Jimmy Kempski

Jimmy Kempski has covered the Philadelphia Eagles since 2013, with stops at the Allentown Morning Call and Philly.com before joining PhillyVoice in 2014. His year-round coverage includes analysis and breaking news, told through words and poorly drawn stick figures. Follow him at the social media outlet of your choice @JimmyKempski.

jimmy@phillyvoice.com

January 11, 2026

Eagles

Eagles-49ers Wild Card Round inactives, with analysis

by Jimmy Kempski

The Philadelphia Eagles enter their Wild Card Round matchup with the San Francisco reasonably healthy, and also fresh after resting starters Week 18 against the Washington Commanders. They will be without start RT Lane Johnson. The 49ers are missing their best pass rusher, they're extremely thin at linebacker, and they were on the wrong end of a very physical Week 18 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

January 11, 2026

Eagles

Eagles will play the Bears in the Divisional Round if they beat the 49ers on Sunday

by Jimmy Kempski

If the Philadelphia Eagles are able to beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, their Divisional Round opponent is now known. Following the Chicago Bears' win over the Green Bay Packers, the 2-seed Bears would host the 3-seed Eagles next weekend in Chicago at Soldier Field. In that scenario, the 1-seed Seattle Seahawks would host the 5-seed Los Angeles Rams.

January 11, 2026

Eagles

Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-49ers playoff game

by Jimmy Kempski

The Philadelphia Eagles' season is over, after they lost in the Wild Card Round to the San Francisco 49ers. As always, win, lose, or tie, we hand out 10 awards.

January 11, 2026

Eagles

Open thread replay: 49ers 23, Eagles 19

by Jimmy Kempski

The conversation from the Eagles' Wild Card bow out to the 49ers, as it happened.

January 10, 2026

Eagles

Eagles-49ers Wild Card Round injury report, with analysis

by Jimmy Kempski

The Philadelphia Eagles enter their Wild Card Round matchup with the San Francisco very healthy, and also fresh after resting starters Week 18 against the Washington Commanders. The 49ers are missing two of their best defensive players, and were on the wrong end of a very physical Week 18 game against the Seattle Seahawks. Here's the Eagles-49ers injury report, with analysis.

January 10, 2026

Eagles

NFL Wild Card Round straight up, against the spread, and survivor pool picks

by Jimmy Kempski

For the gambling degenerates, here are my Wild Card Round NFL picks.

January 10, 2026

Eagles

Eagles cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean named to NFL All-Pro team

by Jimmy Kempski

Two Philadelphia Eagles players were named to the 2025-2026 All-Pro team. They were cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean.

January 10, 2026

Eagles

2025-2026 NFL playoff predictions

by Jimmy Kempski

The NFL 2025-2026 playoffs are here, so let's fill out some brackets. How far will the Philadelphia Eagles go? Will they get back to the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons? Can they win it all?

January 9, 2026

Eagles

Wild Card Round non-Eagles rooting guide

by Jimmy Kempski

Each week we'll lay out a rooting guide for non-Eagles games on the NFL schedule for those of you on the fence while watching the other action around the league. We'll continue on into the playoffs.

January 8, 2026

Eagles

Eagles-49ers preview: Five things to watch when the Eagles have the ball

by Jimmy Kempski

It's go time. The Philadelphia Eagles are in the playoffs, and their Wild Card Round opponent is the San Francisco 49ers, who the Birds did not play this season, but with whom they have some history. Yesterday we showed five to watch when the 49ers have the ball. Today we'll look at when the Eagles have the ball.