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Roll Eagles! Why the Philadelphia Eagles love Alabama players

 It’s becoming very obvious that the Philadelphia Eagles have a thing for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Sunday afternoon, the Eagles added former Crimson Tide receiver John Metchie III. Metchie, who had fought cancer while he was with the Houston Texans, becomes the ninth player to join the squad from Alabama.

Is there a reason why the Eagles like Crimson Tide players!?! Well, yeah, their production.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts has led the Eagles to two Super Bowls in the past three years, winning one, and was named MVP of this past year’s Super Bowl. At Alabama, he led his team to a comeback victory over the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship game, and he’s also a national champion.

DeVonta Smith is a Heisman winner who averaged 150 yards in his senior season and is also a national champion, along with offensive lineman Landon Dickerson, who is also a starter for the Eagles. 

They also just added linebacker Jihaad Campbell from this year’s draft, who has already made an impact on the team and is expected to start. 

Hurts gets to add yet another weapon to this loaded Eagles offense, which has not been used a lot recently by the Texans. 

Metchie totaled 40 catches for 412 yards and one touchdown during his time with the Texans. That included career-best marks in catches (24), receiving yards (254) and touchdowns (1) in 2024. Oh, and in college, he also won an SEC Championship.

He was one of Bryce Young’s go-to guys, whose most memorable moment was a game-winning 2-point conversion catch he made in a four-overtime game against Auburn in the 2021 Iron Bowl.

He was later drafted in the second round by the Houston Texans, but a cancer diagnosis almost put an end to his promising career.  

Now, he gets a second with the Super Bowl champs and gets to be reunited with his former Bama teammates. If you look at the work these players have done for the Eagles over the years, you’d understand why they continue to draft Crimson Tide players. 

 

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