Chris Long

Chris Long paused in the offseason to think about his football mortality.

The Philadelphia Eagles opened the NFL season with a hard fought 18-12 win over the Atlanta Falcons. The Eagles unveiled their Super Bowl Championship banner prior to the game and then got to work to begin their title defense.

Steven Means was one of the more popular and hard-working Eagles, but his release shows how deep the their defensive line is this season.

A day after NFL officials briefed Eagles players on the helmet rule, Philadelphia defenders chimed in on the uncertainty of the impending landscape.

NFL.com ranks the best defensive line units in the NFL, find out where the Eagles landed on the list.

Chris Long has informed the Eagles he will be playing in 2018,

PHILADELPHIA (973espn.com) - The Eagles want Chris Long back and the veteran still enjoys playing football so the end game here should be pretty straightforward, a return engagement in 2018 for the popular veteran. Not so fast. There are other issues at play for Long, who will turn 33 on March 28...

So what exactly is going on with veteran defensive end Chris Long?

PHILADELPHIA (973espn.com) - Chris Long was at least contemplating walking away from football on top of the mountain as a back-to-back Super Bowl champion. Instead, the 32-year-old veteran will be back in 2018 shooting for the three-peat...

PHILADELPHIA (973espn.com) - Chris Long is under contract for the 2018 season but the veteran defensive end is due a $500,000 roster bonus on March 18 for an organization that has both significant salary-cap issues and impressive depth at his particular position...