Colt Anderson

The home stretch of a season is here and the Eagles are still very much in play for the NFC East division crown, in fact they control their own destiny. For the first time in two years, the Eagles will conclude their regular season by playing two meaningful football games...

The safety position will be one to watch Thursday night in the Eagles final preseason game against the New York Jets.  Patrick Chung will not play in the game, he will start at strong safety on Monday night against Washington in the season opener...

With Free Agency kicking off Tuesday at 4 pm, the Eagles have moved quickly to get a deal signed with long snapper Jon Dorenbos and safety and special teams ace Colt Anderson. Both Dorenbos and Anderson inked contracts with the team on Monday...

The Eagles' health improved a bit with word from coach Andy Reid that safety Colt Anderson, tackle King Dunlap and defensive tackle Derek Landri all practiced today and did a decent job, making it through Friday's practice.

Couple of  notes from coach Andy Reid's Wednesday press conference caught my attention. The first: Reid's announcement that Colt Anderson, several months removed from ACL surgery, is ready to play and essentially has replaced Jaiquawn Jarrett on the roster, who was cut after Week 1...

The Eagles will be without Mike Patterson for at least a month, and likely longer, with the defensive tackle still recovering from offseason brain surgery.  Patterson started at least 14 games for Philadelphia in each of the last six years...