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 17, 2015

Eagles

Eagles mock draft roundup

The Super Bowl isn't even over yet, and mock draft season has already begun. Like fat kids in a candy store, we can't help but lose self control. So we click on them.

January 16, 2015

Eagles

Where the Eagles' 2014 season went wrong: The full five part series

January 15, 2015

Eagles

Introducing the #ChipTracker, and a podcast

There isn't a head coach in the NFL who attends more football events than Chip Kelly. Last offseason, for example, Chip attended at least 13 Pro Days, including Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Temple, Alabama, Louisville, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, Navy, Penn State and LSU. The Eagles' first two draft picks -- Marcus Smith of Louisville and Jordan Matthews of Vanderbilt -- were of course part of that tour.

January 15, 2015

Eagles

Where the Eagles' season went wrong, part V: Lack of explosive plays

January 14, 2015

Eagles

Where the Eagles' season went wrong, part IV: Bad QB play

In 2013, as we all know, Nick Foles threw 27 touchdown passes and 2 interceptions. During the offseason last year, no reasonable Eagles fan expected Foles to come anywhere close to matching those numbers. However, that didn't necessarily mean that he couldn't improve as a player, even if those numbers would be nearly impossible to match. But Foles did not get better. Instead, he regressed.

January 14, 2015

Eagles

Eagles offseason positional previews: OL

January 13, 2015

Eagles

What they're saying: Assessing Jeremy Maclin's value

What is Jeremy Maclin's value? Tim McManus of Birds 24/7 went out and asked NFL "money guy" Joel Corry what kind of contract Maclin should expect on the open market. Interestingly, Corry thinks old friend Andy Reid could make a strong play for his former wide receiver.

January 13, 2015

Eagles

Where the Eagles' season went wrong, part III: OL continuity

In 2013, the Eagles' offensive line stayed remarkably healthy. Its five starters - Jason Peters, Evan Mathis, Jason Kelce, Todd Herremans, and Lane Johnson - played a combined 98.18% of the offensive snaps. That quintet started all 17 games (including the playoffs), and only Peters played fewer than 99% of the snaps:

January 13, 2015

Eagles

Eagles offseason positional previews: TE

Continuing on once again with our offseason team needs series, we'll take a look at a position where the Eagles are stacked -- tight end.

January 12, 2015

Eagles

Where the Eagles' season went wrong, part II: Big plays allowed

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