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    Which are the 10 or 11 relevant teams?

    Getty Images Saints coach Sean Payton said over the weekend that the NFL has only 10 or 11 relevant teams at any given time. If he’s right (and he is), the challenge becomes identifying the 10 or 11 relevant teams. It’s easy to peg six or seven of them. It’s harder to identify the last few, at...
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    Eagles claim Casey Tucker

    Getty Images Offensive lineman Casey Tucker got his first taste of the NFL as a member of the Eagles and he’s headed back to Philly for another shot at making the team. The Eagles announced that they claimed Tucker off of waivers Tuesday. Tucker was cut by the Lions on Monday. Tucker signed...
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    Eagles to exercise Derek Barnett’s 2021 option

    Getty Images We’re a week away from the deadline for teams to exercise their options on 2017 first-round picks for the 2021 season and it looks like the Eagles will be moving forward with defensive end Derek Barnett. Jimmy Kempski of PhillyVoice.com had the initial report that the Eagles will...
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    Eagles, Giants add players through International Player Pathway Program

    Getty Images Each year, the NFL places four players with teams through the International Player Pathway Program and the NFC East is home to those teams this season. As previously noted, the Cowboys were awarded offensive lineman Isaac Alarcón García and defensive lineman David Bada was placed...
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    Fifth-year option tracker

    Getty Images NFL teams have until May 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET to exercise fifth-year options on 2017 first-round draft choices. The window to sign those players to contract extensions opened Dec. 30, with Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey becoming the first to get a new deal. Some of...
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    Missing Russell Wilson made Eagles jump on Jalen Hurts

    Getty Images It’s not that the Eagles necessarily think quarterback Jalen Hurts is going to turn into Russell Wilson. But memories of missing out on Wilson in the 2012 NFL Draft played a part in the Eagles using a second-round pick on Hurts this year, a decision which has drawn a mixed...
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    Eagles sign Arizona QB Khalil Tate, list him as a wide receiver

    Getty Images The Eagles have added a second athletic college quarterback, but they’re giving him a different pro position. Philadelphia, which drafted former Oklahoma and Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round, announced today that it has signed former Arizona quarterback Khalil...
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    Eagles add Marquise Goodwin in trade with 49ers

    Getty Images The Eagles picked up a young receiver on the first day of the draft and they added a veteran one on Day Three. According to multiple reports, the Eagles have acquired wide receiver Marquise Goodwin in a trade with the 49ers. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the two teams flipped...
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    Report: Eagles, Marquise Goodwin agree to restructure

    Getty Images Receiver Marquise Goodwin agreed to restructure his contract after a trade to Philadelphia, Mike Kaye of nj.com reports. Goodwin, 29, will sign a one-year, $1.35 million deal. He has a chance to earn $1 million in incentives. Goodwin was scheduled to make $3.95 million in base...
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    Carson Wentz welcomes Jalen Hurts to Philadelphia

    Getty Images If Carson Wentz is angry that the Eagles drafted another quarterback, he isn’t showing it. Shortly after Philadelphia drafted former Alabama and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round on Friday night, Wentz went on Twitter and welcomed Hurts to town. “Welcome to the...
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    Eagles nab Jalen Hurts with 53rd pick

    Getty Images The Eagles picked up wide receiver Jalen Reagor with their first-round pick and they went back to the offensive well in the second round, although it probably wasn’t the choice many people were expecting. Philadelphia took former Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts with the 53rd...
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    Eagles likely to play Jalen Hurts, Carson Wentz on the field together

    Getty Images When the Eagles drafted former Oklahoma and Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round, they may have given Carson Wentz a new backup. But more likely, they gave Wentz a target he can throw and hand off to this season. Hurts seems likely to play a role in the Eagles’...
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    Doug Pederson: We’re going to explore Jalen Hurts’ skills

    Getty Images After the Eagles drafted quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round on Friday night, a 2019 quote from passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Press Taylor resurfaced. Taylor said that he thinks one of the big things in the future of offensive football “will be having...
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    Eagles add receiver Jalen Reagor

    Getty Images The Eagles are giving Carson Wentz another target. Jalen Reagor, a wide receiver from TCU, went to Philadelphia with the 21st overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. In a deep wide receiver class, most forecasts had Reagor dropping further than No. 21. But the Eagles apparently liked...
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    Howie Roseman: Jalen Reagor “really fits our quarterback skill set”

    Getty Images There were plenty of predictions that the Eagles would take a wide receiver in the first round of this year’s draft, but there wasn’t much consensus about the identity of that receiver due to the depth of this year’s group. Some thought the Eagles would trade up to make their...
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    Chiefs see a better Brian Westbrook in Clyde Edwards-Helaire

    Getty Images LSU running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire looks like the kind of player Chiefs coach Andy Reid can make good use of. He also looks familiar. Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach said that he told Reid during the scouting process of the similarities between their first-round pick and...
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    Trey Burton agrees to terms with Colts

    Getty Images Tight end Trey Burton didn’t need long to find a new team. Five days after the Bears released him, Burton has agreed to terms with the Colts. His representation, EnterSports Management, announced the deal on social media. The Bears signed Burton to a four-year deal in 2018 with...
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    Four teams have shown most interest in Trent Williams

    Getty Images Washington has rebuffed interest in trade offers for the second overall pick tonight. But they’re willing to take a second-rounder — or maybe a little less — for wantaway left tackle Trent Williams. According to Les Carpenter of the Washington Post, the team has been asking for a...
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    Source: “Zero truth” to Eagles interest in Trent Williams

    Getty Images The last couple of days have seen multiple reports about Washington talking to multiple teams about a trade involving tackle Trent Williams, including a report that had the Eagles as a possible trading partner for their NFC East rivals. It was a curious team to have in the mix...
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    Henry Ruggs has heard “constantly” from Raiders, Broncos, 49ers

    Getty Images The 2020 stay-at-home draft has changed the pre-draft process dramatically. Instead of in-person visits and workouts, teams were permitted to contact players up to three times per week, up to one hour at a time. So plenty of players have heard from plenty of teams, but there’s...
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