During Sirianni s long opening statement, he outlined his five core values:
• Connections: Sirianni wants players to connect with players, coaches to connect with coaches, and players to connect with coaches. If you care about the other people on your team, you ll push harder for them.
• Competition: Teams that compete hard every day are better positioned to win close games when it matters, in Sirianni s view.
• Accountability: Pretty self explanatory.
• Smart football team: This was the part Sirianni s opening speech in which he badly stumbled over his words, but I think it was also one of his best messages once you actually decipher what he said. Sirianni wants to put easy-to-learn systems in place, have his players master those systems, and allow his players athletic abilities to be uninhibited by too much thinking, while also making his scheme difficult for opponents to prepare for. He also noted that the team is going to prepare heavily for situational football.
Jason Peters
Peters started eight games for the Eagles in 2020 six at his familiar spot at LT, and two at RG. His re-signing this offseason made some sense, in that he was coming aboard to fill in at RG for the injured Brandon Brooks, while also perhaps serving as something of an insurance policy at LT in the event Andre Dillard struggled at LT.
But that role didn t quite go so smoothly. When Dillard tore his biceps late in training camp, Peters held the team hostage by demanding more money before he would move from RG to LT. The team eventually conceded, and Peters was the Week 1 starter at LT.
Obviously, the Eagles quarterbacks coaching hire is a big one, as they ll be tasked with helping resuscitate Carson Wentz s career.
Johnson played quarterback at Utah, and was their starter from three seasons, in 2005, 2007, and 2008. In his final season in 2008, Johnson threw 27 TDs vs. nine INTs, and he finished his career at Utah with a 26-7 record. He got a rookie minicamp tryout in Green Bay in 2009, but never landed on an NFL roster or practice squad. A year later, he was coaching quarterbacks at Utah at the ripe young age of 23.
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DeSean and Alshon? Both probably gone.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers have long been the subject of the fan base s frustration, and with good reason. The 2020 season was no different in that regard. Today we ll look at which receivers will stay, and which ones will go.
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DeSean Jackson
Over the last two years, Jackson had 23 catches for 395 yards and 3 TDs in just eight games, two of which he played 10 or fewer snaps. For that production, the Eagles have already paid him $17,675,000, or $768,478 per reception.
Jackson made a lot of sense for the Eagles in 2019, when the team originally traded for him, in that he would be serving as the field-stretching threat that the offense so desperately needed. In 2020, the Eagles had all kinds of opportunities to add talent at the wide receiver position, but instead spent on a defensive tackle in free agency, and somehow decided to roll the dice on Jackson staying healthy, wit
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz throws the ball in front of QB coach Press Taylor.
If Carson Wentz is to return as the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback in 2021, he will do so without his friend and positional coach of the last three years, Press Taylor. According to Mike Kaye of NJ.com (and also common sense), Taylor is out.
#Eagles QB/PGC Press Taylor will not be retained by the organization in 2021, per source. Mike Kaye (@mike e kaye) January 25, 2021
Taylor steadily climbed the ranks in the Eagles coaching hierarchy since joining the team in 2013, earning a promotion to Passing Game Coordinator last offseason: