PHILADELPHIA — The locker room music sounded louder than at any point in the last two years. The chaos seemed more chaotic, the collective emotional…
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Eagles dominate Commanders, setting up Super Bowl rematch vs. Chiefs
By The Citizen on January 26, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley consulted with his family before the star running back decided — yes, it was time to leave his only professional home with…
Saquon Barkley shines again for Eagles with 3 touchdowns in NFC title game win
By The Citizen on January 26, 2025
Saquon Barkley decided to only watch from the field as Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown and the rest of his Eagles teammates celebrated and hoisted…
Ertz returns to Philadelphia for NFC title game as key player for Commanders
By The Citizen on January 26, 2025
The thought invaded Zach Ertz’s mind late in 2023 when he was out of football and a year removed from knee surgery. He wasn’t ready…
Jets complete overhaul: Mougey as GM; Glenn as head coach
By The Citizen on January 26, 2025
The Jets’ lengthy searches are over, and they’re pairing a first-time general manager with a first-time head coach to try to turn things around. Denver…
Eagles’ Jalen Hurts bracing for NFC title game against Commanders
By The Citizen on January 24, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, for the second practice in a row, appeared mobile and unincumbered by his injured left knee on Friday. “It’s…
Saquon Barkley’s season to remember has been a real head-slapper for Eagles
By The Citizen on January 24, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley is unsure why over the final 30 yards of a 78-yard scoring burst through the playoff snow in a run that…
Eagles Notebook: Dallas Goedert, Cam Jurgens facing fitness battles for NFL title game
By The Citizen on January 23, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Coach Nick Sirianni said Thursday that center Cam Jurgens (back) and tight end Dallas Goedert (ankle) would practice, but when practice rolled around…
EAGLES: All systems go for QB Jalen Hurts, CB Quinyon Mitchell
By The Citizen on January 22, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are hanging their Super Bowl hopes on Jalen Hurts’ health. The hobbled quarterback was present at Wednesday’s walkthrough and expects to…
After ‘warrior’ effort, Eagles will need a healthier Jalen Hurts to get past Washington
By The Citizen on January 20, 2025
For Eagles fans wondering if Jalen Hurts’ latest injury, said to be a knee problem, is enough of an issue to warrant talk of him…
Eagles Notebook: In Rams’ final chapter, Jared Verse kept his chorus going against Philly fans
By The Citizen on January 19, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Late in the first quarter, Saquon Barkley took a handoff from the shotgun and burst through the right side of the line and…
Barkley sets an Eagles mark for postseason rushing, but is modest as ever
By The Citizen on January 19, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — It was the play of the game, and hardly surprising, since Saquon Barkley was making it happen and against those familiar victims, the…
Behind Saquon Barkley, defense, Eagles beat Rams to advance to NFC Championship game; will host Washington Commanders
By The Citizen on January 19, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley dashed through the snow for touchdown runs of 78 and 62 yards and finished with 205 yards rushing, Jalen Hurts had…
Saquon Barkley’s record game looms over playoff rematch between Eagles, Rams
By The Citizen on January 18, 2025
By Dan Gelston PHILADELPHIA — Sean McVay dissected the ways the Rams could potentially stop Saquon Barkley, only the ninth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history,…
Eagles expecting a different Rams team this time around
By The Citizen on January 15, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The last time the Eagles played the Los Angeles Rams, their opponent in this week’s divisional playoff game, was on Sunday Night Football…
Birds’ defense more than makes up for offense’s rust
By The Citizen on January 12, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — Throughout the first half of Sunday’s 22-10 wild card playoff win over the Green Bay Packers, the Eagles’ offense packed all the punch…