Throughout the Andy Reid era, the Eagles have always seemed to not place a high priority on the linebacker positions. That mindset has changed this year with the trade for former Pro-Bowl linebacker DeMeco Ryans, and the drafting of Mychal Kendricks in the second round. The emphasis on improving the unit represents a significant shift [...]
Eagles second round draft pick Mychal Kendricks was making plays at again today, as the Birds rookies had their last practice during this year’s rookie camp. The five workouts give the team’s rookies a chance to familiarize themselves with the Eagles offensive and defensive systems.
Kendricks used his speed and quickness to cut underneath a couple [...]
Eagles second round draft pick University of California linebacker Mychal Kendricks was very active this weekend at the Eagles rookie practices. He showed his 4.41 speed on Saturday on one play when he ran with one of the tight ends deep downfield about 30 yards and picked off a pass by quarterback Nick Foles.
Kendricks and [...]
Eagles middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans spoke to a group of Philadelphia High School football players yesterday and afterward, he spoke to a number of local media members concerning what he had learned about the Eagles defensive playbook.
“When I started out with Houston we ran the 4-3 then”, Ryans said concerning Eagles defensive playbook. “Only so [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a four-year deal with their second-round draft choice, linebacker Mychal Kendricks. The youngster was the fastest linebacker at this year’s NFL Combine. He’s the first Eagles draft pick to sign a deal with the Birds.
The young backer will be battling veteran Jamar Chaney for the starting strongside linebacker position. [...]
I’m confident that new Eagles middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans will be a tremendous asset to the Birds when it comes to run defense and that alone will be a major improvement over the Birds linebacker play of 2011. Most of the time, the run defense at the middle linebacker position is about instincts, quickness and [...]
The prevailing opinion around the league is that the Eagles got the best of last week’s swap that sent a fourth-round draft pick and a swap of third-round selections to the Houston Texans in exchange for 27-year-old former All-Pro middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans. And it’s hard not to feel that way.
Ryans has been one of [...]
The Eagles desperately needed help at middle linebacker. They just got some by way of the trade for two-time Pro Bowler DeMeco Ryans.
Whenever a move is made by a team it causes a natural domino effect. And the Ryans trade should prove to be no exception, so Curtis Lofton and David Hawthorne are guys that [...]
On the surface, it would seem that the Houston Texans motivation for moving two-time Pro Bowl LB DeMeco Ryans to the Philadelphia Eagles was based on business. They only got a fourth-round pick (plus the swap of the thirds), but cleared some $6 million in cap space off the books for this year. So [...]
Give head coach Andy Reid, GM Howie Roseman, team President Joe Banner and the Eagles front office credit for trading for former two-time All-Pro middle linebacker DeMeco Ryans. It was a steal by the Birds for only a fourth round pick and swapping this year’s third round pick, as you would expect they were elated [...]
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