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SwartzSports Super Bowl 50 Discussion – QB Legacies, Matchups, Predictions

February 1, 2016

Embed from Getty Images Cody and Bryn Swartz preview the upcoming Super Bowl 50 matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos, and give their take on Cam, Peyton, the defenses, and what will likely happen. Whose legacy will be affected more by this game, Cam Newton’s or Peyton Manning’s? Cody: Quarterbacks are judged by their rings, so this is probably a bigger legacy game for Peyton Manning…

Grading Each of Chip Kelly’s Personnel Moves This Past Offseason

December 30, 2015

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Embed from Getty Images The Chip Kelly era came to an abrupt end Tuesday evening with the news of Kelly’s firing. Not even one year after Kelly was able to wrestle the GM duties away from Howie Roseman, owner Jeffrey Lurie abandoned the Chip ship with one game remaining in the 2015 season. Kelly leaves Philadelphia having accumulated a 26-21 record, but it’s his horrid offseason as a general…

Power Ranking 10 Most Disappointing Players on 2015 Philadelphia Eagles

November 24, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com Picking just one disappointing player on the 2015 Philadelphia Eagles is a near-impossible task; it’s been a collective, joint effort by the offense, defense, and special teams for this team to underachieve as much as it has. Preseason Super Bowl aspirations ranging from Joe Banner to Adam Schefter to a great majority of this fanbase have fallen drastically short, to the point that it would…

Can Chip Kelly Fix the Mess He’s Created?

September 21, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com View image | gettyimages.com Adversity is every head coach’s favorite word. And right now, Chip Kelly is facing lots of it. The Philadelphia Eagles dropped a 20-10 decision to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, a game that intensified all of the team’s problems this season. These are problems that are a direct result of Kelly – the newly-appointed general manager – and they’re problems…

Is Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly In Over His Head?

September 21, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com Chip Kelly won 20 games during his first two seasons as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, including an unlikely NFC East division title in 2013. He coaxed an all-time season out of quarterback Nick Foles in 2013, and engineered yet another top-five scoring offense in 2014, despite subpar play from a number of key players on the offensive side of the ball….

Who’s to Blame for Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 1 Loss to Atlanta Falcons?

September 15, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com Few Week 1 games in Philadelphia Eagles history have had the hype of this Monday Night Football matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, as Chip Kelly’s offseason of change was going to be on display before a national audience. The end result was a massive disappoint for Eagles fans though, as the team went down early, built a lead amidst a furious comeback, temporarily lost the…

Podcast #2: SwartzSports on Eagles-Packers, Bradford, Tebow & Preseason Dominance

September 2, 2015

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View image | gettyimages.com Join us for the second edition of the SwartzSports podcast, as Cody and Bryn Swartz discuss the Eagles’ dominant victory (yet again) over the Green Bay Packers in the decisive third preseason game. Also discussed will be the Evan Mathis signing in Denver, Mychal Kendricks’ new contract extension, Robert Griffin III’s fallout in Washington and the other top picks in the 2012 draft. And…

Denver Broncos Sign Former Eagles All-Pro Guard Evan Mathis

View image | gettyimages.com Finally. After almost five months without a team, veteran guard Evan Mathis signed with the Denver Broncos. It’s safe to say that he was easily the top remaining free-agent player still available on the market. Mathis, 33, inked a one-year deal for up to $4 million including incentives. His base salary of $2.5 million is significantly lower than it would have been had he…

August 26, 2015

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