No Christmas, no Thanksgiving:

Week 10 bye is good. That’s right in the middle of the season and gives the Birds time to prepare for the disgusting New England Patriots.

There are five primetime games, which is a pain in the ass for me, because it’s less time to write the big Monday morning takeaways article. Four straight NFC East games to wrap up the season is a nice meaningful chunk. I dig that. What I don’t dig is three straight road games in October. Better to get them out of the way early? Perhaps.

The Eagles did a pretty cool schedule release video, after the jump:

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Let’s get it back to the Eagles.

Offseason activities began today, and we’ve got Carson Wentz in front of the entire media, not just six guys in a super-secret setting. Zach Ertz and Jason Kelce also spoke, but Carson was first at the microphone, so let’s go in chronological order and begin with him:

• His back is still in the process of healing, says “it’s still getting there” in terms of the stress fracture that forced him out towards the end of last season. He is feeling good, taking it week by week, and that the goal is to be out there for week one of OTAs.
• He is leaving contract extension talks to his agent. “Hearing that, it’s exciting, (the idea of) being here long term.”

He’s looking forward to putting durability concerns behind him:

Carson Wentz understands the comments and questions about his durability #Eagles pic.twitter.com/W7fdNRkTmo

— Dave Uram (@MrUram) April 15, 2019

More after el jumpo:

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From Mike Kaye over at NJ.Com, citing a “person with knowledge of the situation” –

Adams underwent labrum surgery following the team’s divisional-round playoff loss to the New Orleans Saints in January, the individual said. Adams was given a six-month timetable for a return, so he should be able to participate in training camp in July.

Dave Zangaro confirmed.

Josh Adams did not run the ball in that divisional round postseason game. He had one attempt for two yards in the wildcard round win against Chicago. At the time, Darren Sproles was back in the fold and the Birds went with Wendell Smallwood for the bulk of the carries.

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Nate Sudfeld signed his second-round tender and will back up Carson Wentz in 2019, according to Pro Football Talk:

Sudfeld, the backup to Carson Wentz in Philadelphia, signed his second-round restricted free agent tender and will participate in the start of the team’s offseason program, a league source tells PFT.

He was a RFA this offseason, meaning that he was able to negotiate with other teams. The Eagles would then be given the option to match any deal made to Sudfeld, and if they decided not to act, they would have received a second-round draft pick instead. That’s what the second-round “tender” means. His salary, based on that tender, will be about $3 million this year, according to Over the Cap. 

Sudfeld was a 6th round draft pick in 2016, then the Redskins waived him after his rookie year. He signed to the Eagles’ practice squad and made his NFL debut in the 2017 season finale with Dallas, completing 19 of 23 passes for 134 yards in a meaningless 6-0 loss.

We interrupt your Sixers playoff programming to bring you Eagles news.

Cornerback Jalen Mills was arrested after getting into a fight with a Washington Wizards player:

NBC has learned Eagles CB Jalen Mills was cited for disorderly conduct in Washington DC last night after an altercation with Wizards player Devin Robinson outside Opera Nightclub after a Wizards party. Both were cited. Robinson was taken to the hospital#Eagles pic.twitter.com/iEX72o0R5g

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) April 13, 2019

NBC 10 cited details of the police report in a story on their website:

Mills and Robinson were in the middle of a verbal argument that turned into a fight on the sidewalk next to the Opera Night Club shortly before 3 a.m., according to an arrest report by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Mills was arrested for disorderly affray, which is a charge for public fighting. Robinson was also arrested for disorderly affray and taken to Sibley Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

More details after the jump:

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Brandon Brooks was one of the first Eagles to poo-poo the Philly Voice article describing Carson Wentz as selfish and uncompromising. That was a few months ago.

This week, he went on Don and Sean Bell’s “Zero Fs Given” podcast and delivered a lot of candid thoughts on being a professional athlete, navigating social media, dealing with his anxiety issues, and pretty much everything in between.

The trio also touched on the Joe Santoliquito story from January, which Brooks called “bullshit.”

Said Brooks, in part:

“…Carson’s driven. Yeah, damn right Carson is hard on himself. You’re damn right Carson’s hard on his teammates. He wants the best for everybody. I think all the great quarterbacks were the same way. They demanded the best from everybody. They want to win games. Does Carson have input in the offense? Clearly he has input in the offense. I mean any quarterback that’s a starter is going to have input in the offense. You know what I’m saying? I just thought the article was just a lie. But Carson is thick skinned, man, he’ll be fine. If anything he’ll use that to ball out. This past year, it wasn’t his knee bothering him, it was his back. The man is out there playing with a stress fracture in his back, had 20+ touchdowns and single digit interceptions.”

Brooks praised Nick Foles for his contributions to the Eagles while describing him as a tremendous person, teammate, and talent. He also said this about Wentz, after the jump:

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