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

December 8, 2015

Eagles

ESPN's Ed Werder explains DeMarco Murray's plight

This past Sunday in Foxborough, Eagles running back DeMarco Murray only got on the field for 14 snaps in the Birds' win over the New England Patriots. On Tuesday morning, it was revealed in a pair of tweets by ESPN's Ed Werder, who is well known for covering the Dallas Cowboys, that Murray expressed frustrations with his role in Chip Kelly's offense to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie.

December 7, 2015

Eagles

Film review: Breaking down the Eagles' biggest play of the game vs the Patriots

In 2014, the Philadelphia Eagles' special teams units were easily the best in the NFL, as they generated a staggering seven touchdowns. Heading into yesterday's game against the New England Patriots in Foxboro, the Eagles had just one, a punt return by Darren Sproles against the Jets Week 3.

December 7, 2015

Eagles

NFL draft order, updated after Week 13

The Philadelphia Eagles did something not many teams do -- they went into Foxborough and beat the New England Patriots, putting themselves just 0.5 games out of first place in the NFC East behind the Washington Redskins, who play the Dallas Cowboys tonight. However, for those of you keeping an eye on the draft, the Eagles hurt their draft position significantly yesterday, as they went from the ninth overall pick to 14th.

December 7, 2015

Eagles

'Coach Chip' overrules 'GM Chip' vs. Pats

Having triple responsibilities of coach, GM, and play caller, Kelly has been questioned on whether or not his role as GM could cloud his usage of players on the field. As in, would Kelly stick with under-performing players because they're "his acquisitions?"

December 6, 2015

Eagles

Chip Kelly likely to remain Eagles' coach in 2016, per report

According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Chip Kelly isn't going anywhere next year. There are plenty of reasons to move on from Kelly, which we enumerated last week.

December 6, 2015

Eagles

Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-Patri*ts game

Well that was... unexpected? Coming off three straight atrocious losses to a trio of bad teams, the Philadelphia Eagles did what not too many teams do -- they walked out of Gillette Stadium with a W. As always, win or lose, we hand out 10 awards.

December 6, 2015

Eagles

A collection of emails from angry Patri*ts fans who don't like hearing their team cheats

If you follow my work here, you know that I make NFL picks every week, and I'll often point out that the Patri*ts cheat. Because they do. That's not an opinion. It's a fact. Here's an example from this week:

December 6, 2015

Eagles

Eagles-Patriots inactives, with analysis: Eagles finally realize Miles Austin is awful

The Philadelphia Eagles released their inactives against the New England Patriots, and the biggest news is that Jason Peters and Bennie Logan are active. Earlier this week, Sam Bradford was listed as probable, so he will start at quarterback, as expected. And finally... stop the presses... Miles Austin was benched. Here is the full list of Eagles and Patriots inactives:

December 5, 2015

Eagles

Grocery shopping: Five college players to watch who could interest the Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft

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December 4, 2015

Eagles

A look ahead to the 2016 quarterback class: Brandon Doughty edition

During the offseason and continuing into the regular season, we started taking a look at some of the quarterbacks eligible to enter the 2016 NFL Draft. Today we'll take a look at a quarterback that is a bit off the radar, Western Kentucky's Brandon Doughty.

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