The DiCecco Daily: More On Eagles Signings Of Dameon Pierce, Stone Smartt
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
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In this episode, DiCecco explains the one-year deals for RB Dameon Pierce and TE Stone Smartt.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone, welcome in to another episode of the Checo Daily. It's Andrew DeCechco |
| 0:14.3 | Eagles beat reporter for Inside the Birds.com. And on Thursday morning, the Eagles make two |
| 0:20.0 | external free agent signings. |
| 0:22.5 | They sign a running back and a tight end, and I'll explain what all that means. |
| 0:26.6 | First player we're going to talk about is running back Damien Pierce. |
| 0:30.4 | The team announced the signing. |
| 0:32.4 | I guess it was Thursday afternoon, not morning, but it gives the Eagles additional depth |
| 0:36.7 | at running back behind |
| 0:37.8 | Saquan Barkley, Tank Bigsby, and Will Shipley. |
| 0:42.0 | Pierce is 26 years old. |
| 0:44.3 | He entered the NFL as a fourth round pick of the Houston Texans in 2022. |
| 0:49.9 | He went to the University of Florida, and I remember liking him quite a bit coming out of the |
| 0:53.8 | draft, |
| 1:01.3 | bigger bodied guy at about 5-11, 215.15, sort of a plotter, but he did have a little bit of wiggle to him, but he rushed for 939 yards and four touchdowns as a rookie. |
| 1:06.4 | He also had 165 yards and a touchdown as a receiver, but he was never able to match that production, |
| 1:13.3 | combining for just 709 yards and four touchdowns over his next two seasons. |
| 1:18.6 | So by comparison, that's a pretty steep decline. |
| 1:22.0 | There was, I think, five fumbles that he had there with the Texans. |
| 1:26.1 | Injuries were a big thing with Damian Pierce. |
| 1:28.5 | They mounted and they sort of hindered his progress and he ended up being waived by the Texans in |
| 1:37.6 | November and he finished the 2025 season on the Chiefs Practice Squad. This signing will have no impact on the comp pick formula |
| 1:45.9 | because he had been waived already. That's important to note. And he's 215 pounds, as I mentioned. |
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