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  • Eagles vs. Cowboys: Predictions, odds, injury report, and what everyone is talking about ahead of Sunday

    Eagles vs. Cowboys: Predictions, odds, injury report, and what everyone is talking about ahead of Sunday

    The Eagles are headed down to Dallas for their first matchup against the Cowboys since the season opener.

    The Birds are in control of the NFC East, but their road loss against the Giants stung, and they certainly don’t want a repeat against another division rival at JerryWorld.

    Here’s everything you need to know about this Sunday’s game …

    How to watch

    Eagles vs. Cowboys will air live on FOX at 4:25 p.m., and will bee “America’s Game of the Week,” the network’s national broadcast. That means Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady will call the game from the booth, and Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi will report from the two sidelines.

    If you’d rather listen to Merrill Reese and Mike Quick call the game, the radio broadcast can be found on 94.1 WIP, and if you want to watch the game with your fellow Birds fans, here are a few spots to check out.

    Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson walks onto the field before playing the Detroit Lions at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.

    Injury report

    Right tackle Lane Johnson will miss Sunday’s game — and a few more — after suffering a Lisfranc injury in his foot (What is that? Glad you asked) in the team’s win over Detroit. He is expected to miss four to six weeks.

    However, center Cam Jurgens could return after leaving the Lions game with a concussion. Jurgens, who is listed as questionable, missed the prior two games with a knee injury. The only other Eagles players with injury designations for Sunday are backup offensive lineman Myles Hinton (back) and Willie Lampkin (knee/ankle). Jaelan Phillips was a full participant on Friday and is good to go.

    Here’s the Cowboys injury report:

    Eagles-Cowboys odds

    The Eagles are three-point favorites against the Cowboys at most major sportsbooks as of Friday afternoon, down from 4.5 to open the week. The projected point total at DraftKings is 47.5.

    Check out prop bets for Jalen Hurts, Dak Prescott, and more here.

    Eagles to wear kelly green

    For the second time this season — and the first time ever on the road — the Eagles will wear their kelly green uniforms on Sunday. The Birds previously wore their fan-favorite throwbacks in Week 8 against the New York Giants, a 38-20 win that was arguably the team’s best of the season. They’ll wear them again, for the final time this season, in Week 17 against the Washington Commanders.

    The Eagles are 5-0 in their lighter shade of green since bringing the jerseys back in 2023.

    NFL officials stand between Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (left) and Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter (right) after a spitting incident as the Eagles play the Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.

    Story lines to watch

    The Birds haven’t seen the Cowboys since Week 1, when Jalen Carter was ejected just seconds into the game due to Spit-Gate (speaking of which, did anyone see Ja’Marr Chase get suspended for doing the same thing just a few weeks ago?). The spit became a national talking point, with even Gov. Josh Shapiro weighing in, and Carter, who was fined and effectively suspended for a game, promised that “it won’t happen again.”

    Prior to a rain delay in the third quarter of the opener, the Cowboys offense was easily able to sustain drives, scoring 20 first-half points, as the Birds struggled to get pressure. With Carter (presumably) back in the game and the addition of Jaelan Phillips, Dak Prescott will be looking at a whole new Eagles defensive line, one that just forced Jared Goff to play the worst game of his career.

    From the latest on A.J. Brown to the recent drama surrounding Jalen Hurts, here are some other story lines to watch this weekend …

    • Following a report of internal frustrations with Hurts, the Eagles quarterback said he holds himself accountable. Others in the media had a lot more to say (more on that in a bit).
    • Meanwhile, Brown, the subject of his own recent controversy after voicing his own frustrations with the offense, said he believes the Eagles are “close“ to where they need to be on offense — and he laughed off talk about his declining skills
    • Eagles tackle Fred Johnson says it’s “time to show what I can do” as he again fills in for Lane Johnson.
    Nick Sirianni wins in spite of himself, some might say. Those critics are wrong.

    One number to know

    15-24: The Eagles’ record all-time without Lane Johnson. For comparison, the Birds are 120-62-1 in games Johnson has played in since he was drafted in 2013.

    The Eagles offensive line and the Cowboys defensive line battle in the fourth quarter. Eagles win 24-20 over the Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.

    Our Eagles-Cowboys predictions

    Here are our writers’ predictions for Sunday …

    Jeff McLane: I see a potential trap in Dallas, but I think the Eagles’ defense will be able to keep Prescott from going off. Eagles 24, Cowboys 20.

    Jeff Neiburg: “It’s a great offense and a bad defense (Dallas) against a great defense and a bad offense (Eagles). The game will probably be decided by who wins the matchup between Dallas’ offense and the Eagles’ defense. Who has the upper hand? It’s hard to pick against the Eagles right now.” | Eagles 27, Cowboys 16

    Olivia Reiner: “While I’m not so sure this will be the get-well game on the ground the Eagles are looking for, they could have a chance to get going in the passing game, given the Cowboys are conceding 6.9 net yards per passing attempt (No. 29 in the league).” | Eagles 21, Cowboys 17

    Matt Breen: “Teams have picked apart the Dallas defense through the air this season but I’ll wait and see if the Eagles can do the same. It’s hard to see the Eagles, especially with a banged up offensive line, suddenly flipping a switch on offense. By now, it’s fair to have a read on who a team is. But the defense is elite and they’ll carry them again on Sunday. We’ll find out how far that unit can carry them the rest of the way.” | Eagles 24, Cowboys 10

    Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Our writers pick a winner for Week 12

    National media predictions

    Here’s a look at how those in the national media are leaning …

    Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni talks to quarterback Jalen Hurts against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, September 4, 2025 in Philadelphia.

    What we’re saying about the Eagles

    Here’s a look at what our columnists are saying about the Eagles, starting with David Murphy, who wonders what exactly people are even arguing about anymore with regard to Hurts.

    David Murphy: “The only thing that matters is that Hurts has been good enough that the Eagles no longer need to acquire one of those other guys. Coaches and players are more than justified if they are frustrated with some aspects of Hurts’ approach and performance. But they also surely know that they are more fortunate than most.” Read more.

    Mike Sielski: “This sliver of doubt when it comes to the Tush Push might seem a small matter. It isn’t. The play’s reliability was a tangible symbol of the strength of the Eagles offense: the manner with which they controlled the line of scrimmage.” Read more.

    Marcus Hayes: Don’t expect A.J. Brown to be happy any time soon. Brown called the Eagles’ offense a “bleep show” on a livestream last week … The offense isn’t likely to get any better with the news that right tackle Lane Johnson will miss several weeks with a Lisfranc sprain in his right foot.” Read more.

    What the Cowboys are saying about the Eagles

    Despite what social media may believe, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is not approaching the Eagles’ offense like it’s a weak one. They have too many elite players for that, Schottenheimer said.

    “At the end of the day, I’m not looking at the film and saying, ‘These guys are struggling.’ I’m looking at this film and saying, ‘Man, these guys are dangerous.’”

    Here’s more of what the Cowboys are saying …

    New addition Quinnen Williams on the Tush Push: “It’s a cool play that they do on second-and-short, on third-and-short, and fourth-and-short. I’ve never been against it. … I’m excited to see the game plan. Excited to go against it. Excited to be able to try and stop it.”

    Schottenheimer on Jalen Carter coming back to the defensive line: “It’s a big difference. He’s a really good player. He’s packaged in there with some really good players. Jordan Davis is obviously a really good player as well. There’s Jaelan Phillips, it’s a hell of a defense. They’re the best in the league, I think. Again, it’s going to be really, really tough. But, we love that challenge and we think we’re pretty good too.”

    As Cowboys prepare for ‘dangerous’ Eagles, their newest star is excited to finally face ‘cool’ Tush Push
    Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts during the National Anthem before the Eagles played the Detroit Lions on Sunday, November 16, 2025 in Philadelphia.

    What the national media is saying

    The discourse about the Eagles’ offense, and whether Hurts is part of the problem, is wearing on ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky, a former Hurts critic who gave an impassioned defense of the quarterback on Get Up.

    “What’s going on with Hurts is so disingenuous and disrespectful to Jalen Hurts,” Orlovsky said. “And I’m not the biggest Jalen Hurts fan. All this dude does is literally everything that everybody begged every other quarterback to do — or knocks them for not doing. All he does is win. All he does is be obsessed with football and winning and doing what’s best for the team.”

    Here’s what else they’re saying …

    Jason Kelce on locker room discord: “I think that there are frustrations within a team that build up, continually, and I think Jalen gets a lot of the highlighting of that, again, because he’s the quarterback. … Lane [Johnson] and I didn’t talk for an entire offseason. Lane is like one of my best friends. Like, I love that guy. And this is part of being on a team. There are so many ups and downs. I’ve gotten into yelling matches with Jeff Stoutland, a guy that I consider like a second, almost like a father.

    DeSean Jackson on A.J. Brown: “You can tell when the interest ain’t there, it ain’t there. It’s something else going on. And I got a great relationship with [Brown]. I respect him. I can’t say it. But I know it’s something else going on. It’s not all about football, it’s not all about X’s and O’s. I’ve been there. I’ve had situationships with QBs that I didn’t necessarily like. I’m just going to be honest. And when it ain’t there, it sticks out like a sore thumb. That’s all I’m going to say.”

    Eagles drama is ‘disrespectful’ to Jalen Hurts; DeSean Jackson stirs the pot; and what else they’re saying

    What else we’re reading and watching this week

    🏝️ Quinyon Mitchell looked like an All-Pro vs. the Lions — and his Florida family and friends were there to see it.

    🎞️ Why is A.J. Brown struggling against zone coverage? Here’s what the film says about his inconsistency.

    👨‍⚕️ This 10-year-old beat cancer. Now he’s enlisting the Eagles to raise awareness.

    👟 This weekend starts the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative. Here’s a look at some of the colorful kicks the players will be wearing, and the causes they’re supporting.

    🦃 It’s the holiday season, and Jordan Davis served Thanksgiving meals to Camden families this week.

  • Jeff McLane’s keys to Eagles vs. Cowboys in Week 12: What you need to know and a prediction

    Jeff McLane’s keys to Eagles vs. Cowboys in Week 12: What you need to know and a prediction

    The Eagles travel to face the Dallas Cowboys in a Week 12 matchup at AT&T Stadium on Sunday (4:25 p.m., Fox 29).

    Here’s what you need to know about the game:

    When the Eagles have the ball: The offense has a golden opportunity to get back on track against a Matt Eberflus-led defense that has been among the worst in the NFL. The Cowboys have been marginally better of late thanks to reinforcements that came either via trade or from the medical ward. But the Eagles won’t be facing anything near a dominant unit in Arlington, Texas, and may need to open the floodgates if the Dallas offense plays at its explosive best.

    Nick Sirianni’s conservatism has made sense, overall. His team is 40-2 when it has won the turnover battle. The Eagles have given the ball away a league-low four times in 2025, while the Cowboys have forced only eight turnovers all season. But this game may call for more aggressiveness.

    Being aggressive doesn’t just mean having Jalen Hurts drop back to pass and throw deep. The Eagles, more than most offenses, need their run game to be efficient, so there will be another effort to establish Saquon Barkley on the ground. But Sirianni and offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo should have a game plan that forces Dallas to counter their moves rather than the opposite.

    That should mean more three-receiver sets that force Eberflus into nickel personnel, more 3 x 1 formations, and more empty backfields. Run the ball, obviously. The Cowboys have allowed 131.4 yards a game and rank 30th in expected points added (EPA) per rush. But get out of the sets that have exposed the weaknesses in run blocking at the tight end position.

    The Cowboys’ most significant addition has been defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, acquired from the Jets at the trade deadline. He can wreck games. Williams had 1½ sacks and five pressures in his debut last week against the Raiders. The Eagles’ interior offensive line will have its hands full whether Williams is paired with Osa Odighizuwa or Kenny Clark.

    Eagles center Cam Jurgens is questionable with another recent injury (concussion), but right tackle Lane Johnson (foot) will be out for an extended period. That is a significant loss, even if this isn’t replacement Fred Johnson’s first rodeo. The Eagles are 120-62-1 in games Lane Johnson has played and 15-24 in games he has not, including the playoffs, across his 13 seasons.

    Dallas’ edge rush has improved with the emergence of rookie Donovan Ezeiruaku. If Hurts has time, receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith should have advantages when matched up opposite cornerback Kaiir Elam and slot Reddy Steward. Eberflus leans heavy on his zone coverages, which the Eagles have struggled against. It’s time to break out more crossing-route concepts, even if it puts Hurts’ throws more at risk.

    Javonte Williams rushed 15 times for 54 yards with two touchdowns against the Eagles in Week 1.

    When the Cowboys have the ball: Dallas’ anemic run game from 2024 has been upgraded with former Broncos running back Javonte Williams. He has rushed for 806 yards at 5 yards a clip and has eight touchdowns. Overall, the Cowboys rank 11th in EPA/rush and are strongest on zone runs in between the tackles.

    Their stout interior O-line is led by left tackle Tyler Smith. But they can be susceptible on the flanks with tackles Tyler Guyton and Terrence Steele, particularly in pass protection. I’ll get to the Eagles’ pass rush further down, but their improvement in stopping the run has been consequential.

    After allowing 4.7 yards a carry in the first six games, opposing offenses have averaged just 3.6 yards per rush over the last four. Linebacker Nakobe Dean’s insertion has been significant, and defensive tackle Jalen Carter has increasingly looked his 2024 self. Carter will be in the lineup this time around, assuming that he doesn’t have extra saliva for Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott.

    Dallas readies to face Jalen Carter for first time since Week 1 spitting incident

    Jaelan Phillips has also buoyed the run defense, but his impact on the pass rush can’t be overstated. The Eagles’ front hounded Jordan Love and Jared Goff in the last two games, and getting to Prescott will be imperative if the league’s top-ranked passing offense can be curtailed. Vic Fangio has been able to rely on his four-man rush and, as a result, has blitzed less in the last two weeks than previously.

    When the defensive coordinator has sent extra rushers, Dean has been most effective. But Prescott has long been poised when throwing hot. He’s having another great regular season with 21 touchdowns against just six interceptions. It’s the playoffs that have historically given him trouble.

    Dak Prescott has been very good against NFC East teams at home.

    The Cowboys came darn near close to beating the Eagles in the season opener. If receiver CeeDee Lamb didn’t drop a few late throws, they might have pulled off the comeback. Lamb is back from injury, but George Pickens (58 catches for 908 yards and seven touchdowns) has become Prescott’s most dangerous weapon.

    Fangio had Quinyon Mitchell follow Pickens in the first meeting, but that exposed Adoree’ Jackson vs. Lamb. Safeties Reed Blankenship and Drew Mukuba might be the Cowboys’ primary targets on throws over the middle, typically where Prescott loves to eat.

    Extra point: If the Eagles can’t move the ball and score points against this defense, the offense may never be saved. Winning on the road can be tough. The Eagles had lost six straight at JerryDome until last season’s 34-6 demolition of the Prescott-less Cowboys. Each team and season is different, but Dallas is normally a different team at home, as is its quarterback, who has won 70% of his starts there.

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    Over the course of the season, we’ve seen Fangio make changes in personnel that have benefited the unit. Having Dean in over Jihaad Campbell and Mukuba over Sydney Brown and decreasing Jordan Davis’ snaps has paid off. Howie Roseman helped with the trade for Phillips, but Fangio hasn’t been afraid to bruise egos.

    On offense, the Eagles have emphasized ball security and efficiency. That likely has rubbed some players the wrong way. Sirianni and Hurts seem to be doing what’s best in the name of winning. But there’s a chance here to reverse course. I see a potential trap in Dallas, but I think the Eagles’ defense will be able to keep Prescott from going off.

    Prediction: Eagles 24, Cowboys 20.

  • How the Eagles are helping this ‘childhood cancer warrior’ show other kids they’re not fighting alone

    How the Eagles are helping this ‘childhood cancer warrior’ show other kids they’re not fighting alone

    Standing alongside his parents and his six siblings, Caleb Quick posed for a photo with Brandon Graham and Milton Williams, wearing a gray shirt that stated, “I kicked cancer’s butt.” After the photo, Caleb untangled the yellow wristbands in his right hand and handed them to both players. The bracelets read: For Childhood Cancer Warriors.

    “People see football players as heroes,” Caleb said. “So, when the kids look at them they’ll see their heroes wearing the bands to support them.”

    When speaking with Caleb, you learn he loves the typical 10-year-old hobbies. He loves to play board games, he loves riding roller coasters, and he loves football. But if you ask him more about himself, you’ll also learn it’s his mission to raise awareness for pediatric cancer after he was diagnosed with leukemia at just 5 years old.

    Caleb Quick and his family have made it their mission to battle pediatric cancer after he was diagnosed with leukemia at 5 years old.

    The Quick family isn’t your typical family. In fact, they’re quite hard to miss. Naomi and her husband, John, are raising seven kids all under the age of 17. Their youngest is Hannah, who is 6 years old, then it’s Caleb, 10; Noah, 12; Grace, 13; James, 14; John Daniel, 15; and their oldest daughter, Chara, 16.

    The Delaware natives have already combined their mission to raise awareness for pediatric cancer with their love for roller coasters, riding more than 100 of them from Minnesota to Tennessee.

    “Our family just kind of draws attention,” Naomi said. “So people kind of look anyway so we use that to our advantage. We would wear foundation T-shirts to the different parks to raise awareness for the different foundations that help childhood cancer. It was raising awareness in this really fun way that didn’t leave people sad. Instead it was more hopeful.”

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    Some of these foundations included: B+ Foundation, the Landon Vargas Foundation, Live Like Lucas, Project Outrun, and Kisses for Kyle. Caleb’s Give Kids the World passport, which grants families free access to parks around the country, made this mission possible.

    “Childhood cancer is like a roller coaster that no one wants to get on,” Naomi said. “It is full of ups and downs and it makes you feel sick sometimes. And life is a roller coaster in general. But kids should get to ride coasters. Not have to fight cancer.”

    Now, the Quicks are ready to raise awareness through the family’s next love: football.

    Caleb Quick (second from left) and his family also share a love for roller coasters, and have used that passion to further their mission of supporting pediatric cancer awareness.

    ‘Bad luck’ for the Quicks

    Just months before Caleb was diagnosed with leukemia, his father, John, had just battled ocular melanoma, the most common eye cancer in adults. “Both him and Caleb had genetic testing done and there’s no link between the two,” Naomi said. “So, it’s just like a really bad situation. I don’t know what else to call it, bad luck.”

    John was diagnosed in 2019 and was declared cancer free in January 2020 after he was treated by sewing in radiation seeds into his eyeball, the procedure ended up taking the vision from his right eye. Seven months later, Caleb was diagnosed with leukemia.

    Naomi remembers bringing Caleb to the emergency room in August 2020, after Caleb was complaining about being tired and having knee pain. She wasn’t expecting her next conversation with the doctor to be something so life changing.

    Caleb Quick was in remission within 28 days, but continued treatment for another two years.

    “To have a doctor sit across from you and tell you that you’re really spunky, climbs-all-over-everything, never-settles-down kid has cancer was …” Naomi said before falling silent.

    Caleb’s initial hospitalization at the Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington was 22 days. Within the first three days, Naomi said, Caleb couldn’t walk and he was covered from head to toe in bruises.

    “It was a really quick progression, and then he developed blood clots unfortunately in his central line, which meant he had to be on blood thinners for a good portion of his treatment as well,” Naomi said. “It was definitely a little bit more complicated than even just the regular treatment.”

    By that November, after months of physical therapy and using a walker to move around the house, Caleb rebuilt his muscles and learned to walk again. However, he still has slight residual weakness in one leg from chemotherapy.

    Caleb was in remission within 28 days. But due to a high rate of relapse without the maintenance period of chemotherapy, his treatment lasted another 25 months. His official Ring the Bell date was Oct. 22, 2022. Right after his last dose, he went home to ring the bell in front of his family.

    When asked what he wanted to do with his meds and supplies, Caleb responded: “I wanted to burn them.”

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    Of course, they didn’t burn the medicine. But they did throw a big party and burned a few papers to signify he was done with his treatment. And throughout the Quick family’s battle with cancer — not once, but twice — they gained an even stronger sense of community.

    “Our family has seen those really hard times bring us closer together and make us stronger,” Naomi said. “For all of us, we learned to get through hard times doing it as a family and doing it together. Nobody here had to fight alone, which was good. But that can’t be said for all the other families and so I think it’s really made us more aware and more passionate about fighting on behalf of other families that are going through their own cancer battle.”

    Brandon Graham, whose mother overcame leukemia, gave inspiration to Caleb Quick during his battle with cancer.

    ‘Football was the saving grace’

    On Sept. 19, 2022, Caleb had finished one of the biggest chemo days he had left in his treatment. Later that night, he and his family attended the Eagles’ home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.

    The Eagles invited the Quicks to the sideline before the game after learning that they were divided between Vikings and Eagles fans. “It’s split 5-4 in favor of the Eagles, I’m proud to say,” Naomi said. “The Vikings fandom comes from their father’s Minnesota roots.”

    Caleb Quick (left) and his family pose with Brandon Graham at the Eagles’ 2022 home opener against the Vikings. The family is split between Eagles and Vikings fans due to their father’s Minnesota roots.

    Caleb is a fan of both teams. So it was a dream come true for the family to witness both teams in action. Before the game, Graham walked over, welcoming the family with a sweaty hug and words of encouragement.

    “He looked at me and he said, ‘My mom had leukemia as a kid and she was told she would never have kids, and look where I am,’” Caleb remembered.

    A few weeks earlier, Caleb took part in the Phillies’ Childhood Cancer Awareness Night, and got to meet then-first lady Jill Biden.

    Caleb Quick (left) got to meet Jill Biden, then the first lady, and many Phillies players during Childhood Cancer Awareness Night in 2022.

    Two weeks later, toward the end of his treatment, Caleb took a dive in health. The cumulative effect of over two years of chemo had taken its toll on his body. He developed three different viral infections and four different bacterial infections.

    “It was a little scary, and I just remember thinking to myself, replaying those words that Brandon had spoken. He did say that, ‘With God, all things are possible. He’s a fighter, he’s going to make it,’” Naomi recalled. “And I just held onto that because I needed that encouragement. And to have it come from somebody who is a hero to the community, it was a really special interaction.”

    Football has always played a special role for the Quick family, through both Caleb’s and John’s cancer battles. For John, it was an escape. For Caleb, it was an inspiration.

    “John was diagnosed right in the middle of the football season,” Naomi said. “So, football games were this way that we could have normal family time. It was just kind of an escape from reality during both of their cancer fights. Meanwhile, football was an inspiration for Caleb to walk again.

    “Football was the saving grace, and like I said, when he lost his ability to walk, he would say, ‘Mom, I can’t play in the NFL anymore.’ He wants to play in the NFL and he can’t do that if he can’t walk.”

    Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith was wearing his yellow bracelet in support of childhood cancer awareness when he caught this touchdown against the Tennessee Titans in December 2022.

    ‘For childhood cancer warriors’

    During the 2022 season, Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith wore a yellow wristband given to him by 10-year-old Nicholas Purificato, who was battling Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Starting that October, Smith wore the bracelet every day at practice and during games to support his fight.

    One day, Caleb spotted the yellow bracelet and looked up at his mom and said, “Mom, No. 6, Smith, he cares about kids like me. Look at those bands,” Naomi recalled.

    At that moment, she ordered similar yellow bands for her son, with the words “For childhood cancer warriors” and a gold ribbon engraved on them.

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    At last year’s Big Climb, a fundraiser for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Caleb met Milton Williams and Tarron Jackson, a pair of former Eagles defensive ends. Williams, who signed with the New England Patriots this offseason, shared his story about his mother’s battle with breast cancer and proudly accepted Caleb’s bracelet. A few months later, Williams was still wearing the bracelet.

    “We offered him one and then he took a whole bag to the locker room and passed them out,” Naomi said. “We ended up seeing the team pictures later in August and he was wearing them in his team pictures. Caleb was showing it to all of his friends and family. It was a cool moment.”

    But it’s not just Caleb and Naomi’s mission to raise awareness for pediatric cancer. After watching Caleb battle leukemia at such a young age, his siblings have made it their mission as well.

    “Since we know how hard it is for kids to go through cancer, we know that other families who have to go through the same thing, it’s hard for them too,” said Caleb’s sister Grace. “So, when you raise awareness, those families know that you care.”

    Caleb’s older brother J.D. added: “If they’re wearing bands and they’re asked by a reporter why they’re wearing them, then people start to wonder more about cancer because a lot of people don’t know a whole lot about cancer until somebody they know has had it.”

    The Quick family’s ultimate goal is to get bracelets to all 32 teams in the NFL.

    “September is childhood cancer awareness month and it really doesn’t get as much publicity as some other awareness months do, which is odd,” Naomi said. “It seems to be that you have to be in this world to know a lot about it. So, our hope was that if we could get to all 32 teams, then kids across the country, no matter who they’re rooting for, will know that there are people rooting for them. Every child deserves that. Every kid deserves to know that they’re not fighting alone.”

    As of October, Caleb was moved to annual visits after his three-year off treatment lab results came back perfect.

  • Cam Jurgens a full practice participant Friday, listed as questionable vs. Cowboys

    Cam Jurgens a full practice participant Friday, listed as questionable vs. Cowboys

    Cam Jurgens (concussion) is questionable to play in Sunday’s rematch against the Dallas Cowboys, according to the Eagles’ final injury report.

    The 26-year-old center practiced in a full capacity on Friday for the first time this week. He had been a limited participant in practice on Thursday and did not participate on Wednesday.

    “Anytime these guys can get back out there coming off things, that’s huge,” coach Nick Sirianni said Friday of Jurgens’ return to practice. “We will see where he is today, but excited to have him back out there when he was.”

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    Jurgens exited the Week 11 game against the Detroit Lions late in the fourth quarter with the concussion, requiring Brett Toth to take over in his place. The concussion was the latest ailment that Jurgens has navigated this season. He missed the prior two games with an injury to his right knee, which still requires him to wear a brace.

    Additionally, Jurgens is just nine months removed from the offseason back surgery he underwent in late February. He played through that injury in the NFC championship game and the Super Bowl.

    Jurgens isn’t the only Eagles offensive lineman who has dealt with numerous injuries this year. Lane Johnson was officially ruled out for Sunday’s game after sustaining a Lisfranc injury in the first quarter against the Lions. He is expected to miss at least four to six weeks. Fred Johnson, the 6-foot-7, 326-pound swing tackle, is slated to start at right tackle in his absence.

    This will be the first game that the two-time All Pro Johnson has not started this season. He has dropped out of games with various ailments, including a neck injury in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams, a shoulder injury in Week 4 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and an ankle injury in Week 10 against the Green Bay Packers (he ultimately returned to action).

    Tackle Myles Hinton (back) and center/guard Willie Lampkin (knee/ankle), who are both on injured reserve, are listed as questionable to play.

    The Eagles are at capacity on their 53-man active roster, so they would need to make corresponding moves to open up spots for Hinton and Lampkin if they are activated. One of those moves could be placing Lane Johnson on injured reserve.

    Jaelan Phillips, who popped up on the injury report this week with a shoulder issue, is available to play.

  • unCovering the Birds: Troubles at Tight End

    unCovering the Birds: Troubles at Tight End

    Between the scheme, the quarterback, the coaches calling plays, and the rest of the players responsible for executing them, the Eagles’ offense has been a well-documented, inconsistent mess this season. But what if there were a smaller area, one that isn’t getting much attention, that could hold the key to getting the much-maligned unit on track. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane zooms in on the Eagles’ back-up tight ends, and explains why they aren’t giving the team what it needs. Plus, Jeff shares what he’s learned about the increasing noise surrounding Jalen Hurts, and the reported frustration members of the organization are feeling towards the quarterback.

    00:00 Why the tight end position (especially the back-ups) is so crucial to fixing the offense

    16:55 What to make of recent reports surrounding growing internal frustration with Jalen Hurts

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  • Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Rounding up the experts’ picks for Week 12

    Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Rounding up the experts’ picks for Week 12

    After a strong defensive showing over the Detroit Lions — limiting the team to just nine points — the Eagles now turn their attention toward the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium.

    The Eagles (8-2) are 3.5-point favorites ahead of the Week 12 matchup against the division rival Cowboys (4-5-1), and beat them, 24-20, in the season opener at Lincoln Financial Field. Here’s how experts in the local and national media are predicting Sunday’s game …

    Inquirer predictions

    We start with our own Eagles writers. Here’s an excerpt from Jeff Neiburg’s prediction …

    To read more of Neiburg’s take, plus how our other beat writers are predicting this one, check out our full predictions here.

    Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Our writers pick a winner for Week 12
    Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts runs with the football against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, September 4, 2025 in Philadelphia.

    National media predictions

    Now, here’s a look at how the national media feel about Sunday’s matchup …

    • ESPN: ESPN is leaning toward the Eagles. Six of their 10 NFL analysts picked the Eagles.
    • NFL.com: In a near sweep, four of five panelists are taking the Birds this week.
    • CBS Sports: Similarly, six of eight CBS panelists are choosing the Eagles over the Cowboys.
    • Sports Illustrated: Sports Illustrated is leaning toward the Eagles, with four of six writers taking the Eagles.
    • USA Today: It’s the same at USA Today, with four of six liking the Eagles this week.
    • Bleacher Report: Bleacher Report’s panelists pick against the spread, and only three of seven think the Eagles will cover the 3.5 points.
    • Sporting News: Vinnie Iyer has the Eagles winning, 27-24. But, like others, he also doesn’t think they’ll beat the spread.
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    Local media predictions

    Here’s what the media in Philadelphia think will happen on Sunday.

  • Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Our writers pick a winner for Week 12

    Eagles vs. Cowboys predictions: Our writers pick a winner for Week 12

    The Eagles and Cowboys met to open the NFL season back on Sept. 4 in a game the Eagles won, 24-20.

    They meet again Sunday in Dallas, and although the Eagles are running away with the NFC East, this game presents a challenging potential roadblock for the Eagles in their pursuit of the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

    Here’s how our writers see it …

    Jeff Neiburg

    This isn’t your 2-month-old’s Cowboys.

    The team that practically gave Micah Parsons away before the season added Quinnen Williams to its defensive front at the trade deadline, and he immediately provided a spark. The Raiders doubled him on half of his 28 pass rushes on Monday and he still put up a season-high five pressures, according to Next Gen Stats, while being credited for 1½ sacks.

    Even if center Cam Jurgens clears concussion protocol and plays, the Eagles will have their hands full up front.

    If the Eagles are finally going to fix their scuffling offense, it will be a challenge, though Dallas has been very beatable in the air. The Cowboys play a ton of zone, using man coverage just 14.8% of the time, the fourth-lowest rate in the NFL.

    If the Eagles are going to figure out their inability to beat zones through the air, Sunday will be a big test, but one they should be able to ace with the right plan.

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    Dallas’ offense, meanwhile, is one of the best in the league. The game sets up as a great offense and a bad defense (Dallas) against a great defense and a bad offense (Eagles). The game will probably be decided by who wins the matchup between Dallas’ offense and the Eagles’ defense.

    Who has the upper hand? It’s hard to pick against the Eagles right now.

    Prediction: Eagles 27, Cowboys 16

    Olivia Reiner

    On paper, Eagles-Cowboys is set to be a strength-on-strength, weakness-on-weakness matchup.

    Vic Fangio declared the Cowboys offense one of the best in the NFL, and the numbers back that up, especially in the passing game. The Dak Prescott-led offense leads the league in passing yards (2,587), ranks second in passing touchdowns (22), and places third in passing attempts.

    George Pickens leads the way with 908 receiving yards and seven touchdowns on the season, above CeeDee Lamb (557 yards and two touchdowns in just seven games) and tight end Jake Ferguson (400 yards and seven touchdowns).

    But the Eagles defense is playing like one of the best in the league lately, too. The last two games, against playoff contenders the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions, were defensive masterclasses, with the Eagles limiting those opponents to a combined 16 points.

    Vic Fangio expects to have his hands full with the Cowboys offense.

    While the Eagles defense ought to be up for the challenge, can the same be said for the offense? The Cowboys defense has been one of the worst groups in the league overall, but they boast a formidable interior defensive line that recently added Williams to the mix.

    The offensive line has been solid at pass blocking this year, even when Lane Johnson goes down, but the run blocking has seen a serious drop-off from last season. Though I’m not so sure this will be the get-well game on the ground the Eagles are looking for, they could have a chance to get going in the passing game, given that the Cowboys are conceding 6.9 net yards per passing attempt — No. 29 of 30 teams in the league.

    Prediction: Eagles 21, Cowboys 17

    Matt Breen

    Will the Eagles fix their offensive problems on Sunday? It feels like we’ve been asking the same question for three months. So maybe this is just their offense. And that might be OK thanks to a defense that is suddenly the best in the NFC.

    The defensive line is overwhelming, and Quinyon Mitchell is playing like an All-Pro in the secondary. The Cowboys looked good last week, but they won’t be playing the Raiders on Sunday.

    Teams have picked apart the Dallas defense through the air this season, but I’ll wait and see if the Eagles can do the same. It’s hard to see the Eagles offense, especially with a banged-up line, suddenly flipping a switch. By now, it’s fair to have a read on who a team is.

    But the defense is elite and they’ll carry them again on Sunday. We’ll find out how far that unit can carry them the rest of the way.

    Prediction: Eagles 24, Cowboys 10

  • Eagles QB Jalen Hurts deserves criticism, but what are we arguing about?

    Eagles QB Jalen Hurts deserves criticism, but what are we arguing about?

    The arguments that go nowhere are usually the ones that have nowhere else to go. That’s especially true whenever the argument revolves around Jalen Hurts … which is pretty much every Sunday right now. Debating Hurts is like locking yourself in a clothes dryer. You spin around in circles a bunch of times and then walk away hot. It has always been that way with him, even when he was in college.

    A good question to ask yourself in these sorts of situations:

    What, specifically, are we arguing about?

    It’s a question everybody should be asking themselves now that we again find ourselves snowballing down the slippery slopes on Aggregation Mountain. We’ve apparently reached the point in the news — take — news cycle where everybody needs to register their opinion about Hurts. But, like, to what end?

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    At plenty of points in time, a robust debate about Hurts has been warranted. Should Alabama bench him? Can Oklahoma contend for a title with him? Should the Eagles have drafted him in the second round? Should they start him over Carson Wentz? Can he win a Super Bowl? Should they give him a franchise-level extension?

    It’s worth noting that the answer to all of these questions has turned out to be an unqualified yes. Few athletes in history have as lengthy and unblemished a track record of exceeding the measuring sticks placed before him. Wherever his career goes from here, he will retire as one of the most unprecedented performers in football history.

    And yet …

    There Hurts was, on Wednesday afternoon, the quarterback of an 8-2 team, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, the leader of the NFL’s current betting favorite, the pitchman for one of sports’ most iconic brands, fielding another one of those questions that suggests something about him is still up for debate. Hurts was clearly aware of the tempest that had been whirling around his name in the wake of a couple of media reports that suggested a certain level of frustration with Hurts among some coaches and players.

    Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said Wednesday that work to fix the offense begins with him.

    “I’m not surprised by anything,” Hurts said, wearing a black compression shirt with the Jumpman logo on his right breast. “This is kind of the nature of the position.”

    The original reports themselves are rather oblique in nature. Longtime Philly insider Derrick Gunn reported that people in the Eagles organization feel like Hurts has been hurting the offense by playing “his game” rather than the one the game plan calls for. Meanwhile, The Athletic reported a frustration from players about Hurts’ reluctance to throw into tight windows against zone coverage.

    None of this news qualifies as earth-shaking. In fact, it barely qualifies as news. We know the Eagles are frustrated with their offense. Left tackle Jordan Mailata recently labeled it “stuck-in-the-mud.” Wide receiver A.J. Brown has made it very clear he is frustrated that he isn’t getting the football. Likewise, Hurts has very clearly struggled. When he struggles, he does so in a specific way. He is hesitant, indecisive, overly focused on the safest option, too willing to buy time with his feet and shifts the offense to scramble mode.

    A.J. Brown was right. The Eagles offense is still a bleep show. They need to fix it soon.

    That’s not a slight against the reports themselves. The notable thing isn’t the news. It’s that the news is being reported.

    My real focus here is everything that comes after the news. The TV segments, the sports radio calls, newspaper columns like this one, the hour-to-hour churn of the Sports Take Industrial Complex. Everybody has decided it is time to have an honest discussion about Hurts.

    The thing that most of these opinions ignore is that there is nothing much to discuss. Any time an offense plays the way the Eagles offense has for most of this season, the quarterback will help matters by playing better. Beyond that, there is little to say. There is no existential question. Hurts has already answered all of them.

    What’s missing is context. In the last 23 years, Jalen Hurts is one of 12 people on the face of the earth to win a Super Bowl as a starting quarterback. He was named the MVP of that Super Bowl, and he very easily could have taken home the award in the other Super Bowl he started in. He is signed to a contract worth a quarter of a billion dollars. The Eagles have been the best team in the NFC for nearly two full seasons now. You can argue that they would already be a dynasty if they had their current defense for the last four years.

    Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts shown after the Super Bowl LVII loss to the Chiefs.

    Can Hurts play better? Sure. It isn’t heresy to suggest it. We’ve seen him do it, most definitively in that Super Bowl LVII loss to the Chiefs. But he is never going to be Patrick Mahomes, or Joe Burrow. The Eagles’ offense might be higher functioning if they had Joe Burrow or Drake Maye. But all of those arguments are roads to nowhere. The only thing that matters is that Hurts has been good enough that the Eagles no longer need to acquire one of those other guys. Coaches and players are more than justified if they are frustrated with some aspects of Hurts’ approach and performance. But they also surely know that they are more fortunate than most.

    There’s the context that’s often missing from the Hurts debates: how bad so many other teams have it. Watch the Cam Wards, the J.J. McCarthys, the Tua Tagovailoas, any of a number of other quarterbacks who were drafted higher than Hurts with the hope they would become what he is. There is a lot of bad quarterback play out there. There are a lot of teams that have no hope. The divide between the tier of passers who can and can’t is stark. Even at his worst, Hurts is one of the few.

    There will be no trade, no competition, no readjustment of sights to the Tanner McKee era. That should be obvious to even Hurts’ most ardent of critics. Which brings us back to the original question. What are we arguing about?

  • A.J. Brown thinks the Eagles are ‘close’ on offense, laughs off talk about his declining skills

    A.J. Brown thinks the Eagles are ‘close’ on offense, laughs off talk about his declining skills

    There is a thought process out there in the ether that A.J. Brown at 28 is not the same player he was just last year or the season prior, when he had 106 catches and 1,456 yards.

    What would he say to those who believe that?

    “I guess Saquon ain’t the same player either then,” Brown responded Thursday with a laugh. “All right. But I don’t got no comment about that. I don’t care about that.”

    The Eagles’ star receiver has made it clear in recent weeks — and recent seasons — what he cares about. He wants to win, and the Eagles have done a lot of winning, but he wants to be a bigger part of the victories.

    He’s on pace to come up shy of his 2024 numbers in both catches and yards, and he played just 13 games last season.

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    After the latest chapter in his saga with the Eagles last week, when he aired his frustrations playfully on a live stream, Brown saw 11 targets Sunday night against Detroit, his most action of 2025.

    He caught seven passes for 49 yards. He has been held under 50 yards six times this season. In the 2023 and 2024 seasons combined, he had just seven such games.

    The 8-2 Eagles have continued to find ways to win even as their offense has sputtered. Getting the passing game back on track should be a little bit easier Sunday in Dallas against a team that is one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL.

    But the Cowboys have improved, and they play a lot of zone coverage — the seventh-highest zone rate in the NFL — which has given the Eagles fits.

    “It’s something we’re continuing to work at each and every day, trying to be on the same page and be where we need to be at the right time,” Brown said Thursday when asked if the Eagles were closer to finding answers against the zone.

    Brown attempts to catch the football against Detroit Lions cornerback Rock Ya-Sin last Sunday.

    Could more crossing routes, which Brown is running fewer of this season, be an answer to zone? And why isn’t he running more of them?

    “Yes, I think so,” Brown said. “I think it’s really a time and spacing thing. I think the second half of that question is a question” for offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo.

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    Overall, as an offense, Brown said the Eagles were “close” to finding their footing.

    “I think we are,” he said. “I think that’s the mindset to have. I think it’s really just cleaning up those mistakes. It’s not about being close; it’s really just finishing drives.”

    The latest drama surrounding the Eagles emerged when the Athletic reported over the weekend that “multiple offensive players have grown frustrated with Jalen Hurts’ approach this season.”

    Asked about that report Thursday, Brown replied: “Ask me about Dallas. Thank you.”

    Brown catches a pass short of the first down on Sunday against the Lions.

    Brown was later asked if he watches what other receivers are doing. Dallas’ passing game has flourished, and George Pickens is second in the NFL with 908 yards. CeeDee Lamb has played in just seven games to Brown’s nine, but Lamb has 557 yards to Brown’s 457.

    Brown said he doesn’t pay attention.

    Why?

    “It gets me upset,” he said. “So I stay away from it.”

    It was clarified to him that the question was more from a skill set perspective, as in what makes Lamb, for example, so good?

    “No, the only person I’m really watching is Julio Jones,” Brown said.

    Brown has long talked about Jones being his favorite receiver, and the two played together in Tennessee and with the Eagles. The two still talk often, Brown said, though he declined to share what those conversations have been about recently.

    You can probably guess.

  • As Cowboys prepare for ‘dangerous’ Eagles, their newest star is excited to finally face ‘cool’ Tush Push

    As Cowboys prepare for ‘dangerous’ Eagles, their newest star is excited to finally face ‘cool’ Tush Push

    On Sunday, the Eagles will travel to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to face the Dallas Cowboys in a Week 12 rematch of the season opener, which the Birds won, 24-20, at home.

    The Eagles (8-2) enter Sunday’s game as 3.5-point favorites as they try to move a step closer to clinching the NFC East. Meanwhile, the Cowboys (4-5-1) are coming off a 33-16 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football.

    Will the Birds sweep their rival for the second consecutive season? Or will the drama surrounding the Eagles push their on-field performance toward the brink of dysfunction? As both teams prepare, here’s what the Cowboys are saying about the Eagles:

    ‘These guys are dangerous’

    The Eagles’ first-place record didn’t come without obstacles. They’ve struggled to find an identity on offense through 10 games, A.J. Brown and Saquon Barkley haven’t been as productive as last season, and drama suddenly is surrounding Jalen Hurts in the locker room.

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    However, that doesn’t give Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer any reason to doubt his opponents heading into their rematch.

    “Jalen is an incredible player,” Schottenheimer told reporters. “I think you can put their two receivers up there, with DeVonta [Smith] and A.J. [Brown], against anybody in the league. They’re very, very talented. So at any moment, they can strike. They’re explosive.

    “Then you mix in the runner — who is arguably the best, if not, one of the best in the league — in Saquon [Barkley]. You got tight ends, and then you got the offensive line. Everybody finds their flow at different times and this is a tough league. At the end of the day, I’m not looking at the film and saying, ‘These guys are struggling.’ I’m looking at this film and saying, ‘Man, these guys are dangerous.’”

    The Eagles ran the Tush Push against the Cowboys in Week 1 but didn’t have to face Quinnen Williams.

    ‘It all gels together’

    As the Cowboys prepare to play three games in 12 days, their first focus is on the Eagles. New Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams is prepared to stop the Birds’ signature play, the Tush Push.

    “It’s a cool play that they do on second-and-short, on third-and-short, and fourth-and-short,” Williams, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the New York Jets, told reporters. “I’ve never been against it. … I’m excited to see the game plan. Excited to go against it. Excited to be able to try and stop it.”

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    Williams, a former teammate of Hurts at Alabama, says the Super Bowl MVP is one of the reasons the team has had so much success with the play.

    “I think they got a great technique and a great game plan, like everybody around the boards, to be able to make that play efficient,” Williams said. “You got a quarterback — I played with him at ’Bama, probably one of the strongest quarterbacks in the NFL. So you got a great offensive line that can be efficient in that play. So I think it all gels together.”

    Schottenheimer didn’t give away all his plans on how to stop the play, but he did mention bringing in “reinforcements” for Sunday.

    “They still do a very good job at it,” the first-year head coach said. “But, we’ve got some reinforcements in there and guys that have seen it. It’s a game of leverage, it really is. And I do think that, you know, the league is trying to make sure that it’s a legal play in terms of everyone getting off on the snap. But, they’re still really good at it. We’ll still see it. But we definitely have some reinforcements in there to give you a chance to win the leverage game.”

    NFL officials stand between Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (left) and Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter (right) after Carter spit at Prescott. Carter was ejected.

    ‘[Jalen Carter] is a big difference’

    The Eagles scraped out a narrow win in their first meeting, despite an early exit for Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who spit on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before the first snap. With Carter set to play on Sunday, Schottenheimer understands he’ll have a big impact in their second meeting.

    “It’s a big difference,” Schottenheimer said. “He’s a really good player. He’s packaged in there with some really good players. Jordan Davis is obviously a really good player as well. There’s Jaelan Phillips. It’s a hell of a defense. They’re the best in the league, I think. Again, it’s going to be really, really tough. But we love that challenge, and we think we’re pretty good, too.”

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    Cowboys offensive lineman Tyler Smith agreed that Carter will make a difference once he steps onto the field at AT&T Stadium.

    “I think he’s a great player for them,” Smith told reporters. “I think the tape speaks for itself. Obviously, he’s a talented guy. A lot of the work that’s done for that team is on that D-line. So I think they’re a huge part of what they do there.”

    Cowboys running back Javonte Williams added: “Great player. Yeah, we didn’t play him the first game. But, I mean, no matter who is there, we just got to go out and play our game, execute, and do what we got to do.”

    Eagles cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean celebrate an interception during the season opener against the Cowboys.

    ‘He’s got a chance to be a star’

    Carter wasn’t the only defensive player the Cowboys praised ahead of Sunday’s game. Schottenheimer complimented Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean during his news conference on Wednesday.

    “[Mitchell is a] very good cover corner,” Schottenheimer said. “Physical, patient, he understands that there is a time clock the offense has to work with because they’re good at disrupting and affecting the quarterback.

    “But, I think the coverage skills, you’ve seen the growth. You’ve seen him improve and get better. I think he’s got a chance to be a star in this league and trending that way. And the versatility of Cooper DeJean is what they love about him. … The football instincts are off the charts. He’s got a knack for the ball. … They’ve done a great job with those two guys, for sure.”

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