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4 takeaways from the Eagles signing Brandon Brooks to massive contract extension

4 takeaways from the Eagles signing Brandon Brooks to a massive contract extension

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The Philadelphia Eagles rewarded Brandon Brooks for his dominant play, signing the Pro Bowl right guard to a four-year, $54.2 million extension.

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According to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport, the deal makes Brooks the highest-paid guard in the NFL.

With the Eagles set to battle the New England Patriots at home on Sunday, here are four takeaways from the massive deal.

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1. Brooks has been ELITE

The Eagles star is currently ranked number one among guards with a 93.4 overall grade this season and he’s only allowed just one sack in his last 59 games played.

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Eagles’ Brandon Brooks now the highest paid guard in NFL after signing 4-year, $56.2M contract extension

Eagles Brandon Brooks is now the highest-paid guard in NFL after signing 4-year, $54.2M contract extension

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Brandon Brooks has performed like one of the best players in football this season and on Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles rewarded him handsomely for it. The Eagles announced the signing of Brooks to a new four-year contract extension.

Jeff McLane is reporting that the deal is for four years, $56.2 million, with $30 million fully guaranteed.

According to Over The Cap, the $14.25 million average is the highest in the league among guards, ahead of Zach Martin of the Cowboys ($14 million per year). Andrew Norwell of the Jaguars averages $13.3 million.

Brooks reached the Pro Bowl in 2017 and 2018 and is certain to be an All-Pro this season as well.

Eagles sign Brandon Brooks to 4-year contract extension

Eagles sign Brandon Brooks to a 4-year contract extension

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The Philadelphia Eagles just announced that they’ve signed All-Pro right guard Brandon Brooks to a four-year contract extension.

Brooks is now the highest-paid guard in the NFL, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. He’s also the top-graded offensive linemen in football according to Pro Football Focus.

Tom Brady not over Super Bowl loss, hints at Patriots using their own ‘Special’ play vs. the Eagles

Tom Brady says he’s still not over Super Bowl loss to the Eagles

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Tom Brady is preparing for his first duel with Carson Wentz, yet he still can’t get over the sting of New England’s crushing 41-33 loss to Philadelphia in Super Bowl LII.

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While a guest on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” in Boston on Monday morning, Brady discussed the ‘mental scar tissue’ that remains from that crushing defeat against the Birds.

“You assume I’m over it? Come on now,” Brady said. “That’s a lot of mental scar tissue from that year. That was a tough game.

Brady went on to provide further insight into the lasting hangover he feels from that loss.

“In a lot of ways we learned from that year and we came back stronger the next year. We won the Super Bowl in ’18. I think everything is a matter of perspective and when you play in that game and you play great teams, you’re not going to win them all. This is not the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. This is all about tough competition against the best teams. They deserved it that year, and now a couple years later we get a chance to play the organization again. We’ve had a lot of changes, they’ve had a lot of changes. It’s totally different circumstances. Huge game for us. Big game for them. The better team is going to win.”

Both teams are coming off bye weeks and the Patriots (8-1), are nearly unbeatable when they’ve had a week to prepare.

While discussing the “Philly Special”, Brady hinted at the Patriots pulling out their own bag of tricks in the rematch.

“Tough play to stop. They executed it well,” Brady told WEEI. “That play will go down in history, just like a lot of those big plays in the Super Bowl have. Good for them.”

NFC playoff picture: Where the Eagles stand after Cowboys loss on Sunday night

NFC Playoff picture and where the Eagles stand after Cowboys loss

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The Philadelphia Eagles have finished up a much-needed bye week as the team sits at 5-4, with the New England Patriots visiting the Linc this week.

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Things seemed cloudy on Sunday with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and Green Bay Packers all playing so well. It was assumed that the NFC East might only get one team into the playoffs with Philadelphia or Dallas representing the division in the postseason.

After Sunday’s wild and crazy action, culminating with the Cowboys’ huge loss at home to the Vikings, the NFC is now wide open.

Here are your current NFC standings:

National Football Conference

San Francisco 49ers 8-0
Green Bay Packers 8-2
New Orleans Saints 8-2
Seattle Seahawks 7-2
Minnesota Vikings 7-3
Dallas Cowboys 5-4
LA Rams 5-4
Philadelphia Eagles 5-4
Carolina Panthers 5-4
Chicago Bears 4-5
Detroit Lions 3-5-1

Even with the Eagles Week 10 bye,  six of the eight teams currently ahead of them in the playoff picture all did battle with one another on Sunday, with the Panthers losing to the Packers, the Cowboys losing to the Vikings at home, and the 49ers hosting the Seahawks on Monday Night Football.

The Eagles will host the Patriots this week and Seahawks and the Seahawks next Sunday, before playing four of their remaining five games against teams that are a combined 4-22. After the two home matchups, the Eagles will travel to Miami to face the Dolphins, then they’ll host the Giants, travel to Washington, host Dallas and then finish the regular season on the road at MetLife Stadium against the Giants.

After the crushing loss to the Vikings, Dallas will face the Lions, Patriots, Bills, Eagles, and Rams over the next five weeks in a scenario that will make the Week 16 showdown in Philadelphia for the NFC East title.

Giants out of NFC East race where leaders are 5-4

The New York Giants have been out of divisional contention for a month, and that speaks volumes since the leaders are a measly 5-4.

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The New York Giants dropped the 2-8 on the season following a 34-27 loss to the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday afternoon, moving them that much closer not just to the basement of the NFC East, but to the basement of the NFL.

Think about it… The co-leaders of the division — Dallas and Philadelphia — are each 5-4, just a measly game over .500, but the Giants are so bad that they’ve effectively been out of contention for a month.

That speaks volumes about just how bad these Giants are and it’s a tough pill to swallow.

Dallas Cowboys (5-4)

The Cowboys believed the black cat at MetLife Stadium provided them some luck moving forward, but that backfired in spectacular fashion on Sunday night as they were downed by the Minnesota Vikings, 28-24. Three of Dallas’ four losses have come against teams above .500, while they have just one win over a team with a winning record (Eagles).

Philadelphia Eagles (5-4)

The Eagles pulled into a two-way tie atop the NFC East while enjoying their bye on Sunday, but that shouldn’t excite them too much as they were unable to keep up with the Cowboys previously. They return in Week 11 against the New England Patriots and then have a date with the Seattle Seahawks the following week. Good luck, Philly.

New York Giants (2-8)

What is even left to say about these Giants? Their Sunday loss to Gang Green isn’t just a low point of the season, but a low point for this team since the 1970s. John Mara stormed out of the stadium completely steamed and is likely talking himself down from firing every single person inside the organization. Should he, though? We’ve reached a rock and a hard place scenario and something has to break.

Washington Redskins (1-8)

Like the Eagles, the Redskins enjoined a bye week in which they didn’t fall further behind. In fact, they inched closer to the Giants for third place in the division and with a game remaining, actually control their own destiny (in terms of avoiding a last-place finish).

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Eagles open up as 3.5-point home underdogs to the Patriots in Week 11

The Philadelphia Eagles open up as 3.5-point home underdogs to the New England Patriots on Sunday.

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The Philadelphia Eagles return home on Sunday for a huge matchup with the defending Super Bowl champion, New England Patriots. Despite the Birds current 5-4 record and rest from the bye week, Philadelphia opens up as 3.5-point road underdogs according to odds from BetMGM.

The numbers speak for themselves as the New England Patriots have won an NFL-leading 14 games coming out of a bye week since the 2010 season.

The Patriots are an NFL-best 47-9 (83.9 percent) following a loss since 2003, while the Philadelphia Eagles are 6-4 following their bye week since 2010 as well.

The Eagles have won two in a row to get above .500 at 5-4 and are getting healthy at the right time.

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Eagles officially announce the Jordan Matthews signing

Philadelphia Eagles sign Jordan Matthews

The News broke almost a week ago, but on Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles officially announced the signing of wide receiver Jordan Matthews.

Matthews was one of the receivers we thought the Eagles might have interest in, seeing hows he’s close friends with star quarterback Carson Wentz and is familiar with the Birds offense.

The Eagles announced last Monday that DeSean Jackson was undergoing surgery for a core muscle injury and his timeframe is 4-6 weeks to an indefinite amount of time.

Last season in limited action for the Eagles, Matthews had 20 catches for 300 yards and 2 TDs.

What is the most disappointing aspect of the Redskins’ 2019 season?

The Redskins have been historically bad this season but it’s made worse by their inability to take advantage of a historically bad NFC East.

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If someone were to ask you to name what you thought was the most frustrating thing about the Washington Redskins 2019 season, what would you say?

Is it the Trent Williams situation, or the tempered development of Dwayne Haskins? Maybe another year of questionable planning from Bruce Allen and Dan Snyder? Perhaps it’s all of those combined, which have culminated in one giant mishap for the Redskins:

They missed out on taking advantage of a historically dreadful season from the rest of the NFC East.

Washington’s division has long been one of the toughest in the NFL in recent history. Along with the Redskins, the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, and New York Giants have combined to be the most successful division in the NFL since the 1970 NFL merger, with 21 NFC championship wins and 13 Super Bowl victories. You wouldn’t know that by looking at it thus far in 2019, as the division has a combined record of 13-24 just past the midway point in the season which ranks dead last in the NFL. The next worst division is the AFC South, which sits at 15-21 while being boosted by an 0-9 start from the Cincinnati Bengals.

While the Redskins aren’t the only team to blame for the abysmal season in the NFC East, they surely get a big piece of the pie. However, looking around them and seeing the turmoil felt by divisional rivals does almost more harm than good, as it shows what could have been possible if the team could have put together a few wins this season; if they could have found a way to put points on the board and actually resembled a professional football team with a path forward. Those are two big ‘ifs,’ but the point stands.

The Eagles — who won a Super Bowl in the last two seasons — sit at 5-4 without a capable defense. The Cowboys — who are one of the NFL’s most historically successful teams — sit at 5-4 with a question mark at the QB position. The Giants — who have a future Hall of Fame running back and a QB who is growing more capable by the week — sit at 2-8 with another chance at a top pick in 2020.

Then there’s the Redskins, sitting there at 1-8 with no answers for the present, and no plan for the future. When they look around at the rest of the division, it’s unlikely that they’ll smile and utter the adage that misery loves company; rather they’ll see this all as a big missed opportunity. If they couldn’t find a way out of this dogpile version of the NFC East in 2019, then how will they ever do it in the future?

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Patriots-Eagles odds: New England favored over Philadelphia in Week 11

The Philadelphia Eagles are home dogs in Week 11 when they host the New England Patriots.

The Philadelphia Eagles (5-4) host the New England Patriots (8-1) during Week 11’s NFL regular season Sunday, Nov. 17th, at 4:25 p.m. ET at Lincoln Financial Field. The game can be watched on CBS and the NFL’s Redzone. The Patriots, coming off their first loss of the season, enter as a slight favorite, according to odds from BetMGM.

The Patriots (-189) are favored by 3.5 (-110) points against the spread (ATS) over the Eagles. New to sports betting? With a spread of -3.5, that means the Patriots need to not only beat the Eagles, but they need to win by at least four points for an ATS wager on them to cash.

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Feeling a upset? A $10 wager on the Eagles (+155) would pay $15.50 in profit should they win outright. Meanwhile, a $10 wager on the Patriots to win outright returns a profit of just $5.29.

The Over/Under on the Eagles/Patriots game has been set at 45.5, with a -106 line on the Over and an -115 on the Under for this Week 11 NFL matchup.

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