View image | gettyimages.com It’s safe to say that a 1-3 start to the season is not what anybody expected. Not you, not me, and certainly not Chip Kelly. No, the Eagles’ head coach likely expected his team to be a perfect 4-0, first in the league in scoring and close to the top 10 in defense. After all, he’s Chip Kelly, and he’s experienced nothing but success…
View image | gettyimages.com Power Rankings: 2015 NFL Quarterbacks – Job Security There is there is no job security for the 32 starting quarterbacks in the National Football League. Anyone who follows the sport extensively knows that. Major League Baseball’s contracts are all guaranteed, which is why aging veterans like Ryan Howard and CC Sabathia remain on the active roster, bringing in top-five salaries for below-average production. Yet the…
View image | gettyimages.com Finally. After two straight brutal losses to open their season, the Eagles came away with a much-needed victory against the New York Jets to improve their record to 1-2. It wasn’t a pretty performance, as the Eagles jumped out to a 24-0 lead and hung on for a late 24-17 victory. But the goal for any team, especially one that began the year with consecutive…
View image | gettyimages.com To say the Philadelphia Eagles needed Sunday’s 24-17 win over the New York Jets is an understatement. A September non-conference game doesn’t have the same impact as a Week 17 rivalry with the New York Giants, but if the Eagles make the playoffs, an argument could be made that this game saved the season. The Chip Kelly doubters were everywhere after an 0-2 start that saw…
View image | gettyimages.com Remind me to never again believe anything that happens in the preseason. The talk of the preseason after averaging more than 33 points per game in their four contests, the Eagles were widely regarded as one of the NFL’s top teams heading into the 2015 season. In fact, experts such as Adam Schefter and Joe Banner picked them to win the Super Bowl. Safe…
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…
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….
View image | gettyimages.com You couldn’t have scripted a more perfect scenario for new Eagles running back DeMarco Murray late in the fourth quarter of the season opener against the Atlanta Falcons. Trailing 24-23, the Eagles faced a 4th and 1 from Atlanta’s 26-yard-line with just under three minutes remaining. A 44-yard field goal try was a possibility, but given kicker Cody Parkey’s disappointing preseason and minor groin injury, running…
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…
View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Eagles released quarterback Tim Tebow on the day of their final roster cuts. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Eagles released QB Tim Tebow, per source. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 5, 2015 Tebow had seemingly earned a roster spot last night when the Eagles traded Matt Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals for a conditional seventh-round draft pick. Now the Eagles…