DeVonta Smith on how he’s adjusting to Philly: “Honestly, I don’t leave my house.” How did he celebrate his 1st
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Game, TD: “Went home, played 2K.”
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Another Jalen Carter gem, when asked if he's getting held a lot: "If the ref's not calling it, then I’m not getting held. I gotta get in the backfield. If they're holding me on film, I just gotta work harder and get back there faster."
Jalen Carter on coming from 2 straight national championships at Georgia, then carrying that over this season on 10-1
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. "This is regular. I’m used to winning. And I plan on winning more."
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LT Jordan Mailata with line of the day when asked about playing next to LG Landon Dickerson:
"Our bromance is blooming. Get it? Blooming." Then he adds: "I’m sorry. I thought that was funny."
#flowerpower
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RG Cam Jurgens said “the bar is set so high” on the offensive line. As for if he considers himself as a RG or center, he says: “I look at myself like a soldier. I do what they tell me.”
Lane Johnson, asked if he thought he played poorly (2 holds, 1 false start), "I think [holding calls] was ticky-tacky bullshit. You can put that in the papers … [Khalil Mack, 0 sacks] didn’t sniff the quarterback all night. He’s supposed to be the best player in the league."
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had 16th pick in '22. They traded that &No 19 to Saints for No 18 (traded for Brown), Saints 1st in 2023 (No. 10, used in deal for Jalen Carter) & Saints 2nd in 2024 (used in deal for Cooper DeJean)
By trading that pick, Eagles still got Dotson ... plus AJ, Carter, DeJean
NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah, on conference call, says of the top-4 rated WRs (Lamb, Jeudy, Ruggs, Jefferson), "Carson Wentz will make a star out of any of those 4."
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Remember when the Eagles traded Dennis Kelly for DGB, and everyone thought the Eagles fleeced the Titans? Well, Kelly is in his 11th season, playing RT for Packers, and DGB was out of the NFL after that 2016 season w/Eagles.
Jalen Carter on coming from 2 straight national championships at Georgia, then carrying that over this season on 10-1
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. "This is regular. I’m used to winning. And I plan on winning more."
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DC Sean Desai said there might be an advantage going in because teams haven’t seen Jalen Carter or his D. Then says “ask me after the game if we had an advantage.”
Jalen Reagor met w/media for 1st time. When told Sirianni said he’ll have to get used to 3 touches per game instead of 11 at TCU, said “they’ll be 3 damn good ones” then.
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Sydney Brown: “Fuck, we just lost to the worst team in the NFL.” Says confidence still there: “If we play to our capabilities, we can beat the shit out of anyone.”
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*stats also don’t include Foles’ stints w/Rams and Jaguars, when Foles lost his job each season. Also, Foles missed 8 games last season, or as many as Wentz missed in 4 seasons ... In other words, this debate is 🚮
Since everyone on
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is debating Carson Wentz vs. Nick Foles today for
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, I decided to get all the stats out there to help the discussion.
** Stats don’t include playoffs
** Drops are via PFF
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This is Jeremiah Trotter Jr., said his dad told him how much he loved playing for
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. Says his dad told him, “I’m an old school linebacker in a new age body.” Said he talked to Eagles at Combine.
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Lee Harvey Oswald, who loved traveling to faraway countries, arrived in Dallas with dreams of meeting the president. A climb to the 6th floor of a downtown building ended in that president's untimely death.
Sources: Up to 10 teams actively monitoring Deshaun Watson situation, including the Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints
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Doug Pederson said nothing Jalen Hurts is doing has surprised him. Said he saw the potential 2 years ago, and hopes Trevor Lawrence can develop similarly.
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Quinyon vs DeVonta 1-on-1 is must see. 1st time, Q holds him off with great coverage and DeVonta says, “good play, Q.” 2nd time, DeVonta makes move, catches ball to outside and Q says, “that’s a route!”
Also, AJ makes behind-the back twisting 1-hand catch vs Slay on him.
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had only 5 draft picks in 2018, none in the 1st round, and only 1 in the first 3 rounds. Yet every single player is still in the NFL:
Rd 2, Dallas Goedert
Rd 4, Josh Sweat
Rd 4, Avonte Maddox
Rd 6, Matt Pryor (Bears)
Rd 7, Jordan Mailata
Nakobe Dean got some 1st-team reps at LB w/Kyzir White. Kyzir had a nice PBU. … AJ Brown can’t hold TD pass over his shoulder with good coverage by Slay. Nice throw from Hurts, though.
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Slay is an
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treasure. On mentoring young CBs Josh Jobe, Eli Ricks: "I’m looking forward to a young guy taking my spot ... b/c one day I’m going to hang it up."
Asked his timeline, Slay, who's 32, says: "Ah, shit, there ain’t no telling. I can honestly play 10 more years."
That’s a wrap on practice. 90 minutes in full. Pads in the heat. James Bradberry and Jalen Reagor were the stars today. Hurts had another good day.
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