Michael Eisen
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants today announced that Pat Shurmur will become the 18th head coach in franchise history. Shurmur, 52, completed his second season as the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator when they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday in the NFC Championship Game. Last week, he was named the NFL Assistant Coach of the Year by […]
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Al Thompson
Eagles Pro Bowl, MVP candidate quarterback Carson Wentz took virtually every rep with the ones from OTA’s to mini-camp, training camp, preseason and through the first 13 regular season games this year until a torn ACL ended his season in the third quarter of the Birds game against the Los Angeles Rams. He built a […]
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Al Thompson
At Wednesday’s media session inside the Eagles locker room, there was a buzz of excitement throughout the room. The Birds are headed to the NFC Championship game Sunday for a chance to play in Super Bowl LII! All the top players had reporters swarming their lockers including Fletcher Cox, Lane Johnson, Stefen Wisniewski, Torrey Smith […]
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Al Thompson
If the Eagles want to move on this weekend, the offense will have to do more than it did last week against the Atlanta Falcons. More points will likely come in form or misdirection plays, counters and screen passes. If there is one area of the game Nick Foles does better than Carson Wentz it […]
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Al Thompson
Don’t look now but the Eagles are just four quarters away from competing in Super Bowl LII. If they pull it off, it will be the club’s third trip to the Big Game in franchise history. The top-seeded Birds pounded out a 15-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in the […]
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Al Thompson
There are no shortages of scenarios, strategies, advise or predictions out there when it comes the Eagles and their quest to beat the odds and find a way to win two playoff games and get to Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis three weeks from now. The Eagles started the season as an eight-cylinder engine, flying […]
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Al Thompson
On Thursday January 4, 2018, the Delaware Valley from west of Philadelphia to the South Jersey shore was hit with a severe winter storm. Weathermen nicknamed the tempest a “Cyclone Bomb.” The snow, high winds and near zero temperatures made any outdoor activity impossible. Schools and banks were closed, many businesses didn’t open or made […]
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Al Thompson
Doug Pederson will face the biggest challenge of his coaching career over the next eight days as he tries to squeeze two NFC victories out of a team that has been crippled by injuries from their future Hall of Fame left tackle, two special teams players and starting middle linebacker to their MVP candidate quarterback […]
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Brian Baldinger
On the Sunday night after the Eagles victory in the LA Memorial Coliseum versus the LA Rams to go to 11-2 and clinch the NFC EAST Crown, I boarded a flight from LA back to Philadelphia on the dreaded red-eye. I was in LA to announce the other LA team’s game, the Chargers. The flight […]
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Al Thompson
It may be time for Eagles fans to pump the breaks on what appears to be a down-trending attitude towards Eagles starting quarterback Nick Foles. Foles has played nine meaningful quarters of football since he took over for MVP candidate Carson Wentz, who tore the ACL of his left knee in the third quarter of […]
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