NFC East Notes: Eagles, Giants, Redskins

Eagles

Chris Long explained via his Twitter account on Wednesday that he informed the Eagles back in March that they should “proceed like I wonโ€™t be back” after they told him his 2018 role was no longer available. 

“I told them IN MARCH to proceed like I wonโ€™t be back when I was told my 2018 role was gone,” Long tweeted. “DE signings, the draft donโ€™t affect it. I wonโ€™t be back unless a real need arises.”

Long added he doesn’t want a bigger role, he wants a chance at the same role with the Eagles he had in 2018.

Giants

Giants QB Daniel Jones says he’s looking forward to the opportunity to learn behind QB Eli Manning

โ€œI think itโ€™s a tremendous opportunity for a young guy to go into a place where thereโ€™s a future Hall of Famer whoโ€™s done it for a really long time at a really high level and definitely knows what it takes,โ€ Jones said via Dan Salomone of the official team website. โ€œSo that to me is a big advantage in where I am right now. So Iโ€™m looking forward to it, just being teammates with him, being able to learn from him in the building every day. I think thatโ€™s a special opportunity.โ€ 

Redskins

Redskins GM Bruce Allen said the Redskins would not have picked QB Daniel Jones over QB Dwayne Haskins at No. 15, despite being linked to Giants GM Dave Gettleman‘s claim two teams would have selected Jones before he could at No. 17. 

“We picked the player we wanted to pick,” Allen said via NFL Media’s Kevin Patra. “I’m almost positive Dave has no clue what our draft board would be. I don’t know which draft boards he knows, but he doesn’t know ours.” 

Allen added he was excited for the situation Haskins is stepping into in Washington. 

“It’s a great situation for any quarterback we’re going to bring in and Dwayne is excited about it,” Allen said. “Our reigning NFL MVP, Patrick Mahomes, he learned at the hip of Alex Smith. And Alex is going to be part of our program — we still don’t know from the doctors if he’s going to play, and what time in the season, but he’s going to be a part of our program. And (Haskins) will be able to learn from Case Keenum, and Colt McCoy, and then our coaching staff is filled with former quarterbacks, and of course, we have the great Doug Williams in the building, so it’s going to be a great learning experience for (Haskins) and we want to make sure he has a great career.” 

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