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My favorite sign in the league:

Eagles traded N. Foles to Rams for S. Bradford. Foles lost his job in St. Louis, C. Keenum takes over. Eagles draft C. Wentz and trade Bradford to Minn. Vikings sign Keenum, who replaces injured Bradford. Foles returns to Philly, replaces injured Wentz. Now, Foles vs. Keenum.

Jalen Hurts gifted his offensive linemen Louis Vuitton bags today. And it wasn't just the starting linemen — reserves and practice squaders, too.

Jason Kelce is in Orlando for the Pro Bowl for the first time since the event changed formats: "I don't even know what you do in the Pro Bowl anymore. But it's down in Orlando so I get to take my kids to Walt Disney World. Not off-the-Super Bowl Walt Disney World, but as long as Wyatt gets to see Elsa, I don't think it really matters."

Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce:

Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown, seems like everything is fine:

Saquon Barkley on Daniel Jones: "Outside of the Philadelphia Eagles and myself, I want no one else to perform at a high level (more than) Daniel Jones. The fact that he's off to a hot start... to go out there now and play at a high level and get to show people the player that I know and the person I know. I'm a big believer in anything, it might not happen in football, but the way he carries himself and the way he works and the way he competes, it's going to show at some point."

The first two picks:

Jalen Hurts has been donating $5,000 for every TD this season to provide air conditioning in Philadelphia public schools. With his four TDs against Dallas, he reached the $100,000 milestone. At the start of the school year, there were still 63 additional schools requiring upgrades to prevent sending students home early. An additional $200K will allow Hurts to help improve conditions at those schools.

New image of A.J. Brown outside the stadium:

The Eagles' last four second-round picks: 2024: Cooper DeJean 2022: Cam Jurgens 2021: Landon Dickerson 2020: Jalen Hurts

Malcolm Jenkins played 1,034 of 1,034 defensive snaps this season. It's the second consecutive season he hasn't missed a defensive snap. Since he's come to Philadelphia, here are his snap percentages: 2014: 99% 2015: 99% 2016: 99% 2017: 92% 2018: 100% 2019: 100%

Jay Ajayi is officially retiring from the NFL and will be the Eagles' honorary captain tonight. Ajayi was a big part of the Super Bowl team in 2017.

James Bradberry: "You know what? I'm glad I got to experience — one, I would say the Philadelphia Eagles fan base, greatest fan base in the world. I'm glad I got to experience the highs and the lows of being a part of the Philadelphia Eagles. I'm going to always cherish these moments that I had, and I'm just thankful that it ended with a Super Bowl ring."

Jason Kelce: "They will love you in this city if you love it the way you love your brother. You will be loved by going above and beyond to show that you care because they care. They've been caring for generations in this town about this team and they aren't about to accept a bunch of excuses and soft-ass nonsense representing the name on the front of the jersey, something they've invested their entire lives in. If you don't like what the fans and media are saying, as a player, it's very easy. Love them. Treat them like your brothers, and go out and play your balls off."

C.J. Gardner-Johnson unplugged…

The Eagles were ready to move on from Slay in 2023. He was ready to sign with the Baltimore Ravens. “Baltimore offered way more money,” Slay said. "And I’m like, ‘I just came off the Super Bowl run. Go chase the bag.’” Then Dom DiSandro called: “Slay, we need you,” DiSandro said. “Dom, he’s one of the dudes, he calls me and he’s like, ‘I need you.’ Because he’d do it for my family’,” Slay said. “He made it right.” Slay stayed for two more seasons, won the Super Bowl.

Abdul Carter went to the Super Bowl with his father to experience one last year as an Eagles fan. His father got him a custom jersey. He said his toughness and grit comes from his Philly roots:

Jalen Hurts: “We’ve still yet to arrive. …There’s no destination.”

“To disrespect the game by going out there and not competing for 60 minutes and doing everything you can to help those players win, we will never do that as long as I’m the head coach of the Giants."

Kellen Moore will return to Philadelphia for the parade tomorrow.

This is Greg Ward's fourth summer with the Eagles. He was waived on cutdown day each of the past three years. He was signed the next day to the practice squad each year. For the first time in his NFL career, Ward made the 53-man roster.

If you see members of the Eagles' kitchen staff (or training staff/equipment staff) wearing new shoes, they're from C.J. Gardner-Johnson. C.J. Gardner-Johnson bought behind-the-scenes Eagles staff members new shoes for the holidays. "They're always feeding us, keeping our fuel high, trainers are always keeping our body warm and ready to go, and equipment always got our stuff going, so why not do something for them? They always do something for us without asking."

DeVonta Smith on whether a one-catch game bothers him: "No. It is what it is. Flow of the game. Superman back there running the ball the way he run the ball, let it be."

Saquon Barkley on Jalen Hurts: "I was talking about it the other day with my family: I don't really know how to explain it, but he has 'it.' The 'it' factor to win football games, he has that. How do you explain it, I don't really know. But you know it when you see it. I don't think there's a lot of players who have a fumble snap on the 1-yard line and still find a way to score a touchdown. Like, he has 'it' — that to him. He's had it his whole career here. When he came in Alabama, the success he had at Oklahoma. You can't coach that. It's hard to find to him. I'm happy I'm a part of his team."

G. Minshew said he wouldn't be in NFL w/o Mike Leach: "I'd be coaching right now, getting my ass ripped by Nick Saban probably twice a day. I couldn't be more indebted to him and the impact he's had on my life, my family's life. ...Can't put into words how grateful I am for him."

Nakobe Dean has a 3.55 GPA in mechanical engineering at Georgia. Was the team captain for the national champs.

Jeffrey Lurie was emotional in the call to Jeremiah Trotter Jr., whom Lurie has known since Trotter Jr. was a toddler. "...and I loved your mother," Lurie told him. Tammi Trotter passed away in February 2023 after a battle with breast cancer.

Saquon Barkley: "I don't really know what you want. If I touch the ball too much sometimes, we're not throwing enough. If we throw it too much and I only have nine touches — I'm not in the business of, what are we doing enough? I'm in the business of winning football games. We didn't win the football game. With nine touches, we had the opportunity to win the football game still. We weren't detailed enough. Too many mistakes, too many penalties."

Since the bye week... The Eagles are 16-1 with a +238 point margin and a +28 turnover margin. They've won 9 games by double-digits, including 5 games by 20+ points.

The Eagles put the following ad on the back of the Sunday Inquirer Sports section:

Cooper DeJean on the parade: "Hopefully I can still walk around by the end of it."

The Eagles will practice next week at the Saints’ facility. The Chiefs will practice at Tulane.

Cam Jurgens: "You guys remember what Lane said early in the week? (Emotion doesn't win games, talk doesn't win games. Execution wins games) "We executed, and they had too much emotion. ...They had a lot of damn emotion, and they were talking a lot. And we executed."

Jalen Hurts on his perspective on winning the Super Bowl with time to process it: “We’re here talking about the 2025-26 season.”

Isaiah Rodgers on Jalen Hurts: "Despite what everybody says in the media, he wins the games. That's the one thing that matters as a quarterback in the league. One day, he's can throw for 300, like he did today. One day, he can throw for 20 yards. He finds ways to win games, and those are the types of quarterbacks that you want. He can do it all.He can run. He can pass."

C.J. Gardner-Johnson on what he'll tell the rookies about the playoffs in Philly: "Got to be where your feet are and be able to breathe and understand that the air gets a little thicker, fans get a little drunker, calls get a little harder, and plays get made. It's up to you go out and have fun in the playoffs."

Jeffrey Lurie on Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean: "We never thought Quinyon Mitchell would be a possibility where we were drafting. And the irony with all that is we had another player have an equal grade, which has almost never happened in my history, where it's literally a tie. So when we chose Quinyon, we made a commitment to do everything possible to get Cooper. We never thought it would be possible."

Isaiah Rodgers when asked how a starting opportunity can help his stock around the NFL as a pending free agent: "I want to perform for the guys and the higher-ups here. ...I want to make a lot of plays here so I can find a way to stay here for the rest of my career."

Brandon Graham, the first player Howie Roseman ever drafted:

A.J. Brown on the second half: "I don't mean this in a negative way, but I just got the ball. I think it's that simple."

Howie Roseman asked fans for patience while the Eagles put together the roster this offseason: "It may look different — some of the moves that we may have to make here may not be what are necessarily on other peoples' minds. ...It's probably not going to look like maybe the conventional wisdom thinks it should look. I would just ask our fans to just have patience throughout the offseason. The offseason doesn't stop in free agency. The offseason doesn't stop in the draft."

Last person left on the field is Zach Ertz. He sat by himself for a few minutes before going inside. It’s likely his last time playing for the Eagles.

Dallas Goedert on Zach Ertz: "He'll probably get a good reaction. Not many people have scored a game-winning touchdown in the Super Bowl in Philadelphia history. So I'm sure they'll be happy to see him again."

Year 10, Malcolm Jenkins still practices like he’s trying to make the team. Doesn’t take days off, doesn’t take drills off. And appears into every snap. Jenkins and Darren Sproles are two of the most impressive practice players Eagles have had here in past decade.

A.J. Brown on playing the Ravens: "A real physical game. I told this to our room: 'Don't step out between the lines if you're not going to be physical, because that's what it's going to be.' That's how you want it to be. Don't complain about no calls, play through contact, and just go make plays"

A.J. Brown on DeVonta Smith: "I miss Smitty a lot. Can't wait for him to be out out there. He does a lot. He's like basically our signal-caller in the huddle. We go to him. And just his presence. His presence is felt when he gets on the field. I'm excited. And I know the team's excited to get him back, too."

Jalen Hurts is donating $200,000 to the Philadelphia School District to install new air conditioners in 10 schools. He's at Edward Gideon Elementary School in North Philly right now for the announcement.

Ojulari's parents actually met in Philadelphia after moving from Nigeria. His sister was born in Philly and he still has family in the area.

Jalen Hurts is here. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” he said.

Have stopped by this locker every week for 10 seasons. Have never seen it cleared out like this. One of the best players in franchise history…

Vic Fangio on acquiring Jaelan Phillips: “When you shop at Nordstrom’s, you get good stuff.”

Jeffrey Lurie said the Eagles will not give up a home game to play in Australia. If they play in Australia in the next few years, it would be as the visiting team.

Darius Slay made a big-time play on the ball on the final pass of the game. Was a good pass, SF was in position to catch it...

The Eagles spent five draft picks to acquire Carson Wentz in 2016. They gave him a $128M contract 20 months ago. They're now taking on a cap hit in excess $33M to essentially get out of the contract and get a 2021 3rd-round pick and a 2022 2nd or 1st-rd pick.

Nick Foles will be in the house Sunday. He's the honorary captain against the Commanders.

From DBs coach Christian Parker to Darius Slay:

Howie Roseman went to Georgia's practice last year. He came back and Nick Sirianni asked him who he liked. "I don't know, like, the whole defense," Roseman answered.

The Eagles moved mountains to try to acquire a player like A.J. Brown. They’ve signed him to two contracts that made him the highest-paid WR in the NFL both times. He might be the best player on the team. They’re not looking to move him.

Lane Johnson on Moro Ojomo: “Take it from me: He’s the real deal.”

Did you know?: The Chiefs are the only non-NFC East that the Eagles will face in all five of Nick Sirianni’s seasons. In fact, in the locker room they’ve discussed the Chiefs almost like a divisional opponent because there’s so much familiarity.

Ty Robinson said Matt Rhule told him: “You went to the best organization in the NFL.” Robinson: “I’ll take that any day of the week.”

Jalen Hurts on bouncing back from turnovers: "Momentum is an illusion in a sense because it can end or begin in any moment. You have to treat each play as its own and move on.”

Jason Kelce: "They will love you in this city if you love it — the way you love your brother."

Spotted at the Eagles facility today: Jim Murphy, the author of Inner Excellence.

You see "45" and "43" under the brim of Nick Sirianni's cap. He does this honor players who are out for the season. Those are the numbers of Ben VanSumeren and Ogbo Okoronkwo.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson on if last week motivated him: "No. You get the hand you're dealt. It was a learning lesson that I need to grow the hell up, because this team needs me when I'm here. I'm not saying it like I'm a superstar. No, my presence being out there with the guys and having fun. It hurt not being out there when we could have clinched the week before. But I had to look myself in the mirror and understand this is a team game, not a me game."

Nick Sirianni on taking Saquon Barkley out 14 yards shy of setting a career-high: "I usually like to keep my conversations with guys private. Frank Reich always, always would say to me, 'make sure know when somebody's on the verge of doing something really special,' because it's hard to do them. It's hard to recapture that. ...And so, that was on our mind, because I got the word from the box that he was close to his career-high. And I sat there with him, and I said, 'Listen, here's where you are and here's what it is.' And he looked at me and said, I mean — this gives me chills to think about, like this guy is such a great teammate, and all he cares about is winning — he looked at me and he said, 'Let the other guys eat.' I was just like, 'you're special, dude.' And he's a special player. He's a special person."

Dallas Goedert: “Still here. You guys couldn’t get rid of me.”

James Bradberry: "I'm going to get a ring. I can always say I'm a Super Bowl champion. I'm a part of it."

Nick Sirianni said he kept notes after last Super Bowl about what he would do differently. Didn't want to get into specifics, but said it's something they've discussed.

Landon Dickerson on making the Pro Bowl: "I hope I don't go."

Jeff Stoutland…with Jason Kelce with him:

Jason Kelce: "There's a lot of people who say it's a hard place to play. I think it's pretty fucking easy to be honest with you. You go out there and play hard. Want to be loved in this city as a baseball player? Run to first base. They're going to fucking loving you."

DeVonta Smith on attending Cooper DeJean's charity softball game in Iowa: "I don't know how Coop got me out there. I told him he did a damn good job in getting me out to the middle of nowhere."

When the Eagles demoted Sean Desai, I thought they scapegoated him and it would hurt Desai's career. Turns out, Desai's fitness as a DC might never look better. The best they played was under Desai, who oversaw the effort to keep Miami and KC scoreless in the second half.

Lane Johnson on Kenny Gainwell: "I think he's probably the most underrated guy in this locker room. He'd be a starter anywhere else."

Lane Johnson: “I’m definitely not retiring after this game. I’m definitely playing next year.”

Tanner McKee on the offseason decision at backup quarterback: "I was very excited with what happened. I love Philadelphia. I love being here. I want to be here as long as I can. So it was obviously very exciting when Howie called me and told me the news. And obviously, just know they have a lot of trust in me to perform. And obviously if something does happen to (Jalen Hurts), I can move the ball and the offense in how it's supposed to be run. So that was great having that confidence from the top down."

Carson Wentz and Alshon Jeffery are sitting courtside together at today’s Sixers-Lakers game.

Big news for the Eagles: A.J. Brown and Dallas Goedert are both practicing

The Eagles have been bracing for Kellen Moore to the Saints for the past two weeks. (The big difference between this and J. Gannon leaving two years ago is they were prepared for this pre-Super Bowl.) The top internal candidate to replace Moore is Kevin Patullo, but Eagles have a list of candidates for this situation. They knew of the strong possibility that Moore would be a one-year OC even when hiring him last winter.

Nick Sirianni asked VP of equipment operations Greg Delimitros to write up all the notes he has on preparing for games in the snow. Sirianni couldn't believe the detail. Saquon Barkley trusted Delimitros with cleat choice for the game. (Barkley gave a game ball to a kid after the game. Unbeknownst to Barkley, that was Delimitros' son.) allphly.com/saquon-barkley-e…

Saquon Barkley on golfing with former President Barack Obama: Probably one of the coolest experiences I had in my life. ...He's awesome, to be honest." "...It was my first time (meeting him). ...He asked me a lot of great questions. He definitely did his research — questions about my family, where I'm from. "But the coolest thing I took away from the whole experience was how he treats people. From caddies, anyone who came up to him, looked them in the eye, made sure you had conversations with them, asked them what their name was. When you're at that level and you still take the time to do that — it's genuine, too. It kind of inspired me. I try to do that already, but you can always do that better."

Dallas Goedert and Avonte Maddox live together in a 4-bdrm, 5500-sqft home. So they bought nerf guns, set boundaries, blasted the Halloween music over the speakers and played real-life Fortnite. More on the friendship of ascending second-year Eagles: theathletic.com/1200223/2019…

Nick Sirianni: "Kevin (Patullo) called the plays yesterday in the second half. But make no mistake, Jalen communicates — Jalen sees the field really, really well."

DeVonta Smith: "I'm not satisfied right now. ...We're not playing good as an offense." "I have all the confidence in the world that we can fix it. ...But we're running out of time. We got two weeks. We got two weeks to put it together." "Just going out there and playing football. We have a lot of penalties. Still miscommunication. It is better than what it was. But we're still not playing to what we want it be. We got two weeks. ...We're going to get it fixed. We got two weeks."

Nakobe Dean leading the huddle with the LBs:

The Eagles' 2023 draft class: 1st round: Jalen Carter 1st: Nolan Smith 3rd: Tyler Steen 3rd: Sydney Brown 4th: Kelee Ringo 6th: Tanner McKee 7th: Moro Ojomo ...There's a chance the Eagles have 6 starters and a high-level backup QB from those picks.

That’s photographer Malcolm Jenkins on the sideline with Howie Roseman:

The Eagles coaches (and players) watched every "Peanut Punch" from Charles Tillman's career. Nick Sirianni had Patrick Dolan, the VP of football technology, put the loop together.

Nick Sirianni called him "the best player I've ever been around." Cam Jurgens called him the "best offensive lineman that’s f—ing come through the Eagles." "Appreciate it as long as you can," Brett Toth said, "because what he’s done here is remarkable.”:nytimes.com/athletic/6659872…

Some good history between these two: If Alshon Jeffery doesn't get his feet in bounds in time against the Giants to set up the 61-yard FG in 2017, the Jake Elliott story might never have taken shape.

Cooper DeJean’s Super Bowl pick six changed his life. He doesn’t want it to define his career For @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/6614154…

Jeremiah Trotters

A combine story on O-line workout day… In 2013, before Lane Johnson was a consensus pick near the top of the first round, he went to dinner with agent Ken Sarnoff at Ruth’s Chris on the eve of O-line workouts. “I’m going to rip this fucking combine to such a level that these motherfuckers have never seen anything like it,” Johnson told Sarnoff. “And when it’s all said and done, I’m gonna go top five.” At 6-6 and 303 pounds, Johnson posted a 99th-percentile 40-yard dash, a 98th-percentile 10-yard split, a 98th-percentile broad jump, a 96th-percentile vertical jump, and a 94th-percentile three-cone drill. He went No. 4 overall (after two other O-linemen). Johnson has played 12 seasons, won 2 Super Bowls, made 6 Pro Bowls, earned nearly $140M, and is in line to wear a gold jacket.

Saquon Barkley on reputation of being a good teammate: "The way you win championships, the way you do special stuff, is together. It's not like — I don't think it's 'being a good teammate.' I'd be a fool not to realize that. I play running back. You can hand me the ball, but I don't care how great you are, if I have 5 guys in the backfield, I'm not Superman. I can't make all those guys miss. That's the the reality of it. Guys get to get open. Jalen has to make the throw. A.J. has to make the catch. That's how the game works. And I think we've lost that in today's world with how much we all get paid. You have stats of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning, like it's those two guys going against each other. That's not the truth. It's a team sport. It stems from my parents, but it's not hard to realize. I think a lot of people have to realize that, too."

Here's my A.J. Brown take: In his two years in Philadelphia, he has the two highest totals for single-season receiving yards in franchise history. His first five years put him on a HOF trajectory. He was the best player on the team last year. Look at the Eagles' offense before he arrived. Look at the Titans' offense after he left. The Eagles have had recent seasons with Greg Ward and Travis Fulgham as their top WRs. It's incredible to think how much he has changed the franchise — and they moved mountains to try to get a player like him. All of this matters far more than what's said on his Twitter/IG accounts.

Sirianni: "I never want to come out of a game where D'Andre Swift has two touches." He said D. Goedert's lack of targets remind him of last year when DeVonta Smith didn't have a catch in the season opener. "We can't go a game without getting him the football," he said.

Nick Sirianni on injured players traveling/being around the team: "Everybody's a little bit different. I know what it's like to go through an injury as a football player, and it can be a really lonely place when you're watching your teammates go out every week. And I put myself back to 2001 where I'm out with a leg injury at Mount Union, and every time my roommates left to go play a game, I would be sobbing in my room that I wasn't able to be a part of that. I like to be very sympathetic towards that. "I want the guys always to be around the team: meetings, games, home or away. Everything is dictated, though, on the player’s safety. Can they be on the sideline for a game based on their injury? Is it safe for them to have a plane ride – which, in this case, we don't have – or a long bus ride? "We talk about that every week at the beginning of the week, ‘Hey, is this guy good to go? Boom, here.’ And with guys on IR – we’ve got a little formula for all those things to have a plan for all those guys. "But I think the most important thing that I want those guys to feel from me and from the team is that, just because they're not on the field, they have contributed to where we are to this point and will continue to contribute. And they're part of this football team. "Because it is lonely. It can be a lonely place. I hate saying that, but it really can. You want to embrace these guys, put your arms around them, and let them know they're in it with us to the very end and a reason why we're in the position we're in currently. "But everyone's treated a little bit differently based on their injury and whether it's safe or not for them, or beneficial or not for their recovery, to be on the field or to be in a plane." Sirianni on Graham traveling: "Haven't got to that point yet. I sure as heck hope so. We need him. I need him. The team needs him. Because, again, Brandon Graham affects the team way more than just on the field because – you guys know him – of the person he is, because of the captain he is, because of the teammate he is. His enthusiasm and love for football and love for his teammates are infectious. ...So even if they say he might not be able to go on the sideline, I will be lobbying with everything I have to make sure that he can. And I'll do my best to protect him on the sideline if the ball gets anywhere close to him."