The Eagles have had a sluggish start and been damaged by injuries to certain position groups however remain quite alive in a brutal NFC East and are strongly approaching the trade due date, league sources stated. General supervisor Howie Roseman is amongst the more proactive executives in the league and has already sent signals to several teams that he is interested in getting a few of their talent if they are open to it.
Philadelphias roster has actually been shuffling constantly, with the offending line and receiver groups annihilated by duplicated injuries and problems. The groups linebackers have been under heavy criticism in current weeks for duplicated coverage breakdowns, and the Eagles could stand to enhance on both sides of the ball outside of the protective line, which has actually been dominant.
If there is a trade to be made hell do it. Bringing in a totally free agent from the exterior is tougher now and more dangerous with COVID, and he loves to make trades anyhow.
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Quarterback Carson Wentz is having the worst season of his career a minimum of in part due to the lineup shuffle, though the team is extremely confident that a number of those crucial injured veterans will be back in the second half of the season. Linebacker, a location of factor to consider in the early rounds of the draft, is one area of focus for the team, according to some who have actually touched with Roseman.
The Eagles are just 1-3-1, with the tie coming against the rebuilding Bengals, but anticipate to be in the thick of the division race all season long and with much better health might still be a consider January. They track Dallas by simply a half video game– the Cowboys lost starting quarterback Dak Prescott for the season recently– and while the Eagles face an overwhelming task versus Baltimore, having to begin an offending line that is absolutely unverified beyond veteran center Jason Kelce, they deal with the Giants Thursday night and then have a bye the weekend before the trade due date, which will be active for Roseman.
The Eagles next 3 games are against having a hard time divisional opponents, the Giants (two times) and Cowboys, before facing a more difficult part of the schedule.
