Julian Vandervelde

— Getting the mismatches he dreams of to create open spaces for top playmakers LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson will require Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly to get a little bigger on offense as well. This doesn't necessarily apply to the...

DEFENSE (We'll be assuming here that the Eagles switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 scheme): DE: Fletcher Cox, Cedric Thornton, and Cullen Jenkins should all make seamless transitions from 4-3 DT to 3-4 DE. Added depth would be nice,......

Bottom line from the Philadelphia Eagles' puzzling 24-23 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Thursday night's preseason opener: Plenty of encouraging things happened for Dream Team, Interrupted. Rookie quarterback Nick Foles tossed two touchdown passes....

|TV SPORTS| High School Football—McKinley (Ohio) at Canton Glen Oak (Ohio), 6 p.m. (FXSP) NFL Football—Arizona Cardinals at St. Louis Rams, 7 p.m. (NFL Network) College Football—Southern California at Utah, 8 p.m. (ESPN) WNBA Basketball&...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|   Aberdeen Roncalli vs. Groton, Roncalli Gym, 8 p.m.  Brookings at Pierre  Cheyenne-Eagle Butte at McLaughlin  Deuel Triangular (Deubrook, Grant-Deuel) at Clear Lake  Florence-Henry at Britton-Hecla...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, 10 a.m. (CBS) College Football--Alabama State vs. Bethune-Cookman, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Kentucky at Louisville, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN); Southern Methodist at Baylor, 5:30 p.m. (FXSP) Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, Indy...

With tackle Jason Peters presumably out for the season (or at least the first half for sure, barring divine intervention), the focus has naturally shifted to the available free agents out there. And no doubt a few of them --......

One position in which the Eagles never like to be in is drafting for immediate needs. This year is no different. The team would prefer to rely on free agency and the continuing development of younger players such as Curtis Marsh, Keenan Clayton, Jamar...

OK, here's the situation: There's no excuse now for the Eagles to come out here today and poop their pants against the New York Jets. Despite what they've been saying all week about not paying attention to the scoreboard, they're......

The move by the NFL this week to make teams bring in an independent trainer to monitor all suspected concussion-related injuries at every game was going to happen one way or another. It just so happened that the trigger in......

Get ready for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie's second start for the Philadelphia Eagles. He'll be the left cornerback, replacing the injured Asante Samuel. Rodgers-Cromartie had at least three interceptions in each of this first three seasons -- all with the...

LeSean McCoy won't be breaking any more Eagles' rushing records this season. The third-year running back has been prudently deactivated for today's game against the Washington Redskins. This is the right move all the way. No sense in putting him......