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Getty Images Eagles right guard Brandon Brooks had a checkup on his right Achilles last week. He still isn’t cleared for team drills yet but Brooks did get the go-ahead for one-on-ones this week in joint practices with the Ravens. Brooks retains hope of playing the season opener. “Still got...

Getty Images The Eagles released linebacker Paul Worrilow on Sunday and they added a new linebacker to the roster on Monday. The team announced the signing of Chris Worley to their 90-man roster. Worley signed with the Bengals after going undrafted last year and spent most of the season on...

Getty Images Quarterback Josh McCown announced his retirement earlier this year and took a job as an analyst with ESPN, but he still heard from teams wondering if he’d reverse course to join them for the 2019 season. McCown said no to all of those overtures until the Eagles called in the last...

Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson says what he likes best about newly signed backup quarterback Josh McCown is the experience he brings to the locker room. “He’s 40. He’s close to my age,” Pederson said. Pederson is 51, which means McCown is indeed closer in age to his head coach than...

Getty Images The Eagles needed a quarterback. They signed one who had retired from the NFL, not one who has recently made clear his ongoing desire to get back in. On Sunday, coach Doug Pederson was asked whether the team considered Colin Kaepernick before signing Josh McCown. “We consider...

Getty Images Linebacker Paul Worrilow‘s time with the Eagles came to an end on Sunday. The Eagles announced Worrilow’s release shortly after he sat out practice. Worrilow did not play in either of the team’s two preseason games this summer. Worrilow tore his ACL last May and missed the entire...

Getty Images For the second time this year, a former NFL player is leaving ESPN to return to the NFL. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports (announces) that Josh McCown of ESPN is now Josh McCown of the Eagles. McCown joins Cowboys tight end Jason Witten as football players turned ESPN analysts turned...

Getty Images Well, it looks like unretired quarterback Josh McCown won’t be a short-time member of the Eagles. McCown’s one-year deal pays him $2 million fully guaranteed at signing and up to $5.4 million for the season, according to for-now-former colleague Adam Schefter of ESPN. This makes...

Getty Images Wide receiver Braxton Miller drew the short straw in Philly on Saturday. The Eagles signed quarterback Josh McCown to fill out a position group dealing with injuries to Nate Sudfeld and Cody Kessler, which meant that they needed to cut someone else in order to get McCown on the...

Getty Images The Eagles will be adding a new offensive tackle to the roster. Brett Toth played college football at the United States Military Academy and went on to start fulfilling his service requirement after graduation in 2018, but a change in policy regarding athletes pursuing...

Getty Images The Eagles have played two preseason games and they’ve seen their starting quarterback go down with an injury in each of them. Nate Sudfeld will be out for several weeks after breaking his left wrist in the opener and Cody Kessler is in the concussion protocol after getting hurt...

Getty Images Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is feeling pretty good about his team’s offense in 2019. And for good reason. But other offenses should be pretty good this year, too. Simms and I looked at six of them via Thursday’s PFT Live draft. The results were a bit surprising. Which is a nice...

Getty Images Nick Foles won’t play against his former team tonight. The Jaguars announced the players not expected to play against the Eagles, with Foles, Jalen Ramsey and Leonard Fournette headlining the stars on the list. Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said earlier this week he was targeting...

Getty Images Eagles quarterback Cody Kessler was removed from tonight’s game against the Jaguars after the independent medical spotter signaled to the referee to have him checked for a concussion. The decision came after Jaguars pass rusher Datone Jones came in unblocked from the blind side...

Getty Images The Eagles didn’t add a quarterback to the roster after Nate Sudfeld broke his wrist last week. They’ll be asked about the possibility of adding another player behind Carson Wentz again this week. Cody Kessler started Thursday night’s game against the Jaguars, but was pulled by...

The Eagles challenged a non-call for defensive pass interference in the third quarter and won a reversal. From the 9-yard line, Eagles quarterback Clayton Thorson threw an incomplete pass intended for Carlton Agudosi in the end zone with 5:33 remaining in the third quarter. Coach Doug Pedersen...

Getty Images Fletcher Cox still isn’t practicing. That’s not a reason to panic, however, according to him. The Eagles’ All-Pro defensive tackle still hasn’t practiced after offseason foot surgery, and he hasn’t been spotted on the side rehab field with other recovering players lately. But he...

Getty Images Since the football itself isn’t often enough to sustain interest, preseason games usually need a subplot. Nick Foles leading his new Jaguars team against Carson Wentz and his old one won’t be able to scratch that itch for you, however. The Jaguars don’t seem likely to play their...

Getty Images President Donald Trump could be helping the Eagles with some offensive line depth. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, former Army tackle Brett Toth is seeking a waiver to allow him to sign with the Eagles. In May, the President said he’d allow military academy players to obtain...

Getty Images Nick Foles will get a chance to visit with some former teammates on Thursday night, but it looks like it will happen before the Eagles face the Jaguars rather than during the preseason contest. Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone didn’t rule Foles out for the game when he spoke to...