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

October 21, 2016

Eagles

Eagles vs. Vikings: Five matchups to watch

by Jimmy Kempski

After dropping two straight games to the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins on the road the last two weeks, the Philadelphia Eagles will head home, where it won't get any easier against the undefeated Minnesota Vikings. Here are five matchups to watch.

October 21, 2016

Eagles

Eagles-Vikings Friday injury update, with analysis

by Jimmy Kempski

Over their last two games, the Philadelphia Eagles have faced teams who were missing several starters due to injury, but they were unable to take advantage. This Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, the relatively healthy Eagles will face a team missing several starters. Here's the Friday injury report, with analysis.

October 20, 2016

Eagles

Eagles DE Connor Barwin likely to see his snaps decrease

by Jimmy Kempski

Through the first five games of the season, Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Connor Barwin leads all defensive linemen in total snaps played. However, he has just nine tackles (including just four solo tackles), one sack, and no tackles for loss so far this season.

October 20, 2016

Eagles

Report: It'll be Carson Wentz vs. Dak Prescott Week 8 in Dallas

by Jimmy Kempski

As we noted last week, a Dallas Cowboys beat writer opined that the Philadelphia Eagles would not see Tony Romo when they face the Cowboys Week 8 in Dallas. Instead, they'll face rookie quarterback Dak Prescott. Yesterday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported more definitively that the Cowboys will indeed roll with Prescott.

October 20, 2016

Eagles

Bears-Packers Thursday Night Football open thread

by Jimmy Kempski

On Thursday Night Football, there are a pair of NFC teams that will square off in the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. The Bears are done and potentially headed toward a top five pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. We killed off the Bears and 49ers in our Hirerarchy/Obituary earlier this week.

October 19, 2016

Eagles

Eagles power ranking roundup: Back to mediocrity

by Jimmy Kempski

As we know, power rankings are kind of pointless, but we click them anyway. Here's a roundup of where the Eagles "rank" a week after their second straight loss of the season.

October 19, 2016

Eagles

Week 7 NFL picks

by Jimmy Kempski

For the gambling degenerates, here are my Week 7 NFL picks. To note, the helmets indicate who I think will win the game, not cover the spread. At the end of the picks, I'll note a few teams that I like based on the spread.

October 19, 2016

Eagles

Starting Vaitai makes (some) logical long-term sense for Eagles

by Jimmy Kempski

There's an argument to be made that moving Allen Barbre to right tackle and filling Steven Wisniewski in at left guard would be putting the five best offensive linemen on the team on the field. But the Eagles chose to go another direction when they inserted rookie fifth round pick Halapoulivaati Vaitai directly in at right tackle.

October 18, 2016

Eagles

Will the Eagles try to add a player at the NFL trade deadline?

by Jimmy Kempski

Over the last few days, fans who are concerned about the Eagles' depth at corner, or the right tackle spot, or the ineffectiveness of the wide receiver corps, or whatever, have asked me quite a bit if the Eagles could swing a deal for more help at the trade deadline on November 1.

October 18, 2016

Eagles

NFC Hierarchy/Obituary after Week 6

by Jimmy Kempski

After taking a week off from the Hierarchy/Obituary series, we're back this week, and we have our first two NFC obituaries of the 2016 NFL season. Let's get right to it.