Eagles reportedly sign guard Brandon Brooks to five-year/$40 million deal

  Embed from Getty Images   According to NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the Eagles have signed former Texans guard Brandon Brooks to a five-year/$40 million deal. With bolstering their offensive line seen as one of their primary goals for the 2016 offseason, Howie Roseman and company brought in arguably the best remaining option on […]

Somers Price  •  09 Mar 2016
Eagles reportedly sign safety Rodney McLeod to five-year/$37 million deal

  Embed from Getty Images   According to multiple NFL Insiders, first by Ian Rapoport, the Eagles have signed safety Rodney McLeod to a five-year/$37 million deal.    The #Eagles agreement with safety Rodney McLeod, 5 years, $37M, includes $17M guaranteed. Huge move for Philly. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2016 McLeod spent his first four seasons […]

Somers Price  •  09 Mar 2016
Eagles sign QB Chase Daniel to 3-year deal

Embed from Getty Images   According to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, the Eagles and former Chiefs backup quarterback Chase Daniel have agreed upon a multi-year deal to bring him to Philadelphia. Eagles and QB Chase Daniel agreed in principle on multi-year deal, per @caplannfl and me. Daniel reuniting with Doug Pederson. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March […]

Somers Price  •  09 Mar 2016
The Phillies outfield in the wake of the Aaron Altherr injury

Aaron Altherr batting against R.A. Dickey in Dunedin (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) The Phillies got some really bad news yesterday- Aaron Altherr is out four to six months with a wrist injury. He's having surgery today in Philadelphia, and his season is in jeopardy. Best case scenario, he's back in July. Worst case? 2017. This is […]

Rich Wilkins  •  09 Mar 2016
Phillies nuggets: Maikel Franco appears primed for big season

The 2015 Philadelphia Phillies season, one that ended with the team posting the worst record in the league, didn't feature many positive memorable moments.   The most overwhelmingly positive game of the season came on June 22nd, when Maikel Franco played the best game of his young career, hitting two home runs and making a […]

Tim Kelly  •  09 Mar 2016
Report: Maxwell told Dolphins’ doctor he couldn’t bench press or do pushups

Embed from Getty Images   Amid all of the madness this morning surrounding the Eagles and Dolphins' trade involving Byron Maxwell was this juicy nugget from Eagles beat writer Les Bowen: Source: Maxwell went to Miami for physical, told Dolphins’ doc he couldn’t do bench press or pushups. Told Eagles he was fine at end […]

Ryan Gerstel  •  09 Mar 2016
Potential Phillies closer David Hernandez also out with injury

Embed from Getty Images   The Phillies signed just one Major League free agent this offseason: veteran reliever David Hernandez.   With the trade of closer Ken Giles, the Phillies envisioned Hernandez as a veteran presence who could potentially fill the Phillies closer role at the start of 2016.   But after just one Spring Training outing, […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  09 Mar 2016
Eagles-Dolphins trade may be called off due to Byron Maxwell Shoulder Injury

  Embed from Getty Images   According to ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder, a shoulder injury suffered by Byron Maxwell during the regular season and its lingering effects could cause Miami to call off the reported trade of Maxwell and linebacker Kiko Alonso that surfaced earlier this week.   Source tells @mortreport and I #Dolphins–#Eagles trade involving Byron Maxwell, […]

Somers Price  •  09 Mar 2016
Howie Roseman’s real test to come on Draft Day

Embed from Getty Images   Howie Roseman has been the driving force behind the Eagles' strong start to the offseason.  Roseman has locked up key young players like Zach Ertz and Lane Johnson, he's re-signed key free agents Vinny Curry and Sam Bradford before the free agency period began, and he even found a way […]

Denny Basens  •  09 Mar 2016