Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 7/9/25.
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Ranking NFL WR, TE, RB groups for 2025: Best and worst teams – ESPN
1. Philadelphia Eagles. 2024 rank: 2 | 2023 rank: 3. After years of top-10 finishes, the Eagles did just enough to earn the top spot. Their big addition last offseason was a key difference-maker. Saquon Barkley stayed healthy, and while he certainly benefited from playing next to Jalen Hurts and behind a great offensive line, he produced one of the greatest seasons by any back in NFL history. He topped 2,000 rushing yards, led the league in just about every advanced metric for a running back and added 278 receiving yards and two scores. The Tush Push cost Barkley a shot at another handful of short-yardage rushing touchdowns, but he had a truly special campaign. There just aren’t many other backs in the league, with Christian McCaffrey and perhaps Derrick Henry aside, who have a path to that sort of upside. And while the Eagles throw the ball less often than just about any other team, their receivers are spectacularly efficient. A.J. Brown’s 3.3 yards per route run ranked second best in the league, with the 28-year-old leading all players in receiver score. He missed three games because of injury, sat out a meaningless Week 18 game and played on a team that leaned heavily (and successfully) into the run, so he ran only 323 routes, less than half of Ja’Marr Chase’s total (680) in Cincinnati. DeVonta Smith wasn’t far behind, as he ranked 14th in yards per route run and eighth in receiver score. Like Brown, Smith was limited to 13 games and 350 routes, but he still averaged more yards per route than CeeDee Lamb and Malik Nabers. It’s not as simple as saying the Eagles’ star wideouts would turn more routes into more receiving yards at the same level of efficiency, but Brown and Smith have both been superstars with larger target totals in previous seasons. All three of Philadelphia’s stars are in the prime of their respective careers, making it easier to project that they’ll stay at this level in 2025.
Jordan Davis contract projection: Eagles DT could cash in despite inconsistency – BGN
Howie Roseman has been meticulously crafting the Philadelphia Eagles roster for 2025 and beyond, with an eye on competing for multiple Super Bowls in the coming years. There have been a number of high-profile extensions and additions this offseason, and things aren’t likely to slow down anytime soon. Roseman’s success as a cap manager goes hand-in-hand with his success in the NFL Draft, and that means a number of promising young players will soon come up for contract extensions. Perhaps the most difficult decision among them could involve 2022 13th overall pick Jordan Davis, who has been an inconsistent but supremely talented defensive lineman through the first three years of his career.
Eagles Jersey Number Analytics Podcast, 2025 Edition – The Ringer’s Philly Special
Ben Solak from ESPN and Brandon Lee Gowton from Bleeding Green Nation are back with their annual Jersey Number Analytics pod. Yep, the one where they break down why a player’s jersey number could totally impact how well they play. This is not a drill, folks! Drop a comment with the player you think is gonna have a big season just because of their number.
Taking a closer look at safety competition in 2025 training camp – NBCSP
The Eagles drafted Sydney Brown in the third round back in 2023 and he actually got some significant playing time as a rookie. But those snaps came under a previous defensive coordinator, as Vic Fangio pointed out this spring. And Brown suffered a torn ACL late in his rookie season that kept him out of training camp and the beginning of his second year. As a result (at least partially), he was buried on the depth chart last year. Both Tristin McCollum and Avonte Maddox were ahead of him at safety. But Brown was a big-time special teams contributor. Brown has a fun hair-on-fire play style, which can be a good thing at times and a bad thing at others. During the spring, the Eagles showed Brown deference and had him take the first first-team snaps before a heavy rotation.
Fly, Eagles fly, on the row to victory – PE.com
Philadelphia is a city steeped in a rich tradition and history within the rowing community. The Dad Vail Regatta, the largest collegiate competition in the country, was held on the Schuylkill River along Boathouse Row for 70 years. The Schuylkill is still home to the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, the premier high school race in the world. Luke Putter decided to bring a taste of Philly to London as a member of the Thames Rowing Club.
Running against Washington’s defense won’t be as easy in 2025 – Hogs Haven
My one gripe is that we didn’t add a playmaking EDGE in either free agency or the draft. I know we are kind of playing an EDGE-by-committee approach, and that may work out fine, however I wish we would have done a bit more to land a complete defensive end. Overall, I think we will see a much better run defense in 2025, and given our struggles last season, it will be a welcome sight in Washington.
Tyler Guyton could be the key to offensive success for the Cowboys in 2025 – Blogging The Boys
With just a few weeks left before the Cowboys head off to Oxnard, the two positions that remain a question mark on the offensive side of the ball for the 2025 Cowboys is the running back position and the left tackle position. The Cowboys currently have capable options at the running back position in Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders, and Jaydon Blue, but at left tackle the Cowboys need 2024 first-round pick Tyler Guyton to make a big jump heading into year two. Year one for Guyton was full of inconsistency for the former Oklahoma standout right tackle. After starting off training camp hot, the fire quickly fizzled out as the regular season got going. Guyton battled poor play, penalties, and injuries in year one and his struggles led to a lot of problems for the Dak Prescott/Cooper Rush led offense. Even after his rough rookie season, Guyton has been saying and doing all the right things heading into his sophomore campaign.
Dak Prescott expects to be ‘full-go’ for camp, not worried about building rapport with George Pickens – NFL.com
As they embark on a new season, they also have a bit of uncertainty to address regarding their quarterback, Dak Prescott, whose hamstring injury prematurely ended his 2024 campaign. But it appears good news is on the horizon. “Yeah, I’ll be full-go for camp,” Prescott said Tuesday, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota. “I’m healthy. I think soon here I will probably get an official sign off from doc, but I’m healthy.”
What free agency move should the New York Giants make before training camp? – Big Blue View
S K’Von Wallace: Third safety Dane Belton had a productive spring, but has not been able to lock down a full-time role in the secondary over his first three NFL seasons. The Giants could use depth at safety. Behind starters Jevon Holland and Tyler Nubin, there aren’t any proven players Anthony Johnson, a 2023 seventh-round pick by the Green Bay Packers, missed the entire spring with an apparent shoulder injury. He played just 21 defensive snaps for the Giants last season, anyway. Raheem Layne is a former undrafted free agent who has played 13 games in three seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers and Giants. During that time, Layne has suffered a pair of significant knee injuries, a torn ACL and torn meniscus. He finished last season on IR. Makari Paige is an undrafted free agent rookie out of Michigan. The Giants had Wallace in for a two-day tryout during mandatory minicamp. Wallace was a fourth-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2020 NFL Draft. The 27-year-old has played in 71 regular-season games with 19 starts for the Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, and Seattle Seahawks.
Bill Belichick is played by Steve Harvey in ‘College Football 26’ – SB Nation
College Football 26 releases on Thursday and I’m in the process of writing the review for SB Nation (spoiler: It’s amazing). When it came time to check out the new features the first thing I had to see was what EA Sports would do with Bill Belichick this time. For the uninitiated: Belichick has never allowed himself to be in a video game. During the Patriots’ dynasty he was always replaced with a poor fill in, as Belichick wasn’t a member of the NFL Coaches Association (NFLCA), and refused to sign an independent licensing agreement. Now he’s the coach at North Carolina I had to see what he’d look like this year and … he’s actually Steve Harvey.
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