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    DeSean Jackson will remain out of practice Wednesday

    Getty Images When Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson suffered an abdominal injury in September, word was that he’d miss a couple of weeks before getting back in action. That proved to be an overly hopeful timeline. Jackson has missed the last five Eagles games and this week is getting off to...
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    Eagles aren’t questioning Nelson Agholor’s effort

    Nelson Agholor explained what some interpreted as a lack of effort late in Sunday’s loss to Dallas. The Eagles receiver also appeared unbothered by the outside criticism. “Man, I’m a professional,” Agholor said Tuesday, via Martin Frank of the Delaware News Journal. “I know I work hard. At the...
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    Eagles signing defensive tackle Albert Huggins off Texans practice squad

    Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles have gone practice squad shopping to help add to the interior of their defensive line. In addition to signing Anthony Rush from the Oakland Raiders practice squad, the Eagles are plucking defensive tackle Albert Huggins off the Texans squad, per Aaron...
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    Eagles cut Akeem Spence

    Getty Images Philadelphia defensive tackle Akeem Spence played a season-high 54 snaps on Sunday night. Apparently the Eagles didn’t like what they saw. The Eagles announced today that they have released Spence and signed defensive tackle Anthony Rush off the Raiders’ practice squad. The...
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    Eagles releasing Orlando Scandrick

    Getty Images The Eagles tried to trade for cornerback Jalen Ramsey last week, according to an ESPN report. The Jaguars instead traded Ramsey to the Rams. It’s obvious the Eagles still need help at the position. Dak Prescott passed for 239 yards against the Eagles on Sunday night. Cornerback...
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    Lane Johnson calls on teammates who show up late to be “accountable”

    Getty Images The Eagles didn’t show up Sunday night against the Cowboys. They fumbled on their first two possessions, falling behind the Cowboys 14-0 on their way to a 37-10 loss. Apparently, showing up late is an ongoing problem in Philadelphia. Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson called out...
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    Jerry Jones is “looking for reasons” to keep Jason Garrett

    Getty Images The Cowboys front office repeatedly expressed public support for Jason Garrett last week in the midst of a three-game losing streak. Both Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones said Garrett’s job was not on the line in Sunday’s game against the Eagles. They weren’t lying. The Cowboys...
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    Delicate decision regarding level of Dak Prescott franchise tag looms for the Cowboys

    Getty Images Last week, we tried to identify the players who would not be traded for the Jalen Ramsey package: An offer of two first-round picks and a fourth-round pick. As the Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott continue to move week by week toward the expiration of his rookie contract...
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    Robert Quinn, Leighton Vander Esch expected to be OK

    Getty Images The Cowboys lost weakside linebacker Leighton Vander Esch and defensive end Robert Quinn during Sunday’s game. Vander Esch left with a neck injury, watching the second half on the sideline in street clothes. Quinn went out with a rib injury Cowboys owner Jerry Jones does not...
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    Carson Wentz: Cowboys “beat the crap out of us”

    Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz didn’t mince words about the way he and his teammates performed on Sunday night in Dallas. “We didn’t show up,” Wentz said, via the Morning Call. “They beat the crap out of us.” The Eagles are 3-4 and appear to have an uphill climb to the playoffs...
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    Cowboys kick around Eagles in the first half, to take 27-7 halftime lead

    Getty Images The Cowboys did almost everything right in the first half, and the Eagles are lucky they are not trailing by more in a first-place NFC East showdown. As it stands, Dallas owns a 27-7 lead at halftime with the final play of the second quarter a 63-yard field goal by Brett Maher...
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    Sunday night wrapup: Cowboys take over first place as Eagles are all talk

    Getty Images It’s a good thing Doug Pederson’s guarantee wasn’t a “guarantee” since his Eagles failed to deliver. Pederson said on the radio Monday morning that the Eagles are “going down to Dallas, and our guys are gonna be ready to play, and we’re gonna win that football game, and when we...
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    Xavier Woods explains dispute with Eagles athletic trainer

    Getty Images Cowboys safety Xavier Woods downplayed a run-in with an Eagles athletic trainer in the first half of Sunday’s game. “It was really nothing. It was nothing,” Woods said. Woods was penalized for a hit on Eagles receiver Alshon Jeffery on the Eagles’ only touchdown drive. Officials...
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    Ezekiel Elliott: We don’t care what Doug Pederson says

    Getty Images The Cowboys never formally addressed Doug Pederson’s guarantee that wasn’t a guarantee, according to a source. They didn’t need to. The Cowboys were fully aware that the Eagles coach said on the radio last Monday that the Eagles are “going down to Dallas, and our guys are gonna be...
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    Doug Pederson doesn’t regret saying what he said

    Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson doesn’t regret saying what he said. “Nope. No,” Pederson said after the Eagles’ 37-10 loss to the Cowboys. Linebacker Zach Brown badmouthed his former teammate, Kirk Cousins, before the Eagles’ Week Seven game against the Vikings. A day after the...
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    Eagles activate Jalen Mills

    Getty Images The Eagles will have cornerback Jalen Mills back on the field Sunday night against the Cowboys. Mills has been activated from the physically unable to perform list after practicing this week. He’s expected to start on Sunday. It’s taken almost a full year for Mills to return from...
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    Week Seven injury report roundup

    Getty Images Week Seven of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...
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    Nigel Bradham a “long shot” for Sunday night

    Getty Images The Eagles will take on the Cowboys on Sunday night and it looks like they’ll be without a few starters for the NFC East matchup. Linebacker Nigel Bradham did not practice on Wednesday or Thursday because of an ankle injury and head coach Doug Pederson said at a Friday press...
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    Cowboys expect Randall Cobb, Byron Jones and Zack Martin back at practice Friday

    Getty Images Wide receiver Amari Cooper said on Thursday that he would test out his injured quad in practice on Friday and the Cowboys expect other injured players to be back on the field as well. Head coach Jason Garrett said at his Friday press conference that he expected Cooper, wide...
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    Eagles list Ronald Darby as questionable for Sunday night

    Getty Images The Eagles may have cornerback Ronald Darby back in the lineup on Sunday night. Darby has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury, but practiced every day this week. He’s been listed as questionable to play against the Cowboys. If he does get in the lineup, he’ll...
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