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Eagles To Hire Charles Walls As Director Of Player Personnel

May 8th, 2022 at 12:51pm CST by Adam La Rose

After a slew of departures in their front office, the Eagles have reportedly made an executive hire. Philadelphia is adding Charles Walls as their new director of player personnel (Twitter link via ESPN’s Kimberley Martin).

Walls began his NFL tenure with the Packers. Originally joining the team in 2013, he ultimately became a regional scout for them in 2017. His time in that role lasted three seasons, leading him to a promotion from the Browns in 2020.

Walls served as a national scout in Cleveland for the past two years, and his work during that span has again earned him a promotion from an outside team. In Philadelphia, he will replace Brandon Brown, whose role was vacated when he was hired by the Giants as their new assistant general manager. The same is true of Ian Cunningham, who is now in Chicago.

Those two are among numerous losses suffered by Howie Roseman‘s staff. The list of other departures in the front office includes Casey Weidl, Shawn Heinlen, T.J. McCreight and, most recently, Tom Donahoe. This news connects the Eagles and Browns for the second time this offseason, of course; Cleveland has hired former Eagles vice president of football operations Catherine Raiche, reuniting her with Andrew Berry.

With Walls in place, Roseman will have made one of many hires needed this offseason to replace the Eagles’ front office.

AFC North Rumors: Browns, Landry, Steelers

May 21st, 2020 at 6:25pm CST by Dallas Robinson

After undergoing hip surgery in February, Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry has pronounced himself “a little bit ahead of schedule,” according to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. Landry said he should be ready to return to field action at some point in August. At the moment, obviously, it’s unclear when/if training camp will officially get underway, but Landry figures to be ready during the preseason. Fresh off a campaign in which he posted 83 receptions for 1,174 yards and six touchdowns, Landry had hoped to avoid surgery in favor of a rest-and-rehab schedule, but ultimately went under the knife.

Here’s more from the AFC North:

  • Ben Roethlisberger, who missed the majority of the 2019 season after suffering an elbow injury, had already resumed throwing in February, but this week, he started throwing to his teammates. In a video tweeted by Roethlisberger, the veteran quarterback is shown throwing to Steelers pass-catchers JuJu Smith-Schuster, Ryan Switzer, and James Conner (and subsequently undergoing a haircut and shave). Now 38 years old, Roethlisberger had hoped to gain full medical clearance by the summer. He’s signed for two more years, with a whopping $41.25MM cap charge on the books for 2021.
  • Former Packers area scout Charles Walls has joined the Browns‘ front office, reports Rob Demosky of ESPN.com (Twitter link). Walls will receive a promotion in Cleveland and will hold the title of national scout, per Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal (Twitter link). Walls, who had been with Green Bay since the 2013 season, had covered the Southeast region for the Packers.
  • In case you missed it, the Ravens are considering an out-of-state training camp location due to COVID-19 concerns.