Daily News | Inside Eagles free agency and Howie Roseman’s handling of C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Fletcher Cox, and Darius Slay
or claiming disrespect during the free agency process only hinted at the ways in which he tested his first two teams.
The Eagles now find themselves without both starting safeties from last season after Marcus Epps signed a two-year, $12 million contract with the Raiders. Reed Blankenship and K’Von Wallace are the only returnees at the position from the 53-man roster and have a total of just 11 career starts. The Eagles addressed safety by reportedlyOn Roseman’s value chart, safety is near the bottom. But his willingness to look outside the box has offered him alternative solutions.
Did his play warrant the $14 million expenditure? Probably not. He drifted some in the second half of the regular season, but he became “Playoff Fletch” in the first two games of the postseason, if not the Super Bowl when he logged too many snaps. The Eagles return their top three edge rushers — Haason Reddick, Josh Sweat, and Graham — but Roseman is likely not done addressing the interior pass rush.The Pro Bowl cornerback’s serpentine route back to Philadelphia didn’t exactly mirror that of Cox a year ago, but Slay was nearly an ex-Eagle when he initially balked at the front office’s request for a restructure and he wanted to explore his options elsewhere.
Moving on from Gardner-Johnson did factor into delaying Slay’s release, but the Eagles would have never reconsidered if he wasn’t open to a reworked deal. Behind the scenes, it took some cajoling to get him to understand why they were essentially asking him to take what looked like less money.
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