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    Report: Paul Worrilow retires, day after signing with Ravens

    Getty Images Paul Worrilow has decided not to join the Ravens after all. Less than 24 hours after the Ravens announced the signing of Worrilow, a free agent linebacker, he decided to retire, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Worrilow missed the entire 2018 season with a torn ACL and...
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    Carli Lloyd “got some inquiries” after making 55-yard field goal

    Chicago Bears, we are looking at you. U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd tells SI.com that she “got some inquiries” after banging a 55-yard field goal through skinny uprights after a Ravens-Eagles joint practice earlier this week. “There’s been some interesting chatter about it,” Lloyd said, via...
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    Doug Pederson: J.J. Arcega-Whiteside can be explosive for us

    Getty Images Josh McCown hasn’t been a member of the Eagles for long, but it seems he’s found a favorite target in the receiving corps. Seven of McCown’s 17 completions on Thursday night were to second-round pick J.J. Arcega Whiteside, who finished the night with eight catches for 104 yards...
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    Carson Wentz “clicking on all cylinders” even without preseason work

    Carson Wentz said earlier this week that he will be ready for the regular season whether he plays in the preseason or not. It’s a good thing since the Eagles quarterback will get no preseason snaps. Wentz sat out Thursday night’s preseason game after sitting out the first two preseason games...
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    Looking at the games with the strangest field conditions

    Getty Images Thursday night’s Canadian conversion rate playing surface in Winnipeg on Thursday night ranks among the strangest over field conditions ever seen in a preseason game. But there have been far stranger field conditions in games that count. On Friday, Chris Simms and I drafted the...
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    It doesn’t appear Carson Wentz will play tonight

    Getty Images Eagles quarterbacks have taken the field to begin throwing before pregame warmups for tonight’s third preseason game. Josh McCown, Cody Kessler and Clayton Thorson are on the field, John Clark of NBCPhiladelphia.com reports. Carson Wentz isn’t. Thus, it would come as a surprise...
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    Josh McCown looked like the veteran he is

    Getty Images Who needs practice? Josh McCown came out of retirement, and five days later, he led the Eagles on two scoring drives. McCown, 40, relieved Cody Kessler after two drives in the first quarter and played late into the third quarter before Clayton Thorson replaced him. The game was...
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    Doug Pederson prefers joint practices to preseason games

    Add Doug Pederson to the list of coaches who think the current preseason set-up isn’t conducive to preparation for the regular season. The Eagles coach said he gets more from joint practices — like the ones he’s having with the Ravens this week — than he will from Thursday’s game or any other...
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    Cardinals and Eagles make a trade

    Getty Images Halfway through the preseason, teams have a pretty good idea who is going to make their roster and who isn’t. And the Cardinals and Eagles decided to swap some spare parts to see if they fit better elsewhere. The Cardinals announced they had traded safety Rudy Ford to the Eagles...
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    Eagles tight end Richard Rodgers out “multiple weeks”

    Getty Images It didn’t appear that Richard Rodgers was anticipating good news Monday, when he was carted off the practice field with a foot injury. While it could have been worse, he seems to have known what was going on. According to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, the Eagles tight...
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    Jason Peters: It’s a big comeback year for me

    Getty Images Eagles left tackle Jason Peters tore his ACL in October 2017, but he was able to get back on the field for the start of the 2018 season and remained in the starting lineup for the entire season. Peters started every game, but he failed to finish some and missed snaps in 10 regular...
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    Looking at potentially fatal flaws for various teams

    Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live draft focused on that one thing that could derail a team’s season: The Achilles heel. Big Cat and I ripped through four rounds, and of course we squabbled the whole time about which guy’s picks were better. You can check it out below, and you can let us know...
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    Nigel Bradham not sure he’ll be ready for Week One

    Getty Images The Eagles expect to open the regular season without having Kamu Grugier-Hill in the lineup due to a knee injury and he might not be the only missing member of the linebacking corps. Nigel Bradham tore ligaments in his toe during the Eagles’ playoff loss to the Saints and he’s...
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    Carson Wentz: I’m ready for Week One

    Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz hasn’t played in either of the team’s first two preseason games and doesn’t know if he’ll be playing this week, but he does know that he doesn’t think it will affect his preparedness for Week One either way. Wentz said last week that he thought he’d...
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    Chris Long: Players Coalition had Stephen Ross removed from social justice working group

    Getty Images When the NFL announced a new social justice campaign, Miami’s Stephen Ross was one of the owners participating in the working group. He’s not anymore. After taking criticism for hosting a fundraiser for President Trump, Ross was taken off the working group at the request of the...
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    Jay Gruden: “No rush” to name a starting quarterback

    Getty Images Washington coach Jay Gruden has yet to name a Week One starting quarterback, and he feels no compulsion to do so in the immediate future. “There’s no rush to name a starter right now,” Gruden told reporters on Tuesday. “I think it’s important to let these guys go out and play and...
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    Soccer star Carli Lloyd hits 55-yard FG after Eagles-Ravens joint practice

    The Bears seemingly have looked everywhere for a reliable kicker, but maybe, just maybe, there is one kicker they haven’t considered who they should. (I jest . . . I think.) Soccer star Carli Lloyd went to the Eagles and Ravens joint practice Tuesday and afterward hit several field goals...
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    Nate Sudfeld: Josh McCown adds to a great team

    The Eagles’ decision to sign quarterback Josh McCown to a contract that positions him to be the backup to Carson Wentz this season impacts several other players on the team. Nate Sudfeld, Cody Kessler and Clayton Thorson were Wentz’s backups on the depth chart until Sudfeld’s broken wrist and...
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    Cody Kessler back at practice for Eagles

    Getty Images Eagles quarterback Cody Kessler hasn’t totally cleared the league’s concussion protocol yet, but he’s making progress. Kessler suffered a concussion early in last Thursday’s game against the Jaguars and has passed enough tests that he is back on the field in a limited capacity on...
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    Richard Rodgers carted off at Eagles practice

    Getty Images Eagles tight end Richard Rodgers had just worked his way back from a foot injury, but wasn’t back long. According to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Rodgers was just carted off the practice field, apparently distraught, with his head in his hands. The 27-year-old...
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