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

July 18, 2016

Eagles

The Eagles will probably be timeout wasters once again

by Jimmy Kempski

Philadelphia Eagles fans certainly won't miss Chip Kelly offensive series that were three plays in duration and were over by the time you got back from your trip to the bathroom on a commercial break. That said, one thing the Eagles almost never did offensively under Kelly was waste timeouts because the play clock was running down. Wasted timeouts were a common occurrence from 1999-2012, when one Mr. Andrew Walter Reid was the head coach in Philly, and they're probably coming back.

July 17, 2016

Eagles

Eagles training camp will be more physical under Doug Pederson

by Jimmy Kempski

Over the last three seasons under Chip Kelly, the Eagles had difficult training camps, employing perhaps the fastest paced practices in the NFL. Players received maximum reps, but little in the way of in-practice instruction. On the bright side (for the players, anyway), the Eagles did not tackle in practice. Under Doug Pederson, Eagles training camp will do a compete 180.

July 17, 2016

Eagles

Eagles have almost a century's worth of NFL playing experience on their coaching staff

by Jimmy Kempski

The former coaching regime, or more specifically Chip Kelly himself, was often criticized for not being able to relate to players. Doug Pederson believes that coaches with playing experience have a better understanding of what it is to be a player in the league.

July 17, 2016

Eagles

Doug Pederson says Carson Wentz likely to be inactive on game day

by Jimmy Kempski

Ever since the Eagles selected Carson Wentz with the No. 2 overall pick, they've made it clear that they want to be extremely patient with him. Wentz is a player the Eagles view as the long term centerpiece of the franchise, but not in any way some kind of short term fix. They're so dedicated to their patient approach, in fact, that Wentz probably won't even be active on game day initially, according to head coach Doug Pederson.

July 16, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie NFL player comparisons: The full series

by Jimmy Kempski

Over the last week, we took a look at each of the Eagles' rookie draft picks, and compared them to current and/or former NFL players. In case you missed any of them, here is the series in full.

July 15, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie NFL player comparisons: Joe Walker

by Jimmy Kempski

Leading up to training camp, as we did last year, we'll be comparing each of the Eagles' rookies to current NFL players. In case you missed the first six Eagles draft pick comps, you can find them below:

July 14, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie NFL player comparisons: Alex McCalister

by Jimmy Kempski

Leading up to training camp, we'll be comparing each of the Eagles' rookies to current NFL players. Today we'll find a comp for edge rusher Alex McCalister.

July 13, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie NFL player comparisons: Jalen Mills

by Jimmy Kempski

Leading up to training camp, we'll be comparing each of the Eagles' rookies to current NFL players. Today we'll find a comp for CB Jalen Mills.

July 12, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie NFL player comparisons: Blake Countess

by Jimmy Kempski

Leading up to training camp, we'll be comparing each of the Eagles' rookies to current NFL players. Today we'll find a comp for CB/S Blake Countess.

July 12, 2016

Eagles

NFL age inventory: Defensive front seven

by Jimmy Kempski

A few weeks ago, we took a detailed look at the average age of the Eagles' offensive starters compared with the rest of the NFL. It turned out that they have the second youngest skill position players in the NFL (if you cheat a little and use Carson Wentz instead of Sam Bradford), but the oldest offensive line in the NFL. Today, we'll turn our attention to the defensive side of the ball, and more specifically, the defensive front seven.