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    Eagles waive Blake Countess with injury settlement

    Getty Images The Eagles signed a few veteran safeties this offseason and they parted ways with one of them on Tuesday. Blake Countess suffered a hamstring injury in last Thursday’s game against the Titans and the Eagles announced that they’ve waived him with an injury settlement as a result...
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    Nick Foles stays after practice to run wind sprints in Jacksonville heat

    Getty Images Nick Foles finally has a team that believes in him as its franchise quarterback, and he’s not going to take that lightly. Foles, who signed with the Jaguars this offseason, is working so hard in training camp that he chose to do wind sprints all by himself after practice on...
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    Older players tell their teammates how much easier training camp is today

    Getty Images It’s an old refrain from old folks: Back in my day, life wasn’t so easy. It’s a refrain that NFL veterans often tell their younger teammates at this time of year. That’s particularly true for the players who have been in the league since before 2011, when the new Collective...
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    Eagles work out Bruce Ellington

    Getty Images The Eagles worked out free agent receiver Bruce Ellington, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. The Patriots cut Ellington on May 8 after signing him in March. Ellington has 79 receptions for 769 yards and five touchdowns in his career, with 11 rushing attempts for 54 yards and a...
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    Lane Johnson, Dallas Goedert expected to miss rest of preseason

    Getty Images The Eagles are going to be without a couple of offensive regulars for the rest of the summer. The team added right tackle Lane Johnson and tight end Dallas Goedert to the list of injured players this weekend. Johnson is considered week-to-week with a knee issue, but head coach...
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    Eagles waive Shelton Gibson

    Getty Images Wide receiver Shelton Gibson played in 15 games for the Eagles last season, but he won’t be on the team out of camp this year. The Eagles announced that they have waived Gibson with an injury notification. Gibson has been out of practice recently with an ankle injury and will...
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    XFL’s plan to target NFL quarterbacks who don’t make the cut could help Kaepernick

    Getty Images As Colin Kaepernick reminds everyone that he’s still interested in playing professional football, and given the permission granted by the Commander-in-Chief to employ him, will anyone hire Kaepernick? Probably not, but there’s a looming dynamic that could make the NFL’s ongoing...
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    Nate Sudfeld will be the No. 2 quarterback in Philly, once healthy

    Getty Images Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld is expected to miss six weeks after surgery to repair a broken wrist. When he returns, Sudfeld likely will be the No. 2 quarterback, behind Carson Wentz. “I think so,” coach Doug Pederson told reporters regarding whether he’s comfortable installing...
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    Report: Nate Sudfeld to miss six weeks with left wrist injury

    Getty Images Eagles head coach Doug Pederson didn’t feel an urgent need to add a quarterback after Nate Sudfeld fractured his left wrist in Thursday night’s game against the Titans and a post-surgery report about his recovery timeline probably won’t cause a shift in that opinion. Adam Schefter...
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    Bills trade Eli Harold to Eagles for Ryan Bates

    Getty Images The Bills traded defensive end Eli Harold to the Eagles in exchange for offensive lineman Ryan Bates, the teams announced Friday. Bates, 22, signed with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in April. The offensive tackle was getting mostly third-team reps in Philadelphia. The...
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    President Trump would “love to see” Colin Kaepernick get a job in the NFL, “if he’s good enough”

    Getty Images Free-agent (for more than two years) quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to be available. Many think he continues to be blackballed by a group of owners who are, among other things, fearful of the reaction President Trump. On Friday morning, during a lengthy open-air...
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    Nate Sudfeld leaves with air cast on left arm

    Well, this isn’t good news for the Eagles. Quarterback Nate Sudfeld left for the locker room in a cart after injuring his left arm. He had an air cast on his arm. Eagles coach Doug Pederson told the team’s TV broadcast at halftime that Sudfeld was being evaluated. Philadelphia, though, could...
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    Ryan Tannehill throws for 130 yards, two touchdowns

    It’s not a competition until it is. Titans starter Marcus Mariota played only one series at Philadelphia and completed 4-of-8 passes for 24 yards with all four completions going to free agent signee Adam Humphries. He drove the Titans to the Eagles 23 before throwing three incompletions, the...
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    Nate Sudfeld to undergo surgery on fractured wrist

    Eagles backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld has a fractured left wrist, Doug Pederson told reporters after the game. Sudfeld will undergo surgery Friday morning, but Pederson said the injury was not season-ending. Pederson said the Eagles would not bring in a quarterback right away, giving Cody...
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    Carson Wentz: Preseason is “definitely never needed”

    The Eagles haven’t decided (or just haven’t told us) whether Carson Wentz is going to play in the preseason opener Thursday. Wentz, for his part, doesn’t seem to care. The Eagles quarterback gave the most tepid endorsement possible of the possibility of playing Thursday, which coach Doug...
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    Eagles sign Kasim Edebali, place Joe Ostman on injured reserve

    Getty Images Eagles defensive end Joe Ostman was having a productive training camp that put him in good position to make the cut to 53 players, but that push came to an end on Sunday night. Ostman needed to be carted off the field after hurting his knee during a practice at Lincoln Financial...
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    Jordan Howard working to re-establish himself with Eagles

    Getty Images Running back Jordan Howard ran for 935 yards and nine touchdowns with the Bears last season, but the year wasn’t up to the standard that Howard had set for himself in his first two NFL seasons. Howard’s dipped to 3.7 yards per carry and the Bears responded by trading him to the...
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    Eagles add a cornerback to the mix

    Getty Images The Eagles added some secondary depth before the first preseason game. The team announced the addition of cornerback Ajene Harris. To make room for him on the roster, they waived/injured offensive tackle Casey Tucker. Harris, from Southern Cal, was in minicamp with the Eagles...
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    Doug Pederson: No decision on playing Carson Wentz Thursday

    Getty Images Different teams approach playing their starting quarterback in the first preseason game different ways, but the Eagles aren’t saying which path they’ll be taking against the Titans this Thursday. Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said at a Tuesday press conference that the team has...
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    Giants cut Austin Droogsma, claim Joey Alfieri

    Getty Images Austin Droogsma initially thought an invitation to Giants rookie minicamp was a prank because he was a shot putter in college and didn’t play football. The Giants really wanted Droogsma to work out, though, and they saw enough potential to keep him around through the offseason and...
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