Eagles news: Trump says Birds will be invited to White House; Sirianni responds to Tush Push critics; ESPN fuels Myles Garrett rumors

More than two weeks after the Eagles' Super Bowl win, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that an invitation for the team to head to the White House is imminent.

"I thought it was a great performance by them — they'll be extended that invitation," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office Tuesday. He then asked a staffer to send the team an invitation "right away," and said the invitation would be issued "sometime today."

"They deserve to be down here, and we hope to see them," Trump added.

On Tuesday afternoon Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider announced the retirement of Jason Peters. Putting an end to a 21-season career in the NFL, the long-time offensive lineman will become an assistant to the Seahawks vice president of player affairs Maurice Kelly.

Peters, also known as “The Bodyguard,” went undrafted out of college and converted from tight end to offensive tackle. He played for five different teams during his time in the NFL — including the Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and the Seattle Seahawks. But Peters played the majority of his career with the Eagles — spending 12 seasons in Philadelphia, from 2009 to 2020, helping the Eagles win a Super Bowl in 2017.

Peters, 42, was the oldest player on an NFL roster after re-signing with the Seahawks in 2024 to join the team’s practice squad. The year prior, Peters appeared in eight games with the team in the 2023-24 season, starting two.

If Howie Roseman had interest in trading for Myles Garrett, you wouldn’t know it from his appearance at the NFL scouting combine.

The Eagles general manager politely dodged a question Tuesday about interest in the Browns All-Pro defender, who requested a trade out of Cleveland earlier this month.

“I'm not going to talk about anyone under contract with another team,” Roseman said. “One thing I can promise our fans is that there will not be a player that’s available that we won’t study, that we won’t look at and see if we can help the team.”

With the NFL scouting combine set to begin, the league’s rumor mill is in full churn. And no one is garnering as much attention as Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett.

Despite Browns general manager Andrew Berry reiterating Tuesday the team has no interest in trading Garrett, ESPN senior NFL writer Jeremy Fowler speculated what it would take for Garrett to end up on another team, potentially the Eagles.

“So, way early connecting some dots here, admittedly, but this is a conversation that some people in the league have had,” Fowler said on Get Up Tuesday, adding the ”expectation” is Eagles edge rusher Josh Sweat — who led the team with eight sacks this season — will sign elsewhere during free agency.

INDIANAPOLIS — While the Tush Push is under fire once more, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid expressed his appreciation for the play.

Reid, the longtime former Eagles head coach, called the push sneak “a heck of a play” on Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine. His comments come in the aftermath of the Green Bay Packers proposing a ban on the play at a competition committee meeting ahead of the annual league meetings next month, when the owners will vote on various rule changes.

Given his relationship with former Eagles center Jason Kelce, Reid expressed an understanding of the skill that it takes to execute the Tush Push. That opinion served as a stark contrast to that of Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy, who wrote that there is “no skill involved” in the play in a column earlier this month.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Eagles are getting a new passing game coordinator in Parks Frazier who did an “outstanding job” for the Miami Dolphins, according to head coach Mike McDaniel.

Frazier, 33, is the latest coach to join the Eagles staff in the aftermath of Kellen Moore’s departure to become the new head coach of the New Orleans Saints. He is set to fill the passing game coordinator vacancy left by Kevin Patullo, who was promoted to offensive coordinator.

Last season, Frazier served as an offensive assistant for the Dolphins, working with quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell. After Frazier completed his seventh season as a coach in the NFL, which was his only year with the Dolphins, McDaniel said that he “was deserving of a little more responsibility.”

Add Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris to the list of those who would ban the Tush Push.

Speaking to reporters at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis Tuesday, Morris said if it were up to him, the short-yardage play would’ve been banned three years ago.

“There’s just no other play in our game where you can absolutely get behind someone and push them, pull them off, do anything,” Morris said.

INDIANAPOLIS — Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst confirmed on Tuesday that his team proposed a rule change to ban the Tush Push.

The proposal originated at a competition committee meeting at the NFL scouting combine, where the league’s executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, told reporters on Monday that an unspecified team had called for the amendment.

The Athletic later reported that it was the Packers that had submitted a proposal to eliminate the play. The revelation didn’t come as a surprise, as Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy had lamented the play in a column on the team’s website earlier this month.

INDIANAPOLIS — Even though Saquon Barkley isn’t a member of the New York Giants any more, general manager Joe Schoen still holds the Eagles star running back in high regard.

Schoen and the Giants let Barkley walk in free agency last offseason after six seasons with the team, a decision that benefitted the Eagles tremendously on their path to a Super Bowl LIX victory. The 28-year-old running back signed a three-year, $37.75 million contract with the Eagles, giving way to a historic season in which he rushed for a franchise-best 2,005 rushing yards.

When asked on Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine if he regrets his decision to not re-sign Barkley, Schoen suggested that his team wasn’t in the right place to bring back a player of his caliber and cost.

The NFL will descend on Indianapolis for the annual scouting combine, an opportunity for teams to meet with and assess the athleticism of draft prospects. This year’s group features 329 combine invitees, with the first group of players — defensive linemen and linebackers — arriving on Monday to begin the week.

Of those prospects, eight played their high school ball in the Philadelphia area, with an additional representative from a Philly college also invited to the annual event.

Among them will be Abdul Carter, a North Philly native and La Salle College High alum who excelled in his first season at defensive end at Penn State. Carter’s elite first step, relentless motor, and closing speed have him in the discussion to be a top-five draft selection. He finished his final season at Penn State with 24 tackles for losses and 12 sacks.

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has plenty of Philly connections — he grew up in the Philly suburbs and spent a decade on the Eagles coaching staff. And the Bills run plenty of quarterback sneaks with MVP Josh Allen under center.

But McDermott's not necessarily aligned with the Birds when it comes to the Tush Push. 

The controversial play is in the news again thanks to a proposed rule change where it could be adjusted our outright banned. McDermott is on the NFL’s competition committee, and was asked by a reporter at the scouting combine Monday if the Tush Push was a “fair play.” 

The NFL salary cap just keeps rising and rising, and that’s good news for the Eagles. 

The 2025 NFL salary cap is projected to land somewhere between $277.5 million and $281.5 million. At a minimum, that’s an increase of $22.1 million over 2024, and should provide Howie Roseman and the Eagles some much-needed room. 

Assuming the salary cap settles around $279 million, the Eagles would have about $22 million in cap space, according to the number crunchers at Over The Cap. 

Eagles fans are still riding high after the team’s dominant win in the Super Bowl. But as Jalen Hurts said, “The work continues.” Here are some important offseason dates to know as the Birds look to go back-to-back.

Feb. 27 to March 3: NFL scouting combine

At the combine, which takes place in Indianapolis, top draft prospects will work out in front of coaches and front office staff, testing physical attributes, performing drills, and conducting interviews before teams make their decisions.