{"id":134853,"date":"2025-06-16T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/134853\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:16:10","slug":"eagles-news-pff-ranks-a-j-brown-as-the-nfls-best-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/134853\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles News: PFF ranks A.J. Brown as the NFL\u2019s best wide receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s get to the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> links … <\/p>\n

PFF Wide Receiver Rankings: Top 32 ahead of the 2025 NFL season – PFF<\/a>
1. A.J. BROWN, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. Brown dominates defensive backs across the board, but his success against single coverage is especially notable. He earned the highest receiving grade versus single coverage in 2024 (96.6) and leads the league in that category over the past three seasons (2022\u201324) with a 97.0 grade. He can win in every way, against any defense.<\/p>\n

Eagles Question of the Day: What are you going to do to pass the time until training camp begins? – BGN<\/a>
Now that NFL minicamps are wrapped up, the league is essentially going dark until training camps begin late next month. It\u2019s time for some R&R. Philadelphia Eagles players and coaches don\u2019t report back until the NovaCare Complex until July 22. Today\u2019s Question of the Day asks: what are you going to do to pass the time until then? <\/p>\n

Eagles mailbag: Create an NFL starting 22, choosing no more than one player per team – PhillyVoice<\/a>
Question from @eagsfan: What\u2019s the most likely position the Eagles make a trade for either preseason or at the trade deadline? During his OTA press conference, Vic Fangio said of Cooper DeJean, \u201cWe\u2019d like to keep him at nickel, and then in our base package, we\u2019ll find a spot for him either at corner or safety.\u201d That he\u2019s considering putting DeJean at safety \u2014 even if only for like 20 percent of the snaps in the Eagles\u2019 \u201cbase\u201d defense \u2014 tells me that he doesn\u2019t yet know if he loves whoever will start at safety opposite Reed Blankenship. So, short-term, I\u2019d say safety. And then I think that edge rusher is a possibility, depending on what they see from Azeez Ojulari and Josh Uche in training camp.<\/p>\n

The 5 biggest concerns about Eagles entering 2025 season – NBCSP<\/a>
2. Not enough pass rush. The Eagles\u2019 defensive line was dominant in the Super Bowl<\/a> and Patrick Mahomes is probably still having nightmares about it after he was sacked six times for the first time in his NFL career. And if you just watched that game, you would probably think the Eagles\u2019 pass rush was dominant throughout 2024. But that wasn\u2019t really the case. Sure, the Eagles had the best defense in football but the strength of Vic Fangio\u2019s side of the football last season was the back seven. The Eagles\u2019 defensive line was good but not overly dominant. The Eagles finished the 2024 regular season with 41 sacks (t-13th) and a pressure rate of 31.1% (28th). A few key players from the defensive line (Josh Sweat, Milton Williams and Brandon Graham) are all gone and the Eagles are relying on some projection in 2025. There\u2019s a chance all of those projections hit and this unit is very good but that might be a tad unrealistic. At defensive tackle, the Eagles know they can rely on Jalen Carter, who was fantastic last season and is already one of the best interior defensive linemen in the NFL. But after losing Williams, the Eagles have to hope that Moro Ojomo, Jordan Davis and rookie Ty Robinson are able to be strong in that rotation. Ojomo has shown a ton of promise but Williams is leaving big shoes to fill. Davis has been a solid run-stuffer but still hasn\u2019t realized his potential as a pass rusher. And Robinson is an intriguing prospect but is a fourth-round rookie.<\/p>\n

Jalen Carter\u2019s foundation helps provide local \u2018grandfamilies\u2019 access to nutritious food: \u2018It means a whole lot that he\u2019s giving back\u2019 – Inquirer<\/a>
Jalen Carter walked into Hope Partnership for Education, a middle school in North Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon and experienced a wave of nostalgia. Growing up in Apopka, Fla., Carter would frequent his mother\u2019s daycare. Helping his mother, Tonique Brown, with the children inspired him to give back to the next generation through his eponymous foundation as he ascended to NFL success as a defensive tackle for the Eagles. On Thursday, the 24-year-old Carter partnered with Acme and Connectedly, a Philly-based nonprofit that supports seniors, to host a kickoff event for Connectedly\u2019s Philly Families Eat Smart summer program at the middle school. The six-week program, with support from Carter\u2019s foundation, is designed for grandparents raising their grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Rookie Q&A: 3 questions with Myles Hinton – PE.com<\/a>
3. What is the impact of your father\u2019s career on your journey? Hinton: \u201cIt has definitely had an influence. I\u2019m proud of my dad. I\u2019ve really enjoyed being his son. Seeing stuff about him being great makes me want to be great as well. It is really inspiring and he has encouraged me to do my best. That\u2019s all anybody can ask: Be as prepared as you can be and do the best job you can do. The coach here, Jeff Stoutland, is the same way. He has his reputation and it is well-deserved. I\u2019m watching film of this offensive line and they are moving people off the ball at a fast rate of speed. It\u2019s pretty amazing to watch. I want to be part of that. I want to be part of that five (starters). I\u2019m here around the best of the best in every way and that is an incredible thing. You come to work and you\u2019re going to be pushed and you\u2019re going to push yourself and there is no telling where this is going to take me. I could not have landed in a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders beef up on defensive line – ESPN<\/a>
Of the top 10 teams against the run last season, nine made the postseason. Of the bottom 10, only Washington reached the playoffs. It\u2019s a hard life to sustain as only four teams in the past three years made the postseason while finishing bottom 10. Also, as one member of the organization said, so much of that issue stemmed from being able to stop Saquon Barkley. In three games vs. Washington, he ran for a combined 414 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 5.9 yards per carry. The Eagles topped 200 yards rushing each time. \u201cWe didn\u2019t play the run well enough, and I thought we would have,\u201d Washington defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. said. \u201cSome of the things we\u2019re doing with the front for the run game we have changed and some we have adjusted.\u201d<\/p>\n

2024 REWIND: Week 11 – Commanders give up 20 points in 4th quarter to lose to Eagles 26-18 – Hogs Haven<\/a>
Disaster strikes for the Commanders: Jayden Daniels opened the drive with an interception \u2014 his 3rd of the season \u2014 by Reed Blankenship at Washington\u2019s 46-yard line. For all practical purposes, the game was over with this play, though 04:50 remained on the clock. Small chance had turned into no chance. Dan Quinn started burning time outs and hoping for a defensive stop, but the ending feels inevitable at this point.<\/p>\n

3 reasons the Cowboys won\u2019t win the NFC East – Blogging The Boys<\/a>
A brutal final stretch on the schedule: November brings a really tough stretch on the Cowboys\u2019 schedule. They host the Eagles and Chiefs – the two teams to reach the Super Bowl last year – over a span of four days. That is then followed up with a road trip to Detroit, home games against the Vikings and Chargers<\/a>, and then a road trip to face the Commanders. That\u2019s six games against playoff teams from a year ago, three of whom reached their conference\u2019s championship game, all towards the end of the season. Unless one of those teams goes through a sharp regression this year, it\u2019s likely that Dallas will be the underdog for all six of those games. Given how much the months of November and December can shape the playoff race, drawing these six opponents in a row at this time of year can be a death knell for not only the Cowboys\u2019 hopes in the NFC East, but to make the playoffs at all. <\/p>\n

Giants minicamp preview: About those spring narratives – Big Blue View<\/a>
Malik Nabers\u2019 toe \u2014 to worry or not to worry? The Giants\u2019 star wide receiver has not done anything more than walk-through periods this spring due to a toe issue. Is this something to worry about? I don\u2019t think so … yet. The Giants have said this is an injury Nabers has had to manage since college. I do admit to wondering if something happened earlier in Nabers\u2019 offseason training to exacerbate the issue.<\/p>\n

Which NFL players will improve in 2025? C.J. Stroud, Deebo Samuel among guaranteed risers – NFL.com<\/a>
Milton Williams was my colleague Gregg Rosenthal\u2019s top free agent this offseason, which speaks to Williams\u2019 impact given he played fewer than 50 percent of Philadelphia\u2019s defensive snaps in each of his four seasons with the team. In a backup role behind first-round draft picks Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter, Williams totaled a career-high five sacks and 35 QB pressures in 2024 (both third on the team). His 12.9 percent QB pressure rate was highest among NFL defensive tackles, per Next Gen Stats. He saved his best performance for last with two sacks in the Eagles\u2019 Super Bowl LIX victory. It can be risky paying part-time players big-time money like the Patriots did this offseason with Williams (four-year, $104 million deal). He will be tasked with turning around a defense that ranked 22nd in yards and points allowed in 2024. The Patriots signed a slew of defensive veterans, including Harold Landry, Robert Spillane and Carlton Davis III, for new head coach Mike Vrabel to deploy, and it\u2019s clear early on that Vrabel is looking for Williams to set the tone in his revamped D-line. He brings the experience to a front that features some young but talented disruptors in now healthy Christian Barmore and third-year defensive end Keion White, who has already drawn praise from Williams. The 26-year-old defensive tackle is positioned to build on his 2024 breakout season.<\/p>\n

Why are so many 2025 NFL Draft picks still unsigned? – SB Nation<\/a>
2025 second-round picks are unsigned across the NFL. On May 8th, the Houston Texans<\/a> inked their second-round pick, Jayden Higgins, to a typical four-year deal at the slotted 34th overall pick compensation rate. Nothing about that was weird. But the contract was the first fully guaranteed contract for a second-round player in NFL history. To that point, only first-round players signed fully guaranteed contracts. At slot 33, the Cleveland Browns<\/a> were in a bind. Picks 32 and 34 both had fully guaranteed contracts, so they would have to do it, too. The next day the Browns followed suit, signing Carson Swesinger to a fully guaranteed deal. That\u2019s where it\u2019s ended. No other second-rounders have signed as they all attempt to negotiate fully guaranteed deals, as well. The Seattle Seahawks<\/a> and pick 35 Nick Emmanwori are the next domino in the conversation, but if another player further down the draft order gets a fully guaranteed deal, the floodgates could open. For a little context, last year\u2019s 33rd overall pick, Keon Coleman of the Buffalo Bills<\/a>, signed a four-year deal worth $10,074,258 per Spotrac, a website devoted to sports contracts. $9,640,505 of it was fully guaranteed. That\u2019s a hair under 96% of it fully guaranteed, and just $433,753 in difference. The 64th overall selection, San Francisco\u2019s Renardo Green, had just more than 52% of his contract fully guaranteed. <\/p>\n

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