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He made an impact. There was no doubt about that. Once the Eagles inserted Bennie Logan in at nose guard, the team's overall defense improved, sured up by the quick, explosive third-round draft pick out of LSU.
Thaddeus Young scored 20 points for the Sixers, who snapped a four-game winning streak. The Sixers had won the final four games of a six-game road trip.
Evan Mathis thinks in absolutes. He doesn't do conjecture and he rarely looks at the past. Mathis feels that attitude has kept him grounded, kept him always looking to do more. The Eagles left guard has been one of the best at his position for the last three years now.
It was a day the Eagles were hoping wouldn't come for another month.
The Sixers are hot, winners of four straight games, all on the road. The guy leading the charge is a player who just two weeks ago was rumored to have requested a trade from the team; Thaddeus Young.
Chip Kelly spoke about the disappointment of the Eagles' 26-24 NFC wildcard loss to the Saints, the progress the team made from last year, and the lessons he learned in his first season as a head coach in the NFL during his postmortem of the 2013 season.
As the Philadelphia Eagles players cleaned out their lockers, and said their goodbyes for the 2013-14 NFL season, DeSean Jackson sent the team a message; he deserves a new contract.
It's New Year's resolution time. Here's what prominent sports figures are (or should be) saying.
The last thing anyone expected out of the 2013 Eagles season was a storybook performance from Nick Foles.
A season of transition brought a new coach with a breath of fresh air and a new identity as a team. There were adjustments along the way as Chip Kelly adjusted to life as an NFL coach after serving an entire career at the college level, but his players bought in to the mentality Kelly introduced to them and fought their way to an NFC East division title few saw coming before the season started.
At times, it seemed like the Eagles were a team of destiny. A lucky bounce here and there, a convenient injury to an opponent, the top rated passer in the NFL, and the leading rusher.
There are some trends in the NFL that make sense, even when they don't always come true. The Saints having trouble on the road, in the cold, makes some sense. West coast teams having trouble when they fly to the East Coast for a 1pm game, makes some sense.
Andy Reid's first season in Kansas City as head coach of the Chiefs started with a bang, and ended with a thud.
Well, the Eagles have lost, so for a little while we can focus on making up trades for the Sixers that will probably never happen.
JayVaughn Pinkston scored 19 points to lead Villanova in a 91-61 romp over Providence on Sunday night.
