But Hoage got hurt, and Mr. Hopkins replaced him. "Just being consistent with it, every single day. Hoage never got his job back. Learning how to learn. They all sounded as determined to learn the offense, the defense, special teams, to the best of their ability, no matter what roadblocks are in their way.' Rookies, it's always been hard. "I went to see him when he was first admitted" to the hospital, Armstrong said of Mr. Hopkins. It’s nice to have a floor for planning purposes but if that happens it will be a significant drop from the cap of $198.2 million this season. The Eagles made four rookies available for Zoom calls in the past few days – Wallace, Jalen Hurts, Jalen Reagor and Davion Taylor – and all four came across as remarkably serious-minded, mature, focused and driven during an incredibly difficult time. Even with or without coach, we're meeting virtually, we're talking about the playbook, we're talking about how we can backpedal better, we're talking about how we can better high-point the ball, better use a technique, just small things like that. It took a global pandemic to stop that trend. The Eagles are saddened to learn of the passing of former safety Wes Hopkins. I mean, here's an All-Pro wide receiver out at the Pro Bowl, and he's worried about whether he was going to have to face a guy the next season who had torn up his knee. "Wes Hopkins, one of the greatest safeties in Eagles history and a hallmark of the great Eagles’ defenses of the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Friday. But it’s hard to imagine the Eagles paying Barnett on his fifth-year the way they paid Nelson Agholor in 2019. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wes Hopkins, a 10-year safety with the Philadelphia Eagles and 1985 All-Pro, has died. "You just learn not to quit,'' Mr. Hopkins said in 1990. And there’s even some room with Carson Wentz’s contact to lower his base salary of $15 million. But they all came across very impressively. "He was a great player and a great intimidator,'' Quick said. Graham has a base salary of $13 million, so they can cut him with a post-June 1 designation to save $13 million in cap space (there are dummy years on the end of this contract, a trick the Eagles like to use). It was hard for me as a freshman back at Clemson. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wes Hopkins, a 10-year safety with the Philadelphia Eagles and 1985 All-Pro, has died. Smith ended up being moved to cornerback.
Better person, better player.” (We’ll use a figure of $23 million to be in the middle). • And while the Eagles would love for Jason Kelce to continue playing forever, there’s a very real chance that 2020 could be his final season. ''Former linebacker Seth Joyner, another Eagles teammate, said the recovery from the knee injury was difficult for Mr. Hopkins.A walk-on college player at Southern Methodist University who wound up in its hall of fame, Mr. Hopkins was selected by the Eagles in the second round of the 1983 draft and started 14 games as a rookie. Wes Hopkins, a 10-year safety with the Philadelphia Eagles and 1985 All-Pro, has died. Our thoughts are with his family during this time.”Former Eagles linebacker Garry Cobb was first to announce Hopkins's death, writing on Twitter that the safety was "a great player, a great teammate" and that "we will all miss him dearly." Hopkins, a first-team All-Pro in '85, played 137 career games, the third-highest total for an Eagles defensive back. "It was going to be a challenge regardless. I remember him calling me and saying, 'I've got to find a way to get back on the field." But even with that, he still was one of the top safeties in the game. alumnus Wes Hopkins, who played 10 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, died on Friday, two days after his 57. th. 48 jersey. Wesley Carl Hopkins (September 26, 1961 – September 28, 2018) was an American professional football player who played as a
''"I remember being at the Pro Bowl with [former St. Louis Cardinals wide receiver] Roy Green the year Wes hurt his knee.