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

May 18, 2016

Eagles

Recap: Eagles chat with Jimmy Kempski

by Jimmy Kempski

Eagles full team practices kicked off Tuesday with the first OTA session of the offseason. Sam Bradford met Carson Wentz, and nobody punched anyone that I'm aware of. Got questions or comments? Beginning at noon today, Jimmy Kempski will take your questions in his weekly Eagles chat. Be sure to join him here.

May 17, 2016

Eagles

10 players the Eagles can least afford to lose to injury

by Jimmy Kempski

Here are the 10 players the Eagles can least afford to lose to injury. Obviously, some of the below choices are the Eagles' best players, but we tried to also consider their importance to the scheme, depth behind them, long-term vs short term effects, and other factors.

May 17, 2016

Eagles

Darren Sproles skips Eagles OTAs amid trade rumors; Doug Pederson responds

by Jimmy Kempski

Back in April, Darren Sproles was one of three Eagles players to miss a voluntary camp, along with LT Jason Peters and DT Fletcher Cox. Sproles' absence was with the Eagles' blessing, as he was training in California and coaching his daughter's track team. In the Eagles' first post-draft OTAs, Sproles is absent yet again, this time because his name surfaced in trade rumors during the draft, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

May 17, 2016

Eagles

Carson Wentz resides squarely behind Sam Bradford's shoulder

by Jimmy Kempski

For the first time in 2016, the Eagles practiced as a team at Eagles OTAs on Tuesday. There was a big, rich, talented, costly redheaded dude running with the third string offense. The quarterback running with the first string offense, of course, was the sleeved one, Sam Bradford. During practice, all media attention was on the guy running the third string offense, Carson Wentz. Sam Bradford knows he's there (duh), and he knows it's only a matter of time before Wentz is taking snaps from Jason Kelce and he's... not.

May 16, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie defensive end Alex McCalister game review

by Jimmy Kempski

A number of the Eagles' selections in the 2016 NFL Draft have had off-the-field issues, and the coverage of them has focused initially on that. Sunday, we began looking at those players on the field, beginning with Eagles fifth round running back Wendell Smallwood. Today we'll continue on with seventh round defensive end Alex McCalister from Florida.

May 15, 2016

Eagles

Eagles rookie running back Wendell Smallwood game review

by Jimmy Kempski

Most of the coverage around Wendell Smallwood has centered around off-the-field issues, however, today we'll take a deeper look at what he is as, you know, a football player.

May 14, 2016

Eagles

Eagles' rookie minicamp practice notes

by Jimmy Kempski

On Friday, the Eagles had their first official practice session open to the media for the first time in 2016. The Eagles had 53 players in attendance -- all eight of their draft picks, 17 undrafted rookie free agents, four players entering their second year in the NFL, and 26 "tryouts." We (the media) were only in there a short time and the Eagles were running extremely basic drills, but hey, this is like a "practice notes" tune up for me, so I'll take it.

May 13, 2016

Eagles

Will Jason Peters buy what Carson Wentz is selling?

by Jimmy Kempski

While it could take Wentz longer to win the trust of the vets in the locker room, it's a good sign that his initial mindset is similar to that of the most respected Eagle over the last half decade.

May 13, 2016

Eagles

Eagles notes: A second look at the absolute steal the Eagles got by moving from 13 to 8

by Jimmy Kempski

The Titans had to give up a 2 and a 3 to move up from pick No. 15 to pick No. 8. What would you rather have -- Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso, or a 2 and a 3?

May 12, 2016

Eagles

Tom Condon (Sam Bradford's agent) speaks again: Let's dissect his wrongness, again

by Jimmy Kempski

Two days before the 2016 NFL Draft, Tom Condon, the agent for Sam Bradford, appeared on SiriusXM radio and talked for four-plus minutes about the plight of his client in the wake of the Eagles trading up to the No. 2 overall pick, which was to become a quarterback. It's now almost three weeks later, and Condon is still spewing the same garbage rhetoric, and expanding on it. Let's dissect his words again, because frankly, it's fun.