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Getty Images Miles Sanders led the Eagles in carries during his rookie season, but he spent much of the year sharing time with Jordan Howard in the lead running back role. Sanders doesn’t have a clear partner at the top of the depth chart this year. Howard moved on to Miami as a free agent...

Getty Images The Eagles didn’t draft Jalen Hurts to be the backup to Carson Wentz, after all. Instead, Hurts likely will be the backup to the backup, Nate Sudfeld. “I fully expect Nate to come in and be aggressive and do the things that he’s capable of doing, and become the backup to Carson,”...

Getty Images Eagles head coach Doug Pederson spent some time discussing the team’s offensive tackles on a Tuesday conference call, but sixth-round pick Prince Tega Wanogho’s name didn’t come up. Wanogho made some news a bit later in the day, however. The Eagles announced his signing on a...

Getty Images When the Eagles used a second-round pick on quarterback Jalen Hurts, it created a lot of reasonable questions about what it meant for the future of Carson Wentz and the position in general. But having been in the room with Wentz, Nate Sudfeld‘s not expecting it to be a problem...

Getty Images Veteran left tackle Jason Peters said recently that he’s been in touch with the Eagles, but he didn’t indicate that a return to the team was imminent and Eagles head coach Doug Pederson didn’t make it sound that way during a Tuesday conference call. Pederson confirmed that the...

Getty Images When center Jason Kelce joined the Eagles as a 2011 sixth-round pick, Jason Peters was already in place as the team’s left tackle. Peters has remained at that spot whenever healthy, so he and Kelce have spent a lot of time on the field and in offensive linemen meetings over the...

Getty Images After one season away from his familiar number, Jalen Hurts will return to wearing the No. 2 jersey for the Philadelphia Eagles. Hurts announced on his Twitter account Wednesday night that he will be back in the number he wore both at Channelview High School in Texas and at the...

Getty Images Eagles head coach Doug Pederson fired offensive coordinator Mike Groh after Philadelphia’s playoff loss and brought in some fresh coaching blood. Pederson says those coaching changes will be apparent on the field. Pederson said the new hires, including senior offensive assistant...

Getty Images Running back LeSean McCoy fell out of favor with the Chiefs down the stretch last season, but he was adamant before and after the Super Bowl that he wants to continue playing in the coming years. McCoy hasn’t signed on with anyone yet, but he said on NFL Network Wednesday that...

Getty Images Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox is rich, so he can afford a fully stocked home gym. But even if he didn’t, he knows what he’d do to stay ready at a time when players can’t work out in team facilities (or gyms, period, in many places). “I tell the guys to drive their car to a...

Getty Images The Eagles had big plans for their defensive tackles last season, but they were thrown off track in the season opener when Malik Jackson suffered a season-ending foot injury. More injuries would follow, which left the team to run through a lot of players alongside Fletcher Cox at...

Getty Images Free agent offensive tackle Jason Peters remains unsigned well into the offseason, but if any teams think the 38-year-old Peters is getting too old for the job, he’d like to disabuse them of that notion. Peters won’t turn 40 until after the 2021 season, and he has told friends he...

Getty Images Fletcher Cox and Darius Slay first met on a recruiting trip to Mississippi State. They were teammates for two seasons there after Slay went the JUCO route first. Cox can’t wait to have Slay as a teammate again after the Eagles acquired the cornerback in a trade with the Lions...

Getty Images The Eagles have interest in adding a veteran running back with Jordan Howard having left in free agency. Carlos Hyde remains among the veteran running backs still on the market, and one of the last remaining players on PFT’s original top-100 free agents list. The Eagles are...

Getty Images Former NFL linebacker Mike Labinjo died in his home Sept. 21, 2018, at 38 years old. The cause of death was not immediately known, but Calgary police did not suspect foul play. However, police now call Labinjo’s death “suspicious.” Several items were stolen from Labinjo’s...

Getty Images Carson Wentz lasted only eight minutes in his first postseason start. Jadeveon Clowney‘s hit left the Eagles quarterback with a concussion and watching Josh McCown run the offense in a loss to the Seahawks in the wild-card round game. John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia asked...

Getty Images On March 5, the Eagles announced they and Jason Peters had “mutually agreed” to let the left tackle test the market. Sixty-four days later, Peters remains a free agent with no indications that he has received an offer elsewhere. Peters, 38, continues working out and still plans to...

Over the past couple of weeks, the #PFTPM podcast has generated extended interviews with various team decision-makers in the wake of the 2020 draft. If you’ve missed them, here’s your chance to catch up. Just click the link and click the accompanying videos to see (via Zoom) and hear from the...

Getty Images The Chiefs are scheduled to open the 2020 NFL season by hosting the Texans on September 10 and it will be a rematch of last season’s divisional round game that ended with the Chiefs winning by 20 points. Oddsmakers like their chances of winning by a comfortable margin again in...

Getty Images Of the seven days of the week, the NFL plays games on three nights. Yet again, however, presidential debates will conflict with a pair of prime-time NFL games. Two Thursday Night Football games will be played against presidential debates. The October 15 game between the Chiefs and...