Eagles Information: NFL insiders rank no less than 16 cornerbacks forward of Darius Slay

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Execs, coaches, scouts rank NFL’s high 10 CBs for 2024 – ESPN+Additionally receiving votes: DaRon Bland (Dallas Cowboys), Riq Woolen (Seattle Seahawks), Jaycee Horn (Carolina Panthers), D.J. Reed (New York Jets), Darius Slay Jr. (Philadelphia Eagles), Jack Jones (Las Vegas Raiders), Joey Porter Jr. (Pittsburgh Steelers), Martin Emerson Jr. (Cleveland Browns). [BLG Note: Slay was not included in the top 10 cornerbacks nor among the six “honorable mention” candidates after that.]

Prime 30 NFL gamers over 30 coming into 2024 season: Tyreek Hill, Trent Williams, Chris Jones lead rankings – NFL.com8) LANE JOHNSON: Over the course of 4 consecutive springs, Philadelphia drafted Brandon Graham, Jason Kelce, Fletcher Cox and Johnson. These “core 4” linemen got here to outline Eagles soccer by way of a number of teaching regimes. However with Kelce and Cox retiring in March and Graham assuming a rotational function in recent times, Johnson is the final man beginning. And he’s not simply beginning — he’s thriving, having earned All-Professional recognition for 3 seasons operating. The accidents have piled up throughout Johnson’s profession, however usually, if he can stroll, he can play — and when he performs, he dominates. Over the previous six seasons (playoffs included), the appropriate deal with has yielded a grand whole of 5 sacks, per PFF. An athletic mauler within the run recreation as well, Johnson has helped Philly area a top-10 floor assault in every of the final 4 years. [BLG Note: No Darius Slay on this list, either.]

Eagles Rookie Assessment: Tyler Steen might have an up-and-down yr as a beginning guard – BGNI count on Steen to have an up-and-down yr as a beginning guard, however I belief the Eagles’ judgment relating to offensive linemen. He clearly wasn’t prepared final yr, because the Eagles performed Sua Opeta over him every time they wanted a guard. Opeta performed 528 snaps on the season in comparison with Steen’s 71. Nonetheless, the Eagles didn’t deliver again Opeta, which suggests they suppose Steen can step up. The Eagles have some younger offensive linemen who might develop over time, however I’m not positive any of them are able to take Steen’s job.

Mailbag: What are the possibilities Saquon Barkley may very well be a bust for the Eagles? – PhillyVoiceQuestion from @dirtydickcheney: Is there a better-than-even probability that Saquon Barkley goes to be a bust? What number of operating backs go on to have a resurgence with a second staff after exhibiting constant declining numbers? … I’m not so positive I agree that he has had “constant declining numbers.” In 2022, he had the second-best season of his profession, and carried a foul a staff to the playoffs. I’m additionally not so positive I’d name a great season with the Eagles in 2024 a “resurgence.” His numbers weren’t spectacular final season, however they may have been a hell of quite a bit worse contemplating he was taking part in behind one of many worst offensive strains in NFL historical past (no hyperbole there). In Philly, he’ll be operating behind one of the best offensive line he has ever had in his profession, by far. That mentioned, there may be danger in signing a 27-year-old operating again with a major damage historical past to a high of the market deal. However Barkley can nonetheless play, and I’d be fairly stunned if he didn’t considerably improve the Eagles’ speeding assault, no less than in his first yr. What he’ll be in 2025 and 2026 might be the larger concern.

15 Eagles veterans on roster bubble as 2024 coaching camp nears – NBCSPOL Matt Hennessy: The Eagles signed the veteran to a one-year deal after he missed your entire 2023 season with a knee damage. Hennessy has performed in 41 video games with 22 begins his profession after the Falcons used a third-round decide on him in 2020. The Eagles signed him for some depth on the inside of their line however have since added Mekhi Becton and Max Scharping in free company and drafted Trevor Keegan and Dylan McMahon on Day 3. Hennessy nonetheless has a shot to make the staff however there are methods that doesn’t occur.

How do NFC move rush teams stack up heading into the 2024 season? – The AthleticSo the Eagles went with a youthful, hungrier model of Haason Reddick by signing Huff away from the New York Jets? Works for me! Huff produced a 22.0 p.c strain fee and three.5 sacks in 2022 on 164 move rush snaps. When his snaps practically doubled final yr, Huff’s fee principally remained elite and his sack whole vaulted to double digits. There’s little doubt move strain will fall totally on the shoulders of Huff, Josh Sweat and Jalen Carter, with a style of Brandon Graham in a part-time function. Now, somebody should take the snaps left behind on the inside by Fletcher Cox’s retirement. Jordan Davis will take over the beginning function for Cox, however Davis yielded only a 6.7 p.c strain fee final season. Don’t sleep on Devin White (23.8 p.c profession strain fee) as a blitzer, although.

Newest Onerous Knocks suggests somebody was tampering with Saquon Barkley – PFTThat mentioned, it’s unclear which staff that quantity got here from. Later within the episode, Schoen says he’s listening to the Bears are driving up the value and the Eagles are out. So possibly it was the Bears. Or possibly it was the Eagles. Or possibly it was another person. The following query turns into whether or not the NFL will do something about it. In exonerating the Eagles for talking on to Barkley through the 52-hour negotiating window, the league mentioned this: “As with each assessment, ought to new proof be uncovered, the league might reopen the investigation.” If the Eagles have been the staff speaking to Berry earlier than March 11, that may depend as new proof. And the potential violation would shift from speaking on to Barkley after the negotiating window opened to negotiating with Barkley’s agent earlier than the negotiating window opened.

This season might present the Cowboys’ free company inactivity was not that huge of a deal – Running a blog The BoysAn argument may be made that this offseason was simply the worst doable confluence of occasions in that a considerable amount of “function gamers” hit free company within the months following a tumultuous playoff loss (the third in a row, tripling the general anger and frustration) and that sandwiched in between these issues was the notorious “all in” line. Are you able to blame me for eager to take the DeLorean there? We have now seen Dallas overcome slower offseasons in every of the final two years though a few of that was mitigated in 2023 by the trades for Brandin Cooks and Stephon Gilmore. That being mentioned, it might be a deeper gap now than it was then which might make the climb out tougher. And that’s simply the climb out, then a completely totally different battle begins. The general level is that the Cowboys could also be proper. If that’s true then as William Joel mentioned… we could also be loopy.

Daniel Jones not anticipated to start out camp on the PUP record, per report – Huge Blue ViewNew York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones isn’t anticipated to start out coaching camp on the PUP record, per a report from NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport. As Rapoport notes, Jones beginning camp as energetic and “not on any sort of record” is a mark of how properly his rehab from the torn ACL that ended his 2023 season has gone. There was concern earlier within the offseason that Jones not solely wouldn’t be prepared for camp, however would possibly miss video games to start out the season. Nonetheless, because the offseason program wore on, we’ve gotten to the purpose the place it isn’t an enormous shock that Jones is beginning camp on the energetic roster.

The Giants are so embarrassing on ‘Onerous Knocks’ no staff will ever do it once more – SB NationLet me get this out of the best way first: the manufacturing and behind-closed-doors look that the offseason Onerous Knocks with the New York Giants has given us has been past examine. The look into their course of and the way they went concerning the Brian Burns commerce in addition to the QB scouting within the 2024 NFL Draft is one thing that we might by no means see within the NFL mediascape once more. The rationale it is probably not returning is easy: this offseason content material has made the Giants appear like idiots at nearly each step. Giants GM Joe Schoen got here into New York with a number of excessive hopes after spending a number of time in Buffalo, however now the questions are going to get quite a bit louder.

Has Jason Wright bought Washington a invoice of products? – Hogs HavenWith an nearly non-existent report of feat in Washington, and the staff’s current enterprise turnaround tied nearly fully to the brand new possession regime, it looks as if an affordable time to ponder whether or not the Washington soccer franchise’s enterprise operations – which can hopefully be jettisoning Wright’s branding earlier than lengthy – could be higher served underneath the management of somebody devoted to a colorblind hiring of one of the best people accessible to maneuver this franchise ahead.

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