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Much different Eagles roster composition expected this year

Nick Fierro — Sat, 04 May 2013 00:48:00 GMT

The practices and locker room have been closed all year. Players and coaches have been deliberately vague about schemes and position changes.

Eagles 2013 draft makes scary sense

Nick Fierro — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:49:00 GMT

Sensible picks at NFL Draft put Eagles in encouraging position.

— They wanted to get bigger. They got bigger.

Eagles creating excitement about offense despite minimal details

Nick Fierro — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Everybody believes in it, but nobody provides specific information.

— Speed thrills.

Reshaping of Eagles' defense still in progress

Nick Fierro — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:55:00 GMT

New coach Chip Kelly will have to get boatload of questions answered very quickly.

— Brandon Graham has always been a stand-up guy. But literally?

Kelly's Eagles will do everything faster

Nick Fierro — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The new coach will require more from his players in less time than his predecessor.

Andy Reid was known for running fast-paced practices designed to maximize a minimal amount of time on the field.

Delayed splash was worth it for Eagles in free agency

Nick Fierro — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:57:43 GMT

Addition of three proven defensive players on Thursday gives Eagles chance to be competitive right away.

— If you want to say Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman went 0-for-5 on the opening day of NFL free agency on Tuesday, you also have to give him credit for going 3-for-3 on Thursday.

Delayed splash was worth it for Eagles in free agency

Nick Fierro — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:30:06 GMT

Eagles defense will see many changes

Nick Fierro — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

— Only after Billy Davis figures out his current personnel will the Philadelphia Eagles' new defensive coordinator begin to assemble his base package.

Eagles offense will soar, one way or another

Nick Fierro — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:14:00 GMT

— Could Chip Kelly's Read Option have more of a Reid Option flavor to it next season?

Eagles coaching pieces feel like perfect fits

Nick Fierro — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:24:00 GMT

— Whether this strange, new, puzzling mix of assistant coaches under Chip Kelly winds up being the staff that takes the Philadelphia Eagles where they've never been is still obviously open to serious debate.

Eagles can take lessons from observing Ravens in Super Bowl

Nick Fierro — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Philly could use a physical receiver, like Anquan Boldin, and a stronger return game.

Even though owner Jeffrey Lurie made it perfectly clear he doesn't want a master copycat to run his Philadelphia Eagles, there are certain notes their unconventional new head coach, Chip Kelly, and his future staff needed to take from this latest Super Bowl.

Kelly's people skills could carry him a long way with Eagles

Nick Fierro — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:56:28 GMT

— Here's what blew away the Philadelphia Eagles' three-man search committee about Chip Kelly, the man it wanted all along to be its new head coach:

Handing coaching job to Kelly is risky proposition for Eagles

Nick Fierro — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:12:00 GMT

Don't let the visor fool you. New Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly is no Steve Spurrier.

Philadelphia Eagles need much more than one coach

Nick Fierro — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:45:00 GMT

Doug Marrone wasted little time removing defensive coordinator Mike Pettine from the free-agent market after the Buffalo Bills wasted even less time hiring Marrone to be their head coach — before the Philadelphia Eagles could get to him.

Eagles' final grades not for faint of heart

Nick Fierro — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:41:00 GMT

Report card slams almost every Eagles player, coach and exec with roles in disastrous season.

— Thankfully for the Philadelphia Eagles, the countless guilty parties behind this recently completed 4-12 catastrophe don't have to bring this final report card home for their parents to sign. Because if they did, there would be hell to pay.

Eagles' final grades not for faint of heart

Nick Fierro — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:14:37 GMT

Reid era defined by failure to maintain success

Nick Fierro — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:19:50 GMT

— By the time the 2012 season began to unravel for the Philadelphia Eagles a quarter of the way in, the players and coaches were pretty much powerless to stop it. The fuse for this time bomb had been activated long before by a perfect storm of ineptitude and awful luck.

For Lurie and Eagles, next season has already begun

Nick Fierro — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:50:13 GMT

The owner must be quick, shrewd and perfect in hiring the man to replace Andy Reid.

— Jeffrey Lurie's Philadelphia Eagles have reached critical mass, and by this point any time not spent formulating offseason plans for coaching and personnel upgrades is time wasted.

Reid to be gone soon, but not forgotten

Nick Fierro — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:58:37 GMT

— Andy Reid on Sunday emerged from the tunnel at Lincoln Financial Field the same way he always has, with security personnel at his side, a slow, purposeful stride toward the sideline and little fanfare.

Eagles cornerbacks still worth keeping — for right price

Nick Fierro — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 01:34:42 GMT

Eagles have too many other things to worry about this coming offseason.

— Disappointing as they've been this season, cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie should not be among the many players the Philadelphia Eagles should consider letting go for 2013.

Near future not so bad for Eagles

Nick Fierro — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:53:32 GMT

They have plenty of good, young talent to build around and make them contenders again as early as next season.

— Brandon Graham has new life. So does Vinny Curry.

Eagles are in position to overhaul roster — or not

Nick Fierro — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:47:29 GMT

The way the team is constructed gives management some flexibility in offseason.

— Every year in the Joe Banner/Howie Roseman era, the Eagles have been aggressive during the season, usually in the bye week, with contract extension offers to those they've determined they'd like to lock up at a discount for half a decade or more.

Foles is evolving faster than anyone thought

Nick Fierro — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:40:16 GMT

— Nick Foles' improvisational skills are approaching Coltrane-quality, blending instinct within a sound structure that's starting to make some interesting music.

Step right up

Nick Fierro — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 17:15:13 GMT

Opponents have had historic success throwing the football against the Eagles this season. Is Tampa's Josh Freeman next?

Two proven cover cornerbacks. An upgraded defensive front that was the most effective pass-rushing unit in the NFL a season ago. Established (DeMeco Ryans) and promising (Mychal Kendricks) additions at linebacker. A coordinator who appeared to have things figured out entering his second season.

Naming Foles the starter is right thing to do

Nick Fierro — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:25:28 GMT

— From the game's first play from scrimmage until the bitter end of a 38-33 defeat at the hands of the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles made the strongest case yet for remaining as starter.