Eagles Rumors: Latest Buzz on Brandon Brooks, Jason Peters and More

As the Philadelphia Eagles prepare for another run at an NFC East title, they find themselves having to overcome a key offseason injury. Right guard Brandon Brooks, who started all 16 games in 2019, is expected to miss the entire season with a torn Achilles tendon.

"I was doing 60-yard shuttles, and on seven of eight, I went to touch the line, push off and POP," Brooks explained in a social media post (h/t Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk).

Replacing Brooks is now one of Philadelphia's biggest offseason priorities.

One possible option, according to Albert Breer of The MMQB, is New England Patriots guard Joe Thuney. NBC Sports' Peter King suggested in April that Thuney could have been among the players traded during the draft. The second-team All-Pro guard remains in New England and might now interest the Eagles.

"Would they take a big swing on someone like New England's franchise-tagged All-Pro guard, Joe Thuney? Based on what I know...I think they'd at least explore it," Breer wrote.

In terms of trade targets, the 27-year-old is probably at the top of the list. When it comes to the free-agent market, one former Eagle has had his name crop up: longtime starting tackle Jason Peters.

Peters has remained in touch with Philadelphia, and according to NBC Sports Philadelphia's Derrick Gunn, he has turned down offers from other teams, hoping to return.

"There's no rush on Jason Peters' part and there's no rush on the Eagles' part because nobody basically can do anything," Gunn told Jon Marks and Ike Reese on the 94WIP Marks & Reese Show. "Jason Peters, they know what he is, what he's capable of doing. From what I've been told, Peters turned down offers from elsewhere because he wants to stay with the Eagles."

Former Eagle Tra Thomas, however, doesn't believe that Peters returning to replace Brooks is realistic, recently saying, per Mike Kaye of NJ Advanced Media:

"It's extremely difficult. First of all, he hasn't been in a right-handed stance in years. ... Being able to get used to being on the opposite side of the field, when you've been in a left-handed stance for 15 years now, there's a lot of muscle memory that goes into that. Two, you're going to say you've got to switch to right [side] and bump down to guard? That's asking a whole lot from someone with this quick turnaround of time because in a [few] weeks you're in training camp."

Peters may indeed return to Philadelphia to bolster the Eagles' line depth this season, but he probably isn't coming back to play right guard.

While the Eagles are sorting out how to handle Brooks' injury, they also appear to be looking into running back options. They have a budding star in second-year back Miles Sanders, but they are looking to add depth, according to ESPN's Tim McManus.

"The Eagles don't have that veteran security blanket in the fold yet, but they've been keeping a close eye on the running back market and will probably add to this group (they've shown interest in Devonta Freeman and LeSean McCoy) before the start of the season," McManus wrote.

McCoy would make some sense, as he previously spent six seasons in Philadelphia. Freeman is roughly four years younger, though, and could just as easily wind up with the Eagles before the start of the regular season.