Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles news and links …
Is Jalen Hurts in the MVP race? Here’s a look at the top candidates after Week 8 – NBCSP
The Eagles have never had a league MVP since the AP began giving out the award in 1957, but as the Eagles reach the bye week, Jalen Hurts is clearly in the mix. But it is a crowded mix. Hurts was runner-up to Patrick Mahomes in 2022 balloting, but as we approach the halfway point of the 2025 season he’s playing some of the best football of his life. Hurts is sixth in the NFL in completion percentage, sixth in touchdown passes, first in interception ratio, tied for third in touchdown ratio and even 11th in passing yards despite having just the 18th-most pass attempts. He’s also seventh in rushing touchdowns. Other Eagles among the top five vote recipients in the award’s history: Sonny Jurgensen was third in 1961, Pete Retzlaff fourth in 1965, Ron Jaworski fourth in 1980, Randall Cunningham second to Boomer Esiason in 1988 and second to Joe Montana in 1990, Seth Joyner fifth in 1991, Donovan McNabb second to Marshall Faulk in 2000, Carson Wentz third in 2017 and Saquon Barkley third last year. This year’s race is wide open eight weeks into the season. Here’s a look at the leading candidates, including eight quarterbacks, two wide receivers, two running backs and an edge. A reminder: The last 12 MVPs and 17 of the last 18 have been quarterbacks, with Adrian Peterson in 2012 the only exception since 2006. The last MVP who wasn’t a quarterback or running back was Lawrence Taylor in 1986.
NFL Trade Rumors: “The Eagles are a team to watch” with Jaelan Phillips – BGN
On one hand, the Eagles are slated to own three third-round selections in the 2026 NFL Draft (one from the New York Jets, one of their own, and a projected compensatory pick for losing Milton Williams). Phillips is a talented player with 26.5 sacks, 30 TFLs, and 64 quarterback hits in 56 career games played. He has experience playing for Vic Fangio from the 2023 season. On the other hand, Phillips has missed 30 games over the last three seasons and he’s in the final year of his contract. The Eagles could be paying a significant cost for a rental.
There are other options, such as Tennessee’s Dre’Mont Jones (who played for Fangio in Denver) and Atlanta’s Arnold Ebiketie, but the Eagles seem well stocked with rotational types. As the saying goes, though, you can never have enough pass rushers. If the Eagles are still seeking cornerback help, Seattle’s Riq Woolen has seemingly fallen out of favor since his Pro Bowl season as a rookie in 2022. You know who his defensive coordinator was that year? Clint Hurtt, who is now the Eagles’ defensive line coach, ran a scheme similar to what the Eagles run. They could also call New Orleans about Alontae Taylor, whose versatility and athleticism would fit in a secondary that could take the path of collecting young talent and seeing who emerges at the top of the rotation for the postseason. If the Eagles are seeking a tight end, it would make sense to find one with term on his deal, considering they don’t have a tight end under contract beyond this season. Las Vegas’ Michael Mayer would be a player who fits that description — a former second-round pick who has proven capable when on the field, but is currently behind Brock Bowers on the Raiders depth chart. Then again, the Raiders might not be inclined to move young talent.
Stevenson, Dean Lead Early Cornerback DVOA for 2025 – FTN Fantasy
It’s also interesting to see which cornerbacks have a big gap between DVOA and VOA (without opponent adjustments). Deommodore Lenoir of the 49ers is just a little bit better than average before the opponent adjustments, but comes out near the top of the league when we include them. Other receivers with strong opponent positive opponent adjustments are Benford, Kool-Aid McKinstry, and both Jets cornerbacks, Sauce Gardner and Brandon Stephens In the other direction, you’ve got Kelee Ringo of the Eagles. Believe it or not, even though it looks like he’s getting torched, Ringo comes out above average before we apply opponent adjustments! However, he spent a lot of time covering depth receivers from the Giants and the Buccaneers, and those haven’t been very good receivers this year so giving up yardage to them makes Ringo look pretty bad.
NFL Week 9 predictions, fantasy sleepers, upset picks, bets – ESPN
Rumors about the Vikings trading for a QB intensify. We’re getting J.J. McCarthy’s third start this week, and it’s a doozy. The Vikings are on the road in Detroit against a tremendous run defense and a confusing, aggressive secondary. I expect a ton of third-and-longs for McCarthy and some shaky pass protection. If this game gets ugly just two days before the NFL trade deadline, I’d expect Minnesota to make some calls for a viable QB2 who could moonlight as QB1. The Colts’ Anthony Richardson Sr.? The Eagles’ Tanner McKee? The Chiefs’ Gardner Minshew?
Beyond that lies the actual point which is that Jerry said something incredibly tone deaf. He outright declared to the interviewer that the subject at hand was more of a priority to him than the state of the football team. Even if it was tongue-in-cheek or an off-hand comment in a casual conversation (that was being recorded for the interview to be clear) it was unwise. Jones literally used his own defense, the one he boasts responsibility for assembling, as a punchline. There have been a number of instances where Jerry has put his foot in his mouth and the world has kept on moving after each one of them like it will in this case. Nobody is pretending anything else is reality. It was a silly thing to say. That’s all that Jerry had to say about it. Instead… well. Yea.
Commanders fans have pulled the plug on the 2025 season – Hogs Haven
After only 8 weeks of an 18-week season, Commanders fans who answered our Reacts survey this week are almost totally checked out on the possibility of their favorite team making the playoffs or achieving any of the championship goals — division, conference, league — that they hoped for with varying levels of fervor at the start of September. In fact, 92% of those responding to our survey believe that the Commanders will miss the playoffs. The 8% who still believe seem to pin their hopes on the kind of ‘superhero’ play from a healthy Jayden Daniels that powered his team into the playoffs in his rookie season.
Mac Jones will start at QB for 49ers vs. Giants; Brock Purdy questionable – Big Blue View
The New York Giants, who have a long injury list of their own, will not have to face San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy on Sunday. Mac Jones will start at quarterback for San Francisco. Purdy has played in only two games this season, the last of which was Week 4, due to a toe injury. He is listed as questionable and will not start. Per The Athletic, San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said Purdy is “not fully healthy” although he could be available in an emergency.
7 NFL trade deadline deals we want to see, starring Patriots, Packers, and more – SB Nation
A.J. Brown to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let’s get this out of the way: The financials make it nearly impossible for the Philadelphia Eagles to move A.J. Brown. That being said … For pure content reasons we would love to see Brown move across Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, to play alongside DK Metcalf and catch passes from Aaron Rodgers. Just imagine the kind of social media posts that would follow. Please, we need this.
VANITAS is the debut album from Hyperviolets. The title is taken from the name of a genre of paintings, prominent in 17th-century art, that serves as a reminder of the futility of earthly pleasures and the inevitability of death. The duo worked with this concept in mind, using death as a common starting point for the subject matter throughout and examining it through a different lens for each track. It is not meant to be a macarbe or morbid fixation but rather an embrace of truth, looking at death with a spirit of willingness and acceptance. [BLG Note: Check out this new band and new album from long-time friend of BGN and occasional front page contributor Brendan Ekstrom, who is a big Birds fan.]
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