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Saquon Barkley is at it again, trademark-wise.The Philadelphia Eagles star’s latest trademark application, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, seeks the rights to the phrase “Shayshawn Barkley.” The nickname came from an on-the-street interview with a Commanders fan after a November game that went viral online. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts playfully referred to the running back as “Shayshawn Barkley” during his speech outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art following the team’s Super Bowl parade on Feb. 14. Barkley’s trademark filing was first reported on X by attorney Josh Gerben of IP law firm Gerben Perrot.
Should the Eagles keep Milton Williams? – BGN
OUTLOOK: If the salary cap didn’t exist, the Eagles keeping Williams would be a no-brainer. He’s an ascending defensive lineman who only turns 26 in April. He’s extremely athletic. He’s only missed one game in his entire career. Williams deserves to get paid … and he likely will. But given that the Eagles have limited resources to work with, I just don’t think spending them on Williams is the right play for them. With reports that Osa Odighizuwa, who is in a similar position to Williams, could make over $21 million per year … Williams is about to get PAID. Again, I believe Williams has earned his money. But this is a guy who had half of a sack in 2023. He played better than that number would suggest, to be clear. But Williams isn’t a player the Eagles MUST keep. Especially when 1) there are other defensive tackles who can excel playing next to Carter, 2) the Eagles have a potential in-house replacement for Williams in Moro Ojomo, and 3) the 2025 NFL Draft is loaded with DT talent. It’s unfortunate the Eagles can’t keep Williams but letting him walk is the right call for them. His departure will help the Birds when it comes to acquiring compensatory picks in the 2026 NFL Draft.
2025 NFL free agency: Projecting one signing for every team – ESPN
Philadelphia Eagles: EDGE Khalil Mack (LAC). If Josh Sweat leaves and Brandon Graham retires, the Eagles are going to need some pass rush help. This seems like the perfect place for a well-regarded veteran to chase a championship ring, so let’s put the 34-year-old Mack here. There’s no question that Mack had a down season in 2024, despite making another Pro Bowl. He dropped from 17.0 to 6.0 sacks and his pass rush win rate dropped slightly from 13.8% to 13.0%. He had 53 pressures in 2023 but 41 pressures in 2024. Despite these drops, there’s still a lot of pass-rushing talent here, and the Eagles can use Mack as more of a rotational, targeted player.
Michael Irvin says Myles Garrett to the Eagles would be ‘scary for the NFL’ – NBCSP
While it seems like somewhat of a long shot right now, the possibility staggers the imagination. Cleveland Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett has said he wants to be traded from his team. To this point, Browns management has stood firm on not moving him and attempting to sign him to an extension. But Garrett wants to win, something he hasn’t done much of in Cleveland. And these impasses tend to go the way of the player, rather than the team. So … Eagles? Dallas Cowboys Hall of Famer Michael Irvin was on the talk show “Speak” recently and the topic of Garrett taking his talents to South Philly came up. “Let me tell you something. The thought of getting Myles Garrett – and I don’t know what you got to give up to get a Myles Garrett – but the thought of a Jalen Carter and a Myles Garrett on a defensive line is just scary for the NFL,” Irvin said.
Traits vs Stats – Iggles Blitz
Two years ago I studied an athletic, undersized pass rusher from Georgia. The more I watched tape of Nolan Smith, the more I fell in love with his potential. He ran 4.39 and had a 41-inch vertical at the Combine. Great workout numbers. The problem is that Smith was only 6-2, 238. That is small for an edge rusher. You would prefer someone up in the 6-3, 250 range. Smith didn’t have the frame to add much bulk so you were going to have to live with his size. He also didn’t have great stats. Smith finished his career with 11.5 sacks. He never had more than 3.5 in a season. There are some reasons for the lack of production. Schemes aren’t as simple as they used to be. UGA doesn’t have rushers flying off the ball play after play. Good defenses rotate a lot. College offenses also do a lot of quick throws, making it tough to get sacks. Smith had Top 10 potential, but fell to pick 30. I think things worked out okay for Smith and the Eagles. I brought up this story because there are going to be some challenging evaluations in this draft class.
It’s not a stretch to imagine Roseman one day wearing a gold jacket – or at least earn that consideration. He has now built two Super Bowl rosters with two different starting quarterbacks. Only four other general managers have accomplished that feat: Bobby Beathard, Al Davis, Ozzie Newsome, and George Young. Each is in the Hall of Fame. (Newsome made the Hall as a player.) Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie called Roseman a “Hall of Fame GM” in a corridor outside the locker room after the Super Bowl, just steps away from where Roseman danced with that cigar. “I mean this: To me, I feel like I’m in the middle of my career,” Roseman said. “I’m thinking about what 2025 looks like. I’m hoping to do this for a long time. From my perspective, if you’re just looking back over things and getting sentimental over things, I think you lose focus on what you need to do. So I mean this, in all honesty: to me, it’s even hard to think about winning one Super Bowl or two Super Bowls because of so much on our plate now.”
Will the Eagles avoid growing stale with Kevin Patullo as its offensive coordinator? – The Athletic
Of Frazier Parks, Sirianni said he’s “been so impressed by him since the moment I’ve been around him.”“What’s great about Parks, is he’s been around different guys now, and different schemes, and different thoughts, and now you get that input in. And so even though he’s somebody that’s connected to us, you’re adding new thoughts and new ideas because he’s branched off and seen different places and different ideas and different thought processes. Because I have so much respect for where Park just came from with Mike, coach McDaniel, and all the things that he’s done. And now he’s able to add that element to our offense. But he’s a stud and just can’t say enough good things about him.”
After Super Bowl, Mailata says Hurts told him, ‘That what’s the f— I do’ – Audacy
I don’t know if the loss two years ago kind of is the reason why I felt like, huh we won it all. What next? Or what now? You realize it’s the last game you’re playing on the season,” Mailata said about his post Super Bowl emotions. Mailata had a fun story about Jalen Hurts after the Super Bowl.
The 10 best NFL Combine performances by current Eagles players – PhillyVoice
Lewis Cine. Cine was a Vikings first-round pick, partly because of his impressive athletic measurables. He ran a 4.37 40 and broad jumped 11’1”. The Eagles poached Cine off the Bills’ practice squad late in the season and carried him on their 53-man roster through the entirety of the playoffs just to get a long look at him in 2025.
How Ameena Soliman and Autumn Lockwood helped the Eagles in a Super Bowl-winning season – Inquirer
“Anyone who can help us, no matter where they came from, no matter what they look like, we’re into that,” Roseman said Wednesday at the NFL Women’s Forum. Ameena Soliman and Autumn Lockwood are two of those people whose behind-the-scenes contributions helped the Eagles succeed in 2024. Soliman, the director of football operations and a pro scout, and Lockwood, an associate performance coach, joined Roseman and coach Nick Sirianni for an Eagles panel at the ninth annual event held at the scouting combine.
Jaxson Dart: I’ve tried to model my game after Jalen Hurts – PFT
Jaxson Dart had plenty of success at the college level, becoming a first-team All-SEC honoree for his performance in 2024. But speaking to the media on Friday at the scouting combine, he had an answer that could surprise some when asked who his favorite quarterback is to watch right now. “I think it’s a little bit of a cop-out because he just won the Super Bowl, but I love J Hurts and what he does,” Dart said, referring to Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LIX MVP, Jalen Hurts. “I feel like I’m very similar in my play style to him. I feel like we can do a lot of the same things.
The return of the (Duct Tape) Lombardi Trophy – PE.com
What’s better than one Lombardi Trophy? Two Lombardi Trophies. For lifelong best friends Michael Howanski and James Knox, the Eagles winning Super Bowl LIX and partying down Broad Street once again was a full circle moment. It all began in 2018 after the Eagles won Super Bowl LII, their first in franchise history. Howanski made a duct-taped replica of the Lombardi Trophy, which his family and Knox had treated like it was the real thing – kissing it and raising it up for the World Champion Eagles. The Delaware County natives brought the replica trophy down to Broad Street to celebrate in the streets with thousands of fans, but it didn’t stop there, as they knew an official parade was soon to follow.
UPDATE: The NFL salary cap has been set at $279.2 million.
Florio hedged a bit at the end, but what he said is hardly hedging as much as it is the facts of how this thing goes as previously noted. It makes sense for everyone to call everyone to ask about anything and everything. Consider the report from a few years ago when Washington called Kansas City about Patrick Mahomes. People can’t say “yes” unless you give them an opportunity to. Just ask Luka Doncic’s new employer in the Los Angeles Lakers. If we were to tolerate this discussion, who would Dallas even be interested in going up to get? And why would Micah Parsons be involved? Even if (another if) you think highly of someone like Abdul Carter, your best hope is that he turns into Micah Parsons and you already have Micah Parsons! It is Peter Griffin’s classic “it could be a boat” plight.
Matt Stafford situation is coming to a head – Big Blue View
Dianna Russini of The Athletic is reporting that Stafford and the Rams are meeting in-person at the Rams’ facilities today. She adds that the Raiders and Giants have both discussed a 2-year contract in the range of $90 to $100 million in guaranteed money. The feeling on the ground, per our own Ed Valentine, is that if a trade becomes a reality, the Giants are “in the mix” but that the Raiders are the favorite. That feeling is backed up by Jordan Raanan, who said this morning that the Giants are the “underdogs” in a Matt Stafford sweepstakes.
Browns Myles Garrett reportedly not open to a contract extension – Dawgs By Nature
If the Browns ultimately decide to give in and trade Garrett, it will be interesting to see how that unfolds. It’s nice that Garrett wants to play for a team that has legitimate Super Bowl aspirations, but that is not Berry’s problem as his focus needs to be maximizing the return for the league’s best defensive player. And that return is not going to come from teams like the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, or any other team with a clear path to the playoffs. But if the Browns stick to the idea that they are better with Garrett than without him, it could get messy once training camp rolls around. If Garrett is that upset with the current situation in Cleveland, it’s not hard to envision him skipping training camp — even though that will bring a daily fine of $50,000 — rather than give in and stay with the Browns.
2025 NFL combine stock up/stock down, Day 1: Shemar Stewart shines in draft spotlight – NFL.com
STOCK UP: Shemar Stewart made a splash on Thursday. He posted a 40-inch vertical (second-best among combine defensive linemen), 10-foot-11 broad jump (best among combine D-linemen) and excellent 4.59-second 40 (fourth-fastest among combine DLs). He tweaked his hamstring running the 40, per NFL Network Senior National Reporter Stacey Dales, and the injury kept him out of the position workouts. The drills could have given him a platform to show he has the agility and change-of-direction skills to become a more productive player in the pros (4.5 sacks in three seasons at Texas A&M), but he did more than enough in the athletic testing to help himself.
NFL Combine 2025: Schedule, events, players who won’t participate, and more – SB Nation
The cones are set, the pads are being set up, and records are ready to be broken. The 2025 NFL Combine on-field drills begin today with the defensive line and linebackers—the most important position groups in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium this week, and there’s a whole lot to be discovered. With most of the NFL draft order in flux after the top guys, the Combine can be used to boost their stock a full day up the draft board. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Combine
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