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Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is ready to return from last year’s season-ending back injury. Now the Eagles’ priority is keeping him healthy. Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson told Sal Paolantonio of ESPN that “Carson is good to go” as the Eagles open camp. Asked if the Eagles...

Getty Images A report earlier this week indicated cornerback Ronald Darby would open Eagles training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but a different corner landed on that list Thursday. Jalen Mills has been placed on the PUP list, which means he’ll be ineligible to practice with...

Getty Images Veteran running back Jay Ajayi took a few visits this offseason, but found no takers in free agency. So with camps opening, it’s worth doing a little advertising. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Ajayi has been cleared for football by Dr. James Andrews. Ajayi suffered a torn...

Getty Images Malcolm Jenkins has something big on his mind today, as he reports to training camp to go to work for another year. But the Eagles safety spent the last day of his offseason talking about a bigger burden. Via Tim McManus of ESPN.com, Jenkins spoke yesterday at Michelle Obama’s...

Getty Images On our list of teams with open training camp practices, the Eagles are near the bottom, with only one open practice this year. The team says there are valid reasons for that. Eagles President Don Smolenski said on WIP that the team believes, after seeing how many fans attended...

Getty Images When Eagles cornerback Ronald Darby discussed his recovery from a torn ACL in June, he said he is “going to be doing stuff in training camp.” It appears practicing will not be on the list of things he’s doing when camp gets underway this week. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images He’s been going strong since 2005. And he’s got at least one more year left. The Eagles have announced that running back Darren Sproles has signed a one-year contract to return to the team. Originally a draft pick of the Chargers fourteen years ago, Sproles already has spent five...

Getty Images Camps open soon (the Broncos already have started practicing), and the folks in Vegas have adjusted their projected over-under win totals for 2019. The Chiefs currently lead the way with 12, followed by the Patriots at 11. The Rams and Saints are next at 10.5, followed by the...

Getty Images Eagles coach Doug Pederson and General Manager Howie Roseman have a great working relationship, and Pederson says he’s not going to wreck things by seeking more personnel authority. “I was hired to be the head football coach, not the general manager,” Pederson said, via NJ.com. “I...

Getty Images Doug Pederson was around the NFL as a player and an assistant before getting the head coaching job in Philadelphia and that left him with no doubt about the importance of having the right relationship with his starting quarterback. Pederson notes that’s not always easy, but the...

Getty Images More motivation for the 2019 season has emerged, in the form of the Madden 20 ratings for all 32 NFL teams. The Eagles have the highest team rating, with an 89. They’re followed closely by their division rivals in Dallas, who landed an 88. (Maybe Cowboys fans shouldn’t boycott the...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Bears coach Matt Nagy doesn’t want his players to turn the page on their heartbreaking playoff loss to the Eagles. Nagy said during an appearance in the booth at the Chicago Cubs’ game today that he wants his players to keep thinking about the way their season ended, and to use that to motivate...

Getty Images Wide receiver Devin Ross‘s stint in Philadelphia was a short one. The Eagles announced today that they have waived Ross with a non-football injury. There’s no word on the nature of the injury Ross suffered. Ross signed with the Eagles in May, in time to get involved in Organized...

Getty Images We’ve spent plenty of time the past couple of days talking about players being upset with their ratings in the new Madden game, and the motivation they have drawn from it. One player who shouldn’t be upset (and in turn has no basis for extra motiviation) is Rams running back Todd...

Getty Images After Broncos linebacker Von Miller hosted his pass rush summit earlier this year, he downplayed the notion of a backlash against players from different teams sharing tips that could then be used against them at some point in the future. Saints left tackle Terron Armstead attended...

Getty Images Chris Maragos last played an NFL game with the Eagles in Week Six of the 2017 season and the knee injury he suffered that week has brought his playing career to an end. Maragos spent all of last season on the physically unable to perform list and the Eagles released the...

Getty Images With just over a week remaining until the Eagles report for training camp for the 2019 season, tackle Tyreek Burwell has decided to hang up his cleats. In a post to his instagram account on Monday, Burwell announced he would be retiring from football. “Man it’s hard for me to sit...