The Eagles made another roster move this afternoon, claiming linebacker Najee Goode off waivers from the Bucs and releasing Emmanuel Acho.
The Eagles will probably make some moves in the near future here, whether it be to fill out their practice squad or tweak their 53-man. We’ll have that all covered. In the meantime, some reading for you on this rainy Labor Day:
The Eagles today claimed cornerback Shaun Prater off waivers from the Bengals and waived/injured Curtis Marsh.
Prater (5-10, 190) was a fifth-round pick out of Iowa in 2012, but was sidelined during his rookie season because of a knee injury (patella tendinitis, per the Bengals’ Web site). He was a three-year starter and two-time All-Big Ten first-team selection with the Hawkeyes. Prater had seven career interceptions and forced four fumbles as a senior.
Several players who were recently released by the Eagles already found new homes, including Russell Shepard and Clay Harbor.
Eagles GM Howie Roseman spent around 25 minutes with reporters Saturday talking about the team’s cuts and the current state of the roster. Here are 10 takeaways.
If you missed the offense, click here.
Now for the position-by-position look at what the Eagles’ defense looks like after initial cuts to 53.
The Eagles trimmed their roster down to 53 today. Here’s a position-by-position look at where things stand after having heard from GM Howie Roseman.
Howie Roseman had a few different options in attempting to answer a question he clearly knew was coming.
Hours after the Eagles decided to release 2011 first-round pick Danny Watkins, Roseman sat at the head of a conference room table at the NovaCare Complex and was asked to set the record straight on what his role was in selecting the offensive lineman.
“As you’ve seen here, a lot of the leadership positions and the responsibilities have changed in our organization,” Roseman said. “So when you have changes that are so drastic in an organization, there’s also going to be drastic changes on the field and the way you do things. We’ve obviously changed a lot of people in our personnel department. We’ve changed the way that we look at things because we have new people in place. I think that’s gonna be different just because the nature of personalities and people trying to do their own things and whether that’s me and our personnel staff or Chip [Kelly] and his coaching staff or Don [Smolenski] as the president of the team, it’s gonna be different.”
The message was clear: No trip down memory lane, but we’re not going to make the same mistakes again.
A look back at what scouts, analysts and personnel people said about Danny Watkins when the Eagles drafted him back in 2011.
The Eagles have parted ways with former first-round pick Danny Watkins, Clay Harbor and others. We have all the updates right here.
Analyst Jon Gruden answers questions about Chip Kelly, his offense and the Eagles.
The Eagles need to trim their roster down to 53 by 6 p.m. Saturday. The cuts are starting to come in. We’ll be updating this post throughout the day, so continue to check back in for the latest.
(1:10 p.m.) The Eagles announced that they have released the following players:
The battle continues. Here’s my 53-man roster projection, with one former first-round pick not making the cut.
Teams must trim their rosters down to 53 by 6 p.m. Saturday. Time to submit our final projections for the Eagles.
Sheil will post his take in a bit. Here’s mine:
When asked about Nick Foles’ 6-for-17 performance Thursday night, Chip Kelly was quick to defend his second-year quarterback.
“I don’t think we protected him very well,” Kelly said. “A lot of times, it was a four-man rush that was in his face. He didn’t really have time to set his feet. We had some protection issues with the second O-Line.
“Way, way, way, way too many mistakes. Too many dropped balls for a fourth preseason game. Very shoddy in protection early.”
