Author Archives: Tommy Lawlor

From Gil Brandt: “Western Kentucky defensive end Quanterus Smith has visited with the Philadelphia Eagles and will visit with the New York Giants this weekend. Smith (6-foot-5, 250 pounds) was at the NFL Scouting Combine, but unable to do drills due to a … Continue reading →

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze reported on Twitter that former Eagles DE Derrick Burgess lost his wife today in a car accident.  Devastating news for Burgess and his kids. Burgess played for the Eagles from 2001-2004.  He was my favorite … Continue reading →

OT Lane Johnson just had an amazing Combine performance this February.  He was fast, quick, agile, strong, and explosive.  As good as he was, Jimmy Bama did some research and found out that Evan Mathis was even more impressive back … Continue reading →

Per Adam Schefter: “Chip Kelly keeps remaking roster: Eagles traded RB Dion Lewis to Browns for LB Emmanuel Acho.” Acho is a player that was drafted by Cleveland just last year.  He was picked in the 6th Round (#204 overall).  … Continue reading →

Oregon Safety John Boyett missed almost all of his Senior season due to injury.  Aaron Wilson provides an update on his situation. Boyett is 5-10, 204.  If healthy, he could be a target in rounds 4-6.  With his situation, he’ll … Continue reading →

Per Aaron Wilson: “Arkansas State safety Don Jones has private workouts with the Browns, Dolphins, Patriots and Eagles. Has 42-inch vertical leap, 4.40 speed” Jones is small at 5-11, 191. That size makes him more of a FS type.  Probably … Continue reading →

From Gil Brandt of NFL.com: “Bobby Cowan, punter (6-foot-4 1/2, 220 pounds) — Cowan stood on his numbers from the NFL Scouting Combine, and did a positional workout that was seen by a special teams coach from the Philadelphia Eagles.” … Continue reading →

Ravens writer and NFL insider Aaron Wilson updates the situation with the Eagles and LB Akeem Jordan. “Eagles have made offers to LB Akeem Jordan, who’s visiting Bengals, to potentially return. Fluid situation. Multiple teams interested” Jordan was in Cincy today … Continue reading →

Sheil Kapadia put up a great post on Ryans and the 3-4.  He went back and checked out some All-22 tape to get a feel for Ryans playing in the Texans 3-4 scheme back in 2011. One of the things … Continue reading →

The great Tim McManus got the great Greg Cosell to offer some thoughts on potential Eagles draft targets.  Honestly, I can’t say this list of players is anything all that special. One nugget of interest involved QB E.J. Manuel.  Cosell … Continue reading →