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2024 NFL receiving corps rankings: Bears and Texans crack the top 5 – PFF
3. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith form one of the top wide receiver duos in the league. Over the past two years, Brown has earned an elite 91.2 receiving grade and Smith has earned an 81.7 mark. Tight end Dallas Goedert is also a factor with a 78.2 receiving grade and six touchdowns since 2022. The Eagles then added running back Saquon Barkley this offseason to round out a very strong receiving corps.
A.J. Brown wants receivers to get together, like tight ends do – PFT
“Wideouts wassup?” Brown said. “The Tight Ends get together for a weekend. The Db’s link up. The pass rushers even get together. Come on guys, we can’t be too big time to link up and learn. I’m a fan of everyone and willing to work with whoever. Let’s make it happen wideouts.” Tyreek Hill seems to be interested. “Let’s go Bro,” he responded.
4 Eagles players most likely to make “the leap” in 2024 – BGN
Last year, whenever anyone wrote an article listing players “most likely to break out,” the name at the top of the list was linebacker Nakobe Dean. The reasons were understandable. He was a third-round draft pick with tons of athleticism, seen as a steal of a pick at that point in the draft. He had mostly watched from the sidelines in his rookie season and was being handed the starting off-ball linebacker job before training camp opened. But his “leap” season last year never materialized. He was often exposed in coverage when he was healthy, and was absent most of the season due to a Lisfranc injury that essentially wiped out his sophomore season.
Five players the Eagles need to step up in 2024 – PhillyVoice
5) QB Jalen Hurts. And finally, yep, the QB1 needs to step up in 2024. In 2023, Hurts took a step backwards from his MVP runner-up season in 2022. As you’re all aware, the Eagles started out 10-1, with six of those wins coming against teams that would eventually make the playoffs. Hurts was squarely in the conversation for league MVP at the time, even though novice fans could pretty easily see that he and the team as a whole were not playing nearly as well as the 2022 team that often dominated opponents.
Bouncing Back – Iggles Blitz
This will be the first time the Eagles come off a terrible finish and bring back the coach. Both coordinators got replaced so it isn’t as if the Eagles kept everything the same. There will be plenty of change. But things are different when you change the whole staff. Going from Rich Kotite to Ray Rhodes was a huge shake-up. Going from Andy Reid to Chip Kelly was about as different as it gets. The change from Doug Pederson to Nick Sirianni wasn’t quite as drastic. Still, things were different and Sirianni’s new ideas and fresh approach helped the team to develop into a winner.
Biggest Eagles questions by position: Offense – NBCSP
Running back: Can Saquon Barkley return to form? The other obvious question at running back is about the pecking order with Kenny Gainwell and Will Shipley behind Barkley. But if all goes according to plan, Barkley is going to play the majority of snaps in 2024 after signing a three-year, $37.75 million contract this offseason to leave the Giants and join the Eagles.
The Cowboys’ options if 2024 is Dak Prescott’s swansong with the team – Blogging The Boys
Going with a veteran to replace Prescott is probably the most unlikely and least desired option for the Cowboys. Going this route would mean the Trey Lance trade/experiment failed and for whatever reason they didn’t come away with their future QB1 in the 2025 NFL Draft either. This would be a tough pill to swallow for a variety of reasons, but there could be a stopgap player available via free agency to keep them competitive.
Imagining what the Giants defense may look like in 2024 – Big Blue View
Most of what we see from Tennessee suggests that they were a mediocre defense under Bowen. In 2023, the Titans were 16th in points allowed with 367. That was similar to previous years, although they ranked sixth in 2021 among NFL teams. Defensive EPA can be calculated similarly but with the opposite sign. In today’s offense-dominated NFL, only a handful of teams have defenses that are good enough to provide substantial value to their teams.
