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Report: Carson Wentz Has A Fractured Vertebra
Eagles QB Carson Wentz has been dealing with back issues all season, and after undergoing a battery of tests earlier this week, he apparently has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra. ESPN’s Adam Schefter got the scoop, and the injury seems like it will probably keep him out at least this weeken...
This New Sack Rule Is Going To Drive Me Insane
The NFL’s confusing new helmet rule drew plenty of deserved attention and criticism during the preseason, but for all the plays and games it is going to muddy up, it is not the worst rule change implemented by the NFL this season. That honor belongs to the rule that heavily penalizes defensive playe...
The Eagles Successfully Ran The Play That Tom Brady Couldn't Complete In The Super Bowl
The Eagles’ offense had basically done nothing all night. They were booed at halftime in the first game of the NFL season. But in the third quarter, the team faced a third down in Falcons territory, so what did they do? They ran the trick play the Patriots failed to execute in the Super Bowl....
Report: Nick Foles Turned Down Browns Starting QB Job To Remain Eagles Back-Up<em></em>
Reigning Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles will still be stuck as the Eagles’ back-up QB heading into next season, as long as Carson Wentz is healthy. But according to an NFL.com report, Foles could’ve potentially landed a job as a starter elsewhere in the league if he wanted it. The problem was, that job w...
Can These Two Guys Get Their Hands On “Big Dick Nick”?
As Nick Foles delivered the performance of his life in the most important game he’d ever played, Austin Meeks and John Robinson had an idea....
Nick Foles Called The “Philly Special” Play Himself
The “Philly Special”—the trick play at the end of the first half of Super Bowl 52 when backup tight end Trey Burton took the ball on an end around and threw a touchdown pass to quarterback Nick Foles—is already etched in the mind of every Philadelphia sports fan....
Lily Foles Shows What True Poise Looks Like In The National Football League
Let’s talk about what’s needed to be a truly outstanding representative of the National Football League on the big stage. Let’s talk about poise. Let’s talk about composure. Let’s talk about grace under pressure. Grit! Balance! A cool head! You know who embodied all of that last night? More than any...
Jeff Fisher Must Be Arrested And Tried For His Crimes Against Football
Back in November, when the Los Angeles Rams revealed themselves as a legitimately formidable and dominant team, a significant share of the success seemed like it could be credited to simply getting rid of head coach and possible quarterback poisoner Jeff Fisher. Since then, it is clear that I was to...
Allegedly Enormous-Donged Eagles QB Leads Team To Super Bowl Victory
The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions after defeating the New England Patriots 41-33 Sunday, and they couldn’t have done it without the stellar performance from backup quarterback Nick Foles and his reportedly gigantic hog....
Nick Foles's Trick-Play Touchdown Catch, As Called By A Dozen Announcers Worldwide
The bulk of Deadspin’s staff declared the Eagles’ fourth-down, trick-play pass to quarterback Nick Foles their favorite moment of last night’s Super Bowl. Here, then, is how a dozen broadcasters called the play—ranging from Kevin Harlan on Westwood One radio to Gerard Whateley on Australian radio to...
Holy Crap, The Eagles Won The Super Bowl
Underdogs in every playoff game they played, the Philadelphia Eagles just won the fucking Super Bowl. Their first ever. I still can’t really believe it. Neither can Tom Brady up there....
How Nick Foles Did It
Nick Foles wasn’t supposed to be able to do this....
Philadelphia Eagles Earn Super Bowl Trip On Back Of Superstar Nick Foles
One week after Doug Pederson game-planned his way to a defensive struggle win over the Atlanta Falcons, his Eagles routed the favored Minnesota Vikings 38-7 and earned Philadelphia its first NFC championship since 2004. ...
Atlanta Falcons Somehow Lose To Nick Foles<em></em>
In the month since losing starting quarterback and MVP candidate Carson Wentz, the Philadelphia Eagles have played a skittish backup at quarterback behind a spotty offensive line, at the exact time that their highly ranked defense began collapsing. The franchise hadn’t won a playoff game since 2009,...
Things Eagles Fans Said Outside The L.A. Coliseum About Carson Wentz’s Injury
LOS ANGELES — I knew it as soon as I saw Carson Wentz walking to the tunnel. The Eagles had just scored a touchdown to take the lead. The Coliseum, which had to be about 40 percent Eagles fans, was rocking. But from Row 93 I spotted it. Wentz was walking to the tunnel with a towel over his head....
Contracts That Void Themselves, And Other Ways NFL Teams Are Beating The Players
NFL teams use all sorts of contractual techniques to limit the earning power of players, from injury splits to per-game roster bonuses to an abundance of one-year “prove it” deals. But there’s nothing quite as breathtaking as NFL contracts that automatically void—contract language that literally mak...
What's Going On With Alex Smith?
The Kansas City Chiefs are making a change at quarterback: the team will start Nick Foles over Alex Smith for Sunday against the Jaguars. Tyler Bray will be the backup; Smith won’t even dress. Is Smith still suffering the effects of brain trauma from Sunday’s game against the Colts? The Chiefs aren’...
Here's Video Of Jeff Fisher Cutting Nick Foles
Nick Foles was waived by the Rams two weeks ago, bringing a fitting end to the legendary Foles-Sam Bradford trade that brought joy to literally no one. Hard Knocks, which is following the Los Angeles Rams this preseason, was in coach Jeff Fisher’s office for the phone call....
Cowboys QB Kellen Moore Broke His Ankle At Training Camp
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback issues continued at their Oxnard, CA training camp this evening. Tony Romo had to deny that he was fat earlier today, but things have gotten much worse now, as his backup Kellen Moore just broke his ankle. He was apparently hurt at the line of scrimmage when someone ro...
Unhappy Nick Foles Is Skipping Rams OTAs
You can say a lot of things about that still-curious Nick Foles-Sam Bradford trade last spring, but you can’t say either team ripped off the other. Just as Bradford wants out of Philly, Foles isn’t pleased to be a third-string QB, and his making his displeasure known by his absence....