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How Nipsey Hussle’s death led DeSean Jackson to Boys’ Latin – Philadelphia Eagles Blog

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was about halfway through his Q&A session with the students at Boys’ Latin Charter School in West Philly on Wednesday, and to that point he had fielded only football-related questions. Knowing there were bigger issues at hand, he took it upon himself to change the direction of the conversation.

“Let’s try to switch it a little bit,”…

Eagles finding bargains in over-30 bin, stockpiling picks – Philadelphia Eagles Blog

PHILADELPHIA — Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie rolled out a striking stat at the NFL owners meetings a couple of weeks back, noting that 65 percent of the league is composed of first- to third-year players.

The league is getting younger. Football Outsiders has a metric called snap-weighted age, which shows the average age of players on the field has steadily declined since the website…