reports and a PFT source confirms. Goedert, 25, was uninjured. He was at a South Dakota restaurant on Friday when, unprovoked, someone punched him in the face. Goedert was...
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    Will the Jets trade Jamal Adams?

    Getty Images The Jets have a decision to make. It’s too early to know what it will be. With safety Jamal Adams wanting out and willing to be traded to eight different teams (and maybe eventually more), the Jets could end up getting a strong offer, if more than one of the eight teams are...
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    Buccaneers on Jamal Adams’ list of preferred teams in a trade

    Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams told the team that he wants to be traded this week and he apparently wouldn’t mind joining up with a couple of his former opponents in the AFC East. Adams told former NFL safety and current ESPN personality Ryan Clark that he would love to play for the...
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    Thirty UCLA players ask for third-party oversight of COVID-19 protocols

    Getty Images Multiple NFL coaches have wondered aloud about how teams are going to conduct training camp while maintaining league-mandated guidelines for combating the spread of COVID-19 and there are also questions about how oversight to assure that teams are following those guidelines will...
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    Jamal Adams: It’s time to move on; no hard feelings

    Getty Images Jamal Adams wants a trade. The safety has asked the Jets for one, and he’s telling the team’s fans the same on social media. Adams commented to a fan on Instagram on Friday night, saying, “It’s time to move on. Let it go. Appreciate you guys. No hard feelings. Nothin but luv.”...
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    Report: Jamal Adams would accept trade to some places absent extension

    Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams has made it clear the entire offseason he is frustrated at the team’s lack of urgency at getting him a long-term deal. Now comes news that Adams has requested a trade. The Jets have not given Adams’ agent permission to speak with other teams, Calvin Watkins...
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