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3 trade deadline deals that make sense for the Eagles, 2.0 – PhillyVoice
In 2024, Alontae Taylor had 89 tackles, 4 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 16 pass breakups. He is scheduled to be a free agent in 2026, so the Saints may be looking to get something in return for him while they still can. And obviously, Howie Roseman and Mickey Loomis have made more than their share of trades over the years. A late third-round pick feels like fair compensation.
NFL takes on Drake Maye and Caleb Williams, plus trade offers – ESPN
Eagles get creative in the secondary. Eagles get: CB Ja’Quan McMillian, 2026 seventh-round pick. Broncos get: 2026 sixth-round pick, 2027 sixth-round pick (can become a fifth on playing time conditions). With second-year studs in Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean, the Eagles are two-thirds of the way to an elite cornerback room. Mitchell, who plays on the outside, has the third-most targets of any corner this season, per Next Gen Stats — but he’s only surrendering a 47.9% completion percentage, which is better than all but two corners. His 6.0 yards per target is well above average as well. But opposite Mitchell, the other outside spot has been hammered. Out of 76 qualifying corners, veteran Adoree’ Jackson leads the league with a 25.7% target rate per coverage snap. His coverage success rate is 66th; his yards per coverage snap allowed is 75th. Teammate Kelee Ringo is only a little better, ranking 53rd in coverage success rate and 48th in yards per coverage snap. Offseason trade acquisition Jakorian Bennett has been on injured reserve with a pectoral injury and just had his practice window open up. He might be the solution to their outside cornerback woes — or, perhaps, DeJean is the answer.
Eagles are about to get even better and here’s exactly how it’s happening – NJ.com
Rest assured that Roseman is still going to be looking for help over the next eight days because that’s what he always does. “They’re always active, they’re always aggressive and they’re going to be that way again,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on ESPN’s Get Up Monday. “I’ll be surprised if in the next two weeks the Eagles haven’t pulled off at least one trade.” It’s possible that Roseman surprises us all and brings in help a position other than cornerback or edge rusher. He’s not going to surprise, however, by trading star receiver A.J. Brown, who is also likely to return against the Packers from the hamstring injury that kept him out of Sunday’s game against the Giants. “They’re not going to trade A.J. Brown,” Schefter said. “Here’s the deal: they’re trying to repeat as a Super Bowl champion. They’re in the business of acquiring talent and not giving it away. Whatever they can get back for A.J. Brown, they can get back in February or March before the draft.”
Can you imagine if the Eagles had not kept Dallas Goedert? – BGN
Goedert has always been one of the best pass-catching tight ends in football, but he’s also a unicorn in that he’s so incredibly valuable as a run-blocker, too. The offense has struggled when back-ups Grant Calcaterra and Kylen Granson have been asked to block, and yet had the Eagles not held onto Goedert, that’s what we would have been getting. Would Roseman have swung a trade for a tight end in that eventuality? Probably, but none would have been as reliable or talented as Goedert has been through the first half of the season. His two TDs on Sunday gave him seven on the season, tied with Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown for most in the NFL. Of his 7 touchdowns, 6 have come from inside the red zone, a major reason why the Eagles have converted 17 of 20 trips inside the 20 into touchdowns, most in the NFL.
NFL playoff picture: Who helped and hurt themselves in Week 8 – SB Nation
After dropping two games to have fans reaching for the panic button, the Eagles have won two consecutive games to reach 6-2, and right now they slot into the No. 2. The Eagles now have a bye week before a huge Week 10 tilt with the Packers that could go a long way towards deciding home-field advantage in the NFC. The Eagles currently hold a tiebreaker over the Buccaneers thanks to Philadelphia’s Week 4 win over Tampa Bay.
Is that enough at pass rusher? Maybe. Howie Roseman will still make his calls. The problem is that half the league is looking for pass rushers and not many are available. Howie can look around, but I don’t know that he’ll find many good options. You don’t want to waste a draft pick just to add a body. You would want to add someone that can truly help. The cost will have to make sense. The other position that’s had some issues this year is cornerback. Kelee Ringo got the start on Sunday. I haven’t had a chance to study his game yet, but the fact he didn’t stand out as a problem is encouraging. He stood out in a bad way in the first Giants game. Adoree Jackson had played better recently before getting hurt. Are either of those guys good enough to help you win in January? That’s a tough question. Howie might actually be more aggressive in calling around about corners. If anything happened to Quinyon Mitchell, the Eagles would be in big trouble. There aren’t going to be great options at CB, but they could be better than pass rusher.
Another Special Edition Roob Jalen Hurts Stats! Because he’s that good! – NBCSP
1A. Through eight games, Hurts has completed 70 percent of his passes with 15 touchdowns and one interception. The only other quarterback in NFL history at 70 percent with at least 15 TDs and one or fewer INT through eight games is Drew Brees, who was at 76 percent, 17 TDs and one INT eight games into the 2018 season. Hurts is only the seventh quarterback in NFL history with 70 percent, 15 TDs and one INT in any eight-game span in history (within one season). Brees, Kirk Cousins, Lamar Jackson, Jordan Love, Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson also did it. 1B. Hurts’ 114.4 passer rating is highest ever by an Eagles’ quarterback after eight games. Previous high was Carson Wentz’s 109.6 after eight games in 2018.
I think the Eagles will try to find ways to platoon these two players and play it by ear as they go. Dean is in a contract year. Campbell is a first-round pick who still is developing as an off-ball player. He has not proven to be a liability, however, and if playing fewer snaps is going to set back his future development, I don’t know if I love that plan for 2026 and beyond. The Eagles coaches on that side of the ball have certainly earned the benefit of the doubt, and I’m sure they have a development plan in place behind the scenes to continue getting Campbell the reps he needs. Still, it’s tough to replace game reps. All that said – Campbell’s versatility off the edge definitely can help them on plays like this. Most edge rushers don’t have the ability to confidently match a running back in space that way (ask Patrick Johnson).
Spadaro: Offensive line asserts its dominance in vintage performance – PE.com
As they peeled off their Kelly Green jerseys and transitioned to the post-game fits, the Eagles’ offensive line reflected on a job well done that afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field in a commanding 38-20 win over the New York Giants. Center Brett Toth and tackle Fred Johnson, key reserves who have stepped up as needed, repeated Johnson’s anthem of “you gotta fight for your right,” a mentality that seems just about perfect for every offensive lineman, particularly those who are in the position of being summoned for duty at a moment’s notice. Jordan Mailata, in the same corner of the locker room, spoke about the “clean game” the Eagles played that resulted in an NFL-season-best 276 rushing yards, an overall offensive output of 427 yards, and four touchdown passes from quarterback Jalen Hurts in the victory.
Four running backs topped 100 yards and 10 yards per carry Sunday – PFT
Sunday was a very big day for big-play running backs in the NFL. Four different running backs ran for more than 100 yards and averaged more than 10 yards per carry on Sunday: Bills running back James Cook had 19 carries for 216 yards, Colts running back Jonathan Taylor had 12 carries for 153 yards, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley had 14 carries for 150 yards and Eagles running back Tank Bigsby had nine carries for 104 yards.
What would be particularly harmful for the short- and long-term of the Cowboys franchise would be some sort of panic trade as a result of how lopsided Sunday’s contest was. That would be reminiscent of the Mingo trade. Consider that the Cowboys dealt for Mingo last year right after falling to 3-5 on the season with their loss to the Atlanta Falcons. In addition to losing the game the Cowboys lost Dak Prescott for the rest of the season and were hurting for any kind of relevancy, to use the verbiage up top. They are teetering into that territory right now and if recent history is any indication they will do whatever they can to avoid fully falling into that space, like send a fourth-round pick away for no justifiable reason. Lessons have to be learned. Medicine has to be taken. Hopefully the Cowboys are cautious and understanding of these ideas heading into next week’s trade deadline.
The Seattle Seahawks are coming to town for another primetime game. Opening odds for the Commanders have them as 3.5-point home underdogs against the Seahawks. The O/U opens at 48.5, two points lower than last week.
Zach Ertz: ‘Clock is ticking’ for 3-5 Commanders after blowout loss to Chiefs – NFL.com
Tight end Zach Ertz said Washington has to find consistency to stack wins. “It’s just too many highs and lows,” he said. “Just haven’t executed consistently enough in all three phases in a game. Play a half really well and then don’t play the second half well. Play a game well in one phase, don’t play well in another. I thought we had a really good week of practice, honestly, and I’m confident that if we can continue to practice like we do, that’s going to turn. But the clock is ticking, obviously.” The biggest clock tick is Daniels’ hamstring. Mariota wasn’t the reason for the loss, but the backup quarterback is unable to overcome the pitfalls of a defense that struggles to get off the field for long stretches.
Cam Skattebo’s surgery ‘went well,’ says New York Giants coach Brian Daboll – Big Blue View
“All went well” with Cam Skattebo’s surgery on Sunday night to repair the running back’s dislocated right ankle, according to New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll. The rookie running back was injured on Sunday during the Giants’ 38-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and had surgery to repair the damage at a Philadelphia-area hospital. “I’m not going to get into the particulars, but all went well,” Daboll said. “He’s recovering, and obviously he’ll be missed, but on the road to recovery.” Daboll said Skattebo texted him post-surgery at 4:08 a.m.
What Are We Even Doing Here? – Daily Norseman
Wentz suffered a dislocated shoulder that resulted in a torn labrum in the first half of the Vikings’ win over the Cleveland Browns in London. In Week 5. A game that took place 22 calendar days ago. The Vikings knew about this injury three weeks ago, and took no steps to shore up the quarterback position during that time. The depth chart for the past two games has been the same: Wentz as the starter, rookie Max Brosmer as QB2, and J.J. McCarthy as the emergency quarterback. And they continued running Wentz out there for the past two games, allowing him to take a pair of sacks against the Philadelphia Eagles and then five more in whatever the hell that was in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Everyone knew Wentz was hurt. He took hit after hit and was in pretty much constant pain for the entire game on Thursday night. And despite all of it, Kevin O’Connell just kept running Wentz out there on drive after drive until the two-minute warning, when Brosmer finally got into the ball game in garbage time.
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