Don Smolenski
Embed from Getty Images A wave of activity swept the NFL with coaches being hired left and right on Thursday. In all, four teams made new hires on Thursday, but no team had a more interesting day or week than the Eagles. The past 16 days of a coaching search that concluded on Thursday […]
Embed from Getty Images 16 days ago, the Eagles dropped a bomb of an announcement with the firing of Chip Kelly. 16 days later, Kelly found a new job and the Eagles filled their coaching vacancy just hours apart. When the Eagles began their search, they started internally. The first two candidates interviewed were […]
Embed from Getty Images Until Tuesday night, there were about five things you could have listed as top priority for the Eagles offseason. With Chip Kelly officially out in Philadelphia, the head coaching search takes over as top priority. There are several candidates that will be considered as the next head coach of the […]
Embed from Getty Images The Chip Kelly era didn't just define Chip Kelly and Jeffrey Lurie. It also helped define where Howie Roseman stands with the Philadelphia Eagles. Roseman was elevated to general manager under Andy Reid in 2010, though he served more as an advisor with Reid having the final say in football […]
Embed from Getty Images The news of Chip Kelly's firing shocked the football world on Tuesday evening. But now, nearly 24 later as the news settles in, the Eagles will have to start picking up the pieces and moving forward. There were surely several reasons for the decision to release Kelly now. Regardless of […]
Joe Banner is moving on and joining the Cleveland Browns organization. (Photo courtesy of Philly.com) Joe Banner has found his way back into an NFL front office. After stepping down as Eagles president back in April, he was replaced by Don Smolenski, but stayed on the team as a “strategic advisor”. But after rumors began […]