Coping with a number of accidents at quarterback, the Eagles hosted Ian Book on a go to. That assembly will result in a free company addition. Guide is signing with Philadelphia.
This is a practice squad deal, per NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo. With Jalen Hurts in concussion protocol and backup Kenny Pickett coping with a rib damage, the Eagles are immediately weak on the sport’s most vital place. Guide profiles as insurance coverage.
Guide is making a return journey to Philly, having been with the workforce for simply greater than a yr earlier in his profession. The Eagles claimed Guide off waivers from the Saints in August 2022 and carried him till shifting on in August 2023. He’ll be a part of Tanner McKee as wholesome Philly QBs presently.
As he goes through the protocol, Hurts didn’t follow Wednesday. His availability for Week 17 is up within the air. Pickett logged a restricted session on Christmas Day, however the former Steelers starter-turned-Hurts backup didn’t make it by his first prolonged 2024 look unscathed. McKee didn’t see any sport motion, however he could be the following man up if each Philadelphia’s starter and backup couldn’t go in opposition to the Cowboys. The Eagles drafted McKee within the 2023 sixth spherical.
The Saints made Guide a 2021 fourth-round choose, and he made an emergency begin that season. A Saints workforce wrecked by COVID-19 turned to Guide in a Monday-night outing in opposition to the Dolphins. It didn’t go effectively for the hosts that night time, as Guide threw two interceptions through the short-notice begin. The Notre Dame alum has not performed in a regular-season sport since. The Eagles rostered him throughout their 2022 Tremendous Bowl LVII season however did not keep him for the 2023 season, having drafted McKee to play behind Hurts and Marcus Mariota.
Guide, 26, has bounced from the Saints to the Eagles to the Patriots to the Chiefs. He has not been with a workforce since being cut by Kansas City in August. To make room on their follow squad, the Eagles launched DB Tariq Castro-Fields. The workforce additionally signed working again Lew Nichols to its P-squad.