Nate Allen

Nate Allen and Patrick Chung will be the Eagles starting safeties in Monday night's opener against the Redskins according to Eagles head coach Chip Kelly who made the announcement today. "Nate ," Kelly simply stated.  "Film evaluation, games played, production so far through the preseason, camp and OTAs...

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...

The uncertainty is expected considering Philadelphia's defense will feature possibly seven new starters. However, don't mistake new faces for stagnancy as the uncertainty of the pecking order for the Eagles defense might be one of the most intriguing things about training camp...

The Eagles defense could be without a valuable member on Monday when the Eagles head to fave the New Orleans Saints at The Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Allen tweaked his left hamstring in practice on Thursday. It was a right hamstring injury that forced him out of the Detroit game a few weeks back, but he said he's not ruling out playing on Monday night against the Saints...

Rookie cornerback Brandon Boykin will start at nickel corner on Sunday in the Eagles' regular-season opener at Cleveland. Coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that Boykin earned the spot over incumbent Joselio Hanson, who has been with the team since 2006...

The Philadelphia Eagles announced they have released defensive tackle Antonio Dixon and punter Mat McBriar.  The team also acquired safety

UPDATE: NFL Network reports that the Patriots will sit out Tom Brady, Jerod Mayo, Brandon Lloyd, Aaron Hernandez, Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski tonight against the Eagles. When the Eagles drafted Mychal Kendricks in the second round, they did so in part due to the linebackers’ coverage skills...

While the feeling is that the Eagles offense has too much talent to struggle this season, the defense has not yet inspired that level of confidence due to poor tackling and an inability to get off of the field on third downs in the Eagles preseason opener against the Steelers...

Each week throughout football season, I provide 10 interesting thoughts, stats or stories on Monday.  Usually about half will be on the Eagles and half from league-wide, but today we focus more on the Eagles with training camp just getting underway   1. For...

The Eagles have four players on the roster that could start at safety, and the position is one of their primary weaknesses heading into training camp. Nate Allen and Kurt Coleman, both entering their third seasons, return as the starters...