Vic Fangio has what he calls “a little rule.” A backup linebacker wouldn’t solely practice with another backup linebacker when doing team drills, “because that’s not how it’s going to happen in a game,

PHILADELPHIA — Nakobe Dean registered double-digit tackles in five of the Eagles’ last six regular-season games and was headed in that direction again Sunday against the Green Bay Packers when his season abruptly ended in the first round of the playoffs.

While the Eagles walked away with the win, they also lost one of their key defensive starters in third-year linebacker Nakobe Dean. Dean suffered a torn patellar tendon in his kne

The Philadelphia Eagles held their first practice session of the week on Wednesday in advance of Sunday's NFL Divisional Round playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams. While some star players, like wide receiver A.