Comparing Kenny Pickett to Other Eagles Quarterbacks Who Wore Number 7.

Kenny Pickett, a lifelong Eagles fan, is following in their footsteps as he turns 26 on June 6th. If our math is correct, he only saw Ron Jaworski play by watching a YouTube clip of ‘Jaws’. The new Eagles signal-caller may have a better memory of Michael Vick’s play.

Pickett has picked the #7 jersey. He didn’t have much choice. C.J. Gardner-Johnson had previously claimed the Number 8 because, as he claims, he’s doing it to commemorate Kobe Bryant. The former Pitt Panther is grumbling though. He stated that it was time for a “reset”.

“I want to get back to having fun. It’s a great environment here with these coaches and these players, so that’s what I wanna get back to.”. Those were the words of a newly-acquired Pickett not too long ago.

This is Jalen Hurts’ team and offense. Kenny is obviously here to play the backup QB role (even if it’s easy to assume he may have loftier ambitions). That being said, let’s hope ‘fun’ means the Eagles are up big in the second half, the starters are resting, and Kenny and the backups are performing a little mop-up duty. As far as those ‘other Number 7s’, they provided several wonderful memories for Eagles fans. During his ten-year run with the Birds, Jaws started 137 of 142 regular-season appearances. He made another seven starts during the postseason. He threw for over 26,963 passing yards and tossed 175 TDs. He threw nine more TDs during the playoffs and led Philly to a Super Bowl.