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• Former NFL linebackers coach Bill McGovern dies at 60 following cancer battle

  30-05-2023 22:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Former NFL assistant coach Bill McGovern died Tuesday after a cancer battle, UCLA announced. He was 60. McGovern served as the Bruins defensive coordinator in 2022 but missed the second half of the season with his health issues. He transitioned into an administrative role with the program earlier this year. “Early [Tuesday] morning we said [more]
  
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• Halapoulivaati Vaitai considered retirement after back surgery

  29-05-2023 15:49 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Earlier this year, the Lions apparently considered moving on from offensive lineman Halapoulivaati Vaitai after he missed all of the 2022 regular season after undergoing back surgery. Vaitai apparently considered moving on from football. “After surgery, I was like, ‘Let me just rest. Let me just enjoy this time,'” Vaitai said recently, via Justin Rogers [more]
  
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• On conspiracy theories and pursuing truth

  28-05-2023 17:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The recent #PFTPM interview with Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman included an effort to shed a little more light on the Jonathan Gannon tampering situation. I doubted I’d get anything from Roseman, but I wanted to at least try. Because I firmly believe — given the way the league dropped the news minutes before the draft [more]
  
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• Patrick Mahomes is trying to strike the balance between too much and not enough

  27-05-2023 17:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The headline that came from Patrick Mahomes‘s recent comments regarding his contract, which is already outdated less than 40 months after it was finalized, focused on his decision to prioritize legacy over money. The full contents were far more nuanced. Mahomes is trying to strike the right balance between taking too much and not being [more]
  
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• Howie Roseman explains decision to trade up one spot for Jalen Carter

  27-05-2023 16:37 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The recent #PFTPM interview with Eagles G.M. Howie Roseman, which took on a life of its own for reasons I’ll get to later today or maybe tomorrow or whenever I get around to it, included a conversation regarding the decision to trade up from No. 10 to No. 9 in order to select Georgia defensive [more]
  
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• Kelce brothers are huge fans of Thursday night games, criticize players who oppose them

  27-05-2023 15:06 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Many players hate Thursday Night Football. The Kelce brothers are not among them. Eagles center Jason Kelce and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce both said on their podcast that they’re in favor of more games on Thursdays, and in favor of the new rule that allows the league to move games in the schedule from [more]
  
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• Nakobe Dean feels “ready to step up” to bigger role in Eagles defense

  25-05-2023 16:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It was seen as a surprise that linebacker Nakobe Dean slid to the third round of the 2022 draft and he didn’t get much of a chance to prove he should have come off the board earlier during his rookie season. Dean was mostly limited to special teams work as the Eagles made a run [more]
  
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• D.J. Fluker works out for the Eagles

  24-05-2023 18:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  It’s been a while since offensive lineman D.J. Fluker has played in an NFL game, but he’s not ready to throw in the towel on his career. According to multiple reports, Fluker is working out for the Eagles on Wednesday. Fluker was a Chargers first-round pick in 2013 and he went on to play for [more]
  
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• Eagles sign first-round pick Nolan Smith

  22-05-2023 16:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles are down to one unsigned draft pick. The team announced the signing of first-round edge rusher Nolan Smith on Monday morning. That leaves fourth-rounder and Smith’s Georgia teammate Kelee Ringo as the only member of the draft class without a contract. Smith was Philly’s second first-round pick this year as another Georgia teammate [more]
  
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• A.J. Brown was almost hit by a car during charity bike ride

  21-05-2023 16:20 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  We mentioned last night the good news arising from the Eagles Autism Foundation’s annual Autism Challenge. The group has raised more than $6.2 million this year for autism research and care, a record. There was almost a little bad news. Via NJ.com, receiver A.J. Brown was nearly struck by a car. Brown was on Instagram [more]
  
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• Eagles Autism Foundation raises a record $6.2 million in 2023

  20-05-2023 22:02 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie started the Eagles Autism Foundation in 2018. This year, it has raised more than $6.2 million, a record for the group. The foundation had its annual Eagles Autism Challenge on Saturday, with more than 4,500 biking, walking, and running in support of the effort. Since it launched, the Eagles Autism Foundation [more]
  
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• A.J. Brown on Jalen Hurts’ contract: It didn’t change him; if anything, it motivated him

  19-05-2023 19:18 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and receiver A.J. Brown have been good friends for years, which translated to solid on-field chemistry during their strong 2022 season. This week, Brown was asked what his reaction was when he learned Hurts had signed a five-year, $255 million extension last month. “Just to be sitting beside him is a [more]
  
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• Lane Johnson fully cleared, three months after adductor surgery

  19-05-2023 17:24 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson has been cleared for all offseason work, three months after surgery on a torn adductor. “Officially cleared!” Johnson wrote on Twitter. Johnson suffered the injury late in the regular season but decided to delay surgery so that he could play in the playoffs. Johnson missed the final two games of [more]
  
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• Nakobe Dean: We don’t feel like we have a target on our back, we feel like we’re hunting

  19-05-2023 17:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles center Jason Kelce said this week that “it’s going to be even harder to have a really, really good season” after winning the NFC title because other teams are going to be keying on stopping the things that they did well during that run. Kelce’s comments fit the notion that the Eagles will enter [more]
  
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• Jason Kelce: Eagles lost “smartest player I’ve ever been around” when Steelers signed Isaac Seumalo

  18-05-2023 17:19 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles center Jason Kelce says losing guard Isaac Seumalo in free agency is going to be a big blow. Seumalo signed with the Steelers in March, and Kelce told reporters he’s going to miss lining up next to Seumalo. “I think he’s one of the best guards in the NFL, and I think he has [more]
  
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• James Bradberry on coping with Super Bowl loss: You’ve got to put it behind you

  18-05-2023 16:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles cornerback James Bradberry infamously committed a holding penalty on receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster late in Super Bowl LVII that allowed Kansas City to run out most of the clock before kicking a game-winning field goal. Bradberry said in the immediate aftermath that he’d committed a foul, though he had hoped the officials wouldn’t call it. [more]
  
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• Eagles sign third-round picks Tyler Steen, Sydney Brown

  18-05-2023 16:25 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles made a pair of selections in the third round of the draft and they announced that both of them signed with the team on Thursday. Offensive lineman Tyler Steen and safety Sydney Brown both signed four-year deals with the NFC East club. The team has now signed five of their seven selections from [more]
  
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• Jason Kelce: We’re starting from ground one, it’s going to be even harder this season

  18-05-2023 12:50 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Center Jason Kelce opted to return for a 13th season with the Eagles after the team fell short of a Super Bowl title in February, but it’s not because he thinks the team will be able to roll its way back to that kind of success. On Wednesday, Kelce said that he knows “some people [more]
  
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• A.J. Brown working to become a “complete receiver”

  18-05-2023 00:05 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles receiver A.J. Brown has gotten “off the mat” and gotten back to work. Despite a career year, Brown said he can get better, and that’s exactly what he’s working to do. “There’s a lot I can improve on,” Brown said, via Josh Tolentino of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I want to be a complete receiver. [more]
  
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• A.J. Brown: At some point, you’ve got to get off the mat and get back working

  17-05-2023 20:07 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  While the Eagles lost to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII, the club appears poised to make another run at it in 2023. But that is contingent on the team putting that season-ending loss behind them — or properly using it as motivation for a new year. Receiver A.J. Brown said on Wednesday that he [more]
  
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• James Bradberry: New DC Sean Desai is going to have a good, flexible scheme

  17-05-2023 19:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  With Jonathan Gannon departing the Eagles to become the Cardinals head coach, Philadelphia hired Sean Desai to be its defensive coordinator for 2023. Desai, who spent 2022 as Seattle’s associate head coach after he was Chicago’s DC in 2021, has made a positive impression on one of the team’s key defensive backs so far. “He [more]
  
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• Eagles’ special teams coach says Kadarius Toney punt return still keeps him up at night

  17-05-2023 17:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Chiefs punt returner Kadarius Toney set a Super Bowl record and set up a fourth-quarter touchdown with a 65-yard punt return, and three months later Eagles special teams coordinator Mike Clay still isn’t over it. “It’s just one of those things where you see that play on and you know what’s going to happen,” Clay [more]
  
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• Jason Kelce wins PFWA’s Good Guy Award

  16-05-2023 21:38 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Pro Football Writers of America named Eagles center Jason Kelce as the winner of the 2023 Good Guy Award. He was praised for his dealings with local and national media during the previous season. Kelce, the 19th Good Guy Award winner, is the third member of the Eagles franchise to win the award. Chris [more]
  
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• Eagles sign Charleston Rambo

  16-05-2023 19:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Wide receiver Charleston Rambo impressed the Eagles during a minicamp tryout. The Eagles announced Rambo’s signing on Tuesday. They waived tackle Jarrid Williams in a corresponding move. Rambo played at Oklahoma and Miami in college before going undrafted last year. He signed with the Panthers, but failed to make the team out of training camp. [more]
  
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• Ndamukong Suh in no hurry to sign: I have no desire to be in training camp

  16-05-2023 03:30 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Free agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh wants to continue his career, but he isn’t in a hurry to sign. “I have no desire to be in a training camp,” Suh said Monday on NFL Total Access. “I will come in and watch and look and give some advice, but when Week 1 happens, I’ll be [more]
  
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• Eagles-Patriots Week 1 is NFL’s most expensive ticket

  14-05-2023 14:15 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Patriots will honor Tom Brady at their Week One game against the Eagles, and a whole lot of fans want to be there for it. Eagles at Patriots is currently the most expensive ticket of the 2023 season on the secondary ticket markets. The average ticket price for that game is $807, according to [more]
  
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• Philadelphia Eagles schedule and results 2023: Dates, times, TV, opponents for Weeks 1-18

  14-05-2023 00:35 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Making it to the Super Bowl is an achievement that any team would dream of. For the Philadelphia Eagles, they had made it. While they did not come up with the victory, they sure brought a fight against the eventual winner Kansas City Chiefs. With the new acquisitions of Jalen Carter, who some claim was [more]
  
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• Jalen Hurts gets a master’s degree from Oklahoma

  13-05-2023 11:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has led his team to the Super Bowl and signed a contract that has him financially set for life this year, and now he’s added another accomplishment to the list: He received his master’s degree from Oklahoma. Hurts was awarded a master’s degree in human relations at a commencement ceremony on [more]
  
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• JJ Arcega-Whiteside trying out with Falcons this weekend

  12-05-2023 15:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  A name familiar to Eagles fans will be getting a shot with another NFL squad this weekend. Via Greg Auman of FOXSports.com, receiver JJ Arcega-Whiteside will participate in the Falcons’ rookie minicamp on a tryout basis this weekend. An Eagles second-round pick in 2019, Arcega-Whiteside did not live up to his draft status with Philadelphia. [more]
  
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• Monday Night Football has three simultaneous doubleheaders this year

  12-05-2023 04:29 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL has ditched the Week One Monday night doubleheader. The NFL is fully embracing the concept of two Monday night games being played at once. This year’s schedule includes three Mondays with games that will be on at the same time. On two Mondays, they’re staggered by an hour. On the final Monday, they [more]
  
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• Sunday Night Football: Cowboys will be featured three times in 2023

  12-05-2023 02:36 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The full 2023 NFL schedule has been released and this year, NBC’s slate includes 17 Sundays, two Thursdays, and a Saturday. The annual kickoff game will be televised on the network, with the Lions visiting Kansas City to play the defending champion Chiefs. Then the Cowboys will visit the Giants to begin the season’s Sunday [more]
  
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• Raiders-Chiefs, Giants-Eagles, Ravens-49ers to play on Christmas

  12-05-2023 02:11 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Christmas is on a Monday this year, and the NFL has scheduled a tripleheader on December 25. The first Christmas game will be the Raiders at the Chiefs at 1 p.m. ET. Up next will be the Giants at the Eagles at 4:30 p.m. ET. And in prime time on Christmas night, the Ravens will [more]
  
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• Chiefs will host Eagles on Monday night in Week 11

  11-05-2023 22:14 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL won’t unveil the full schedule for the 2023 season until Thursday night, but details about some of the biggest games on this year’s schedule continue to trickle out ahead of that announcement. One of the latest is the date of the rematch between the two teams that squared off in Super Bowl LVII. [more]
  
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• Kyle Shanahan glad the 49ers won’t open against the Eagles

  11-05-2023 16:54 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  One of the games that the NFL has leaked ahead of the full 2023 schedule reveal is the rematch of last year’s NFC Championship Game. The 49ers will travel to Philadelphia in Week 13 in an attempt to get the win that eluded them in January. Many 49ers believe that game would have gone differently [more]
  
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• Eagles host 49ers in Week 13 rematch of NFC Championship

  11-05-2023 03:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The number 13 will be lucky for the 49ers, if they have a QB1. Or a QB2. Or a QB3. The NFL has announced that the NFC Championship rematch will happen in Week 13, with the Eagles hosting San Francisco at 4:25 p.m. ET. With the game being in December, as the season turns toward [more]
  
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• Jalen Carter faces lawsuit in death of former teammate Devin Willock

  11-05-2023 00:34 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  Eagles rookie Jalen Carter faces a lawsuit stemming from a car crash that killed his former Georgia teammate, Devin Willock, Shehan Jeyarajah of CBS Sports reports. Dave Willock Sr., Willock’s father, seeks $40 million in a case filed Tuesday against the school’s athletic association, Carter and others. The suit alleges wrongful death, negligent hiring and [more]
  
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• Giants will visit Eagles on Christmas Day

  10-05-2023 15:03 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The NFL’s Christmas Day slate will feature a matchup of NFC East rivals. Wednesday brought word that the Giants will be in Philadelphia to face the Eagles on Monday, December 25. The Week 16 game will kick off at 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox. There will be two other games on Christmas Day as the [more]
  
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• Matt Araiza expresses gratitude to prosecutors for his exoneration

  10-05-2023 05:10 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The allegations against former Bills punter Matt Araiza resulted in both a criminal investigation and a civil lawsuit. Now that an account has emerged regarding the assessment of the evidence by prosecutors, Araiza has expressed gratitude for the manner in which the facts have come out. “I am aware that the facts of this case [more]
  
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• Cardinals claim Andre Chachere off waivers

  09-05-2023 22:56 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Head coach Jonathan Gannon is getting a familiar face for his defense in Arizona. The Cardinals have claimed cornerback Andre Chachere off waivers on Tuesday, according to Field Yates of ESPN. The Eagles waived Chachere on Monday. Chachere entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2018 but didn’t see his first regular-season playing [more]
  
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• Eagles waive Andre Chachere

  08-05-2023 22:12 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles dropped a veteran defensive back from their roster on Monday. The team announced that they have waived safety Andre Chachere. The move comes after the team held their rookie minicamp over the weekend. Chachere spent time with the Texans, Lions, Cardinals, Panthers, and Colts before being claimed off waivers by the Eagles in [more]
  
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• XFL receiver Austin Proehl gets NFL tryouts

  08-05-2023 16:17 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Austin Proehl’s performance as a wide receiver and punt returner for the XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks this season was good enough to land him some NFL tryouts. Proehl was at the Eagles’ minicamp last week and will be at the Panthers’ minicamp this week. A seventh-round pick of the Bills in 2018, Proehl didn’t make [more]
  
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• Nolan Smith has “so many questions” for Haason Reddick

  08-05-2023 15:01 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Nolan Smith’s ability to make plays off the edge made him an Eagles first-round pick, but he knows that there’s still a lot for him to learn about the position as he makes the transition to the NFL. While at the Eagles’ rookie minicamp this weekend, Smith said that Georgia head coach Kirby Smart told [more]
  
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• Nick Foles contemplates his future after his release from the Colts

  08-05-2023 01:33 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Nick Foles previously has considered retirement, but he returned and won a Super Bowl MVP. So, what does his future hold now? The Colts released Foles on Friday, eight days after selecting Anthony Richardson fourth overall. Richardson joins a quarterbacks room that includes Gardner Minshew and Sam Ehlinger. “I was just released [Friday] by the [more]
  
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• Zach Ertz says he was nearly traded to the Bills in 2021

  07-05-2023 22:28 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  During a 2021 season that ended with an epic loss to the Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, the Bills had a chance to add an offensive weapon with Super Bowl experience. It almost happened, but it ultimately didn’t. Via Mark Gaughan of the Buffalo News, Cardinals tight end Zach Ertz said while [more]
  
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• Nick Sirianni on Jalen Carter’s conditioning: Zero concerns, no one’s ready to play yet

  05-05-2023 23:31 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  Defensive tackle Jalen Carter‘s conditioning was not where it needed to be at his Pro Day workout in March and it was a topic of conversation at Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni’s press conference on Friday. Carter was one of many players to report to the facility for the start of rookie minicamp on Friday. [more]
  
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• D’Andre Swift to wear No. 0 for Eagles

  05-05-2023 19:39 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  NFL owners approved allowing players to wear No. 0 at their meeting earlier this year and the team that proposed the change will have a player wearing that number this fall. The Eagles announced that running back D'Andre Swift will wear No. 0 in his first year with the team. The Eagles acquired Swift in [more]
  
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• Eagles sign nine undrafted free agents

  05-05-2023 16:57 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles got the ball rolling on signing their 2023 draft picks on Thursday and they added nine undrafted rookies to the club on Friday. The group of nine undrafted additions includes wide receivers Jadon Haselwood and Joseph Ngata. The Eagles did not draft any wide receivers this season. Haselwood transferred from Oklahoma to Arkansas [more]
  
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• Deebo Samuel: 49ers were better than Eagles, we lost because we played with 10 people

  05-05-2023 10:16 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles beat the 49ers 31-7 in the NFC Championship Game, but San Francisco wide receiver Deebo Samuel says the better team didn’t win that day. Samuel says that there is “No question” the 49ers were the better team, and that San Francisco would have won if not for losing quarterback Brock Purdy to an [more]
  
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• Eagles sign Tanner McKee, Moro Ojomo

  04-05-2023 23:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles signed their first pick in the 2023 draft on Thursday and they also signed their final two picks. When the Eagles officially announced the signing of ninth overall pick Jalen Carter on Thursday afternoon, they included word that they have signed sixth-round quarterback Tanner McKee and seventh-round defensive lineman Moro Ojomo. McKee was [more]
  
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• Eagles sign sixth-round pick Tanner McKee, seventh-round pick Moro Ojomo

  04-05-2023 23:46 via profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
  
  The Eagles signed their first pick in the 2023 draft on Thursday and they also signed their final two picks. When the Eagles officially announced the signing of ninth overall pick Jalen Carter on Thursday afternoon, they included word that they have signed sixth-round quarterback Tanner McKee and seventh-round defensive lineman Moro Ojomo. McKee was [more]
  
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