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    DeSean Jackson, John Ross may be racing on Sunday

    Saturday night’s pay-per-view event (which we doubt many are going to pay to view) that will feature a smattering of current and former NFL players running forty yards in a straight line has nothing on a showdown that may be happening on Sunday. Via Heavy.com, Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson...
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    Dorial Green-Beckham charged again, after jail sentence

    Getty Images Former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was recently released from jail, after being sentenced to 90 days when a drug arrest violated his probation from a previous DWI arrest. He now has more charges to worry about. According to Harrison Keegan of the Springfield...
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    Duce Staley “very pleased” with new Eagles RBs

    Getty Images Duce Staley has been the running backs coach for the Eagles since 2013 and one constant in the running back group over that period has been change. That has continued to be the case this offseason. The Eagles traded for Jordan Howard and drafted Miles Sanders in the second round...
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    Brandon Graham: Malik Jackson sets the tone for the defensive line

    Getty Images Defensive tackle Malik Jackson hasn’t been a member of the Eagles for a long time, but he’s made an impression on the team already. Jackson signed with the Eagles as a free agent in March after he was released by the Jaguars and he joins longtime Eagles like Fletcher Cox and...
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    Fletcher Cox still hopeful for start of training camp

    Getty Images The Eagles haven’t seen Fletcher Cox on the field since their playoff loss to the Saints. But the next time they’re on the field, he hopes to be there. Via Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com, the star defensive tackle said during an interview with WAPT in Jackson, Miss. that he...
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    Keeping tabs on open practices at NFL training camps

    Getty Images As NFL teams make their preparations for training camps, we’re keeping tabs on which teams have the most practices open to the public — and which teams are restricting access. Here’s a look at how many open practices are being held by each of the teams that have announced their...
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    Cowboys, Patriots, Eagles fans rank as best in NFL, according to one study

    Getty Images Emory University Goizueta School of Business professor Mike Lewis sought to use statistical analysis to determine the NFL’s “best” fans. The study used the hard-core, religiously devoted fan as well as the casual fan, so those at the top of the list have more of the latter and...
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    Jeff Fisher: It’s Matt Nagy’s choice to keep showing end of playoff game to players

    Getty Images Bears coach Matt Nagy continues to show players the end of the team’s playoff loss to the Eagles. Long-time NFL coach Jeff Fisher defers to Nagy’s choice, although Fisher also seems to question whether it’s the right way to handle the manner in which the 2018 season ended. “You...
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    Tarik Cohen: Matt Nagy shows us end of playoff loss often

    Getty Images There are different ways of dealing with a painful loss that ends a season. Some teams try to move on without dwelling on what happened in the past. Other teams choose to use the memory of the loss as a driver for the future. The Bears have opted for door No. 2. They lost to the...
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    Panthers hire a director of analytics from Eagles staff

    Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper promised he was going to do things differently. And he’s hired for a position the Panthers have never employed. Via the team website, the Panthers have hired former Eagles staffer Taylor Rajack as their first director of football analytics. The...
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    Giants announce 10 open practices this summer

    The Giants won’t have as many open practices as their divisional rivals in Dallas or Washington during training camp this summer, but they’re well ahead of Philadelphia. The team announced its plans for camp on Thursday. There will be 10 practices open to the public at the team’s training...
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    Cowboys will have most of training camp open to public

    Getty Images While more and more teams are cutting back on practices open to the public, the Cowboys didn’t become America’s Team by limiting access. They are having as many open practices as they usually do at two different training camp sites. They will return to Oxnard for the eighth year...
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    Report: Jets likely to hire Phil Savage

    After the Jets hired Joe Douglas as their new General Manager, there was word that the team would be speaking to Phil Savage and Todd McShay about jobs in their personnel department. McShay won’t be leaving ESPN to join his former college teammate Douglas, but it looks like Savage will be...
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    Looking at the best one-year stints in NFL history

    Getty Images With Kawhi Leonard possibly leaving Toronto after only one season, an idea for a PFT Live draft emerged. What are the best one-year stints in NFL history? Simms won the rigged coin toss (as usual), and he also received unauthorized assistance from Stats. So I won this one by...
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    Ravens, Steelers will each host 15 practices open to the public this summer

    Getty Images The Ravens and Steelers don’t often see eye to eye, but they have the same view when it comes to opening training camp practices to the public. It’s a different one than the Eagles have decided to take this summer. Both teams have announced their full training camp schedules...
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    Rodney McLeod expects to be ready for training camp

    Getty Images When Eagles safety Rodney McLeod updated his recovery from a torn ACL in April, he said he didn’t expect to be doing any on-field work before the offseason program was over. McLeod was able to do individual drills at the team’s three-day minicamp last week, however. McLeod called...
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    Eagles will open one training camp practice to public

    The Bills aren’t the only team cutting the number of public training camp practices they’ll hold this summer. The Eagles will hold one practice open to the public at Lincoln Financial Field this summer. The only other access to training camp practices held at the team’s NovaCare Complex will be...
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    Looking at the most memorable final games at NFL stadiums

    Getty Images On Thursday night, the NBA played its final game ever at Oracle Arena in Oakland. It was a memorable occasion, with the Toronto Raptors winning the league title on the Golden State Warriors’ home court. And so we used that idea for Friday morning’s PFT Live draft. What were the...
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    Dak Prescott happy for Carson Wentz, still waiting on his deal

    Dak Prescott pulled a new Stetson out of a box to wear during his media availability Thursday. It came in handy when asked for a contract update. “I’ve got my cowboy hat on, so I’m a Cowboy. Let’s say that,” Prescott said. The quarterback’s representation and the Cowboys are in active...
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    Eagles promote Andy Weidl to VP of player personnel

    Getty Images After Joe Douglas left the Eagles to become the Jets’ General Manager, Eagles executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman said that Douglas was recruiting others from the team to join him with his new team. Andy Weidl was one person Douglas might have targeted...
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