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.

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December 26, 2016

Eagles

Projecting the futures for the Eagles' 2016 draft class

by Jimmy Kempski

The Philadelphia Eagles' 2016 draft class included eight picks, the first four of which were on the offensive side of the ball, the last four on defense. Five of those players saw game action with the Eagles as rookies, most notably, obviously, quarterback Carson Wentz. Today we'll take a look at how those players project with the Eagles going forward.

December 25, 2016

Eagles

NFL Sunday (Christmas) open thread

by Jimmy Kempski

With Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, the NFL decided to move the vast majority of their games to Saturday, on Christmas Eve. However, there are still two games on the schedule on Christmas, one of which will include Big Red's Kansas City Chiefs.

December 25, 2016

Eagles

Eagles stay or go: Defensive tackles

by Jimmy Kempski

The 2016 Philadelphia Eagles season is essentially over, so with just one game remaining, we'll continue to look ahead to the offseason. As a starting point, let's take a look at each position and figure out which players will be back in 2017. Today we'll look at the defensive tackles.

December 25, 2016

Eagles

Eagles' first-round draft pick won't be worse than 18th overall

by Jimmy Kempski

It's Christmas morning, and while we'll have one more week to find out exactly where the Eagles will be selecting in the 2017 NFL Draft, we know already that the pick they acquired in a trade from the Minnesota Vikings for Sam Bradford won't be worse than 18th overall.

December 24, 2016

Eagles

Grocery shopping: Five college players to watch who could interest the Eagles in the 2017 NFL Draft

by Jimmy Kempski

It's college bowl season, and as long as you're taking in some college football action this Saturday afternoon/evening, here are some players who could make some sense for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2017 NFL Draft.

December 24, 2016

Eagles

NFL Saturday open thread

by Jimmy Kempski

With Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, the NFL decided to move the vast majority of their games to Saturday, on Christmas Eve. The Eagles' essentially season is over, obviously, but there are still plenty of games to be played around the rest of the league over the last two weeks that will decide who's in and out of the playoffs.

December 23, 2016

Eagles

Eagles RB Ryan Mathews suffers serious injury, is done for season

by Jimmy Kempski

In his day-after press conference, Doug Pederson revealed that Ryan Mathews has a C6 and C7 herniated disk, which means that Mathews' season is over. Pederson said that Mathews suffered the injury on the third down play in which Mathews was tackled a foot or two shy of the goal Line. Mathews stayed in the game and was stopped again on fourth down.

December 23, 2016

Eagles

Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-Giants game

by Jimmy Kempski

For the first time in a month and a half, the Philadelphia Eagles played a football game and scored more points than the other team. As always, win or lose, we hand out 10 awards.

December 22, 2016

Eagles

Recap: Eagles chat with Jimmy Kempski

by Jimmy Kempski

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

December 22, 2016

Eagles

Recap: Eagles snap skid, prevent Giants from clinching playoff berth at Linc

by Jimmy Kempski

The Eagles are no long practically eliminated from playoff contention. After their loss to the Ravens last Sunday, they are now mathematically eliminated, and still have two games to play. If you bought tickets to this game hoping it would mean something, well, at least you can watch Carson Wentz instead of Sam Bradford.