The Eagles waived long snapper Cal Adomitis on Tuesday, the team announced.
Adomitis joined the team Sept. 30 when the Eagles placed their regular long snapper, Charley Hughlett, on injured reserve with a core injury. Hughlett is now eligible to return, so it appears he will resume his duties this week.
Adomitis, 27, played in nine games for the Eagles, seeing action on 81 special teams snaps.
He spent his first three NFL seasons in Cincinnati but was cut by the Bengals at the end of training camp in August. Adomitis remained a free agent until signing with the Eagles before Week 5.
After Monday night’s loss to the Chargers, the Eagles took the red eye home to Philly. On Sunday, their fans will be ready to give them the evil eye — and then some.
The last time the Eagles played at Lincoln Financial Field, the boo birds were mutherflocking the home team. It was a mess, with the Bears overpowering the Eagles.
And the next opponent is the Raiders, arguably the worst team in the league.
The Eagles are favored by 11.5 points. Anything other than the 31-0 dismantling delivered by Las Vegas to the Chiefs in Week 7 will be viewed as a disappointment. And any sputtering of the offense will be met with loud displeasure by fans who expected much more than another post-bye swoon.
Bottom line? That goofy positivity rabbit could yield a gathering of Grinches, if the 2025 late-season Eagles don’t start playing less like the 2023 late-season Eagles and more like the 2024 late-season Eagles.
It’s a no-win situation. Even with a blowout win, plenty of Philly fans will fear that losses are looming at Buffalo and in either of the upcoming games against the Commanders. The risk of blowing the NFC East to the Cowboys is real, and things could get really ugly if the Eagles fail to do to the Raiders what the Raiders did to the Eagles in Super Bowl XV.
The NFL’s curious decision to overturn a touchdown reception by Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely reintroduced needless confusion into the question of what a catch is, and what a catch isn’t.
Adding to that confusion, indirectly, was last night’s failure to overturn the ruling on the field that Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts had possession of the ball long enough to fumble it. (It didn’t matter to the outcome of the play, since the Chargers recovered the ball. But if it had trickled out of bounds, the ruling that Hurts had the ball long enough to fumble it would have determined which team was awarded possession.)
The possession rule is virtually identical to the catch rule. From Rule 3, Section 1, Article 7 (Player Possession): “To gain possession of a loose ball that has been caught, intercepted, or recovered, a player (a) must have complete control of the ball with his hands or arms and (b) have both feet or any other part of his body, other than his hands, completely on the ground inbounds, and, after (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, clearly perform any act common to the game (e.g., extend the ball forward, take an additional step, tuck the ball away and turn upfield, or avoid or ward off an opponent). It is not necessary that he commit such an act, provided that he maintains control of the ball long enough to do so.”
Watch the play. If Hurts possessed the ball long enough to fumble it, Likely had it long enough to catch it.
Also, and as previously explained, if Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had the ball long enough to complete the process of catching it, Likely had it long enough to catch it. (It’s impossible to reconcile the two rulings, and the NFL knows it.)
Bottom line? It took the NFL years to create the impression that it has finally figured out what a catch is. In one fell swoop on a December afternoon in Baltimore, the league has thrown the entire question back into the “who the hell knows?” category.
Congratulations.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts did something on Monday night that may never have happened before in the NFL: He turned the ball over twice on one play.
In the second quarter, a Hurts pass was intercepted by Chargers defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand. After returning the interception seven yards, Hand fumbled and Hurts picked it up. Hurts then fumbled it almost immediately after establishing possession and it was recovered by Chargers defensive back Troy Dye.
So that was both an interception and a lost fumble by Hurts, on the same play.
Complete and accurate play-by-play statistics for the NFL only go back to 1978, but since then, Hurts is the only player ever to record two turnovers on one play.
If Hurts had otherwise played well and the Eagles had won, that stat would go down as mostly a curiosity. But Hurts had three other interceptions in the game, the last of which sealed the Eagles’ loss in overtime. It was an ugly game for Hurts, for a lot more reasons than just one ugly play.
In the lead up to Monday night’s matchup between the Eagles and Chargers, a report from ESPN indicated that Philadelphia head coach Nick Sirianni had been more involved in the team’s offensive preparation.
Sirianni had been more vocal in the team’s offensive meetings while also taking a larger role at the start of said meetings before turning things over to first-year coordinator Kevin Patullo.
The results didn’t work out for Philadelphia on Monday night, with Jalen Hurts turning in the first five-giveaway performance of his career in the 22-19 overtime loss. But Sirianni effectively confirmed the report after the game, adding that he’ll continue to spend more time with the offense.
“I’m the head coach, so my attention goes to places that I feel like it needs to go,” Sirianni said. “This week was with the offense, and I’ll continue to go in there with those guys and grind it out through the weeds with them and continue to move forward with that.”
Philadelphia finished with 365 total yards, 19 first downs, and 4-of-13 on third down. The club averaged 5.5 yards per play.
But Hurts’ five turnovers undoubtedly derailed the offense.
“I thought we moved the ball and did a lot of good things today,” Sirianni said. “But we didn’t finish drives … for multiple reasons and had some turnovers for multiple reasons. So, you always look to improve the process and we’ll get back to work and grind out through it again. And, yeah, I anticipate being in there still.”
Sirianni added that he doesn’t anticipate making any more changes to roles, staffing, or personnel.
“We’ll stay the course,” Sirianni said.
The Eagles will try to end their three-game losing streak on Sunday at home against the Raiders.
