Eagles Add More Firepower On Defense
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Johnson enters year 13 with the Eagles and in the NFL, and has showed no signs of slowing down. "He’s building his Hall of Fame resumé, and it’s been incredible [to watch]," Terron Armstead said.
The Eagles lost five defensive starters, two defensive backups and one offensive starter from last year’s Super Bowl team, and how they go about replacing those positions is one of the top things to monitor this summer.
But having lived in Philadelphia since joining PennLive, this shifted role made sense. The rapid success of Nick Farabaugh, our excellent, dedicated Steelers beat writer, made this make sense. Now, PennLive will have the NFL covered on both sides of the state.
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, we know a little better. He is a former fifth-rounder who won a Super Bowl ring as part of the Los Angeles Rams roster. Since then, he has also spent time with the Houston Texans and the Cleveland Browns.
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PHILADELPHIA — The word that contains the Eagles’ ultimate goal for the 2025 season is one Nick Sirianni won’t let slip from his lips. Only once does the head coach say it, only in response to a roundtable of reporters who collectively wonder how a reigning Super Bowl champion will prolong its golden era:
They have the best line, running back, and pass-catchers ... and the defense might be better than the offense. Again.
Signing Mukuba ahead of camp was high priority for the Eagles, who have a void at safety alongside Reed Blankenship after trading C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Houston Texans in March. Third-year safety Sydney Brown is also expected to compete for the starting job.
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The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles will hold their first training-camp workout Wednesday at their practice facility in South Philadelphia, but it won't be anything like the ones that used to take place up at Lehigh University.
Jalen Hurts is just fine playing quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. It doesn't hurt that he's a defending Super Bowl champion, either. But there's another sport he wouldn't mind playing. In the Eagles' 2025 media guide, Hurts was asked what he'd do athletically if not baseball.