AUG 4 NOTHING CRAZY What can Eagles-ex Carson Wentz teach Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as a member of coach Andy Reid’s Super Bowl-title-defending squad?
“Nothing crazy, just kind of little things,” Wentz said. “The guy’s playing at an insane level, so I’m not trying to do anything crazy. But if there are little nuggets of info …”
He’s got a point. Wentz has lived a football life. He’s been billed as “the savior” in Philly, in Indy and in Washington …
And now he’s just a backup – with nuggets, for sure.
Mahomes, however, is a six-time Pro Bowler, a two-time All-Pro, a two-time NFL MVP, a three-time Super Bowl MVP and a three-time Super Bowl champion. So … maybe Wentz will be learning as much as he is teaching.
JUNE 19 SHADY RIPS LUKA Shady McCoy has moved into the TV business and he’s doing it on FS1. So outrageous takes are required. And the Eagles ex just unleashed a beaut.
“Luka is the worst All-Star I’ve ever seen in my life,” McCoy said in reflecting on Luka Doncic’s Mavs losing 4-1 to Boston in the NBA Finals. “He can score the ball, can pass the ball, can rebound all that. He has no effort on defense. He don’t want to play defense. Yes, he don’t hustle for no loose balls. He doesn’t for no loose rebounds.
Doncic, who finished No. 2 in the MVP race and my many measures was the best player in all the postseason, did not impress Shady.
“I will not let my son that wants to be a basketball player – I mean he wants to – but I would not let him watch his tape because I don’t want you to learn from a superstar like that. No hustle. No attitude. No care. Crazy,” McCoy added.
JUNE 8 KELCE TALK Jason Kelce’s retirement was an emotional thing in Philly.
And in his brother’s head and heart as well.
“I’m never doing it,” Travis said, via Parade of leaving the game. “Not after that speech, dude. No, [expletive] that. I don’t want to go through that.”
The goodbye presentation of Jason really was something. … and he himself is still adjusting,
Said Jason on the brothers’ “New Heights” podcast: “I’m still getting used to it. It feels weird not going into the building and just the little conversations you have. You’ll realize it, Trav, once it’s gone.”
But now Travis jokes that I’ll never be “gone.”
So it’s Kelce in KC … forever.
MAY 14 BIGGEST IMPACT? NFL.com has issued a list of the “biggest impact” trade guys and the Eagles are mentioned … as a “loser” of sorts.
The list credits the Jets for their acquisition of Reddick, who of course does indeed count as an on-field loss for Philly. But …
The story doesn’t tell the whole story.
Tom Blair of NFL.com’s ranking of the 10 traded players who will have the biggest impact has Reddick as the No. 6 guy. That’s legit. But the full story is also about Reddick leaving for the Jets while GM Howie Roseman signed a D-line replacement in Bryce Huff away from the Jets …
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Meaning, in the eyes of the Eagles, they didn’t really “lose” at all.
MAY 12 LEBRON TD? Jason Kelce’s next act after his Hall of Fame football career with the Philadelphia Eagles is expected to be an analyst on Monday Night Football.
He’s not a general manager. Not, yet. Maybe never.
That doesn’t mean he can’t play one. Kelce suggested that NBA superstar and certain Hall of Fame player in his sport, LeBron James, could be developed into an NFL red-zone threat within a year.
Never mind that James is on the brink of turning 40. Or that he probably wouldn’t be open to the idea. Why would he?
Kelce was simply responding to a debate that was spurred by NBA role player Austin Rivers regarding whether NFL players could hypothetically hold their own in the NBA, and vice versa.
ESPN analyst Ryan Clark chimed in, saying that the mental fortitude required to play football would be too difficult for some NBA players. Kelce disagreed when it came to James.
The former Eagles center went to social media and wrote:
“I love this argument and passion from Ryan, and as a football player my mind is screaming hell yeah!!! But, if I was an NFL GM, and it was an option, I’d sign LeBron today and within one offseason he’d be the greatest red zone threat in the NFL.”
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James’ size certainly makes it an intriguing thought. He is 6-8 and is athletic enough to make a go of it.
The question is, though, at 39, would James want to change careers?
Not likely.
Kelce never said James would. He was just offering an opinion and may not be done with his foray into the world of being a GM. Already, he seems to be showing some outside-the-box thinking.
