Jimmy Kempski

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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 18, 2018

Eagles

Here are all of Eagles WR Alshon Jeffery's career targets vs. Vikings CB Xavier Rhodes

On Wednesday, when we published our five matchups to watch when the Eagles have the ball in the NFC Championship Game against the Vikings, one of the more obvious ones was Alshon Jeffery vs. Vikings CB Xavier Rhodes.

January 18, 2018

Eagles

Conference championship round NFL playoff picks

For the gambling degenerates, here are my NFL conference championship round playoffs picks.

January 18, 2018

Eagles

Recap: Eagles chat with Jimmy Kempski

Beginning at noon today, Jimmy Kempski will take your questions in another Eagles chat. Be sure to join him here.

January 17, 2018

Eagles

Lane Johnson underdog t-shirt sales have raised over $50,000 for Philadelphia schools

After the "underdog" No. 1 seed Philadelphia Eagles beat the favored No. 6 seed Atlanta Falcons in the division round of the NFC playoffs, offensive tackle Lane Johnson and defensive end Chris Long proudly donned dog masks, mocking the idea that the Eagles were underdogs.

January 17, 2018

Eagles

Eagles injury report: Birds are healthy, devastating season-ending injuries aside

The Philadelphia Eagles are pretty far from "healthy," as they lost lost Carson Wentz, Jason Peters, Jordan Hicks, and Darren Sproles for the year. However, based just on their current 53-man roster, there were no unknown injuries on the first day of practice as Birds came out of their divisional round playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons relatively unscathed.

January 17, 2018

Eagles

Eagles vs. Vikings: Five matchups to watch, when Philly has the ball

The Minnesota Vikings had the No. 1 ranked defense in the NFL in 2017, finishing second overall both against the run and the pass. The Vikings' is similar to the Eagles', in that they rely on their front four to get to the quarterback.

January 17, 2018

Eagles

Eagles vs. Vikings: Five matchups to watch, when Minnesota has the ball

While the strength of the Minnesota Vikings' team is very clearly their No. 1 ranked defense, they also have a formidable offense that ranked 11th in the NFL in yards, and 10th in points. Earlier today, we listed five matchups to watch when the Eagles have the ball. Here we note five matchups to watch when the Vikings have it.

January 16, 2018

Eagles

Eagles get another familiar referee assignment for NFC Championship Game vs. Vikings

The NFL's Conference Championship referee assignments are in, according to FootballZebras.com, and the Philadelphia Eagles' matchup with the Minnesota Vikings will be officiated by the one and only Ed Hochuli.

January 16, 2018

Eagles

Derek Barnett named to PFWA All-Rookie team

On Tuesday, the Pro Football Writers of America (I think I'm a member, but only about 60 percent sure) released their All-Rookie team, and Eagles defensive end Derek Barnett made the cut.

January 16, 2018

Eagles

Mike Lombardi acknowledges that Doug Pederson isn't the dumbest human alive

We're a little late on this, since I didn't want to post two "Doug is great!" articles in one day. But it's worth following up on Lombardi acknowledging that Pederson can actually walk and chew gum at the same time, though he didn't go much further than that.

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