After each Eagles game this season, Inquirer columnist David Murphy will answer questions posed by Eagles fans on Reddit about what they saw on the field, and what it means moving forward, in a weekly mailbag of sorts.

Here are some of the best questions we got from r/Eagles this week, as well as some answers, ahead of their Week 9 matchup against the Jaguars and with Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline approaching…

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Q: So Brotherly Shove is consistently successful without Jason Kelce and Jordan Mailata? Jalen Hurts is definitely a big contributor, but why aren’t more teams in the league teaching it and trying it now that it’s clearly about technique and not players?

murphy: I constantly ask myself the same question. The competitive advantage it gives the Eagles is crazy. i made a quick Pro-Football-Reference.com I looked up and got the following numbers for quarterback carries on third and fourth downs and 1 yard or less. This is the number of times a quarterback has gotten a first down and the number of downs.

So the work has been really effective for those who use it most frequently. The big difference is the frequency. I think you have to give credit to Nick Sirianni for sticking to the strategy. The Eagles are clearly better equipped to do so successfully. But I’d like to know what the results would be if other teams just stuck to their guns.

Q: Are the Eagles going to trade Darius Slay or Isaiah Rodgers before the deadline? It looks like we have more depth in DB now. Slay is a big cap hit, but they might want him to retire a Bird.

murphy: I can’t see them giving up defensive depth. Or any depth, really.

Q: The Eagles seem to have a hard time bringing in new players, Kevin Byard, Robert Quinn, etc. Given this, should the Eagles look to be sellers at the deadline, perhaps with players like James Bradberry, Kenny Pickett, Eli Ricks?

murphy: It’s easier said than done. If they could get value for any of those players, they probably would have been gone by now. Diontae Johnson just got traded in a glorified pick swap. I don’t think it’s as much a matter of the Eagles having difficulty bringing in new players as it is the quality of talent available on the trade market. Bad players will have a hard time fitting in most places. Boys are traded for a reason.

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Q: This is a hypothesis, but what happens if Dallas goes into tank mode? What would it take for the Birds to land Micah Parsons? Would the Eagles even want him?

murphy: It would take more than what the Eagles have to give, which is why Micah Parsons won’t be traded.

Q: How many points would the Eagles have to win in this game for Doug Pederson to be fired? It doesn’t look like he’s going to be competitive with the Jaguars’ WR injuries.

murphy: I thought they were going to fire Pederson a couple of weeks ago in London, but they bounced back from that game. I’ve watched a lot of Jaguars games this year and I’ve never seen a team make so many unforced errors. I really couldn’t speak in an informed manner about what Jacksonville is thinking right now.

Q: Seeing some smoke over Maxx Crosby. I know it will be a high price, but can you really put a price on a Super Bowl? What do we think about that move/what would it take?

murphy: Like Parsons, I don’t know why the Raiders would trade Maxx Crosby. Any price that makes it worth it would likely be prohibitive even for a team like the Eagles. The Panthers reportedly passed on two first-round picks for Brian Burns two years ago. So, I don’t know, three first-round picks?

Q: In your opinion, which position is most likely to improve with a trade? My vote is DL or LB depth.

murphy: Those are the most obvious ones. Some depth at tight end would be helpful.

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