He is listed at 6-5 and 237 pounds. Carson Wentz, when you see him on the football field, stands a head above most of the other players on the field, and he’s eye to eye with the biggest players in the game. By the time he reports back to the NovaCare Complex and the 2017 season is in focus, Wentz will have more muscle, maybe a few more pounds, and definitely more strength ...
Never has five weeks felt so long. For the Eagles, a team skidding in the wrong direction with nine losses in 11 weeks, Thursday night’s 24-19 win over the New York Giants was a huge sigh a relief and some affirmation that this team is better than it has played for much of a long, tough season ...
It was time to rebuild after an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2008, and nowhere did the Eagles need more help than along the offensive line. Tra Thomas, the 10-year starter at left tackle, left the Eagles in free agency to sign with Jacksonville. Right tackle Jon Runyan was recovering from knee surgery. The Eagles needed to get it right ...
There is no sense for Lane Johnson to look back at the mistakes that he made in the course of his career that have taken him off the football field for 14 games because of violations of the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. Greatness is ahead, he vows ...
Let's close this season out on a positive note. In the midst of a five-game losing streak and a 2-9 run since the 3-0 start, the Eagles have stayed remarkably upbeat and have been more than competitive in most of those games, including close-but-not-enough heartbreakers against Washington and Baltimore. That's got to count for something in the long run, doesn't it? ...
BALTIMORE – When the Eagles look back at the 2016 season and perform their rigorous form of self-scouting, they will no doubt inspect every nook and cranny of the red zone offense, which struggled again on Sunday in a 27-26 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at windswept M&T Bank Stadium ...
No Darren Sproles. Still a question as to who is going to play right tackle for the offensive line. Wide receivers Dorial Green-Beckham and Jordan Matthews are coming back from injuries. It’s that time of the season in the NFL when the marathon takes its toll, and that is certainly the case for the Eagles heading into their final road game ...