And if you consider that the Eagles could use another running back or tight end (if Zach Ertz is gone) later in the draft, then there s an argument to be made that literally every position (specialists aside) is a need.
Their weakest positions relative to the rest of the league, in my view, are LB, WR, and CB, in that order. However, factoring in importance, I d list them like so:
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Cornerback: The Eagles are close to where they were in 2017 at CB, when it was crystal clear that they had to draft multiple corners. I don t know that they have to get at least two in this draft, but they sure as hell have to get at least one, seeing as Darius Slay is aging (and he has no INTs this season), and Avonte Maddox proved this season that he is not an outside corner.
Within that story, Woj and Shelburne included this detail:
While the Sixers have signaled a willingness to include All-Star guard Ben Simmons in trade packages for Harden, those talks have come nowhere close to a deal, sources said. The Nets are limited by the Rockets interest in their personnel, and likely would need a third team to emerge in talks, sources said. So far, the Rockets steep asking price of young players and pick hasn t moved any of their discussions into an advanced stage. [
Within moments of the ESPN story dropping, Shams Charania of The Athletic chimed in with his own report that Simmons was available for the Rockets star.
Lost 43-6 at home to the Falcons.
Should have lost to the Jets if not for one of the worst defensive play calls I ve ever seen.
Lost 44-27 to the Colts.
They re now on the outside of the playoff picture, looking in. I don t exactly love the Chargers either, as their four wins this season have come against the Bengals, Jags, Jets, and Falcons. They re now mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. I guess I ll take the Raiders, who at least have something to play for.
Bills (-6) at Broncos: The Bills are the second-best team in the NFL. Is that a hot take? Anyway, they can clinch the AFC East with a win in Denver. They ll do that.
I have a good sense, Rivers said Thursday. At least for four [players], for sure, I can tell you that in my mind. But I m just looking for them to play well, and play together, and play their own way when they re all five on the floor. They re not gonna be able to play the way Joel and Ben and that group plays because they don t have a Joel and Ben on their team. So they have to play a little different, and then they have to figure out what that identity looks like. You re gonna figure it out, I guarantee it. You will eventually [figure it out], I mean, when you keep seeing that same group.
The Good
• Look, it s one half of basketball, so there s nothing we can say definitively about the conditioning level of the big guy. But just using my eyes, Embiid is moving a bit differently than we ve seen in the last few years.
There was a commitment to running the floor and getting involved in the team s transition attack that we ve basically never seen from him in the past. Instead of staying anchored to the perimeter when Simmons is leading a possession, Embiid cut hard to the basket on at least two occasions, scoring a layup on one and getting fouled on the other.