Rodgers-Cromartie announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday morning via his official Instagram account. With the Oakland Raiders dropping to 1-6 after losing in Week 8 Vinny Curry Jerseys 2019 , the 32-year-old decided it was time to call it a career.DRC finished his 11-year career with 449 tackles, 146 passes defensed, 30 interceptions, seven forced fumbles, six defensive touchdowns, and 2.5 sacks. The No. 16 overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft made the Pro Bowl twice and was named second-team All-Pro in 2016.The Eagles were just one of the five teams that DRC played for. He originally began his career with the Cardinals before Philadelphia traded Kevin Kolb (!) to Arizona for DRC and a second-round draft pick. Remember when the Eagles leaked DRC’s jersey prior to the trade? That was right after the lockout ended back in 2011 and the Eagles made a bunch of crazy moves (see: Dream Team). Acquiring DRC made everyone thought the Eagles were out of the running for Nnamdi Asomugha but nope, they got him too. And it worked out so well! (It didn’t.)The Eagles opted not to re-sign DRC with Chip Kelly taking over as Eagles head coach in 2013. He signed a one-year contract with the Broncos and made it to the Super Bowl with Denver but they lost the big game. DRC then returned to the NFC East to play for the Giants from 2014 through 2017. The Giants cut him earlier this year and DRC ended up signing with the Raiders before ultimately retiring.DRC was an interesting character. He was clearly talented but questions arose about his effort and “love for the game” at times. A former Eagles employee once told me that Andy Reid wished he was ... more competitive. Anyway, here’s wishing DRC the best in retirement. He now has more time to drive around in his really cool car. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson summed up a hot, frustrating day for the Philadelphia Eagles.“A lot of self-inflicted wounds Black Andrew Sendejo Jerseys ,” the coach said Sunday after the reigning Super Bowl champions stumbled to a slow start in the blistering Florida sun and never fully recovered in a 27-21 loss to the surprising Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Game-time temperature was 91 degrees, with a heat index of 105.A usually reliable defense gave up a 75-yard TD reception to ex-Eagle DeSean Jackson on the first play of the game and another 75-yarder to O.J. Howard before halftime. But Philadelphia’s sputtering offense was partly to blame for the loss, too.In addition to losing a pair fumbles and being stopped on downs twice, the Eagles hurt themselves with ill-timed penalties. That kept an injury-depleted offense missing some its top playmakers from getting into a rhythm early.“Anytime you are down a couple of guys, it affects you offensively. … The thing was, we kept going backward in the whole first half. Either from penalties or lost yardage on first down, we were playing from behind a lot,” Pederson said. “The injuries hurt, but again, it’s self-inflicted.”The Eagles (1-1) won their season opener over Atlanta with Nick Foles throwing for just 117 yards. The Super Bowl MVP was 35 of 48 for 334 yards Andrew Sendejo Jerseys 2019 , one touchdown and zero interceptions against the Bucs.But by the time the Eagles started to move the ball with some consistency, Philadelphia trailed 27-7.“I think the big thing is we can’t shoot ourselves in the foot with penalties,” Foles said.“Looking back, we’ll look at the film and grow, but I think the thing I will take from this game is how hard our team fought,” Foles added. “Tampa Bay played a tremendous game. … We never once turned on one another, we never put our heads down, we kept our heads up, we kept fighting.”Two of Philadelphia’s best playmakers Alshon Jeffery and Darren Sproles were inactive. Running back Jay Ajayi, receiver Mike Wallace and left tackle Jason Peters were lost for portions of the game after being injured in the first half Sunday.Ajayi returned to score a third quarter TD Black Jason Kelce Jerseys , and tight end Zach Ertz had 11 receptions for 94 yards.“Guys step up all the time, and that’s what we did,” Foles said. “We gave ourselves an opportunity to win this game. Obviously, we want everyone healthy, but that’s not really the case sometimes.”Nelson Agholor finished with eight catches for 88 yards, including a 2-yard TD that cut Philadelphia’s deficit to six points with 2:45 remaining. But it wasn’t enough to escape the large hole that the defense helped create by giving up the long TDs to Jackson and Howard.“You take those plays out, it’s a totally different game,” Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said. “And, that’s completely on us.”