Week 8 updates.

The Philadelphia Eagles officially announced one roster move ahead of their Week 8 road game against the Cincinnati Bengals. An overview:

• WR Ainias Smith was activated from injured reserve to the roster.

AINIAS SMITH

The Eagles opened Smith’s 21-day practice window earlier this month on October 7, meaning they had until October 28 to either activate him to the roster or shut him down for the season.

Smith unexpectedly went on injured reserve shortly before roster cuts down to 53 players (hmm) in late August. He struggled mightily early on in training camp, dropping passes...

Can’t even have bad luck

The Eagles defense hasn’t given up a TD in two games. They’re top 10 in many statistical categories: points, yards, third downs, sack rate… Vic Fangio has brought the competency that has been missing.

That’s great. But they’re dead last in takeaways. One reason why is that they are one of just two teams who has yet to recover a fumble.

Bad Fumble Luck Blues

You know the saying “if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all”? When it comes to fumble luck, the Eagles don’t even have that. Only...

Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 10/26/24.

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Bengals vs. Eagles: 5 Matchups to watch - Cincy Jungle
Trey Hendrickson vs. Fred Johnson. I’m not even playing, and I’m ready to run through a wall when I think about this one. Hendrickson is an elite pass rusher, with seven sacks so far this season, which is tied for fourth most in the NFL. He picked up right where he left off last season, and with a healthy defensive line, the left tackle facing him has less help. Jordan Mailata is on IR, so...

In addition to writing the All-22 offense and defense reviews after each Eagles game this year, I will also write this one called ‘Concept of the Week.’ I will break down a specific concept or play on offense and defense and explain the play in more detail. Hopefully, this will allow you to look out for that play in future weeks. This week, we will look at the Eagles’ use of Iso against the Browns. I expect to see this used more this year!

Iso

Well, I never thought I would be writing about this run play. In all...

With a full slate of college football over the next few days, here are the top NFL Draft prospects I am keeping a close eye on. All listed times are Eastern.

Benjamin Morrison, Cornerback, Notre Dame v. Navy (12 PM on ABC): This week’s showdown between Notre Dame and Navy is the highest profile game between these two programs in a long, long time. Navy is undefeated, ranked, and features one of the most explosive offenses in the country. Quarterback Blake Horvath is one of the few players in the country with 10 touchdowns passing and rushing while he averages...

The Philadelphia Eagles are two seasons removed from making it to the Super Bowl.

They were one of the hottest teams in the league that season but fell just short of their goals for the year.

Some called it a Super Bowl hangover, but the Eagles couldn’t replicate their success last season, losing in the first round of the playoffs.

They wanted to do everything possible to avoid another disappointing campaign, so they made some key free-agent acquisitions in the offseason.

Perhaps their most notable was the addition of Saquon Barkley, who has helped open up passing lanes for Jalen...

Think you can figure out which Eagles player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out in our new guessing game!

We’re back for another day of the Bleeding Green Nation in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re returning to our system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way,...